The Bucket The Bucket "The Bucket" is the first single taken from the "Aha Shake Heartbreak" album by the American rock band Kings of Leon. It is one of the band's most successful singles, reaching number 16 in the UK Singles Chart (making it their most successful UK release at the time) and number 23 in the U.S. Modern Rock chart. In Australia, the song was ranked #31 on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. The song is written about bassist Jared Followill, who is the youngest member in the band, dealing with the band's fame at the age of 17. The
Kings of Leon number of music labels and eventually signed with RCA Records, which initially insisted on putting a band together for the two of them. In an interview with "Billboard", however, Nathan outlined how they told RCA, "We don't want to be Evan and Jaron. We're going to buy our little brother a bass, he's a freshman in high school. Caleb will teach himself the guitar, Matthew played guitar when he was 10 and I'll play the drums. They said, 'All right, we'll come down in one month and see you guys.'" Later in the interview Caleb admitted to the brothers "kidnapping"