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| artist = [[Sia (musician)|Sia]] featuring [[Kendrick Lamar]]
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"'''The Greatest'''" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter [[Sia (musician)|Sia]] for the deluxe edition of her seventh studio album, ''[[This Is Acting]]'' (2016). Being made available for [[music download|digital consumption]] as the record's third single on 6 September 2016 through Monkey Puzzle and [[RCA Records]], "The Greatest" features a new part with the American rapper [[Kendrick Lamar]]. The [[electropop]] song was written by Sia, [[Greg Kurstin]], and Lamar while production was only handled by Kurstin. The solo version was written only by the former two. The song was originally intended to be in a new album called ''We Are Your Children''.<ref>http://gagadaily.com/forums/topic/204269-is-we-are-your-children-cancelled/</ref>
"'''The Greatest'''" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter [[Sia]] for the deluxe edition of her seventh studio album, ''[[This Is Acting]]'' (2016). Being made available for [[music download|digital download]] as the album's third single on 6 September 2016 through Monkey Puzzle and [[RCA Records]], the single version of "The Greatest" features a verse from American rapper [[Kendrick Lamar]]. The [[electropop]] song was written by Sia, [[Greg Kurstin]], Lamar, and [[Blair MacKichan]], with production handled by Kurstin. The solo version was written by the former three only.


An accompanying music video for the single was filmed by Sia and [[Daniel Askill]], and features American dancer [[Maddie Ziegler]] surrounded by 48 different young people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/44YgvdPqvGW40KGLSBQp4D0/the-greatest-9-moments-of-sias-career?ns_mchannel |title=The greatest 9 moments of Sia's career|work=[[BBC Radio 1]]|date=6 September 2016|access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref> Although the singer has not provided an interpretation of the video's plot, numerous media outlets have perceived it as a tribute to the 49 victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]].<ref name=Media/> Commercially, "The Greatest" reached the top five in several countries and was awarded with [[Music recording sales certifications|certifications]] in different territories. The music video was nominated for a 2017 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.<ref>[http://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/best-choreography "MTV VMA Best Choreography"], MTV.com, accessed 25 July 2017.</ref>
An accompanying music video for the single was filmed by Sia and [[Daniel Askill]], and features American dancer [[Maddie Ziegler]] surrounded by 48 different young people.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/44YgvdPqvGW40KGLSBQp4D0/the-greatest-9-moments-of-sias-career?ns_mchannel|title=The greatest 9 moments of Sia's career|work=[[BBC Radio 1]]|date=6 September 2016|access-date=6 September 2016|archive-date=7 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200107141826/https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/44YgvdPqvGW40KGLSBQp4D0/the-greatest-9-moments-of-sias-career?ns_mchannel|url-status=live}}</ref> Although the singer has not provided an interpretation of the video's plot, numerous media outlets have perceived it as a tribute to the 49 victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]].<ref name=Media/> Commercially, "The Greatest" reached the top five in several countries and was awarded with [[Music recording sales certifications|certifications]] in different territories. The music video was nominated for a 2017 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.<ref>[https://www.mtv.com/vma/vote/best-choreography "MTV VMA Best Choreography"], MTV.com, accessed 25 July 2017.</ref>


==Composition==
==Composition==
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' editor Gil Kaufman described "The Greatest" as an "uplifting, [[Pop music|poppy]] song with a subtle island vibe."<ref name="billboard">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7496053/sia-drops-the-greatest-feat-kendrick-lamar-video-starring-maddie-ziegler|title=Sia Drops 'The Greatest' Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Video Starring Maddie Ziegler|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=6 September 2016|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref>
''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' editor Gil Kaufman described "The Greatest" as an "uplifting, [[Pop music|poppy]] song with a subtle island vibe."<ref name="billboard">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7496053/sia-drops-the-greatest-feat-kendrick-lamar-video-starring-maddie-ziegler|title=Sia Drops 'The Greatest' Feat. Kendrick Lamar, Video Starring Maddie Ziegler|last=Kaufman|first=Gil|date=6 September 2016|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=6 September 2016|archive-date=9 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909003947/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/7496053/sia-drops-the-greatest-feat-kendrick-lamar-video-starring-maddie-ziegler|url-status=live}}</ref>


The song is written in the key of [[C minor]] with a [[cut common time]] tempo of 96 [[beats per minute]]. The vocals span from B♭<sub>3</sub> to E♭<sub>5</sub> in the song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar "The Greatest" Sheet Music in C Minor|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0168306|website=Musicnotes.com|publisher=Musicnotes, Inc.|access-date=19 September 2016}}</ref>
The song is written in the key of [[C minor]] with a [[cut common time]] tempo of 96 [[beats per minute]]. The vocals span from B♭<sub>3</sub> to E♭<sub>5</sub> in the song.<ref>{{cite web|title=Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar "The Greatest" Sheet Music in C Minor|url=http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0168306|website=Musicnotes.com|date=16 September 2016|publisher=Musicnotes, Inc.|access-date=19 September 2016|archive-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919075049/http://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0168306|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Critical reception==
==Critical reception==
''The Greatest'' was highly praised by music critics and its commemoration too. Jessica Goodman from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' explained the chorus "massive and catchy."<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/06/sia-greatest-kendrick-lamar | title=Sia drops new song 'The Greatest' with Kendrick Lamar | work=Entertainment Weekly | author=Goodman, Jessica | date=6 September 2016 | access-date=6 September 2016}}</ref> Once the critics had picked up on the song's connection with the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], Spencer Kornhaber of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' wrote:
''The Greatest'' was highly praised by music critics and its commemoration too. Jessica Goodman from ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]'' explained the chorus "massive and catchy."<ref>{{cite magazine | url=http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/06/sia-greatest-kendrick-lamar | title=Sia drops new song 'The Greatest' with Kendrick Lamar | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | author=Goodman, Jessica | date=6 September 2016 | access-date=6 September 2016 | archive-date=6 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160906142252/http://www.ew.com/article/2016/09/06/sia-greatest-kendrick-lamar | url-status=live }}</ref> Once the critics had picked up on the song's connection with the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]], Spencer Kornhaber of ''[[The Atlantic]]'' wrote:


