Soon We'll Be Found

"Soon We'll Be Found" was released in the United Kingdom on 13 October 2008 by Monkey Puzzle Records.{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/soon-well-be-found-single/705846139|title=Soon We'll Be Found – Single|publisher=iTunes Store (GB)|access-date=23 January 2015}} The single was made available in other European countries on 12 January 2009.

• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/be/album/soon-well-be-found-radio-edit/302539657|title=Soon We'll Be Found (Radio Edit) – Single|publisher=iTunes Store (BE)|access-date=23 January 2015}}
• {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/de/album/soon-well-be-found-radio-edit-single/1444324402|title=Soon We'll Be Found (Radio Edit) – Single|publisher=iTunes Store (DE)|access-date=23 January 2015}}

The music video of "Soon We'll Be Found" was directed by Claire Carré.{{cite web |url= http://shapeandcolour.wordpress.com/2008/09/17/sia-claire-carre-soon-well-be-found/|title= Sia + Claire Carre: Soon We Will Be Found|accessdate=14 November 2008 |last= Elder|first= Jeremy|date=17 September 2008|work= shape + colour|publisher= WordPress}} In the music video, Sia sings while signing the lyrics in American Sign Language.{{cite web |url= http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00ff3f9|title= See Hear;—Series 28, Episode 17|accessdate=15 November 2008 |date= 13 November 2008|work= See Hear|publisher= BBC|language= }}{{cite web|url=http://siamusic.net/news/640 |title=Sia talks to BBC's deaf community magazine, See Hear |access-date=15 November 2008 |date=11 November 2008 |publisher=Sia's Official Website |quote=In the piece, Sia discusses her passion for the beauty of sign language, how she took inspiration from watching UK TV for the Soon We'll Be Found video and her reasoning behind choosing American sign language. |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081217153726/http://siamusic.net/news/640 |archive-date=17 December 2008 }} (emphasis added).

The music video for "Soon We'll Be Found" gained popularity after it was featured on the iTunes main page in the United States from 4–10 November 2008.{{cite web|url=http://siamusic.net/news/636 |title=Soon We'll Be Found — Download the video free! |access-date=15 November 2008 |date=5 November 2008 |publisher=Sia's Official Website |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107030255/http://www.siamusic.net/news/636 |archive-date=7 January 2009 }}

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The song and music video received critical acclaim. Spin magazine responded well to the song, explaining that "it seems as if it was all a dream—and with Sia's swooning voice and sweeping orchestration, it sure feels like one".{{cite web |url= https://www.spin.com/2008/09/new-sia-video-soon-well-be-found/|title= New Sia Video: "Soon We'll Be Found"|accessdate=15 November 2008 |last= Fitzmaurice|first= Larry|date=11 September 2008|work= Spin Magazine}} Carl Williams of Last Broadcast wrote that "the composition is grand and the effect is stylish and powerful," and compared her vocals with those of Dusty Springfield.{{cite web |url= http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/music/v/6820-sia-soon-we-ll-be-found.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20111004063616/http://www.lastbroadcast.co.uk/music/v/6820-sia-soon-we-ll-be-found.html|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 4 October 2011|title= Sia: 'Soon We'll Be Found'|accessdate=15 November 2008 |last= Williams|first= Carl|date=13 October 2008|publisher= Last Broadcast|location= United Kingdom}} Amuze called "Soon We'll Be Found" a "stunning new single".{{cite web|url=http://www.amuze.me/news/muze/sia-soon-well-be-found/ |title=Sia—Soon We'll Be Found |access-date=15 November 2008 |date=13 October 2008 |publisher=Amuze.me |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090625053811/http://www.amuze.me/news/muze/sia-soon-well-be-found/ |archive-date=25 June 2009 }}

Likewise, the music video received good reviews by professional critics and bloggers alike. Jeremy Elder, a blogger on WordPress, wrote it was "a gorgoues {{sic}}, trippy day-glow romp." Spinner described it as "sign language, shadow puppets and fluorescent latex [incorporated] into one beautifully choreographed video."{{cite web |url= http://www.spinner.com/2008/09/24/sia-soon-well-be-found-video-of-the-day/|title= Sia, 'Soon We'll Be Found' - Video of the Day|accessdate=15 November 2008 |date=24 September 2008|work= Spinner|publisher= AOL Music}} Neufutur acclaimed "Soon We'll Be Found" for its usage of sign language, and called Some People Have Real Problems "Sia's best recording yet!"{{cite web |url= http://neufutur.com/?p=4434|title= New Sia Video for "Soon We'll Be Found" Created in Sign Language|accessdate=15 November 2008 |last= McQuiston|first= James|date=27 September 2008|publisher= Neufutur}} Brian James of Rone Break argued that Sia demonstrated her artistic and musical side with this music video, and said it was "the way music videos should be done."{{cite web |url= http://ronebreak.com/2008/09/15/the-way-music-videos-should-be-done-sia-soon-well-be-found/|title= The way music videos should be done: Sia - "Soon We'll Be Found" |accessdate=15 November 2008 |last= James|first= Brian|date=15 August 2008|publisher= Rone Break}}

In Australia, "Soon We'll Be Found" debuted at number 89 on the ARIA Singles Chart on the chart issue dated 4 May 2009.{{cite journal|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue1001.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20090519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20090520-0000/issue1001.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2009-05-19|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles – Week Commencing 4th May 2009|journal=Pandora Archive|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|issue=1001|page=2|date=4 May 2009|accessdate=23 January 2015}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} The single also charted at number 17 on the Flemish Ultratip chart, and number 13 on the Walloon Ultratip chart. In the United Kingdom, the single debuted at number 182 on the UK Singles Chart. The following week, it reached number 94, its highest position on the chart.

;UK digital download

1. "Soon We'll Be Found (Radio Edit)" – 3:52
2. "Soon We'll Be Found" – 4:20

;European digital download

1. "Soon We'll Be Found (Radio Edit)" – 3:52

;EP{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/gb/album/soon-well-be-found-ep/292070784|title=Soon We'll Be Found – EP|publisher=iTunes Store (GB)|access-date=23 January 2015}}

1. "Soon We'll Be Found (Radio Edit)" – 3:52
2. "Soon We'll Be Found" – 4:20
3. "Bring It to Me" – 3:38
4. "Soon We'll Be Found" (music video) – 3:59

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