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Kids with Guns

{{Short description|2006 single by Gorillaz}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Kids with Guns

| cover = gorillaz kids with guns.png

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Gorillaz featuring Neneh Cherry

| album = Demon Days

| A-side = El Mañana

| released = {{start date|2006|4|10|df=y}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|electronic|new wave{{cite web|first= Spence |last= D. |title= Gorillaz - Demon Days |website= IGN |date= 19 May 2012 |access-date= 22 June 2021 |url= https://www.ign.com/articles/2005/05/26/gorillaz-demon-days}}}}

| length = 3:45

| label = Parlophone

| writer = Damon Albarn

| producer = {{hlist|Gorillaz|Danger Mouse|Jason Cox|James Dring}}

| prev_title = Dirty Harry

| prev_year = 2005

| title2 = El Mañana

| next_title = Stylo

| next_year = 2010

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternate covers

| type = Single

| cover = El Mañana Promo.PNG

| border =

| alt =

| caption = Double A-side cover

}}

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"Kids with Guns" is a song from the British virtual band Gorillaz' second album, Demon Days (2005). It was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom as a double A-side as the fourth and final singles from the album. "Kids with Guns" and its other A-side "El Mañana", reached number 27 upon its release in the United Kingdom, a significantly lower position than its predecessors.

"Kids with Guns" features Neneh Cherry on guest vocals. A remix by Hot Chip was included on the release of The Inbetweeners Soundtrack in 2009.

Overview

"Kids with Guns" was inspired by a child at Damon Albarn's daughter's school, who had arrived one day with a knife. Albarn said, "A nice boy just decided to pick up a knife and show it to his friends at lunchtime. It's a very real problem, but I'm not treating it as a problem. It's part of the brutalization of a generation that's going on at the moment."{{cite journal|last=Watson|first=Ian|title=Damon Albarn|journal=Notion|date=November 2005}}

Music video

Although "Kids with Guns" does not have an official promo video, live visuals were shown during the Demon Days Live show at Manchester Opera House in November 2005. The visuals are a slideshow of guns, appearing in red, white and black. Sometimes a "23 mm" sign or a slide of the guns is positioned to make a windmill, representing Noodle's floating island.

On The Singles Collection DVD, the video used for the song was the live performance from Demon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House.

Track listings

UK CD single

  1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
  2. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39

UK DVD single

  1. "El Mañana" (music video) – 3:54
  2. "Kids with Guns" (music video) – 3:46
  3. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Original Demo Version) – 2:29
  4. "El Mañana" (animatic) – 3:57

UK 7-inch single

  1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
  2. "El Mañana" – 3:50

European CD single

  1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
  2. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
  4. "El Mañana" (music video) – 3:54

Japanese CD single

  1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  2. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
  3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
  4. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Original Demo Version) – 2:29
  5. "El Mañana" (music video) – 3:54

US digital single

  1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  2. "Hong Kong" (Live in Manchester) – 6:36

US digital E.P.

  1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
  2. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
  3. "Hong Kong" (Live in Manchester) – 6:36
  4. "Kids with Guns" (music video) – 3:46
  5. "El Mañana" (Live in Harlem video) – 3:59

Personnel

Charts

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!Chart (2006)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|31|artist=Gorillaz|song=El Mañana / Kids with Guns|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}}
{{single chart|Germany|94|artist=Gorillaz|song=El Mañana/Kids with Guns|songid=197478|rowheader=true|access-date=20 June 2019}}
{{single chart|Ireland3|39|artist=Gorillaz|song=El Mañana/Kids with Guns|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}}
{{single chart|Italy|33|artist=Gorillaz|song=El Mañana / Kids with Guns|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}}
{{single chart|Scotland|17|artist=Gorillaz|date=20060422|rowheader=true|access-date=22 October 2021}}
{{single chart|UK|27|artist=Gorillaz|date=20060422|rowheader=true|access-date=17 June 2021}}

Release history

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!scope="col"|Region

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Format(s)

!scope="col"|Label(s)

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|{{start date|2006|4|10|df=y}}

|{{hlist|7-inch vinyl|CD|DVD}}

|rowspan="2"|Parlophone

|{{cite web|url=http://www.vblurpage.com/discography/gorillaz/singles/kids.htm|title=Kids with Guns / El Mañana|website=vblurpage.com|access-date=22 October 2021}}

scope="row"|Australia

|{{start date|2006|5|8|df=y}}

|CD

|{{cite web|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue844.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20060519140000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20060520-0000/issue844.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=19 May 2006|title=The ARIA Report: New Releases Singles – Week Commencing 8th May 2006|publisher=ARIA|page=28|date=8 May 2006|access-date=22 October 2021}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070621064222/http://www.toshiba-emi.co.jp/international/release/200604/tocp61111.htm Release - Kids with Guns] Toshiba EMI (Archived) - Japanese release page

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Category:2006 singles

Category:Gorillaz songs

Category:British new wave songs

Category:Song recordings produced by Danger Mouse (musician)

Category:Songs written by Damon Albarn

Category:2005 songs

Category:Parlophone singles