Greater than 20 years after its launch, The Killers’ “Mr Brightside” continues to interrupt information and acquire awards.
The American different rock act was this week introduced with two Guinness World Information, for its extraordinary chart success in the UK.
With a complete of 416 weeks — and counting — on the Official U.Okay. Singles Chart, “Mr Brightside” has the longest keep on the singles survey by a bunch and essentially the most cumulative weeks on the U.Okay. tally for one track, in line with GWR.
Earlier this 12 months, “Mr Brightside” was topped because the biggest-ever single within the U.Okay. which had by no means gone to No. 1.
Hailing from Las Vegas, the band was initially found by and signed to U.Okay. unbiased Lizard King, and had been embraced by Brits as certainly one of their very own. “Mr Brightside” was initially launched in 2003 with a limited-edition 500 CD run, and was reissued in Could 2004, peaking at No. 10.
Now, after eight years on the nationwide chart, the monitor can be acknowledged as one of many U.Okay.’s all-time high three singles for mixed items (gross sales and streams) and among the many high 5 most-streamed tracks.
“It’s infectious nonetheless to us, I do know some folks can’t wrap their head round it however you’ll see the response [when you see it live],” frontman Brandon Flowers tells GWR. “It’s powerful to not be touched by it or be excited by it and there’s going to be folks tonight who’ve by no means seen it reside, there’ll be some individuals who’ve seen it 45 occasions. And we simply don’t get bored with it.”
It might appear, nobody has bored with the track. In current weeks, The Killers had been inducted with the SoundExchange Corridor of Fame Award, recognition for his or her standing as some of the streamed acts within the group’s 21-year historical past.
The Killers full a six-night stand at London’s O2 area tonight (July 11), a part of a tour of the U.Okay. and Europe that runs by mid-July. The band returns to the U.S. for pageant appearances at Lollapalooza and Exterior Lands earlier than kicking off an August Las Vegas residency at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace, and extra North American pageant dates by September.