"Kids with Guns"
Single byGorillaz featuringNeneh Cherry
from the albumDemon Days
A-side	"El Mañana"
Released	10 April 2006 (2006-4-10)
Genre	Alternative rock electronic new wave[1]
Length	3:45
Label	Parlophone
Songwriter(s)	Damon Albarn
Producer(s)	Gorillaz Danger Mouse Jason Cox James Dring
Gorillaz featuringNeneh Cherry singles chronology
"Dirty Harry" (2005) "Kids with Guns" / "El Mañana" (2006) "Stylo" (2010)
Alternate covers
Double A-side cover
Music video
"Kids With Guns" onYouTube

"Kids with Guns" is a song from the Britishvirtual bandGorillaz' secondalbum,Demon Days. It was released on 10 April 2006 in the United Kingdom as adouble A-side as the fourth and finalsingles from the album. "Kids with Guns" and its other A-side "El Mañana", reached number 27 upon its release in the United Kingdom, a significantly lower position than its predecessors.

"Kids with Guns" featuresNeneh Cherry on guest vocals. A remix byHot Chip was included on the release ofThe Inbetweeners Soundtrack in 2009.

"Kids with Guns" was inspired by a child atDamon Albarn's daughter's school, who had arrived one day with a knife. Albarn said, "A nice boy just decided to pick up a knife and show it to his friends at lunchtime. It's a very real problem, but I'm not treating it as a problem. It's part of the brutalization of a generation that's going on at the moment."^[2]

Although "Kids with Guns" does not have an official promo video, live visuals were shown during theDemon Days Live show atManchester Opera House in November 2005. The visuals are a slideshow of guns, appearing in red, white and black. Sometimes a "23 mm" sign or a slide of the guns is positioned to make a windmill, representing Noodle's floating island.

OnThe Singles Collection DVD, the video used for the song was the live performance fromDemon Days Live at the Manchester Opera House.

UK CD single

1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
2. "El Mañana" – 3:50
3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39

UK DVD single

1. "El Mañana" (music video) – 3:54
2. "Kids with Guns" (music video) – 3:46
3. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Original Demo Version) – 2:29
4. "El Mañana" (animatic) – 3:57

UK 7-inch single

1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
2. "El Mañana" – 3:50

European CD single

1. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
2. "El Mañana" – 3:50
3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
4. "El Mañana" (music video) – 3:54

Japanese CD single

1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
2. "Kids with Guns" – 3:45
3. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
4. "Don't Get Lost in Heaven" (Original Demo Version) – 2:29
5. "El Mañana" (music video) – 3:54

US digital single

1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
2. "Hong Kong" (Live inManchester) – 6:36

US digital E.P.

1. "El Mañana" – 3:50
2. "Stop the Dams" – 5:39
3. "Hong Kong" (Live in Manchester) – 6:36
4. "Kids with Guns" (music video) – 3:46
5. "El Mañana" (Live in Harlem video) – 3:59

• Damon Albarn – vocals, guitars, keyboards
• Neneh Cherry – additional vocals
• Danger Mouse – drum programming, mixing
• James Dring – drums, drum programming
• Jason Cox – mixing, engineering
• Steve Sedgwick – mixing assistance
• Howie Weinberg – mastering

• Release - Kids with Guns Toshiba EMI (Archived) - Japanese release page

• 2006 singles
• Gorillaz songs
• British new wave songs
• Song recordings produced by Danger Mouse (musician)
• Songs written by Damon Albarn
• 2005 songs
• Parlophone singles

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