Song · Imagine Dragons
“Whatever It Takes” by Imagine Dragons
From the album Evolve (2017)
“Whatever It Takes” by Imagine Dragons appears on 13 radio countdowns from 8 stations between 2017 and 2026. It was first released in 2017 on the album Evolve. Its best result is #1 on the X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #6 alternative song of 2018, #3,656 alternative song of all time and #216 of the '10s.
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"Whatever It Takes" first surfaced on May 9, 2017, a promotional single from Imagine Dragons announced on Twitter along with the name and cover art of Evolve, their third album, and it was promoted to full third single that October. Joel Little produced and recorded it and wrote it with Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee and Daniel Platzman, and John Hanes mixed: electropop with a stadium-sized stomp, all drive and determination.
It became the official theme for WWE's Battleground pay-per-view and landed in Madden NFL 18. The video, directed by Matt Eastin and Aaron Hymes, opens with Reynolds swimming through a flooded room dotted with nods to The Shining, then cuts to the band playing in the same room, bone dry.
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 | 62 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2017 | 99 |
| 2018 | 27 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2018 | 91 |
| 2018 | 4 | The Buzz Burlington, VT / Plattsburgh, NY / Montreal, QC | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of 2018 | 99 |
| 2018 | 7 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2018 | 51 |
| 2018 | 1 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2018 | 50 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 28 | 103.3 The Edge | 103.3 The Edge Top 103.3 Songs of the Decade | 103 |
| 2019 | 350 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2019) | 500 |
| 2020 | 40 | 107.7 The End | The End Top 107 Songs of Last Decade (2010s) | 107 |
| 2020 | 89 | The Buzz | The Buzz Top 99 Songs of the Decade | 99 |
| 2020 | 39 | X96 | X96's Top 100 Songs of the Last Decade | 100 |
| 2022 | 290 | 101X | 101X 500 (2022) | 498 |
| 2023 | 384 | 94.3 WCYY | WCYY CYY 500 Most Played Songs (2023) | 500 |
| 2026 | 295 | 101X | 101X 500 (2026) | 500 |
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