100. “MORE MORE MORE” (2001)
For being her album that contains some of her absolute most iconic hits, it’s astounding that Fever opens with none of them. “More More More” is exactly what the experience needed, though. It feels like a warm-up, in a sense, but it isn’t lacking anything. The way it starts as if it’s mid-groove is genius, and it sets the tone perfectly. Not to mention, is electro-disco not basically her sound? Like?
099. “JUMP” (1997)
On an album ripe with vulnerability and self-exploration, “Jump” is noticeably tender. The trip-hoppy beat foils brilliantly with the hopefulness in her voice, creating an experience of cautious optimism. It’s a gorgeously understated moment on an album of highlights.
098. “SUPERNOVA” (2020)
One of Kylie’s highest-profile album tracks (we see you RuPaul), “Supernova” is the definition of conviction selling camp. Who cares what planets are in what galaxy, Kylie’s in charge of the universe. This is such an unapologetic little firecracker of a pop song that she fucking owns.
097. “SAY HEY” (1997)
By the time Kylie nearly whispers, “It’s getting late,” it already feels like the middle of the night. The most house-forward track on Impossible Princess, everything about “Say Hey” is brilliant. It captures the experience of your mind racing – her yearning highlighted by her restraint.
096. “CLOSER” (1991)
Backing “Finer Feelings,” this was Kylie’s last true b-side for PWL, and to this day remains one of her best overall. The track is hypnotically lush, sexy but not lusty, and completely timeless. Making the executive decision to declare the Pleasure Mix the standard version because it’s the complete song.
095. “FEELS GO GOOD” (2014)
One might say that Kiss Me Once is one of Kylie’s spottier albums, but its peaks were really majestic. This song expertly simmers to a controlled climax… hypotonic but not repetitive with some really interesting vocal choices (not shade.)
094. “A SECOND TO MIDNIGHT” (2021)
Kylie Minogue featuring Years & Years
This was DISCO’s victory lap. Released off the album’s “Guest List Edition” (cute), “A Second To Midnight” is a sparkly little dance pop treat. Kylie and Olly expectedly have off-the-charts musical chemistry, and the song is kinda perfect because of it.
093. “DANCE FLOOR DARLING” (2020)
This is such a Kylie Minogue Moment in its execution. Adorable in all the right ways, timeless with an extra helping of camp. Textbook – but also the song is pretty great.
092. “MADE IN HEAVEN” (1988)
This was always so much more than a late-80s b-side. The song is so good, it was almost a double a-side (remember those?!) and they even made a video (although they probably shouldn’t’ve.) “Made In Heaven” is everything that’s powerful about the sweetest of bubblegum pop.
091. “FEVER” (2001)
It’s hard to imagine an album as iconic as Fever not having an iconic title track. Maybe it would’ve lived up to its potential if this was released as a single, but if she ever whipped this out on tour, a sizeable portion of the crowd would be screaming back, “Feel the fever” every night.
090. “SLEEPING WITH THE ENEMY” (2014)
Personally, I will never get over this being a bonus track. What a gorgeous, slightly heartbreaking song that perfectly finds the middle ground between dance pop and ballad. The melody is instant and it really soars.
089. “IF I CAN’T HAVE YOU” (2015)
Kylie + Garibay featuring Sam Sparro
Wow this song should have been an instant gay anthem. This is such a banger, never overthought and lacking pretension.
088. “CUPID BOY” (2010)
While Aphrodite was dance pop top to bottom, “Cupid Boy” was the most club-ready of the bunch. When Kylie reaches into her upper register, it can really make everything sound so elevated and ethereal.
087. “SPEAKERPHONE” (2007)
At the time this felt super cutting-edge for Kylie, production-wise. It definitely sounds like a time in pop music, but the bones are great. If she performed another remixed version on tour like she did in 2009, it would bring the house down.
086. “STORY” (2023)
Officially one of her best album closers, joining an elite list (keep reading.) Trying to end on such a high can sometimes go the wrong way, but “Story” really packs in the emotion with a sense of finality. And her voice is angelic.
085. “TOO MUCH” (2010)
The way this song pops off…like, she didn’t have to, but thank goddess she did. This is genuinely one of her most exuberant tracks.
084. “IF ONLY” (2014)
Hands down the most interesting listen on Kiss Me Once. Nothing about it feels intuitive, but it does feel organic and still undeniably Kylie.
083. “2 HEARTS” (2007)
“2 Hearts” performed both as well as it did, and yet is still considered to have underperformed strictly because it was positioned as a big comeback single. Sure, it didn’t fully represent the X album, but the song is incredible. The value of that context, in hindsight at least, is just how willing she was to “come back” without a big dance banger. Otherwise, this is a sincerely great Kylie-fied track that really just swaps out an array of synthesizers for a bit of live instrumentation, if you wanna be honest.
