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"Mr. Brightside" is the debut single of American rock band the Killers. [11] It is taken from their debut studio album, Hot Fuss (2004). Written by band members Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning, it was one of the first songs the Killers ever wrote. [12]
Which is why “Mr Brightside”, a 20-year-old song, has become the student sing-along du jour, as “Losing My Religion” was to 1991, “Common People” was to 1995 and, well, “Mr ...
The songs "Midnight Show" and "Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" are two parts of the so-called "Murder Trilogy", detailing the fictional story of a woman who is murdered by her jealous boyfriend. The first part, "Leave the Bourbon on the Shelf", appears on the band's B-sides and rarities compilation, Sawdust .
On August 19, 2003, the song "Mr. Brightside" premiered on DJ Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show in the UK. [20] [21] The Killers traveled to London the following month to spend a week playing at live music venues across the city. On September 29, 2003, the song "Mr. Brightside" was released in the UK on a limited number of CDs and vinyl records. [22]
PLAYBACK : Twenty years on from the group’s genre-splicing debut album, Mark Beaumont talks to those who were there, from The Rapture to Hot Chip, about the most influential New York band of the ...
The song, which is written in the key of E-flat minor, is told from the point of view of a boy who has been taken in for questioning about the murder of a girl named Jenny. After explaining the incident from his perspective, the boy (voiced by Flowers) says, "There ain't no motive for this crime, Jenny was a friend of mine."
A second fan wrote, “Jimmy Fallon singing Mr. Brightside at the Jonas Brothers concert last night was not on my bingo card, but I’m not mad about it.” “In the most bizarre moment of my ...
The song has proven to be one of the Killers' most successful singles, peaking at number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100, as well as their first number one on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. Only "Mr. Brightside" and "Somebody Told Me" would stay longer on the chart and have more pop airplay. It is also their highest-charting single to date in ...