| "Everybody Talks" | ||||
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| Single by Neon Trees | ||||
| from the album Picture Show | ||||
| Released | December 20, 2011 (digital download) April 17, 2012 (radio release) | |||
| Recorded | 2011 | |||
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| Length | 2:59 | |||
| Label | Mercury, Def Jam | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Tyler Glenn, Tim Pagnotta | |||
| Producer(s) | Justin Meldal-Johnsen | |||
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"Everybody Talks" is the lead single from the second studio album, Picture Show, by American rock band Neon Trees. It was released on December 20, 2011, in the United States as a digital download on iTunes. It soon became a sleeper hit. The song made it to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, making this song their highest charting single to date as well as their first Top 10 hit. The song was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, engineered by Greg Collins, mixed by Billy Bush, and mastered by Joe LaPorta.[1][2]
As of October 2012, the song has sold over 2 million digital downloads.[3] It also hit No. 7 on the Alternative Songs chart, their first Top 10 hit after Animal. It also hit No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs, their first song to do so.
"Everybody Talks" was inspired by early 1960s pop music; Tyler Glenn said that "We fell in love with a lot of like Roy Orbison and the Motown music that my dad listens to."[4] Glenn later revealed via Twitter, during National Coming Out Day in 2020, that he had written the song while closeted about an ex-girlfriend who had spread rumors that he was gay.[5]
- ^ Picture Show - Neon Trees | Credits | AllMusic, retrieved May 14, 2021
- ^ Billy Bush Discography[permanent dead link]
- ^ Grein, Paul (October 3, 2012). "Week Ending Sept. 30, 2012. Songs: A Real Horserace For No. 1". Chart Watch. Yahoo Music. Retrieved October 3, 2012.
- ^ "Neon Trees Song Premiere: 'Everybody Talks'". Rolling Stone.
- ^ Glenn, Tyler (October 11, 2020). "Its National Coming Out Day. The first 3 Neon Trees albums I wrote in the closet but I hid queer messages in songs. "Everybody Talks" was about my ex girlfriend spreading rumors that I was gay (Surprise girl) I came out 6 years ago & it was the BEST move for my health & happiness". Twitter. Retrieved October 20, 2021.