Kids in Love (song)

This article is about the Kygo song. For the Mayday Parade song, see Anywhere but Here (Mayday Parade album).

"Kids in Love" is a song by Norwegian DJ and record producer Kygo, featuring American rock band the Night Game and uncredited vocals from Maja Francis. It was composed and produced by Kygo, with additional composition from Pete Townshend, Martin Johnson, Linda Karlsson and Sonny Gustafsson, and lyrics written by the latter three as well as Kyle Puccia. The song was released via Sony Music and Ultra Music on 20 October 2017, as the lead single from Kygo's second studio album of the same name.

"Kids in Love"
Single by Kygo featuring the Night Game
from the album Kids in Love
Released	20 October 2017 (2017-10-20)
Genre	Pop rock[1]
Length	4:23
Label	Sony Ultra
Composer(s)	Kyrre Gørvell-Dahll Martin Johnson Linda Karlsson Pete Townshend Sonny Gustafsson
Lyricist(s)	Linda Karlsson Sonny Gustafsson Martin Johnson Kyle Puccia
Producer(s)	Kygo
Kygo singles chronology
"Stargazing" (2017) "Kids in Love" (2017) "Stranger Things" (2018)
The Night Game singles chronology
"Once in a Lifetime" (2017) "Kids in Love" (2017) "Bad Girls Don’t Cry" (2018)

Background

The song was first played at Ultra Music Festival in Miami in March 2017.^[2] Starting from 11 October 2017, Kygo's team invited eleven celebrities, including Vin Diesel, The Chainsmokers, Ryan Tedder, Josephine Skriver, Ansel Elgort, Rickie Fowler, Rob Gronkowski, Logan Paul, Adrian Grenier, Jay Alvarrez and Juan Mata, to tell the story of their first love on social media, as a promotion of the single and album.^[3]

Critical reception

Kat Bein of Billboard praised the pop rock song, describing it as "big, bold and bright as the sun".^[1] Matthew Meadow of Your EDM opined that "the song is just as good as we remember it pumping out over the Miami crowd".^[2]

Track listing

Digital download^[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kids in Love" (featuring the Night Game)	4:23

Digital download – remix^[5]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kids in Love" (with Jayli) (remix)	3:30

Digital download – The Night Game version^[6]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Kids in Love"	4:14

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Tidal.^[4]

• Kygo – composition, production
• Martin Johnson – composition, lyrics, vocals
• Linda Karlsson – composition, lyrics
• Pete Townshend – composition
• Sonny Gustafsson – composition, lyrics
• Kyle Puccia – lyrics
• Serban Ghenea – mixing engineering
• John Hanes – mixing engineering
• Sören von Malmborg – mastering engineering
• Maja Francis – vocals
• David Rodriguez – recording engineering

Charts

Chart (2017)	Peak position
Australia (ARIA)[7]	94
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[8]	52
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders)[9]	10
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Wallonia)[10]	26
Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[11]	73
Czech Republic (Singles Digitál Top 100)[12]	42
Germany (GfK)[13]	90
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[14]	29
Mexico Airplay (Billboard)[15]	42
Norway (VG-lista)[16]	8
Portugal (AFP)[17]	83
Slovakia (Singles Digitál Top 100)[18]	45
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[19]	19
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[20]	33
UK Singles (OCC)[21]	99
US Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles (Billboard)[22]	22
US Hot Dance/Electronic Songs (Billboard)[23]	10

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)[24]	Platinum	40,000‡
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

Region	Date	Format	Version	Label	Ref.
Various	20 October 2017	Digital download	Original	Sony Ultra	[4]
	30 January 2018		Remix		[5]
	2 February 2018		The Night Game version	Interscope Vertigo Capitol	[6]

References

1. Bein, Kat (20 October 2017). "Kygo Gets His Pop-Rock Ballad With The Night Game on 'Kids in Love': Listen". Billboard. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
2. Meadow, Matthew (20 October 2017). "Kygo Drops "Kids In Love" and Announces Album Of Same Name, Out November 3". Your EDM. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
3. Bein, Kat (18 October 2017). "The Chainsmokers & More Talk Being 'Kids in Love' to Promote Kygo Single". Billboard. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
4. "Kids in Love / Kygo TIDAL". Tidal. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
5. "Kids In Love (Remix) – Single by Jayli & Kygo on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 13 March 2018.
6. "Kids In Love – Single by The Night Game on Apple Music". iTunes Store. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
7. "ARIA Chart Watch #444". auspOp. 28 October 2017. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
8. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
9. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love" (in Dutch). Ultratip. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
10. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love" (in French). Ultratip. Retrieved 25 November 2017.
11. "Kygo Chart History (Canadian Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
12. "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Digital Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 43. týden 2017 in the date selector. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
13. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
14. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 46, 2017" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
15. "Kygo Chart History: Mexico Airplay". Billboard. Retrieved 5 July 2021.
16. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love". VG-lista. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
17. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love". AFP Top 100 Singles. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
18. "ČNS IFPI" (in Slovak). Hitparáda – Singles Digital Top 100 Oficiálna. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Select 43. týden 2017 in the date selector. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
19. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
20. "Kygo feat. The Night Game & Maja Francis – Kids In Love". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
21. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
22. "Kygo Chart History (Bubbling Under Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
23. "Kygo Chart History (Hot Dance/Electronic Songs)". Billboard. Retrieved 14 November 2017.
24. "Sverigetopplistan – Kygo" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved October 28, 2021.