<blockquote>Making pop about a specific tragedy is necessarily a tricky job. So it's no crime that some of the other mainstream original songs memorializing Orlando have been as rote as issue-oriented singles are often stereotyped as being. ... But "The Greatest" is very potent, a work of art, not charity. ... There's no break here from the rest of Sia's catalog about pain and release in everyday life: You hear a sad voice wailing about bucking up, very stark emotional peaks and valleys, and a danceable backing of explosive drums, toy-box melodies, and reggae grooves. Sia and Greg Kurstin may have written the song even before the massacre. But in the context of Orlando, the possible platitude of the chorus becomes gutting: "I'm free to be the greatest / I'm alive." She's pepping the listener up, but she's also defining the value of life, marking the human potential that's been lost.<ref name=Kornhaber>Kornhaber, Spencer. [https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/09/sia-the-greatest-music-video-orlando-kendrick-lamar/498932 "Sia's Wonderful and Sad Music Video for Orlando"], ''[[The Atlantic]]'', 7 September 2016</ref></blockquote>
<blockquote>Making pop about a specific tragedy is necessarily a tricky job. So it's no crime that some of the other mainstream original songs memorializing Orlando have been as rote as issue-oriented singles are often stereotyped as being. ... But "The Greatest" is very potent, a work of art, not charity. ... There's no break here from the rest of Sia's catalog about pain and release in everyday life: You hear a sad voice wailing about bucking up, very stark emotional peaks and valleys, and a danceable backing of explosive drums, toy-box melodies, and reggae grooves. Sia and Greg Kurstin may have written the song even before the massacre. But in the context of Orlando, the possible platitude of the chorus becomes gutting: "I'm free to be the greatest / I'm alive." She's pepping the listener up, but she's also defining the value of life, marking the human potential that's been lost.<ref name=Kornhaber>Kornhaber, Spencer. [https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/09/sia-the-greatest-music-video-orlando-kendrick-lamar/498932 "Sia's Wonderful and Sad Music Video for Orlando"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815220814/https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2016/09/sia-the-greatest-music-video-orlando-kendrick-lamar/498932 |date=15 August 2017 }}, ''[[The Atlantic]]'', 7 September 2016</ref></blockquote>


The Orlando shooting commemoration was also praised by Bruno Russell from ''[[Wessex Scene|The Edge]]'', who called the song's concept "inspirational" as "the message is clear: that we can make a difference and be 'The Greatest,' but we have to act now." Russell awarded a 5-star review for the song, praising her performance as having "somewhat of a narrative feel, especially from the childish nature of the instrumental backing, which emphasizes the vulnerability there to be exposed and challenged (though, at the same time, there is also a power within this from the more powerful chorus)." Russell also praised Lamar's rap in the single release of the track.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/records/singles/2016/09/07/review-sia-feat-kendrick-lamar-the-greatest/| title=Review: Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar - 'The Greatest' | work=The Edge | author=Russell, Bruno | date=7 September 2016 | access-date=8 September 2016}}</ref>
The Orlando shooting commemoration was also praised by Bruno Russell from ''[[Wessex Scene|The Edge]]'', who called the song's concept "inspirational" as "the message is clear: that we can make a difference and be 'The Greatest,' but we have to act now." Russell awarded a 5-star review for the song, praising her performance as having "somewhat of a narrative feel, especially from the childish nature of the instrumental backing, which emphasizes the vulnerability there to be exposed and challenged (though, at the same time, there is also a power within this from the more powerful chorus)." Russell also praised Lamar's rap in the single release of the track.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/records/singles/2016/09/07/review-sia-feat-kendrick-lamar-the-greatest/ | title=Review: Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar - 'The Greatest' | work=The Edge | author=Russell, Bruno | date=7 September 2016 | access-date=8 September 2016 | archive-date=9 September 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909191629/https://www.theedgesusu.co.uk/records/singles/2016/09/07/review-sia-feat-kendrick-lamar-the-greatest/ | url-status=live }}</ref>


