Read My Mind (song)

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"Read My Mind"
"Read My Mind" cover
Single by The Killers
from the album Sam's Town
Released February 13, 2007 (U.S.)
February 26, 2007 (UK)
Format Download, 7", CD
Genre Rock
Length 4:06
Label Island (U.S.), Mercury (UK)
Writer(s) Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer
Producer(s) Flood, Alan Moulder, The Killers
Chart positions
The Killers singles chronology
"A Great Big Sled"
(December 2006)		 "Read My Mind"
(February 2007)		 "For Reasons Unknown"
(TBA)
Sam's Town track listing
"For Reasons Unknown"
(5)		 "Read My Mind"
(6)		 "Uncle Jonny"
(7)

"Read My Mind" is a song by Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers and is the sixth track on their second album Sam's Town, released in October 2006. This song has also been released as part of an iTunes EP on February 13, 2007, featuring an acoustic version and two remixes. It was also released as the third single from Sam's Town in the United Kingdom on February 26, 2007.[1][2][3]

Neil Tennant and Chris Lowe (of Pet Shop Boys) saw The Killers in concert at Brixton Academy at the end of November 2006, where the idea of a remix for "Read My Mind" was discussed between the two parties. The resulting remix, "Pet Shop Boys Stars Are Blazing Mix" featuring additional vocals by Tennant and Lowe, is one of the B-sides for the single.[1][4]

In an interview with Chicago radio station Q101, Brandon Flowers called "Read My Mind" the best song that the band had ever written. It was also listed as #12 on Rolling Stone's 100 Best Songs of 2006 even though Sam's Town had previously received negative reviews from the magazine.

Contents

[edit] Track listings

[edit] American versions

  1. "Read My Mind" - 4:03
  1. "Read My Mind" (Pet Shop Boys Stars Are Blazing Mix) - 7:19
  2. "Read My Mind" (Steve Bays Remix) - 3:30
  3. "Read My Mind" (Like Rebel Diamonds Mix) - 4:11

[edit] British versions

  • 7" 6 02517 24568 6[7]
  1. "Read My Mind" - 4:03
  2. "Read My Mind" (Steve Bays Remix) - 3:30
  1. "Read My Mind" - 4:03
  2. "Read My Mind" (Pet Shop Boys Stars Are Blazing Mix) (Edit) - 4:02

[edit] European versions

  1. "Read My Mind" (Album Version) - 4:03
  2. "Read My Mind" (Pet Shop Boys Radio Edit) - 4:02
  3. "Read My Mind" (Pet Shop Boys Instrumental) - 7:21
  4. "Read My Mind" (Video)

[edit] Video

The video for "Read My Mind" was shot in Tokyo on January 10, 2007, shortly before the band embarked on their latest round of touring to New Zealand and Australia, and directed by Diane Martel. In an interview, Brandon Flowers called the tune "kind of our favorite song" and promised the clip would find the band "in Tokyo, on bikes."[11]

The video premiered on February 8, 2007, on MTV's Total Request Live as part of their "Spankin' New Music Week."[12] The video is largely unrelated to the song, and finds The Killers in Tokyo, seemingly just having a good time and carrying out activities synonymous with the freedom of youth. These include riding different bicycles, namely a penny-farthing, recumbent bicycle, a low-rider, and a regular bicycle decorated with ram's horns, through the Tokyo streets. The band are also seen in a traditional arcade playing session GuitarFreaks and Drummania, playing with leaves in a Tokyo park with some Japanese school children, and interacting with Japanese cartoon character Gachapin. The various scenes are intercut with footage of Flowers singing in the middle of the city at a traffic interchange. The video ends with the four members of the band in a capsule hotel.

On the March 24, 2007 episode of VH1's Top 20 Countdown, "Read My Mind" was number one which was the first time for a Killers' video.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b The Killers announce new single. NME (2007-01-17).
  2. ^ The Killers reveal next single. Virgin.net (2007-01-07). Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  3. ^ The Killers Set To Release Another Single. Angry Ape UK (2007-01-07). Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  4. ^ Rudden, Liam (2006-12-29). Bells ring out for a double from heaven. Living Scotsman. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  5. ^ The Killers Read My Mind USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (386135).
  6. ^ Read My Mind-Remixes Sampler - CD - Killers.
  7. ^ HMV.co.uk: singles: Read My Mind (2007).
  8. ^ HMV.co.uk: singles: Read My Mind (2007).
  9. ^ The Killers Read My Mind UK 5" CD SINGLE (388204).
  10. ^ Amazon.de: singles: Read My Mind (2007).
  11. ^ Moss, Corey (2007-01-05). Killers Hop On Bikes In Tokyo For "Read My Mind" video. MTV. Retrieved on 2007-01-07.
  12. ^ http://www.mtv.com/#/ontv/spankin_new/2007/

[edit] External link

The Killers
Brandon Flowers | Dave Keuning | Mark Stoermer | Ronnie Vannucci Jr.
Discography
Albums: Hot Fuss | Sam's Town
Singles: "Somebody Told Me" | "Mr. Brightside" | "All These Things That I've Done" | "Smile Like You Mean It" | "When You Were Young" | "Bones" | "A Great Big Sled" | "Read My Mind" | "For Reasons Unknown"
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