All These Things That I’ve Done
The Killers
2004

I could've chosen almost any song from The Killers' debut album, Hot Fuss -- Somebody Told Me and Mr. Brightside are usually the crowd-pleasers but literally every other song on this album is fantastic -- and on that front was this the best album of the the ‘00s?  If there was something better please tell me. But this was ultimately a pretty easy call for me.  I love the single note that’s played five times on the piano before Brandon Flowers comes in to a gorgeous piano/organ intro (almost reminds me a bit of the intro to John Paul Jones/Led Zeppelin’s “Your Time Is Gonna Come,” though the solo here in not as amazing). And then that vocal culminates in the line “if you can hold on / hold on” (look at that symmetry with our #95 pick!) before the drums and guitar kick in. 

But the absolute best part of this song?  The bridge, man. “I got soul, but I’m not a soldier” sung repeatedly for like 10 times to just one guy strumming a single note on the guitar, and then the gospel choir joins in. Epic. 

My only lament is that I’ve never seen The Killers live. Somebody fix that for me.

Other Songs Considered:
Somebody Told Me, Mr. Brightside