Killers Recognized By Guinness

The Killers’ song “Mr. Brightside” is being recognized by Guinness World Records for its extraordinary chart success in the United Kingdom.

As of July 4, the track has spent a total of 416 weeks on the UK singles chart, making it the longest stay by a group.

“Mr. Brightside” has also spent the most cumulative weeks on the UK charts for a single song, amounting to almost eight years.

Frontman Brandon Flowers talked to Guinness about the song saying, “I’s tough not to be touched by it or be excited by it and there’s going to be people tonight who’ve never seen it live, there’ll be some people who’ve seen it 45 times. And we just don’t get tired of it.”

After eight years on the national chart, “Mr. Brightside” is acclaimed as one of the UK’s all-time top three singles for combined units and is among the top five most-streamed songs.

Speaking of successful songs, Metallica’s self-titled album ‘Metallica,’ aka ‘The Black Album,’ has become the fourth release in American chart history to spend 750 weeks on the Billboard chart. 

Released in August 1991, the record sold over 30 million copies worldwide, including 16 million in the US.

The album hit the 750-week landmark on the Billboard 200 yesterday which is equivalent to 14 years and five months.

‘The Black Album’ follows in the footsteps of Pink Floyd’s 1973 record ‘The Dark Side Of The Moon,’ which has 990 weeks on the Billboard 200 chart.

The only other two albums to surpass the 750-week milestone are Bob Marley’s greatest hits collection ‘Legend’ and Journey’s 1988 ‘Greatest Hits.’