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“Demons” by Imagine Dragons
From the EP Continued Silence EP (2012)
“Demons” by Imagine Dragons appears on 25 radio countdowns from 18 stations between 2013 and 2026. It was first released in 2012 on the EP Continued Silence EP. Its best result is #1 on the WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2013. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #10 alternative song of 2013, #1,811 alternative song of all time and #126 of the '10s.
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"Demons" first appeared on Continued Silence, the 2012 EP that marked Imagine Dragons' major-label debut, and took its place as the fourth track on Night Visions the same year. Alex da Kid produced it and shares the writing with Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee and Josh Mosser, who also recorded it; Manny Marroquin mixed, and J. Browz added guitar and bass. The sound is arena-sized melancholy, stomping drums and a slow-motion chorus built for a sea of raised phones, and the lyric plays as a warning to a lover about the flaws hidden underneath.
It worked its way through the radio formats across 2013 and became the band's second top-ten hit after "Radioactive", peaking at number six and staying 61 weeks on the Hot 100. Within two years, more than 4.1 million copies had sold in the US.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
Hard Rock & Metal
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 8 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2013 | 50 |
| 2013 | 12 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2013 | 91 |
| 2013 | 9 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top Songs of 2013 | 20 |
| 2013 | 7 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2013 | 99 |
| 2013 | 1 | 92.3 WTTS Indianapolis-Bloomington, IN | WTTS Top 50 Songs of 2013 | 50 |
| 2013 | 60 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2013 | 88 |
| 2013 | 20 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2013 | 107 |
| 2013 | 4 | 94.3 WCYY Portland, ME | WCYY Year End Top 50 of 2013 | 50 |
| 2013 | 4 | 94.5 The Buzz Houston, TX | 94.5 The Buzz Top 94 of 2013 | 94 |
| 2013 | 26 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 100.1 Songs of 2013 | 101 |
| 2013 | 5 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2013 | 51 |
| 2013 | 6 | 97X Tampa-St. Petersburg, FL | 97X Top 97 of 2013 | 97 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 244 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2014 | 332 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2014) | 500 |
| 2015 | 207 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2015) | 500 |
| 2019 | 73 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 65 | 93X | 93X Top 93 Songs of the Decade (2010s) | 93 |
| 2019 | 215 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 39 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 57 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 8 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 111 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2022 | 221 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2023 | 216 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 147 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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