Neon Trees is an American
rock
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band from
Provo, Utah
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. The band received nationwide exposure in late 2008 when they opened several North American tour dates for the band
The Killers
The Killers are an American rock
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. Not long after, the band was signed by
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...
. Their first single, "
Animal
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", climbed to No. 13 on the
''Billboard'' Hot 100 and No. 1 on the
Alternative Songs
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chart.
Since their formation, Neon Trees has released four studio albums: ''
Habits
A habit (or wont as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. '' (2010), ''
Picture Show
''Picture Show'' is the second studio album by American rock band Neon Trees. The lead single, "Everybody Talks", was released on December 20, 2011, and the album was released on April 17, 2012. The music video for "Everybody Talks" was released o ...
'' (2012), ''
Pop Psychology
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'' (2014), and ''
I Can Feel You Forgetting Me'' (2020). The band has also released three EPs and eighteen singles.
History
Formed initially by childhood friends
Tyler Glenn
Tyler Aaron Glenn (born November 28, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the American rock band Neon Trees and as a solo artist.
Biography
As a teenager, Glenn attended Ch ...
(
vocals
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,
keyboards
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** Keyboard layout, the software control of computer keyboards and their mapping
** Keyboard technology, computer keyboard hardware and firmware
Music
* Musi ...
) and Chris Allen (
guitar
The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...
,
vocals
Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...
) who both grew up in
Murrieta, California
Murrieta is a city in southwestern Riverside County, California, United States. The population of Murrieta was 110,949 as of the 2020 census. Murrieta experienced a 133.7% population increase between 2000 and 2010, making Murrieta one of the f ...
, the band made its first home in Provo after Glenn and Allen moved there from Southern California, eventually adding Branden Campbell (
bass guitar
The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...
, vocals) and
Elaine Bradley
Elaine Gabrielle Bradley (born October 19, 1984) is an American musician and songwriter, and the drummer for the American rock band Neon Trees. She has also hosted BYUtv's unscripted series ''Grace Notes'' since 2020.
Early life
Elaine Gabrie ...
(
drums
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,
percussion
A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...
, vocals) to the lineup. David Charles also plays with the band as touring guitarist.
They first started playing under the name Neon Trees in late 2005 with five original members, Tyler Glenn and Chris Allen from California, and three veterans of the Utah music scene, bass player Mike Liechty, drummer Jason Gibbons and keyboardist Nathan Evans. The band's name originates from the lighted trees on the
In-N-Out Burger
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signs, which inspired Tyler Glenn. In a strange coincidence, it was later learned that Branden Campbell's father, Steve Campbell, installed the exact Neon Trees in the In-N-Out that inspired Glenn while working for a sign company out of Las Vegas.
They released an EP, ''Becoming Different People'', in 2006 during the time of their first tour through California. The EP featured promising songs like "Phones", "Sister Stereo", "Up Against the Glass". They also recorded other unreleased tracks during the "Treehouse Sessions" in 2006.
The band's lineup soon narrowed down to four members with Branden Campbell and Elaine Bradley joining the group on bass and drums, respectively. Shortly thereafter,
The Killers
The Killers are an American rock
Rock most often refers to:
* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingd ...
' drummer,
Ronnie Vannucci Jr., went to watch the band play at a small club in Las Vegas as he had been in a Ska band called "Attaboy Skip" with Neon Trees bassist Branden Campbell prior to joining The Killers. Ronnie was impressed, and as a result they were chosen to open for The Killers for a string of dates on their 2008 North American tour. Vannucci later helped the band sign to major label
Mercury Records
Mercury Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group. It had significant success as an independent operation in the 1940s and 1950s. Smash Records and Fontana Records were sub labels of Mercury. In the United States, it is ...
, which was announced in late 2008. Additionally, the group was voted Band of the Year in 2009 by ''
City Weekly
''Salt Lake City Weekly'' (usually shortened to ''City Weekly'') is a free alternative weekly tabloid-paged newspaper published in Salt Lake City, Utah. It began as ''Private Eye''. ''City Weekly'' is published and dated for every Thursday by Co ...
