The Killers covered by McFly

The Killers have been covered by pop group McFly.

The teen band have taken on the Las Vegas group's track ‘Mr Brightside’ on the B-side to their upcoming single ‘I Wanna Hold You’.

Speaking about their decision to record The Killers tune, McFly told NME.COM: “It's a bloody good song and we all liked jamming it in rehearsal for the tour so we decided to record it.”

They added: “We all like The Killers and we love playing ‘Mr Brightside’ so it was an easy decision to use it as a B-side."

One music industry source who's had sneak preview of the cover told NME.COM: “It’s a fairly faithful cover, but McFly’s version strips out the synths, adds some rather weedy vocal harmonies and is more pop punk-lite than The Killers’ stomping 80s-tinged arrangement.”

They added: “Killers fans will probably cringe, and it won’t fill indie disco dancefloors as efficiently as the original.”

‘I Wanna Hold You’ hits the shops on October 17.