Next to Me (Imagine Dragons song)

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"Next to Me"
Imagine Dragons Next to Me.jpg
Single by Imagine Dragons
from the album Evolve
ReleasedFebruary 21, 2018 (2018-02-21)
RecordedDecember 2017
Genre
Length3:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Alex da Kid
Imagine Dragons singles chronology
"Whatever It Takes"
(2017)		"Next to Me"
(2018)		"Born to Be Yours"
(2018)
Music video
"Next to Me" on YouTube

"Next to Me" is a song recorded by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. Written by all four members of the band and producer Alex da Kid, it was released through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records on February 21, 2018, as the fourth single from the band's third studio album Evolve , appearing as the first track on a re-issue of the album.

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Background and release

The band first teased the song on February 14, 2018, with a tweet that contains the cover artwork, which features two people in a canyon. They captioned the picture: "2/21 the evolution begins." [1] The single premiered on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 radio show as the day's "World Record", [2] [3] and was released alongside the announcement of extended summer tour dates. [4]

"Next to Me" was referred to as the band's first love song. Dan Reynolds, lead singer of the song, admitted that it was an unexpected theme change in the interview with Lowe, saying: "Yeah I don't typically write love songs. I started writing when I was about 13 years old and it was a source of an escape from school from depression from feeling lost and it was never a romance. So for me this is some of the first times that I've really explored diving into my mind and musicality and sonicality of romance." He regarded it as "something everybody can relate to", which is the "feeling like you are going to fail sometimes in a relationship and the true value of a relationship is what happens then". [5]

Music video

An accompanying short film for the song was released on March 13, 2018. The video stars the lead singer, Dan Reynolds, and his wife, Aja Volkman. In the video, Aja leaves Dan due to his problems, leading to him attempting to sell his wedding ring. The clerk (played by Wayne Sermon) tells him that the ring is not worth much, and in his anger, Dan kills the clerk. The rest of the video features a series of flashbacks while Dan is on death row, and his eventual execution. [6]

Critical reception

Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone opined that the band manages to "blend the experimental and accessible" on the track, writing that it "builds to an arena-worthy chorus with massive, choral-style backing vocals and electronic effects". [7] Scott T. Sterling of CBS Radio deemed the song "a big and powerful ballad that highlights Reynolds soaring and impassioned vocals". [8] Mike Wass of Idolator stated that the song features a "sleepy tempo". [5]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [9]

Imagine Dragons

Additional musician

Technical personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [33] Platinum40,000‡
France (SNEP) [34] Platinum200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [35] Platinum50,000‡
Portugal (AFP) [36] Platinum10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [37] Gold30,000‡
United States (RIAA) [38] Gold500,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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