“Shot At The Night” by The Killers

"Shot at the Night" was the fresh bait on Direct Hits, the Killers' second compilation, and the band unveiled it in September 2013, timed to the tenth anniversary of their first London show, with the track going straight to mainstream radio on Island. Brandon Flowers, Dave Keuning, Mark Stoermer and Ronnie Vannucci Jr. share the writing credit.

For the production they brought in M83's Anthony Gonzalez, who had opened for them on the Day & Age World Tour and whose name Island had put forward after M83's Hurry Up, We're Dreaming took off. Keuning called it a rare case of band and label seeing eye to eye, and Flowers praised Gonzalez as a real musician, not just a wizard with computers. It suits a song that leans all the way into the band's new wave side.

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