Some Kind Of Bliss

"Some Kind of Bliss" is a song performed by Australian singer Kylie Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, James Dean Bradfield and Sean Moore (the singer/guitarist and drummer from the band Manic Street Preachers, respectively) for Minogue's sixth studio album Impossible Princess (1997). It provided Minogue with an edgier sound, with guitars taking the place of the drum machine beats heavily featured on her earlier efforts.[1] The song was released as the album's first single in September 1997. It was a moderate commercial success, reaching the top forty on the Australian and United Kingdom singles charts.[2]
It has been reported that Minogue herself wanted the album track "Limbo" to be released as the lead single from Impossible Princess. However Deconstruction did not think it would be a suitable single release, so instead issued it as a b-side to the newly decided lead single "Some Kind of Bliss".[3] Minogue did agree that "Some Kind of Bliss", while although not her original choice, was nevertheless a good choice, as she felt it provided an appropriate expectation for the album. She claimed that due to the diversity of the sounds and lyrics, any single release wouldn't be indicative of the whole album, but that "Some Kind of Bliss" was a good start.[4]
Manic Street Preachers had once wanted to work with Kylie on their track "Little Baby Nothing" from the album Generation Terrorists. However, Minogue was busy, so they used Traci Lords instead. Minogue later performed the song live with the group (the live bootleg recording of this is a highly sought after track amongst fans.)[citation needed]
The single only reached number twenty-two in the UK (and ended her streak of 21 consecutive top twenty singles) and number twenty-seven in Australia, making it one of her least successful singles.
Unlike previous Minogue single releases "Some Kind of Bliss" did not feature an unreleased song as its b-side. Instead "Limbo" was included. Later on the United Kingdom limited edition 7" release, "Love Takes over Me" was released as a B-side. The track was originally intended for inclusion on the album but did not make the final cut.