{{Distinguish|Everybody's Talkin'}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}} {{Infobox song | name = Everybody Talks | cover = EverybodyTalks.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Neon Trees | album = Picture Show | released = December 20, 2011 | recorded = 2011 | studio = | venue = | genre = {{flat list| * Pop rock * power pop}} | length = 2:59 | label = Mercury, Def Jam | writer = Tyler Glenn, Tim Pagnotta | producer = Justin Meldal-Johnsen | prev_title = Your Surrender | prev_year = 2011 | next_title = Lessons in Love (All Day, All Night) | next_year = 2012 | misc = {{External music video|{{Plain list| *{{YouTube|X5G9tIe84lE|"Everybody Talks"}} *{{YouTube|-Rgf7enIgoc|"Everybody Talks" (Animated version)}}}} |header=Music videos}} }}

"'''Everybody Talks'''" is the lead single from the second studio album, ''Picture Show'', by American rock band Neon Trees. It was released on December 20, 2011, in the United States as a digital download on iTunes. It soon became a sleeper hit. The song made it to No. 6 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100, making it their highest-charting single to date as well as their first Top 10 hit. The song was produced by Justin Meldal-Johnsen, engineered by Greg Collins, mixed by Billy Bush, and mastered by Joe LaPorta.<ref>{{Citation|title=Picture Show - Neon Trees {{!}} Credits {{!}} AllMusic|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/picture-show-mw0002303725/credits|language=en|access-date=2021-05-14}}</ref><ref>[http://globalpositioningservices.net/assets/bush.pdf Billy Bush Discography]{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

As of October 2012, the song has sold over 2 million digital downloads.<ref>{{cite news |first= Paul |last= Grein |url=http://music.yahoo.com/blogs/chart-watch/week-ending-sept-30-2012-songs-real-horserace-192228889.html |title=Week Ending Sept. 30, 2012. Songs: A Real Horserace For No. 1 |work=Chart Watch |publisher=Yahoo Music |date= October 3, 2012 |access-date=October 3, 2012 }}</ref> It also hit No. 7 on the Alternative Songs chart, their first Top 10 hit after "Animal". It also hit No. 1 on the Adult Pop Songs, their first song to do so. In late July 2025, the song hit 1 billion streams on Spotify.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Armstrong |first=Sam |date=2025-07-28 |title=Neon Trees' 'Everybody Talks' Joins The Spotify Billions Club |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/neon-trees-everybody-talks-joins-the-spotify-billions-club/ |access-date=2025-07-30 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}}</ref> This is the band's first-ever song to join the Spotify Billions Club.

"Everybody Talks" was inspired by early 1960s pop music; Tyler Glenn said that "We fell in love with a lot of like Roy Orbison and the Motown music that my dad listens to."<ref name="stone">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/neon-trees-song-premiere-everybody-talks-20111207#ixzz2CnV0FdV5|title=Neon Trees Song Premiere: 'Everybody Talks'|magazine=Rolling Stone}}</ref> Glenn later revealed via Twitter, during National Coming Out Day in 2020, that he had written the song while closeted about an ex-girlfriend who had spread rumors that he was gay.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Glenn|first=Tyler|date=October 11, 2020|title=Its National Coming Out Day. The first 3 Neon Trees albums I wrote in the closet but I hid queer messages in songs. "Everybody Talks" was about my ex girlfriend spreading rumors that I was gay (Surprise girl) I came out 6 years ago & it was the BEST move for my health & happiness|url=https://twitter.com/tylerinacoma/status/1315355351445901314|access-date=2021-10-20|website=Twitter|language=en}}</ref>

