Jump to content

Amsterdam (Imagine Dragons song)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Amsterdam"
Promotional single by Imagine Dragons
from the album Night Visions
ReleasedSeptember 4, 2012 (2012-09-04)
RecordedDecember 2010
StudioStudio at the Palms, Paradise, Nevada, U.S.
Length4:01
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Imagine Dragons promotional singles chronology
"Amsterdam"
(2012) 		"Round and Round"
(2012)

"Amsterdam" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Imagine Dragons, for their third self-released extended play, It's Time. It appears as the second track on the EP. The song was later reproduced and remastered for inclusion on their debut album Night Visions and appears as the sixth track on the album.

Composition

[edit]

The song, originally featured on the band's It's Time EP released in March 2011, was one of the earliest Imagine Dragons songs to incorporate electronic music into their traditional rock band set-up evident in their earlier works. The song, along with most of the It's Time EP, used electronic music to create the timbre and texture of the song rather than forming the melodies and riffs of the song. A similar concept was first used by the band for "Hear Me", a song off their 2010 extended play Hell and Silence.

Release

[edit]

"Amsterdam" was first released officially on December 31, 2010, through a music video[1] posted on their YouTube channel. It was exclusively released as a free download via iTunes for a limited time. The song was released as iTunes' "Single of the Week" on the week of the album's release in countries with respective release dates of the album. The single was first released in North America on the American September 4, 2012 release date,[2] and again in European countries on the European February 7, 2013 release date of the album.[3]

Live performances

[edit]

"Amsterdam" is one of the band's most played songs, being played at an excess of over 300 concerts since its first play on August 6, 2010.[4] The song was also a regular on the setlist of the band's Night Visions tour, on which they embarked in 2013. The song was usually played after the setlist opener "Round and Round".

Track listing

[edit]
Digital download
No.TitleLength
1."Amsterdam"4:01

Personnel

[edit]

Adapted from Night Visions liner notes.[5]

Charts

[edit]
Chart (2013–14) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[6] 18
Canada Rock (Billboard)[7] 45
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[8] 48

Certifications

[edit]
Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[9] Platinum 1,000,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

[edit]
Country Date Format Label
Canada September 4, 2012 Digital download Interscope Records
United States[2]
Belgium February 7, 2013
France
Germany[3]
Netherlands
Ireland April 6, 2013
United Kingdom

References

[edit]
  1. ^ Amsterdam - Imagine Dragons, retrieved 2021-12-10
  2. ^ a b Smith, Grady (September 13, 2012). "'It's Time' rockers Imagine Dragons on their hit debut album, meeting Emma Watson, and getting covered on 'Glee'". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved April 29, 2013.
  3. ^ a b "Amsterdam – Single by Imagine Dragons". iTunes Store (DE). Apple. Archived from the original on March 17, 2014. Retrieved February 9, 2013.
  4. ^ "Amsterdam by Imagine Dragons Song Statistics | setlist.fm". www.setlist.fm. Retrieved 2021-12-10.
  5. ^ Night Visions (Deluxe Edition) (liner notes). Imagine Dragons. Interscope Records. 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Imagine Dragons – Amsterdam" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved July 20, 2014.
  7. ^ "Imagine Dragons – Chart History: Canada Rock". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved April 27, 2014.
  8. ^ "Imagine Dragons – Chart History: Rock Songs". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved January 20, 2014.
  9. ^ "American single certifications – Imagine Dragons – Amsterdam". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved September 1, 2021.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Amsterdam_(Imagine_Dragons_song)&oldid=1231908785"