Kids with Guns

2006 single by Gorillaz From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"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.

A-side"El Mañana"
Released10 April 2006 (2006-04-10)
Genre
Length3:45
Quick facts from the album Demon Days, A-side ...
"Kids with Guns"
Single by Gorillaz featuring Neneh Cherry
from the album Demon Days
A-side"El Mañana"
Released10 April 2006 (2006-04-10)
Genre
Length3:45
LabelParlophone
SongwriterDamon Albarn
Producers
Gorillaz featuring Neneh Cherry singles chronology
"Dirty Harry"
(2005)		 "Kids with Guns" / "El Mañana"
(2006)		 "Stylo"
(2010)
Alternate covers
Double A-side cover
Music video
"Kids With Guns" on YouTube
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"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."[2]

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

More information Chart (2006), Peak position ...
Chart (2006) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA)[3]31
Germany (GfK)[4]94
Ireland (IRMA)[5]39
Italy (FIMI)[6]33
Scotland Singles (OCC)[7]17
UK Singles (OCC)[8]27
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Certifications

More information Region, Certification ...
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ)[9] Gold 15,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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Release history

More information Region, Date ...
Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
United Kingdom 10 April 2006 (2006-04-10)
  • 7-inch vinyl
  • CD
  • DVD
 Parlophone [11]
Australia 8 May 2006 (2006-05-08) CD [12]
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