Demons (Imagine Dragons song)

"Demons"
Single by Imagine Dragons
from the album Night Visions
ReleasedJanuary 28, 2013
Recorded2011–12
StudioWestlake Recording Studios (West Hollywood, California)
GenrePost-Grunge, Pop rock[1]
Length2:57
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Alex da Kid
Imagine Dragons singles chronology
"Hear Me"
(2012)
"Demons"
(2013)
"On Top of the World"
(2013)
Music video
"Demons" on YouTube

"Demons" is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. It was written by Alex da Kid, Ben McKee, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Josh Mosser and produced by Alex da Kid. The song appears on their major-label debut extended play, Continued Silence, and also makes an appearance on their debut studio album, Night Visions, as the fourth track. "Demons" was solicited to American triple-A radio stations on January 28, 2013, and to modern rock stations two months later, on April 1, 2013. It serves as the album's overall fifth single and was released as the third single from Night Visions in the United States,[2][3][4] later released to US contemporary hit radio stations on 17 September 2013 as an official single.[5] The lyrics portray the protagonist warning the significant other of his or her flaws.

The song was a commercial success, becoming their second top ten single after "Radioactive". It spent twelve weeks in the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100, four of which were spent at its number six peak. It is Imagine Dragons' second song to stay more than one year on the Hot 100 (61 weeks). Within two years of its release, more than 4.1 million copies were sold in the United States, making it the eighth most downloaded song in rock history at the time.[6] It has also been a moderate commercial success worldwide, charting in several countries. The song won a MuchMusic Video Award for International Video of the Year – Group (2014) and an iHeartRadio Music Award for Alternative Rock Song of the Year (2014).

  1. ^ Olivier, Bobby (June 22, 2017). "Imagine Dragons Have Figured Out the Future of Popular Rock". Billboard. Retrieved April 4, 2020.
  2. ^ Waddell, Ray (July 12, 2013). "Imagine Dragons: The Billboard Cover Story". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved August 24, 2013.
  3. ^ "Imagine Dragons – 'On Top Of The World'". Interscope Records. Archived from the original on September 1, 2013. Retrieved September 1, 2013.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Kaufman was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Top 40/M Future Releases – Mainstream Hit Songs Being Released and Their Release Dates ..." All Access.
  6. ^ Christopher Polk (January 31, 2015). "The 15 Most Downloaded Songs in Rock History". Yahoo! Music. Archived from the original on February 4, 2015. Retrieved February 5, 2015.