Closer (2008)ĭespite not being given the single treatment, the opener from their Only By The Night album is hugely popular with fans, featuring a now-iconic three note riff created by bassist Jared. The track's gospel influence comes from the band's religious upbringing, and is reflected in the accompanying music video. Radioactive (2010)įor their highly anticipated lead single from Come Around Sundown, the follow-up to 2008's Only By The Night, the band looked back, releasing a song that had long been in their repertoire at live shows. Fittingly, it became their highest-charting UK single at the time, until the release of Sex On Fire. Kings of Leon pay homage to their UK fans on this 2007 single - the country the band credit turning them into global superstars. "It's kind of like you feel good but it's the kind of good feeling that brings about kind of sad emotions, things like that," he said. Revelry (2008)Ĭaleb admits that this bluesy ballad, which served as the third single from their Only By The Night album, was written through a haze of prescription painkillers, which he was taking due to a shoulder injury. The track was written by the band about bassist Jared and his handling of finding fame at the age of 17. The first single from the band's second album Aha Shake Heartbreak saw them break the Top 20 on the Official Singles Chart for the first time. Written by Caleb shortly after the band's famously disastrous Dallas gig that led them to go on hiatus, Supersoaker - the lead to their sixth record Mechanical Bull - has a throwback Southern rock sound that recalls their early work, while lyrically it tells the story of how someone from a different band lost their inspiration. But I still think I’m saying something nice. The band's lead single from their Because Of The Times album is one of their simplest lyrically, with Caleb Followill once admitting that, after four years non-stop on the road: "Maybe at that point I was just exhausted.
MORE: Kings of Leon's Official UK Chart history in full 10. Now on to their eighth studio album, When You See Yourself, below we run down Caleb, Jared, Nathan and Matthew Followill's Top 10 biggest songs on the Official UK Chart, based on Official Charts Company data. Over that time the band have gone from a wild, Southern garage band to expansive, seasoned rockers who regularly top the charts across the world. Kings of Leon have dependably delivered blistering rock anthems for almost 20 years.