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.
Full Wikipedia article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kylie_Minogue
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)
secret
Kylie Minogue Lyrics
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Thought I'd got him out of my life
But I agreed to see him just one time
Never thought I'd fall for him twice
Ohh, you've gotta hear my confession
I believe it's long overdue
I can't think of living without you
[Chorus]
There are
Secrets that you never know
Secrets in a private room
Secrets that I kept from you
Pillow talk in the afternoon
Never wanted to hurt you
Didn't really want to deceive
I was so afraid if I told you
Your broken heart would force you to leave
I think I knew what I was doing
By falling into his arms again
I wish I'd seen right through him
But I'm telling you 'cause I'm so ashamed
[Chorus: x 2]
Ohh, you've gotta hear my confession
I believe it's long overdue
I can't think of living without you
I'd understand if that's what you'd want to do
[Chorus]
Secrets, secrets, secrets
Pillow talk in the afternoon
[Chorus until fade]
The song Secret by Kylie Minogue tells the story of a woman who has reunited with an ex-lover, whom she thought she had gotten rid of. She divulges her guilt about having kept secrets from her current partner and admits to still having feelings for her ex. The lyrics reveal her desire to confess and the fear of losing her current relationship as a result. She acknowledges the potential consequences of her actions, but still believes that it is important to be honest and confess her "secrets" to her current partner.
The chorus speaks to the theme of secrecy and how it can lead to complications in a relationship. Kylie sings about secrets in "private rooms" and "pillow talk in the afternoon," implying that these secrets were kept in intimate settings. She also acknowledges the hurt that her secret-keeping can cause, singing, "Never wanted to hurt you, / Didn't really want to deceive." In the end, she hopes her confession will be enough to save her current relationship.
Overall, the song Secret highlights the importance of honesty and communication in a relationship. It also touches on the complexity of human emotions and the difficulty of letting go of past relationships.
Line by Line Meaning
Still don't know how he got my number
I'm confused about how he got my number after I thought I had cut him out of my life
Thought I'd got him out of my life
I believed I had removed him from my life, but I was wrong
But I agreed to see him just one time
I made the mistake of agreeing to see him again, just once
Never thought I'd fall for him twice
I never expected to fall for him again
Ohh, you've gotta hear my confession
I need to confess something to you urgently
I believe it's long overdue
I feel like I should have told you long ago
I can't think of living without you
I can't imagine my life without you
I'd understand if that's what you'd want to do
I would understand if you wanted to leave me
Secrets that you never know
There are things that I have not told you
Secrets in a private room
Some secrets are meant to be kept private
Secrets that I kept from you
I have kept some things secret from you
Pillow talk in the afternoon
We talked secretively while lying in bed during the afternoon
Never wanted to hurt you
I never intended to hurt you
Didn't really want to deceive
I didn't really want to deceive you
I was so afraid if I told you
I was scared that if I told you the truth, it would break your heart and you would leave me
Your broken heart would force you to leave
Your heartache would be too much to bear and you would leave me
I think I knew what I was doing
I believe that I knew what I was doing, even though it was wrong
By falling into his arms again
I made the mistake of falling into his arms again
I wish I'd seen right through him
I regret not seeing through his intentions
But I'm telling you 'cause I'm so ashamed
I'm confessing to you because I feel embarrassed about my actions
Secrets, secrets, secrets
There are things that remain a secret between us
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: AITKEN, STOCK, WATERMAN
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JZ CRUZER
Body Language is one of her essential albums. I don't care if it sound so urban but Kylie takes urban in a different level.
sperrotta91
Absolutely one of her best.
Christian Faltinsky
🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Jesse James Latimer
honestly? what does urban even mean?
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@Jesse James Latimer it's basically r&b/hip hop
Gabe Barrera
I wish she would’ve done an album entirely filled with urban and hip hop songs!
XTIN0
It's unbelievable that this song wasn't released as a single. It has whatever it takes to be a hit, it's original and varied (electronic beats, pop melody, catchy lyrics, spoken-words, infectious chorus). A video for this song would have been iconic, I always imagined a video which stars Kylie 'VS' a man in a car race.
Scribblebytes
I'll be cool wichu. Be cool. I wonder if I take you home ❤️ let's make our own video 😉
XionXion
Actually it was released as promotional single, in Taiwan... with Promises.
Paul M
I reckon if her team hadn't been so quick to move on from Body Language to Ultimate Kylie/Showgirl era this would've been the 4th single for sure. Definitely deserved it and could've been another top 10 single for her.