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Hear Me (song)

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"Hear Me"
Single by Imagine Dragons
from the album Night Visions
ReleasedNovember 24, 2012 (2012-11-24)
Recorded2010
StudioBattle Born Studios (Paradise, Nevada, United States)
Length3:55
LabelInterscope
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Imagine Dragons singles chronology
"Radioactive"
(2012) 		"Hear Me"
(2012) 		"Demons"
(2013)
Audio
"Hear Me" on YouTube

"Hear Me" is a song by American rock band Imagine Dragons, originally written and recorded for their second extended play, Hell and Silence. It appears as the third track on the EP. The song was re-recorded and mastered for their debut studio album, Night Visions, on which it appears as the seventh track.

The song was released as the lead single from Night Visions in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 24, 2012, since the multi-selling platinum single, "It's Time", was not released there until August 2013. The song debuted at number 37 on the UK Singles Chart.

The cover art for the single comes from their earlier Continued Silence EP.

Live performances

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"Hear Me" was first played live on March 6, 2010.[1] During the "Fall 2012 Tour", "Hear Me" would occasionally be played toward the beginning of the set. "Hear Me" was first performed live on PBS' Vegas In Tune, broadcast in early 2012.[2] The song has so far been performed on every date of their "Europe Tour 2012", appearing in the middle of the setlist, after "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)" or "Round and Round".

Usage in media

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"Hear Me" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2011 feature film, Answers to Nothing.[3] It is also occasionally used on MTV's reality show, The Real World: Las Vegas.

Music video

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Fans on Instagram contributed to the lyric video.

No music video was produced for "Hear Me", although a lyric video was uploaded by the band to YouTube on November 12, 2012.[4] The video features pictures uploaded and submitted by followers of the band on the online photo-sharing, video-sharing and social networking service Instagram, where fans would feature lyrics from "Hear Me" in their pictures, whether the lyrics were transcribed metaphorically, literally or simply written. The video was the second video to be co-produced by fans, with the music video for "Tokyo", a song off their 2011 extended play It's Time being the first, featuring fans dancing along to the song.[5]

The lyric video also featured simple fan pictures, such as selfies and pictures of the band taken at various concerts. The idea of a video taking place at an Imagine Dragons concert later inspired and was implemented in the music video for "Demons".[6] Over 300 different Instagram photos from users were featured in the video.

Track listing

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CD
No.TitleLength
1."Hear Me"3:55
2."Round and Round"3:17
Stream
No.TitleLength
1."Hear Me"3:55
2."Radioactive"3:07

Charts

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Weekly chart performance for "Hear Me"
Chart (2012) Peak
position
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[7] 37

Certifications

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Certifications and sales for "Hear Me"
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[8] Gold 500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

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Release dates for "Hear Me"
Country Date Format Label
Ireland November 24, 2012 CD Interscope Records
United Kingdom
Australia[9] December 6, 2012 Streamed audio
United Kingdom[9]
United States[9]

References

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  1. ^ "Hear Me by Imagine Dragons Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  2. ^ "Imagine Dragons - Hear Me". VegasInTune. YouTube, Google. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 31 December 2012.
  3. ^ "'Answers to Nothing' Soundtrack Announced". Soundtrack News. Film Music Reporter. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
  4. ^ "Imagine Dragons- 'Hear Me' (Instagram Fan Lyric Video)". ImagineDragons. YouTube, Google. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. ^ ""It's Time" to see how talented our fans are..." imaginedragonsmusic. Interscope Records. Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  6. ^ "Imagine Dragons Reveal Details Of New 'Demons' Music Video". MTV. Archived from the original on February 25, 2013. Retrieved 20 March 2013.
  7. ^ "Imagine Dragons". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  8. ^ "American single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Hear Me". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
  9. ^ a b c "Hear Me – EP". Spotify. Retrieved July 9, 2013.
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