"Choir"
Single by Guy Sebastian
from the album T.R.U.T.H.
Released31 May 2019 (2019-05-31)
Length2:51
LabelSony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)
  • Trevor Brown
  • Zaire Koalo
  • Sebastian
Producer(s)M-Phazes
Guy Sebastian singles chronology
"Before I Go"
(2018) 		"Choir"
(2019) 		"Let Me Drink"
(2019)
Alan Walker singles chronology
"Play"
(2019) 		"Choir (Remix)"
(2019) 		"Ghost"
(2019)
Alternative cover
Remix cover
Remix cover
Music video
"Choir" on YouTube
"Choir (Remix)" on YouTube

"Choir" is a song by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. It was released on 31 May 2019 as the second single from Sebastian's ninth studio album T.R.U.T.H..[1] An official remix by Norwegian music producer Alan Walker was released on 27 September 2019.

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the song was nominated for four awards; Best Male Artist, Best Pop Release, Video of the Year and Song of the Year,[2] and won the latter two.

At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, "Choir" was nominated for Song of the Year, Most Performed Australian Work of the Year and Most Performed Pop Work of the Year.[3][4]

Background

The song is dedicated to his great friend and musical collaborator Luke Liang, who died following a battle with mental health.[5] Sebastian said "[His death] was very unexpected. In fact, I'd actually done a gig with Luke, who passed away, just before I left for LA. And I could sense that something wasn't quite right... It was very hard to process and it still is." The song was originally a ballad, but Sebastian changed it into "an upbeat, poignant song about the choir of voices Liang has joined in death, and the choir of voices "keeping his light alive" on earth."[6]

Sebastian performed an acoustic version of the song on 60 Minutes.[5]

Music video

The music video for "Choir" was directed by James Chappell and released on YouTube on 17 June 2019. It has over 7.8 million views as of November 2022.[7] The remix video was also released on 27 September 2019 through Alan Walker's YouTube channel.[8] It was filmed in a church in Newtown, a bus depot in Marrickville and Sea Cliff Bridge, Wollongong.

Track listing

Digital download[9]
No.TitleLength
1."Choir"2:51
Digital download – remix[10]
No.TitleLength
1."Choir (Remix)" (with Alan Walker)3:28
Digital download[11]
No.TitleLength
1."Choir (Alt. Version)" (with Samantha Jade)3:28

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.[12][13]

Original version

Remix version

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[18] 6× Platinum 420,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region Date Format Version Label Reference Ref.
Various 31 May 2019
Original Sony Music Australia 886447708453 [9]
27 September 2019 Remix (with Alan Walker) Unknown [10]

References

  1. ^ "Guy Sebastian readies 'Before I Go'". auspOp. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
  2. ^ "ARIA Awards: 2019 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Tones and I Leads Nominations for 2020 Virtual APRA Awards". Noise11. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 Awards". APRA. 7 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
  5. ^ a b "Exclusive performance of Guy Sebastian's new single 'Choir'". 9now. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  6. ^ ""We're keeping his light alive." Guy Sebastian on the loss that inspired his new song". Mamamia. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
  7. ^ Guy Sebastian - Choir (Official), retrieved 1 December 2022
  8. ^ "Guy Sebastian – Choir (Alan Walker Remix)". Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via YouTube.
  9. ^ a b "Choir by Guy Sebastian". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
  10. ^ a b "Choir (Remix) – Single by Guy Sebastian & Alan Walker on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  11. ^ "Choir (Feat. Samantha Jade) [Alt. Version] by Guy Sebastian". 25 October 2019.
  12. ^ "Choir / Guy Sebastian – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  13. ^ "Choir (Remix) / Guy Sebastian & Alan Walker – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  14. ^ "Guy Sebastian – Choir". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
  15. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  16. ^ "ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  17. ^ "ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
  18. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 5 May 2023.
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