Bleeding Out (song)

"Bleeding Out"
Track by Imagine Dragons from the album Night Visions
Recorded	2011–12, Westlake Recording Studios, West Hollywood, California
Genre	Alternative rock electronic rock
Length	3:43
Label	KIDinaKORNER Interscope Universal
Writer(s)	Ben McKee Dan Platzman Dan Reynolds Wayne Sermon Alexander Grant Josh Mosser
Producer(s)	Grant EpicSongFan
Night Visions track listing 11 tracks "Radioactive" "Tiptoe" "It's Time" "Demons" "On Top of the World" "Amsterdam" "Hear Me" "Every Night" "Bleeding Out" "Underdog" "Nothing Left to Say" / "Rocks"

"Bleeding Out" is a song written and recorded by American rock band Imagine Dragons for their debut studio album Night Visions (2012). The song appears as the ninth track on the album. The song peaked at number 30 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart.

Composition

	"Bleeding Out" "Bleeding Out" features broken record effects and synthesizer jabs to create a dark tone and mood to the song.
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"Bleeding Out" runs at 84 beats per minute. The song, compared to the former half of the Night Visions album, is one of Imagine Dragons' darker songs, and like most of the songs on Night Visions, it makes use of the Bass drum to set the overall tone and mood of the song.^[1] The song incorporates a jagged-edge production effect, where the guitar chords are separately recorded and mixed separately from the recording itself. When chords in the song are not repeated and flow through, the recording plays normally. However, if the chords repeat themselves, they literally repeat themselves in the recording as well to produce a broken record effect, as if the recording is skipping over itself. The song also makes use of synthesizer jabs to emphasize the belligerency of the song's atmosphere and mood. Also notable is that the lead-in unusually lasts three beats, unlike most songs where usually the lead-in would last two or a single beat before the song starts. "Bleeding Out" has been interpreted many ways, but with the consistent factor of sacrifice. Most agree that the song is about people giving all they have for another. They are willing to do everything in their power to protect this person and that includes "bleeding out for [them]."

Live performances

"Bleeding Out" has so far only been played on the band's "Fall 2012 Tour", which saw the band tour the United States and Canada, and on the band's "Smoke + Mirrors Tour" which the band is currently touring in North America.^[2] However, the song is only played occasionally, and has been played on three of the band's dates on the Fall 2012 Tour, and so far twice on the Smoke + Mirrors Tour.^[3]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2012–14)	Peak position
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4]	35
UK Singles (Official Charts Company)[5]	161
US Hot Rock Songs (Billboard)[6]	30

Year-end charts

Chart (2013)	Position
US Billboard Hot Rock Songs[7]	58

References

1. "Night Visions Review". Fresh tabs. Ultimate Guitar Archive. Retrieved 30 December 2012.
2. "Imagine Dragons Concert Setlists & Tour Dates". setlist.fm. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
3. "Bleeding Out - Imagine Dragons". setlist.fm. Retrieved 4 January 2013.
4. "Charts.org.nz – Imagine Dragons – Bleeding Out". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
5. Zywietz, Tobias. "Chart: CLUK Update 13.04.2013 (wk14)". Zobbel.de. Retrieved April 8, 2013.
6. "Imagine Dragons – Chart history" Billboard Hot Rock Songs for Imagine Dragons. Retrieved June 6, 2014.
7. "Rock Songs: 2013 Year End Charts". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved December 13, 2013.