Released 10 April 2006 Recorded 2004 | Format 7", CD, DVD Length 3:47 | |
Genre Alternative rock, dream pop |
"Kids with Guns" is a song from the Gorillaz' second album, Demon Days. 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 #27 upon its release in the United Kingdom, a significantly lower position than its predecessors.
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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 in Damon Albarn's daughter's school who had shown up to school 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."
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 listing
- "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
- "El Mañana" – 3:50
- "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
- "El Mañana" (Video) – 3:54
- "Kids with Guns" (Video) – 3:47
- "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Demo version) – 2:29
- "El Mañana" (Animatic) – 3:54
- "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
- "El Mañana" – 3:50
- "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
- "El Mañana" – 3:50
- "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
- "El Mañana" (Video) – 3:54
- "El Mañana" – 3:50
- "Kids with Guns" – 3:47
- "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
- "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Demo Version) – 2:29
- "El Mañana" (Video) – 3:54
- "Kids with Guns" (Hot Chip remix) – 7:07
- "El Mañana" – 3:50
- "Hong Kong" (Live In Manchester) – 6:38
- "El Mañana" – 3:50
- "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
- "Hong Kong" (Live In Manchester) – 6:38
- "Kids with Guns" (Video) – 3:47
- "El Mañana" (Live In Harlem - Video) – 3:55