The Kids Don't Stand A Chance

"The Kids Don't Stand A Chance"
Single by Vampire Weekend
from the album Vampire Weekend
Released November 18, 2008 (2008-11-18)
Format 7-inch single, CD single, Vinyl
Genre indie rock
Length 4:07
Label XL
Producer Rostam Batmanglij
Vampire Weekend singles chronology
"Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"
(2008)		 "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance"
(2008)		 "Horchata"
(2009)

"The Kids Don't Stand A Chance" is the final single from Vampire Weekend's eponymously-titled debut album. The single was released on 18 November 2008. The song was sampled by B.o.B. in his 2010 song, "The Kids".[1]

Reception

While the track received praise from critics, it was commercially unsuccessful, and did not chart anywhere. Larry Fitzmaurice from Tiny Mix Tapes stated that "by the end of the album's blissful, sparse, empty-Saharan-landscape closer "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance," perfection doesn't seem to matter much anymore -- especially when your mind's too preoccupied on starting Vampire Weekend again from the beginning."[2] A review from The Observer said that after "they only really slip up on 'One (Blake's Got a New Face)', "they sign off in style, though, with 'The Kids Don't Stand a Chance'."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance"   4:07
2. "The Kids Don't Stand a Chance (Chromeo Mix)"   4:37

References

  1. ^ Becky Bain (21 April 2010). B.o.B And Janelle Monae Take On Vampire Weekend In “The Kids” idolator.com. Retrieved 15 December 2011.
  2. ^ Larry Fitzmaurice. "Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend Music Review". Tiny Mix Tapes. http://www.tinymixtapes.com/music-review/vampire-weekend-vampire-weekend. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
  3. ^ Mike Barnes (20 January 2008). "CD: Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend". The Observer. http://www.guardian.co.uk/music/2008/jan/20/popandrock.shopping5. Retrieved 15 December 2011. 
Vampire Weekend
Studio albums
Mixtapes
Vampire Weekend (2007) · The Kids Don't Stand A Chance (2008) · The MySpace Transmissions (2008)
Singles
"Mansard Roof"  · "A-Punk"  · "Oxford Comma"  · "Cape Cod Kwassa Kwassa"  · "The Kids Don't Stand A Chance"
"Horchata"  · "Cousins"  · "Giving Up the Gun"  · "Holiday"  · "White Sky"  · "Run"
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