It was written by band members Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, Dan Reynolds and Wayne Sermon and released as the third and final single from their second studio album Smoke + Mirrors (2015).

[4] Imagine Dragons performed the track during a first ever live commercial (for Target) during the Grammy Awards (2015).

[5] The advertising was filmed on Las Vegas' Fremont Street under the direction of Jonas Åkerlund.

The video was directed by Robert Hales and was inspired by the artwork created by San Diego–based painter Tim Cantor.

Imagine Dragons In April 2015, Norwegian DJ and electronic music duo Broiler (Mikkel Christiansen and Simen Auke) released a remix of "Shots".