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Thursday, October 1, 2009

National Skyline Kings of Leon Hit No. 1 With 'Use Somebody'

Posted by Steve Haruch on Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:29 AM

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Did you ever think we'd see the day when a rock band from Nashville, Tenn., had the No. 1 hit song in all the land? Tip-top of the pops. Numero uno. The ne plus ultra of chart positions. And what's weird, really, is that in this age of "have a hit immediately or the label will pretty much forget about you," Kings of Leon have hit paydirt a full year after Only by the Night came out. I'm sure Glenn could tell you the last year-old song to make No. 1, but I'm not good with charts and I don't have his number.

Anyway. "Use Somebody": It's a song about using somebody (someone like you), and I think that's a situation we can all understand, whether we have kids or pets or neither. Bat for Lashes covered it. Paramore covered it. And the video was nominated for a VMA. Would Kanye have interrupted the Followills the way he--oh, nevermind.

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I'm absolutely amazed. This is the nicest article The Scene has ever written about KOL. I'm sure you will slag them in the comments though.
I personally am really proud of them.

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Posted by Fully on 10/01/2009 at 1:10 PM

Kings of Leon, Imma let you finish, but Charlie Daniels is the best Wilson County musician of all time!

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Posted by JR on 10/01/2009 at 2:21 PM

The ascent of the pop music moutain! Now for the downward slide!

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Posted by mr. jimmy on 10/01/2009 at 7:48 PM

everytime the one southern dude makes a reference about the other southern dude lying, take a drink.
it actually makes kol's bland stadium mom rock bearable.

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Posted by new game on 10/02/2009 at 6:58 AM

Love the KOL! They worked hard for this. Glad to see some appreciation in the hometown paper.

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Posted by Chloe on 10/02/2009 at 9:18 PM
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