Imagine Dragons - "Blank Space/Stand By Me"
This is a lovely way to look at love. I hope it's already winging it's way to me.
Imagine Dragons is an American rock band from Las Vegas, Nevada, consisting of lead vocalist Dan Reynolds, lead guitarist Wayne Sermon, bassist and keyboardist Ben McKee, and drummer Daniel Platzman. The band first gained exposure with the release of single "It's Time", followed by their award-winning debut studio album Night Visions (2012), which resulted in the chart topping singles "Radioactive" and "Demons". Billboard placed them at the top of their "Year In Rock" rankings for 2013 and 2017 and named them their "Breakthrough Band of 2013". and "Biggest Band of 2017."Rolling Stone named their single "Radioactive", which holds the record for most weeks on the Hot 100, from Night Visionsthe "biggest rock hit of the year", and MTV called them "the year's biggest breakout band". The band's second studio album Smoke + Mirrors (2015) reached number one in the US, Canada and the UK. After a brief hiatus, the band released their third studio album, Evolve (2017) which resulted in the chart-topping singles, "Believer" and "Thunder". While all three albums were commercially successful, critical reception was mixed.
Imagine Dragons has won three American Music Awards, five Billboard Music Awards, one Grammy Award, and one World Music Award. In May 2014, the band was nominated for fourteen Billboard Music Awards, including Top Artist of the Year and a Milestone Award, which recognizes innovation and creativity of artists across different genres. Imagine Dragons have sold 12 million albums and 35 million singles worldwide
I know this isn't a black artist, but Ben E. King originally did Stand by Me and as a singer and songwriter there is nothing more flattering than someone loving your song enough to cover it. So today while, this is the version I choose the song belongs to Mr. King.
To today with thoughts of Kittens in the sky following my journeys I choose Imagine Dragons - "Blank Space/Stand By Me" as my open up to hope, look around you and see every little miracle, on your wavelength, song for a, make it mine, one small dream at a time, walk a little slower, Wednesday.