Kids in Love (song)

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"Kids in Love"
Single by Kygo featuring the Night Game
from the album Kids in Love
Released20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)
Genre Pop rock [1]
Length4:23
Label
Composer(s)
Lyricist(s)
  • Linda Karlsson
  • Sonny Gustafsson
  • Martin Johnson
  • Kyle Puccia
Producer(s) Kygo
Kygo singles chronology
"Stargazing"
(2017)		"Kids in Love"
(2017)		"Stranger Things"
(2018)
The Night Game singles chronology
"Once in a Lifetime"
(2017)		"Kids in Love"
(2017)		"Bad Girls Don’t Cry"
(2018)

"Kids in Love" is a song by Norwegian DJ and record producer Kygo, featuring American rock band the Night Game and uncredited vocals from Maja Francis. It was composed and produced by Kygo, with additional composition from Pete Townshend, Martin Johnson, Linda Karlsson and Sonny Gustafsson, and lyrics written by the latter three as well as Kyle Puccia. The song was released via Sony Music and Ultra Music on 20 October 2017, as the lead single from Kygo's second studio album of the same name.

Contents

Background

The song was first played at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2017. [2] Starting from 11 October 2017, Kygo's team invited eleven celebrities, including Vin Diesel, The Chainsmokers, Ryan Tedder, Josephine Skriver, Ansel Elgort, Rickie Fowler, Rob Gronkowski, Logan Paul, Adrian Grenier, Jay Alvarrez and Juan Mata, to tell the story of their first love on social media, as a promotion of the single and album. [3]

Critical reception

Kat Bein of Billboard praised the pop rock song, describing it as "big, bold and bright as the sun". [1] Matthew Meadow of Your EDM opined that "the song is just as good as we remember it pumping out over the Miami crowd". [2]

Track listing

Digital download [4]
No.TitleLength
1."Kids in Love" (featuring the Night Game)4:23
Digital download – remix [5]
No.TitleLength
1."Kids in Love" (with Jayli) (remix)3:30
Digital download – The Night Game version [6]
No.TitleLength
1."Kids in Love"4:14

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal. [4]

Charts

Chart (2017)Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) [7] 94
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [8] 52
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) [9] 10
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia) [10] 26
Canada (Canadian Hot 100) [11] 73
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100) [12] 42
Germany (Official German Charts) [13] 90
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [14] 29
Mexico Airplay ( Billboard ) [15] 42
Norway (VG-lista) [16] 8
Portugal (AFP) [17] 83
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100) [18] 45
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) [19] 19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [20] 33
UK Singles (OCC) [21] 99
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles ( Billboard ) [22] 22
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs ( Billboard ) [23] 10

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF) [24] Platinum40,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatVersionLabelRef.
Various20 October 2017 Digital download Original [4]
30 January 2018Remix [5]
2 February 2018The Night Game version [6]

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