Kids (Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue song)

"Kids"
Single by Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue
from the album Sing When You're Winning and Light Years
B-side
  • "John's Gay"
  • "Often"
  • "Karaoke Star"
  • "Kill Me or Cure Me"
Released9 October 2000 (2000-10-09)
Studio
Genre
Length
  • 4:47 (album version)
  • 4:19 (radio edit)
LabelChrysalis
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
Robbie Williams singles chronology
"Rock DJ"
(2000) 		"Kids"
(2000) 		"Supreme"
(2000)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"On a Night Like This"
(2000) 		"Kids"
(2000) 		"Please Stay"
(2000)
Music video
"Kids" on YouTube

"Kids" is a duet between singers Robbie Williams and Kylie Minogue, released on 9 October 2000 as the second single from Williams' third studio album, Sing When You're Winning, and as the third single from Minogue's seventh studio album, Light Years.[3]

Williams and his then-songwriting partner Guy Chambers co-wrote the song for Minogue after she approached Williams to write her some songs for her first album under Parlophone, Light Years. Feeling the chemistry between both himself and Minogue, he decided to turn the song into a duet, include the track on his album, and release it as a single. His rap verse on the song comparing himself to Sean Connery and including the line "Press be asking do I care for sodomy/I don't know/Yeah, probably"[4] was entirely removed for radio play and the version on Minogue's album.[5]

Minogue and Williams re-recorded "Kids" with an updated, funkier arrangement for Williams' compilation album, XXV, released on 9 September 2022.[6]

  1. ^ Sendra, Tim. Kylie Minogue - Step Back in Time: The Definitive Collection (2019): Review at AllMusic. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
  2. ^ Petridis, Alexis (22 August 2022). "Robbie Williams' 20 greatest songs – ranked!". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Kids | Kylie Minogue". Archived from the original on 25 March 2012. Retrieved 8 November 2012.
  4. ^ "Rob's Bum Rap". NME. 25 July 2000. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  5. ^ "Kylie Loses Robbie's Rude Rap". NME. 14 September 2000. Retrieved 4 August 2022.
  6. ^ "Robbie Williams – XXV". Retropop. 6 September 2022. Retrieved 31 December 2022.