50 Fun Facts About Imagine Dragons

Which member of Imagine Dragons plays guitar?

McKee plays bass; Platzman was the drummer until 2024, and Tolman the original drummer.

In which city are Imagine Dragons based?

The singer's hometown; the band first built a following in Provo, Utah, before moving.

Where did Dan Reynolds meet the band's original drummer in 2008?

Sermon and McKee, by contrast, both came from Berklee.

What is the band's name, according to Reynolds?

Each member had to approve the phrase.

Whose illness gave the band its first big break at the 2009 Bite of Las Vegas Festival?

They filled in and played to more than 26,000 people.

Which label signed Imagine Dragons in November 2011?

They had released three EPs independently, recorded at Battle Born Studios in Las Vegas.

Which English producer did the band start working with after signing?

They recorded their first major-label release with him at Westlake Recording Studios in West Hollywood.

What was Imagine Dragons' debut single, released in February 2012?

It peaked at 15 on the Hot 100 and is certified seven-times platinum.

What was the band's debut album?

It was finished at Studio X inside the Palms Casino Resort and peaked at number two.

The band's debut was the highest-charting debut rock album since which year?

It sold over 83,000 copies in its first week.

How many weeks did 'Radioactive' spend on the Billboard Hot 100, a record at the time?

The Weeknd's 'Blinding Lights' finally broke it in 2021.

Which Grammy did 'Radioactive' win at the 2014 ceremony?

It lost Record of the Year; the band performed a medley with a Compton rapper that night.

Which rapper joined the band for a 'Radioactive' / 'M.A.A.D City' medley at the 2014 Grammys?

Lil Wayne got his own 'Believer' remix five years later.

What peak did 'Demons' reach on the Billboard Hot 100?

It topped the Pop Songs chart, spent 61 weeks on the Hot 100 and later went Diamond.

Which 2014 film got the Imagine Dragons song 'Battle Cry'?

'Warriors' for the League of Legends World Championship followed a few months later.

What was the lead single from Smoke + Mirrors?

'Gold' and 'Shots' followed; the album was their first US number one.

Which retailer aired a live commercial of the band performing 'Shots' during the 2015 Grammys?

Smoke + Mirrors came out nine days later and debuted at number one.

Whose 'I Love You All the Time' did the band cover in December 2015 for Paris attack victims?

The band had been playing the Bataclan when the attacks happened.

'Sucker for Pain', with Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa and others, came from which film's soundtrack?

'Not Today' from Me Before You came out two months earlier.

Which 2016 sci-fi film featured the song 'Levitate'?

It arrived while the band was posting cryptic tweets teasing their third album.

What was hidden in Morse code in the teaser videos for 'Believer'?

The time-lapse videos showed the singer drawing surreal images.

Which product's Super Bowl ad used 'Believer' in 2017?

All three of the album's big singles topped the Hot Rock Songs chart.

What was the band's third studio album, released in June 2017?

It earned a Grammy nomination for Best Pop Vocal Album despite mixed reviews.

Which of the band's 2017 singles won the 2018 MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video?

'Thunder' was nominated for a Grammy for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance.

Which esports team did Imagine Dragons become co-owners of in 2018?

Their gaming ties also include Beat Saber's ten-song Imagine Dragons pack.

'Natural' served as the 2018 anthem for what?

The band played the College Football Championship halftime show the following January.

Which Disney animated film used 'Zero' over its end credits?

'Natural' and 'Zero' were the lead singles from Origins.

The band described Origins as a 'sister album' to which earlier record?

Origins debuted at number two, their fourth top-five album.

Which Italian singer features on the final Origins single, 'Birds'?

An animated video for the original version came out a month later.

Which Netflix series' soundtrack featured 'Enemy' with rapper JID?

It was their second League of Legends collaboration after 'Warriors' in 2014.

What was the lead single from Mercury - Act 2?

'Sharks' followed, and the two Acts were released together as an 18-track compilation.

Which former member returned as touring drummer when Daniel Platzman stepped away in 2023?

Platzman officially left in August 2024, making Loom the first album without him.

Where was the concert filmed for Imagine Dragons: Live in Vegas, released on Hulu in 2023?

The September 2022 show also became a live album.

Which video game did the band promote with 'Children of the Sky' in 2023?

Bethesda's space RPG.

What was the lead single from the 2024 album Loom?

A J Balvin remix followed a month later.

Imagine Dragons were the first rock act to have how many songs pass one billion streams each?

Radioactive, Demons, Believer and Thunder; the same four are certified above Diamond by the RIAA.

Which Slipknot frontman said Nickelback were passing the scapegoat baton to Imagine Dragons?

Matty Healy of the 1975 called 'Radioactive' 'nothingness'.

What is the name of the charity the band founded in 2013 to help young people with cancer?

It holds an annual gala in Las Vegas.

Which festival did the band help organise in 2017 to raise awareness of LGBTQ youth?

The singer's documentary Believer explored the same intersection of the LGBT community and the Latter-day Saints church.

Which composer collaborated with the band's singer on the 2018 single 'Skipping Stones'?

It accompanied his documentary Believer, with proceeds to LGBTQ charities.

What did the band's United24 ambassadorship raise money for in 2022?

More than $6 million bought 92 C-type ambulances.

Which two bands did the singer credit with taking alternative pop to new heights before Imagine Dragons?

His stated influences include Arcade Fire, Nirvana, Muse, the Beatles, Paul Simon and Harry Nilsson.

Which Imagine Dragons song was written for the 2014 League of Legends World Championship?

It was the band's first collaboration with League of Legends; 'Enemy' for the series Arcane came seven years later.

Which DJ collaborated with Imagine Dragons on 'Born to Be Yours' and later 'Stars Will Align'?

'Born to Be Yours' was released in June 2018 and appears on the international deluxe edition of Origins.

Which producer executive-produced the band's Mercury albums?

Mercury – Act 1 arrived in September 2021 and Act 2 followed in July 2022 as an 18-track album.

Which VR rhythm game released a paid Imagine Dragons music pack of ten songs in June 2019?

The pack came from developer Beat Games shortly after the band played the College Football Championship halftime show.

Which Latin star featured on the May 2024 remix of 'Eyes Closed'?

The song was the lead single from Loom, whose 30-date US tour began in July 2024.

Where did the band record its first two EPs, including Hell and Silence?

Night Visions itself was later finished at Studio X inside the Palms Casino Resort in summer 2012.

Roughly how big was the crowd Imagine Dragons played to when they filled in for Train in 2009?

Local awards such as Las Vegas Weekly's Best Local Indie Band 2010 followed the breakthrough.

Which Imagine Dragons song's video was released in support of World Mental Health Day in 2022?

It was the first of three post-release singles from Mercury – Act 2.