Bleeding Out (song)

{{Infobox song

| name = Bleeding Out

| artist = Imagine Dragons

| album = Night Visions

| released = September 4, 2012

| recorded = 2011–2012

| studio = Westlake Recording, West Hollywood, California

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=3|s=43}}

| label =

| writer =

| producer =

Alex da Kid

}}

"Bleeding Out" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Imagine Dragons for their debut studio album Night Visions (2012). The song appears as the ninth track on the album. The song peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.

Composition

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| title = "Bleeding Out"

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"Bleeding Out" runs at 84 beats per minute. The song, compared to the former half of the Night Visions album, is one of Imagine Dragons' darker songs, and like most of the songs on Night Visions, it makes use of the Bass drum to set the overall tone and mood of the song.{{cite web|title=Night Visions Review|url=http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/imagine_dragons/night_visions/index.html|work=Fresh tabs|publisher=Ultimate Guitar Archive|accessdate=30 December 2012}} The song incorporates a jagged-edge production effect, where the guitar chords are separately recorded and mixed separately from the recording itself. When chords in the song are not repeated and flow through, the recording plays normally. However, if the chords repeat themselves, they literally repeat themselves in the recording as well to produce a broken record effect, as if the recording is skipping over itself. The song also makes use of synthesizer jabs to emphasize the belligerency of the song's atmosphere and mood. Also notable is that the lead-in unusually lasts three beats, unlike most songs where usually the lead-in would last two or a single beat before the song starts.

Live performances

"Bleeding Out" was first played live during the fall of 2012. It was played on 72 shows of the Night Visions Tour in 2013, six times on the Into the Night Tour in 2014, and 18 times during the Smoke + Mirrors Tour in 2015.{{Cite web|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/imagine-dragons-5bd1b7fc.html?song=Bleeding+Out|title = Bleeding Out by Imagine Dragons song statistics | setlist.fm| website=setlist.fm }} It has since been played acoustic during the Evolve World Tour.

Charts

=Weekly charts=

Chart (2012–14) ! Peak position
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{{singlechart\|New Zealand\|35\|artist=Imagine Dragons\|song=Bleeding Out\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 6, 2014}}
scope="row"\| UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web \| url=http://www.zobbel.de/cluk/130413cluk.txt \| title=Chart: CLUK Update 13.04.2013 (wk14) \| publisher=Zobbel.de \| accessdate=April 8, 2013 \| author=Zywietz, Tobias}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 161
{{singlechart\|Billboardrocksongs\|30\|artist=Imagine Dragons\|rowheader=true\|accessdate=June 6, 2014}}

=Year-end charts=

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Chart (2013) ! Position
scope="row"\| US Billboard Hot Rock Songs{{cite magazine \| url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/hot-rock-songs?page=5 \| title=Rock Songs: 2013 Year End Charts \| magazine=Billboard \| publisher=Prometheus Global Media \| accessdate=December 13, 2013}} \| style="text-align:center;"\| 58

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Chart (2013)

! Position

scope="row"| US Billboard Hot Rock Songs{{cite magazine | url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2013/hot-rock-songs?page=5 | title=Rock Songs: 2013 Year End Charts | magazine=Billboard | publisher=Prometheus Global Media | accessdate=December 13, 2013}}

| style="text-align:center;"| 58

Certifications

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|title=Bleeding Out|artist=Imagine Dragons|award=Gold|relyear=2013|certyear=2024|accessdate=February 8, 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Imagine Dragons|title=Bleeding Out|award=Silver|relyear=2013|certyear=2021|id=17280-2498-1|access-date=June 6, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=single|title=Bleeding Out|artist=Imagine Dragons|award=Platinum|relyear=2013|certyear=2021|accessdate=September 1, 2021}}

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References

Category:2012 songs

Category:Imagine Dragons songs

Category:Songs written by Wayne Sermon

Category:Songs written by Dan Reynolds (musician)

Category:Songs written by Daniel Platzman

Category:Songs written by Ben McKee

Category:Songs written by Alex da Kid

Category:Songs containing the I–V-vi-IV progression