Throne (song)

"Throne" was premiered on BBC Radio 1 on 23 July 2015 as presenter Annie Mac's "Hottest Record",{{cite news |url=http://www.kerrang.com/33930/bring-horizon-unleash-epic-throne-teaser/ |title=Bring Me The Horizon Unleash Epic Throne Teaser |last=Carter |first=Emily |work=Kerrang! |publisher=Bauer Media |date=22 July 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.upsetmagazine.com/listen/listen-to-the-new-bring-me-the-horizon-track-throne/ |title=Listen to the new Bring Me The Horizon track, 'Throne' |last=Shutler |first=Ali |work=Upset Magazine |publisher=The Bunker Publishing |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} before it was released as a single the following day alongside the song's music video.{{cite news |url=https://www.nme.com/news/bring-me-the-horizon/87105 |title=Bring Me The Horizon reveal new single 'Throne' – watch |last=Renshaw |first=David |work=NME |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=24 July 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}{{cite news |url=http://www.gigwise.com/news/101823/bring-me-the-horizon-new-song-throne-from-thats-the-spirit---listen |title=Bring Me The Horizon Unveil New Track + Video For 'Throne' |last=Trendell |first=Andrew |work=Gigwise |publisher=Giant Digital |date=24 July 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} Shortly before the release of the album, "Throne", "Happy Song" and "Drown" were performed at Maida Vale Studios for Radio 1's Live Lounge show.{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p030s9rt |title=Radio 1 Live Music, Bring Me The Horizon |work=BBC Radio 1 |publisher=BBC |date=9 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} In October, "Throne" and "Happy Song" were used as official theme songs for the professional wrestling show NXT TakeOver: Respect.{{cite news |url=http://www.wwe.com/inside/wwemusic/bring-me-the-horizon-nxt-loud-takeover-respect |title=Bring Me The Horizon is the NXT: LOUD band for TakeOver: Respect |last=Melok |first=Bobby |publisher=WWE |date=23 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}

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Speaking in a track-by-track commentary of That's the Spirit for Spotify, frontman Oliver Sykes explained that "Throne" was one of the first songs the band wrote for the album to be considered for release as a single, claiming that "it felt like our comeback song".{{cite AV media|people=Sykes, Oliver (Narrator)|title=That's the Spirit (Track by Track Commentary) by Bring Me the Horizon|type=audio|year=2015|publisher=Spotify}} Keyboardist Jordan Fish described the track as "one of the most simple and straightforward songs" on That's the Spirit, noting its natural progression from elements introduced on 2013's Sempiternal, including "an up-tempo rhythm and really strong melodies".{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/bring-me-the-horizon-on-ditching-metalcore-for-poppy-positive-new-lp-20150723 |title=Bring Me the Horizon on Ditching Metalcore for Poppy, Positive New LP |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=23 July 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}

Describing the track as "fast, short [and] simple", Sykes has suggested that the line "So you can throw me to the wolves/Tomorrow I will come back leader of the whole pack" summarises the themes of the song, which include the proposition that "it's the people that break you that also make you". Writing for Billboard magazine, Jon Wiederhorn also highlighted this line as summarising the song's theme of "overcoming adversity". The song, influenced by nu metal,{{cite web |url=http://musicfeeds.com.au/album/bring-me-the-horizon-thats-the-spirit/ |title=Bring Me The Horizon – That's The Spirit |last=Mack |first=Emmy |publisher=Music Feeds |accessdate=12 May 2016 |date=7 September 2015 }} possesses "punch and warbled vocoder" and has been described as electronic rock, hard rock, arena rock and pop rock.{{cite web |url=http://www.stereoboard.com/content/view/193857/9 |title=Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit (Album Review) |last=Chillingworth |first=Alec |date=17 September 2015 |accessdate=12 May 2016 }}{{cite journal|last1=Crane|first1=Matt|title=10 Essential Records of 2015|journal=Alternative Press|date=December 2015|issue=330|publisher=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.|location=Cleveland|issn=1065-1667}}{{Cite magazine | url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/8494644/bring-me-the-horizon-best-songs-top-10 |title = Bring Me the Horizon's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|magazine = Billboard}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hmv.com/music/bring-me-the-horizon|title=Where To Start With… Bring Me The Horizon|publisher=HMV|date=25 January 2019|access-date=5 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/the-20-greatest-bring-me-the-horizon-songs-ranked/|title=The 20 greatest Bring Me The Horizon songs – ranked|website=Kerrang!|last=Law|first=Sam|date=1 May 2020|access-date=13 November 2021}}{{Cite book|last=Crane|first=Matt|title=10 Essential Records of 2015|magazine=Alternative Press|date=December 2015|number=330|editor=Alternative Press Magazine, Inc.|issn=1065-1667}}

