Song · Imagine Dragons
“Thunder” by Imagine Dragons
From the album Evolve (2017)
“Thunder” by Imagine Dragons appears on 15 radio countdowns from 12 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Evolve. Its best result is #7 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #8 alternative song of 2017, #3,801 alternative song of all time and #192 of the '10s.
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"Thunder" crackled out on April 27, 2017, the second single from Evolve, the third Imagine Dragons album, and it's pop rock stripped down to a stomp, all hook and swagger, built for arenas. The four band members, Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee and Daniel Platzman, wrote it with Alex da Kid and Jayson DeZuzio, who also produced it, and Manny Marroquin mixed.
It hit number four on the Billboard Hot 100, matching "Believer" and giving the band its fourth American top-10 single, and it went top 10 across Europe and in Canada, Australia and New Zealand too. It earned a diamond award in France and a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 26 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2017 | 91 |
| 2017 | 8 | CFNY 102.1 The Edge Toronto, ON | 102.1 The Edge's Top 20 Songs of 2017 | 20 |
| 2017 | 13 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2017 | 22 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2017 | 88 |
| 2017 | 7 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2017 | 50 |
| 2018 | 19 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2018 | 51 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 47 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 48 | ALT 98.7 | ALT 98.7 Top 98 ALT Songs of the Decade | 98 |
| 2019 | 385 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 83 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 61 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 58 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2020 | 193 | DC101 | The DC101 Top 500 | 500 |
| 2022 | 375 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2026 | 430 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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