"Whatever It Takes" | ||||
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Single by Imagine Dragons | ||||
from the album Evolve | ||||
B-side | "Thunder" (official remix) | |||
Released | October 6, 2017 | |||
Genre | ||||
Length | 3:21 | |||
Label | ||||
Songwriter(s) | ||||
Producer(s) | Joel Little | |||
Imagine Dragons singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Whatever It Takes" on YouTube |
"Whatever It Takes" is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. The song was released on May 9, 2017, as a promotional single through Kidinakorner and Interscope. It later became the third single from the band's third studio album, Evolve , on October 6, 2017. It was also the official theme song for WWE's PPV event Battleground, in addition to its inclusion in the video game Madden NFL 18 . The song was sent to US contemporary hit radio on February 13, 2018.
The song was announced alongside the name and album art of Evolve via Twitter on May 9, 2017. [3]
A music video for the song was released on October 12, 2017. It was directed by Matt Eastin and Aaron Hymes. Eastin had also previously directed the music videos for Imagine Dragons' songs "On Top of the World", "Roots", and "Believer". The video begins with lead singer Dan Reynolds swimming through a room filled with water. You can see matchbooks reading "The Overlook Hotel" and "Mt. Qualo, Colorado, references to 'The Shining'. It then cuts to a scene in which Reynolds and the band are playing in the same room; however, it is not filled with water in this scene. As they perform the chorus of the song, the roof crumbles and rain starts pouring in. Throughout the video, the rain persists and the room eventually fills completely with water. However, the band still plays. As Reynolds sings, objects such as boxing gloves and keys float by him along with two people who are seemingly sirens, tugging at him from both sides. Before the final chorus, the music stops and the band floats lifelessly on the water. When they break into song again, the stage has completely changed as the room is no longer underwater, but on fire as the band plays on it. As the video ends, everything is on fire and the music stops. [4] The video won the MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video award.
In October 2017, Imagine Dragons performed the song on Late Night with Seth Meyers . [5]
On May 30, 2018, they performed the song live before game two of the 2018 Stanley Cup Finals at T-Mobile Arena in their hometown of Las Vegas. [6]
In February 2018, Imagine Dragons asked Conservative Political Action Conference to stop using "Whatever It Takes" on their conference website. [7] [8]
The National Basketball Association (NBA)'s Utah Jazz frequently play the song prior to tip-off of every home game at Delta Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. [9]
The Guardian writes that "Whatever It Takes" was "written with a sports highlights package in mind ("I love the adrenaline in my veins", wails frontman Dan Reynolds, before chart pop's current obligatory chorus of "woah-ohs" enters)." [10]
As of May 15, 2018, the song has peaked at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. [11] [12]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Whatever It Takes" | 3:21 |
Weekly charts | Year-end charts
Decade-end charts
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Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA) [76] | Platinum | 70,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria) [77] | Platinum | 30,000‡ |
Belgium (BEA) [78] | Gold | 10,000‡ |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [79] | Diamond | 250,000‡ |
Canada (Music Canada) [80] | 2× Platinum | 160,000‡ |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark) [81] | Platinum | 90,000‡ |
France (SNEP) [82] | Diamond | 333,333‡ |
Germany (BVMI) [83] | 3× Gold | 600,000‡ |
Italy (FIMI) [84] | 3× Platinum | 150,000‡ |
Norway (IFPI Norway) [85] | Gold | 30,000‡ |
Poland (ZPAV) [86] | 4× Platinum | 200,000‡ |
Portugal (AFP) [87] | Gold | 5,000‡ |
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [88] | Platinum | 60,000‡ |
United Kingdom (BPI) [89] | Platinum | 600,000‡ |
United States (RIAA) [90] | 7× Platinum | 4,000,000 [91] |
Streaming | ||
Sweden (GLF) [92] | Platinum | 8,000,000† |
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various [a] | May 9, 2017 | Digital download | [13] | |
United Kingdom | October 6, 2017 | Contemporary hit radio | [93] | |
October 20, 2017 | Digital download | [94] | ||
United States | November 14, 2017 | Adult album alternative radio | [95] | |
Germany | November 17, 2017 | CD single |
| [96] |
United States | December 5, 2017 | Alternative radio |
| [97] |
February 13, 2018 | Contemporary hit radio | [98] |
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