Big Girls Cry

## **Big Girls Cry**Single by Sia

Single artwork

"*And big girls don't cry*"
—Fergie
"**Big Girls Cry**" is the third single and second track from Sia's sixth studio album, *1000 Forms of Fear*. It was released on 25 June 2014, written by Sia and Christopher Braide.

## Music video

On 2 April 2015, a video for the song was released on Sia's Vevo YouTube channel. The video features Maddie Ziegler in her trademark flesh-coloured leotard and blonde Sia bob facing the camera, in front of a black background, contorting her face and using her hands to express a slew of emotions. At one point, a pair of hands come into the frame (shown in behind-the-scenes footage to be Sia's own hands) manipulating Ziegler's face and covering her mouth, then appearing to lift Ziegler by the throat into the air until only her dangling feet are shown, then Ziegler drops back into the frame to resume her emotive facial contortions.

Sia revealed, in a behind-the-scenes video for "Elastic Heart", that she would be making a trilogy of videos with Ziegler. As in the first two videos in the series ("Chandelier" and "Elastic Heart"), the clip for "Big Girls Cry" was directed by Sia and Daniel Askill and choreographed by Ryan Heffington. As of June 2022, the video has received more than 300 million views.

## Charts

### Weekly charts

 Belgium (Ultratip Flanders)
 Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)
 Canada (Canadian Hot 100)
 France (SNEP)
 Ireland (IRMA)
 Israel (Media Forest)
 Scotland (Official Charts Company)
 Serbia (IFPI)
 UK Singles (Official Charts Company)
 US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (*Billboard*)

## Lyrics

Tough girl in the fast lane

No time for love, no time for hate

No drama, no time for games

Tough girl whose soul aches

I'm at home, on my own

Check my phone, nothing though

Act busy, order in

Pay TV, it’s agony

I may cry ruinin' my makeup

Wash away all the things you've taken

And I don't care if I don’t look pretty

Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

Big girls cry when their heart is breaking

Tough girl, I'm in pain

It's lonely at the top, black outs and airplanes

And I still pour you a glass, of champagne

Tough girl whose soul aches

I'm at home, on my own

Check my phone, nothing, though

Act busy, order in

Pay TV, it’s agony

I may cry ruinin' my makeup

Wash away all the things you’ve taken

And I don’t care if I don’t look pretty

Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

I wake up, I wake up, I wake up, I wake up

I wake up, I wake up, I wake up, I wake up

I wake up, I wake up, I wake up, I wake up

I wake up alone

I may cry ruinin' my makeup

Wash away all the things you’ve taken

And I don’t care if I don’t look pretty

Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

Big girls cry when their hearts are breaking

Big girls cry when their heart is breaking

## References

1. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NhKWZpkw1Q
2. ↑ http://musicfeeds.com.au/news/watch-sias-emotional-new-big-girls-cry-video-ft-maddie-ziegler/
3. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NhKWZpkw1Q
4. ↑ http://www.noise11.com/news/aria-singles-meghan-trainor-and-john-legend-debut-at-no-1-20150627