For Reasons Unknown

Infobox Single
Name = For Reasons Unknown

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Artist = The Killers
from Album = Sam's Town
A-side = "For Reasons Unknown"
B-side = "Romeo and Juliet" (Live at Abbey Road Studios), "Sam's Town" (Live at Abbey Road Studios)
Released = start date|2007|6|25 (UK)
Format = 7", CD single, Digital download
Recorded =
Genre = Post-punk revival
Length = 3:32
Label = Mercury (UK)
Writer = Brandon Flowers
Producer = Flood, Alan Moulder, The Killers
Certification =
Last single = "Read My Mind" (2007)
This single = "For Reasons Unknown" (2007)
Next single = "Shadowplay" (2007)
Misc = Extra tracklisting
Album = Sam's Town
Type = studio
prev_track = "Bling (Confession of a King)"
prev_no = 4
this_track = "For Reasons Unknown"
track_no = 5
next_track = "Read My Mind"
next_no = 6

"For Reasons Unknown" is a song by Las Vegas-based rock band The Killers and was written by lead vocalist Brandon Flowers. It is the fifth track on their second album "Sam's Town", released in October 2006. The song was released as the fourth single from that album in the United Kingdom on June 25, 2007.cite web|title=THE NEXT UK SINGLE OUT 25th JUNE|accessdate=2007-05-19|url=http://www.thekillers.co.uk/]

When the song is played live, bassist Mark Stoermer plays guitar on this track, with vocalist Brandon Flowers playing the bass.

It became their lowest charting single in the UK to date, peaking at #53 on July 1, 2007. It spent only one week in the UK Top 75. This song was #78 on "MTV Asia"'s list of Top 100 Hits of 2007. [MTV Asia. [http://www.mtvasia.com/Funstuff/Contests/MTVTop100Hits2007/top100.html "Top 100 Hits List"] . Retrieved 2007-12-27] Singer Brandon Flowers has stated that they did not "promote" the single like previous ones, stating four singles for an album was too much.

The B-sides are a cover of Dire Straits' "Romeo and Juliet" and an acoustic version of "Sam's Town" both recorded live at Abbey Road Studios for the Channel 4 show "Live from Abbey Road".

Track listing

UK CD:
# "For Reasons Unknown" - 3:31
# "Romeo and Juliet" (Live at Abbey Road Studios) - 5:25

UK 7":
# "For Reasons Unknown" - 3:31
# "Sam's Town" (Live at Abbey Road Studios) - 5:25

Music video

The video was premiered in UK on May 18 and it can be seen on International Music Feed and MTV Two as well as various other UK music channels. The video is shot in black and white, and has already premiered on MuchMusic in Canada. It has also been put up on YouTube. It features the band as cowboys in a desert. The video premiered on Australian music channels on start date|2007|8|3.

References