The song has been described as an edgy, hard rock song with "boisterous" guitar and bass and a "catchy chorus".[1]AllMusic described the song as having "dramatic style...electronic elements, strings, heavy alternative rock, and more mysterious samples than an entire season of X-Files."[2] Converse to its layered and complicated studio composition, the band sometimes plays a stripped down acoustic version of the song live as well.[3]
Frontman Dustin Bates described the song's lyrical premise as "downtrodden protagonist superhero gains power from love interest", similar to something seen as in the 2008 and onward Iron Man films between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts.[4] Conversely, the song's music video was inspired and influenced by an account Bates had read on Nikola Tesla, in which Tesla states he encountered an extraterrestrial signal in 1901.[5] It was directed by Denver Cavins.[6]
Receptionedit
Commercially, the song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2014.[7] The song also spent 41 weeks on the chart, more than any other song on the chart that year,[7] or in the chart's history, dating back to its beginning in 1981.[8] The song had accumulated over 73,000 downloads as of September 2014.[9] Outside of the traditional music charts, Billboard magazine also specifically noted its strong performance on music streaming websites. The song was an especially successful song on YouTube, with the track receiving 285.4 million views between September 2014 and November 2016.[7] For context, Billboard noted that the most viewed videos of two other extremely popular modern rock bands, "Uprising" by Muse and "The Pretender" by the Foo Fighters, only had 81 million and 143 million views, respectively.[7] The song's performance on Spotify was also noted, with it receiving over 30 million streams as of April 2017.[10]
demons, confused, with, south, korean, series, demon, single, american, rock, band, starset, first, their, debut, studio, album, transmissions, initially, released, 2013, peaked, number, billboard, mainstream, rock, songs, chart, 2014, single, starsetfrom, alb. Not to be confused with the South Korean TV series My Demon My Demons is a single by American rock band Starset the first off of their debut studio album Transmissions Initially released in 2013 it peaked at number 5 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2014 My Demons Single by Starsetfrom the album TransmissionsReleasedOctober 24 2013 2013 10 24 Recorded2013GenreAlternative rockhard rockelectronic rockLength4 48LabelRazor amp TieSongwriter s Stevie AielloDustin BatesRob GravesProducer s Rob GravesStarset singles chronology My Demons 2013 Carnivore 2014 Contents 1 Composition and themes 2 Reception 3 Personnel 4 Charts 4 1 Weekly charts 4 2 Year end charts 5 Certifications 6 ReferencesComposition and themes editThe song has been described as an edgy hard rock song with boisterous guitar and bass and a catchy chorus 1 AllMusic described the song as having dramatic style electronic elements strings heavy alternative rock and more mysterious samples than an entire season of X Files 2 Converse to its layered and complicated studio composition the band sometimes plays a stripped down acoustic version of the song live as well 3 Frontman Dustin Bates described the song s lyrical premise as downtrodden protagonist superhero gains power from love interest similar to something seen as in the 2008 and onward Iron Man films between Tony Stark and Pepper Potts 4 Conversely the song s music video was inspired and influenced by an account Bates had read on Nikola Tesla in which Tesla states he encountered an extraterrestrial signal in 1901 5 It was directed by Denver Cavins 6 Reception editCommercially the song peaked at number 5 on the Billboard US Mainstream Rock Songs chart in 2014 7 The song also spent 41 weeks on the chart more than any other song on the chart that year 7 or in the chart s history dating back to its beginning in 1981 8 The song had accumulated over 73 000 downloads as of September 2014 9 Outside of the traditional music charts Billboard magazine also specifically noted its strong performance on music streaming websites The song was an especially successful song on YouTube with the track receiving 285 4 million views between September 2014 and November 2016 7 For context Billboard noted that the most viewed videos of two other extremely popular modern rock bands Uprising by Muse and The Pretender by the Foo Fighters only had 81 million and 143 million views respectively 7 The song s performance on Spotify was also noted with it receiving over 30 million streams as of April 2017 10 Personnel editDustin Bates lead vocals rhythm guitar Brock Richards lead guitar Ron DeChant bass Adam Gilbert drumsCharts editWeekly charts edit Chart 2014 Peak positionUS Hot Rock amp Alternative Songs Billboard 11 36US Rock Airplay Billboard 12 26 Year end charts edit Chart 2014 PositionUS Hot Rock Songs Billboard 13 99Certifications editRegion Certification Certified units salesCanada Music Canada 14 Gold 40 000 United States RIAA 15 Platinum 1 000 000 Sales streaming figures based on certification alone References edit Starset Band name bears vague scientific message Transmissions Starset Songs Reviews Credits AllMusic AllMusic Starset Rock Acoustic Versions of My Demons Space Oddity at the Banana VIDEO Flint s Rock Radio Starset Names Movies To Play With Each Track On Their New Album New Noise Magazine 18 November 2014 Starset s Dustin Bates Talks Transmissions Album More Loudwire Starset My Demons Official Music Video Music Video CMT Archived from the original on 2017 04 10 Retrieved 2017 05 26 a b c d How Independent Rock Band Starset Found Major Success on YouTube Without Even Trying Billboard Hodak Brittany 19 June 2015 Starset to Deliver Out of This World Performance at Long Island Planetarium HuffPost Motionless in White Roars Onto Top Rock Albums at No 1 Billboard Dustin Bates of Starset thinks WAV could become the record player s replacement 7 April 2017 Starset Chart History Hot Rock amp Alternative Songs Billboard Retrieved October 3 2014 Starset Chart History Rock Airplay Billboard Retrieved September 12 2014 Hot Rock Songs Year End 2014 Billboard Retrieved June 4 2020 Canadian single certifications Starset My Demons Music Canada Retrieved September 10 2021 American single certifications Starset My Demons Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved November 15 2021 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title My Demons amp oldid 1177958459, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
