2012Released
4:05

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Interesting facts and trivia about Titanium (feat. Sia). By Songfacts®.

This is a promotional single off David Guetta's fifth studio album Nothing But The Beat. The single features Australian pop singer-songwriter Sia Furler and was released on August 8, 2011.

This song marks a nexus in Sia's career. She had modest success as an artist, but was looking to transition into songwriting for other artists so she would have to deal with unpleasantries like promotion and scrutiny. A very introspective songwriter, her manager, Jonathan Daniel, told her to focus on a single concept when writing pop songs. Sia tried it with "Titanium," building the whole song around the metaphor of a study metal resistant to harm. It didn't reflect how she really felt, but was very easy for her, so she followed the formula on "Diamonds," which became a #1 hit for Rihanna. Sia's plan was to fulfill her contract by making one last solo album, then crank out more pop songs for other artists. But when she released the video for the first single, "Chandelier," it was stratospherically successful, so she diverted her efforts into her own work, hiding under a huge wig to keep restrained.

Guetta told Artist Direct about this track: "That song is interesting because it's different from anything else on the album. All of the guests on the album are from pop and R&B, and 'Titanium' is a little bit like a UFO flying over it all because Sia is a more of an indie artist. I think she's the only white girl on the record [Laughs]. I fell in love with the song. At first, she wrote that song and demoed it. She wanted to give it to another artist, but I felt her voice is so incredible and the song is so emotional that I really wanted her to stay on it. The song also uses some acoustic elements which is very different from what I usually do. I think it makes it very interesting."

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Titanium (feat. Sia).
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4/4Time Signature
126BPM

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Parlophone (France)
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