==Chart performance==
==Chart performance==
Upon the song's release, "The Greatest" debuted on several charts worldwide, including the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number 52, [[UK Singles Chart]] at 49, and [[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]] at number 25, and achieved top ten debuts in [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|France]],<ref name="France"/> [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand]],<ref name="New Zealand">{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4274|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=26 September 2016|access-date=23 September 2016}}</ref> [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scotland]], [[The Official Finnish Charts|Finland]], [[VG-lista|Norway]],<ref name="Norway"/> [[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Hungary]], [[Productores de Música de España|Spain]], and [[Sverigetopplistan|Sweden]].<ref name="Sweden"/> In its second week on [[Official Charts Company|UK Singles Chart]], the song climbed to number 5, making it Sia's ninth top ten single on that chart, and Kendrick's second.<ref name="UK"/><ref name="officialchartskendrick">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7661/kendrick-lamar/|title=Kendrick Lamar Full Official Chart History|access-date=16 September 2016}}</ref> It later rose to number 2 in Australia,<ref name="ARIA"/> number 1 in Switzerland,<ref name="Switzerland"/> and number 18 in the US.<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-12-10|title=Billboard Top 100|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016}}</ref>
Upon the song's release, "The Greatest" debuted on several charts worldwide, including the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] at number 52, [[UK Singles Chart]] at 49, and [[ARIA Charts|Australian Singles Chart]] at number 25, and achieved top ten debuts in [[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|France]],<ref name="France"/> [[Official New Zealand Music Chart|New Zealand]],<ref name="New Zealand">{{cite web|url=http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4274|title=NZ Top 40 Singles Chart|publisher=[[Recorded Music NZ]]|date=26 September 2016|access-date=23 September 2016|archive-date=23 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160923192540/http://nztop40.co.nz/chart/singles?chart=4274|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Scottish Singles and Albums Charts|Scotland]], [[The Official Finnish Charts|Finland]], [[VG-lista|Norway]],<ref name="Norway"/> [[Association of Hungarian Record Companies|Hungary]], [[Productores de Música de España|Spain]], and [[Sverigetopplistan|Sweden]].<ref name="Sweden"/> In its second week on the UK Singles Chart, the song climbed to number 5, making it Sia's ninth top ten single on that chart, and Kendrick's second.<ref name="UK"/><ref name="officialchartskendrick">{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7661/kendrick-lamar/|title=Kendrick Lamar Full Official Chart History|website=[[Official Charts Company|Official Charts]]|access-date=16 September 2016|archive-date=20 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160320153741/http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/7661/kendrick-lamar/|url-status=live}}</ref> It later rose to number 2 in Australia,<ref name="ARIA"/> number 1 in Switzerland,<ref name="Switzerland"/> and number 18 in the US.<ref name="Hot 100">{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-12-10|title=Billboard Top 100|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=29 November 2016|access-date=29 November 2016|archive-date=20 December 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220235242/http://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2016-12-10|url-status=live}}</ref>
In its fourth week on the singles chart, "The Greatest" was certified Gold in both Australia and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=3 October 2016|
In its fourth week on the singles chart, "The Greatest" was certified gold in both Australia and Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|title=ARIA Australian Top 50 Singles|publisher=[[Australian Recording Industry Association]]|date=3 October 2016|access-date=1 October 2016|archive-date=21 March 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200321235817/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/charts/singles-chart|url-status=live}}</ref>
access-date=1 October 2016}}</ref>


==Music video==
==Music video==
The music video was directed by Sia and Daniel Askill<ref name="rolling"/> and choreographed by [[Ryan Heffington]]. The director of photography was Mathieu Plainfosse. It was released on 5 September 2016 and has been viewed on YouTube more than 700 million times.<ref>Furler, Sia. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSRyLdjsPA "Sia – 'The Greatest'"], Youtube: SiaVEVO, 5 September 2016, accessed 29 December 2016</ref>
The music video was directed by Sia and Daniel Askill<ref name="rolling"/> and choreographed by [[Ryan Heffington]]. The director of photography was Mathieu Plainfosse. It was released on 5 September 2016 and has been viewed on YouTube more than 790 million times as of August 2023.<ref>Furler, Sia. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSRyLdjsPA "Sia – 'The Greatest'"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909002001/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKSRyLdjsPA |date=9 September 2016 }}, Youtube: SiaVEVO, 5 September 2016, accessed 29 December 2016</ref>