'', a popular Salt Lake City publication.
2010–11: ''Habits'' and commercial breakthrough
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Although they had several prior independent releases, the band released its debut album on Mercury/
Island Def Jam
The Island Def Jam Music Group (IDJMG) was an American recording music unit, formed on New Year's Eve 1998 by the Universal Music Group. It consists of labels devised and consisted under the basic operations of Island Records and Def Jam Recordin ...
,
''Habits'', on March 16, 2010. "Animal" was chosen as the lead single and was shortly thereafter featured as the Free Single of the Week on
iTunes
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in March 2010. They performed the song on ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'' on March 23, 2010, ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on May 14, 2010, ''Lopez Tonight'' on October 18, 2010, ''Live! with Regis & Kelly'' on November 4, 2010, and TBS' ''Conan'' on November 24, 2010. They performed a second single ''1983'' on ''
Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
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'' on January 13, 2011 and another stint on ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The fourth incarnation of the ...
'' on Jan 18, 2011. They performed third single "Your Surrender" on ''Late Show with David Letterman'' on May 5, 2011 and a third appearance on ''The Tonight Show with Jay Leno'' on Jun 10, 2011.
Mark Hoppus
Mark Allan Hoppus (born March 15, 1972) is an American musician, songwriter and record producer best known as the bassist and co-lead vocalist for the rock band Blink-182, being the only constant member and the only one to appear on every album. ...
of
Blink-182
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selected "Animal" as his ''Spin'' magazine Pick of the Week. The song has also been featured on a commercial for Las Vegas. The group has also released a digital EP of four remixes of the song, one of which by Tyler Glenn.
In 2010, the band covered
Justin Bieber
Justin Drew Bieber ( ; born March 1, 1994) is a Canadian singer. Bieber is recognized for his genre-melding musicianship and has played an influential role in modern-day popular music. He was discovered by American record executive Scooter ...
's song "
Baby
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" as well as
Ben E. King
Benjamin Earl King (né Nelson; September 28, 1938 – April 30, 2015) was an American soul and R&B singer and record producer. He is best known as the singer and co-composer of " Stand by Me"—a US Top 10 hit, both in 1961 and later ...
's "
Stand By Me". Throughout early 2010 the band, along with
Mutemath
Mutemath (sometimes styled as MuteMath or MUTEMATH) is an American alternative rock project founded by American singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and record producer Paul Meany. Originally co-founded as a band with Darren King in 2002, Me ...
and
Street Drum Corps, opened for the
Thirty Seconds to Mars
Thirty Seconds to Mars (commonly stylized as 30 Seconds to Mars) is an American rock band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1998. The band consists of brothers Jared Leto (lead vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Shannon Leto (drums, pe ...
tour
Into the Wild. Subsequently, they headlined the Bang the Gong Tour with
Paper Tongues
Paper Tongues is an American alternative rock band from Charlotte, North Carolina. The band currently consists of Aswan North ( lead vocals) and Daniel Santell (bass guitar). Their sound is described as fusing rock n' roll melodies with beats, an ...
,
MeTalkPretty, and
Civil Twilight
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in mid-2010, performed a set to 7,000 at
Lollapalooza
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, and went on tour with Thirty Seconds to Mars in the last half of the year.
In November 2010, the band released a Christmas single called "Wish List". It was available for free on
iTunes
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the first week it was released. In November 2010, Tyler and Elaine appeared as Neon Trees on
Daryl Hall
Daryl Franklin Hohl (born October 11, 1946), known professionally as Daryl Hall, is an American rock, R&B and soul singer and musician, best known as the co-founder and principal lead vocalist of Daryl Hall and John Oates (with guitarist and ...
's monthly Internet concert series ''Live from Daryl's House''. They performed four songs from ''Habits'', including "Animal" and "1983", as well as the
Fleetwood Mac
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hit "Dreams" and
Hall & Oates
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songs "Head Above Water" and "Adult Education."
