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Kids is the Grammy Award nominated third single from MGMT’s debut album Oracular Spectacular. It was released October 13, 2008.
Kids has been re-recorded several times, the “newer” version that appears on Oracular Spectacular is updated from earlier versions that appear on Time To Pretend EP released in 2005 and We (don’t) Care released a year before. A track entitled Kids (Afterschool Dance Megamix) appears on the album Climbing to New Lows also relesed in 2005.
To date, the single has peaked at #9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, where
Time to Pretend had previously peaked at #23.
NME named it the number-one song on its list of the Best Singles of 2008.
Two months after exiting the UK Top 40, the song was featured in an advertisement for the BBC1 program Waterloo Road. From this the song gained renewed interest, re-entering the UK Top 40, and on January 16, 2009, the song reached its highest position to date of #16.
Kids also came in at #5 on Australia’s Triple J Hottest 100 countdown for 2008.
The single received considerable airplay in the U.S., UK, Ireland and Australia before the release date, charting in the UK, Ireland and Australia. In Australia, Kids debuted before the release date at #89, and currently it has peaked at #30. Kids (Soulwax remix), a Soulwax remix of the song was played heavily on UK radio ahead its official release as well.
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.
Kids has been re-recorded several times, the “newer” version that appears on Oracular Spectacular is updated from earlier versions that appear on Time To Pretend EP released in 2005 and We (don’t) Care released a year before. A track entitled Kids (Afterschool Dance Megamix) appears on the album Climbing to New Lows also relesed in 2005.
To date, the single has peaked at #9 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, where
Time to Pretend had previously peaked at #23.NME named it the number-one song on its list of the Best Singles of 2008.
Two months after exiting the UK Top 40, the song was featured in an advertisement for the BBC1 program Waterloo Road. From this the song gained renewed interest, re-entering the UK Top 40, and on January 16, 2009, the song reached its highest position to date of #16.
Kids also came in at #5 on Australia’s Triple J Hottest 100 countdown for 2008.
The single received considerable airplay in the U.S., UK, Ireland and Australia before the release date, charting in the UK, Ireland and Australia. In Australia, Kids debuted before the release date at #89, and currently it has peaked at #30. Kids (Soulwax remix), a Soulwax remix of the song was played heavily on UK radio ahead its official release as well.
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.
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PIKACHU69 wrote:
Its mellow
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teeistfertig wrote:
the best!
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sonicsweens wrote:
great song
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barangus wrote:
Great song, but that video totally creeps me out. I far prefer the video done by Jon Salmon - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIEOZCcaXzE or http://www.itsjonsalmon.com/mgmt_kids/
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le-chat-roux wrote:
♥
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Mr_Darkness wrote:
I love this song danced a few times to it and at least found out how the song is called =)
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KrazeeCat wrote:
wahhh best song evaar <3
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damlinaa wrote:
love love love <3
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rusique wrote:
brilliant <3
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check us out if u like them ! http://www.myspace.com/youngheartbreaks
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Andrea07931 wrote:
AMAZING <3
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ImaniKalea wrote:
does anyone else find the video horrifying? haha
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Hii5 wrote:
LOVE IT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! MGMT <3
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jhonnylecter wrote:
perfeito! nunca enjôo! só gosto mais e mais!
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roxkox wrote:
awesooome
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danilo_vca wrote:
\o/
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Giooz wrote:
COOOOOOOOOOOOOL
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Touch_itt wrote:
good.
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Ashidmetal wrote:
Cool Song!!
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Aldhisslan wrote:
The Soulwax remix is so much better, check it out! :)
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