Kid Gloves (Marmaduke Duke song)
| "Kid Gloves" | ||||
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| Single by Marmaduke Duke | ||||
| from the album Duke Pandemonium | ||||
| Released | 2 March 2009 | |||
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| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | 14th Floor | |||
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"Kid Gloves" is a 2009 single released by Scottish band Marmaduke Duke as the lead single from their second studio album Duke Pandemonium (2009). A remix of the song was created by Russell Leetch, which NME described as "should help to cheer up those smokers outside the hospital doors".[1] Commercially, it debuted at number twelve on the UK Physical Singles Charts,[2] and at number four on the singles charts in their native Scotland.[3]
Background
"Kid Gloves" has been described as the band members' favourite, claiming "it's a highly emotional and beautiful song".[4] Loud and Quiet said that the songs lyrics, particularly, "Are we crazy or are we glad? Keep your instincts to make a stand Keep on searching for what we had To remind us all", goes "its ambiguous but resolute refrain, capable of being interpreted a thousand different ways".[4] Loud and Quiet described the song as "not the sound that you’d expect to be produced by a pair of tattooed beards".[4]
Simon Neil said that "Kid Gloves" was "a lot more cohesive" than the sound the band produced for their debut album, The Magnificent Duke (2005), and said that "it's a dance record really – or our attempt to make a dance record".[5] NME described the song as "an electronic horizon", in which the band "come up with three dreamlike minutes of pop wonderment".[6]
Reception
Female First magazine described the song as "crafted with precision and love", and that it "doesn't disappoint one bit".[7] The BBC said that, "understandably", the success the band experienced with the single "took them by surprise".[8]
Track listings
- 7″ single (UK)
- "Kid Gloves" – 3:30
- "New York Telephone Conversation Part 2 (Without Bowie)" – 1:41
- "Kid Gloves (For Boys)" – 3:30
Charts
| Chart (2009) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Scotland (OCC)[3] | 4 |
| UK Physical Singles (OCC)[2] | 12 |
References
- ^ Chester, Tim (14 April 2009). "Marmaduke Duke - Kid Gloves - Free Remix MP3". NME. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ a b "KID GLOVES". Official Charts. 14 March 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ a b "Official Scottish Singles Sales Chart on 8/3/2009". Official Charts. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ a b c "How Biffy Clyro's Simon Neil and JP Reid turned three secret manuscripts into Marmaduke Duke". Loud And Quiet. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ Mainwaring, Ben (11 February 2009). "DiS meets Simon Neil in his Marmaduke Duke guise". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 26 April 2025. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ "Live Review: Marmaduke Duke". NME. 23 March 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ "Single Review: Marmaduke Duke - Kid Gloves". Female First. 13 January 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2025.
- ^ "Marmaduke Duke: Biffy's 'liberating' fun". BBC. 23 April 2009. Retrieved 27 December 2025.