"Mr. Brightside" by The Killers Overtakes "Wonderwall" As Biggest Song To Not Reach No. 1 in the UK
"I almost don’t feel so much of a part of it anymore!" 🔟🏆
As Mr Brightside is named the UK's Official biggest song yet to reach Number 1, @thekillers frontman Brandon Flowers discusses the track's legacy as The Official Chart's most enduring single. ❤️https://t.co/Ame8EO8QBf pic.twitter.com/ZsktHANrYj
- Official Charts (@officialcharts) May 9, 2024
The Killers' 2004 classic "Mr. Brightside" has overtaken Oasis's "Wonderwall" to become the biggest single to have never reached number one in the UK. The song originally only peaked at number 10 in the UK (and the US) - but has remained a popular song for years now.
Two decades after its first release, it's racked up 1.066m in physical/download sales and more than 530 million streams in the UK, according to the Official Charts Company (OCC).
It's also spent nearly eight years continuously inside the UK's top 100 - the most of any song ever. And when combined streams and physical sales are tallied up, it's the third-biggest song of all time in the UK, says the OCC.
Last year, these has-beens scrapped their upcoming eighth studio album in favor of more snooze music similar to 2021's Pressure Machine.
Destiny is calling, and @thekillers answered! Mr Brightside is Officially the biggest song of all time in the UK not to have reached Number 1 🤩
See all the incredible new stats behind the song, plus an exclusive interview with Brandon Flowers, here: https://t.co/G9C7rmrvVc pic.twitter.com/dluIoCD45n
- Official Charts (@officialcharts) May 9, 2024
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