{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox song | name = Live Louder | cover = Live Louder Nathaniel Willemse.jpg | alt = | border = yes | type = single | artist = Nathaniel Willemse | album = Yours | released = {{start date|2014|09|05|df=yes}} | recorded = 2014 | studio = | venue = | genre = Disco, funk | length = {{duration|m=3|s=09}} | label = DNA Songs, Sony | writer = {{flat list| *David Ryan Harris *Nathaniel Willemse *Anthony Egizii *David Musumeci }} | producer = David Ryan Harris and DNA Songs<ref>{{cite web|url=http://australian-charts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Nathaniel&titel=Live+Louder&cat=s|title = Live Louder – Nathaniel Willemse|publisher=Australian-charts.org|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref> | prev_title = You're Beautiful | prev_year = 2014 | next_title = Flava | next_year = 2015 }} "'''Live Louder'''" is a song recorded by Australian singer-songwriter Nathaniel Willemse. It was released on 5 September 2014 as the third single from his debut studio album ''Yours''.<ref name="iTunes">{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/live-louder-single/id908574396|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140907064447/https://itunes.apple.com/au/album/live-louder-single/id908574396|url-status=dead|archive-date=7 September 2014|title=Live Louder – Single by Nathaniel|publisher=iTunes Store. Apple|accessdate=13 September 2014}}</ref>
==Background== A 90-second preview of "Live Louder" was released on 20 August 2014 via Willemse's VEVO account.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AreCtIuIfYA&list=UUy9zWXGR9dpU5Q7oG2DCFAQ|title=Nathaniel – Live Louder (Teaser)|publisher=YouTube|date=20 August 2014|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
It became available for pre-order from 22 August 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nathanielofficial.com.au/news/|title=NEW SINGLE 'LIVE LOUDER' ANNOUNCED|publisher=nathanielofficial.com.au|date=22 August 2014|accessdate=14 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140914115625/http://www.nathanielofficial.com.au/news/|archive-date=14 September 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Promotion== "Live Louder" received significant promotion due to its use in a television commercial promotion for the 14th season of ''Dancing with the Stars Australia''. Willemse performed the song live on the verdict show for the sixth season of ''The X Factor Australia'' on 15 September 2014.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://au.tv.yahoo.com/x-factor/24941858/meghan-trainor-and-nathaniel-top-8-live-decider-special-guests/|title=Meghan Trainor and Nathaniel: Top 8 Live Decider – Special Guests|work=The X Factor Australia|publisher=Yahoo!7|date=9 September 2014|accessdate=16 September 2014}}</ref> {{Citation needed span|text="Live Louder" has since been sampled as the closing song in the first episode of the Disney Channel original ''Raven's Home'', a spin off of the 2000s comedy ''That's So Raven'' starring Raven Symone|date=September 2024}}. The song also features on the soundtrack of the 2015 Australian film "Sucker", which stars Timothy Spall, Shaun Micallef and Kat Stewart.
==Music video== The official video clip was released on 4 September 2014 via Willemse's VEVO account. Some of the scenes in the video clip bears a resemblance to "Need You Tonight" by INXS.<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-kWhnO4lng |title=Nathaniel – Live Louder|publisher=YouTube|date=4 September 2014|accessdate=14 September 2014}}</ref>
==Track listing== *'''Digital download'''<ref name="iTunes"/> # "Live Louder" – 3:09
*'''Remixes''' # "Live Louder" (7th Heaven Remix) – 3:19 # "Live Louder" (7th Heaven Club Mix) – 5:58 # "Live Louder" (David Konsky Remix) – 3:22
==Charts== "Live Louder" debuted at number 22 on the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and peaked at number 4 two weeks later.
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- {{singlechart|Australia|4|artist=Nathaniel Willemse|song=You're Beautiful|accessdate=21 September 2014|rowheader=true|refname="ARIA"}} |- ! scope="row"| Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/urban-singles |title=ARIA Australian Top 40 Urban Singles Chart |publisher=ARIA Charts |date=21 September 2014 |archiveurl=http://www.freezepage.com/1404659850GFWIAFTPYJ?url=http://www.ariacharts.com.au/chart/urban-singles |archivedate=6 July 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | 2 |- |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! scope="col"| Chart (2014) ! scope="col"| Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2014.htm|title=ARIA Top 100 Singles 2014|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> | 66 |- ! scope="row"| Australian Artist Singles (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-australian-singles-2014.htm|title=ARIA Charts – End Of Year Charts – Top 50 Australian Artist Singles 2014|publisher=Australian Recording Industry Association|accessdate=7 January 2015}}</ref> | 12 |- |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|award=Platinum|number=2|type=single|artist=Nathaniel Willemse|title=Live Louder|relyear=2014|certyear=2015|refname="ARIAcert"|access-date=29 June 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}} {{Nathaniel Willemse}}
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