"My Own Soul's Warning" is a song by American

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from their sixth studio album, ''

Imploding the Mirage ''Imploding the Mirage'' is the sixth studio album by American rock band the Killers, released on August 21, 2020, by Island Records in the United States and internationally by EMI. To date, it is the band's only album without lead guitarist D ...

'' (2020). It was released on June 17, 2020, as the album's third single.

Background

Album lead track, "My Own Soul's Warning" was written near the end of the ''Imploding the Mirage'' sessions, when frontman

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was worried that the album didn't have a single and he started to panic. It was the final song written for the album. The band struggled to get the right mix for the song, going through nearly 90 mixes of it, with Flowers describing it as a “stubborn son of a bitch.” Writing about the song for

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, Flowers said that the song was about "repentance", which he acknowledged is "not a typical subject in a pop or rock song". He said he wanted to "write something that was meaningful to myself and that felt like it was going to transcend and resonate with a lot of people in a stadium or inside their headphones." It is Flowers' favourite song on the ''

'' album. The band leaked the intro to the song during a live stream on Instagram in April 2020, two months before it was released. The cover artwork is by American artist Thomas Blackshear.

Music videos

Two music videos have been made for the song.

First video

The first music video, released via

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on July 16, 2020, is a sneak peek from a forthcoming short film with director Sing Lee tied to the Killers' then-upcoming album ''

''. The film will premiere on

. The music video has snippets reminding of an Americana theme. There are a number of stories going on.

Second video

The second music video, directed by Michael Hili, premiered on YouTube on August 20, 2020, just over a month after the first video. It features frontman

and drummer

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going on a road trip together in a pickup truck through cornfields and snow-covered forests.

Awards and accolades

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'' listed it as No. 5 on its Best Songs of 2020. ''

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'' listed it as No. 14 on its Best Songs of 2020.

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of ''

''.

Recording locations

* Recorded at Subtle McNugget Studios (Los Angeles),

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(Los Angeles), and

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(Las Vegas) * Mixed at Subtle McNugget Studios (Los Angeles) and Effie Street Studios (Los Angeles) * Mastered at The Lodge (New York City)

Personnel

The Killers *

– vocals, synth, organ, glockenspiel *

– drums, percussion Additional personnel *

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– production, bass, organ, guitar, cello, string synth, piano *

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– production, recording, mixing * Ivan Wayman – engineering * Robert Root – engineering *

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– mixing * Bobby Lee Parker – guitar *

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– strings *

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– keys *

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– acoustic guitar *

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– mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Release history

References

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