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“My Own Soul's Warning” by The Killers
From the album Imploding the Mirage (2020)
“My Own Soul's Warning” by The Killers appears on 12 radio countdowns from 12 stations in 2020. It was first released in 2020 on the album Imploding the Mirage. Its best result is #5 on the WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2020. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #22 alternative song of 2020 and #77 of the '20s.
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"My Own Soul's Warning" throws open Imploding the Mirage, the Killers' sixth album, and it nearly didn't exist: Brandon Flowers wrote it last, in a panic near the end of the sessions because he feared the record had no single. It went out as the album's second single in June 2020, after the band teased its intro on an Instagram live stream that April.
Flowers called it a song about repentance, hardly the usual subject for a rock song, and it's built big enough to carry that weight: heartland rock with Ronnie Vannucci Jr.'s drums, Rob Moose's strings and co-producer Jonathan Rado, working with Shawn Everett, playing nearly everything else, from guitar and piano to bass and cello. Getting it right took close to 90 mixes, and Flowers still names it his favorite on the album.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 8 | 91X San Diego, CA / Tijuana | 91X Top 91 Songs of 2020 | 91 |
| 2020 | 43 | CD101 Columbus, OH | CD101 Top 93 Songs of 2020 | 93 |
| 2020 | 121 | Lightning 100 Nashville, TN | Lightning 100 Top 200 Songs of 2020 | 199 |
| 2020 | 22 | 88.3 The Sting Cleveland, OH | 88.3 The Sting WBWC Top 88 Songs of 2020 | 88 |
| 2020 | 102.7 | 102.7 WEQX Southern Vermont and the Capital District of New York (Albany) | WEQX Top 102.7 of 2020 | 103 |
| 2020 | 21 | ALT 104.5 Philadelphia, PA | ALT 104.5 Top 50.5 Songs of 2020 | 51 |
| 2020 | 36 | WRNR 103.1 Annapolis, MD | WRNR Top 103.1 Songs of 2020 | 104 |
| 2020 | 84 | The Current Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN | The Current Top 89 Songs of 2020 | 89 |
| 2020 | 5 | 107.1 The Peak Westchester County, NY | WXPK Top 107 Songs of 2020 | 107 |
| 2020 | 29 | WFUV New York, NY | WFUV Top 90 Songs of 2020 | 90 |
| 2020 | 28 | X96 Salt Lake City, UT | X96 Top 50 Songs of 2020 | 50 |
| 2020 | 15 | Indie 102.3 Denver, CO | Indie 102.3 Top 102.3 Songs of 2020 | 103 |
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