“I never get bored of singing it,” frontman Brandon Flowers told Spin in 2015.
Intriguing that Mr Brightside was also the first song they wrote as a band.
“When I first heard those chords, I wrote the lyrics down and we didn’t waste much time,” he told Spin in 2015. “That’s also why there’s not a second verse. The second is the same as the first. I just didn’t have any other lines and it ended up sticking.”
The duo quickly made a rough demo (eventually released on the Direct Hits compilation), and while the crude recording lacks the punch and polish of the finished product, its potential is all there: the instant sing-along factor, the sense of urgency, and the bittersweet flavour of betrayal.
Personally I will never forget Jack Riewoldt singing the song after the AFL Grand Final.