Thu 29 Nov 2012
Things I Love: Sia’s Rendition of Her Rihanna Hit “Diamonds”
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When you first heard Rihanna’s lead-off Unapologetic single “Diamonds,” perhaps you wondered…hmm, Rihanna sounds a bit different here, especially around the hook area. Maybe it reminded you of LDR, or Yukimi….or if your ear was especially sharp, Australian pop singer/songwriter Sia…because Sia wrote the song, and clearly referenced it for Riri. Even if you don’t recognize Sia by face or name, you’ve heard her plaintive killer voice on those huge songs that play in Vegas dance clubs or on Gray’s Anatomy etc. I loved her tearjerker “My Love” on the The Twilight Saga: Eclipse soundtrack too. (yup. owning that one)
So at the recent Norwegian-American Achievement Awards, Sia sang a stripped down, ballad-version of “Diamonds”….and murdered it.
Watch the video,
After the jump…
Sia sings “Diamonds,” the song she wrote for Rihanna’s Unapologetic album. Her version might not have been the number-one hit that Rihanna’s has become, but the vocals…wow! Does Sia also say at the end that she sings the hook on Rihanna’s version? That’s a relief. All this time I thought Rihanna was affecting a new voice there.
I think Rihanna’s been improving her pipes too though. Here’s her rendition of “Diamonds” at Webster Hall last week, after that endurance rally 777 Tour aka Rap Argo aka Blogger Alive.
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November 29th, 2012 at 10:05 pm
We got some really dope singer/songwriters in Australia. If you need to be put up on game Miss Info hit me up lol.
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November 29th, 2012 at 11:46 pm
yup! let me know who you think is great!
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November 30th, 2012 at 12:16 am
Saw the picture an automatically thought you were gonna say
“This is is Rihanna in her role in the Hobbit!!” Yikes Smeegle!! lmao
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November 30th, 2012 at 12:25 am
Sia is so dope
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November 30th, 2012 at 12:35 am
didnt like diamonds til i found out sia wrote it, immediately searched for sia singing it couldnt find it until last night, amazing as expected
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November 30th, 2012 at 10:29 am
I’m going to need P.S. 22 in Staten Island to get on this song!!! (And this is because I can hear a little girl singing along in the video of Sia singing!)
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November 30th, 2012 at 10:41 am
Whoevers singing near or holding the camera is annoying the sh!t outta me….lol. Otherwise, killer vocals and I knew somebody else was singing that hook…
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November 30th, 2012 at 10:43 am
Hey man, this was pretty cool, beautiful artistry, I can dig this. That piano so simplistic. Simplicity = beauty
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November 30th, 2012 at 1:10 pm
SIA is mad dope, music just ain’t the same, the art of make a song is gone, its all make pretend, all this ghostwrighting makes me sick, SIA is a real artist, RHI-RHI take noticed!!!!
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December 1st, 2012 at 12:34 am
She sounds better than rihana
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December 1st, 2012 at 5:34 pm
No, at the end, Sia says “Now we’re gonna do the chorus from another song we wrote, it’s a Ne-Yo song” but you can totally tell Rihanna copied the sh*t out of the legendary Ms. Furler’s voice; everybody I’ve discussed the song with has agreed “Rih Rih” isn’t singing like her usual self. That girl has no shame. Finally Sia came out and DELIVERED the true version of this song.
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December 2nd, 2012 at 5:12 am
Sia can actually sing.
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