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Post by maine on Oct 23, 2014 19:49:42 GMT -5
"Bet My Life" is the lead single to Imagine Dragons' second studio album that is due out next year. It will be released to iTunes on November 3rd. They have been teasing the song's lyrics all week on Twitter. {Lyrics}
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 23, 2014 21:09:37 GMT -5
I'm interested to see if they'll go harder or softer with this one.
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Post by maine on Oct 24, 2014 12:22:44 GMT -5
Song is now called "I Bet My Life" and will be released on October 27th.
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Post by Juan Carlos on Oct 24, 2014 13:12:29 GMT -5
This is going to be interesting. Looking forward to it.
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Post by Live Your Life on Oct 24, 2014 13:22:26 GMT -5
Can't wait. I loved their first album.
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Post by Kurt on Oct 24, 2014 14:15:23 GMT -5
PlayIGA now confirms the single release to pop radio Monday at 12:01AM Eastern.
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Post by jma on Oct 24, 2014 17:10:16 GMT -5
Surprised they are releasing this if the album isn't expected until next year. Maybe they'll end up releasing it around X-Mas?
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Post by jma on Oct 24, 2014 17:11:26 GMT -5
Although its probably better they are waiting till 2015, because the album will probably go platinum and we won't be having reports next year saying that "there have been no platinum albums in the year" haha
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Post by surfy on Oct 24, 2014 17:17:38 GMT -5
I'm ready for it, I've just recently realized how good their last singles were. AND SO MUCH RECURRENT AIRPLAY IT'S INSANE!!!
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on Oct 24, 2014 17:20:40 GMT -5
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Post by maine on Oct 24, 2014 18:11:30 GMT -5
Surprised they are releasing this if the album isn't expected until next year. Maybe they'll end up releasing it around X-Mas? Album is tentatively due out in February 2015.
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Post by Kurt on Oct 24, 2014 18:51:09 GMT -5
PlayIGA now confirms the single release to pop radio Monday at 12:01AM Eastern. Aaaand now they don't; plus the adds dates are only for the rock formats. We'll see what happens.
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Post by YourFaveIsAFlop on Oct 24, 2014 19:14:22 GMT -5
Seems early for a single of they're not releasing the album until February
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Post by Au$tin on Oct 24, 2014 19:24:55 GMT -5
So excited for this!
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Post by H. on Oct 24, 2014 19:55:37 GMT -5
Can't wait for this.
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Post by musicfan20 on Oct 24, 2014 19:58:00 GMT -5
Seems early for a single of they're not releasing the album until February They'll probably release another single before then.
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Post by Gabe on Oct 26, 2014 22:29:04 GMT -5
So the people who like "It's Time" and "On Top of the World" will LOVE this.
The people who like "Radioactive" and "Demons" will be slightly disappointed.
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Post by Mr. Thonk Eyes on Oct 26, 2014 22:32:27 GMT -5
So the people who like "It's Time" and "On Top of the World" will LOVE this. The people who like "Radioactive" and "Demons" will be slightly disappointed. Considering I love all of the above, I don't think I'll be disappointed!!!
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 26, 2014 22:32:47 GMT -5
So the people who like "It's Time" and "On Top of the World" will LOVE this. The people who like "Radioactive" and "Demons" will be slightly disappointed. What if I like It's Time and Radioactive?
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Post by Gabe on Oct 26, 2014 22:33:54 GMT -5
So the people who like "It's Time" and "On Top of the World" will LOVE this. The people who like "Radioactive" and "Demons" will be slightly disappointed. What if I like It's Time and Radioactive? Lol you will like it.
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Post by maine on Oct 26, 2014 22:42:37 GMT -5
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Post by Green Baron on Oct 26, 2014 22:47:42 GMT -5
I really don't like this at all.
Verses are bland, and that chorus is so annoyingly awful.
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Oct 26, 2014 22:50:08 GMT -5
I am so confused by the clip I heard. The chorus and verses don't seem to be from the same song, neither sound much like Imagine Dragons to me, and there appears to be some weird noise in the background that sometimes sounds like a bird or weird person singing?! To be fair, I don't know much ID so the second "issue" may just be me not being familiar with this band beyond the two singles I have heard.
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Post by SoMuchToSay on Oct 26, 2014 22:56:46 GMT -5
I really like it! The chorus is catchy, I don't know what song y'all are hearing! It's a nice, feel good song! Radio should have no problem eating this up! Perfect for the 4th quarter!
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Post by surfy on Oct 27, 2014 0:06:08 GMT -5
Not bad, but their other songs were so much better.
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Post by Kurt on Oct 27, 2014 0:14:25 GMT -5
Upon first listen, all of the noises and vocal layers are built up to the point that they become distracting and annoying to me, particularly in the chorus. We'll see if it grows on me - I thought "Demons" would once it became a single but it never really did.
Also somewhat curious to see how radio responds to this - I have a feeling it's just SiriusXM and its thin playlists, but they were playing "On Top Of The World" in heaviest rotation on their HAC station just a couple months ago, so it doesn't really feel to me like they've been gone for long. I don't think the early length between this and the album is a huge deal, though, since the industry slows down at the end of the year; this could be one of the hits that lasts through the freeze, giving them time to set up a second single in time for album release (granted, this doesn't really strike me as being particularly radio-friendly, and the fact that next week's adds date is only for the rock formats may prevent that potential schedule).
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Post by kanimal on Oct 27, 2014 1:23:12 GMT -5
Upon first listen, all of the noises and vocal layers are built up to the point that they become distracting and annoying to me, particularly in the chorus. We'll see if it grows on me - I thought "Demons" would once it became a single but it never really did. Also somewhat curious to see how radio responds to this - I have a feeling it's just SiriusXM and its thin playlists, but they were playing "On Top Of The World" in heaviest rotation on their HAC station just a couple months ago, so it doesn't really feel to me like they've been gone for long. I don't think the early length between this and the album is a huge deal, though, since the industry slows down at the end of the year; this could be one of the hits that lasts through the freeze, giving them time to set up a second single in time for album release (granted, this doesn't really strike me as being particularly radio-friendly, and the fact that next week's adds date is only for the rock formats may prevent that potential schedule). I think there are a lot of branding issues at play. This band is on the mainstream map very much due to "Glee"--and are a project backed by Alex da Kid--which pretty much rules out the idea that they're some rebellious rock-and-roll act. And they're realists - they know mainstream pop is where the money is. But I get the impression they see themselves as alt-rockers, very much *want* to be alt-rockers and know that they have many fans who value them as alt-rockers (which is why I'm guessing Interscope was so quick to correct that error on PlayIGA, as you noted). I definitely like the song better than you seem to, but it does seem to be the product of those conflicting forces. Weird and rootsy enough that it won't feel totally out of place at alt, but poppy enough that it won't be totally ridiculous if pushed to pop. That kind of hybrid territory is dangerous, though, and I'm not sure they totally excel in either regard with this one.
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Post by H. on Oct 27, 2014 7:05:44 GMT -5
My ears hurt after hearing this. Sounds to much like On Top Of The World (which I hated) for me to like.
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Post by K. on Oct 27, 2014 7:21:12 GMT -5
I like this. Not quite as much as their previous stuff, but I think it has the potential to grow on me as well.
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Post by maine on Oct 27, 2014 8:29:52 GMT -5
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