As of January 2015, the song has sold 4.3 million copies in the US. It reached over 4 million in sales in the US by July 2013. "Use Somebody" also reached number one on the Adult Top 40 Chart, and later topped the Mainstream Top 40 as well. (Preceding it were " Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls, " Every Morning" by Sugar Ray, and " Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day.) The song first reached number one on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart (now called the "Alternative" chart), their second of three consecutive singles to top that chart. On United States radio, the song was a multi-format smash, becoming just the fourth song in history to top the Mainstream Top 40, Adult Top 40, Alternative Songs, and Triple A charts. Peaking at number four on the Hot 100, it gave the band their first top five hit there, and spent 57 weeks on the chart. In the United States, "Use Somebody" became the band's mainstream breakthrough.
Gavin Haynes of NME praised the song as "easily the best 80s power ballad of 2008", but cautioned that the band "may be in danger of mistaking bluster for brilliance". Nick Levine of Digital Spy said, "With its Springsteen-style 'oooah-woooah's, gathering storm of guitars and lusty, longing vocals from Caleb Followill, it's nearly as infectious as ' Sex on Fire'." Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly called "Use Somebody" a highlight of the album, describing the song as "a too-cool hipster's cry for comfort". The song has received generally positive reviews from music critics. The song received positive reviews and won the Grammy Award for Record of the Year, Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and Best Rock Song and was also nominated for Song of the Year. It was a huge success in the U.S., where it topped multiple airplay formats and reached number four on the Hot 100 and number one on the Pop Songs chart. The single received heavy airplay in Scandinavia, the Republic of Ireland, Germany, the United Kingdom and Australia, where it was number one on the Official Airplay Chart for six consecutive weeks. It was the second single from the band's fourth studio album Only by the Night (2008), released on December 8, 2008. " Use Somebody" is a song by the American alternative rock group Kings of Leon. Problems playing this file? See media help.
Kings of Leon's "Use Somebody" from Only by the Night
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