I Bet My Life

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" I Bet My Life " is a song from American rock band, Imagine Dragons. Songs written by members of the band Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Dan Reynolds and Wayne Sermon, were released as the lead single from their second studio album Smoke Mirrors on October 27, 2014. The band's debut track did a track take place in American Music Awards (2014), where they received awards for Favorite Alternative Artist.

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Composition

Themes

Vocalist Dan Reynolds has stated that the song is about his relationship with his parents and explains that while "it's already tense and difficult... in the end, 'I Bet My Life' celebrates the bond we still hold."

Maps I Bet My Life

Music video

On December 12, 2014, Imagine Dragons released the official music video for "I Bet My Life". The video was directed by Jodeb and featured actors Dane DeHaan and Alex Neustaedter. The recording of the video is shown in an advertisement by the Jeep car manufacturer at the American Music Awards, before the release of the video.

Synopsis

The beginning and end of the video takes place at the Salt River in Arizona. A car is shown driving to the river. The players are members of the Imagine Dragons, and their family and friends. Somewhere else on the river, a boy with a shirt (DeHaan) and a boy in overalls (Neustaedter) fought in a water bed. While walking away, Neustaedter finally pushed DeHaan into the river, and it was implied that DeHaan swam away, while the first stared in shock. DeHaan is drawn towards the dam, where she is sucked. He landed in a house, and looked out the window and found everything underwater. She found the bed and went to bed. The next morning, DeHaan finds himself in a sailboat, and takes control of it. He tried unsuccessfully to avoid the waterfall, but ended up flying over the ground in the boat as he went over the waterfall. Turning to the boat, he decides to turn it over. He fell into the city, and the crowd was shown carrying him. They threw and twisted him, until he realized it was a vision and he collapsed at the dam. He was pulled back to the surface by Neustaedter, and persisted. The final image of the video magnifies from the point where DeHaan is taken, and the video ends.

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In media

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Reception

Carolyn Dises of Music Times calls the song "Another [Imagine Dragons] a powerful immune song." James Grebey from www.spin.com called it "Bombastic" and USA Today named it "Song of the week" for October 27 - November 4.