Everybody Talks

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"Everybody Talks"
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Template:Infobox song/link by Neon Trees
from the album Picture Show
ReleasedDecember 20, 2011
Recorded2011
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LabelMercury, Def Jam
[[Songwriter|SongwriterTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Tyler Glenn, Tim Pagnotta
[[Record producer|ProducerTemplate:Pluralize from text]]Justin Meldal-Johnsen
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(2011) 		"Everybody Talks"
(2011) 		"Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night)"
(2012)
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"Everybody Talks" is the lead single from the second studio album, Picture Show, by American rock band Neon Trees. It was released on December 20, 2011, in the United States as a digital download on iTunes. It soon became a sleeper hit. The song made it to No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100, making it their highest-charting single to date as well as their first Top 10 hit. The song was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, engineered by Greg Collins, mixed by Billy Bush, and mastered by Joe LaPorta.[1][2]

As of October 2012, the song has sold over 2 million digital downloads.[3] It also hit No. 7 on the Alternative Songs chart, their first Top 10 hit after "Animal". It also hit No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs, their first song to do so. In late July 2025, the song hit 1 billion streams on Spotify.[4] This is the band's first-ever song to join the Spotify Billions Club.

"Everybody Talks" was inspired by early 1960s pop music; Tyler Glenn said that "We fell in love with a lot of like Roy Orbison and the Motown music that my dad listens to."[5] Glenn later revealed via Twitter, during National Coming Out Day in 2020, that he had written the song while closeted about an ex-girlfriend who had spread rumors that he was gay.[6]

Reception

The song has received generally positive reviews from critics. PopCrush gave it 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "people can relate to 'Everybody Talks'."[7] About.com said it was "a song that will work with a very wide audience".[8]

Music video

An animated music video to accompany the release of "Everybody Talks" was first released on YouTube on January 14, 2012, at a total length of three minutes and forty-two seconds.[9]

The live-action music video for "Everybody Talks" was released on VEVO and YouTube on March 8, 2012. It features the band at a 1950s-esque drive-in watching a movie called Zombie Bikers From Hell. In the film, band members are playing music in a cabin when they are attacked by a group of zombies who are leather-clad motorcycle riders. Lead singer Tyler Glenn is the only one to escape, while the other band members are slaughtered by the zombies, offscreen, to the horror of the audience members at the drive-in.

Meanwhile, in the "real life" drive-in, a girl wearing red sunglasses starts seducing various male patrons. Once she and the men are alone in a secluded area, she reveals herself to be a fire-breathing vampire and eats them. In the film, Glenn hitches a ride from a girl in red sunglasses. As they drive off in a white van, Glenn's fate remains unknown. However, Glenn and the girl are present at the drive-in. The girl who drove up in the van at the end of the movie is in the same van the band drove up to the cabin in.[10]

Track listing

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Charts

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Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[22] 2× Platinum 140,000 
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[23] Gold 30,000 
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[24] Gold 0 
Germany (BVMI)[25] Gold 150,000 
New Zealand (RMNZ)[26] 3× Platinum 0 
United Kingdom (BPI)[27] Platinum 600,000 
United States (RIAA)[28] 7× Platinum 7,000,000 

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Country Date Format Label
United States December 20, 2011- December 25, 2012[29] Digital download Mercury
April 17, 2012-Summer 2014[30] Mainstream/Top 40

References

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  6. ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Glenn, Tyler (October 11, 2020). "Its National Coming Out Day. The first 3 Neon Trees albums I wrote in the closet but I hid queer messages in songs. "Everybody Talks" was about my ex girlfriend spreading rumors that I was gay (Surprise girl) I came out 6 years ago & it was the BEST move for my health & happiness". Twitter. Retrieved October 20, 2021.
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