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Use Somebody

{{short description|2008 single by Kings of Leon}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Use Somebody

| cover = Use Somebody.jpg

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Kings of Leon

| album = Only by the Night

| released = December 8, 2008

| recorded = 2008

| studio = Blackbird (Berry Hill, Tennessee)

| genre = * Alternative rock{{Cite web |last=Wheeler |first=Brad |date=October 15, 2010 |title=Kings of Leon: Bad boys, but good at playing the game |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/music/kings-of-leon-bad-boys-but-good-at-playing-the-game/article4329225/ |access-date=March 6, 2023 |website=The Globe and Mail}}

  • pop rock{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/503212/15-covers-of-kings-of-leons-use-somebody/franchises/listomania/|title=Welcome Back Kings Of Leon With 15 Covers Of "Use Somebody"|work=Stereogum|date=9 September 2010 |access-date=10 October 2019}}

| length = 3:51

| label = RCA

| writer = {{hlist|Caleb Followill|Jared Followill|Matthew Followill|Nathan Followill}}

| producer = {{hlist|Jacquire King|Angelo Petraglia}}

| prev_title = Sex on Fire

| prev_year = 2008

| next_title = Revelry

| next_year = 2009

| misc = {{Audio sample

| type = single

| file = Use Somebody sample.ogg

| description = Kings of Leon – "Use Somebody"

}}

{{External music video

| {{YouTube|gnhXHvRoUd0|"Use Somebody"}}

}}

}}

"Use Somebody" is a song recorded by the American rock group Kings of Leon. It was the second single from the band's fourth studio album Only by the Night, and it entered American and British charts in December 8, 2008, three weeks after the album release.{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IBQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA59 |page=59 |title=Hot Digital Songs |magazine=Billboard |date=October 11, 2008}} The single was augmented with a music video released a month later.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2008/11/new-video-kings-leon-use-somebody/ |title=New Video: Kings of Leon, "Use Somebody" |publisher=Spin.com |date=2008-11-05 |access-date=2011-10-24}}{{cite web|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/new/home.nsf/video/kings-of-leon-use-somebodyx06x11x08 |title=Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody Contact Music |publisher=Contactmusic.com |access-date=2011-10-24}}

The single received heavy airplay in Scandinavia, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia, where it was number one on the Official Airplay Chart for six consecutive weeks.{{cite web|url=http://www.aumreport.com/amr100.html |title=Australian Music Report Weekly Hot 100 |publisher=Aumreport.com |access-date=2009-03-22 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100308154641/http://www.aumreport.com/amr100.html |archive-date=2010-03-08 }} It was a huge success in the U.S., where it topped multiple airplay formats and reached number four on the Hot 100 and number one on the Pop Songs chart.{{cite web|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kings of leon|chart=Pop Songs B}} |title=Music Albums, Top 200 Albums & Music Album Charts |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2011-10-24}}

The song received positive reviews and in 2010 at the 52nd Grammy Awardshttps://www.grammy.com/awards/52nd-annual-grammy-awardswon Grammy Awards for Record of the Year,{{cite web |title=Winners: Record of the Year |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/138 |website=Grammy.com |access-date=21 November 2018}} Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal{{cite web |title=Winners: Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/212 |website=Grammy.com |access-date=21 November 2018}} and Best Rock Song.{{cite web |title=Winners: Best Rock Song |url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/awards/winners-nominees/216 |website=Grammy.com |access-date=21 November 2018}} It was also nominated for Song of the Year.{{Cite web|url=https://people.com/celebrity/grammy-awards-2010-winners-nominees/|title=Grammy Awards 2010 Winners & Nominees|website=People.com|access-date=7 January 2022}} "Use Somebody" is written in the key of C major.{{Cite web|last1=Nathan|first1=Followill|last2=Matthew|first2=Followill|last3=Jared|first3=Followill|last4=Caleb|first4=Followill|last5=Leon|first5=Kings of|date=2008-12-29|title=Use Somebody|url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0070427|access-date=2021-06-03|website=Musicnotes.com}}

