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"Notion" 
Single by Kings of Leon from the album Only by the Night Released June 29, 2009 Recorded 2008 Genre Alternative rock Length 3:00 Label RCA Writer(s) Kings of Leon Producer Angelo Petraglia, Jacquire King Kings of Leon singles chronology "Revelry"
(2009)"Notion"
(2009)"Crawl"
(2009)Only by the Night track listing - "Closer"
- "Crawl"
- "Sex on Fire"
- "Use Somebody"
- "Manhattan"
- "Revelry"
- "17"
- "Notion"
- "I Want You"
- "Be Somebody"
- "Cold Desert"
"Notion" is a song by American rock band Kings of Leon. The song was released as the fourth single (fifth in Australia) from their album, Only by the Night, on June 29, 2009. The song reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart for one week in of September 2009.
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Music video
A music video was shot as a promotional effort for the single and was released on June 1. The director was Phil Griffin. It captures the band making a performance in a dark alleyway with fire burning the wall behind them and falling from the sky onto the ground beneath them.
Track listing
- iTunes Download
- "Notion" - 3:00
- "Notion" (Live in Amsterdam) - 3:01
- Australian exclusive EP (physical)
- "Notion" - 3:00
- "Beneath The Surface" - 2:49
- "Sex On Fire" (Live From Cologne) - 3:31
- "Notion" (Live in Amsterdam) - 3:01
- "The Bucket" (CSS Remix) - 3:44
Chart performance
When the song hit number 20 on the Billboard Hot Alternative (formerly, Modern Rock) Tracks chart, Kings of Leon still had two other songs in the top 20 – "Sex on Fire" and "Use Somebody". The feat made them one of only five bands to ever have three songs in the top 20 simultaneously. The song debuted and peaked at number 99 on the Billboard Hot 100 on the week ending October 31, 2009.
On the Canadian Hot 100, the song peaked at number 52.
Despite heavy radio play on BBC Radio 1, the song missed the UK Singles Chart Top 100 and peaked at #107. Although this marked the first time the band had missed the UK Top 100 for a single, "Notion" was heavily backed as a successful single beforehand due to the sensational success of Only by the Night containing the track.
The song has peaked at number 46 on the Australian ARIA Charts and has also become a radio hit there peaking at number 6 on the Australian Airplay charts.[1]
Charts
Chart (2009)[2][3] Peak
positionAustralian ARIA Singles Chart 46 Belgian Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders)[4] 24 Canadian Hot 100[5] 41 German Singles Chart[6] 69 Irish Singles Chart 50 New Zealand Singles Chart[7] 25 Swedish Singles Chart[8] 57 UK Singles Chart 107 U.S. Billboard Hot 100[9] 99 U.S. Billboard Alternative Songs[10] 1 U.S. Billboard Rock Songs[10] 14 References
- ^ [1]
- ^ All Billboard Charts
- ^ Chart Run for "Notion"
- ^ http://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Kings+Of+Leon
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/kings-of-leon/chart-history/509854?f=793&g=Singles
- ^ http://www.musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/Kings+of+Leon/?type=single
- ^ http://www.rianz.org.nz/rianz/chart.asp
- ^ Swedish Singles Chart
- ^ http://www.billboard.com/#/artist/kings-of-leon/chart-history/509854?f=379&g=Singles
- ^ a b http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=509854&model.vnuAlbumId=1174975
External links
Preceded by
"New Divide" by Linkin ParkBillboard Alternative Songs number-one single
September 19, 2009Succeeded by
"Uprising" by MuseKings of Leon Nathan Followill • Caleb Followill • Jared Followill • Matthew FollowillStudio albums EPs Singles "Molly's Chambers" • "Wasted Time" • "California Waiting" • "The Bucket" • "Four Kicks" • "King of the Rodeo" • "On Call" • "Fans" • "Charmer" • "Sex on Fire" • "Use Somebody" • "Revelry" • "Notion" • "Crawl" • "Radioactive" • "Pyro" • "The Immortals" • "Back Down South"Home media Live at the O2 London, EnglandRelated articles Discography • List of Kings of Leon songsCategories:- 2009 singles
- Kings of Leon songs
- Billboard Alternative Songs number-one singles
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