The Killers’ ‘Mr Brightside’ Snags U.K. Chart Milestone

Even though it hardly ever made a chart crown, The Killers’ “Mr Brightside” is a history-breaker in the U.K.

Two a lot of years just after launch, the U.S. unique rock act’s signature song is anointed as the most significant-at any time solitary which did not snag a U.K. No. 1.

The Killers ended up at very first discovered by and signed to U.K. independent Lizard King, and ended up embraced by Brits as a single of their person. “Mr Brightside” was at very first released in 2003 with a confined-edition 500 CD operate, and was reissued in May possibly probably 2004, peaking at No. ten.

The observe unsuccessful to established the charts on fire but has established a slow burner, notching 408 weeks on the Formal U.K. Singles Chart – almost eight whole years.

Provided that its release, “Mr Brightside” has accumulated five.57 million merged models, which consist of 1.066m gross sales and 530,340,000 streams, the Official Charts Enterprise testimonials, superior ample for third location on the all-time record of greatest songs, at the rear of Elton John’s “Something About the Way You Look Tonight”/”Candle in the Wind 1997.” That streaming tally sends it to No. five in the checklist of most-streamed music of all time in the U.K.

The greatest week (all through all formats) for “Mr Brightside” in the U.K. was July 2019, when it amassed 17,700 chart units following the Las Vegas act’s headline established at Glastonbury Competitors, while its most important 7 days of gross sales was registered in 2012, when the solitary was purchased and downloaded 125,200 situations.

On its 20th anniversary, “Mr Brightside” eclipses Oasis’ 1995 ballad “Wonderwall” for the uncommon honor. “Wonderwall,” lifted from the Manchester rock band’s sophomore album (What is the Tale) Morning Glory), peaked at No. two.

The OCC crunched the quantities and declared “Mr Brightside” is in reality gathering speed. Final 12 months observed the monitor create its most significant volume of streams, with 79.97 million performs, the OCC reports, and in 2024, blended weekly income and streams are up 23% year-on-calendar year.

The Killers will dish out the hits for the Rebel Diamonds Tour of the U.K. and Ireland this summer season time, which consists of 16 arena reveals.