Who We Are (Imagine Dragons song)
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"Who We Are" is a song by American
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band
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 ...
. The song was originally recorded for the 2013
Soundtrack album A soundtrack album is any album that incorporates music directly recorded from the soundtrack of a particular feature film or television show. The first such album to be commercially released was Walt Disney's ''Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs'' ...
'' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire – Original Motion Picture Soundtrack'', which serves as the official soundtrack to the 2013 American science-fiction
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'' The Hunger Games: Catching Fire''. It appears as the seventh track on the album.


Composition

The song's lyrics allude to District 12, a region of the fictional country of Panem in '' The Hunger Games universe'', subject to the nation's mining industry, and recounts the feelings of the rebels in District 12 at the onset of the rebellion towards the end of ''
Catching Fire ''Catching Fire'' is a 2009 science fiction young adult novel by the American novelist Suzanne Collins, the second book in ''The Hunger Games'' series. As the sequel to the 2008 bestseller ''The Hunger Games'', it continues the story of Katni ...
''. In addition, the song makes several apparent references to '' The Hunger Games'', especially the events of ''Catching Fire'', including the attic where the protagonists of the novel meet during the rebellion of District 11 and "the view from up here", which references
Katniss Everdeen Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of ''The Hunger Games'' trilogy written by American author Suzanne Collins. Her name comes from a plant with edible tubers called ''Sagittaria'' (katniss), from Sagittarius the Arche ...
's strategy of climbing trees to get a better view of the arena during the Hunger Games themselves.


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2013 songs Imagine Dragons songs Song recordings produced by Alex da Kid The Hunger Games music Songs written by Alex da Kid Songs written by Wayne Sermon Songs written by Dan Reynolds (musician) Songs written by Daniel Platzman Songs written by Ben McKee Songs written for films {{2010s-song-stub