Pyro (song)
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{{Infobox song
| name = Pyro
| cover = pyroKOL.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kings of Leon
| album = Come Around Sundown
| released = December 9, 2010
| recorded = 2010
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|Southern rock}}
| length = 4:10
| label = RCA
| writer = * Caleb Followill
- Nathan Followill
- Jared Followill
- Matthew Followill
| producer = * Angelo Petraglia
- Jacquire King
| prev_title = Radioactive
| prev_year = 2010
| next_title = Back Down South
| next_year = 2011
}}
"Pyro" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon, released on December 9, 2010 as the second single from their fifth studio album Come Around Sundown (2010).{{cite web |url=http://www.kingsofleon.com/pages/news/radioactive |title=KINGS_OF_LEON_OFFICIAL_SITE | radioactive |access-date=2010-10-21 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20101021073049/http://www.kingsofleon.com/pages/news/radioactive |archive-date=2010-10-21 }}
The song, along with its accompanying music video, premiered on December 9 on the Kings' website and on their YouTube channel.
Inspiration
According to songfacts.com, Caleb Followill explained about the original inspiration for this song: "I had actually written some verses because I was watching this piece on these radical Christians that live up in the mountains and somehow the FBI got involved and pretty much went and killed them [presumably a reference to Ruby Ridge]. And so I started writing kind of about that and about a guy that was kind of fed up with it all and he thought that the world that he was living in wasn't the perfect world to him so he kind of goes and burns it down. It's just one of those songs where it's like it starts out with someone thinking they know how it's supposed to be and at the end it's like, 'I can't even be that way.'"{{Cite web|url=http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=21208|title=Pyro by Kings of Leon|website=Songfacts.com|access-date=May 28, 2022}}
Music video
The music video for the song premiered on 9 December 2010. It depicts a bar fight scene and was performed by actors. The video is in slow motion. At the end of the video, everyone floats into the ceiling except for the band, who are playing as a concert band and they are playing their instruments beside the tables while sitting on chairs. Their 2004 song "Four Kicks" was set in the same studio with the same director.{{cite AV media| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211211/gFp7q-IJqno| archive-date = 2021-12-11| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFp7q-IJqno&ob=av2el| title = Kings Of Leon - Pyro (Official Music Video) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}
Live performances
Kings of Leon performed the song on Saturday Night Live on October 23, 2010.{{cite web|last=McGee|first=Ryan|title=Recap: 'Saturday Night Live' - Emma Stone and Kings of Leon|url=http://www.hitfix.com/blogs/monkeys-as-critics/posts/recap-saturday-night-live-emma-stone-and-kings-of-leon|work=HitFix|access-date=February 9, 2012|date=October 24, 2010}}
Track listings
=Digital download=
- "Pyro" - 4:11
Personnel
- Caleb - rhythm guitar, lead vocals
- Nathan - drums, backing vocals
- Matthew - lead guitar, Wurlitzer piano
- Jared - bass, xylophone
- Liam O'Neil - Hammond B3 organ
- Angelo Petraglia - Wurlitzer organ
Charts
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| Chart (2011)
!Peak |
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| {{single chart|Austria|43|artist=Kings Of Leon|song=Pyro}} |
| {{single chart|Flanders|42|artist=Kings Of Leon|song=Pyro}} |
| {{single chart|Wallonia Tip|14|artist=Kings Of Leon|song=Pyro}} |
| Germany (Media Control AG){{Cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/|title=Home - Offizielle Deutsche Charts|website=Offiziellecharts.de|access-date=May 28, 2022}}
|align="center"|48 |
| {{single chart|Dutch100|58|artist=Kings Of Leon|song=Pyro}} |
| {{single chart|Switzerland|74|artist=Kings Of Leon|song=Pyro}} |
| {{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|artistid=13265|69|artist=Kings Of Leon|song=Pyro|songid=49716}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|13|artist=Kings of Leon|access-date=June 4, 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|16|artist=Kings of Leon|access-date=June 4, 2014}} |
| {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|30|artist=Kings of Leon|access-date=June 4, 2014}} |
Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|relyear=2010|certyear=2020|title=Pyro|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=March 19, 2020}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|relyear=2010|certyear=2022|title=Pyro|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Platinum|access-date=2 March 2022}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Kings of Leon|title=Pyro|award=Gold|relyear=2010|certyear=2024|id=16656-878-1|access-date=September 21, 2024}}
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References
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Category:Songs written by Matthew Followill
Category:Songs written by Jared Followill
Category:Songs written by Nathan Followill
Category:Songs written by Caleb Followill