The soundtrack's executive producer was Greg Kurstin, who also collaborated with Sia to create new arrangements for three songs from the original Broadway production of Annie: "I Think I'm Gonna Like It Here", "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" and "Little Girls."

Additionally, Sia and Kurstin wrote three new songs for the soundtrack, including "Opportunity", "Who Am I?"

[2][3] "You're Never Fully Dressed Without A Smile" by Sia was released as the lead single on October 22, 2014.

[4] In July 2021, the song "Little Girls" by Cameron Diaz started to go viral on TikTok, appearing in many videos.

Vulture's Lindsey Weber called Sia's "You're Never Fully Dressed Without a Smile" "different" and wrote, "If you push the original deep into the back of your brain, her modern-day modified version seems to work.