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Easy distraction was co-written by Brandon Flowers!

This appears to be a Vegas themed song to celebrate their first residency, based on the topic / sound and promo material - like U2’s ‘Atomic City’. More likely this than any new era / album.

So neither R1 or R2 supporting Kings of Leon this time around?? Surprised.

It's interesting isn't it. 'Fire in Bone' and 'Dying Breed' were never sent to radio, were more instant grat songs or promo singles I believe, in the same way 'Wonderful Wonderul' and 'Some Kind Of Love' were from the Wonderful Wonderful album but they don't make the list. Whereas 'Blowback', from ITM, not on the list, was sent to radio. 'Quiet Town' from PM has a music video and was sent to radio in the US at least. But yes agree the Wikipedia list is the best to go with! Just find it interesting what does and doesn't count as a 'single' today.

09 Mr. Brightside 09 Somebody Told Me 08 All These Things That I've Done 09 Smile Like You Meant It 10 When You Were Young 08 Bones 08 Read My Mind 08 For Reasons Unknown 06 Shadowplay 07 Tranquilize (feat. Lou Reed) 09 Human 07 Spaceman 09 The World We Live In 07 A Dustland Fairytale 06 Runaways 08 Miss Atomic Bomb 09 Here With Me 08 Shot At The Night 10 Just Another Girl 05 Peace Of Mind 08 The Man 08 Run For Cover 06 Rut 04 Land Of The Free 08 Caution 08 Fire In Bone 09 My Own Soul’s Warning 08 Dying Breed 8.5 08 Dustland (feat. Bruce Springsteen) 08 boy 09 Your Side Of Town 09 Spirit Christmas Singles: 07 A Great Big Sled (feat. Toni Halliday) 09 Don't Shoot Me Santa 08 Joseph, Better You Than Me (feat. Elton John & Neil Tennant) 05 ¡Happy Birthday Guadalupe! (feat. Wild Light and Mariachi El Bronx) 06 Boots 06 The Cowboys' Christmas Ball 05 I Feel It In My Bones 04 Christmas In L.A. (feat. Dawes) 04 Joel, The Lump of Coal (feat. Jimmy Kimmel) 05 Dirt Sledding (feat. Ryan Pardey and Richard Dreyfuss) Out of interest, how have you decided what a 'single' is and isn't? Some strange choices.

New Order did with ‘Complete Music’ which was extended mixes of ‘Music Complete’, which charted as the original album combined, despite technically having a different name.

Probably because their last GH opened at #6….

To everyone saying The Killers will be #1 due to having a fan base, surely the whole point is a greatest hits doesn’t appeal to the fan base as they have all the songs? Direct Hits only opened at #6.

Is it widely known what % streaming market share is between Spotify, Apple and Amazon?

From what I've gathered, the choice was heavily influenced by two things - - What was on the first GH, thinking those songs already got a chance to shine so trying to give others (Jenny over Smile, no Shot At The Night). - A desire to shine a light more on the newer songs, which they feel haven't got as much attention and they rate them. I'm just sad they scrapped the planned EP for this release so we only get two new songs rather than 5 or so.

Not really. Very quiet. They announced this as 'the first single from their 8th album', and said there would be multiple singles to follow that year (2022!). Then they mentioned maybe just an EP, then nothing. My gut feeling is the tour knackered them and they didn't want to rush into it again so are taking their time on the album. Hope they weren't disappointed this song didn't take off more.

Bit of a long shot, but does anyone know if/where there is an archive of UK airplay charts? Preferably as far back as 2004. Or a near equivalent?

Ah ok, I got prematurely excited!

Capital and Heart played this today. Never thought I’d see the day! Really hope this can be something for them.

It’s brilliant! So fresh, energetic and electronic - Stuart Price did a good job on the production. It was actually written July ‘20 just when their tour was cancelled after covid hit. It lead to Pressure Machine, as it’s the song that took Brandon back to his childhood in Nephi, Utah. However, as Pressure Machine evolved they really wanted to see it through as a tightly coherent concept album, so held boy back for the next record.