The remix was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance at the 2017 Grammy Awards and won Most Played Australian Work Overseas at the APRA Music Awards for three consecutive years (2018–2020). Music and Lyric Videos
"Cheap Thrills" was a massive commercial success, certified in the US by 2022 for sales exceeding 8 million copies. Sia - Cheap Thrills (Official Audio) ft. Sean Paul
Common time with a chord progression of F♯m–D–A–E. Vocal Range: Sia’s vocals span an octave from B3 to B4. Chart Dominance and Awards The remix was nominated for Best Pop Duo/Group
The official lyric video for the Sean Paul version, directed by Lior Molcho, features a 1960s-style television dance contest. It uses visual effects to mimic early TV cameras and showcases a faceless couple in Sia's signature wigs—dancers Minn Vo and Stefanie Klausman—winning the competition. As of late 2025, various video versions of the song have surpassed billions of views on YouTube. Vocal Range: Sia’s vocals span an octave from B3 to B4
The version featuring Sean Paul added a "new bounce" and tropical groove to the original solo track. Electropop, reggae, and tropical house. Tempo: 90 beats per minute.
Released as a remix on February 11, 2016, featuring Sean Paul became a global phenomenon, marking Sia's first number-one single on the US Billboard Hot 100. The track is a bouncy, reggae-tinged electropop and dancehall anthem that celebrates finding joy in simple pleasures like music and dancing without needing material wealth. Origins and Rejection
Ironically, the song that eventually made Sia the first woman over 40 to top the Hot 100 since Madonna was originally written for . Sia and producer Greg Kurstin penned the track with Rihanna's Anti album in mind, but the Barbadian singer passed on it. Sia decided to keep the "summer and fun" track for her own seventh studio album, This Is Acting , which is composed entirely of songs she had written for other artists. Musical Composition and Collaboration