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The music video for "Throne" was released alongside the single on 24 July 2015, after being teased with a short trailer two days before. Directed by Sykes and Plastic Kid,{{cite news |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/bring_me_the_horizon_reveal_video_for_new_single_throne |title=Bring Me The Horizon reveal video for new single, "Throne" |last=Leak |first=Brian |publisher=Alternative Press |date=23 July 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} it has been compared stylistically to the TV series Game of Thrones by numerous music writers. Gigwise's Andrew Trendell outlined that the video "shows scenes of medieval drama and feudal strife", while TeamRock's Chillingworth described the video as "ludicrous" and "bonkers", complaining that "it doesn't make a terrible lot of sense".{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/feature/2015-07-24/breaking-down-bring-me-the-horizon-s-throne-video |title=Breaking down Bring Me The Horizon's Throne video |last=Chillingworth |first=Alec |publisher=TeamRock |date=24 July 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} In December, the band also released a video of their live performance of the song at Webster Hall in New York City earlier in the year.{{cite news |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/watch_bring_me_the_horizons_live_throne_music_video |title=Watch Bring Me The Horizon's live "Throne" music video |last=Sharp |first=Tyler |publisher=Alternative Press |date=9 December 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}

As of March 2025, the music video for "Throne" has over 180 million views on YouTube.{{Cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ow_qI_F2ZJI|title=Bring Me The Horizon - Throne|publisher=YouTube|author=Bring Me The Horizon|date=23 July 2015|access-date=11 July 2023}}

As with previous singles "Drown" and "Happy Song", some critics highlighted "Throne" as evidence of the band's change in direction from their earlier material. Writing for TeamRock, Alec Chillingworth noted that the song "split opinion all over the shop", proposing that it would be seen "as a stroke of genius by some and an abhorrent shit-stain by others" due to its electronic-influenced sound. Tom Bryant of Alternative Press described the track as "reminiscent of Linkin Park", specifically proposing that it is "a dubstep update on Meteora with Sykes in defiant Chester Bennington mode".{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/reviews/entry/bring_me_the_horizon_thats_the_spirit |title=Bring Me The Horizon are back with an epic reinvention |last=Bryant |first=Tom |publisher=Alternative Press |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} David Renshaw for the NME also made the comparison to Linkin Park on both "Throne" and "Avalanche", which he proposed was thanks in part to the songs' "singalong choruses and driving, expansive production".{{cite web |url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/bring-me-the-horizon/16251 |title=Bring Me The Horizon - 'That's The Spirit' |last=Renshaw |first=David |work=NME |publisher=Time Inc. UK |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}

Other critics were generally positive about "Throne". Billboard writer Jon Wiederhorn described the song as "Upbeat, melodic and loud without being aggressive", proposing that it "succinctly captures the essence of the entire album". AllMusic's James Christopher Monger selected it as one of the highlights of That's the Spirit, dubbing it "as snarky as [it is] apoplectic".{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/thats-the-spirit-mw0002865734 |title=That's the Spirit - Bring Me the Horizon: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Monger |first=James Christopher |work=AllMusic |publisher=All Media Network |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} Similarly, DIY magazine's Sarah Jamieson claimed that "Throne ... hits tremendous new highs" for the band,{{cite web |url=https://diymag.com/2015/09/11/bring-me-the-horizon-thats-the-spirit-album-review |title=Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit |last=Jamieson |first=Sarah |work=DIY |publisher=Sonic Media Group |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} while Exclaim! writer Bradley Zorgdrager also praised it as a high point of the album.{{cite web |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/bring_me_horizon-thats_spirit |title=Bring Me the Horizon That's the Spirit |last=Zorgdrager |first=Bradley |publisher=Exclaim! |date=11 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} Rock Sound's Andy Biddulph described "Throne" as "epic, thunderous and skyscraping in equal measure".{{cite web |url=http://www.rocksound.tv/reviews/read/bmths-thats-the-spirit-the-most-important-rock-album-of-the-decade |title=Bring Me The Horizon - That's The Spirit |last=Biddulph |first=Andy |work=Rock Sound |publisher=Freeway Press Inc. |date=17 September 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} In 2019, Billboard ranked the song number three on their list of the 10 greatest Bring Me the Horizon songs,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/bring-me-the-horizon-best-songs-top-10-8494644/|title=Bring Me The Horizon's 10 Best Songs: Critic's Picks|first=Bobby|last=Olivier|magazine=Billboard|date=23 January 2019|accessdate=5 May 2022}} and in 2022, Kerrang! ranked the song number two on their list of the 20 greatest Bring Me the Horizon songs.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/the-20-greatest-bring-me-the-horizon-songs-ranked|title=The 20 greatest Bring Me The Horizon songs – ranked|first=Sam|last=Law|work=Kerrang!|date=9 February 2022|accessdate=5 May 2022}}