Writers from several media outlets, including ''[[E! Online]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, concluded that the video was a tribute to the victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]]. The video opens with a low drone and cuts between shots of a upset Maddie Ziegler painting rainbow colours on her cheeks. She frees 48 other young people trapped in a cage (49 being the number of people killed in the shooting); their freedom is short-lived, however. Later, a wall is seen filled with bullet holes as everyone falls to the ground, and tears stream down Ziegler's face.<ref name=Media>Sources about the music video:
Writers from several media outlets, including ''[[E! Online]]'', ''[[Cosmopolitan (magazine)|Cosmopolitan]]'', ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'', ''[[People (magazine)|People]]'' magazine, concluded that the video was a tribute to the victims of the [[Orlando nightclub shooting]]. The video opens with a low drone and cuts between shots of an upset Maddie Ziegler painting rainbow colours on her cheeks. She frees 48 other young spirits trapped in a cage (49 being the number of people killed in the shooting); their freedom is short-lived, however. Later, a wall is seen filled with bullet holes as everyone falls to the ground, and tears stream down Ziegler's face.<ref name=Media>Sources about the music video:
*Vulpo, Mike. [http://www.eonline.com/news/792586/sia-s-music-video-tribute-to-orlando-with-maddie-ziegler-and-kendrick-lamar-will-take-your-breath-away "Sia's Music Video Tribute to Orlando With Maddie Ziegler and Kendrick Lamar Will Take Your Breath Away"], Eonline.com, 6 September 2016
*Vulpo, Mike. [http://www.eonline.com/news/792586/sia-s-music-video-tribute-to-orlando-with-maddie-ziegler-and-kendrick-lamar-will-take-your-breath-away "Sia's Music Video Tribute to Orlando With Maddie Ziegler and Kendrick Lamar Will Take Your Breath Away"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909045101/http://www.eonline.com/news/792586/sia-s-music-video-tribute-to-orlando-with-maddie-ziegler-and-kendrick-lamar-will-take-your-breath-away |date=9 September 2016 }}, Eonline.com, 6 September 2016
*Murphy, Desiree [http://www.etonline.com/news/197320_maddie_ziegler_rocks_black_wig_rainbow_face_paint_sia_the_greatest_music_video_orlando_victims_tribute "Maddie Ziegler Rocks a Black Wig, Rainbow Face Paint in Sia's Haunting Tribute Video to Orlando Victims"], ETonline.com, 6 September 2016
*Murphy, Desiree [http://www.etonline.com/news/197320_maddie_ziegler_rocks_black_wig_rainbow_face_paint_sia_the_greatest_music_video_orlando_victims_tribute "Maddie Ziegler Rocks a Black Wig, Rainbow Face Paint in Sia's Haunting Tribute Video to Orlando Victims"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170417120743/http://www.etonline.com/news/197320_maddie_ziegler_rocks_black_wig_rainbow_face_paint_sia_the_greatest_music_video_orlando_victims_tribute/ |date=17 April 2017 }}, ETonline.com, 6 September 2016
*Adams, Char. [http://www.people.com/article/sia-the-greatest-video-orlando-shooting "Sia Releases Haunting 'The Greatest' Music Video: Is It an Orlando Shooting Tribute?"], ''People'' magazine, 6 September 2016
*Adams, Char. [http://www.people.com/article/sia-the-greatest-video-orlando-shooting "Sia Releases Haunting 'The Greatest' Music Video: Is It an Orlando Shooting Tribute?"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160909055020/http://www.people.com/article/sia-the-greatest-video-orlando-shooting |date=9 September 2016 }}, ''People'' magazine, 6 September 2016
*Van Der Meer, Erin. [http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/celebrity/sia-the-greatest-video-16780 "Sia's ''The Greatest'' video is a tribute to the Orlando nightclub shooting victims"], ''Cosmopolitan'', 6 September 2016
*Van Der Meer, Erin. [http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/celebrity/sia-the-greatest-video-16780 "Sia's ''The Greatest'' video is a tribute to the Orlando nightclub shooting victims"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419171113/http://www.cosmopolitan.com.au/celebrity/sia-the-greatest-video-16780 |date=19 April 2017 }}, ''Cosmopolitan'', 6 September 2016
*Yee, Lawrence. [https://variety.com/2016/music/news/sia-the-greatest-music-video-orlando-shooting-1201852900 "Sia Evokes Orlando Nightclub Shooting in New Music Video"], ''Variety'', 6 September 2016
*Yee, Lawrence. [https://variety.com/2016/music/news/sia-the-greatest-music-video-orlando-shooting-1201852900 "Sia Evokes Orlando Nightclub Shooting in New Music Video"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171211193354/http://variety.com/2016/music/news/sia-the-greatest-music-video-orlando-shooting-1201852900/ |date=11 December 2017 }}, ''Variety'', 6 September 2016
*Rose, Elena. [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/arts_and_entertainment/article_fc9e05d0-794b-11e6-bb12-777d015922dc.html "Sia honors victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting with new music video"], ''[[The Daily Collegian]]'', 13 September 2016</ref><ref name="rolling">{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-sia-kendrick-lamar-on-rapturous-song-the-greatest-w438074 | title=Hear Sia, Kendrick Lamar on Rapturous New Song 'The Greatest' | work=Rolling Stone | date=6 September 2016 | access-date=6 September 2016 | author=Blistein, Jon}}</ref> Kornhaber wrote:
*Rose, Elena. [http://www.collegian.psu.edu/arts_and_entertainment/article_fc9e05d0-794b-11e6-bb12-777d015922dc.html "Sia honors victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting with new music video"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160916065341/http://www.collegian.psu.edu/arts_and_entertainment/article_fc9e05d0-794b-11e6-bb12-777d015922dc.html |date=16 September 2016 }}, ''[[The Daily Collegian]]'', 13 September 2016</ref><ref name="rolling">{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-sia-kendrick-lamar-on-rapturous-song-the-greatest-w438074 | title=Hear Sia, Kendrick Lamar on Rapturous New Song 'The Greatest' | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=6 September 2016 | access-date=6 September 2016 | author=Blistein, Jon | archive-date=20 September 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920064728/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-sia-kendrick-lamar-on-rapturous-song-the-greatest-w438074 | url-status=live }}</ref> Kornhaber wrote:
<blockquote>Absent of any social context, it's all striking and beautiful and ineffably sad. With the knowledge that it was inspired by queer youths and friends gunned down in the act of coming together and enjoying themselves, it becomes almost unbearably poignant. Sia keeps singing about having stamina; Kendrick Lamar's verse, omitted from the video, is all about surviving adversity and haters. What’s so potent about the video—and so specifically awful about this massacre—is that its subjects do seem to have struggled and triumphed to find the freedom to flip out together, and they are still cut down. It's bookended by Ziegler crying: As is appropriate, there's no take-home moral to make what happened seem okay.<ref name=Kornhaber/></blockquote>
<blockquote>Absent of any social context, it's all striking and beautiful and ineffably sad. With the knowledge that it was inspired by queer youths and friends gunned down in the act of coming together and enjoying themselves, it becomes almost unbearably poignant. Sia keeps singing about having stamina; Kendrick Lamar's verse, omitted from the video, is all about surviving adversity and haters. What’s so potent about the video—and so specifically awful about this massacre—is that its subjects do seem to have struggled and triumphed to find the freedom to flip out together, and they are still cut down. It's bookended by Ziegler crying: As is appropriate, there's no take-home moral to make what happened seem okay.<ref name=Kornhaber/></blockquote>

