Kings Of Leon: 'We Almost Scrapped Sex On Fire'

Kings of Leon have revealed they were ready to scrap their smash single 'Sex On Fire', before they were persuaded otherwise while drunk.

Singer Caleb Followill says they had too many songs for their fourth album 'Only By The Night', so they decided to give 'Sex On Fire' the chop.

However, it was only after a boozy session with their record label that they were talked out of it.

The singer explained to NME: “When we had three songs too many for the album, we were taking our picks as to which songs shouldn't make it.

“Sex On Fire was my pick. Then, the label bosses flew out and sat down with us and said, 'We think 'Sex On Fire' should be the first single, and they gave us a load of reasons.

“We were drunk, so we said, 'This is the only time we're going to listen to you.' And it's done things that no song has ever done. Luckily I got voted out. It's funny!"

Sex On Fire went on to hit number one in the UK, Ireland, Finland and Australia.

(by Scott Colothan)

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