Caleb Followill on why he didn’t want ‘Sex On Fire’ to be on ‘Only By The Night’

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Kings of Leon‘s Caleb Followill has revealed why he didn’t want ‘Sex On Fire’ to be on ‘Only By The Night’.The frontman previously decried the ‘Only By The Night’ anthem upon release, telling NME that he initially doubted the song’s quality but was persuaded by his bandmates to finish writing it.“I just had this melody and I didn’t know what to say,” he said. “Then one day I just sang “This sex is on fire” and I laughed.

I thought it was terrible, but the rest of the band were like, ‘It’s good, it’s got a hook.’ I was like, ‘Fuck off!’ but I ended up writing it.”Now, in a new interview with NME ahead of the release of the band’s ninth album ‘Can We Please Have Fun’, Followill shared why he initially did not what ‘Sex On Fire’ on their 2008 LP.In the chat, the band discussed the fact they there was no pressure from labels with their new album. “There was more freedom as far as knowing that this record isn’t gonna be finished and then you’re gonna have a couple guys in suits come sit down and be like, ‘That’s a single, that’s a single,’” shared Caleb’s brother and bandmate Nathan.“Usually whatever the label likes,” Caleb added, “I’m like, ‘Oh, I hate that.’ A lot of times they’re right and it ends up being successful.”The frontman used ‘Sex On Fire’ as an example and said: “I didn’t want it on the album.

But I knew it was…I knew it had potential, but I felt like there were other songs… I knew instantly: ‘Everyone’s gonna hear this and they’re not gonna listen to the rest of [the album].”‘Sex On Fire’ was the lead single from Kings Of Leon’s fourth album.

The track earned the band their first Number One single in Australia, Finland, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, charting at the top spot on digital downloads alone in the.