Peak
1
Weeks
52
Score
9,736
Chart Year
2016
Scores & Rankings
Chart Performance
Peak Position1
Peak DateAug 6, 2016
Weeks at Peak4
Weeks Charted52
Weeks in Top 4040
Weeks in Top 1018
Weeks at #21
Weeks at #14
Scoring
Summary Calc4,619
Weekly Calc5,117
Total Score9,736
Rankings
Year Ranking#6
Decade Ranking#58
Billboard Year#6
Top 5000#123
Details
- Album
- This Is Acting
- Genre
- Dancehall
- Media Type
- DD
- Composer(s)
- Sia Furle;Greg Kurstin
- Entered Chart
- Mar 5, 2016
- Peak Date
- Aug 6, 2016
- Released
- 17 December 2015 (original) 11 February 2016 (remix)
- Recorded
- 2015–2016
- Catalog #
- Monkey Puzzle Digital
Music Video
A lyric video featuring Sean Paul performing a new verse was released on February 11, 2016. In the video, a faceless couple wearing wigs (two dancers Minn Vo and Stefanie Klausmann), which have become part of Sia's signature look, win a dance contest on a retro 1960s black-and-white TV show reminiscent of American Bandstand or The Buddy Deane Show, using visual effects to recreate the look of early 1960s television cameras.The video, directed by Lior Molcho, has been viewed more than 1.9 billion times as of February 2026. Sia and Daniel Askill directed a performance video featuring Maddie Ziegler dancing with two male dancers (Wyatt Rocker and Nick Lanzisera) to Ryan Heffington's choreography, which was released on March 21, 2016. A trio of dancers wear nude-coloured leotards, with black and blonde hairstyles and gloves in the half-and-half style used in most of Sia's videos for This Is Acting. They dance on a plain stage, with Sia at a rear corner in the background singing into a microphone while wearing a similar bobbed two-toned wig, a large hairbow and a white dress. Billboard wrote that "the video features the same type of intense, captivating choreography as some of [Sia's] other work. This time, Ziegler is backed by two other dancers, and the trio seems to blend as one". Teen Vogue said that Ziegler "delivers another powerful performance". The music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2016.
Notes
"Cheap Thrills" is a song by Australian singer and songwriter Sia from her seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016). It was written by Sia and Greg Kurstin, and produced by Kurstin. It was originally released on December 17, 2015, as the album's second single, an official remix version of "Cheap Thrills" featuring Jamaican singer Sean Paul was made available for digital download on 11 February 2016, and another remix version of "Cheap Thrills" featuring American and Puerto Rican singer Nicky Jam was also made available for digital download on June 17, 2016. Sean Paul's version was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. In the United States, "Cheap Thrills" peaked at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 becoming Sia's first number one single in the chart, and Paul's first since "Temperature" in 2006; it also topped the national Mainstream Top 40 and Radio Songs charts. It reached the top position in many countries, including Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, Portugal, Spain; as well as the top-10 in Australia, Denmark, Finland, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Poland, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number two on its UK Singles Chart. At the APRA Music Awards of 2018, "Cheap Thrills" won Most Played Australian Work Overseas for its songwriters, Sia and Kurstin. It won the award again at the APRA Music Awards of 2019 and again at the APRA Music Awards of 2020
Come on, come on, turn the radio on It's Friday night and I won't be long Gotta do my hair, put my make up on It's Friday night and I won't be long 'Til I hit the dance floor Hit the dance floor I got all I need No, I ain't got cash I ain't got cash But I got you, baby Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight (I love cheap thrills) Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight (I love cheap thrills) But I don't need no money As long as I can feel the beat I don't need no money As long as I keep dancing Come on, come on, turn the radio on It's Saturday and I won't be long Gotta paint my nails, put my high heels on It's Saturday and I won't be long 'Til I hit the dance floor Hit the dance floor I got all I need No, I ain't got cash I ain't got cash But I got you, baby Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight (I love cheap thrills) Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight (I love cheap thrills) But I don't need no money As long as I can feel the beat I don't need no money As long as I keep dancing (I love cheap thrills) (I love cheap thrills) I don't need no money As long as I can feel the beat I don't need no money As long as I keep dancing Oh, oh Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight (I love cheap thrills) Baby, I don't need dollar bills to have fun tonight (I love cheap thrills) I don't need no money As long as I can feel the beat I don't need no money As long as I keep dancing La, la, la, la, la, la, la (I love cheap thrills) La, la, la, la, la, la, la (I love cheap thrills) La, la, la, la, la, la, la (I love cheap thrills) La, la, la, la, la, la, la (I love cheap thrills)
Chart History (52 weeks)
| Week | Chart Date | Position | Points |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mar 5, 2016 | 81 | 45 |
| 2 | Mar 12, 2016 | 97 | 29 |
| 3 | Mar 19, 2016 | 91 | 35 |
| 4 | Mar 26, 2016 | 92 | 34 |
| 5 | Apr 2, 2016 | 87 | 39 |
| 6 | Apr 9, 2016 | 71 | 55 |
| 7 | Apr 16, 2016 | 39 | 87 |
| 8 | Apr 23, 2016 | 55 | 71 |
| 9 | Apr 30, 2016 | 47 | 79 |
| 10 | May 7, 2016 | 47 | 79 |
| 11 | May 14, 2016 | 54 | 72 |
| 12 | May 21, 2016 | 48 | 78 |
| 13 | May 28, 2016 | 38 | 88 |
| 14 | Jun 4, 2016 | 34 | 92 |
| 15 | Jun 11, 2016 | 24 | 102 |
| 16 | Jun 18, 2016 | 19 | 107 |
| 17 | Jun 25, 2016 | 13 | 113 |
| 18 | Jul 2, 2016 | 8 | 118 |
| 19 | Jul 9, 2016 | 6 | 120 |
| 20 | Jul 16, 2016 | 6 | 120 |
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