Killers - Human or are we Hamsters ?

http://www.Nohype.ws Killers Are we Human or are we Hamsters? "Human" is a song by alternative rock band The Killers, and was released as the first single from the band's third studio album Day & Age. The song was leaked onto YouTube on September 21, 2008, a day before it was scheduled to be played for the first time on Zane Lowe's evening show on BBC Radio 1. It began receiving airplay on September 22, 2008, with a digital release on September 30, 2008. It became the third song by the band to enter the top 5 of the UK singles chart, (peaking at #3). It was their first top ten hit in the Netherlands (peaking at #3). The song has already sold more than one million copies. The song was released on a 7-inch picture disc throughout the world in various dates in November, with a B-side entitled "A Crippling Blow".

In an interview with Rolling Stone magazine's Smoking Section, Brandon Flowers described "Human" as "Johnny Cash meets the Pet Shop Boys". Flowers stated that the song was created with Stuart Price during their work with him on the Sawdust album, and has changed very little since then. He confessed to not putting it on Sawdust as "it was too good".

The cover art for the single is a portrait of the band's guitarist Dave Keuning, and is one of the four portraits drawn by Paul Normansell for the album.

On November 25, 2008, the song was available as downloadable content for the game Guitar Hero World Tour.

The music video for "Human" was released in mid-October 2008 and directed by Daniel Drysdale. It features the band performing the song in Goblin Valley State Park, Utah. The portraits of the band drawn for the album by Paul Normansell are shown in the video, such as when the band members hold the portraits in front of their faces. Various animals are also shown throughout the video, such as a white tiger and a cougar. The video ends with the band watching the sun setting in the desert, which turns into the album cover, also drawn by Paul Normansell.

An interview in The Observer newspaper stated that the track "is a cross between New Order and Bruce Springsteen - that should please fans of 'Mr. Brightside'." Chris Williams of Billboard gave a positive review, echoing The Observer's description of "merging a Boss-like melody over a New Order-injected rave-up." He also praised the song for "stretching the soundscape of alternative rock, which has increasingly become difficult to differentiate between mainstream rock".Music Radar complimented the song in their review of Day & Age, saying "A gentle, phased, clicky guitar riff opens this gorgeous nod to the gentle side of '80s new wave."Caryn Ganz with Rolling Stone gave the tune three-and-a-half stars, calling it "delicious."

"Human" was voted the Best Song of 2008 by the readers of Rolling Stone.

Lyrical confusion

There has been considerable confusion and debate over the line "Are we human or are we dancer?" in the song's chorus. Many have incorrectly heard "denser" instead of "dancer", a change which significantly alters the interpretation of the song's meaning. On the band's official website, the biography section states that Flowers is singing "Are we human, or are we dancer?" and also says that the lyrics were inspired by a disparaging comment made by Hunter S. Thompson.

Entertainment Weekly's Pop Watch section called this line the "silliest lyrics of the week". They were puzzled by the interpretation, stating "most dancers are generally human". Ganz with Rolling Stone called the line "classic Killers' nonsense."

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Flowers said that he was irritated over the confusion: "It's supposed to be a dance song, [the beat] goes with the chorus...If you can't put that together, you're an idiot. I just don't get why there's a confusion about it."

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[NoHype4u]

If you play the record backward you will distinctly hear the word prankster which would explain a lot.

[nuggieman4]

the song is about a comment sum author made in wich he sed america is raising a generation of dancers

[theultimatekoopa2]

Holy SHIT... you can hear a really loud clear "D" sound followed by an "a" sound, then a "n" sound, then a "s" sound, then an "er" sound. Dancer sounds nothing like Hamster.

[riniluna666]

I cant hear shit

[theultimatekoopa2]

@1bosslds It's actually dancer. It's supposed to be a dance song, the beat goes with the chorus...If you can't put that together, you're an idiot.

[theultimatekoopa2]

@MrLobsterbush It's dancer. Brandon Flowers said so.

[MrLobsterbush]

@theultimatekoopa2 not trying to troll but i think its actually supposed to be "denser" as in more then just what we appear. If you listen to it thinking denser it sounds right

[kalanosanchin]

@theultimatekoopa2 I want some of what your smoking

[1bosslds]

It's actually "denser." Apparently, we're denser:)

[jackTKbrightside]

@theultimatekoopa2 i think its ment to be a joke

[matekusz1]

Why so quiet?

[ElainaHuggable1BABW]

Right. To get this beeping straight, it is a joke, he / she probably didn't know how to change dancer into hamster, but we all agree it sounds cool WITH hamsters. It doesn't matter "if it is meant to be dancers", it's just FUNNY

[evilaphrodite]

we know its dancer, but hamster sounds funny