| I Don't Like Myself | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Imagine Dragons |
| Album: | Mercury – Acts 1 & 2 |
| Released: | October 10, 2022 |
| Length: | 3:05 |
| Producer: | MAG |
| Chronology: | Imagine Dragons |
| Prev Title: | Sharks |
| Prev Year: | 2022 |
| Next Title: | Symphony |
| Next Year: | 2022 |
"I Don't Like Myself" is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons. The song was released through Kidinakorner and Interscope on October 10, 2022, as the third single from the band's fifth studio album, Mercury – Acts 1 & 2. It was released as a single in promotion of World Mental Health Day.[1] [2]
"I Don't Like Myself" was written by band members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman as well as Marco Daniel Borrero. It was also produced by Borrero under the alias MAG. The song was close to being removed off of Mercury - Act 2 as lead singer Reynolds no longer agreed with his lyrics of self-hatred and its sentiment. Sermon, however, wanted to include it as the song showed Reynolds' growth and was truthful to him when he wrote it.[3] In a statement, Reynolds described the specific background of the song:
The music video for "I Don't Like Myself" was released October 10, 2022 and was directed by Matt Eastin.[4] The video features various clips of Dan Reynolds in a black hat and "Enemy" sweatshirt walking through various European cities while singing to the song. The video is also intermittent with clips of Reynolds performing on the Mercury World Tour. It was filmed during the European Leg of the tour. In the description of the video, a phone number for the Crisis Text Line was included.
Credits for "I Don't Like Myself" adapted from Apple Music.
Musicians
| Peak position | |
| New Zealand Hot Singles (RMNZ)[5] | 20 |
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