Snowman

Album

Everyday Is Christmas

Label

Atlantic Records

Genre

Christmas

Composer(s)

Greg Allen Kurstin;Sia Kate I. Furler

Entered Chart

Jan 4, 2025

Peak Date

Jan 3, 2026

Released

9 November 2017

Recorded

Studio Echo Studios (Los Angeles, CA

This is a down-tempo love song where Sia addresses her beau. Her "snowman" is having a meltdown, and she fears his love for her is evaporating. Sia assures her man she will always be at his side. The singer urges him to come away with her to a place where the sun won't melt him anymore. Sia released "Snowman" on November 9, 2017 as a promotional single from her holiday Everyday Is Christmas album. It didn't catch on until December 2020, when the song went viral on TikTok as part of the Snowman Challenge, where users attempt to sing an entire verse in one breath. Following its rise in popularity, the track entered the singles charts in Australia, Canada and many European countries. It reached #1 on the Finnish Singles Chart, Sia's first visit to the summit in that territory. Because of its popularity on TikTok, Sia released a Snowed In & Slowed Down TikTok Remix, which replicates the sound users had been using on the video-sharing app. Sia performed "Snowman" on the December 13, 2017 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show, accompanied by teenage dancer Maddie Ziegler. Sia's history with her dancing avatar goes back to her 2014 "Chandelier" music video. Sia wrote the piano-driven song with the track's producer, Greg Kurstin. The American's other collaborations with the Australian singer-songwriter include "Chandelier," her first US #1 hit "Cheap Thrills," and her collaboration with Kendrick Lamar, "The Greatest." On Sia's 2008 track "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine," she dubs a girlfriend with addiction issues a "snowman." But I've watched you stand, still as a snowman But I don't see you change, you're always at meltdown In this instance, Sia walks away from her troubled friend, as she'd grown tired of the friend using her as a crutch.

Don't cry, snowman, not in front of me
Who will catch your tears if you can't catch me, darlin'?
If you can't catch me, darlin'?
Don't cry, snowman, don't leave me this way
A puddle of water can't hold me close, baby
Can't hold me close, baby

I want you to know that I'm never leaving
'Cause I'm Mrs. Snow, 'til death we'll be freezing
Yeah, you are my home, my home for all seasons
So come on, let's go
Let's go below zero and hide from the sun
I'll love you forever where we'll have some fun
Yes, let's hit the North Pole and live happily
Please don't cry no tears now, it's Christmas, baby

My snowman and me
My snowman and me
Baby

Don't cry, snowman, don't you fear the sun
Who'll carry me without legs to run, honey?
Without legs to run, honey?
Don't cry, snowman, don't you shed a tear
Who'll hear my secrets if you don't have ears, baby?
If you don't have ears, baby?

I want you to know that I'm never leaving
'Cause I'm Mrs. Snow, 'til death we'll be freezing
Yeah, you are my home, my home for all seasons
So come on, let's go
Let's go below zero and hide from the sun
I'll love you forever where we'll have some fun
Yes, let's hit the North Pole and live happily
Please don't cry no tears now, it's Christmas, baby

My snowman and me
My snowman and me
Baby