Neon Trees released a live album, ''iTunes Live from SoHo'', in November 2010 featuring eight live tracks: "Calling My Name", "Animal", "Your Surrender", "Never Tear Us Apart", "In the Next Room", "1983", "Love and Affection", and "Sins of My Youth".
From March 31, 2011, to April 23, 2011, they also opened for
My Chemical Romance
My Chemical Romance (commonly abbreviated to MCR or My Chem) is an American rock band from Newark, New Jersey. The band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist Gerard Way, lead guitarist Ray Toro, rhythm guitarist Frank Iero, and bassist Mi ...
during the North American leg of their
World Contamination Tour. They opened a show for
Panic! at the Disco
Panic! at the Disco is the solo project of American musician Brendon Urie. It was originally a pop rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, formed in 2004 by childhood friends Urie, Ryan Ross, Spencer Smith, and Brent Wilson. They recorded their firs ...
in Central Park in September 2011. In September and October 2011, they opened for
Duran Duran
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on the North American leg of the All You Need Is Now tour.
The band's song "Animal" was also performed by the cast of ''Glee'' in the 15th episode of Season 2 entitled "Sexy".
2011–13: ''Picture Show''
On December 7, 2011, an article published by ''
Rolling Stone
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''s website streamed the band's new song "
Everybody Talks
"Everybody Talks" is the lead single from the second studio album, '' Picture Show'', by American rock band Neon Trees. It was released on December 20, 2011, in the United States as a digital download on iTunes. It soon became a sleeper hit. T ...
". On February 10, 2012, a video was posted on their official YouTube page, titled Neon Trees – Picture Show Teaser One / The New Album April 17, advertising their new album is to be released on April 17, 2012. In March 2012, Neon Trees and their single "Everybody Talks" were featured in a commercial for the 2012
Buick Verano
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...
. The single was covered in episode five of season four of ''Glee''.
Neon Trees' second studio album ''
Picture Show
''Picture Show'' is the second studio album by American rock band Neon Trees. The lead single, "Everybody Talks", was released on December 20, 2011, and the album was released on April 17, 2012. The music video for "Everybody Talks" was released o ...
'' was released on April 17, 2012. On June 28, 2012, Neon Trees was the opening act for
the Flaming Lips
The Flaming Lips are an American psychedelic rock band formed in 1983 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The band currently consists of Wayne Coyne (vocals, guitar, keyboards), Steven Drozd (guitars, keyboards, bass, drums, vocals), Derek Brown (keyb ...
concert poolside at the
Hard Rock Casino in
Biloxi, Mississippi
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as a part of their
Guinness World Record
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for the most concerts in different cities (eight) in a 24-hour period. On August 29, 2012, Neon Trees performed "Everybody Talks" on the ''
America's Got Talent
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'' live results show. In early fall 2012, the band toured with
The Offspring
The Offspring is an American rock band from Garden Grove, California, formed in 1984. Originally formed under the name Manic Subsidal, the band's current lineup consists of lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Bryan "Dexter" Holland, lead guita ...
and
Dead Sara
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. In 2013 they joined
Maroon 5
Maroon 5 is an American pop rock band from Los Angeles, California. It currently consists of lead vocalist Adam Levine, keyboardist and rhythm guitarist Jesse Carmichael, lead guitarist James Valentine (musician), James Valentine, drummer Matt ...
in their world tour alongside
Owl City
Owl City is an American electronic music project created in 2007 in Owatonna, Minnesota. It is one of several projects by singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Adam Young, who created the project while experimenting with music in his pa ...
. In November/December 2013 they were a support act for
Taylor Swift
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's three concerts in New Zealand and four concerts in Australia. The band was featured on NBC's coverage of the 2012 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. They performed an abbreviated version of their single "Everybody Talks". The second single from the album is the track "
Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)" with the collaboration of American record producer and D.J.
