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
Rhythm Killers critics and was ranked in year-end lists by "NME" magazine and "Village Voice" critic Robert Christgau, who named it the seventh best record of 1987. Encouraged by its success, Sly and Robbie continued their digital direction on subsequent albums. "Rhythm Killers" has since been out of print. Amid their prolific reggae output as sessions musicians, solo artists, and production duo, Sly and Robbie—drummer Sly Dunbar and bassist Robbie Shakespeare—opened their own record label Taxi Records and attained a distribution deal with Island Records during the early 1980s. After Island founder and executive Chris Blackwell hired them to work with singer