One Of The Biggest Rock Songs This Century Finally Hits No. 1

"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers reaches No. 1 connected Billboard's Rock Streaming Songs floor plan decades aft its merchandise and hundreds of weeks aft its debut connected the tally. LAS VEGAS - DECEMBER 08: Musicians Mark Stoermer, Brandon Flowers, Ronnie Vannucci and David Keuning of The Killers poses for a image during the 2004 Billboard Music Awards astatine the MGM Grand Garden Arena connected December 8, 2004 successful Las Vegas, Nevada. (Photo by Frank Micelotta/Fox via Getty Images)

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Despite ranking arsenic 1 of the biggest stone bands successful America complete the past respective decades, the Killers person scored only 1 apical 10 deed connected the Billboard Hot 100. The group hardly collapsed into the region pinch “Mr. Brightside,” which peaked astatine No. 10 connected the ranking of the astir celebrated songs successful the United States.

Since its 2003 merchandise arsenic the first charismatic azygous from the Las Vegas-based band, “Mr. Brightside” has go not only the Killers’ signature song, but besides an enduring favourite among millions astir the world.

In the United Kingdom, it is the longest-charting deed of each time, and nonstop streaming besides keeps the classical coming connected respective Billboard tallies successful the U.S. week aft week. This frame, “Mr. Brightside” reaches caller peaks connected aggregate rankings – seemingly acknowledgment to its relationship to sports and the extremity of the World Cup – and yet rises to No. 1 connected a roster wherever it spent years climbing.

The Killers Finally Reach No. 1 pinch “Mr. Brightside”

“Mr. Brightside” lifts 1 abstraction from No. 2 to No. 1 connected the Rock Streaming Songs chart. The ranking focuses connected the most-streamed stone tracks successful the U.S., and it plays big to some caller arrivals and smashes released years, if not decades ago, connected a regular basis.

The azygous yet takes power of the tally successful its three-hundred-sixty-eighth week connected the roster. “Mr. Brightside” becomes the band’s first No. 1 connected the Rock Streaming Songs chart.

The Killers Reach New Peaks connected Multiple Charts

“Mr. Brightside” establishes caller precocious points connected different 2 Billboard rankings this week. The longtime favourite from the rockers rises from No. 20 to No. 17 connected the all-genre Streaming Songs chart.

The trim besides advances six spaces connected Billboard Global Excl. U.S., surging from No. 52 to No. 46. That roster uses income and streaming activity compiled from territories astir the world – though the U.S. is purposefully excluded from the chart.

“Mr. Brightside” Sits astatine Its All-Time Peak connected Several Lists

The Killers’ smash besides performs good connected different brace of charts published by Billboard this frame. “Mr. Brightside” rises from No. 4 to No. 3 connected the Alternative Streaming Songs chart, returning to its previously-established peak.

The way holds dependable astatine No. 27 connected the Billboard Global 200, which is arsenic precocious arsenic it has climbed. Unlike Billboard Global Excl. U.S., that ranking does see income and streams from America, arsenic good arsenic depletion from the remainder of the world.

“Mr. Brightside” is the only opus by the Killers ever to look connected the Streaming Songs, Rock Streaming Songs, Alternative Streaming Songs, Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S. rankings. As the tune lifts, the set hits caller profession peaks arsenic well.

The Killers Return With Hot Fuss

The continued – and possibly moreover shocking – fame of “Mr. Brightside” helps powerfulness its genitor album, Hot Fuss, find its measurement backmost to 1 Billboard chart. The postulation reenters the Top Rock Albums ranking astatine No. 24.

Hot Fuss simultaneously steps up connected 3 other, akin rosters. The full-length rises to Nos. 17, 29 and 104 connected the Top Alternative Albums, Top Rock & Alternative Albums and Billboard 200 charts, respectively.

“Mr. Brightside” remains the astir celebrated azygous from the project, but it is not the only azygous still drafting listeners to Hot Fuss. “Somebody Told Me,” “All These Things That I’ve Done” and “Smile Like You Mean It” besides helped move some the medium and the Killers into stone superstars.