Love it when the best song wins! STM is quite easily my favourite Killers single and up there with my favourites from the whole decade. It's the song that got me into the Killers and it still brings back memories of the time.

 

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Thanks for running this Wardy! Happy to see my favourite make the top 3. I think we know what's won, but it would be interesting to see how many points it got and who gave it its highest and lowest scores?

'Spaceman' was a great follow up to 'Human'. Remember being happy it just about scraped top 40 in the end after coming close once or twice before.

 

'Smile Like You Mean It' however is pretty meh for me.

 

Yeh remember being glad Spaceman got top 40 as well!

1. Somebody Told Me
Release Date: March 15, 2004
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Total Points: 160.5
Average Score: 10.0
Highest Rater(s): awardinary, gavindeejay, Mangø, Nina West, Severin (11.0)
Lowest Rater(s): WhoOdyssey (7.0)

It was released as the second official single from the group's debut studio album Hot Fuss, and was written by band members Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer, Dave Keuning and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Brandon Flowers said: "This is the story of trying to meet someone in a club." In the United Kingdom, it charted at number 28 upon its first release in March 2004, becoming the band's first hit in the Top 40, it was then re-released in January 2005 and reached #3. The music video was filmed in California, and was directed by Brett Simon. It shows the Killers performing their song in the moonlight of a desert location, with a giant LED screen displaying rolling, and flashing images of their logo, as well as an alternate version of the video shot during the day.

Realised I forgot to post the #1 after everyone had already worked it out, but there it is and you can now see how much it won by, with an average score of 10.0 from all participants.

What a fantastic no1 and a great discography overall! Really think their later albums are not given the love they deserve, they have some great songs on them.

 

The opening 3 albums lead singles really helped them become the worlds biggest band for a time - Mr Brightside/When You We’re Young/Human but it makes you think did R1 drop them too quickly considering other bands got continued support for much longer? The Man was the last lead to be playlisted, wasn’t it? Bands like Coldplay/Muse and others stayed on there a lot longer? What does everyone else think?

 

 

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What a fantastic no1 and a great discography overall! Really think their later albums are not given the love they deserve, they have some great songs on them.

 

The opening 3 albums lead singles really helped them become the worlds biggest band for a time - Mr Brightside/When You We’re Young/Human but it makes you think did R1 drop them too quickly considering other bands got continued support for much longer? The Man was the last lead to be playlisted, wasn’t it? Bands like Coldplay/Muse and others stayed on there a lot longer? What does everyone else think?

Muse were dropped by Radio 1 only a year later, 'Simulation Theory' was their last album to get support from them. I'd love if if they were supported for longer haha, but I get why they weren't.

 

Pretty much all bands from that period have been phased out by R1 now, I think Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and The Wombats are the only 2000s bands still being supported there - and I imagine The xx too when they return.

Muse were dropped by Radio 1 only a year later, 'Simulation Theory' was their last album to get support from them. I'd love if if they were supported for longer haha, but I get why they weren't.

 

Pretty much all bands from that period have been phased out by R1 now, I think Coldplay, Arctic Monkeys and The Wombats are the only 2000s bands still being supported there - and I imagine The xx too when they return.

 

Yeh but I guess Muse started off from 99/2000 so had longer. Just would rank the Killers as up there with Coldplay as one of the great acts of the 21st century so far. Coldplay seem to hang on because they have went so pop in the last couple of eras.

Great winner. Somebody Told Me was always my favourite from their debut, and it’s only in recent years that I’ve come to appreciate When You Were Young a bit more than it. Both a clear top 2 faves for me though so glad to see them do well.

 

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