"All These Things That I've Done" | ||||
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from the album Hot Fuss | ||||
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Released | August 30, 2004 | |||
Studio | The Hearse, Berkeley, California | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
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Songwriter(s) | Brandon Flowers | |||
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"All These Things That I've Done" on YouTube |
"All These Things That I've Done" is a song by American rock band the Killers. The song was released as the third single from the band's debut studio album, Hot Fuss (2004), on August 30, 2004. It was written by frontman Brandon Flowers and features gospel choir The Sweet Inspirations. The song is about television host Matt Pinfield, and his work with the US Army, as part of a program that mentored wounded/PTSD-stricken soldiers returning from Iraq.[1]
"All These Things That I've Done" was released as the third single from Hot Fuss in 2004 in the United Kingdom and as the fourth single in the United States and Australia in 2005, peaking at number 74 on the US Billboard Hot 100, number 42 on the Australian ARIA Charts and number 18 on the UK Singles Chart.[2][better source needed] The song features the central lyric of "You gotta help me out", and an extended refrain of "I got soul, but I'm not a soldier".