The music video was nominated for [[ARIA Award for Best Video|Best Video]] at the [[ARIA Music Awards of 2017]].<ref name="Video">ARIA Award previous winners. {{cite web|url=https://www.ariaawards.com.au/history/award/Best-Video?view=list|title=Winners by Award – Artisan Awards – Best Video|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA)|access-date=12 December 2019|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422171119/https://www.aria.com.au/awards/past-winners|url-status=live}}</ref>


==Live performances==
==Live performances==
On 7 September 2016, Sia, Ziegler and several other dancers performed "The Greatest" live for the first time at the 2016 [[Apple media events|Apple launch]] of the [[iPhone 7]] at San Francisco's [[Bill Graham Civic Auditorium]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-sia-debut-the-greatest-live-at-iphone-7-event-w438521 | title=Watch Sia Debut 'The Greatest' Live at iPhone 7 Event | work=Rolling Stone | date=7 September 2016 | access-date=7 September 2016}}</ref><ref>Moss, Rachel. [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/maddie-ziegler-apple-launch-performance_uk_57d16502e4b0d45ff871392a "13-Year-Old Dancer Maddie Ziegler Totally Stole The Show At The Apple iPhone 7 Launch"], ''Huffington Post'', 8 September 2016</ref> Sia and Ziegler performed the song during her performance at the 2016 [[iHeartRadio Music Festival]] on 23 September 2016. The song is included on Sia's [[Nostalgic for the Present Tour]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/02/review-sia-rocks-with-kristen-wiig-paul-dano-in-oakland/ | title=Review: Sia delivers performance-art masterpiece in Oakland | work=The Mercury News | date=2 October 2016 | access-date=2 October 2016 | author=Harrington, Jim}}</ref>
On 7 September 2016, Sia, Ziegler and several other dancers performed "The Greatest" live for the first time at the 2016 [[Apple media events|Apple launch]] of the [[iPhone 7]] at San Francisco's [[Bill Graham Civic Auditorium]].<ref>{{cite magazine | url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-sia-debut-the-greatest-live-at-iphone-7-event-w438521 | title=Watch Sia Debut 'The Greatest' Live at iPhone 7 Event | magazine=Rolling Stone | date=7 September 2016 | access-date=7 September 2016 | archive-date=1 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001021314/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/watch-sia-debut-the-greatest-live-at-iphone-7-event-w438521 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>Moss, Rachel. [http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/maddie-ziegler-apple-launch-performance_uk_57d16502e4b0d45ff871392a "13-Year-Old Dancer Maddie Ziegler Totally Stole The Show At The Apple iPhone 7 Launch"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913015215/http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/maddie-ziegler-apple-launch-performance_uk_57d16502e4b0d45ff871392a |date=13 September 2016 }}, ''Huffington Post'', 8 September 2016</ref> Sia and Ziegler performed the song during her performance at the 2016 [[iHeartRadio Music Festival]] on 23 September 2016. The song is included on Sia's [[Nostalgic for the Present Tour]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/02/review-sia-rocks-with-kristen-wiig-paul-dano-in-oakland/ | title=Review: Sia delivers performance-art masterpiece in Oakland | work=The Mercury News | date=2 October 2016 | access-date=2 October 2016 | author=Harrington, Jim | archive-date=4 October 2016 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161004154408/http://www.mercurynews.com/2016/10/02/review-sia-rocks-with-kristen-wiig-paul-dano-in-oakland/ | url-status=live }}</ref>


