"I Guess I Like It Like That" is a 1991 promotional single written by Australian singer-songwriter

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and British producers Mike Stock and

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for Minogue's fourth album ''

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''. The song samples 2 Unlimited's " Get Ready for This" written by Phil Wilde, Jean-Paul de Coster and Ray Slijngaard. On the 2015 UK re-release of the ''Let's Get to It'' album, Wilde and de Coster were credited as co-authors of the song (Stock/Waterman/Minogue/DeCoster/Wilde). The song also samples Freestyle Orchestra's "Keep On Pumping It Up" and the

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song "I Like It Like That".

Background

During this time, Minogue was fascinated by

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. Although her music was always played in commercial clubs, the pop element of her earlier works made the "cooler clubs" tend to "frown upon" her music. Minogue then created the alias "Angel K" for herself and released

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promotional vinyls of techno tracks including "Do You Dare" and "Closer"; both of the songs later appeared as

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s on "

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and " Finer Feelings", respectively.

Critical reception

Nathan Wood from

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's MaxTV called the song "surprising" and claimed it "signaled Kylie's change from a pop princess to an artist with diverse, genre-pushing tastes, and paved the way for her extensive exploration into the world of dance music that would come later." ''

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''s Nick Levine stated he "has even fallen for the 2 Unlimited sample." However, Chris True from

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criticised the stadium keyboard part that lays the foundation of the song, calling it one of album's "noticeable missteps". Nick Griffiths from '' Select'' gave a mixed review of the track, calling the song "impressive but blatant clubdom".

Live performances

Kylie performed the song on the following concert tours: * Let's Get to It Tour * Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour (excerpt during the "Smiley Kylie Medley") * Showgirl: The Homecoming Tour (excerpt during the "Everything Taboo Medley") * For You, For Me Tour (excerpt during the "Everything Taboo Medley")

Format and track listing

*Promotional Australian 12" single #"I Guess I Like It Like That" – 6:00 #"I Guess I Like It Like That" (edit) – 3:45 #"

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" – 3:10

Visionmasters & Tony King version

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. It samples Freestyle Orchestra's "Keep On Pumping It Up" and Minogue's vocals from her song "I Guess I Like It Like That". It was written by Minogue, Mike Stock and

. The single consists of two versions: the "Angelic Remix", which was mixed by Vision Masters, and the "Astral Flight Mix", which was mixed by producer Phil Harding.

Background and production

King previously remixed Minogue's track " Step Back in Time". On the back cover of the CD single, The Visionmasters were said to be "a concept born out of visions at Angels Burnley," a nightclub where Taylor held a residency at throughout the 1990s, and originated his Retro club night there.

Release and reception

This is the first featured single for Minogue. It was said to be her "classic underground club collaboration".

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of the major single releases. *CD single # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Angelic Edit) – 4:00 # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Angelic Remix) – 7:24 # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Astral Flight Mix) – 6:54 *7" single # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Angelic Edit) – 4:00 # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Astral Flight Edit) – 3:28 *12" single # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Angelic Remix) – 7:24 # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Astral Flight Mix) – 6:54 *

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digital bundle
(Not available at time of original release. Released for the first time as part of

PWL archive release in 2009.) # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Angelic Edit) – 4:00 # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Angelic Remix) – 7:24 # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Astral Flight Mix) – 6:54 # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Astral Flight Mix Edit) # "Keep On Pumpin' It" (Astral Flight Dub)

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from the CD single liner notes. * Mike Stock –

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, songwriter *

– producer, songwriter *

– songwriter, vocals *The Consul – sleeve design

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*Mike Marsh –

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* Tim Burgess – vocals, songwriter * Tappin Gofton – designer,

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* Kam Tang –

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Charts

References

External links

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