Home | Songs By Year | Songs from 2018


Bad Liar (Imagine Dragons song)

Buy Bad Liar (Imagine Dragons song) now from Amazon

First, read the Wikipedia article. Then, scroll down to see what other TopShelfReviews readers thought about the song. And once you've experienced the song, tell everyone what you thought about it.

Wikipedia article




{{infobox song

| name = Bad Liar

| type = single

| cover = Imagine Dragons Bad Liar.jpg

| alt =

| artist = Imagine Dragons

| album = Origins

| released = November 6, 2018

| recorded =

| genre = Electropop, soft rock

| length = 4:20

| label =

* Interscope

* Kidinakorner

| writer =

* Imagine Dragons

* Aja Volkman

* Jorgen Odegard

| producer = Odegard

| prev_title = Machine

| prev_year = 2018

| next_title = Birds

| next_year = 2019

| misc =

}}

"'Bad Liar'" is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. The song was released through Interscope and Kidinakorner records on November 6, 2018, as the fourth single from their fourth studio album, 'Origins' (2018). It was written by Imagine Dragons, Aja Volkman and Jorgen Odegard, and produced by Odegard.

"Bad Liar" peaked at number 56 on the US 'Billboard' Hot 100. It topped the charts in Czech Republic and Latvia, and reached the top 10 in Belgium, Finland, Slovakia and Switzerland; as well as the top 20 in Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Singapore and Sweden. On May 31, 2019, a "stripped" version titled "Bad Liar- Stripped" was released. The song was used in the 2020 Cartoon Saloon film 'Wolfwalkers'.

Background



"Bad Liar" was co-written by Imagine Dragons lead vocalist Dan Reynolds and his wife Aja Volkman shortly before they separated. However, Reynolds has said the couple did not end up going through with the divorce.

The Norwegian progressive rock band Maraton pointed out that the cover image for their single "Blood Music" is the same as Imagine Dragons cover image for "Bad Liar", with only the coloration being different. Maraton's single was released in February 2018, while Imagine Dragons song dropped nine months later in November 2018. Despite the undeniable shared artwork, Maraton released a statement revealing they had purchased the artwork from the artist Beeple Crap, but had no deal giving them exclusive rights to the photo.

Critical reception



'Idolator' called the song a "brutally honest breakup anthem", and described it as "raw and stripped back". 'Billboard' compared the song's lyrical heaviness to the band's track "Demons".

Music video



A music video for the song was released on January 24, 2019. The video centers around a high school couple, while it cuts to the band performing the song in the parking lot of that school various times throughout the video. The video continues to add an ominous tone with the surrounding dark shadows and use of fictional levitation. It was directed by Ryan Reichenfeld and was filmed at Green Valley High School, in Henderson, Nevada. The video features dancer Autumn Miller with choreography by Marissa Osato.

As of March 2022, the music video has received 369 million views and 3.8 million likes.

Live performances



The song was first performed live at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas, Nevada. It was also performed at the 2019 College Football Playoff National Championship halftime show.

Personnel



*Dan Reynolds lead vocals, keyboards

*Wayne Sermon guitar, backing vocals

*Daniel Platzman drums, viola, backing vocals

*Ben McKee bass guitar, synthesizer, backing vocals

*Jorgen Odegard production

Charts



Weekly charts



Year-end charts



Certifications



Release history



References



Category:2018 singles

Category:2018 songs

Category:Imagine Dragons songs

Category:Songs written by Wayne Sermon

Category:Songs written by Dan Reynolds (musician)

Category:Songs written by Ben McKee

Category:Songs written by Daniel Platzman

Category:Songs containing the IV-vi-IV progression

Category:Kidinakorner singles

Category:Interscope Records singles

Buy Bad Liar (Imagine Dragons song) now from Amazon

<-- Return to songs from 2018



This work is released under CC-BY-SA. Some or all of this content attributed to http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1091265759.