Kaskade
Ryan Gary Raddon (born February 25, 1971), better known by his stage name Kaskade, is an American DJ, record producer and remixer. ''DJ Times'' voted Kaskade "America's Best DJ" in 2011 and 2013. ''DJ Mag'' named Kaskade fifty-first on its 200 ...
.
2014–2017: ''Pop Psychology''
Neon Trees' third studio album, ''
Pop Psychology
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'', was released on April 22, 2014. The first single from ''Pop Psychology'', titled "
Sleeping with a Friend
"Sleeping with a Friend" is a song written and performed by American rock band Neon Trees. It was originally recorded by the band for their third studio album, '' Pop Psychology'' (2014). The song was released as the first single from ''Pop Psy ...
", was released for digital download. The band performed the single on ''
The Tonight Show with Jay Leno
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The fourth incarnation of the ...
'' on January 22, 2014.
"Sleeping with a Friend" was solicited to U.S.
Contemporary hit radio
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by both Mercury and
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, anoth ...
on February 25, 2014. Neon Trees later released four more singles following "Sleeping with a Friend". The singles are titled "I Love You (But I Hate Your Friends)", "Voices In the Halls", and "First Things First". "First Things First" is the end credit song for the 2016 Netflix Original series ''Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency''.
In 2015, the group announced the "An Intimate Night With Neon Trees" Tour. The tour ran from June 6, 2015, to July 26, 2015, finishing in
Boston, Massachusetts, at the House Of Blues Boston. Opening acts included
Alex Winston
Alexandra Leigh Winston (born September 28, 1987) is an American indie music, indie pop rock singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist from Bloomfield Hills, Michigan.
Biography
Alex Winston grew up just outside Detroit. She is classically tr ...
, Yes You Are, Coin, and
Fictionist
Fictionist is an American alternative rock band from Provo, Utah, United States, with origins in Salt Lake City and Sacramento. The band consists of Stuart Maxfield (lead vocals, bass guitar), Robbie Connolly (lead vocals, guitar), Brandon Kitt ...
.
On May 5, 2015, the band released a non-album single entitled "Songs I Can't Listen To" and an accompanying music video on June 3, 2015, featuring
Dustin Lance Black
Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and LGBT rights activist. He is known for writing the film ''Milk (2008 American film), Milk'', for which he won the Academy Award for Best Original Screenpl ...
.
On August 4, 2017, the band premiered a new single "Feel Good".
2019–present: ''I Can Feel You Forgetting Me''
Neon Trees released "Used to Like", the lead single from their fourth album, on November 13, 2019. The second single, "New Best Friend" was released on May 20, 2020. On July 10, 2020, the band released the third single called "Mess Me Up". The fourth and final single, "Nights", was released on July 22, 2020. The album, ''
I Can Feel You Forgetting Me'', was released on July 24, 2020.
Musical style
Neon Trees' musical style has been described as
pop rock
Pop rock (also typeset as pop/rock) is a fusion genre with an emphasis on professional songwriting and recording craft, and less emphasis on attitude than rock music. Originating in the late 1950s as an alternative to normal rock and roll, earl ...
,
new wave,
synth-pop
Synth-pop (short for synthesizer pop; also called techno-pop; ) is a subgenre of new wave music that first became prominent in the late 1970s and features the synthesizer as the dominant musical instrument. It was prefigured in the 1960s ...
,
indie rock
Indie rock is a Music subgenre, subgenre of rock music that originated in the United States, United Kingdom and New Zealand from the 1970s to the 1980s. Originally used to describe independent record labels, the term became associated with the mu ...
,
alternative rock
Alternative rock, or alt-rock, is a category of rock music that emerged from the independent music underground of the 1970s and became widely popular in the 1990s. "Alternative" refers to the genre's distinction from Popular culture, mainstre ...
,
pop,
and
electropop
Electropop is a hybrid music genre combining elements of electronic and pop genres. Writer Hollin Jones has described it as a variant of synth-pop with heavy emphasis on its electronic sound. The genre was developed in the 1980s and saw a re ...
.
