Light Years

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Light Years
Studio album by Kylie Minogue
Released	September 25, 2000
Genre	Pop Dance Disco
Length	54:26
Label	Parlophone/Mushroom
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Kylie Minogue chronology
Intimate and Live (1998)	Light Years (2000)	Hits+ (2000)

Light Years is also the American name of the Rene Laloux animated film Gandahar.

Light Years is the seventh album by Australian singer Kylie Minogue and was released in 2000. It reached number two on the United Kingdom album charts, and became her first number one album in Australia. Light Years is largely seen as Minogue's "comeback" album as it saw her return to her pop roots and to the top of the charts.

Contents 1 Reissue/Tour edition 2 Track listing 3 Singles 4 Chart positions 5 Sales & Certifications 6 External link

[edit] Reissue/Tour edition

Due to the success of the album and the "On A Night Like This" tour, a special Tour Package was released, with a second CD featuring various remixes. The special edition album was released on March 5, 2001. For the Australian edition, Minogue's remake of Olivia Newton-John's "Physical" was included on the second CD, following popular performances of the song on the tour.

[edit] Track listing

Original release

1. "Password (Hidden Track)" (Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi, and Paula Abdul)
2. "Spinning Around" (Ira Shickman, Osborne Bingham, Kara DioGuardi, and Paula Abdul) - Clip
3. "On a Night Like This" (Steve Torch, Graham Stack, Mark Taylor, and Brian Rawling)
4. "So Now Goodbye" (Kylie Minogue, and Steve Anderson)
5. "Disco Down" (Johnny Douglas)
6. "Loveboat" (Kylie Minogue, Guy Chambers, and Robbie Williams)
7. "Koocachoo" (Kylie Minogue, and Johnny Douglas)
8. "Your Disco Needs You" (Kylie Minogue, Guy Chambers, and Robbie Williams)
9. "Please Stay" (Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher, and John Themis)
10. "Bittersweet Goodbye" (Kylie Minogue, and Steve Anderson)
11. "Butterfly" (Kylie Minogue, and Steve Anderson)
12. "Under the Influence of Love" (Paul Politi, and Barry Eugene White)
13. "I'm So High" (Kylie Minogue, Guy Chambers, and Megan Smith)
14. "Kids" (duet with Robbie Williams)* (Robbie Williams, and Guy Chambers) - Clip
15. "Light Years" (Kylie Minogue, Richard Stannard, and Julian Gallagher)

Reissue/Tour edition

1. "Spinning Around"(7th District Club Mental Mix)
2. "Spinning Around" (Sharp Vocal Mix)
3. "On A Night Like This" (Rob Searle Mix)
4. "On A Night Like This" (Bini & Martini Club Mix)
5. "On A Night Like This" (Bini & Martini Dub Mix)
6. "Please Stay" (Hatiras Dreamy Dub)
7. "Please Stay" (7th District Radio Mix)
8. "Please Stay" (Metro Mix)
9. "Please Stay" (7th District Club Flava Mix)
10. "Butterfly" (Sandstorm Dub)
11. "Your Disco Needs You" (Casino Radio Mix)
12. "Physical"

The German, Spanish and Japanese versions of the album contain the track "Your Disco Needs You" with the French interval translated into their respective languages. On some versions (including the UK, German and Spanish versions) there is also a hidden track "Password", played by either rewinding past the beginning of the CD, or continuing past the end.

[edit] Singles

• "Spinning Around" was the first single and was released in June 2000. It debuted at number one in Australia and the UK. The single marked Minogue's return to mainstream pop music. The video involved Minogue dancing in a packed nightclub and started the tabloids' obsession with her.

• "On a Night Like This" was released in September 2000 and debuted at number one on the Australian charts and number two in the UK. The song's release coincided with Minogue's performance at the Sydney Olympic Games where she sang this song. The following week, having already dropped from the top spot, the song returned to number one in Australia.

• In October 2000, the duet "Kids" with Robbie Williams (UK) was released. The song, written by Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers, reached number two in the UK and number fourteen in Australia. A different version of this song with a spoken fadeout rap by Williams appeared on his album Sing When You're Winning.

• "Please Stay" was released in December 2000 and reached number ten in the UK and number fifteen in Australia.

• "Your Disco Needs You" was another song written by Robbie Williams & Guy Chambers for the album. The song became an underground hit when it was released as a single in Germany and Australia. In Australia it was the first of a number of subsequent "limited edition" single releases, with only 10,000 copies pressed. This saw the single debut at number 20, then drop to number 45 before falling out of the chart altogether.

• The dance track "Butterfly" proved popular on the club scene. After a remix in 2001, the track was issued in the USA where it was a hit on the Billboard Dance/Club Play chart. The same song also appears on the US edition of Kylie's Fever album.

• The track "So Now Goodbye" was briefly considered for single release but ultimately this did not happen. The popular track contains a sample of Diana Ross' "The Boss".

[edit] Chart positions

Chart (2000)	Position
Australian ARIA albums chart	1
U.K. albums chart	2
New Zealand albums chart	8
Greek albums chart	9
European albums chart	10
Hungarian albums chart	16
Irish albums chart	13
Finnish albums chart	24
Swedish albums chart	25
Swiss albums chart	28
German albums chart	35
Danish albums chart	38
French albums chart	50

[edit] Sales & Certifications

Country	Certification	Shipments	Sales
Australia	4x Platinum	280,000+
Germany	Gold	100,000+
Spain	Gold	50,000+
U.K.	Platinum	300,000+	500,000

[edit] External link

• Kylie.com page on the album