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“A Dustland Fairytale” by The Killers
From the album Day & Age (2008)
“A Dustland Fairytale” by The Killers appears on 8 radio countdowns from 8 stations in 2009. It was first released in 2008 on the album Day & Age. Its best result is #38 on the WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #86 alternative song of 2009.
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"A Dustland Fairytale" comes from Day & Age, the Killers' third studio album, released in 2008, and it became the fourth single from the record in 2009. Stuart Price produced it with the band and mixed it too, and Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. share the writing credit.
Day & Age found the band chasing new sounds, but this one looks backward. Flowers turns his mother and father into the heroine and the prince of a fairy tale, and he later admitted it was him not quite letting go of Sam's Town: more a continuation of that album than a reaction against it, and one of his more personal stories. In 2009 the band played it on the Late Show with David Letterman with an orchestra behind them.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 76 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2009 | 91 |
| 2009 | 49 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2009 | 51 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 101 Songs of 2009 | 101 |
| 2009 | 46 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2009 | 88 |
| 2009 | 38 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2009 | 103 |
| 2009 | 83 | 90.5 WERG Erie, PA | WERG Top 90 of 2009 | 90 |
| 2009 | 92 | 99 Rock Lebanon-Hanover-White River Junction, NH-VT | 99Rock WFRD Top 99 of 2009 | 99 |
| 2009 | 60 | WBRU Providence, RI | WBRU Top 95.5 Songs of 2009 | 96 |
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