"Throne" entered the UK Singles Chart at number 51 on 31 July 2015,{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/20150731/7501/ |title=31 July 2015 – 06 August 2015 |work=Official Singles Chart Top 100 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} whilst also topping the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20150731/111/ |title=31 July 2015 – 06 August 2015 |work=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} It remained at the top of the chart for 12 consecutive weeks,{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20151016/111/ |title=16 October 2015 – 22 October 2015 |work=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} before Fall Out Boy's single "Irresistible" took its place.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20151023/111/ |title=23 October 2015 – 29 October 2015 |work=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} The song returned to the UK Singles Chart on 3 September and remained in the top 100 for another seven weeks,{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/artist/5240/bring-me-the-horizon/ |title=Bring Me the Horizon Full Official Chart History |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} while it once again topped the rock chart on 6 November.{{cite web |url=http://www.officialcharts.com/charts/rock-and-metal-singles-chart/20151106/111/ |title=6 November 2015 – 12 November 2015 |work=Official Rock & Metal Singles Chart Top 40 |publisher=Official Charts Company |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} In the United States, the track became the band's first release to top the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart,{{cite news |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/6776997/bring-me-the-horizon-mainstream-rock-songs-throne |title=Bring Me the Horizon Sits in Mainstream Rock Songs 'Throne' for First Time |last=Rutherford |first=Kevin |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |date=24 November 2015 |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} while it also reached number 12 on the Hot Rock Songs chart and number 37 on the Alternative Songs chart.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/297508/bring-me-horizon/chart?f=902 |title=Hot Rock Songs: Bring Me the Horizon - Chart History |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/297508/bring-me-horizon/chart?f=377 |title=Alternative Songs: Bring Me the Horizon - Chart History |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=1 May 2016 }} The track later registered on the year-end Mainstream Rock chart at number 34 and the year-end Hot Rock Songs chart at number 54.{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/mainstream-rock-songs-artists |title=Mainstream Rock Songs: Year End 2015 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=2 May 2016 }}{{cite magazine |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/hot-rock-songs |title=Hot Rock Songs: Year End 2015 |magazine=Billboard |publisher=Prometheus Global Media |accessdate=2 May 2016 }} Elsewhere, it peaked at number 58 on the Australian Singles Chart.{{cite web|url=https://australian-charts.com/forum.asp?todo=viewthread&id=44979&pages=9 |title=australian-charts.com - ARIA Chartifacts 3-August-2015 |publisher=Gavin Ryan (bulion) on Hung Medien |date=3 August 2015 |accessdate=7 October 2018}} and at number 29 on the Belgian Ultratip chart in the Flanders region.{{cite web |url=http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Bring+Me+The+Horizon |title=Discografie Bring Me the Horizon |work=ultratop.be |publisher=Hung Medien |accessdate=2 May 2016 |language=Dutch }} As of March 2025, the song had been certified platinum by the BPI in the UK for sales of 600,000 units.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/bring-me-the-horizons-top-20-biggest-songs-on-the-official-chart__25434/|title=Bring Me The Horizon's Top 20 biggest songs on the Official Chart|publisher=Official Charts Company|last=Ainsley|first=Helen|date=22 January 2021|access-date=1 November 2021}}

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Bring Me the Horizon

• Oliver Sykes – lead vocals, production, composition, programming
• Lee Malia – guitars, composition
• Matt Kean – bass, composition
• Matt Nicholls – drums, composition
• Jordan Fish – keyboards, synthesizers, programming, percussion, backing vocals, production, composition, engineering

Additional musicians

• Maddie Cutter – cello
• Will Harvey – violin

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Additional personnel

• Al Groves – engineering
• Sam Winfield – engineering
• Nikos Goudinakis – assistant engineering
• Ted Jensen – mastering
• Dan Lancaster – mixing

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• In 2015, the song was used in the third episode of the seventh season of The Vampire Diaries.{{cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/vampire-diaries/season-7/24866|title=The Vampire Diaries Soundtrack Season 7 E3 Age Of Innocence|publisher=Tunefind|date=22 October 2015|accessdate=11 November 2022}}
• In 2016, the song was used in the first episode of the twenty-third season of Top Gear.{{cite web|url=https://www.tunefind.com/show/top-gear-uk/season-23/32464|title=Top Gear (UK) Soundtrack Season 23 Episode|publisher=Tunefind|date=29 May 2016|accessdate=5 June 2024}}
• In 2018, Match of the Day used "Throne" in the opening Premier League montage of 31 March episode of the 2017–18 Premier League season.{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b09ym1mt|title=Match of the Day 31/03/2018|publisher=BBC|date=31 March 2018|accessdate=25 November 2020}}

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