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"My Own Soul's Warning" | ||||
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Single by the Killers | ||||
from the album Imploding the Mirage | ||||
Released | June 17, 2020 | |||
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Length | 4:34 | |||
Label | Island | |||
Songwriter(s) | Brandon Flowers | |||
Producer(s) | ||||
The Killers singles chronology | ||||
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First music video | ||||
"My Own Soul's Warning" on YouTube | ||||
Second music video | ||||
"My Own Soul's Warning" (Michael Hili Video) on YouTube |
"My Own Soul's Warning" is a song by American rock band the Killers from their sixth studio album, Imploding the Mirage (2020). It was released on June 17,2020,as the album's second single. [1] [2]
Album lead track,"My Own Soul's Warning" was written near the end of the Imploding the Mirage sessions,when frontman Brandon Flowers was worried that the album didn't have a single and he started to panic. [3] It was the final song written for the album. [4]
The band struggled to get the right mix for the song,going through nearly 90 mixes of it,with Flowers describing it as a “stubborn son of a bitch.” [3]
Writing about the song for Apple Music,Flowers said that the song was about "repentance",which he acknowledged is "not a typical subject in a pop or rock song". He said he wanted to "write something that was meaningful to myself and that felt like it was going to transcend and resonate with a lot of people in a stadium or inside their headphones." [5]
It is Flowers' favourite song on the Imploding the Mirage album. [3]
The band leaked the intro to the song during a live stream on Instagram in April 2020,two months before it was released. [6]
The cover artwork is by African-American artist Thomas Blackshear.
Two music videos have been made for the song.
The first music video,released via YouTube on July 16,2020,is a sneak peek from a forthcoming short film with director Sing Lee tied to the Killers' then-upcoming album Imploding the Mirage . [7] [1] The film will premiere on Apple Music. The music video has snippets reminding of an Americana theme. There are a number of stories going on. [8]
The second music video,directed by Michael Hili,premiered on YouTube on August 20,2020,just over a month after the first video. It features frontman Brandon Flowers and drummer Ronnie Vannucci Jr. going on a road trip together in a pickup truck through cornfields and snow-covered forests. [9]
Year | Ceremony | Award | Result |
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2021 | MTV Video Music Award | Best Rock | Nominated |
Uproxx listed it as No. 5 on its Best Songs of 2020. [10] NME listed it as No. 14 on its Best Songs of 2020. [11]
Credits adapted from the liner notes of Imploding the Mirage . [12]
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Chart (2020) | Peak position |
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Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [13] | 27 |
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [14] | 39 |
Canada Rock ( Billboard ) [15] | 4 |
Scotland (OCC) [16] | 23 |
Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade) [17] | 79 |
UK Singles (OCC) [18] | 84 |
US Adult Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [19] | 4 |
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [20] | 7 |
US Hot Rock & Alternative Songs ( Billboard ) [21] | 19 |
US Rock & Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [22] | 10 |
Chart (2020) | Position |
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US Adult Alternative Songs (Billboard) [23] | 35 |
US Alternative Songs (Billboard) [24] | 32 |
Region | Date | Format | Label | Ref. |
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Various | June 17, 2020 | Island |
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