==Reception== The song has received generally positive reviews from critics. ''PopCrush'' gave it 4 out of 5 stars, stating that "people can relate to 'Everybody Talks'."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://popcrush.com/neon-trees-everybody-talks/ |title=Neon Trees, "Everybody Talks" – Song Review |publisher=Popcrush.com |date=December 7, 2011 |access-date=February 3, 2014}}</ref> About.com said it was "a song that will work with a very wide audience".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/Neon-Trees-Everybody-Talks.htm |title=Review: Neon Trees - Everybody Talks |publisher=Top40.about.com |date=January 7, 2014 |access-date=February 3, 2014 |archive-date=February 20, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140220022424/http://top40.about.com/od/singles/gr/Neon-Trees-Everybody-Talks.htm |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Music video== An animated music video to accompany the release of "Everybody Talks" was first released on YouTube on January 14, 2012, at a total length of three minutes and forty-two seconds.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Rgf7enIgoc Neon Trees - Everybody Talks (Animated Version)]. YouTube</ref>

The live-action music video for "Everybody Talks" was released on VEVO and YouTube on March 8, 2012. It features the band at a 1950s-esque drive-in watching a movie called ''Zombie Bikers From Hell''. In the film, band members are playing music in a cabin when they are attacked by a group of zombies who are leather-clad motorcycle riders. Lead singer Tyler Glenn is the only one to escape, while the other band members are slaughtered by the zombies, offscreen, to the horror of the audience members at the drive-in.

Meanwhile, in the "real life" drive-in, a girl wearing red sunglasses starts seducing various male patrons. Once she and the men are alone in a secluded area, she reveals herself to be a fire-breathing vampire and eats them. In the film, Glenn hitches a ride from a girl in red sunglasses. As they drive off in a white van, Glenn's fate remains unknown. However, Glenn and the girl are present at the drive-in. The girl who drove up in the van at the end of the movie is in the same van the band drove up to the cabin in.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vevo.com/watch/neon-trees/everybody-talks/USUV71200170|title = Where to Watch Music Videos}}</ref>

==In popular culture== *The song was covered by Jake Puckerman (Jacob Artist) and Kitty Wilde (Becca Tobin) for the 2012 ''Glee'' episode, "The Role You Were Born to Play".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/s/qid=1327094181/ref=sr_st?redirect=true&field-keywords=Glee+Cast&search-alias=digital-music&rd=1&sort=-releasedate|title=Glee Cast&nbsp;– MP3 downloads|publisher=amazon.com|access-date=September 19, 2012}}</ref> *The song appeared in the 2012 movie ''American Reunion''.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Jagernauth|first=Kevin|date=2012-03-21|title='American Reunion' Soundtrack Details Plus All The Songs In The Film Including Al Green, 2 Live Crew, R. Kelly, Boyz II Men & More|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2012/03/american-reunion-soundtrack-details-plus-all-the-songs-in-the-film-including-al-green-2-live-crew-r-kelly-boyz-ii-men-more-253204/|access-date=2021-02-06|website=IndieWire|language=en}}</ref> *The song was used in a 2012 Buick television commercial promoting the 2012 model of the Verano.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=2012 Buick Verano TV Commercial Ad Tour Bus Featuring The Neon Trees commercial 2019|url=https://www.tvcommercialad.com/watch/TYvrNfbTWSrzjt8|access-date=2021-02-06|website=TV Commercial Ad}}</ref> *The song was used in 2012 in the fifth episode of the second season of the American TV series ''Homeland.''<ref>{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=June|date=2012-10-29|title=What Critics and Commenters Said About Homeland 205, "Q&A"|url=https://slate.com/culture/2012/10/week-5-what-critics-and-commenters-said-about-homeland-205-q-a.html|access-date=2021-02-06|website=Slate Magazine|language=en}}</ref> *The song was used in 2012 uncredited in the third episode of the third season of the American TV series ''Hawaii Five-0.'' *The song was used in 2013 in the ninth episode of the second season of the Australian TV series ''House Husbands.'' *In 2014, the song was utilized in television and radio ad campaigns throughout Latin America for services provided by mobile phone operator, Movistar. *The song appears as a playable track in ''Guitar Hero Live''.<ref name="gi full song list">{{cite magazine|last=Futter|first=Mike|date=24 November 2015|title=Here Are All Of The Currently Available Guitar Hero Live Tracks|url=http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/11/11/here-are-all-of-the-currently-available-guitar-hero-live-tracks.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151121055510/http://www.gameinformer.com/b/news/archive/2015/11/11/here-are-all-of-the-currently-available-guitar-hero-live-tracks.aspx|archive-date=21 November 2015|access-date=25 November 2015|magazine=Game Informer|df=dmy-all}}</ref> *The song appears as a playable DLC track in ''Rock Band 4''. *The song appears in the Russian television series ''Kitchen.''

