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Why ‘Mr. Brightside’ Has Remained on the Charts for a Decade and Counting
On the latest episode of our 500 Greatest Songs podcast, mixing engineer Mark Needham talks about working on The Killers' megahit.
On the latest episode of our 500 Greatest Songs podcast, mixing engineer Mark Needham talks about leaving a Fleetwood Mac session to work on a young Las Vegas band's future megahit The group’s synth-rock sound, mixed with Brandon Flowers’ New Wave vocal delivery, helped make the track about jealousy and deception and calling a cab one of the most irresistibly catchy classics in pop history. From the Eighties pastiche of Hot Fuss to the song’s entry into the pantheon of wedding DJ must-plays, the hosts unpack what it is about this single that has kept it charting in the U.K. for over 400 weeks.
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