"Use Somebody" Sorry, your browser either has JavaScript disabled or does not have any supported player. You can download the clip or download a player to play the clip in your browser. Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" from Only by the Night Problems playing this file? See media help. Only by the Night is the fourth studio album by American alternative rock band Kings of Leon, released worldwide in September 2008. Writing for the band's fourth album commenced just days after the release of their third, Because of the Times. The album was recorded by producers Angelo Petraglia and Jacquire King through February 2008 in Nashville's Blackbird Studios. Only by the Night experienced commercial success, peaking inside the top 10 of over 10 different countries. The album was certified the best-selling album in Australia, certified nine times platinum. It also went on to be the highest selling album of 2008 in Australia, the third best selling album of 2008 in the UK, winning two Brit Awards, and the 18th best-selling album of the 2000s in the UK. Furthermore, two singles from the album have found high chartings, "Sex on Fire" coming in at number one in Ireland, the UK, Australia, and on the United States' Hot Modern Rock Tracks, and at number two in New Zealand. The album's second single "Use Somebody" also charted at number two in the UK, and at number two in Australia, along with being the band's first top 10 hit in the U.S. The album was nominated for Best Rock Album at the 51st Grammy Awards with the song "Sex on Fire" receiving two nominations itself. "Sex on Fire" came in at number one on the Triple J Hottest 100, 2008, with "Use Somebody" number three, "Closer" number 24 and "Crawl" number 70. In September 2007, lead singer Caleb Followill confirmed to NME that tracks were already being worked on for a fourth album, only a few days after the release of the band's third album, Because of the Times. Recording began in February 2008 in Nashville's Blackbird Studios with assistant engineer, Lowell Reynolds. On June 23, 2008, the release date of September 22, 2008 was set, and also the new title was announced. "Crawl" was released via the band's website as a free download for a short time, although it was not the first proper single. The first single "Sex on Fire", was released on September 15, 2008. The same day, music website Last.fm was the first to make the entire album available for streaming. The music video for "Sex on Fire" was later made available to stream on their website and YouTube channel. The song "Use Somebody" was announced as the second single, which was released in December 2008. The song was a massive hit in the United States, peaking at #4 on the Billboard Hot 100, and was a hit in the United Kingdom, Australia and several other countries. The third single released from the album was "Revelry", released on March 2, 2009. "Notion" is the fourth single from the album. The video was released on June 1 and the song appear on radios on June 29. The song has been another success from the group, peaking at #1 on the Billboard Alternative Songs. In Australia, the song "Manhattan" was released to radio as the fourth single. The song spent four weeks on the singles chart and peaked at number 38 and reached number two on the National Airplay Chart. The song has also had heavy rotation on UK radio station's such as Xfm. Another big hit was the album's opening track "Closer", which features a very melodic three note riff by bass player Jared Followill that utilises a Boss ME50 multi-effects pedal to add a distinctive octave sweep reminiscent of the DigiTech Whammy. The album was met with mixed reviews. Metacritic's average rating settled on a 63/100, counting a drastic range of ratings between North America and UK press. The U.S. online publications Pitchfork Media, PopMatters and JustPressPlay gave the album a 3.8/10, 2/10 and 4/10 respectively, while the album received ratings of 5/5 and 4.5/5 from the UK's The Observer and Virgin Media. Record sales showed it chasing Coldplay's Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends for the fastest selling album of the year in Ireland and the UK. Only by the Night received a nomination for Best Rock Album at the 51st Grammy Awards with the single "Sex on Fire" receiving two nominations for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song. "Sex on Fire" was awarded with the Grammy for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals on February 8. At the 52nd Grammy Awards the song "Use Somebody" won the Record of the Year, Best Rock Song and the Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The album was also awarded "2008 Album of the Year" by the UK's Q Magazine, as well as Rolling Stone voting it as the 20th best album out of their top 50 Best Albums of 2008. The album was also awarded Best International Album at the BRIT Awards, the Meteors and the