THE 1000 BEST SONGS IN THE WORLD EVER.

917-The Killers-Mr. Brightside.

2004-Number 10 single.

Best Bit-At 1.02.’Always look on the (Mr.) Brightside of life.’

The Killers were formed in 2002, in Las Vegas, Nevada, United States, when Brandon Flowers answered an ad placed by Dave Keuning, the lineup was complete when bassist Mark Stoemer, and drummer Ronnie Vanucci Jr. joined soon after.

‘Mr Brightside’ was the first single released by the band in 2003, from their debut Album,’Hot Fuss.’ When Keuning first met Flowers he already has the music written for the song, and Flowers added the lyrics, based on his own life experience.

He has said,’It’s about an odd girlfriend of mine.All the emotions in the song are real, my wounds from it were still fresh.

‘Mr. Brightside is a song about a man who suspects his significant other is cheating on him, and his thoughts are running riot, as he imagines what she is getting up to with another man. He knows his emotions are a mixture of jealousy and paranoia, but when he comes out the other end, things will look brighter.

Part of the songs structure is very similar to the 1971 song ‘Queen Bitch’ by David Bowie, a song which in turn owes a great debt to Lou Reed and The Velvet Underground.

At the time of writing ‘Mr Brightside’ has spent 210 non consecutive weeks in the UK top 100 singles chart, longer than any other song. One of the explanations for this, is that with it being played at party’s every week, people are continuously downloading it. Amazingly even so it first came out in 2003, it was the 12th best selling song of the decade, 2010-2019.

‘Jealousy, turning saints into the sea, swimming through sick lullabies,;