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“Miss Atomic Bomb” by The Killers
From the album Battle Born (2012)
“Miss Atomic Bomb” by The Killers appears on 5 radio countdowns from 5 stations in 2012. It was first released in 2012 on the album Battle Born. Its best result is #24 on the WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #91 alternative song of 2012.
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"Miss Atomic Bomb" was the second single the Killers pulled from Battle Born, their fourth album, and it went out to mainstream radio in October 2012. Brandon Flowers wrote it with Ronnie Vannucci Jr. and sings it; Stuart Price produced and mixed it and played extra keyboards, with Robert Root recording. Rolling Stone's readers went on to vote it the best song of 2012 in the magazine's poll.
The official video, directed by Warren Fu, who had also shot the clip for "Runaways", is part live action and part animation, and it picks the "Mr. Brightside" story back up: the same love triangle, with Izabella Miko and Eric Roberts stepping back into their old roles. On screen, at least, that makes it the widescreen sequel to the band's 2004 hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 43 | KROQ Los Angeles, CA | KROQ Top 50 Songs of 2012 | 50 |
| 2012 | 54 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2012 | 91 |
| 2012 | 25 | 96.5 The Buzz Kansas City, MO-KS | 96.5 The Buzz Top 96 Songs of 2012 | 96 |
| 2012 | 36 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | Radio 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2012 | 51 |
| 2012 | 24 | WTMD Baltimore, MD | WTMD Top 89 Songs of 2012 | 89 |
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