Imagine Dragons released this song on the 1st of February 2018.
The song was produced by Robin Fredriksson and Mattias Larsson, and it was written by Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson and Justin Tranter.
The band released this song as the main single of Evolve, Imagine Dragons' 3rd album.
Believer reached top positions on music charts in the world. In the US, it reached 4th position on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Aside Demons and Radioactive, it is the band's 3rd single to reach top 10. Austria, Canada, Czech Republic, France, Italy, Poland, Portugal, and Switzerland are other countries in which Believer reached top positions.
The video of this song was released on March 7, 2017 through Imagine Dragons' official YouTube channel. The video was produced by the famous Matt Eastin. The main theme of the video is a boxing match between Dan Reynolds and Dolph Lundgren, in which Dan is losing.
The video had over 630 million views as of this writing. It is expected to surpass the 1 billion views mark until the end of 2018.
The song was so successful that it managed to hold the top position for 29 weeks on the Billboard Hot Rock Songs.
Believer was inspired by Dan Reynold's struggle with ankylosing spondylitis, as he stated in 2016 in a People's magazine interview. His struggle can be observed in the chorus:
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
(Pain, pain)
You break me down, you build me up, believer, believer
(Pain)
Oh let the bullets fly, oh let them rain
My life, my love, my drive, it came from
(Pain)
You made me a, you made me a believer, believer
The song was the 5th best selling single of 2017 in the United States. It sold nearly 1, 6 million copies.
The song was heavily advertised through TV shows soundtracks, movie trailers and Nintendo's Nintendo Switch commercials
