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The Kills – Getting Down (2008) | Track profile | Dork

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Midnight Boom
Getting Down

TRACK

Getting Down

Release date: 10th March 2008

From Midnight Boom

Track 4

2:58

Alternative Music Punk Indie Rock

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About This Track

'Getting Down' by The Kills is an alternative track from the album 'Midnight Boom' (2008). The lyrics place a jittery mix of urgency and intimacy alongside talk of fire, awkward moments, and sour kisses, all shot through with the sense of being in motion, as if waiting for a signal. The repeated emphasis on being “getting down” frames the song as a kind of escalating admission, from spirit to rumours, with the speaker trying to make contact and be understood.

"Getting Down" is a track by The Kills, from the album Midnight Boom, released 10th March 2008. The track is 2:58 long. It's filed under Alternative. Full lyrics are available below. Dork has published 5 articles about The Kills.

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Lyrics

Getting Down

What's going on fire
I want you to know
My spirit's alive,
I want you to know

I'm getting down with the awkward moments
I'm getting down with the sour kiss
I'm getting down with the rumours in the back of the car
I'm getting down with it

Signal when you get to the top
Signal when you want me, when you want me to stop
We could, we could crash, we could, we could, burn burn
We could take it, we could we could take it take it in turns

Getting down
Getting down with your new vocation
Getting down with your cute cut wrists
I'm getting down with the kisses and cross-stitches on it
I'm getting down with it

Here's a message from my old coat pocket
My spirit's alive,
I want you to know

I'm getting down with the young drunk lovers
I'm getting down with the one way pack
I'm getting down with the city and the pity of it
I'm getting down with it

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Track details

From Midnight Boom

2:582008

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Album

10th March 2008

Track number

4

Release year

2008

1U.R.A Fever
2:18
2Cheap and Cheerful
2:29
3Tape Song
3:38
4Getting Down
2:58

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