About this song
- "Kids" is a duet by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, released as the second single from Sing When You're Winning, Williams' fourth studio album. It was also included on Minogue's seventh studio album, Light Years and released as the third single on 9 October 2000.[1] Williams and then songwriting partner Guy Chambers co-wrote the song for Minogue. Williams liked the song enough to turn it into a duet. The track was written when Minogue approached Williams to write her some songs for what would be her first album under Parlophone, Light Years, it was then, when Williams felt the chemistry and decided to include the track on his album and release it as a single, it was an instant hit when it was released in October of that year. The song became a smash hit in the United Kingdom, reaching number-two and selling over 200,000 copies being certified Silver by the BPI.[2] The track also broke into the top ten in several other countries including New Zealand, Mexico and Argentina as well as hitting the top twenty in Australia, being certified Gold in the latter for sales over the 35,000 copies. The lyrics, although penned by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, makes numerous references to the careers of both Minogue and Williams. Minogue's lyric "I've been dropping beats since Back in Black" is a self-deprecating reference to her 1980s pop image when she was known as the singing budgie from Australia - "Back in Black" being a 1980s album by Australian band AC/DC and of a stark contrast to her own style at the time. A previous hit of Kylie's, Give Me Just a Little More Time is also referenced - Minogue sings 'you're dancing with the chairman of the board', Chairmen of the Board being the group that originally released the song before Minogue. "Chairman of the Board" is also a nickname for Williams' lifelong idol, Frank Sinatra. Later, in 2010, this song is used as the theme song of Junior Masterchef Australia. Williams and Minogue have only performed the song together on a few occasions. The most well known being at the 2000 MTV Europe Music Awards, they have also performed it on Top of the Pops twice and at one of Williams' concerts in Manchester in 2001. Both artists perform the song regularly when touring, one of their backing singers usually tends to sing it along with them. In one of the Sydney concerts of Minogue's Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour, U2 frontman Bono took Williams' place and performed it with her. Minogue's sister Dannii joined her to perform the song on a couple of shows in Minogue's Showgirl tour. . User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply. — lastfm
- "Kids" is a duet by English singer Robbie Williams and Australian singer Kylie Minogue. It was released on 9 October 2000 as the second single from Williams' third studio album, Sing When You're Winning, and the third single from Minogue's seventh studio album, Light Years. — wikipedia
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