"Kids Again" is a song by British singer

Sam Smith Samuel Frederick Smith (born 19 May 1992) is an English singer and songwriter. After rising to prominence in October 2012 by featuring on Disclosure's breakthrough single "Latch", which peaked at number eleven on the UK Singles Chart, they ...

, released through

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on 30 October 2020 as the third single from their third studio album, ''

Love Goes ''Love Goes'' is the third studio album by English singer and songwriter Sam Smith. It was released on 30 October 2020 through Capitol Records. The album serves as a follow up to Smith's second studio album ''The Thrill of It All (Sam Smith alb ...

'' (2020). The song was written by

Ryan Tedder Ryan Tedder (born June 26, 1979) is an American singer, songwriter, and record producer. As well as being the lead vocalist of the pop rock band OneRepublic, he has an independent career as a songwriter and producer for various artists since th ...

Ali Tamposi Alexandra Tamposi (born November 17, 1989) is an American songwriter from West Palm Beach, Florida. She is best known for co-writing Kelly Clarkson's song "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)," 5 Seconds of Summer's song "Youngblood (5 Seconds of S ...

Andrew Wotman Andrew Wotman (born October 20, 1990), known professionally as Andrew Watt, is an American record producer, singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. Watt's debut solo single "Ghost in My Head" reached No. 30 on the ''Billboard'' Mainstr ...

and

Louis Bell Louis Russell Bell (born May 27, 1982) is an American record producer, vocal producer, songwriter, and mixing engineer. Bell's work includes production for Post Malone, Camila Cabello, Halsey, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus, 5 Seconds of Summer, T ...

Music video

The music video, directed by Alasdair McLellan, premiered on

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on 30 October 2020.

Composition

When Sam Smith was interviewed by Clara Amfo for BBC Sounds both remarked that there are echoes of 1970s and 1980s music, and particularly the work of Fleetwood Mac in this track. It is, Sam commented, different in style to anything else on the album. Sam added that “this is a bridge to my next record”, expressing the intention to move on from the style of Love Goes to involve themself more in the intricacies of production and “rootsy queer soul”.

Personnel

Credits adapted from

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. * Andrew Watt – Producer, composer, associated performer, background vocalist, bass guitar, drums, guitar, percussion *

– Producer, composer, associated performer, keyboards, programming *

– Composer, lyricist, associated performer, background vocalist *

– Composer, associated performer, background vocalist, keyboards *

– Composer, lyricist, associated performer, vocals * Chris Bolster – Immersive Mix Engineer * Randy Merrill – Mastering Engineer, studio personnel * Mark Stent – Mixer, studio personnel

Charts

Release history

References

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