McFly will the cover contemporary classic that is The Killers' 'Mr Brightsize' on the b-side to their upcoming single 'I Wanna Hold You', which is out on 17 Oct. Explaining their decision to cover the track, McFly told NME: "It's a bloody good song and we all liked jamming it in rehearsal for the tour so we decided to record it. We all like The Killers and we love playing 'Mr Brightside' so it was an easy decision to use it as a B-side."
Presumably we don't need to remind you of the all round McFly love that exists here at CMU (revisit Monday's Daily if there is any doubt whatsoever), but it has to be said, the Killers cover isn't the greatest. Methinks the McFly boys lack the ingrained bitterness a la Brandon Flowers that is required to pull this one off. Though if McFly manage to turn their teenage fanbase onto the modern classic that is The Killer's 'Hot Fuss', then that will be a good thing. And their cover of The Who's 'Pinball Wizard' truly rocks.