"I Was Me" is a

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by American

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band Imagine Dragons.

Background

On October 12, 2015, "I Was Me" was released to

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s for the One4 project with all proceeds going to the UN Refugee Agency to support fleeing refugees, particularly in the Middle East. SAP and Imagine Dragons partnered together to release the song. Lead singer

Dan Reynolds Daniel Coulter Reynolds (born July 14, 1987) is an American singer and songwriter. He is the lead vocalist of the pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Reynolds also released an EP in 2011, titled ''Egyptian – EP,'' as a duo with his former wife A ...

wrote an op-ed piece about the crisis for

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that was published on October 24, 2015.

Charts

References

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