Warriors (Imagine Dragons song)

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"Warriors"
Song Cover for "Warriors" by Imagine Dragons.jpg
Single by Imagine Dragons
from the album Smoke + Mirrors (Super deluxe)
ReleasedSeptember 18, 2014
Recorded2014
Genre Arena rock
Length2:50
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • Imagine Dragons
  • Alex da Kid
Imagine Dragons singles chronology
"Battle Cry"
(2014)		"Warriors"
(2014)		"I Bet My Life"
(2014)
Music video
"Warriors" on YouTube

"Warriors" is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons, used by Riot Games for a music video promoting the League of Legends 2014 World Championship. [1] It was also included on the band's second studio album, Smoke + Mirrors (2015). The song was released digitally as a single on September 18, 2014. [2] The music video for the song was the most viewed League of Legends video online with over 200 million views, until K/DA's Pop/Stars surpassed it in 2019. [3] The song was also used as the official theme of the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup.

Contents

Background and composition

In 2014, Imagine Dragons were working on Smoke + Mirrors (2015), their second studio album. However, on Twitter, they revealed that they had taken a break from recording the album to collaborate with the multiplayer online battle arena game League of Legends , which was the band's favorite game at the time. They released "Warriors" for the game's 2014 World Championship. [4] In a 2021 interview with NME after the band released "Enemy" collaborated with Riot Games again for the League of Legends-adaptive show Arcane , Dan Reynolds said that working with Riot Games "just came out organically" while playing for the 2014 World Championship in Seoul. He continued by saying that "Nothing was forced, it was just fun. Playing Worlds was some of my favourite memories". [5]

Chris Payne of Billboard called the song "anthemic". [6] Similarly, Alan Wen of NME said that it "has the vibe of a tournament anthem". [5] It is two minutes and 50 seconds long [2] and in the key of E minor with a tempo of 152 beats per minute. Reynolds' vocals range two octaves from B3 to B5. [7]

Music video

The song premiered with the debut of its music video on the League of Legends YouTube channel on September 17, 2014. The song and its video served to promote the 2014 League of Legends World Championship. [8]

"Warriors" was used in the trailer for the 2015 film The Divergent Series: Insurgent and the final [9] trailer for the 2017 adaptation of Wonder Woman . [10] Slate's Matthew Dessem asked said regarding the latter trailer that when the song was paired with "slow-motion footage of Wonder Woman single-handedly fighting World War I [...] the answer is a resounding 'who did you think was in charge here, anyway?'" He also said that "World War I [...] was decidedly less badass than an Imagine Dragons song, perhaps because Wonder Woman wasn't there". Furthermore, he said that other "terrible" DC films would blend in "seamlessly" with the Wonder Woman adaptation with the song in the trailer, using The Skin I Live In as an example of being a "more interesting movie buried under all the kickass guitar" with Elena Anaya playing as a female counterpart of Fritz Haber. [9]

Track listing

Digital download [2]
No.TitleLength
1."Warriors"2:50

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Apple Music. [11]

Chart performance

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [30] 3× Platinum180,000‡
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [31] Platinum90,000‡
Germany (BVMI) [32] Gold200,000‡
Italy (FIMI) [33] Gold25,000‡
Norway (IFPI Norway) [34] Platinum10,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [35] Platinum60,000‡
Sweden (GLF) [36] 2× Platinum80,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [37] Platinum600,000‡
United States (RIAA) [38] 2× Platinum2,000,000‡
Streaming
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [39] Gold1,300,000†

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.
† Streaming-only figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. ↑ "Warriors". LeagueOfLegends.com. Archived from the original on September 22, 2014. Retrieved September 17, 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 "Warriors – Single by Imagine Dragons". iTunes Store . United States: Apple. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved September 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Imagine Dragons: Warriors | Worlds 2014 - League of Legends". YouTube . 17 September 2014.
  4. ↑ McElroy, Justin (2014-09-18). "Listen to the song Imagine Dragons wrote for League of Legends". Polygon . Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  5. 1 2 Wen, Alan (2021-11-17). "Imagine Dragons on their collaborations with "kindred spirits" Riot Games". NME .
  6. ↑ Payne, Chris (2014-09-17). "Hear Anthemic New Imagine Dragons Song 'Warriors'". Billboard . Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  7. ↑ "Warriors". Musicnotes. Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  8. ↑ "Imagine Dragons teams with 'League of Legends' for $2.3m tournament - Yahoo News Singapore". 19 September 2014. Retrieved May 8, 2017.
  9. 1 2 Dessem, Matthew (2017-05-08). "Wonder Woman's Final Trailer Asks, "Would World War I Have Been Cooler With a Soundtrack From Imagine Dragons?"". Slate . Retrieved 2025-09-08.
  10. ↑ Singer, Matt (2017-06-02). "The New Trend in Movie Trailers: Imagine Dragons Songs". Screen Crush . Retrieved 2025-09-07.
  11. ↑ "Warriors by Imagine Dragons". Apple Music . 2014-09-18. Retrieved 2025-09-04.
  12. ↑ "Imagine Dragons – Warriors" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved October 1, 2014.
  13. ↑ "Imagine Dragons Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 2, 2014.
  14. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 40. týden 2014 in the date selector. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  15. ↑ "Imagine Dragons – Warriors" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  16. ↑ "Imagine Dragons – Warriors" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved October 6, 2014.
  17. ↑ "Archívum – Slágerlisták – MAHASZ" (in Hungarian). Single (track) Top 40 lista. Magyar Hanglemezkiadók Szövetsége. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  18. ↑ "Chart Track: Week 39, 2014". Irish Singles Chart. Retrieved October 5, 2014.
  19. ↑ "Imagine Dragons Lebanese Chart Top 20 History". The Official Lebanese Top 20. November 16, 2014. Retrieved April 19, 2017.
  20. ↑ "Imagine Dragons – Warriors" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  21. ↑ "Imagine Dragons - Warriors (Song)" . Retrieved 11 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "Imagine Dragons Chart History (Portugal Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2014. [ dead link ]
  23. ↑ "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select SINGLES DIGITAL - TOP 100 and insert 201439 into search. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
  24. ↑ "Imagine Dragons – Warriors". Singles Top 100. Retrieved October 24, 2014.
  25. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved September 28, 2014.
  26. ↑ "Imagine Dragons Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2014.
  27. ↑ "Imagine Dragons Chart History (Hot Rock & Alternative Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved September 25, 2014.
  28. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2014". Billboard . Retrieved December 21, 2014.
  29. ↑ "Hot Rock Songs : Dec 31, 2015 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. billboard.com. Retrieved January 3, 2016.
  30. ↑ "Brazilian single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil . Retrieved August 20, 2024.
  31. ↑ "Danish single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved September 10, 2024.
  32. ↑ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Imagine Dragons; 'Warriors')" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie . Retrieved May 25, 2023.
  33. ↑ "Italian single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved September 5, 2017.
  34. ↑ "Norwegian single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors" (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. Retrieved October 26, 2015.
  35. ↑ "Spanish single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors". El portal de Música. Productores de Música de España . Retrieved April 3, 2024.
  36. ↑ "Sverigetopplistan – Imagine Dragons" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan . Retrieved August 22, 2022.
  37. ↑ "British single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors". British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved October 25, 2024.
  38. ↑ "American single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors". Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved October 18, 2017.
  39. ↑ "Danish single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Warriors". IFPI Danmark . Retrieved February 10, 2023.


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