" At the Top of the World " is a song by American rock band, Imagine Dragons for their major label debut, Advanced Silence (2012), which appears as the third track. The song also appeared on their debut studio album Night Ofions (2012) as the fifth song. "On Top of the World" was digitally released as a single on March 18, 2013.
Video On Top of the World (Imagine Dragons song)
Composition
"On Top of the World" features mainly guitar and piano instrumentation, with vocals performed by vocalist Dan Reynolds. Originally published in key C major, the song itself expresses the celebration of achievement for the band after struggling for years to become successful. The song combines the progression of C-F-C-Dm chords in verses, and F-C-G-Dm in chorus and bridge, with pre-chorus using Am and G to create different pauses in the song. The song "On Top of the World" is found as a positive and upbeat song, unlike other songs found on Night Visions, including "Bleeding Out" and "Hear Me".
The song is based on a sample of Steve Reich's minimalist composer Clapping Music from 1972.
Maps On Top of the World (Imagine Dragons song)
In media
Imagine Dragons performed the song live in Australia's version of The X Factor in 2013.
"On Top of the World" is licensed for inclusion in the EA Sports game soundtrack, FIFA 13 . The band, an old fan of the FIFA video game series, reacted positively to its in-game inclusion and stated that it would be "very fun to hear the track play as we kick the bike and shout." on the screen. "It also serves as the opening theme of the short-lived CBS comedy series Partners ." On Top of the World "was performed by PS22 Chorus during the inauguration of the second United States president Barack Obama, also featured in Konami Pro Evolution Soccer 2013 and is used in Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 ads.
This song stands out in The Incredible Burt Wonderstone movie several times.
The song is featured in the UK children's film All Stars (movie 2013) .
The song is featured in the episode of Liv and Maddie "Twin-a-Rooney", performed by Dove Cameron in the title role of Liv Rooney. The Dove Cameron version appears on the Disney Channel Play It Loud compilation album .
Hunter Hayes covered the song live on his US tour.
The song is used by ESPN for their coverage of the NBA for the 2013-14 NBA season.
The song was used during the Cartoon Network 2013 Hall of Game Awards.
The song was used in trailers for the films The Croods (2013) and Island of Lemurs: Madagascar (2014).
WPVI-TV in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania used the song to promote their morning news, Action News Mornings .
The song is used in Coca-Cola's promotional video "Moments of Happiness", which is featured exclusively at the World of Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia.
The song is featured on the Alpha and Omega soundtracks: The Legend of the Saw Tooth Cave and The Angry Birds Movie .
From 2013 to 2015, Vodafone Portugal uses the song in their ad for Red phone plans.
In November 2017, Ford used this song in their year-end Black Friday sales advertisement.
![Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World (Lyrics Video) [HD] - YouTube](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/blogger_img_proxy/AEn0k_sp5HKxA6OjBdLKagWACZsOExOtTD7fiU2_isXzkysvHyQ8gMSH61ho7l0Ym3csc10wGAuObi7-m3mi0VzN1bYpHPJ85ODoQW-3aXHKlI1b2SgZyTkrEt_zu7CyVMPk5akukTPnM6Cuzw=s0-d "Imagine Dragons - On Top Of The World (Lyrics Video) [HD] - YouTube")
Music video
As part of the Imagine Dragons documentary Imagine Dragons: The Making of Night Visions, originally aired on November 7, 2012, the band filmed themselves "On Top of the World" videos and then uploaded to YouTube.
On November 13, 2013 the band released an official music video for the song. The video quiped popular conspiracy theories that the landing in 1969 was falsified, a recording directed by Stanley Kubrick, and that Kubrick then made reference to the forgery in various subsequent films. In the video, rock bands similar to The Beatles (played by Imagine Dragons members) pretend to be astronauts for landing on a fake moon. The recording goes awry because fans of the band flow into the sound stage and turn the show into rock concerts, much to the chagrin of Kubrick and President Richard Nixon, who are also at hand; the crowd might find out by being there, that the landing is fake or just happy to be in concert. People at home may agree now that the conspiracy is real, though only how many people are consciously or unconsciously pointed out. The video also briefly refers to other popular conspiracy theories from around the same time, that Beatles member Paul McCartney died in 1966 and was replaced by a similar one.
The video was filmed in Provo, Utah, the original home of Imagine Dragons, and included the brilliant acting of various celebrities associated with Provo or Brigham Young University, including Jon Heder, Studio TV , guitarist Robbie Connolly , and a member of The New Electric Sound. Whit Hertford plays Kubrick, and singer Aja Volkman, wife of Imagine Dragons frontman Dan Reynolds, appears as the wife of Reynolds character.
Track list
Commercial performance
The song reached 79 in the US Billboard Hot 100 and 10 on the Hot Rock Songs charts. It also charts in the top ten in Australia (No. 10), Austria (No. 6), Netherlands (No. 10), New Zealand (No. 10), Poland (No. 7) and Portugal (No. 1). Although it has not been released to mainstream radio, it has received airplay on contemporary hit stations, such as 97.1 ZHT in Salt Lake City.
The song reached one million copies sold in the US in April 2014. This is the fourth millionth seller of the Night Visions album.
Personnel
Adapted from Night Visions liner notes.
Diagram
Certification
Since May 2013, the RIAA certification for digital singles includes streaming audio and/or on-demand video tracks in addition to downloads.
Accolades
Releasing history
References
External links
- Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics
Source of the article : Wikipedia
0 Comments