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Imagine Dragons
Band Las Vegas United States Formed 2008 American pop rock band
Imagine Dragons formed in 2008 in Las Vegas, United States. Imagine Dragons has 222 chart appearances on 99 radio countdowns from 31 stations on RockLists, spanning 2012–2026. The most successful song on radio countdowns is “Radioactive”, which appears on 39 lists and was voted number one six times. In total the artist has topped 15 countdowns. The station that charted Imagine Dragons most often is The Buzz (Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC), with 26 appearances. The artist’s biggest year on year-end countdowns was 2013.
Imagine Dragons came out of Las Vegas in 2008 with a sound built for arenas they hadn't played yet: Dan Reynolds' big, bruised voice, Wayne Sermon's guitar, Ben McKee's bass and Daniel Platzman's drums hitting like they were tracked inside an aircraft hangar. "It's Time" was the first single, in early 2012, and the Continued Silence EP that year carried "Radioactive" and "Demons", the two chart-toppers that went on to power their debut album, Night Visions.
"Radioactive" is the template for everything that followed: a stomping, distorted electronic groove, a chorus hollered from a rooftop, and just enough grit to keep rock radio on board while pop radio swooned. It stayed on the Hot 100 longer than any song before it, and the band went from breakout act to one of the most-streamed groups on the planet.
Smoke + Mirrors went to number one in the US, Canada and the UK in 2015. Evolve spun off "Believer", "Thunder" and "Whatever It Takes", Origins added "Natural" a year later, and Mercury, Acts 1 and 2, kept the machine humming. Critics never quite warmed to the booming, sloganeering choruses; the tens of millions buying and streaming them didn't seem to mind. Platzman had left the drum stool by the time of Loom in 2024.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs by Imagine Dragons on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Radioactive | 39 | #1 | 6 | 2013 | |
| 2 | It's Time | 36 | #1 | 2 | 2012 | |
| 3 | Demons | 25 | #1 | 1 | 2013 | |
| 4 | Believer | 19 | #1 | 2 | 2017 | |
| 5 | Thunder | 15 | #7 | – | 2017 | |
| 6 | Whatever It Takes | 13 | #1 | 1 | 2018 | |
| 7 | Natural | 14 | #8 | – | 2018 | |
| 8 | I Bet My Life | 12 | #8 | – | 2014 | |
| 9 | Follow You | 6 | #1 | 2 | 2021 | |
| 10 | On Top of the World | 9 | #25 | – | 2014 | |
| 11 | Wrecked | 5 | #11 | – | 2021 | |
| 12 | Shots | 7 | #14 | – | 2015 | |
| 13 | Roots | 6 | #4 | – | 2015 | |
| 14 | Enemy | 3 | #1 | 1 | 2022 | |
| 15 | Bad Liar | 2 | #4 | – | 2019 | |
| 16 | Bones | 2 | #11 | – | 2022 | |
| 17 | Wake Up | 2 | #42 | – | 2024 | |
| 18 | Eyes Closed | 2 | #26 | – | 2024 | |
| 19 | Enemy From League Of Legends | 1 | #3 | – | 2022 | |
| 20 | Battle Cry | 1 | #35 | – | 2014 | |
| 21 | Zero | 1 | #98 | – | 2018 |
Albums with charting songs
Where each song was first released, from MusicBrainz.
Year-end chart timeline
Combined year-end countdown points per year. Taller bars mean more songs placing higher across more stations.
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