082. “WHAT KIND OF FOOL? (HEARD ALL THAT BEFORE)” (1992)
Outside of a “Celebration” cover you’ll have to scroll back a few pages to read about (shade), this was Kylie’s swan song with PWL Records. For all you newbies, PWL = Era 1. And what a grand finale! Pop perfection, scathing lyrics, and a bona fide herald-of-a-chorus. This should have been a much bigger hit, but the public was just as ready for her to move on as she was.
081. “GOT TO BE CERTAIN” (1988)
Released as Kylie’s 3rd single (2nd in most of the world), “Got To Be Certain” will always be sentimental for longtime fans (*cough* I was not born yet *cough*). This is everything brilliant about the way the SAW songwriting team made pop music. It’s outrageously cute and fizzy, but the fact that Kylie is the Pop Goddess she is legitimizes it.
080. “ENJOY YOURSELF” (1989)
The title track to her sophomore LP is such redemption moment in lieu of some questionable ballads. Anthemic, pure pop, and the perfect bridge to the inception of Dance Kylie coming the following year.
079. “TEARS” (1997)
Undeniably, this would have fit right in on Impossible Princess, and probably should have over some of the less-dancy moments. You know, for cohesiveness. Nonetheless, you can probably find “Tears” on more compilations over the years than even some of her hits, so it’s not hurting. This is perfectly late-90s house, but just ever-so-slightly to the left.
078. “RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW” (2015)
Giorgio Moroder featuring Kylie Minogue
I mean… could dance music ever ask for a more iconic collab? Legendary, game-changing producer Giorgio Moroder really gave Kylie a hell of a track to work with – elegant, sleek, but still a little sleazy – and she more than held up her end of the deal on vocal duty. Maybe not the most explosive thing she’s ever done, but in the best way.
077. “EVERYTHING IS BEAUTIFUL” (2010)
The literal one moment on Aphrodite that wouldn’t work on the dance floor. But don’t call her a ballad! On any album, this would be a highlight, but on this one it creates such necessary range and texture. The melody and production are sublime, and it really can get ya in the feels if you listen to the words.
076. “HOLD ON TO NOW” (2023)
The 3rd super-instant Tension single in row, “Hold On To Now” was a comfortable addition to her repertoire of hits. This is a Kylie Minogue song through to its core, and with different production, could have been released at virtually any point along her journey. It’s not easy to make a song sound so much like yourself without being expendable.
075. “WOULDN’T CHANGE A THING” (1989)
If you ask me, this song only gets better with age. It’s a cute, breezy little love song, but it ranks medium on the cheesy-scale. Which is kinda where you want it, right? Melody is perfect.
074. “I LOVE IT” (2020)
When someone drops an album called DISCO, this is probably the exact song you would envision. Kylie is such a descendant/torch-carrier/pioneer in disco that it sounds completely effortless, but just try and not have this playing in your head non-stop. That’s not easy to make. For being one of her more recent tracks, I would personally use this as an example to showcase her sound.
073. “SOMEBODY TO LOVE” (2023)
This is truly a brilliant song, I don’t understand why it’s not on the main Tension album. “Somebody To Love” is full of pining and desperation atop sweet, heavenly synth pop. I consider it to be a masterpiece.
072. “IF YOU DON’T LOVE ME” (1994)
This sparse cover of a minor Prefab Sprout hit backed the “Confide In Me” single in the most stunning way. Just Kylie and a piano…her voice completely sparkles in all its natural glory. It feels like a cool down after the epic a-side it accompanies, and yet a stunning moment all to itself.
071. “FALLING” (1994)
When Kylie signed with indie dance label Deconstruction in the early-90s, this was the moment you could hear her building to. Written by the legendary Pet Shop Boys, “Falling” is a hypnotic, posh nearly-7 minute club track. The production choices feel tame by today’s standards, but not in a bad way. This would slay today.
070. “LIKE A DRUG” (2007)
This is the exact electro-cool direction X probably should have stuck to, on the whole. There’s an understated glossiness that she delivers unlike anybody else, and this album track is genuinely one of her most successful.
069. “LOVE TAKES OVER ME” (1997)
The lyrics! The vocals! The arrangement! This is one of the more experimental moments to this point, but it is ridiculously listenable. Could have been so much more than a b-side.
068. “PAPER DOLLS” (2000)
Kylie doesn’t have an array of acoustic pop to choose from, but “Paper Dolls” gets it so right in terms of who she is as an artist. The song, on its own, is just sweet enough to be craveable without ever crossing into toothache territory. But the Kylie-factor is a very real thing, and her voice really has the right texture to bring it to life.
067. “WHERE IS THE FEELING?” (1994)
This position is an aggregation of the Yin and the Yang that is the “Where Is The Feeling?” experience. For those who don’t know, the version released on the Kylie Minogue (1994) album is a 7-minute house anthem with huge vocals. Listen here. Well then Brothers In Rhythm come in and remix, their own production mind you, into an unrecognizable 13-munute mostly-spoken, trip-hop influenced escapade. An edited version of said remix is the one Kylie liked for single release, so we have to consider that the main version, too. Which one (or any of the other incredible remixes!) is better is a matter of taste, but undeniably two very distinct interpretations of the track.
