The Story Behind The Timeless Anthem ‘Mr. Brightside’ by The Killers

it’s also a song that if you’ve heard it even one time, everyone’s imploring ‘You gotta play ‘Brightside.’” That could contribute to its towering demand at weddings; moreover, “Mr. Brightside” does not contain lyrics that are inherently offensive or exclusionary.If, say, in 2004, after you and your friends left the club in somebody’s mom’s minivan and were all sweaty and screaming and felt like your life was George W. Bush’s fault, you might have sworn to never play “Mr. Brightside” at any momentous life event of yours. But then, in 2011, you got married, and it was the best day ever, and you thought, “Actually maybe ‘Mr. Brightside’?”Maybe you even had some of your best friends in the wedding party come up to you and request the song. You said yes, because it’s a good song and you love it, and you don’t want to be a downer. Maybe, even in 2016, on a day when you participated in a Twitter mob while watching the Comey hearings with a hangover, somebody tweeted a photo from the reception and captioned it “Mr. Brightside: still the jam at everyone’s wedding,” and you laughed, because it’s true.In a way, it’s the perfect wedding song: It’s about craziness, about mixing up emotions and behavior and the people around you. And it’s about hope. It’s about love, and the next thing, whatever that is.Since the release of their first studio album in 2004, The Killers released “Mr. Brightside” on YouTube. This release coincides with AirPods reaching store shelves for the first time.