Juno Awards. Only by the Night was a massive success in the United Kingdom. At the end of September 2008, the album entered the UK Albums Chart at number one, with first week sales of over 220,000 copies. In February 2009, it was announced that Only by the Night is currently the biggest selling digital album of all-time in the UK, surpassing Amy Winehouse's Back to Black. Sales for 2008, in which Only by the Night was the third biggest selling album of the year, were 1,181,640 and a similar level of 1,078,555 for 2009, when it became the fifth biggest selling album of the year. It sold a further 340,000 units in 2010 and was placed at number 31 on the year-end chart. As of March 27, 2011, Only by the Night has spent 131 consecutive weeks inside the Top 75. In the U.S., the album debuted at number five on the Billboard 200, but fell to 20 the following week. It then dropped as low as 78, but then gradually moved back up the chart. After 48 weeks on the chart, the album managed to outpeak its debut position, climbing to number four. It has also managed to achieve a 2× Platinum certification for shipping two million copies. In Canada, the album debuted at number four on the Canadian Albums Chart, eventually peaking at number two. In Australia, the album has been certified 9× Platinum, selling over 630,000 copies. It re-entered the Australia charts at 43 in September 2010. The album was the highest selling album of 2008 in Australia. The album has also been a hit in New Zealand, spending over thirty consecutive weeks in the top ten, including nine non-consecutive weeks at number one. It finished 2008 as the second highest selling album and has been certified 5× Platinum by RIANZ. In Germany, Only by the Night has spent 104 weeks on the country's Albums Chart making it the 50th album to spend two years or longer on that chart. Worldwide sales of the album exceed 6.2 million copies, according to a press release by the band. All songs written and composed by Kings of Leon. No. Title Length 1. "Closer" 3:57 2. "Crawl" 4:06 3. "Sex on Fire" 3:23 4. "Use Somebody" 3:50 5. "Manhattan" 3:24 6. "Revelry" 3:21 7. "17" 3:05 8. "Notion" 3:00 9. "I Want You" 5:07 10. "Be Somebody" 3:47 11. "Cold Desert" 5:34 Total length: 42:55 Bonus tracks No. Title Length 1. "Frontier City" (Vinyl and iTunes deluxe version) 3:37 2. "Beneath the Surface" (Japanese bonus track) 2:48 3. "The Bucket (CSS Remix)" (Japanese bonus track) 3:44 Live from the Hammersmith Apollo 2007 (Target exclusive bonus disc) No. Title Length 1. "King of the Rodeo" (live) 2:48 2. "Slow Night, So Long" (live) 3:09 3. "Fans" (live) 4:01 4. "Molly's Chambers" (live) 2:25 5. "My Party" (live) 4:01 6. "Arizona" (live) 4:48 7. "Charmer" (live) 3:34 Australian tour edition Live in London DVD No. Title Length 1. "Use Somebody" 2. "On Call" 3. "Sex on Fire" 4. "Crawl" 5. "Manhattan" Kings of Leon Caleb Followill – vocals, rhythm guitar Matthew Followill – lead guitar, vocals, keyboards on "Frontier City" and "Notion" Jared Followill – bass guitar, vocals Nathan Followill – drums, percussion, vocals Additional personnel Angelo Petraglia – production, keyboards on "Revelry" Jacquire King – production, keyboards on "Use Somebody" Alex Fraser – triangle Lowell Reynolds – second engineer Ken Levitan & Andy Mendelsohn for Vector – management Chart Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA) 1 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) 6 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) 1 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) 1 Canadian Albums (Billboard) 2 Danish Albums (Hitlisten) 5 Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) 6 French Albums (SNEP) 38 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) 16 Italian Albums (FIMI) 51 Ireland (IRMA) 1 Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico) 27 Dutch Albums (MegaCharts) 10 New Zealand Albums (Recorded Music NZ) 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista) 8 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) 4 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) 10 UK Albums (OCC) 1 US Billboard 200 4 US Billboard Digital Albums 4 US Billboard Top Internet Albums 4 US Billboard Alternative Albums 4 US Billboard Rock Chart 4 Year Country Chart Rank 2008 Australia Australian Albums Chart #1 Belgium Ultratop #29 Ireland Irish Top 20 Albums 2008 #12 New Zealand New Zealand Albums Chart #2 Netherlands MegaCharts #64 United Kingdom UK Albums Chart #3 Worldwide IFPI #21 Year Country Chart Rank 2009 Australia Australian Albums Chart #7 Austria IFPI #37 Belgium Ultratop #1 Canada Canadian Albums Chart #7[ Denmark IFPI #17 Europe European Top 100 Albums #2 Germany German Albums Chart #6 Ireland Irish Top 20 Albums 2009 #12 New Zealand New Zealand Albums Chart #8 Netherlands MegaCharts #10 Switzerland Media Control Europe #48 United Kingdom UK Albums Chart #5 United States Billboard 200 #11 Year