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“Jenny Was a Friend of Mine” by The Killers
From the album Hot Fuss (2004)
“Jenny Was a Friend of Mine” by The Killers appears on 7 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 2005 and 2024. It was first released in 2004 on the album Hot Fuss. Its best result is #65 on the KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #187 alternative song of 2005 and #6,245 alternative song of all time.
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"Jenny Was a Friend of Mine" throws open the Killers' 2004 debut Hot Fuss, and it does it with a bassline: Mark Stoermer's part surges and sings, and it's still the thing people single out. He wrote the song with Brandon Flowers, who plays a boy hauled in for questioning over the murder of a girl named Jenny, telling his side of the story while the song refuses to say whether he did it. The idea came from the videotaped confession Robert Chambers gave police the morning after Jennifer Levin died.
Jeff Saltzman recorded it and produced it with the band, and Alan Moulder mixed it into a sleek, nervy slab of post-punk revival in E-flat minor. It was never a single, yet it stands among the band's most loved and best-reviewed songs.
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
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 65 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 106.7 Songs of 2005 | 107 |
| 2005 | 78 | Q101 Chicago, IL | Q101 Top 101 Songs of 2005 | 101 |
| 2005 | 75 | WFNX Boston, MA | WFNX Top 100 Songs of 2005 | 100 |
| 2005 | 207 | ModernRock.com Online | ModernRock.com Top 400 Songs of 2005 | 400 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 371 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 2006) | 500 |
| 2022 | 443 | 90.9 The Bridge | 90.9 The Bridge Top 909 Songs of the 2000s | 907 |
| 2024 | 300 | KEXP | The Best Opening Tracks of All Time | 738 |
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