
It features the band's lead vocalist, Dan Reynolds, singing and dancing among extraterrestrials, portrayed by dancers Haroon Al Abdali, Mamadou Bathily, and Gianna Gi, around Downtown Dubai and the Burj Khalifa. The video was shot in Dubai, filmed in black and white.

The official music video for the song was released on Imagine Dragons' YouTube channel on May 2, 2017. The song was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. It also reached the top 10 in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, Poland, Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden. The song became the band's fourth single in that country to reach the top ten after " Radioactive", " Demons" and " Believer". Written by band members Dan Reynolds, Wayne Sermon, Ben McKee, Daniel Platzman, and its producers Alex Da Kid and Jayson DeZuzio, "Thunder" peaked at number four on the US Billboard Hot 100.

It was released by Interscope Records and Kidinakorner on April 27, 2017, as the second single from their third studio album, Evolve (2017). " Thunder" is a song by American pop rock band Imagine Dragons.