When describing the band's sound, Heather Phares of
AllMusic
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wrote "Neon Trees blend new wave,
dance
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, and indie into smart, catchy pop."
Sputnikmusic
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described the band's debut studio album, ''
Habits
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rock
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* Rock (geology), a naturally occurring solid aggregate of minerals or mineraloids
* Rock music, a genre of popular music
Rock or Rocks may also refer to:
Places United Kingdom
* Rock, Caerphilly, a location in Wales ...
energy and spirit that wouldn’t sound out of place at any point from ‘60s
garage-rock
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to 2010
dance rock
Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. It is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and post-punk with fewer rhythm and blues influences. It originated in the early 1980s, following the decline in popularity of both punk and dis ...
."
Band members
Current members
*
Tyler Glenn
Tyler Aaron Glenn (born November 28, 1983) is an American singer, songwriter, and musician. He is known as the lead vocalist and keyboardist of the American rock band Neon Trees and as a solo artist.
Biography
As a teenager, Glenn attended Ch ...
– lead vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizer (2005–present)
*Chris Allen – lead guitar, rhythm guitar, vocals (2005–present)
*Branden Campbell – bass guitar, vocals (2006–present)
*
Elaine Bradley
Elaine Gabrielle Bradley (born October 19, 1984) is an American musician and songwriter, and the drummer for the American rock band Neon Trees. She has also hosted BYUtv's unscripted series ''Grace Notes'' since 2020.
Early life
Elaine Gabrie ...
– drums, percussion, electronic drums, vocals (2006–present)
Former members
*Mike Liechty – bass guitar (2005–2006)
*Jason Gibbons – drums, percussion (2005–2006)
*Nathan Evans – keyboards, synthesizer (2005–2006)
Touring musicians
*David Charles – rhythm guitar
Timeline
Discography
*''
Habits
A habit (or wont as a humorous and formal term) is a routine of behavior that is repeated regularly and tends to occur subconsciously. '' (2010)
*''
Picture Show
''Picture Show'' is the second studio album by American rock band Neon Trees. The lead single, "Everybody Talks", was released on December 20, 2011, and the album was released on April 17, 2012. The music video for "Everybody Talks" was released o ...
'' (2012)
*''
Pop Psychology
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'' (2014)
*''
I Can Feel You Forgetting Me'' (2020)
Awards and nominations
APRA Music Awards
, -
,
2012
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, "
Animal
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"
, International Work of the Year
,
BMI Pop Awards
, -
, 2012
, "
Animal
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"
, rowspan=2, Award-Winning Songs
,
, -
, 2015
, "
Sleeping with a Friend
"Sleeping with a Friend" is a song written and performed by American rock band Neon Trees. It was originally recorded by the band for their third studio album, '' Pop Psychology'' (2014). The song was released as the first single from ''Pop Psy ...
"
,
Billboard Music Awards
, -
, rowspan="2" ,
2011
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, rowspan="2" , "
Animal
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"
, Top Alternative Song
,
, -
, Top Rock Song
,
, -
, rowspan=2,
2012
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, Neon Trees
, Top Adult Pop Songs Artist
,
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, "
Everybody Talks
"Everybody Talks" is the lead single from the second studio album, '' Picture Show'', by American rock band Neon Trees. It was released on December 20, 2011, in the United States as a digital download on iTunes. It soon became a sleeper hit. T ...
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, Top Adult Pop Song
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International Dance Music Awards
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, 2011
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Animal
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, rowspan="3" , Best Alternative/Rock Dance Track
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, 2013
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Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night) (ft.
Kaskade
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, 2015
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Sleeping with a Friend
"Sleeping with a Friend" is a song written and performed by American rock band Neon Trees. It was originally recorded by the band for their third studio album, '' Pop Psychology'' (2014). The song was released as the first single from ''Pop Psy ...
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MTV Europe Music Awards
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2011
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, Neon Trees
, Best Push Act
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World Music Awards
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, 2012
, Themselves
, World's Best Group
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References
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Neon Trees at Island/Def Jam
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