==Track listing==
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*'''Digital download'''<ref name="KDA Remix">{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - The Greatest (feat. Kendrick Lamar) [KDA Remix] - Single by Sia|url=https://itun.es/gb/ch01gb|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]}}</ref>
*'''Digital download'''<ref name="KDA Remix">{{cite web|title=iTunes - Music - The Greatest (feat. Kendrick Lamar) [KDA Remix] - Single by Sia|date=23 December 2016|url=https://itun.es/gb/ch01gb|publisher=[[iTunes Store]]|access-date=3 April 2017|archive-date=22 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230422171109/https://music.apple.com/gb/album/the-greatest-feat-kendrick-lamar-kda-remix-single/1188512194|url-status=live}}</ref>
#"The Greatest" ([[KDA (DJ)|KDA]] Remix) (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – 3:41
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! scope="row"| Denmark (Tracklisten)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hitlisten.nu/top2016.asp?list=Track%20100 |title=Track Top-100, 2016 |publisher=Hitlisten.NU |access-date=31 December 2016 |archive-date=30 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161230012931/http://www.hitlisten.nu/top2016.asp?list=Track%20100 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-singles-megafusion-annuel/?ye=2016 |title=Top singles 2016|language=fr |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |access-date=12 May 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| France (SNEP)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-singles-megafusion-annuel/?ye=2016 |title=Top singles 2016 |language=fr |publisher=Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique |access-date=12 May 2017 |archive-date=10 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190110140653/http://www.snepmusique.com/tops-annuel/top-singles-megafusion-annuel/?ye=2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.viva.tv/charts/274-top-100-jahrescharts-2016 |title=Top 100 Jahrescharts 2016|language=de |work=[[GfK Entertainment]] |publisher=viva.tv |access-date=1 January 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.viva.tv/charts/274-top-100-jahrescharts-2016 |title=Top 100 Jahrescharts 2016 |language=de |work=[[GfK Entertainment]] |publisher=viva.tv |access-date=1 January 2017 |archive-date=26 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170126235349/http://www.viva.tv/charts/274-top-100-jahrescharts-2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2016|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2016|access-date=25 March 2020|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2016|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2016|access-date=25 March 2020|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|archive-date=29 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129111640/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2016|title=Összesített singles- és válogatáslemez-lista – eladási darabszám alapján - 2016|publisher=Mahasz|access-date=14 January 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2016|title=Összesített singles- és válogatáslemez-lista – eladási darabszám alapján - 2016|publisher=Mahasz|access-date=14 January 2017|archive-date=16 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170116181332/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fimi.it/news/top-of-the-music-fimi-gfk-2016-le-uniche-classifiche-annuali-complete|title=Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2016 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali |language=it |publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]] |access-date=23 February 2017 |format=''Click on'' Scarica allegato ''to download the zipped file containing the year-end chart PDF documents''}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Italy (FIMI)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fimi.it/news/top-of-the-music-fimi-gfk-2016-le-uniche-classifiche-annuali-complete |title=Classifiche "Top of the Music" 2016 FIMI-GfK: La musica italiana in vetta negli album e nei singoli digitali |language=it |publisher=[[Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana]] |access-date=23 February 2017 |format=''Click on'' Scarica allegato ''to download the zipped file containing the year-end chart PDF documents'' |archive-date=10 January 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170110154925/http://www.fimi.it/news/top-of-the-music-fimi-gfk-2016-le-uniche-classifiche-annuali-complete |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2016|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2016|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=7 November 2019}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2016|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2016|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=7 November 2019|archive-date=19 June 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619085930/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2016&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten - Single 2016|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2016}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2016&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten - Single 2016|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=25 December 2016|archive-date=9 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170309193612/http://www.dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2016&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Poland (ZPAV)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=1470|title=Podsumowanie roku – Airplay 2016|publisher=[[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry]]|language=pl|access-date=23 January 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Poland (ZPAV)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=1470|title=Podsumowanie roku – Airplay 2016|publisher=[[Polish Society of the Phonographic Industry]]|language=pl|access-date=23 January 2017|archive-date=19 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419214622/http://zpav.pl/aktualnosc.php?idaktualnosci=1470|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20160001&navi=no|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2016 |language=sv |publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]. [[Swedish Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=2 February 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Spain (PROMUSICAE)<ref name = "SPAYE2016">{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2016|title=Top 100 Songs Annual 2016|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|language=es|access-date=9 May 2022|archive-date=12 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210112145435/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-100-canciones/2016|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20160001&navi=no |title=Årslista Singlar – År 2016 |language=sv |publisher=[[Sverigetopplistan]]. [[Swedish Recording Industry Association]] |access-date=2 February 2017 |archive-date=11 May 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511101329/http://www.sverigetopplistan.se/netdata/ghl002.mbr/lista?liid=43&dfom=20160001&navi=no |url-status=live }}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2016 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2 January 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2016 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=2 January 2017|archive-date=6 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106174130/http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2016|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=31 December 2016}}</ref>
! scope="row"| UK Singles (Official Charts Company)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/|title=End of Year Singles Chart Top 100 – 2016|publisher=[[Official Charts Company]]|access-date=31 December 2016|archive-date=12 January 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112034119/http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/end-of-year-singles-chart/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2017&cat=s|title=Rapports Annuels 2017|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=21 December 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2017&cat=s|title=Rapports Annuels 2017|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=21 December 2017|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222051846/http://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2017&cat=s|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2017|work=Billboard|access-date=17 December 2017}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Canada (Canadian Hot 100)<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 – Year-End 2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=17 December 2017|archive-date=17 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171217071405/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/canadian-hot-100|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2017|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2017|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Hungary (Rádiós Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2017|title=Rádiós Top 100 - hallgatottsági adatok alapján - 2017|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204180449/https://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/radios/2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2017|title=Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2017|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Hungary (Single Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2017|title=Single Top 100 - eladási darabszám alapján - 2017|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|archive-date=4 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200204180440/https://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/single_db/2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Hungary (Stream Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/stream/2017|title=Stream Top 100 - 2017|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=[[Mahasz]]}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Hungary (Stream Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/stream/2017|title=Stream Top 100 - 2017|access-date=17 February 2018|publisher=[[Mahasz]]|archive-date=18 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180218024356/http://zene.slagerlistak.hu/archivum/eves-osszesitett-listak/stream/2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Israel (Media Forest)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediaforest.biz/Charts/YearlyCharts|title=Top 50 Israel airplay 2017|publisher=mediaforest.biz|access-date=2 January 2018}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Israel (Media Forest)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://mediaforest.biz/Charts/YearlyCharts|title=Top 50 Israel airplay 2017|publisher=mediaforest.biz|access-date=2 January 2018|archive-date=27 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170927111816/http://www.mediaforest.biz/charts/yearlycharts|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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!scope="row"|Romania (Airplay 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kissfm.ro/podcasturi/5260|title=Airplay 100 – Top of the Year 2017|publisher=[[Kiss FM (Romania)|Kiss FM]]|language=ro|access-date=3 November 2018}}</ref>
!scope="row"|Romania (Airplay 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kissfm.ro/podcasturi/5260|title=Airplay 100 – Top of the Year 2017|publisher=[[Kiss FM (Romania)|Kiss FM]]|language=ro|access-date=3 November 2018|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321074122/https://www.kissfm.ro/podcasturi/5260|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2017|title=SloTop50 – Slovenian official Year-End singles chart|publisher=[[SloTop50]]|access-date=8 January 2018}}</ref>
! scope="row"| Slovenia (SloTop50)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2017|title=SloTop50 – Slovenian official Year-End singles chart|publisher=[[SloTop50]]|access-date=8 January 2018|archive-date=16 June 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200616064658/https://www.slotop50.si/Glasbene-lestvice/Letne-lestvice/?year=2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2017|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2017 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=31 December 2017}}</ref>
!scope="row"| Spain Airplay (PROMUSICAE)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-50-radios/2017|title=Top 50 Radios Annual: 2017|language=es|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|access-date=13 May 2022|archive-date=13 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220513161233/https://www.elportaldemusica.es/lists/top-50-radios/2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2017|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 2017 – hitparade.ch|publisher=Hung Medien|access-date=31 December 2017|archive-date=8 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180208120346/https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/2017|url-status=live}}</ref>
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!scope="row"| US Adult Pop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2017|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/adult-pop-songs|website=Billboard|access-date=20 December 2017}}</ref>
!scope="row"| US Adult Pop Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2017|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/adult-pop-songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=20 December 2017|archive-date=6 February 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206030137/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/adult-pop-songs|url-status=live}}</ref>
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! scope="row"| US Radio Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/radio-songs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211005035435/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2017/radio-songs|archive-date=October 5, 2021|title=Radio Songs - Year-End|year=2017|magazine=Billboard|access-date=May 10, 2022}}</ref>
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==Certifications==
==Certifications==
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=2016|certyear=2016|date=12 December 2016|access-date=10 December 2016}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=single|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|award=Gold|certyear=2017|relyear=2016|access-date=27 January 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|type=single|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|award=Gold|certyear=2017|relyear=2016|access-date=27 January 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|award=Platinum|certyear=2017|relyear=2016|access-date=9 May 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|type=single|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|award=Platinum|certyear=2017|certmonth=1|relyear=2016|access-date=9 May 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|award=Platinum|number=4|type=single|relyear=2016|relmonth=09|certyear=2018|access-date=16 February 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|award=Platinum|number=4|type=single|relyear=2016|relmonth=09|certyear=2018|access-date=16 February 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|relmonth=10|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|certmonth=5}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|type=single|award=Platinum|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|relmonth=10|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|certmonth=5}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|title=The Greatest|artist=Sia|type=single|award=Diamond|access-date=15 July 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=France|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|title=The Greatest|artist=Sia|type=single|award=Diamond|access-date=15 July 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|title=The Greatest|artist=Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar|award=Platinum|relyear=2016|certyear=2017|access-date=23 June 2017}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|type=single|title=The Greatest|artist=Sia feat. Kendrick Lamar|award=Gold|number=3|relyear=2016|certyear=2023|access-date=15 May 2023}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2016|certyear=2018|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|access-date=7 May 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|type=single|award=Platinum|number=4|relyear=2016|certyear=2018|artist=Sia|title=The Greatest|access-date=7 May 2018}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2016|title=The Greatest|artist=Sia|access-date=25 October 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2016|title=The Greatest|artist=Sia|access-date=25 October 2020}}
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==External links==
==External links==
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Revision as of 00:01, 15 August 2024

