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Music video ĭirected by Sophie Muller, who also directed the video for "Sex on Fire" and would later direct "Radioactive", the video features tour footage of the band, in addition to Caleb singing while sitting on a sofa in a penthouse suite overlooking the New York City skyline at night. Īlong with "Sex on Fire", the song was one of two from Kings of Leon's Only by the Night to reach the top three in Australian radio station Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2008, coming in at number three. It has reappeared on further occasions since, and has now spent 77 weeks on the top 75, making it the 14th longest runner of all time, six places behind "Sex on Fire" with its 90 weeks. In the United Kingdom, "Use Somebody" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart and spent an unbroken 40 weeks on the chart, only dropping out due to the surge in sales of Michael Jackson titles immediately after his death after an absence of just one week, it was back for another 20 weeks, peaking at number 25. It reached over four million downloads in the US by July 2013. "Use Somebody" also reached number one on the Adult Top 40 chart, and later topped the Mainstream Top 40 chart as well. (Preceding it were " Slide" by the Goo Goo Dolls, " Every Morning" by Sugar Ray, and " Boulevard of Broken Dreams" by Green Day.) The song first reached number one on the Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart (now called the "Alternative" chart), their second of three consecutive singles to top that chart. On United States radio, the song was a multi-format smash, becoming just the fourth song in history to top the Mainstream Top 40, Adult Top 40, Alternative Songs, and Triple A charts. Peaking at number four on the Hot 100, it gave the band their first top five hit there, and spent 57 weeks on the chart. In the United States, "Use Somebody" became the band's mainstream breakthrough. Nick Levine of Digital Spy said, "With its Springsteen-style 'oooah-woooah's, gathering storm of guitars and lusty, longing vocals from Caleb Followill, it's nearly as infectious as ' Sex on Fire'." Gavin Haynes of NME praised the song as "easily the best 80's power ballad of 2008", but cautioned that the band "may be in danger of mistaking bluster for brilliance". Mikael Wood of Entertainment Weekly called "Use Somebody" a highlight of the album, describing the song as "a too-cool hipster's cry for comfort". Riff 5 - A simple little lick, just repeat it a few times and then end with this short variation.The song has received generally positive reviews from music critics.
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Riff 4 - Just strum through D major and F#5 as shown (thumb-mute the Low strings out of the D major chord if you wish). There's a gap for the bass / drums only, then the song returns to play through Riff 3, 1 and 2 in that order. Then work on 'dropping in' the open notes on those certain beats.Īfter that part the song cycles back to Riff 1 and 2 again, this time Riff 2 is the extended version. Stick with it and you'll get it, just focus on keeping the strumming very regular - each down / upstroke in consistent time. It's a case of learning to co-ordinate both hands at speed. Switch to the Tablature View (under Tools) to see the pattern clearly. Also, mute at the 6th fret as we show to avoid playing harmonics accidentally. Keep playing the G note on fret 8 of the B string throughout. take out two down / up muted strokes) then straight back to the start again and repeat. Follow this pattern on the 2 high strings:Ĩ - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - 8 - repeat this twice thenĨ - 8 - 8 - 8 - (i.e. However, halfway through you need to start releasing the high E string for 2 strokes and then muting it again instantly. The trick to getting this is the usual - take it very slow and build up speed. Thumb mute out the low strings if you wish. Actually, it's pretty simple stuff for the fretboard hand, it's the strumming that's tricky. Use your thumb over the tope edge of the fretboard to mute out the low 3 strings.
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Just hold the one C (no 5th) chord shape and strum away happily.
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Use medium distortion for the lead (so just add a bit more than for the rhythm guitar). You can hear both guitars played together here - this is particularly helpful for tracking your way through the song parts. There is one exception, which we'll look at below. For the most part, each riff is nice and easy and beginner-friendly. The lead for this song involves swapping between 5 main riffs.