Sex on Fire

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" Sex on Fire " is the first single released from the fourth alternative rock album of the United States of Kings of Leon Only by Night . This song gave Kings of Leon their first number one in Australia, Finland, Ireland and the UK, which took the top spot in digital downloads only in the last country, before its physical release. In September 2009 it was the second most digitized digital single downloaded in the UK. The song has sold 1.2 million copies in the UK in November 2012. It has also gained significant popularity in the original bands of the United States, reaching number one on the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart and number 56 on the Billboard Hot 100 , making it the second highest chart song in their homeland on the previous chart.

In 2008, the song earned their first Grammy-nominated band. The song was nominated for Best Rock Song, and won the award for Best Rock Vocal Performance by Duo or Group. In addition, the album was nominated for Best Rock Album. Channel V Australia named the song the third greatest hit of 2008. It was voted number one in Triple J Hottest 100 for 2008. Following the successful follow-up single "Use Somebody" in the United States on pop radio, the track was re-serviceed to pop radio US in November. The remix of both songs was used for the runway soundtrack in Victoria's Secret Fashion Show 2009.

The song is written about the lead singer Caleb's-girlfriend (and now-wife), model of Lily Aldridge.

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Composition

In an interview with Robbie, Marieke and Doctor on Triple J radio station, Nathan Followill explained that the band never wanted the song to be called "Sex on Fire", and that was not meant to be sexuality.

"They're really different lyrics, depending on whether a song starts with a melody or starts with a lyric, you know if it starts with a melody you keep playing melodies over and over until you get it and just enter the lyrics that fit the verbal flow. actually going to be "Set Us on Fire", but one of the sound mixer in the studio was running as we played and said, "Sex on Fire", huh? "And that's just kind of a joke, and we keep doing it. "

Nathan also said that some of the lyrics he tried were "Socks on Fire", "Snatch on Fire" and "Cocks on Fire".

The song is played in the key of E major at 153 bpm. Bok vocal range B 3 -G ? 4 .

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Critical reception

This song generally gets positive reviews. Digital Spy rated four stars out of five, describing it as "A truly stirring single that will be a definite spotlight on their winter arena tour." The Sun also praised the song, saying it was "one of the last truly great albums and grand numbers." Planet Sound also rated the song 9/10. However, Caleb Followill initially thought the song was "horrible"; according to Spin Magazine, it was almost lost during the recording. Despite giving the album a 4 out of 5, Spin considers the song 'silly'. Urbanite Youth's music blog reviews portray the song as "rather generic rock" but praise Caleb Followill for his vocal talent. This song is number 40 on the Rolling Stone list of 100 Best Songs 2008. This song is used for the 2009 movie trailer "Stay Cool".

In 2016, Johnny Borrell of Razorlight calls this song "the peak, the death and the afterlife of an indie landfill all in one go" and noted its similarity to "Dakota" Stereophonics from 2005.

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Music video

The music video director for "Sex on Fire" is Sophie Muller. Starting January 2018, this video has over 245 million views on YouTube. At the end of the video, Caleb opened his mouth and the smoke started coming out of his mouth. In the video, the band was seen playing in the next room in an abandoned factory. Several scenes in the video showed Caleb's brothers holding Caleb, who unbuckled into a soft mattress, Nathan washed his hair in a black tub, Matthew explained to Nathan and Jared about Caleb and also Matthew eating chicken wings and Caleb staring at a strange image while lying on a soft mattress.

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Track list

7" vinyl

1. "Sex on Fire"
2. "Beneath the Surface"

CDS

1. "Sex on Fire"
2. "Knocked Up" (Live @ Oxegen '08)

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Performance chart

In the UK, "Sex on Fire" came in at number one on the UK Singles Chart officially on September 14, 2008 - for the week ended September 20, 2008 - and continued into an uninterrupted forty-two weeks on the chart, only breaking up due to a spike in title sales Michael Jackson soon after his death, but after a two-week absence back for thirty-seven weeks, re-entered the top ten UK Singles Chart at number six in September 2009 The return further extends his count from the ninety-nine, making it the third single most time.

In Germany, the single debuted at number ninety-seven in the German Stairway, and started up and down in the next few weeks. In the thirtieth week of the chart, the song finally reached its thirty-third summit. In February 2011, the song was on the chart for sixty weeks, a major effort for one song that did not reach the top 20. In February 2011, due to a long stay on the German Singles Chart, the single was certified with Gold for over 150,000 copies sold.

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Graphics and certification

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Releasing history

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References

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External links

• "Sex on Fire" Official music video on YouTube
• Lyrics of this song in MetroLyrics

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