==Track listing== {{track listing |headline = US digital download |title1 = Everybody Talks |length1 = 2:59 }}

==Charts== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !Chart (2011–2013) !Peak<br>position |- {{single chart|Australia|10|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Canada|35|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadaac|44|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadachrtop40|19|artist=Neon Trees|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardcanadahotac|15|artist=Neon Trees|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Czech Republic|18|year=2012|week=50|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Czechdigital|90|year=2014|week=33|accessdate=19 August 2014|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Ireland|39|year=2013|week=07|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|37|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardhot100|6|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|13|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|1|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|Billboardrocksongs|11|artist=Neon Trees|rowheader=true|access-date=November 6, 2021}} |- {{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|3|artist=Neon Trees|song=Everybody Talks|rowheader=true}} |} {{col-2}}

===Year-end charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2012) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-100-songs?begin=21&order=position|title=Best of 2012 - Hot 100 Songs|publisher=Billboard.com|access-date=December 14, 2012}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|22 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/adult-contemporary-songs|title=Adult Contemporary Songs – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|35 |- !scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/adult-pop-songs|title=Adult Pop Songs – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|5 |- !scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/pop-songs|title=Pop Songs – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|26 |- !scope="row"|US Hot Rock Songs (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2012/hot-rock-songs|title=Hot Rock Songs – Year-End 2012|magazine=Billboard|access-date=September 27, 2019}}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|26 |} {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"|Chart (2013) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Australia (ARIA)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2013.htm |title=ARIA Charts - End Of Year Charts - Top 100 Singles 2013 |publisher=ARIA |access-date=February 7, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107125256/http://www.aria.com.au/pages/aria-charts-end-of-year-charts-top-100-singles-2013.htm |archive-date=January 7, 2014 }}</ref> |style="text-align:center;"|70 |} {{col-end}}

==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2013|award=Platinum|number=2|access-date=September 3, 2014}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|title=Everybody Talks|artist=Neon Trees|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2024|award=Gold|access-date=July 4, 2024}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|title=Everybody Talks|artist=Neon Trees|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2023|award=Gold|id=12891|access-date=September 22, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Germany|title=Everybody Talks|artist=Neon Trees|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2023|award=Gold|access-date=June 8, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|title=Everybody Talks|artist=Neon Trees|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2025|award=Platinum|number=3|source=radioscope|access-date=December 6, 2025}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Everybody Talks|artist=Neon Trees|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2023|award=Platinum|id=16477-5279-1|access-date=August 4, 2023}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Neon Trees|title=Everybody Talks|award=Platinum|number=7|type=single|relyear=2012|certyear=2023|access-date=October 28, 2023}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

==Release history== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" |- !scope="col"| Country !scope="col"| Date !scope="col"| Format !scope="col"| Label |- !scope="row" rowspan=2| United States |December 20, 2011- December 25, 2012<ref>{{cite web|url=http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everybody-talks-single/id487729431|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120111020355/http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/everybody-talks-single/id487729431|url-status=dead|title=Everybody Talks - Single by Neon Trees|website=iTunes Store (United States)|date=December 20, 2011|archive-date=January 11, 2012|access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref> |Digital download |rowspan=2|Mercury |- |April 17, 2012-Summer 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/mail/archive/eweekly/top40M/2012-4-10.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220915003404/https://www.allaccess.com/mail/archive/eweekly/top40M/2012-4-10.html|url-status=live|title=Top 40/Mainstream eWeekly/Add Board Alert|website=AllAccess|date=April 10, 2012|archive-date=September 15, 2022|access-date=September 15, 2022}}</ref> |Mainstream/Top 40 |}

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