Critical reception

The song has received generally positive reviews from music critics. Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly called "Use Somebody" a highlight of the album, describing the song as "a too-cool hipster's cry for comfort".{{cite magazine |date=2008-09-16 | last=Wood | first=Mikael| title=Only by the Night - Music Review | url=https://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20226353,00.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080921004633/http://www.ew.com/ew/article/0,,20226353,00.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 21, 2008 | magazine=Entertainment Weekly | access-date=2009-09-26}} Nick Levine of Digital Spy said, "With its Springsteen-style 'oooah-woooah's, gathering storm of guitars and lusty, longing vocals from Caleb Followill, it's nearly as infectious as 'Sex on Fire'."{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/music/a137312/kings-of-leon-use-somebody.html |title=Music — Singles Reviews — Kings of Leon: 'Use Somebody' |website=Digital Spy |date=2008-12-08 |access-date=2009-03-22}} Gavin Haynes of NME praised the song as "easily the best 80's power ballad of 2008", but cautioned that the band "may be in danger of mistaking bluster for brilliance".{{cite web |date=2008-09-17 | last=Haynes | first=Gavin | title=Kings of Leon — Album Reviews | url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/9911 | work=NME | access-date=2009-09-26}}

Chart performance

In the United States, "Use Somebody" became the band's mainstream breakthrough. Peaking at number four on the Hot 100, it gave the band their first top five hit there, and spent 57 weeks on the chart.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2009-02-21|title=Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/2010-03-13|title=Music: Top 100 Songs - Billboard Hot 100 Chart|magazine=Billboard}} On United States radio, the song was a multi-format smash, becoming just the fourth song in history to top the Mainstream Top 40, Adult Top 40, Alternative Songs, and Triple A charts.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/267225/chart-beat-wednesday-kings-of-leon-toby-keith-maxwell|title=Chart Beat Wednesday: Kings Of Leon, Toby Keith, Maxwell|magazine=Billboard|author=Gary Trust|date=30 September 2009|access-date=1 July 2012}} (Preceding it were "Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls, "Every Morning" by Sugar Ray, and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day.) The song first reached number one on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart (now called the "Alternative" chart), their second of three consecutive singles to top that chart. "Use Somebody" also reached number one on the Adult Top 40 chart,{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/267442/chart-beat-wednesday-carrie-underwood-kings-of-leon-miley-cyrus |title=Chart Beat Wednesday: Carrie Underwood, Kings Of Leon, Miley Cyrus — Chart Beat |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2011-10-24}} and later topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart as well. It reached over four million downloads in the US by July 2013.{{cite web|last=Grein|first=Paul|title=Week Ending July 14, 2013. Albums: Jay-Z Back On The Throne|url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-july-14-2013-songs-justin-back-203652920.html|publisher=Yahoo Music|date=July 17, 2013|access-date=July 17, 2013}}

In the United Kingdom, "Use Somebody" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and spent an unbroken 40 weeks on the chart, only dropping out due to the surge in sales of Michael Jackson titles immediately after his death; after an absence of just one week, it was back for another 20 weeks, peaking at number 25. It has reappeared on further occasions since, and has now spent 77 weeks on the top 75, making it the 14th longest runner of all time, six places behind "Sex on Fire" with its 90 weeks.{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/use-somebody/ |title=Kings Of Leon — Use Somebody |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=2011-10-24}}

Music video

Directed by Sophie Muller, who also directed the video for "Sex on Fire" and would later direct "Radioactive", the video features tour footage of the band, in addition to Caleb singing while sitting on a sofa in a penthouse suite overlooking the New York City skyline at night.

Notable cover versions

The song has attracted many cover versions, with CBS affiliate Live 105 radio listing the top 10 covers and Stereogum website listing the top 15, both lists published in 2010.{{Cite web|url=https://www.stereogum.com/503212/15-covers-of-kings-of-leons-use-somebody/news/|title=Welcome Back Kings Of Leon With 15 Covers Of "Use Somebody"|website=Stereogum.com|date=9 September 2010|access-date=7 January 2022}}{{Cite web |url=http://live105.cbslocal.com/2010/10/12/10-cover-versions-of-use-somebody/ |title=The Top 10 Cover Versions of "Use Somebody" « LIVE 105 |access-date=2017-07-10 |archive-date=2017-08-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802142632/http://live105.cbslocal.com/2010/10/12/10-cover-versions-of-use-somebody/ |url-status=dead }}

