Little Things (Jessica Mauboy song)

"Little Things"
Single by Jessica Mauboy
from the album Hilda
Released21 June 2019 (2019-06-21)
Length3:09
LabelSony Music Australia
Songwriter(s)
Jessica Mauboy singles chronology
"Sunday"
(2019) 		"Little Things"
(2019) 		"Selfish"
(2019)

"Little Things" is a song by Australian recording artist Jessica Mauboy. It was released digitally on 21 June 2019 as the second single from Mauboy's fourth studio album, Hilda.

Upon released, Mauboy explained "This song is everything we want to tell our loved ones... to remind them that all we want is to be loved and appreciated in all of the things we do."[2] adding "This song could also be felt in a way that you could be an eight year old girl or boy and want to feel loved by your parents, trying to catch their attention when your parents aren't watching, to a 20 year old sharing their deepest experience and not getting that back in return from the one they love, (or) to a 50 year old who could has[clarification needed] lost their loved one and is haunted by memories of what was unsaid."[3]

She further wrote on her Instagram that "Little Things" "holds a special place in my heart".[4]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 2019, the song was nominated for two awards ARIA Award for Best Female Artist and ARIA Award for Best Video.[5]

At the APRA Music Awards of 2020, the song was shortlisted for Song of the Year.[6]

Reception

Lauren from Sounds of Oz said "It's intimate and powerful, with an emotional maturity that's so compelling" saying "[it] may be her best work yet."[7]

Music video

The music video for "Little Things" was released on 31 July 2019. Shot in one continuous take, Mauboy breaks down in tears during the video and said "I'm really proud of this video; it's me at my rawest and I can’t wait to see everyone’s reaction to it."[8]

Track listing

CD single[9]
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Little Things"
3:09
2."Sunday"
  • Mauboy
  • Warren "Oak" Felder
  • Trevor Brown
  • William Zaire Simmons
3:03
3."Blessing"
  • Mauboy
  • Musumeci
  • Egizii
  • Madeline Crabtree
3:09

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2019) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[10] 25
Australia Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[11] 6
New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[12] 38

Year-end charts

Chart (2019) Position
Australian Artist (ARIA)[13] 22

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[14] 2× Platinum 140,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalogue
Australia 21 June 2019
Sony Music Australia
9 August 2019 CD single 19075971832

References

  1. ^ "APRA work search "Little Things" by Jessica Mauboy". ARPA. Retrieved 23 June 2019.
  2. ^ "Jessica Mauboy Releases New Single 'Little Things'". Universal Music Publishing. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Jessica Mauboy reveals Hilda". auspOp. 21 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  4. ^ "IF you pre-order right now you will INSTANTLY get to hear my new single #LittleThings which holds a special place in my heart". 21 June 2019. Archived from the original on 25 December 2021. Retrieved 21 June 2019 – via Instagram.
  5. ^ "ARIA Awards: 2019 ARIA Awards Nominated Artists Revealed". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). 10 October 2019. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  6. ^ "APRA Has Revealed The 2020 Song Of The Year Finalists". The Music. 6 February 2020. Retrieved 26 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Jessica Mauboy Sets a New Bar With Latest Single, "Little Things"". Sounds of Oz. 23 June 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Jessica Mauboy Little Things Video". Women in Pop. July 2019. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  9. ^ "Little Things (Single)". JB Hi-Fi.
  10. ^ "Jessica Mauboy – Little Things". ARIA Top 50 Singles. Retrieved 17 August 2019.
  11. ^ "Australia Digital Song Sales Chart: July 6, 2019". Billboard. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
  12. ^ "NZ Hot Singles Chart". Recorded Music NZ. 1 July 2019. Retrieved 28 June 2019.
  13. ^ "ARIA Australian Artist End of Year Singles Chart 2019". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 15 January 2020.
  14. ^ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2022 Singles" (PDF). Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved 19 November 2021.