Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll

"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll"
Promotional single by The Killers
from the album Hot Fuss
Released2004
RecordedMarch–April 2003
StudioCornerstone Studios
(Berkeley, California)
Genre
Length4:15
LabelLizard King
Songwriters
Producers
  • Jeff Saltzman
  • The Killers
Audio video
"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" on YouTube

"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" is a song by American rock band the Killers, included as a bonus track on the vinyl of their debut studio album, Hot Fuss (2004) on European editions, and replacing "Change Your Mind" on the UK and Australian editions. The song was issued as a promotional single in the United Kingdom in 2004.

Overview

The lyrics are an ironic take on hipster culture. In August 2009, frontman Brandon Flowers told Time Out Chicago: "There's so much snobbery. You go through high school and all the paranoia and crap that goes with that. It's bullshit. I just didn't want to be like that. We like big songs and we're going to embrace it."[1] The Killers' former tour manager Ryan Pardey said that the song was written about the band's early performances at Cafe Espresso Roma, which Pardey owned. Pardey described customers as "drinking coffee and reading the newspaper while The Killers played at Roma", remarking that "[e]veryone was too cool for school and not paying attention to them when they played."[2]

In an interview with Rolling Stone in September 2009, Flowers cited "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" as his least favorite Killers song, stating that hearing the song makes him want to "crawl under a rock".[3] However, in a comeback show in 2011 at London's Scala, The Killers played the song live for the first time in four years, since the earlier legs of the Sam's Town Tour. The following day, The Killers opened with "Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" during their headlining act at Hard Rock Calling in Hyde Park, London.

Release and reception

"Glamorous Indie Rock & Roll" was released as a promotional single in the United Kingdom in 2004, due to its popularity among fans. It became a regular number in the setlist until the end of the Sam's Town Tour.

A re-recorded version of the song is featured on the band's 2007 compilation album Sawdust.

Although not officially a single in the United States, the song reached number 13 on the Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles chart and number 71 on the Billboard Pop 100 chart.

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 (Billboard)[4]13
US Digital Song Sales (Billboard)[5]62
US Pop 100 (Billboard)[6] 71

References

  1. ↑ DiCrescenzo, Brent (August 2, 2009). "Interview with Brandon Flowers of the Killers". Time Out Chicago. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  2. ↑ Pizzo, Mike “DJ” (2016-04-11). "The Night The Killers Left Las Vegas". Cuepoint. Retrieved 2026-07-20.
  3. ↑ Scaggs, Austin (September 17, 2009). "Q&A: Brandon Flowers". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  4. ↑ "The Killers Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  5. ↑ "The Killers Chart History (Digital Song Sales)". Billboard. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Hot Fuss – The Killers | Awards". AllMusic. Archived from the original on January 3, 2015. Retrieved March 3, 2016.
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