  • Pixie Lott performed a cover version of the song which peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart, due to it being a B-side to her number one single "Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)".{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/search/singles/Live%20In%20Hyde%20Park |title=UK Singles & Albums Chart Archive — Pixie Lott — Use Somebody |publisher=Official Charts Company |access-date=2011-10-24}}
  • Dutch singer Laura Jansen covered a piano ballad-version of "Use Somebody". The song debuted in the Dutch Top 40 chart. It entered the charts on the thirty-fifth spot but quickly rose towards number 14. Her cover was later remixed by Dutch DJ Armin van Buuren.{{cite web |url=http://top40.nl/index.aspx?&jaar=2010&maand=1&week=3 |title=Dutch Chart Stats : Dutch Top 40 - January, week 4 |publisher=Top40.nl |access-date=2011-10-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111008044231/http://top40.nl/index.aspx?&jaar=2010&maand=1&week=3 |archive-date=2011-10-08 |url-status=dead }}
  • English electronic music group Ultrabeat released their cover as a single in 2009. The song peaked at number 100 on the UK Singles Chart{{cite web|url=http://www.theofficialcharts.com |title=The Official Charts Company – The home of UK Charts |publisher=Theofficialcharts.com |access-date=2011-10-24}}
  • Scala & Kolacny Brothers covered the song with the all-girls choir for their album Circle. A video produced for their cover was nominated for an MTV Freshman Video Award.{{Citation needed|date=January 2023}}

Track listing

CD single

  1. "Use Somebody" – 3:51
  2. "Knocked Up" (Lykke Li vs. Rodeo Remix) – 5:34

iTunes exclusive EP

  1. "Use Somebody" – 3:51
  2. "Knocked Up" (Lykke Li vs. Rodeo Remix) – 5:34
  3. "Frontier City" – 3:36
  4. "The Bucket" (CSS Remix) – 3:43

Personnel

  • Caleb Followill – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
  • Nathan Followill – drums, backing vocals
  • Matthew Followill – lead guitar, backing vocals
  • Jared Followill – bass, backing vocals

Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (2008–2010)

!Peak
position

{{singlechart|Australia|2|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Austria|12|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Flanders|1|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Wallonia|19|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Billboardcanadianhot100|8|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|3|artist=Kings of Leon|accessdate=January 26, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|5|artist=Kings of Leon|accessdate=January 26, 2022}}
{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|1|artist=Kings of Leon|accessdate=January 26, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Denmark|9|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|France|44|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Germany|9|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|songid=513669|access-date=February 14, 2019}}
{{singlechart|Ireland2|6|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|access-date=January 29, 2020}}
Japan (Japan Hot 100){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard-japan.com/artists/detail/386002|title=Kings of Leon - Artist - Billboard Japan|language=Japanese|publisher=Billboard Japan|accessdate=October 28, 2024}}

|style="text-align:center"| 42

{{singlechart|Dutch40|7|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Dutch100|11|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|New Zealand|5|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Norway|5|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Scotland|12|date=20081214|accessdate=March 31, 2023}}
{{singlechart|Sweden|7|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|Switzerland|2|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody}}
{{singlechart|UK|2|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|date=2008-12-14}}
{{singlechart|Billboardhot100|4|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|artistid=305936}}
{{singlechart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|1|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|artistid=305936}}
{{singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|13|artist=Kings of Leon|access-date=January 26, 2022}}
{{singlechart|Billboardadultpopsongs|1|artist=Kings of Leon|artistid=418560}}
{{singlechart|Billboardalternativesongs|1|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|artistid=305936}}
{{singlechart|Billboardrocksongs|2|artist=Kings of Leon|artistid=418560}}
{{singlechart|Billboardmainstreamrock|25|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|artistid=305936}}
{{singlechart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Kings of Leon|song=Use Somebody|artistid=305936}}

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!Chart (2013)

!Peak
position

South Korea (Gaon)[http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/index.php?nationGbn=E¤t_week=49¤t_year=2013&chart_Time=week Gaon Digital Chart: 2013년 12월 1주차] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131211164917/http://gaonchart.co.kr/digital_chart/index.php?nationGbn=E¤t_week=49¤t_year=2013&chart_Time=week |date=2013-12-11 }} (in Korean). gaonchart.co.kr. Retrieved December 5, 2013.

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=Year-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (2008)

!Position

Australia (ARIA){{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2008.htm |title=ARIA Charts — End Of Year Charts — Top 100 Singles 2008 |publisher=ARIA |access-date=July 24, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|30

UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2008.pdf|title=Charts Plus Year-end 2008|work=UKChartsPlus|access-date=September 12, 2015}}

| style="text-align:center;"|51

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (2009)

!Position

Australia (ARIA){{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2009.htm |title=ARIA Charts — End Of Year Charts — Top 100 Singles 2009 |publisher=ARIA |access-date=November 12, 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|38

Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40){{cite web|url=https://austriancharts.at/year.asp?cat=s&id=2009|title=Jahreshitparade Singles 2009|website=austriancharts.at|access-date=January 14, 2020}}

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

Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=2009|title=Jaaroverzichten 2009|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=January 14, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3

