Choir (song)


"Choir" is a song made by Australian recording artist called Guy Sebastian. The song was released on 31 May 2019 as the second single from Sebastian's forthcoming ninth studio album T.R.U.T.H.. 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, 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.

Background

The song is dedicated to his great friend and musical collaborator Luke Liang, who died following a battle with mental health. Sebastian said " 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."
Sebastian performed an acoustic version of the song on 60 Minutes.

Music video

The music video for "Choir" was directed by James Chappell and released on YouTube on 17 June 2019. It has over 1.2 million views as of August 2019. The remix video was also released on 27 September 2019 through Alan Walker's YouTube channel.. It was filmed in a ex-tram depot in Annandale, Sydney and Sea Cliff Bridge, Wollongong.

Track listing

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.
Original version
Remix version

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Release history