"Hear Me" is a song by American

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Imagine Dragons Imagine Dragons is an American pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead singer Dan Reynolds, guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist Ben McKee and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of their sing ...

, originally written and recorded for their second

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, '' Hell and Silence''. It appears as the third track on the EP. The song was re-recorded and mastered for their debut studio album, ''

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'', on which it appears as the seventh track. The song was released as the lead single from ''Night Visions'' in the United Kingdom and Ireland on November 24, 2012, since the multi-selling platinum single, " It's Time", was not released there until August 2013. The song debuted at number 37 on the

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. The cover art for the single comes from their earlier '' Continued Silence EP''.

Live performances

"Hear Me" was first played live on March 6, 2010. During the "Fall 2012 Tour", "Hear Me" would occasionally be played toward the beginning of the set. "Hear Me" was first performed live on

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' Vegas In Tune, broadcast in early 2012. The song has so far been performed on every date of their "Europe Tour 2012", appearing in the middle of the setlist, after "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)" or "Round and Round".

Usage in media

"Hear Me" is featured on the soundtrack to the 2011 feature film, ''

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''. It is also occasionally used on

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's reality show, '' The Real World: Las Vegas''.

Music video

No music video was produced for "Hear Me", although a lyric video was uploaded by the band to

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on November 12, 2012. The video features pictures uploaded and submitted by followers of the band on the online photo-sharing,

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, where fans would feature lyrics from "Hear Me" in their pictures, whether the lyrics were transcribed metaphorically, literally or simply written. The video was the second video to be co-produced by fans, with the music video for "Tokyo", a song off their 2011 extended play '' It's Time'' being the first, featuring fans dancing along to the song. The lyric video also featured simple fan pictures, such as

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s and pictures of the band taken at various concerts. The idea of a video taking place at an Imagine Dragons concert later inspired and was implemented in the music video for "

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". Over 300 different Instagram photos from users were featured in the video.

Track listing

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Release history

References

{{authority control Imagine Dragons songs 2012 singles 2010 songs Interscope Records singles Electronic rock songs Songs written by Wayne Sermon Songs written by Dan Reynolds (musician) Songs written by Ben McKee