Eleven Kidz Bop albums have been released to date. Each album features different pop music songs, played with music similar to the original, and with the "Kidz Bop Kids" singing instead of the original artist. Albums are typically released within a few months of each other and thus the songs included tend to be the hit songs of the current time, including such songs such as "Float On" (Modest Mouse), "This Love" (Maroon 5), and "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" (Green Day).
Although the albums are marketed as being "sanitized" versions of popular songs for children, many of the songs featured on the Kidz Bop albums still contain explicit sexual material, such as Rob Thomas's "Lonely No More," which some people consider inappropriate for younger audiences. Other featured songs, such as "Boulevard of Broken Dreams", contain profanity. Although the albums censor the actual word from the song, the context of the profanity remains. They also covered Green Day's hit "Wake Me Up When September Ends", which is about death.
The Kidz Bop video for their cover of Avril Lavigne's "Sk8r Boi", for instance, features the song being sung by a pre-teen girl in heavy make-up, fishnet stockings, and a Sex Pistols t-shirt.
7 Things
Kidz Bop Lyrics
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But at times I get so scared
When I think about the previous
Relationship we shared
It was awesome but we lost it
It's not possible for me not to care, you know I care
And now we're standing in the rain
Until you're here my dear
The 7 things I hate about you
You're vain, your games, you're insecure
You love me, you like her
You make me laugh, you make me cry
I don't know which side to buy
Your friends they're jerks
When you act like them just know it hurts
I wanna be with the one I know
And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do
You make me love you
It's awkward and it's silent
As I wait for you to say
What I need to hear now
Your sincere apology
When you mean it, I'll believe it
If you text it, I'll delete it
Let's be clear, I'll delete it
Oh, I'm not coming back
You're taking 7 steps here
The 7 things I hate about you
You're vain, your games, you're insecure
You love me, you like her
You make me laugh, you make me cry
I don't know which side to buy
Your friends they're jerks
When you act like them just know it hurts
I wanna be with the one I know
And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do
You make me love you
And compared to all the great things
That would take too long to write
I probably should mention the 7 that I like
The 7 things I like about you
Your hair, your eyes, your old Levi's
When we kiss I'm hypnotized
You make me laugh, you make me cry
But I guess that's both I'll have to buy
Your hands in mine
When we're intertwined everything's alright
I wanna be with the one I know
And the 7th thing I like most that you do
You make me love you, you do
You make me, ooh
The lyrics of Kidz Bop's song 7 Things are about a past relationship and the conflicting emotions that the singer still feels towards their ex-partner. The chorus lists the 7 things that the singer hates about the ex-partner, which includes their vanity, insecurity, indecisiveness between the singer and another person, friends who hurt him/her, and the fact that the ex-partner makes them love him/her. However, the singer also acknowledges that there are 7 things that they like about the ex-partner, listing their physical appearance, their ability to make the singer laugh and cry, and the feeling of being with them.
The singer is afraid of the effects of the past relationship and feels awkward and silent when waiting for an apology. The singer wants the apology to be sincere and does not want to keep any traces of the ex-partner's insincere apologizing. In the end, the singer decides not to go back and move on with life.
Line by Line Meaning
I probably shouldn't say this
I'm about to say something I probably shouldn't
But at times I get so scared
I get scared sometimes
When I think about the previous
When I think about our past relationship
Relationship we shared
The relationship we had together
It was awesome but we lost it
Our relationship was great, but we're no longer together
It's not possible for me not to care, you know I care
I can't help caring about you
And now we're standing in the rain
We're standing in the rain right now
But nothing's ever gonna change
Things aren't going to change
Until you're here my dear
Things will only change when you're here with me
The 7 things I hate about you
These are the 7 things I dislike about you
You're vain, your games, you're insecure
You're self-centered, you play games, and you're insecure
You love me, you like her
You have feelings for me, but you also like someone else
You make me laugh, you make me cry
You make me happy, but you also make me sad
I don't know which side to buy
I don't know where I stand
Your friends they're jerks
Your friends aren't very nice
When you act like them just know it hurts
It hurts when you act like your friends
I wanna be with the one I know
I want to be with someone I know
And the 7th thing I hate the most that you do
Here's the 7th thing I hate about you the most
You make me love you
You make me love you despite everything
It's awkward and it's silent
The atmosphere is awkward and silent
As I wait for you to say
I'm waiting for you to say something
What I need to hear now
I need to hear something specific from you right now
Your sincere apology
I'm waiting for your sincere apology
When you mean it, I'll believe it
I'll believe your apology when you mean it
If you text it, I'll delete it
If you apologize by text, I'll just delete it
Let's be clear, I'll delete it
I'm making it clear that I won't accept a text apology
Oh, I'm not coming back
I'm not coming back to you
You're taking 7 steps here
You're taking 7 steps away from me
And compared to all the great things
Compared to all the good things about you
That would take too long to write
There are too many good things to list
I probably should mention the 7 that I like
But I'll stick to mentioning just 7 of them
The 7 things I like about you
Here are the 7 things I like about you
Your hair, your eyes, your old Levi's
I like your hair, your eyes, and you in your old Levi's
When we kiss I'm hypnotized
I get lost in the moment when we kiss
You make me, ooh
You make me feel a certain way
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