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{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
{{Infobox single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs --it is a very good song
| Name = Radioactive
| Artist = [[Imagine Dragons
| Artist = [[Imagine Dragons]]
| Cover = Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive" (Single).jpg
| Cover = Imagine Dragons - "Radioactive" (Single).jpg
| Album = [[Night Visions (album)|Night Visions]]
| Album = [[Night Visions (album)|Night Visions]]

Revision as of 22:08, 22 April 2014

"Radioactive"
Song

The Night Visions track was remixed by the band, featuring guest vocals from American hip hop recording artist Kendrick Lamar. The remix, while retaining most of the original track from Continued Silence, was recorded by the band and Kendrick Lamar for release as a single. The single was released on January 27, 2014.

Live performances

"Radioactive" was first performed by Imagine Dragons and Kendrick Lamar at the 56th Annual Grammy Awards, held at the Staples Center, Los Angeles on January 26, 2014. The song was performed in a mashup with Kendrick Lamar's "M.A.A.D City", a track from his Grammy-nominated album Good Kid, M.A.A.D City.[1] The song was performed by the duo again on the February 1, 2014 airing of NBC late-night live television sketch comedy and variety show Saturday Night Live.[2]

Track listing

Digital download
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Radioactive" (feat. Kendrick Lamar)McKee, Platzman, Reynolds, Sermon, Grant, Mosser, Kendrick DuckworthGrant4:43

Personnel

Partly adapted from Night Visions liner notes.[3]

2
Additional musicians

Charts and accolades

Release history

Country Date Format Label Catalog No.
Australia[5] January 27, 2014 Digital download Interscope, KIDinaKORNER none
Canada[6]
Germany[7]
United Kingdom[8]
United States[9]

Other remixes and covers

"Radioactive" was covered by American violinist Lindsey Stirling with Texan a cappella group Pentatonix and uploaded to Stirling's YouTube channel, becoming immensely successful and as of April 1, 2014 has 64 million views[10] (original video has 156 million views on the same date). The recording subsequently earned a 2013 YouTube Award. Jason Derulo covered the song live on BBC.[11] Daughtry covered the song live on SiriusXM.[12] Lady Antebellum covered the song live backstage on their Take Me Downtown Tour and put the video on their YouTube channel.[13] Dutch symphonic metal band Within Temptation recorded a version on their cover album The Q-Music Sessions released in April 2013 and released again on their album Hydra. American post-hardcore band Our Last Night covered the song.[14] Masha covered "Radioactive" on her popular YouTube channel on May 25, 2013, the video has received more than 50,000 views as of November 2013.[15] The Radioactive Chicken Heads recorded a punk rock cover of "Radioactive" and released a music video for their version on YouTube.[16] Ed Kowalczyk (of Live) covered the song for an Australian radio station.[17]

References

  1. ^ Grow, Kory. "Kendrick Lamar, Imagine Dragons Stun With 'Radioactive' Grammy Collab". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 4, 2014. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ Minsker, Evan. "Watch: Kendrick Lamar Joins Imagine Dragons on "Saturday Night Live"". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  3. ^ "Radioactive" (liner notes). Imagine Dragons. Interscope Records. 2014.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  4. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company.
  5. ^ "Radioactive (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Single". iTunes AU. Apple Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  6. ^ "Radioactive (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Single". iTunes CA. Apple Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  7. ^ "Radioactive (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Single". iTunes DE. Apple Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  8. ^ "Radioactive (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Single". iTunes GB. Apple Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  9. ^ "Radioactive (feat. Kendrick Lamar) - Single". iTunes US. Apple Inc. Retrieved February 4, 2014.
  10. ^ Video on YouTube
  11. ^ "BBC Radio 1 - Huw Stephens, Jason Derulo in the Live Lounge". Bbc.co.uk. September 7, 2013. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  12. ^ "Daughtry - Radioactive (Acoustic Cover)". YouTube. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  13. ^ Video on YouTube
  14. ^ "STREAM: OUR LAST NIGHT – "RADIOACTIVE" (IMAGINE DRAGONS COVER)". underthegunreview.net. Retrieved August 15, 2013. {{cite web}}: External link in |publisher= (help)
  15. ^ "Radioactive - Imagine Dragons (Cover by Masha)". YouTube. Retrieved December 20, 2013.
  16. ^ "Radioactive Chicken Heads RADIOACTIVE (Imagine Dragons) Punk Rock Cover". YouTube. Retrieved December 30, 2013.
  17. ^ "Live's Ed Kowalczyk Is Still Around And He's Covering Imagine Dragons". Stereogum. April 5, 2014. Retrieved April 21, 2014.
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