- Fans call themselves "fire breathers".
- The music video for the song "Demons" is in memory of Tyler Robinson who inspired the Tyler Robinson Foundation.
- The band X Ambassadors was noticed by Imagine Dragons when Dan Reynolds heard an acoustic version of one of their songs titled "Unconsolable" on the radio. Dan then asked producer Alex da Kid to sign them. Imagine Dragons was later featured on the song "Fear" on the X Ambassadors album "VHS". Imagine Dragons also brought X Ambassadors on tour with them.
- According to the band, the name "Imagine Dragons" is actually an anagram.
- Artist Tim Cantor provided the artwork for their second album "Smoke + Mirrors".
- Lead singer Dan Reynolds' brother, Mac Reynolds, is the manager for the band.
- Was a musical guest on Saturday Night Live (1975) when Melissa McCarthy hosted in 2014.
- Out of the four members of the band, three of them are named Daniel. They are Daniel (Dan) Reynolds, Daniel Platzman, and Daniel Wayne Sermon.
- Started "The Tyler Robinson Foundation" with the Robinson family to help provide financial support to families with children fighting cancer.
- On December 18, 2015, Imagine Dragons were one of many artists who released a special cover of the song "I Love You All the Time" by Eagles of Death Metal in response to the November 13, 2015 attacks in Paris. All the proceeds from each sale of the song was donated to Friends of Fondation de France.
- Both Dan Reynolds and Wayne Sermon are Mormon.
- Frontman Dan Reynolds is the seventh of nine kids.
- Won a Grammy for best rock performance for their song "Radioactive" in 2014. They were also nominated for another Grammy for record of the year for the song "Radioactive" that same year.
- Are big fans of The Beatles. They even did an acoustic cover of The Beatles' song "Revolution" at the 50th Anniversary Show for The Beatles.
- Second album "Smoke + Mirrors" was released on February 17th of 2015.
- Signed with Interscope Records in 2011.
- Released the "Continued Silence" EP on February 14th, 2012.
- Have a documentary titled "Imagine Dragons: The Making of Night Visions" that goes behind the scenes of the making of their first album.
- Released their first album "Night Visions" on September 4th, 2012.
- Was the first musical guest to appear on the show The Muppets (2015). They appeared on the first episode titled "Pig Girls Don't Cry" which aired on September 22, 2015 where they performed their song "Roots".
- One of their big breaks was when Pat Monahan, the lead singer of the band Train, got sick and Imagine Dragons were called to take their place and performed in front of more than 20,000 people at the Bite of Las Vegas Festival 2009.
- Performed a live ad for Target during a Grammys commercial break on February 8, 2015. For the whole four minute commercial break, Imagine Dragons performed their song "Shots" live in Las Vegas.
- If their song "Cha-Ching (Till We Grow Older)" is played backwards, you can hear lead singer Dan Reynolds sing the words "there is no anagram".
- Wayne Sermon (guitarist), Ben McKee (bassist), and Daniel Platzman (drummer) all attended Berklee College of Music.
- Genre is considered alternative.
- Billboard listed them as one of "2012's Brightest New Stars" and also called them "The Breakout Band of 2013".
- Covered the song "Stand By Me" in a tribute to Ben E. King at the 2015 Billboard Music Awards.
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