Born and raised in Melbourne, Minogue first achieved recognition starring in the Australian soap opera Neighbours, playing tomboy mechanic Charlene Robinson. She gained prominence as a recording artist in the late 1980s and released four bubblegum and dance-pop-influenced studio albums produced by Stock Aitken Waterman. By the early 1990s, she had amassed several top ten singles in the UK and Australia, including "I Should Be So Lucky", "The Loco-Motion", "Hand on Your Heart", and "Better the Devil You Know". Taking more creative control over her music, Minogue signed with Deconstruction Records in 1993 and released Kylie Minogue (1994) and Impossible Princess (1997), both of which received positive reviews. She returned to mainstream dance-oriented music with 2000's Light Years, including the number-one hits "Spinning Around" and "On a Night Like This". The follow-up, Fever (2001), was an international breakthrough for Minogue, becoming her best-selling album to date. Two of its singles, "Love at First Sight" and "In Your Eyes", became hits, but its lead single, "Can't Get You Out of My Head" became one of the most successful singles of the 2000s, selling over five million units.
Minogue continued reinventing her image and experimenting with a range of genres on her subsequent albums, which spawned successful singles such as "Slow", "2 Hearts", "All the Lovers", "Santa Baby", "Timebomb" and "Dancing". With her 2020 album DISCO, she became the first female artist to have a chart-topping album in the UK for five consecutive decades. Minogue made her film debut in The Delinquents (1989) and portrayed Cammy in Street Fighter (1994). She has also appeared in the films Moulin Rouge! (2001), Jack & Diane, Holy Motors (2012) and San Andreas (2015). In 2014, she appeared as a judge on the third series of The Voice UK and The Voice Australia. Her other ventures include product endorsements, children's books, fashion, and charitable work.
Minogue was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 2008 New Year Honours for services to music. She was appointed by the French government as a Chevalier (knight) of the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres for her contribution to the enrichment of French culture. In 2005, while Minogue was on tour, she was diagnosed with breast cancer. She was awarded an honorary Doctor of Health Science (D.H.Sc.) degree by Anglia Ruskin University in 2011 for her work in raising awareness for breast cancer. At the 2011 ARIA Music Awards, she was inducted by the Australian Recording Industry Association into the ARIA Hall of Fame. She was appointed Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Australia Day Honours.
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Studio albums
Kylie (1988)
Enjoy Yourself (1989)
Rhythm of Love (1990)
Let's Get to It (1991)
Kylie Minogue (1994)
Impossible Princess (1997)
Light Years (2000)
Fever (2001)
Body Language (2003)
X (2007)
Aphrodite (2010)
Kiss Me Once (2014)
Kylie Christmas (2015)
Golden (2018)
DISCO (2020)
Tension (2023)
Through the Years
Kylie Minogue Lyrics
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My body is blazing
The flames alight and lick at my ear
So that I can only hear
Muddled words of you
Through the years
Too many a trusted word was said
I savored every drop of you
Took me it all as true
Now I wonder my way
Through the years
Through the years
Ooh you blinded me with all your light
I wish I could see now
Promises and lies ignite the fire
And I wonder why
I believed in you
Through the years
Through the years
Through the years of joy and laughter
Of tears and sadness
Of hopes and heart
Through the years of love and loving
Of hurt and healing
Falling apart
I believed in you
And I wonder wonder why
I'm no longer fooled by your disguise
I'm sorry that you are
I pity all the pretensions of you
And now I start anew
I wish my way
Through the years
The lyrics of Kylie Minogue's song "Through the Years" depict a story of love, trust, deception, and self-discovery. In the first verse, she describes her passion for someone, who she believes is the cause of her "fever." Her desire to be with this person is so intense that her body is "blazing," and her senses are heightened to only hear "muddled words of you" through the flames. As she navigates through the years, she realizes that she trusted this person too much when she was porous and believed everything they said.
In the second verse, she reflects on the false promises and lies that blinded her to the truth. The fire that they ignited has left her wondering why she ever believed in them. Despite all the years of joy and laughter, and heartache and healing, she admits that she believed in them. She wonders why she was fooled by their disguise and admits that she pities all their pretensions. Finally, she comes to the realization that she has to start anew and wishes her way through the years.
In a nutshell, the song speaks to the challenges of love and relationships, the importance of trust and self-awareness, and the need to move on when things don't work out.
Line by Line Meaning
This fever I have is because of you
I'm burning up for you
My body is blazing
My physical longing for you is intense
The flames alight and lick at my ear
My desire for you is all-consuming
So that I can only hear
You are all I can think about
Muddled words of you
My thoughts of you are confused and unclear
Through the years
This has been going on for a long time
Too many a trusted word was said
You made a lot of promises to me
My body was porous
I was vulnerable to your words and actions
I savored every drop of you
I fully enjoyed being with you
Took me it all as true
I believed everything you said
Now I wonder my way
I'm questioning everything
Ooh you blinded me with all your light
You dazzled me with your charm and charisma
I wish I could see now
I regret being blind to your lies
Promises and lies ignite the fire
Your deception fueled my passion for you
And I wonder why
I'm confused and trying to make sense of everything
I believed in you
I trusted you
Through the years of joy and laughter
We had good times together
Of tears and sadness
We also had difficult times
Of hopes and heart
We shared our dreams and emotions
Through the years of love and loving
We were in love and expressed our feelings
Of hurt and healing
We went through pain and recovery
Falling apart
Our relationship deteriorated
And now I start anew
I'm moving on from you
I wish my way
I hope to find a better future
Through the years
Despite everything, time keeps moving forward
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, WORDS & MUSIC A DIV OF BIG DEAL MUSIC LLC
Written by: DAVID JAMES BALL, KYLIE ANN MINOGUE, INGO VAUK
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