Bones (The Killers song) Bones (The Killers song) "Bones" is a song by American rock band The Killers, written by lead singer Brandon Flowers, bassist Mark Stoermer and drummer Ronnie Vannucci. It is the eighth track on their second album "Sam's Town", released in October 2006. It was originally titled "It's Only Natural" in its early stages. Eventually, the song was released as the second single from "Sam's Town" in late November 2006. The single did not match the success of its predecessor and new center-piece track, "When You Were Young", only registering on "Billboard"'s Modern Rock Tracks chart in the United States at
The Killers band The Negative Ponies. The band were keen on Stoermer joining them on a permanent basis, but he was initially reluctant to commit. They had first approached him to be the second guitarist when they were considering turning the band into a five-piece, "possibly more like the Strokes, with a keyboard". Stoermer mentioned later on that he could also play bass. The band had continued as a three-piece trying out other bassists until November 2002, when Stoermer eventually accepted the invitation to join. According to Ryan Pardey who booked many of the band's early shows "They (The Killers) became a