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| "Somebody Told Me" | ||||
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 UK 2004 release artwork | ||||
| Single by the Killers | ||||
| from the album Hot Fuss | ||||
| B-side |
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| Released | March 15, 2004[1] | |||
| Studio | The Hearse, Berkeley, California | |||
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| Length | 3:17 | |||
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| Producer(s) | The Killers | |||
| The Killers singles chronology | ||||
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| "Somebody Told Me" on YouTube | ||||
"Somebody Told Me" is a song by American rock band the Killers. It was released as the second official single from the group's debut studio album Hot Fuss (2004), and was written by band members Brandon Flowers, Mark Stoermer, Dave Keuning and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. In an interview with Rolling Stone, Brandon Flowers said: "This is the story of trying to meet someone in a club."[2] It is written in the key of B-flat minor.
The single peaked at number 51 on the United States Billboard Hot 100. In the United Kingdom, it charted at number 28 upon its first release in March 2004, becoming the band's first hit in the Top 40, it was then re-released in January 2005 and reached number three.
In Australia, the song was ranked number four on Triple J's Hottest 100 of 2004. In 2009, it was voted at number nine in XFM's Top 100 Songs of the Decade.
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