Sneak Peek: Mr. Brightside (Patreon)

I was a teenager when Mr. Brightside came out, and if I'm being honest, most of the music that came out when I was a teenager didn't really have much staying power. Like, I still love a lot of it, but even the biggest hits of the era, at least in rock music, seem to have largely faded from the public consciousness. So why is Mr. Brightside different? How has it managed to so quickly establish itself as a timeless icon when it sounds so thoroughly dated? It's clearly of its era, and yet it's transcended it in a way that few other songs from that movement have. But why?