Saved My Life (Sia song)

"Saved My Life"
Single by Sia
Released	2 May 2020 (2020-05-02)
Studio	Echo (Los Angeles)
Genre	Pop
Length	3:55
Label	Monkey Puzzle Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Sia Furler Dua Lipa Greg Kurstin
Producer(s)	Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology
"On" (2020) "Saved My Life" (2020) "Together" (2020)
Audio video
"Saved My Life" on YouTube

"Saved My Life" is a song performed by Australian singer-songwriter Sia. The song was released on 2 May 2020, after she performed it during the online COVID Is No Joke live comedy fest hosted by AmeriCares during the COVID-19 pandemic. The proceeds from the song benefit AmeriCares and CORE Response.^[1][2] It is featured on Sia's album Music – Songs from and Inspired by the Motion Picture, released in February 2021.^[3]

Lyrically, the song is about her friend saving her from suicide in 2016.

Background

Sia wrote "Saved My Life" in a session with Dua Lipa.^[4]

Composition

Written by Sia, frequent collaborator Greg Kurstin and British singer-songwriter Dua Lipa, "Saved My Life" is a pop ballad which features piano, keyboards, bass, drums and guitar played by Kurstin.^[1] The track opens up as a piano ballad and slowly builds into a grand track filled with strings and an uptempo beat. Sia's vocal performance on the track was described as "passionate" by mxdwn.^[5][6] "Saved My Life" has a length of three minutes and fifty-five seconds.^[7]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[7]

• Sia – writer, vocals
• Dua Lipa – writer
• Greg Kurstin – writer, producer, bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, piano, programming, engineer, mixer, masterer
• Julian Burg – engineer
• Chris Gehringer – masterer

Charts

Chart (2020)	Peak position
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	79

References

1. Kreps, Daniel (2 May 2020). "Hear Sia's New Song 'Saved My Life,' Co-Written by Dua Lipa". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
2. "Listen to Sia's uplifting new song 'Saved My Life'". New Musical Express. 2 May 2020. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
3. Heran, Momo (12 January 2021). "Everything We Know About Sia's 'Music' Movie & Album (So Far)". Billboard. Archived from the original on 30 January 2021. Retrieved 12 February 2021.
4. Sia Talks Maddie & Kenzie Ziegler, Being a Grandmother, Music (The Movie) & New Album. Zach Sang Show. 1 July 2020. Retrieved 22 January 2024 – via YouTube.
5. "Sia Shares Emotional New Song "Saved My Life" Co-Written by Dua Lipa -". mxdwn Music. 5 May 2020. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
6. "Sia just released her new single "Saved My Life" » Rage Robot". Rage Robot. 2 May 2020. Archived from the original on 3 May 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
7. "Saved My Life by Sia — 1 track — 3:56". TIDAL. Archived from the original on 8 July 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2020.
8. "Sia – Saved My Life". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 17 May 2020.