Belgium (Ultratop Wallonia){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=2009|title=Rapports Annuels 2009|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=January 14, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|55

Canada (Canadian Hot 100){{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/canadian-hot-100|title=Canadian Hot 100 Year-End 2009|publisher=Billboard |year=2009|access-date=2012-03-31}}

| style="text-align:center;"|10

Germany (Official German Charts){{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-2009|title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts|language=de|work=GfK Entertainment|publisher=offiziellecharts.de|access-date=January 14, 2020}}

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

Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/2009|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 2009|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=January 14, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13

Netherlands (Single Top 100){{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=2009&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 2009|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=January 14, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|41

New Zealand (RIANZ){{cite web|url=http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp |title=RIANZ |publisher=RIANZ |access-date=2011-10-24 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100506023956/http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart_annual.asp |archive-date=2010-05-06 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|47

Sweden (Sverigetopplistan){{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=2009&dspp=1|title=Årslista Singlar – År 2009|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|language=sv|access-date=January 14, 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|22

Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{cite web|url=http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2009|title=2009 Year End Swiss Singles Chart|year=2009|access-date=2010-07-16|publisher=Swiss Music Charts}}

| style="text-align:center;"|47

UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusYE2009.pdf |title=Charts Plus Year-end 2009 |work=UKChartsPlus |access-date=2010-07-19}}

| style="text-align:center;"|13

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/hot-100-songs |title=Year End Charts — Year-end songs — The Billboard Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=November 12, 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|14

US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/adult-pop-songs|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|3

US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|1

US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2009/pop-songs|title=Pop Songs – Year-End 2009|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|11

Chart (2010)

!Position

UK Singles (OCC){{cite web|url=http://www.ukchartsplus.co.uk/UKChartsPlusEOY2010.pdf|title=End of Year 2010|publisher=UKChartsPlus|access-date=November 30, 2021}}

| style="text-align:center;"|179

US Billboard Hot 100{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/hot-100-songs |title=Year End Charts — Year-end songs — The Billboard Hot 100 |publisher=Billboard |access-date=November 12, 2010}}

| style="text-align:center;"|87

US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 19, 2019}}

| style="text-align:center;"|37

US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2010/adult-pop-songs|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2010|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 10, 2021}}

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=Decade-end charts=

class="wikitable sortable"
Chart (2000–09)

! style="text-align:center;"|Position

align="left"| Australia Singles (ARIA) {{cite web|url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/2009/end-of-decade-singles-chart|title=2009 ARIA End of Decade Singles Chart|publisher=ARIA|date=January 2010|access-date=16 January 2020}}

| style="text-align:center;"|27

align="left"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company)Radio 1 Official Chart of the Decade, as broadcast on BBC Radio 1 on 29 December 2009, presented by Nihal

| style="text-align:center;"|32

=All-time charts=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders"

!scope="col"|Chart

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row" style="text-align:left;" | US Adult Alternative Airplay (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-of-all-time-adult-alternative-songs/|title=Greatest of All Time Adult Alternative Songs|magazine=Billboard|access-date=October 5, 2023}}

| style="text-align:center;"|15

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{cite web |url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/greatest-adult-pop-songs |work = US Adult Pop Songs |date = March 18, 2016 |access-date = March 16, 2018 |title = Greatest of All Time Adult Pop Songs : Page 1 }}

| style="text-align:center;"|24

scope="row"|UK Singles (Official Charts Company){{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time__21298/|title=The UK's biggest selling singles of all time|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=5 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180624234820/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/the-uks-biggest-selling-singles-of-all-time__21298/|archive-date=24 June 2018|url-status=live}}

|align="center"|118

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|relyear=2008|certyear=2009|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Platinum|number=5|access-date=March 19, 2020}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Austria|relyear=2008|certyear=2011|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Gold}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|relyear=2008|relmonth=12|certyear=2009|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Platinum|nosales=true}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|relyear=2008|certyear=2011|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Platinum|id=7396}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|relyear=2008|certyear=2024|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|relyear=2008|certyear=2016|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=October 3, 2016|id=3795}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Mexico|relyear=2008|certyear=2020|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Platinum+Gold|number=2}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|relyear=2008|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|id=2008-11-28|source=newchart|access-date=2024-11-20|award=Platinum}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|artist=Kings of Leon|title=Use Somebody|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2008|certyear=2024|id=kings-of-leon-use-somebody|access-date=4 March 2024}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Sweden|relyear=2008|certyear=2010|title=Use Somebody|artist=Kings of Leon|type=single|award=Gold|access-date=July 27, 2022}}

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See also

References

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