Maroon 5? Would Passion Pit even be a band without Hot Fuss? They deserve your respect, whether you're willing to give it or not. It all goes back to "Mr. Brightside," just a single released in December of , arriving a few months before "Somebody Told Me" took everyone hostage.
It's still probably their best song, despite being hilariously difficult to parse. Who, exactly, is Mr. What does that term even mean? Some sort of poor, sexless schmuck who always looks on the finds a silver lining? It's a mystery that's permeated all the way through the Obama administration. So in honor of the anniversary, I decided to make a few guesses to reveal the identity of Mr.
Brightside, and put an end to the enigma once and for all. From canon, we know that Mr. Flowers heard it and was immediately inspired. The second is the same as the first. The duo quickly made a rough demo eventually released on the Direct Hits compilation , and while the crude recording lacks the punch and polish of the finished product, its potential is all there: the instant sing-along factor, the sense of urgency, and the bittersweet flavour of betrayal.
Destiny was calling Flowers and Keuning. And they knew it. Smart move. The Killers have had plenty of hits since, but none have achieved the deathless popularity of their very first single. But it continues to resonate with people because it taps into timeless feelings: heartbreak, betrayal, paranoia, a sense of triumph over tragedy. Flowers wrote the lyrics around the end of his first serious relationship, after discovering his girlfriend with another guy at a local bar. The same partner that had accompanied the frontman to a transformative Oasis show in that sent him searching for bandmates to begin with.
Dave and I were writing a ton of songs at the time, trying to figure out what it was that made us tick. I was able to slap a chorus and some lyrics onto it, and I knew I liked it.
All the emotions in the song are real. When I was writing the lyrics, my wounds from it were still fresh. I am Mr. People pick up on those things. And that goes all the way down to the production; we recorded it in a couple of hours, but it just sounds right, you know? He had huge charisma. He completely believed in what he was doing. He just stood out and carried the music. Despite the buzz, copies wasn't enough to make a dent in the charts; and The Killers seemed destined to become a footnote in musical history.
But destiny was calling them This time, the song caught fire, making the top 10 in both the UK and the US. One of Flowers' biggest idols, Smiths singer Morrissey, even declared himself a fan. Even so, there was no indication that Mr Brightside would become a defining anthem of the s. It dropped out of the UK top 40 after just three weeks, and lost the Grammy for best rock song to Maroon 5's This Love. But Flowers had longevity in his sights, nonetheless: "We want to be important and to last," he told USA Today in Zane Lowe was one of the first people to spot the enduring appeal of Mr Brightside.
The radio presenter started making it a staple of his DJ sets in the mids "just to get that adrenaline rush of watching people sing it back at you". And those moments become something that you hold dear to you," he told The Guardian in Pretty soon, the song began to reappear in the lower reaches of the charts. It made number in the first week of , as fans spent their Christmas record tokens remember those?
Once downloads started being counted towards the countdown in July , Mr Brightside would pop into the charts every time The Killers played a festival or toured the UK.
Meanwhile, the song became a staple of wedding parties and student discos. Ed Balls shrugged off his defeat in the Labour leadership race with a karaoke version; and Coronation Street star Andy Whyment made it his party piece on I'm A Celebrity Get Me Out Of Here. In December , Mr Brightside reached the landmark of one million pure sales ie downloads and CD sales.
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