Live Louder

"Live Louder" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Nathaniel Willemse. It was released on 5 September 2014 as the third single from his debut studio album Yours.[2]

"Live Louder"
Single by Nathaniel Willemse
from the album Yours
Released5 September 2014 (2014-09-05)
Recorded2014
GenreDisco, funk
Length3:09
LabelDNA Songs, Sony
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)David Ryan Harris and DNA Songs[1]
Nathaniel Willemse singles chronology
"You're Beautiful"
(2014)		 "Live Louder"
(2014)		 "Flava"
(2015)

Background

A 90-second preview of "Live Louder" was released on 20 August 2014 via Willemse's VEVO account.[3]

It became available for pre-order from 22 August 2014.[4]

Promotion

"Live Louder" received significant promotion due to its use in a television commercial promotion for the 14th season of Dancing with the Stars Australia. Willemse performed the song live on the verdict show for the sixth season of The X Factor Australia on 15 September 2014.[5] Live Louder has since been sampled as the closing song in the first episode of the new Disney Channel original Ravens Home, a spin off of the 2000s comedy That's So Raven starring Raven Symone. The song also features on the soundtrack of the 2015 Australian film “Sucker”, which stars Timothy Spall, Shaun Micallef and Kat Stewart.

Music video

The official video clip was released on 4 September 2014 via Willemse's VEVO account. Some of the scenes in the video clip bears a resemblance to "Need You Tonight" by INXS.[6]

Track listing
  • Digital download[2]
  1. "Live Louder" – 3:09
  • Remixes
  1. "Live Louder" (7th Heaven Remix) – 3:19
  2. "Live Louder" (7th Heaven Club Mix) – 5:58
  3. "Live Louder" (David Konsky Remix) – 3:22

Charts

"Live Louder" debuted at number 22 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and peaked at number 4 two weeks later.

Weekly charts
Chart (2014) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[7] 4
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)[8] 2

Year-end charts
Chart (2014) Position
Australia (ARIA)[9] 66
Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)[10] 12

Certifications
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[11] Platinum 70,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References
  1. "Live Louder – Nathaniel Willemse". Australian-charts.org. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  2. "Live Louder – Single by Nathaniel". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
  3. "Nathaniel – Live Louder (Teaser)". YouTube. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  4. "NEW SINGLE 'LIVE LOUDER' ANNOUNCED". nathanielofficial.com.au. 22 August 2014. Archived from the original on 14 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  5. "Meghan Trainor and Nathaniel: Top 8 Live Decider – Special Guests". The X Factor Australia. Yahoo!7. 9 September 2014. Retrieved 16 September 2014.
  6. "Nathaniel – Live Louder". YouTube. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
  7. "Australian-charts.com – Nathaniel Willemse – You're Beautiful". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
  8. "ARIA Australian Top 40 Urban Singles Chart". ARIA Charts. 21 September 2014. Archived from the original on 6 July 2014.
  9. "ARIA Top 100 Singles 2014". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  10. "ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2014". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 7 January 2015.
  11. "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2014 Singles". Australian Recording Industry Association. Archived from the original on 10 August 2020. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
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