Elastic Heart

## Elastic HeartSingle by Sia

* S1
* S2
* Album

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Album artwork

"*And my heart will go on and on*"
—Céline Dion
"**Elastic Heart**" is the eighth track from Sia's sixth studio album, *1000 Forms of Fear*, which was released on 9 January 2015 as the album's fourth single. Prior to that, a version featuring the Weeknd and Diplo was also released as a single from *The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack* (2013).

## Music video

On 7 January 2015, the music video for the song was released. Directed by Sia and Daniel Askill and choreographed by Ryan Heffington, the video features Maddie Ziegler, who previously appeared in the video for Sia's single "Chandelier", and actor Shia LaBeouf. In the video, Ziegler and LaBeouf wear flesh-coloured and dirt-smeared tights. Justine Harman from *Elle* likened the concept of the video to the plot of *Titanic*. Jason Lipshutz from *Billboard* summarised: "The entirety of the video features the surprising pair interpreting the song through various body contortions: they dance-fight, collapse in the middle of the cage, crawl toward and away from each other, and make some wildly fantastic facial expressions." The video was nominated for the 2015 VMA Award for Best Female Video. *Billboard* selected it as one "of the 10 best music videos of 2015 (so far)", as did *PopCrush*, commenting that the video's "lopsided choreography and filthy warfare yields a raw, junkyard beauty that doesn't ask who will make it out alive, but whether escape is ever really on the table." *New York* magazine's Vulture.com ranked it #6 on its list of 2015's top 10 music videos. As of March 2020, the video has received more than 1 billion views on YouTube. It was the 8th most viewed YouTube video in 2015.

### Controversy

Upon its release, the video faced criticism due to the depiction of an adult and child dancing together, clad only in flesh-coloured dancewear. Some commentators perceived the piece as pedophilic, and Sia later apologised on Twitter: "All I can say is Maddie and Shia are two of the only actors I felt could play these two warring 'Sia' self states. I apologize to those who feel triggered by 'Elastic Heart'. My intention was to create some emotional content, not to upset anybody." A YouTube parody of the song by Bart Baker that references this criticism has received over 25 million views, as of March 2020.

## Charts

### Weekly charts

 Australia (ARIA)
 Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)
 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)
 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)
 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)
 France (SNEP)
 Germany (Official German Charts)
 Ireland (IRMA)
 Israel (Media Forest)
 Norway (VG-lista)
 Poland (Polish Airplay Top 100)
 Spain (PROMUSICAE)
 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)
 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
 US *Billboard* Hot 100
 US Adult Top 40 (*Billboard*)
 US Dance Club Songs (*Billboard*)
 US Mainstream Top 40 (*Billboard*)

### Year-end charts

 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)
 Italy (FIMI)
 Poland (ZPAV)
 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
 US *Billboard* Hot 100

## Trivia

* Despite the remix not appearing on the digital version of *1000 Forms of Fear*, it is used on the vinyl version of the album.

## Lyrics

And another one bites the dust

Oh, why can I not conquer love?

And I might have thought that we were one

Wanted to fight this war without weapons

And I wanted it, I wanted it bad

But there were so many red flags

Now another one bites the dust

Yeah let's be clear, I'll trust no one

You did not break me

I'm still fighting for peace

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart

But your blade it might be too sharp

I'm like a rubberband until you pull too hard

Yeah I may snap and I move fast

But you won't see me fall apart

'Cause I've got an elastic heart

I've got an elastic heart

Yeah, I've got an elastic heart

And I will stay up through the night

Let's be clear, won't close my eyes

And I know that I can survive

I'll walk through fire to save my life

And I want it, I want my life so bad

I'm doing everything I can

Then another one bites the dust

It's hard to lose a chosen one

You did not break me

I'm still fighting for peace

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart

But your blade it might be too sharp

I'm like a rubberband until you pull too hard

Yeah I may snap and I move fast

But you won't see me fall apart

'Cause I've got an elastic heart

I've got thick skin and an elastic heart

But your blade it might be too sharp

I'm like a rubberband until you pull too hard

Yeah I may snap and I move fast

But you won't see me fall apart

'Cause I've got an elastic heart

## References

1. ↑ http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6429587/sia-elastic-heart-video-maddie-ziegler-shia-labeouf
2. ↑ http://www.mtv.com/ontv/vma/2015/best-female-video/
3. ↑ https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop-shop/6605833/2015-10-best-music-videos-taylor-swift-maroon-5-sia
4. ↑ http://popcrush.com/best-music-videos-2015-so-far/
5. ↑ http://www.vulture.com/2015/12/10-best-music-videos-of-2015.html#
6. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/2015s-10-most-viewed-music-videos-on-youtube-20151209
7. ↑ http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/sia-sorry-over-pedophilia-upset-caused-by-elastic-heart-video-20150108-12kabs.html