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"Kids"
Song

"Kids" is the third single from MGMT's album Oracular Spectacular. It was released as a single on October 13, 2008.[1] The song was written about Andrew Wood, the late frontman of late eighties hard rock band, Mother Love Bone.[citation needed] The band are currently suing the President of France over his illegal usage of the song.[2]

Overview

Rolling Stone's Kevin O'Donnell described the song as "a noisy New Order-style synth jam".[3]

The version that appears on Oracular Spectacular is updated from earlier versions that appear on the group's EPs Time to Pretend (2005) and We (Don't) Care (2004). A track entitled "Kids (Afterschool Dance Megamix)" appears on the album Climbing to New Lows (2005).

An acoustic version of "Kids" was recorded by The Kooks in August 2008,[4] to appear on the next volume of Triple J's cover compilation Like a Version. Another acoustic version by Australian singer Ben Lee appears on the bonus CD from his 2009 album The Rebirth of Venus.

Reception

The single received considerable airplay in the US, UK, Ireland and Australia before the release date, charting in the UK, Ireland and Australia. In Australia, "Kids" debuted before the release date at number 89, and currently it has peaked at number 30, currently playing on radio stations like Nova.

The song got to the number one spot on the Norwegian chart, based on downloads alone. This made some controversy about how reliable the chart was, as the song had not been playlisted on any major radio stations and it disappeared from the chart the next week.[5]

A Soulwax remix of the song was heavily played on UK radio ahead its official release as well.

The track is also featured on the playlist of the videogame FIFA 09 and in the 2008 film American Teen. The song is also featured in the Quicksilver and Red Bull movie from 2008. Title: That's It That's All. "Kids" has also been featured on the second episode of Paris Hilton's My British Best Friend.

To date, the single has peaked at #11 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, where "Time to Pretend" had previously peaked at #23 [6].

NME named it the number-one song on its list of the Best Singles of 2008[7]

Two months after exiting the UK Top 40, the song featured in an advert for the BBC1 program Waterloo Road. From this the song gained renewed interest, re-entering the UK Top 40, and on 16 January 2009, the song reached its highest position to date of 16. This also assisted sales for the album Oracular Spectacular, which reached its highest UK position of 8.

"Kids" came in at #5 on Australia's Triple J Hottest 100 countdown for 2008.

MGMT are currently involved in a legal dispute with the President of France Nicolas Sarkozy. He used their song "Kids" on multiple occasions, then insulted them by offering them a €1 tip to hush up the matter.[8]

Music Video

MGMT are currently in the works of releasing a music video for the single. Even though the single was released several months ago, a music video will be released and will be directed by Ray Tintori, whose directed MGMT's previous videos for "Time to Pretend" and "Electric Feel".

A fan made video was created in December of 2007 and uploaded to YouTube the following month. The video has since been viewed over ten million times on YouTube. MGMT later invited the participants to join them for the official video of "Electric Feel".[9][10] link

Track listing

CD Single

  1. "Kids" – 5:06
  2. "Kids (Soulwax remix)" – 5:42
  3. "Of Moons, Birds & Monsters (Holy Ghost! remix)" – 6:16

12" Single

  1. "Kids" – 5:06
  2. "Kids (Soulwax remix)" – 5:42

Different versions and lengths

  • "Kids" featured on We (Don't) Care EP (2004) (as The Management) – 5:11
  • "Kids (Afterschool Dance Megamix)" featured on Climbing to New Lows (2005) (as The Management) – 6:07
  • "Kids" featured on Time to Pretend EP (2005) – 5:28
  • "Kids" featured on Oracular Spectacular (2007) – 5:02
  • "Kids (Vocal Mix)" featured on CD Single (2008) – 5:03
  • "Kids (Soulwax remix)" featured on CD Single (2008) – 4:35
  • "Kids (PSB Abstrakt Mix)" remixed by Pet Shop Boys and featured on their homepage (2008) – 5:39
  • "Kids (PSB Synthpop mix)" remixed by Pet Shop Boys and featured on their homepage (2008) – 6:11
  • "Kids" (performed by Dr. Fox's Old Timey String Band) featured on their homepage (2008) – 3:37
  • "Kids" (performed by The Kooks) featured on Like a Version: Volume Five (2009) – 2:55
  • "Kids" (performed by Ben Lee) on the bonus CD from The Rebirth of Venus (2009) – 2:55

Charts

Chart (2008/2009) Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart[11] 21
Belgian Ultratop 50 Singles (Flanders) 19
Canadian Hot 100 44
German Singles Chart 59
Irish Singles Chart[12] 9
Latvian Airplay Top 50[13] 22
New Zealand Singles Chart[14] 29
Norwegian Singles Chart[14] 1
UK Singles Chart 16
U.S. Billboard Hot 100[15] 91
U.S. Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks[15] 11

Certifications

Country Certification Sales
Australia Gold[16] 35,000+

References

  1. ^ a b ""Kids" single". NME. Retrieved 2008-09-09. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  2. ^ "MGMT suing Nicolas Sarkozy over 'Kids'". NME. Retrieved 2009-03-13. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  3. ^ O'Donnell, Kevin. "Artist to Watch: MGMT". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 2007-11-14. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Lewis, Luke. "The Kooks Cover MGMT Kids". NME. Retrieved 2008-09-10. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ "The Kids are Not Alright"". NRK P3. Retrieved 2008-09-24.
  6. ^ http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/esearch/chart_display.jsp?cfi=377&cfgn=Singles&cfn=Hot+Modern+Rock+Tracks&ci=3105540&cdi=10112262&cid=01%2F17%2F2009
  7. ^ "NME's Track Of The Year 2008". NME. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
  8. ^ MGMT to sue Sarkozy for music use 26th Feb 2009
  9. ^ MTV Newsroom » Electro-Pop & French Toast on the MGMT ‘Electric Feel’ Set
  10. ^ "Circle Of Friends Make Magic In Los Feliz". canyon-news.com. Canyon News. 2009-03-01. Retrieved 2009-03-15.
  11. ^ Top 50 Singles Chart - Australian Recording Industry Association. Accessed on August 27, 2008.
  12. ^ The Irish Charts. Accessed on August 27, 2008.
  13. ^ [1]. Accessed on March 27, 2009.
  14. ^ a b [2]. Accessed on September 16, 2008.
  15. ^ a b Billboard.com - Artist Chart History - MGMT - Singles; Accessed on March 13, 2009.
  16. ^ http://ariacharts.com.au/pages/charts_display_singles.asp?chart=1U50
Preceded by Norwegian VG-lista number-one single
September 9, 2008 - September 16, 2008 		Succeeded by


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