Country Chart Rank 2010 Europe European Top 100 Albums #44 Germany German Albums Chart #96 United Kingdom UK Albums Chart #31 United States Billboard 200 #50 Year Country Chart Rank 2012 Belgium/Flanders Belgian Midprice Albums Chart #29 Region Certification Sales/shipments Australia (ARIA) 9× Platinum 630,000^ Austria (IFPI Austria) Platinum 20,000x Belgium (BEA) 2× Platinum 60,000* Canada (Music Canada) 4× Platinum 320,000^ Denmark (IFPI Denmark) Platinum 30,000^ Finland (Musiikkituottajat) Gold 12,344 Germany (BVMI) 2× Platinum 400,000^ Ireland (IRMA) 5× Platinum 75,000x New Zealand (RMNZ) 5× Platinum 75,000^ Poland (ZPAV) Platinum 20,000* Sweden (GLF) Gold 20,000^ Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) Gold 15,000x United Kingdom (BPI) 9× Platinum 2,700,000^ United States (RIAA) 2× Platinum 2,000,000^ Summaries GCC (IFPI Middle East) Platinum 6,000* Europe (IFPI) 3× Platinum 3,000,000* South Africa (RISA) Platinum 40,000x *sales figures based on certification alone ^shipments figures based on certification alone xunspecified figures based on certification alone Year Recipient Award Result 2009 Best International Album Brit Awards Won Best Rock Album Grammy Awards Nominated Best International Album Meteor Awards Won Best Album NME Awards Won Choice Music: Album (Group) Teen Choice Awards Nominated 2010 Best International Album Juno Awards Won Country Date Label Format Catalogue # Australia / Republic of Ireland September 19, 2008 Sony / Sony BMG CD, download 88697327122 United Kingdom September 22, 2008 Columbia / RCA CD, download 88697351992 RCA Victor Europe LP 732712 United States September 23, 2008 RCA CD, download 88697-32712-2 Control 2xLP 40243 Brazil October 24, 2008 Sony BMG CD, download 886973271223 Preceded by Death Magnetic by Metallica Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album (first run) September 29, 2008 – October 26, 2008 Succeeded by Black Ice by AC/DC Preceded by Death Magnetic by Metallica New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart number-one album (first run) September 29, 2008 – October 27, 2008 Succeeded by Black Ice by AC/DC Preceded by Death Magnetic by Metallica UK Albums Chart number-one album (first run) September 29, 2008 – October 5, 2008 (2 weeks) Succeeded by Dig Out Your Soul by Oasis Preceded by Funhouse by Pink Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album (second run) January 4, 2009 – February 14, 2009 Succeeded by It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen Preceded by The Circus by Take That UK Albums Chart number-one album (second run) January 11, 2009 Succeeded by The Script by The Script Preceded by Wit Licht by Marco Borsato Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart number-one album (first run) January 24, 2009 (1 week) Succeeded by The Crying Light by Antony and the Johnsons Preceded by Working on a Dream by Bruce Springsteen Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart number-one album (second run) February 21–28, 2009 (2 weeks) Succeeded by No Line on the Horizon by U2 Preceded by Now You're Gone - The Album by Basshunter New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart number-one album (second run) 23 February 2009 – 9 March 2009 Succeeded by No Line on the Horizon by U2 Preceded by Fearless by Taylor Swift New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart number-one album (third run) 30 March 2009 – 20 April 2009 Succeeded by ) by Paul Potts Preceded by We Zijn Hier Nu Toch by Yevgueni Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart number-one album (third run) April 11, 2009 (1 week) Succeeded by Zingt Ann Cristy – Een beetje anNders by Free Souffriau Preceded by It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen UK Albums Chart number-one album (third run) February 22, 2009 – March 1, 2009 Succeeded by Invaders Must Die by The Prodigy Preceded by No Line on the Horizon by U2 Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album (third run) March 23, 2009 – April 20, 2009 Succeeded by It's Not Me, It's You by Lily Allen
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After a few listens, I've got to disagree with all of the above. As for the popular commercial appeal of this record, there is perhaps only one rock radio friendly single on this album and it's already peaked. "Sex on Fire" has been the Kings' most successful single to date. It has also been their most controversial, as far as their "old" fans are concerned. "Sex of Fire" may not be the most sophisticated song, lyrically or musically, but neither were the Stones' "Satisfaction" or Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire". It's just a darn good, darn catchy straight up rock 'n' roll song. Furthermore, it's no more commercial than their last album's first single, "On Call"- arguably more of a departure from the Kings' established, musically raw style. Why folks get upset when a nominal