"The Greatest"
The artwork portrays the head and shoulders of a teenage girl wearing a black bobbed wig, with rainbow colours on her cheeks
Single cover, featuring Maddie Ziegler
Single by Sia featuring Kendrick Lamar
from the album This Is Acting
Released6 September 2016 (2016-09-06)
GenreElectropop
Length3:30
Label
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • RCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Greg Kurstin
Sia singles chronology
"Cheap Thrills"
(2016) 		"The Greatest"
(2016) 		"Never Give Up"
(2016)
Kendrick Lamar singles chronology
"Holy Key"
(2016) 		"The Greatest"
(2016) 		"Freedom"
(2016)
Music video
"The Greatest" on YouTube

"The Greatest" is a song recorded by Australian singer and songwriter Sia for the deluxe edition of her seventh studio album, This Is Acting (2016). Being made available for digital download as the album's third single on 6 September 2016 through Monkey Puzzle and RCA Records, the single version of "The Greatest" features a verse from American rapper Kendrick Lamar. The electropop song was written by Sia, Greg Kurstin, Lamar, and Blair MacKichan, with production handled by Kurstin. The solo version was written by the former three only.

An accompanying music video for the single was filmed by Sia and Daniel Askill, and features American dancer Maddie Ziegler surrounded by 48 different young people.[1] Although the singer has not provided an interpretation of the video's plot, numerous media outlets have perceived it as a tribute to the 49 victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting.[2] Commercially, "The Greatest" reached the top five in several countries and was awarded with certifications in different territories. The music video was nominated for a 2017 MTV Video Music Award for Best Choreography.[3]

Composition

Billboard editor Gil Kaufman described "The Greatest" as an "uplifting, poppy song with a subtle island vibe."[4]

The song is written in the key of C minor with a cut common time tempo of 96 beats per minute. The vocals span from B♭3 to E♭5 in the song.[5]

Critical reception

The Greatest was highly praised by music critics and its commemoration too. Jessica Goodman from Entertainment Weekly explained the chorus "massive and catchy."[6] Once the critics had picked up on the song's connection with the Orlando nightclub shooting, Spencer Kornhaber of The Atlantic wrote:

