<P> The song received positive reviews from contemporary critics . An interview in The Observer newspaper stated that the track "is a cross between New Order and Bruce Springsteen - that should please fans of' Mr. Brightside' ." Chris Williams of Billboard gave a positive review, echoing The Observer's description of "merging a Boss - like melody over a New Order - injected rave - up ." He also praised the song for "stretching the soundscape of alternative rock, which has increasingly become difficult to differentiate between mainstream rock . With this amazing, heart - warming, soul - crushing song the Killers may have altered music history, or perhaps the history of mankind itself . Never has such a scrumptious buffet of postmodernism, 19th century Hungarian ethics, and falling rose petals been so beautifully presented ." Music Radar complimented the song in their review of Day & Age, saying "A gentle, phased, clicky guitar riff opens this gorgeous nod to the gentle side of' 80s new wave ." Caryn Ganz with Rolling Stone gave the tune three - and - a-half stars, calling it "delicious ." "Human" was voted the Best Song of 2008 by the readers of Rolling Stone . </P> <P> In 2010, a vote by listeners to UK radio station XFM polled the song at #97 in their poll of the Top 1,000 Songs of All Time . In December 2009 it was voted the 25th Best Song of the Decade by listeners of UK music station Absolute Radio . In October 2011, NME placed it at number 144 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years". </P> <P> There was confusion and debate over the line "Are we human, or are we dancer?" in the song's chorus due to its grammar . Debate raged across the Internet over whether the lyric said "dancer", "dancers" or "denser", a misunderstanding which elicited conflicting interpretations of the song's meaning . On the band's official website, the biography section states that Flowers is singing "Are we human, or are we dancer?" and also says that the lyric was inspired by a disparaging comment made by Hunter S. Thompson, who stated that America was "raising a generation of dancers". From an interview: </P> <P> Flowers is irritated that people don't quite seem to get the lyric, and that fans were unhappy with the song's dance beat . "It's supposed to be a dance song, it goes with the chorus," he says . "If you can't put that together, you're an idiot . I just don't get why there's a confusion about it ." </P>

Who sings are we human or are we dancer