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"Choir" is a song by Australian singer Guy Sebastian. It was released on 31 May 2019 as the second single from Sebastian's 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 7.8 million views as of November 2022. The remix video was also released on 27 September 2019 through Alan Walker's YouTube channel. It was filmed in a church in Newtown, a bus depot in Marrickville and Sea Cliff Bridge, Wollongong.

Track listing

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Choir"	2:51

Digital download – remix
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Choir (Remix)" (with Alan Walker)	3:28

Digital download
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Choir (Alt. Version)" (with Samantha Jade)	3:28

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.

Original version

M-Phazes – production

Remix version

M-Phazes – production
Downtown Trevor Brown – production
Guy Sebastian – production, composition, lyrics
Zaire Koalo – production, composition, lyrics
Miles Walker – mix engineering
Alan Walker – remixer

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)	7
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)	40

Year-end charts

Chart (2019)	Position
Australia (ARIA)	36
Chart (2020)	Position
Australia (ARIA)	99

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)	6× Platinum	420,000
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Reference	Ref.
Various	31 May 2019	Digital download streaming	Original	Sony Music Australia	886447708453
Various	27 September 2019	Digital download streaming	Remix (with Alan Walker)	Sony Music Australia	Unknown

References

"Guy Sebastian readies 'Before I Go'". auspOp. 5 October 2018. Retrieved 11 November 2018.
"ARIA Awards: 2019 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
"Tones and I Leads Nominations for 2020 Virtual APRA Awards". Noise11. 7 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
"2020 Awards". APRA. 7 April 2020. Archived from the original on 9 April 2020. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
^ "Exclusive performance of Guy Sebastian's new single 'Choir'". 9now. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
""We're keeping his light alive." Guy Sebastian on the loss that inspired his new song". Mamamia. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
Guy Sebastian - Choir (Official), retrieved 1 December 2022
"Guy Sebastian – Choir (Alan Walker Remix)". Retrieved 27 September 2019 – via YouTube.
^ "Choir by Guy Sebastian". iTunes Australia. Retrieved 18 May 2019.
^ "Choir (Remix) – Single by Guy Sebastian & Alan Walker on Apple Music". iTunes Store. 27 September 2019. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
"Choir (Feat. Samantha Jade) [Alt. Version] by Guy Sebastian". 25 October 2019.
"Choir / Guy Sebastian – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
"Choir (Remix) / Guy Sebastian & Alan Walker – TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
"Guy Sebastian – Choir". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 10 August 2019.
"NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 10 June 2019. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
"ARIA End of Year Singles Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
"ARIA Top 100 Singles for 2020". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2023 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 5 May 2023.

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Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	Just as I Am Beautiful Life Closer to the Sun The Memphis Album Like It Like That Armageddon Madness Conscious T.R.U.T.H.
Compilation albums	Twenty Ten
Live albums/DVDs	The Memphis Tour
Extended plays	Your Song Part 1
Singles	"Angels Brought Me Here" "All I Need Is You" "Out with My Baby" "Kryptonite" "Oh Oh" "Taller, Stronger, Better" "Elevator Love" "Cover on My Heart" "Like It Like That" "Art of Love" "All to Myself" "Never Hold You Down" "Who's That Girl" "Don't Worry Be Happy" "Gold" "Battle Scars" "Get Along" "Like a Drum" "Come Home with Me" "Mama Ain't Proud" "Linger" "Candle" "Set in Stone" "Mind on You" "High on Me" "Bloodstone" "Before I Go" "Choir" "Let Me Drink" "Standing with You" "Love on Display" "Believer"
Featured singles	"All Night Long" "Bed of Clouds" "Spirit of the Anzacs" "Desert" "Siren"
Other songs	"Receive the Power" "Message in a Bottle" "Dare to Be Square" "Tonight Again" "Black & Blue"
Tours	Armageddon Tour Get Along Tour Madness Tour

v t e ARIA Award for Single of the Year
1980s	"You're the Voice" by John Farnham (1987) "Beds Are Burning" by Midnight Oil (1988) "Under the Milky Way" by The Church (1989)
1990s	"Crying in the Chapel" by Peter Blakeley (1990) "I Don't Wanna Be with Nobody But You" by Absent Friends (1991) "Treaty (Filthy Lucre Remix)" by Yothu Yindi (1992) "The Day You Went Away" by Wendy Matthews (1993) "The Honeymoon Is Over" by The Cruel Sea (1994) "Tomorrow" by Silverchair (1995) "Where the Wild Roses Grow" by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds and Kylie Minogue (1996) "Truly Madly Deeply" by Savage Garden (1997) "Torn" by Natalie Imbruglia (1998) "The Day You Come" by Powderfinger (1999)
2000s	"Don't Call Me Baby" by Madison Avenue (2000) "My Happiness" by Powderfinger (2001) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" by Kylie Minogue (2002) "Born to Try" by Delta Goodrem (2003) "Are You Gonna Be My Girl" by Jet (2004) "Catch My Disease" by Ben Lee (2005) "Black Fingernails, Red Wine" by Eskimo Joe (2006) "Straight Lines" by Silverchair (2007) "Sweet About Me" by Gabriella Cilmi (2008) "Walking on a Dream" by Empire of the Sun (2009)
2010s	"Big Jet Plane" by Angus & Julia Stone (2010) "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye featuring Kimbra (2011) "Brother" by Matt Corby (2012) "Resolution" by Matt Corby (2013) "She Looks So Perfect" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2014) "Start Again" by Conrad Sewell (2015) "Youth" by Troye Sivan (2016) "Stranger" by Peking Duk (2017) "Youngblood" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2018) "Choir" by Guy Sebastian (2019)
2020s	"Teeth" by 5 Seconds of Summer (2020) "Booster Seat" by Spacey Jane (2021) "Cloudy Day" by Tones and I (2022) "Rush" by Troye Sivan (2023) "The Worst Person Alive" by G Flip (2023)

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