Making pop about a specific tragedy is necessarily a tricky job. So it's no crime that some of the other mainstream original songs memorializing Orlando have been as rote as issue-oriented singles are often stereotyped as being. ... But "The Greatest" is very potent, a work of art, not charity. ... There's no break here from the rest of Sia's catalog about pain and release in everyday life: You hear a sad voice wailing about bucking up, very stark emotional peaks and valleys, and a danceable backing of explosive drums, toy-box melodies, and reggae grooves. Sia and Greg Kurstin may have written the song even before the massacre. But in the context of Orlando, the possible platitude of the chorus becomes gutting: "I'm free to be the greatest / I'm alive." She's pepping the listener up, but she's also defining the value of life, marking the human potential that's been lost.[7]

The Orlando shooting commemoration was also praised by Bruno Russell from The Edge, who called the song's concept "inspirational" as "the message is clear: that we can make a difference and be 'The Greatest,' but we have to act now." Russell awarded a 5-star review for the song, praising her performance as having "somewhat of a narrative feel, especially from the childish nature of the instrumental backing, which emphasizes the vulnerability there to be exposed and challenged (though, at the same time, there is also a power within this from the more powerful chorus)." Russell also praised Lamar's rap in the single release of the track.[8]

Chart performance

Upon the song's release, "The Greatest" debuted on several charts worldwide, including the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 52, UK Singles Chart at 49, and Australian Singles Chart at number 25, and achieved top ten debuts in France,[9] New Zealand,[10] Scotland, Finland, Norway,[11] Hungary, Spain, and Sweden.[12] In its second week on the UK Singles Chart, the song climbed to number 5, making it Sia's ninth top ten single on that chart, and Kendrick's second.[13][14] It later rose to number 2 in Australia,[15] number 1 in Switzerland,[16] and number 18 in the US.[17] In its fourth week on the singles chart, "The Greatest" was certified gold in both Australia and Canada.[18]

Music video

The music video was directed by Sia and Daniel Askill[19] and choreographed by Ryan Heffington. The director of photography was Mathieu Plainfosse. It was released on 5 September 2016 and has been viewed on YouTube more than 790 million times as of August 2023.[20]

Writers from several media outlets, including E! Online, Cosmopolitan, Variety, People magazine, concluded that the video was a tribute to the victims of the Orlando nightclub shooting. The video opens with a low drone and cuts between shots of an upset Maddie Ziegler painting rainbow colours on her cheeks. She frees 48 other young spirits trapped in a cage (49 being the number of people killed in the shooting); their freedom is short-lived, however. Later, a wall is seen filled with bullet holes as everyone falls to the ground, and tears stream down Ziegler's face.[2][19] Kornhaber wrote:

Absent of any social context, it's all striking and beautiful and ineffably sad. With the knowledge that it was inspired by queer youths and friends gunned down in the act of coming together and enjoying themselves, it becomes almost unbearably poignant. Sia keeps singing about having stamina; Kendrick Lamar's verse, omitted from the video, is all about surviving adversity and haters. What’s so potent about the video—and so specifically awful about this massacre—is that its subjects do seem to have struggled and triumphed to find the freedom to flip out together, and they are still cut down. It's bookended by Ziegler crying: As is appropriate, there's no take-home moral to make what happened seem okay.[7]

The music video was nominated for Best Video at the ARIA Music Awards of 2017.[21]

Live performances

On 7 September 2016, Sia, Ziegler and several other dancers performed "The Greatest" live for the first time at the 2016 Apple launch of the iPhone 7 at San Francisco's Bill Graham Civic Auditorium.[22][23] Sia and Ziegler performed the song during her performance at the 2016 iHeartRadio Music Festival on 23 September 2016. The song is included on Sia's Nostalgic for the Present Tour.[24]

Track listing

  • Digital download
  1. "The Greatest" (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – 3:30
  • Digital download
  1. "The Greatest" – 3:30
  • Digital download[25]
  1. "The Greatest" (KDA Remix) (featuring Kendrick Lamar) – 3:41

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[107] 2× Platinum 140,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[108] Gold 15,000‡
Belgium (BEA)[109] Platinum 20,000‡
Canada (Music Canada)[110] 4× Platinum 320,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[111] Platinum 90,000‡
France (SNEP)[112] Diamond 233,333‡
Germany (BVMI)[113] 3× Gold 600,000‡
Italy (FIMI)[114] 4× Platinum 200,000‡
Mexico (AMPROFON)[115] 3× Platinum 180,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[116] Platinum 30,000‡
Poland (ZPAV)[117] 4× Platinum 80,000‡
Portugal (AFP)[118] Gold 5,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[119] Platinum 40,000‡
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[120] Platinum 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[121] 2× Platinum 1,200,000‡
United States (RIAA)[122] 4× Platinum 4,000,000‡

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Version Label Ref.
Worldwide 6 September 2016 Digital download Duet
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • Inertia
  • RCA
 [123][124]
Italy 16 September 2016 Contemporary hit radio Sony [125]
United States 27 September 2016 RCA [126]
Italy 29 September 2016 Solo Sony [127]
United States 18 October 2016 Rhythmic contemporary Duet RCA [128]
24 October 2016 Hot adult contemporary [129]
Various 23 December 2016 Digital download KDA Remix
  • Monkey Puzzle
  • Inertia
  • RCA
 [25]

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