066. “INTO THE BLUE” (2014)
Right track, wrong time. For something that takes a couple listens to get, maybe not the right choice to properly kick off such a transformative time in her career. Especially following the bombastic teaser track that was “Skirt.” Once you get it, though, you get it…and no doubt this is a special song regardless of timing.
065. “CHOCOLATE” (2003)
Hell. Yes. Justice. For. “Chocolate” !!! The sultry, velvety centerpiece of Body Language was always destined for single-dom. It’s a testament to her catalog that it more or less has gotten lost in the shuffle, despite being a hit. But damnit if it doesn’t belong in the mix. I remember thinking it sound so fucking cool then, and I think it sounds just as cool now.
064. “DID IT AGAIN” (1997)
Every legend deserves a self-loathing anthem, and although we hate that for her…”Did It Again” slaps. Not sure if Kylie particularly enjoys it, but this is really one of the songs on Impossible Princess that ties it all together. And although this doesn’t count, the video is everything.
063. “MADE OF GLASS” (2005)
I’m sure there’s many a Lover out there that still laments this not getting a single release. And I get it, this is one of more interesting things she had done during this general era, and it still fits within the realm of radio pop. Did it have hit quality? We’ll never know, but it deserved more than a b-side.
062. “DANGEROUS GAME” (1994)
In the 90s when big, dramatic ballads were as in vogue as En Vogue, this track makes perfect sense. Ballads of this ilk hit really different these days, so it does sound a little of its time, but “Dangerous Game” could have been a James Bond theme! The arrangement is A+, and this one of her best vocals.
061. “MIGHTY RIVERS” (2010)
This was an iTunes? Bonus? Track? That is a hilarious concept today, but it was just as insulting then. For a song this good?! Could have been placed literally anywhere on Aphrodite and it would have made sense in the flow of things…how it got passed over is still confusing to me.
060. “STEP BACK IN TIME” (1990)
Kylie and disco have always been a pair, but this was her first real moment. “Step Back In Time” is a quintessential Kylie track on every level – a bop, a hit, a motif if you will. As time goes by, the song actually comes alive more. It’s the nostalgia of it all!
059. “MISS A THING” (2020)
During the pandemic, the DISCO album was exactly what the doctor called for. Pristine escapist pop built around a throwback/future disco theme? Please. “Miss A Thing” really is the most successful execution of that theme.
058. “SOME KIND OF BLISS” (1997)
The world wasn’t ready for this Kylie. The track didn’t represent the album. Blah blah blah. Let’s get real, “Some Kind Of Bliss” is one of her greatest works. I think Impossible Princess needed something with this kind of clarity, and how could you not put this out as a single?
057. “KISS ME ONCE” (2014)
You can hear this is a Sia co-write. Stunning song with a soaring chorus you can’t help but take off with. You can see where she was going with releasing “Into The Blue” as a the lead single from this album, but the title track might have been the better choice.
056. “DISCO DOWN” (2000)
One of the ultimate fan favorites right here. This is an ABBA tribute so convincing you’d think it was a cover. Maybe the highest compliment in pop.
055. “[THE] LOCOMOTION” (1987/1988)
Her first single ever. The song that put her on the map. Established her a a juggernaut in the UK. Went top-3 in the US. Can’t escape it to this day. Yeah, I get it. It’s still “The Locomotion.” In the grand scheme of her career, there are few more important songs than this. But as far as her best?
054. “MAGIC” (2020)
On every level, this is a definitive example of the Kylie Minogue sound. Hands-in-the air, escape-your-life dance pop. This was what the moment called for, but the timelessness of “Magic” is what makes it so special.
053. “ESPECIALLY FOR YOU” (1988)
Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
When Kylie and Jason – both massive co-stars of Australian soap Neighbours who recently made their transition into pop music – inevitably got together to give the people what they wanted, there was no doubt it was gonna be successful. But “Especially For You,” in all its over-produced 80s-ballad gloriousness, delivered on a whole other level. It’s an unavoidable landmark in her career and, to this day, a concert sing-a-long injected with blissful nostalgia.
052. “AUTOMATIC LOVE” (1994)
The first “Indie Kylie” album, her 1994 self-titled, was a dichotomy of house bangers and dramatic ballads, but “Automatic Love” is really neither. Kylie’s voice is astounding on this perfectly-arranged track, and when it climaxes it almost feels bigger than a dance song or ballad could achieve.
051. “I’M OVER DREAMING (OVER YOU)” (1988)
The way we should be talking about this as one of her biggest hits of the 1980s… but criminally left on the Enjoy Yourself album to rot into oblivion. You better believe I am determined never to let that happen. This is a pop masterpiece – 10 out of 10, no notes.
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