Big Girls Cry

"Big Girls Cry" is a single by Australian singer-songwriter Sia from her sixth studio album 1000 Forms of Fear (2014). The single was not released internationally; it was only released in Australia and some parts of Europe. It charted in Belgium and hit the top 40 in Australia and France.

Not to be confused with Big Girls Don't Cry.

"Big Girls Cry"
Single by Sia
from the album 1000 Forms of Fear
Released25 June 2014 (2014-06-25)
Recorded2013
GenrePop
Length3:31
Label
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology
"Chandelier"
(2014)		 "Big Girls Cry"
(2014)		 "Guts Over Fear"
(2014)
Music video
"Big Girls Cry" on YouTube

Electronic duo Odesza released a "choppy, chillwave" remix of "Big Girls Cry" on 5 December 2014.[1][2] On 15 October 2014, Sia performed "Big Girls Cry" at The Recording Academy.[3] On 2 April 2015, "Big Girls Cry" was released as the third single in the United Kingdom. Sia performed "Big Girls Cry" live on Australian television show, Sunrise on 21 April 2015.[4]

Music video

On 2 April 2015, a video for the song was released on Sia's Vevo YouTube channel. The video features Maddie Ziegler in her trademark flesh-coloured leotard and blonde Sia bob facing the camera, in front of a black background, contorting her face and using her hands to express a slew of emotions. At one point a pair of hands come into the frame (shown in behind-the-scenes footage to be Sia's own hands) manipulating Ziegler's face and covering her mouth, they appear to lift Ziegler by the throat into the air until only her kicking feet are shown, then Ziegler drops back into the frame to resume her emotive facial contortions. The single shot video with various lighting and a plain black background is comparable to Lorde's "Tennis Court".[5]

Sia revealed, in a behind-the-scenes video for "Elastic Heart", that she would be making a trilogy of videos with Ziegler. As in the first two videos in the series ("Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart"), the clip for "Big Girls Cry" was directed by Sia and Daniel Askill and choreographed by Ryan Heffington.[6] As of December 2017, the video had received more than 230 million views.[5] Since mid 2018, the video has not been available for viewers in Australia and New Zealand.[5]

Charts
Chart (2014–15) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 16
Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)[8] 54
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[9] 29
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[10] 64
France (SNEP)[11] 18
Iceland (RÚV)[12] 17
Ireland (IRMA)[13] 60
Israel (Media Forest)[14] 7
Scotland (OCC)[15] 51
UK Singles (OCC)[16] 77
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[17] 3

Year-end charts
Chart (2015) Position
France (SNEP)[18] 97

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[19] Platinum 70,000^
Denmark (IFPI Denmark)[20] Gold 45,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[21] Silver 200,000

^shipments figures based on certification alone
sales+streaming figures based on certification alone

Release history
Region Date Format Label
Belgium[22] 25 June 2014 Digital download
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Finland[23]
Portugal[24]
Spain[25]
Sweden[26]
Switzerland[27]
France[28] 27 April 2015 Digital download (Remix EP)
United States[29] 28 April 2015
United Kingdom[30] 4 May 2015
United Kingdom[31] Mainstream radio

References
  1. "ODESZA Transform Sia's "Big Girls Cry" Into A Glitchy Dance Remix". www.idolator.com. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  2. "Hear Odesza's brand-new remix of Grammy nominee Sia's 'Big Girls Cry'". music-mix.ew.com. 5 December 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  3. "Sia Performs "Big Girls Cry"". www.grammy.com. 15 October 2014. Retrieved 10 December 2014.
  4. "Sia performs Big Girls Cry". au.tv.yahoo.com. 21 April 2015. Archived from the original on 22 April 2015. Retrieved 22 April 2015.
  5. Sia "Sia – Big Girls Cry (Official Video)", Sia VEVO, 2 April 2015
  6. Nastassia Baroni (3 April 2015). "Watch Sia's Emotional New 'Big Girls Cry' Video Ft. Maddie Ziegler". musicfeeds.com.au. Retrieved 22 December 2015.
  7. "Australian-charts.com – Sia – Big Girls Cry". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 23 May 2015.
  8. "Ultratop.be – Sia – Big Girls Cry" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 1 May 2015.
  9. "Ultratop.be – Sia – Big Girls Cry" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  10. "Sia Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 12 April 2015.
  11. "Lescharts.com – Sia – Big Girls Cry" (in French). Les classement single. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  12. "Sia". RÚV. 11 April 2016. Retrieved 24 May 2017.
  13. "Chart Track: Week 20, 2015". Irish Singles Chart.
  14. "Media Forest - Big Girls Cry". Media Forest. Archived from the original on 6 February 2015. Retrieved 15 February 2015.
  15. "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  16. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved May 17, 2015.
  17. "Sia Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 9 April 2015.
  18. "Classement Singles - année 2015" (in French). SNEP. Retrieved 9 December 2016.
  19. Ryan, Gavin (27 June 2015). "ARIA Singles: Meghan Trainor and John Legend Are At No 1". Noise11. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  20. "Danish single certifications – Sia – Big Girls Cry". IFPI Denmark. Retrieved 2 July 2019. Scroll through the page-list below until year 2019 to obtain certification.
  21. "British single certifications – Sia – Big Girls Cry". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Select singles in the Format field. Select Silver in the Certification field. Type Big Girls Cry in the "Search BPI Awards" field and then press Enter.
  22. "Big Girls Cry (2014) | Sia | MP3 Downloads" (in Dutch). Belgium: 7digital. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015.
  23. "Big Girls Cry (2014) | Sia | MP3 Downloads". Finland: 7digital. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  24. "Big Girls Cry (2014) | Sia | MP3 Downloads". Portugal: 7digital. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  25. "Big Girls Cry (2014) | Sia | MP3 Downloads" (in Spanish). Spain: 7digital. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  26. "Big Girls Cry (2014) | Sia | MP3 Downloads". Sweden: 7digital. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  27. "Big Girls Cry (2014) | Sia | MP3 Downloads" (in German). Switzerland: 7digital. Archived from the original on 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
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