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}} "Confide in Me" is a song by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue from her fifth studio album ''Kylie Minogue''. It was released on 29 August 1994, one month before the release of the album. The song was written by Steve Anderson, Dave Seaman and Owain Barton, while production and composing was handled by Brothers in Rhythm. The song was recorded in Chelsea, London in 1993 while being newly signed to British record label Deconstruction Records. Originally, the production of the song was made as a demo recording but was ultimately used as the final piece. Musically, the song is a multi-styled song that includes musical genres of pop music, techno and eastern music. Minogue has performed the song on a number of her world tours including On a Night Like This, KylieFever2002, and The Aphrodite World Tour. The song was acclaimed by many music critics where some critics labelled it as one of Minogue's best singles to date, and praised it for its commercial release. Commercially, the song was successful, peaking in the top twenty in Australia, Finland, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland and the United Kingdom. The song was also released in the United States, where it managed to chart on the US Hot Dance Club Songs. An accompanying music video was released as well, where it featured Minogue in six different costumes, and Kylie persuading her audience to confide in her. The music video received positive reviews, and was very successful commercial wise. At the ARIA Music Awards, "Confide in Me" won three awards at the ceremony, where it won Best Selling Australian Single, Best Selling Australian Dance Single and eventually Best Video. The song also placed seventh for Best Single and third for Best Video at the 1994 Smash Hits Awards. Several cover versions of the single have also been commercially released, by artists such as Hurts, Nerina Pallot and UK rapper Example sampled the song on his song "No Sleep for the Wicked". ==Background and composition== In 1993, Kylie Minogue had signed a record deal with British record label Deconstruction Records after finishing her deal with PWL. With her signing to the label, they gave her more creative control despite having only written one song on the following album, ''Kylie Minogue''. "Confide in Me" was chosen as the lead single from Minogue's studio album ''Kylie Minogue'' (1994). The song was written by Steve Anderson, Dave Seaman and Owain Barton, while production and composing was handled by Brothers in Rhythm. According to ''Kylie'' by Sean Smith, Minogue had recorded "Confide in Me" at her Chelsea, London home in 1994. The recording was a demo tape that producers Brothers in Rhythm had been developed just developed under an hour. Surprisingly, Steve Anderson asserted that the demo would be the final version.〔''Kylie'' by Sean Smith. Pg. 112.〕 Anderson said "Obviously, there were embellishments to it and we spent a lot of time on the whole production, but it was still the original one that we were using."〔 "Confide in Me" is known for its multi-genre style. The song is built inside pop music, but generates different elements of music. Nick Levine from Digital Spy described the song as a "sumptuous, string-swathed dance-pop epic" with acknowledgement of Middle Eastern pop music. According to William Baker, one of Minogue's close friends, said that he could hear influences of techno music.〔Inner lines: Pg 75 – ''la la la'' – Written by William Baker and Kylie Minogue ISBN 0-340-73440-X〕 PopMatters had compared the song to previous work by Icelandic singer and songwriter Björk.〔http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/minoguekylie-ultimate〕 The message in the lyrics is that it is she who manipulates the situation by saying "I can keep a secret/and throw away the key". The songs lyrics also represents the respect as the 'power remains hers'.〔 It later explains that, in the bridge part where she sings "Stick or twist/The choice is yours", she teasers her lover that they hold the key to power.〔 According to William Baker, he says that the song "symbolizes internal power struggle that rages beneath her () surface" as he continues "she is both puppet and puppet master".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Confide in Me」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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