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“Human” by The Killers
From the album Day & Age (2008)
“Human” by The Killers appears on 36 radio countdowns from 26 stations between 2008 and 2025. It was first released in 2008 on the album Day & Age. Its best result is #6 on the WERG Top 90 of 2009. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #13 alternative song of 2008, #4,233 alternative song of all time and #208 of the '00s.
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"Human" led the charge for Day & Age, the Killers' third album, in 2008, and it's the band going full disco-rock under the mirror ball: synths pulsing, the beat pumping, and a Brandon Flowers lyric that sounds like a man half lost on the dance floor. Stuart Price co-produced it with the band and mixed it, buffing everything to a high club gleam, and Robert Root engineered. The music is credited to Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. together.
Critics warmed to the songwriting, the influences it wore on its sleeve and the production. It gave the Killers their third UK top-5 single and their first top-10 hit in the Netherlands, and the 7-inch picture disc came backed with "A Crippling Blow".
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 83 | WFNX | WFNX Top 101 Songs of the Decade (December 2009) | 101 |
| 2009 | 238 | Live 105 | Live 105 Memorial 500 Song List (2009) | 500 |
| 2013 | 412 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2022 | 583 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2022 | 296 | X96 | X96 Top 500 Alternative Songs of All Time | 500 |
| 2024 | 282 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 131 | The Current | 893 Essential Songs of The Current: 2005 to Now | 893 |
| 2025 | 283 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 21st Century | 909 |
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