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| Length = | Writer = | Label = | Producer = The Killers | Certification = 3x Platinum (RIAA) | This single = "Mr. Brightside" (2003) | Next single = "Somebody Told Me" (2004) }} "Mr. Brightside" is a song by American rock band The Killers. It was released as the band's debut single and is featured on their debut studio album ''Hot Fuss'' (2004). Written by band members Brandon Flowers and Dave Keuning, the song was originally released on September 29, 2003 and achieved minor success. It became more popular upon its re-release in 2004, peaking at number 10 in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Two music videos were made for the song: the first, which is in black-and-white, features the band performing in an empty room. The second, filmed for the re-release, is based on the 2001 film ''Moulin Rouge!''. This was the first song that the band ever wrote.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url = http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/12/mr-brightside-history_n_3586432.html )〕 "Mr. Brightside" was named "Song of the Decade" by UK radio stations Absolute Radio and XFM, and in April 2010 Last.fm revealed that it was the most listened to track since the launch of the online music service, with over 12.2 million plays.〔()〕 In October 2010, it was voted ninth in the Greatest Guitar Riffs of the 21st Century so far by ''Total Guitar'' magazine. It is The Killers' best-selling song in the US, where it has sold over 3 million copies. In the United Kingdom it is one of the top fifteen most downloaded rock tracks ever.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Sex On Fire' revealed as UK's most downloaded rock song ever )〕 ==History== Lyrically, "Mr. Brightside" depicts the jealousy and paranoia of a man who suspects his significant other is cheating on him. The song is inspired by an unfaithful ex-girlfriend of frontman Brandon Flowers. Guitarist Dave Keuning composed the song's verses before meeting Flowers. Flowers then wrote lyrics and composed the chorus after hearing Keuning's ideas. Flowers credits the speed of the song's creation for the fact that the song only has one verse. He says "We went in and made demos pretty quickly after that, and it took a ton of time. That’s also why there’s not a second verse... I just didn’t have any other lines and it ended up sticking."〔Carley, Brennan (May 8, 2015). ("Brandon Flowers Lists His 10 Favorite Brandon Flowers Songs." ) SPIN. Retrieved June 6, 2015.〕 In their first performance together as The Killers, Flowers and Keuning played Mr. Brightside as part of a two-song open-mic night set at Las Vegas' Cafe Roma. Of the performance, Flowers says "It was terrible, awful." In November 2001, the group had recorded "Mr. Brightside" along with three other demos including "Desperate", "Replaceable", and "Under the Gun" at Mike Sak's Kill the Messenger Studio in Henderson, Nevada. They handed out a demo of the song for free during their shows in 2002. "Mr. Brightside" became a popular song within the Las Vegas music scene with one reviewer calling it a "feel-good anthem that ranks as one of the best local tracks in a long time." After signing with UK indie label Lizard King Records, the track was sent to radio as a buzz single and it received frequent spins by influential BBC Radio 1 DJ's Zane Lowe and Steve Lamacq as well as being play-listed by XFM. In a glowing review, ''NME'' said the song was filled with "ambition, sex, and noise". An early demo of the song featured Dave Keuning on bass and Matt Norcross on drums, before Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci were members of the band. The original demo was officially released on the 2013 compilation album, ''Direct Hits''. A remix of the song by Stuart Price was featured on The Killers' 2007 B-side and rarities compilation ''Sawdust''. During the tour for Brandon Flowers's solo record, he performed the remix version with Stuart Price during his show at Brixton Academy and has since performed it on his tour as the show closer, again in the remix form. On The Killers' 2012 album ''Battle Born'', they released "Miss Atomic Bomb", which is considered a companion song to "Mr. Brightside" lyrically. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Mr. Brightside」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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