I have come to the conclusion that Mr Brightside by The Killers might just be the best song of the past ten years

Cancel culture is out of control!

saw one that was like "rock stars have all done terrible things! if you don't listen to anyone who's been cancelled then you can't listen to anyone! and anyway there are plenty that have done worse!"

"I listen to both kinds of music! Gary glitter *and* l0stpr0phets!"

The Killers released “Mr. Brightside” 20 years ago and hardly anybody cared.

sometimes you read a story and it feels like the first line invents a version of reality in order to facilitate the thesis, and this is one of those times...

my recollection is that this song was basically inescapable for at least a few months ... am i wrong?

I guess it was, but several months after release ...

The premise of this song becoming a "Don't Stop Believin'" or "Sweet Caroline" for a younger generation is interesting enough ... you really don't need that lead to make it work.

i remember hearing "somebody told me" first and then "mr. brightside" coming along in its wake. didn't realize that "brightside" was actually released first.

but yeah, as the article points out, it became a massive hot 100 hit and was an alt rock radio hit for some time beforehand

Of course it was huge in 2005. I karaoked it then and my version went top ten in 14 countries

I also heard Somebody Told Me first. It was definitely an omnipresent single for a while before I first heard Mr. Brightside.