The World We Live In (song)

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"The World We Live In"
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Single by The Killers
from the album Day & Age
B-side "Joy Ride - Night Version"
ReleasedMay 18, 2009
Recorded2008
Genre Synthpop
Length4:40
Label Island
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
The Killers singles chronology
"Joseph, Better You than Me"
(2008)
"The World We Live In"
(2009)
"A Dustland Fairytale"
(2009)

"The World We Live In" is a song by American rock band The Killers, taken from the band's third studio album Day & Age (2008), it was released as the third single in the UK and Europe. In North America and the rest of the world, "A Dustland Fairytale" is the third single. [1]

Contents

Music video

The video was directed by Danny Drysdale, who also directed the music video "Human" from the same album. It was shot in Banff, Alberta, Canada in April 2009 and was premiered on MTV Two on May 15, 2009. [2]

A book in the video titled The Wilder side of Gold and Glitz is taken from a lyric from "Neon Tiger".

TV performances

On May 29, The Killers performed "The World We Live In" on UK TV show Friday Night with Jonathan Ross . They also performed "Human" and an impromptu "Mr. Brightside" and "When You Were Young". [3] [4] Frontman Brandon Flowers was also interviewed. [5]

In July 2009, the song was used by ITV4 in their closing montage of coverage of the Tour de France 2009.

On September 8, 2009, the song was heard in the closing montage of the series premiere of Melrose Place .

Track list

  1. "The World We Live In" - 4:40
  2. "Joy Ride - Night Version" - 7:16 (free download with 7" vinyl) [6]

Chart performance

Chart (2009)Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40 Tipparade) [7] 2
Slovakia (Rádio Top 100) [8] 78
Switzerland Airplay (Schweizer Hitparade) [9] 58
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company) [10] 82

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
Worldwide November 23, 2008Digital download Island Records
Europe June 19, 2009Digital EP
United Kingdom May 18, 20097 inch vinyl Mercury Records

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