Audiences were in a frisky mood during today’s Throwback Weekend week of July 6, 2013. Topping the Billboard Hot 100 that week were Robin Thicke’s ‘Blurred Lines’ and Daft Punk’s ‘Get Lucky.’ Both songs have been featured on the blog, so that brings me to the week’s #3 song.
Imagine Dragons have never had a #1 hit, but the’ve had five songs reach the top ten (with four of those making the top five). ‘Radioactive’ performed the best of all, peaking at #3 but setting some impressive records in the meantime. For nearly a decade, this song was the track with the most consecutive weeks in the Hot 100 (87) before it was topped by The Weeknd’s ‘Blinding Lights’ and later Glass Animals’ ‘Heat Waves.’
I don’t have an opinion one way or another about Imagine Dragons other than bemusement at how often they showed up on Heardle before Spotify shut it down.
I’m waking up to ash and dust
I wipe my brow and I sweat my rust
I’m breathing in the chemicals
[Refrain]
I’m breaking in, shaping up
Then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Woah
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
[Chorus]
Woah-oh, woah
I’m radioactive, radioactive
Woah-oh, woah
I’m radioactive, radioactive
[Verse 2]
I raise my flags, dye my clothes
It’s a revolution, I suppose
We’re painted red to fit right in
Woah
[Refrain]
I’m breaking in, shaping up
Then checking out on the prison bus
This is it, the apocalypse
Woah
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
[Chorus]
Woah-oh, woah
I’m radioactive, radioactive
Woah-oh, woah
I’m radioactive, radioactive
[Bridge]
All systems go, the sun hasn’t died
Deep in my bones, straight from inside
[Pre-Chorus]
I’m waking up, I feel it in my bones
Enough to make my system blow
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
Welcome to the new age, to the new age
[Chorus]
Woah-oh, woah
I’m radioactive, radioactive
Woah-oh, woah
I’m radioactive, radioactive
Meet Me In Montauk 
There was a time that our kids were fans of Imagine Dragons, but, like Heardle, that time has come and gone.š