Snowman (Sia song) Last updated November 18, 2025
2017 single by Sia
"Snowman " is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Sia . It was released on 9 November 2017,as the second single from Sia's eighth studio album, Everyday Is Christmas . [ 2] A music video made via claymation was released on 30 October 2020. A part two of the music video was released on 22 December 2022.
"Snowman" earned positive reviews from critics,some of whom deemed it the highlight single from Everyday Is Christmas . The song experienced a popularity surge in November 2020 on TikTok , [ 3] and has since been branded as a modern-day Christmas classic . [ 4] A remix version of "Snowman" was released on 14 November 2025,featuring the Spanish-born Mexican singer Belinda .
Composition The song's co-writer Greg Kurstin in 2017 "Snowman" was written by Sia and frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin . Written in the key of D♭major ,Sia's vocals span one octave and a semitone from F3 to G♭4. [ 5] Production on the track was handled solely by Kurstin. [ 6] The song is a midtempo ,60's -inspired, [ 7] piano-driven,crisp,swaying ballad [ 8] over which Sia's vocals,described as "calm but energetic" by mxdwn ,tell a snowman not to cry as he will melt. [ 9] [ 10] The track runs for a length of 2 minutes and 45 seconds. [ 11]
"Snowman" was announced on Sia's social media accounts on 7 November 2017,and was released for digital download and streaming on 9 November 2017 as the second single from Everyday Is Christmas . [ 2] [ 12] [ 13] Sia performed "Snowman" on The Ellen DeGeneres Show , [ 14] and on the finale of the fifteenth season of American reality TV series The Voice [ 15]
In December 2020,a challenge based around the song on video-sharing app TikTok saw a massive rise in popularity,becoming a trend. The challenge sees TikTok users attempt to sing a portion of the song,lasting forty seconds,in one breath. [ 3] Sia subsequently released a "Snowed In &Slowed Down Remix" of the track,which was later featured on the Snowman Deluxe Edition of Everyday is Christmas on 5 November 2021. [ 16] In addition to this,a sped-up version was included on the 2022 reissue of the album. [ 17]
Music videos On 30 October 2020,a claymation music video for "Snowman",directed by Lior Molcho,premiered on YouTube . [ 18] On 22 December 2022,a "Part II" of the video was released,also directed by Molcho. [ 19]
Reception Slant Magazine described the song as a "clever ode to fleeting romance". [ 20] Slate named it the best song on Everyday Is Christmas ,noting it "[takes] something we associate with winter and [applies] it to a universal theme." [ 21] NME commented that the TikTok remix version of the song "opts for a breezier tempo than the original,with Sia changing the song’s key midway through for extra effect." [ 16]
The song has also been included in lists of the best Christmas songs of all-time published by The Athletic , [ 22] Esquire [ 23] Cosmopolitan [ 24] and was described by Billboard [ 4]
Upon its initial release in 2017,"Snowman" debuted and peaked at number 3 on the Billboard [ 25] Since its rise in popularity in 2020,the track has reached the top 10 various markets,including Germany, [ 26] Switzerland, [ 27] the Netherlands, [ 28] and Sweden. [ 29] It also reached the top 20 in Australia [ 30] and Canada, [ 31] among others,and peaked at number 15 on the Billboard Global 200 [ 32] In 2021,it reached number 1 on the Finnish Singles Chart , [ 33] becoming Sia's first chart-topping hit in the country. [ 34] In the same year,it topped the Norwegian Singles Chart for two weeks and returned to number 1 in 2022 and 2023. [ 35] "Snowman" entered the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart for the first time on the week ending in January 4,2025 at number 43,over seven years after its first entry on a Billboard chart. [ 36]
As of December 2022,"Snowman" was one of the 10 most-streamed Christmas songs of all-time on streaming platform Spotify . [ 37]
Credits and personnel Credits adapted from Tidal . [ 6]
References ↑ "Sia 'Everyday Is Christmas' review" . AllMusic . 17 November 2017. Archived from the original on 17 July 2018. Retrieved 17 November 2017 . 1 2 Myers, Owen (16 November 2017). "Thank God Sia is doing Christmas music her way" . The Fader . Archived from the original on 28 June 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022 . 1 2 Fowler, Kate (14 December 2020). "TikTok: What is the Snowman Challenge? Sia's Christmas song is the latest trend!" . HITC . Archived from the original on 14 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020 . 1 2 Dailey, Hannah (22 November 2022). "Best New Christmas Songs for 2022: Lizzo, Camila Cabello & More" . Billboard . Archived from the original on 30 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022 . ↑ Furler, Sia; Kurstin, Greg. "Snowman - Digital Sheet Music" . MusicNotes . Archived from the original on 6 February 2021. Retrieved 6 February 2021 . 1 2 "Credits, Everyday Is Christmas by Sia | TIDAL" . 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"Move over Frosty ⛄ "Snowman" is here! Stream & download it now: https://fanlink.to/snowman - Team Sia" (Tweet ). Retrieved 17 December 2020 – via Twitter . ↑ "Sia Unwraps a Special Holiday Performance of 'Snowman' | The Ellen Show on YouTube" . YouTube . Archived from the original on 20 November 2021. ↑ " . 1 2 3 "Listen to Sia's remix of her 2018 track, 'Snowman' . NME . 10 December 2020. Archived from the original on 10 December 2020. Retrieved 27 December 2020 . ↑ Sia. "Everyday Is Christmas (Snowman Deluxe Edition)" . Apple Music (US). Archived from the original on 12 November 2022. Retrieved 5 December 2022 . ↑ "Sia - Snowman [ Official Video] - YouTube" . Archived from the original on 15 December 2020. Retrieved 15 December 2020 – via YouTube. ↑ "Sia - Snowman (Official Video - Part II) - YouTube" . Archived from the original on 22 December 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022 – via YouTube. ↑ Camp, Alexa (13 November 2017). "Review: Sia, Everyday Is Christmas" . Slant Magazine . 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