- Clap Your Hands (Sia song)
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"Clap Your Hands" 
Single by Sia from the album We Are Born Released September 19, 2010 Genre Pop Length 3:58 Label Monkey Puzzle (US), RCA Records (UK) Writer(s) Sia Furler, Samuel Dixon Producer Greg Kurstin Sia singles chronology "Under the Milky Way"
(2010)"I'm in Here"
(2010)"Clap Your Hands" is a 2010 single from Sia Furler's fifth studio album We Are Born .[1] The song was written by Sia Furler and Samuel Dixon, and produced by Greg Kurstin.
At the 2010 ARIA Music Awards the album was nominated for Album of the Year, Best Pop Release and Best Independent Release. "Clap Your Hands" was nominated for Single of the Year.[2] Sia and co-writer Samuel Dixon were nominated for for Song of the Year at the 2011 APRA Music Awards for songwriting, for their work on "Clap Your Hands".[3][4] "Clap Your Hands" was voted at number 13 in the annual Triple J Hottest 100 poll in Australia[5]
Kris Moyes won best video for Sia's video for "Clap Your Hands".[6]
The song was remixed by Diplo. In keeping with her quirky sense of humour, Sia has been known at live shows to refer affectionately to the song as 'Crap Your Pants'.[7]
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Music video
The music video for the song was directed by Kris Moyes, who previously directed Sia's videos for Buttons and The Girl You Lost to Cocaine. The video features many puppets - an idea which Moyes apparently came up with on the flight to the shoot.[8][9] Kris Moyes won best video at the 2010 ARIA Awards - his second such award. [10] Of the video Moyes notes, "under less than amazing circumstances (the clip was shot in Sia’s New York apartment), something amazing can be made". [11]
Promotion
The song was one of the songs 'made available for preview' on Sia's official YouTube channel in the weeks leading to the release of the album.
Sia included Clap Your Hands on Jimmy Kimmel Live! on 12 September 2011. [12]
References
- ^ "Sia - Clap Your Hands". RCA Records. http://www.rca-records.co.uk/releases/single/sia/clap_your_hands/. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ "ARIA Award nominations 2010". The Sydney Morning Herald. 29 September 2010. http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/aria-award-nominations-2010-20100928-15vmo.html.
- ^ The Man Behind the Songs The West Australian, Retrieved on 2011-06-22
- ^ APRA AMCOS: Song of the Year - 2011 apra-amcox.com.au. Retrieved on 2011-05-27.
- ^ Triple J Hottest 100 - 200
- ^ "Six ARIA Nominations For Sia, Angus & Julia Stone". Billboard. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ia720786bb43ba0b05647ffcb181e4a4f. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Mushroom Music blog: At the 2011 APRA Awards Mushroom Records, Retrieved 14 September 2011
- ^ Australian Creative: Kris Moyes 8 October 2010, Retrieved 14 September 2011
- ^ "Angus & Julia, Connolly and Moyes win ARIA Artisan Awards". The Music Network. http://www.themusicnetwork.com/music-news/industry/2010/09/28/aria-artisan-winners-announced/.
- ^ "Six ARIA Nominations For Sia, Angus & Julia Stone". Billboard. http://www.billboard.biz/bbbiz/content_display/industry/e3ia720786bb43ba0b05647ffcb181e4a4f. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- ^ Australian Creative: Kris Moyes 8 October 2010, Retrieved 14 September 2011
- ^ Sia Hits The Kimmel Stage! perezhilton.com Retrieved 14 September 2011
Sources
Sia Furler Albums OnlySee · Healing Is Difficult · Colour the Small One · Lady Croissant · Some People Have Real Problems · We Are BornEPs Don't Bring Me Down · Day Too SoonSingles "Taken for Granted" · "Little Man" · "Drink to Get Drunk" · "Breathe Me" · "Don't Bring Me Down" · "Numb" · "Where I Belong" · "Pictures" · "Day Too Soon" · "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" · "Soon We'll Be Found" · "Buttons" · "You've Changed" · "Under the Milky Way" · "Clap Your Hands" · "Bring Night" · "I'm in Here"Featured singles "Titanium"Related Categories:- Sia songs
- 2010 songs
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