indie band has a successful single that gets significant airplay on corporate rock radio is something that I can't quite understand. This is not arena rock, in a pejorative sense, at least. The Kings have not become the American Coldplay. Yes, Only By the Night is slightly more polished and perhaps more melodic, in a conventional sense, than the King's earlier albums, but it still features the King's musical trademarks: alternating rambling and cyclical song structures, non-virtuoso guitar solos (not necessarily a bad thing), and a truly unique and unaffected vocal style. The album isn't more commercial, it's more accessible. Yes, they've attempted to add a few sonic layers to several of the songs, Closer first and foremost among them. For the most part, this experiment has paid off.Read more › It's only been a good year ago that Kings of Leon released their monster-sized album "Because of the Times", which ended up in my personal top 3 of the best albums of 2007. After releasing "Because of the Times", the band toured non-stop around the Americas and Europe, and so I was quite surprised to read a few months ago that a new album was already being finished for a Fall release. Here then comes the 4th studio album of Kings of Leon. "Only By the Night" (11 tracks; 43 min.) continues the trail-blazing ways of "Because of the Times", if possible even more so. The radio singles "Crawl" and "Sex on Fire" are quite good but also a bit misleading, in the sense that there are a lot of epic "atmospheric" songs, with plenty of walls of (guitar) sounds. This band has become now more than ever an arena-sized band. The highlights for me include "Manhattan" (one of the tracks they played at their headlining show at Glastonbury earlier this summer in the UK), "17" (the days of the Beatles' innocent lines like "Well she was young and 17/Yeah you know what I mean" are long gone....), and the album closer "Cold Desert", but honestly I didn't hear any 'weak' tracks on here. The CD I bought came with a bonus live CD (7 tracks, 25 min.) from a performance of the band in April, 2007 at the Hammersmith Appolo in London, bringing 4 tracks from the then-new "Because of the Times" album, including a terrific "Fans" (a salute to the band's huge UK fan base), "My Party", and "Arizona", along with a couple of "Aha Shake Heartbreak" album tracks, just terrific. Seek it out if you can. In all, "Only By the Night" is a great album. Is it as good as "Because of the Times"?Read more › Many bands that stick around for more than 1 or 2 albums seem (IMHO) to follow a trend with two identifiable characteristics: (1) change, and (2) increasing commercial appeal. I think the complaints that "these guys aren't the Kings of Leon they used to be" are tedious and based on a ridiculous expectation. It's going to happen (if the band is any good and not Pearl Jam), so get over it. I don't really care whether 10 or 1,000,000 other people want to listen to the album, or even whether a band was explicit in attempting to target a larger audience. The proper questions, it seems to me, are: Is is it good? Do I like listening to it? Is it going to stay in my car stereo for more than a few days? My answers to the first two are: Yes! and Yes! I can't answer the third yet, but if their last album is any indication... probably so. This album is appealing sensitive; the emotional terrain covered is subtle and complex, but Caleb's scruffy, impassioned voice keeps things from getting too soft. The album has a singer-songwriter feel to it because, well, the intensity of the album is found in the lyrics, melodies, and Caleb's voice. The Kings of Leon are touted up as a southern rock band, but the only traces of southern rock that I heard on this album were Caleb's singing style and the spirituality of it all. Otherwise, the instrumentals were pure indie/alternative (minimalistic instrumentals, lots of reverb.) This album is not my kind of music typically, but I kept going back to it (4 listens) in the attempt to decipher what it "meant." The songs feel very personal and intimate, they sound like a soundtrack to Caleb's life. They're more compelling than catchy. Interestingly, by engendering repeated listens, they became the soundtrack to my life for a while. Cool trick. If you listen to these songs long enough, you will find yourself attaching them to specific moods and moments. This album is great walking and thinking music. It's perfect for when you want some music to keep you company but you also need space to brood and muse. With this album, just pop in the earbuds and go. Now that I know these songs well, the listening experience is cathartic and pleasurable. Last point . . . the overall vibe of this album is contemplative, but the variety is good. There's some uptempo stuff that will keep you from falling asleep, thinking too much, and walking too far . . .
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