Put Yourself in My Place (Kylie Minogue song)

"Put Yourself in My Place"
Single by Kylie Minogue
from the album Kylie Minogue
Released	14 November 1994
Format	CD single cassette single vinyl single
Recorded	New York City
Genre	Pop, R&B, Trip hop
Length	4:54 (Album version) 4:13 (Radio mix)
Label	Deconstruction Mushroom
Writer(s)	Jimmy Harry
Producer(s)	Jimmy Harry
Certification	Gold (Australia)
Kylie Minogue singles chronology
"Confide in Me" (1994) "Put Yourself in My Place" (1994) "Where Is the Feeling?" (1995)
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"Put Yourself in My Place" is a song performed by Australian recording artist and songwriter Kylie Minogue, recorded for her self-titled fifth studio album (1994). The song was released as the album's second single on 18 November 1994 by Deconstruction. The song was written and produced by Jimmy Harry.

Commercially, the song did not achieve as much success as her previous singles, only managing to chart in Australia, Germany and the United Kingdom. The song received an accompanying music video, featuring Minogue entering a spacecraft and undressing while floating. The video received positive reviews from music critics.

The song has been featured on most of Minogue's tours, these being Intimate and Live Tour, On a Night Like This Tour, KylieFever2002 and was played last on the Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour. It was also performed on An Audience with Kylie Minogue 2001 TV special. The song has been featured on many of Minogue's compilations.

Reception

Critical response

"Put Yourself in My Place" received positive reviews from most music critics. Jason Shawahn from About.com labelled the tracks that were featured on Ultimate Kylie from the Deconstruction era "good".^[1] Hunter Felt from PopMatters described it as a "trip-hop [song]" and said "Kylie will come off as believable."^[2]

Chart performance

The song did not achieve the same level of success as the lead single from Kylie Minogue, "Confide in Me". In the United Kingdom, "Put Yourself in My Place" debuted at number seventeen on the UK Singles Chart on 26 November 1994, rising to a peak of eleven the following week.^[3] Elsewhere in Europe, the track failed to chart except in Germany, where it peaked at number eighty-seven.^[4] In Australia, the single also debuted at number seventeen on the ARIA Charts on 11 December 1994.^[5] It peaked at number eleven,^[5] and spent seventeen weeks in the top 100.^[6]

Music video

Directed by Kier McFarlane, had Minogue recreate the opening sequence of the Jane Fonda film Barbarella. In 1995 the video won the award for the "Best Australian Video" at the Australian ARIA Music Awards.

There are several different edits of the music video, some with different and more sexualised scenes than others, with Kylie showing more skin. Some also feature different edits of the actual song, for example, the album version and the radio edit.

Formats and track listings

These are the formats and track listings of major single releases of "Put Yourself in My Place".

AUS CD1

1. "Put Yourself in My Place" (short radio edit) – 3:37
2. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Dan's Quiet Storm Extended Mix) – 5:48
3. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Dan's Quiet Storm Club Mix) – 7:03
4. "Confide in Me" (Phillip Damien Mix) – 6:25

UK CD1

1. "Put Yourself in My Place" (radio mix) – 4:11
2. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Dan's Quiet Storm Extended Mix) – 5:48
3. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Dan's Quiet Storm Club Mix) – 7:03
4. "Confide in Me" (Phillip Damien Mix) – 6:25

CD2

1. "Put Yourself in My Place" (radio mix) – 4:11
2. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Driza-Bone Mix) – 4:50
3. "Put Yourself in My Place" (All-Stars Mix) – 4:54
4. "Where Is the Feeling?" (Morales Mix) – 9:55

• The United Kingdom 12" vinyl single was a limited edition release.

Official remixes

1. "Put Yourself in My Place" (Dan's Old School Mix) – 4:31
2. "Put Yourself in My Place" (acoustic version) – 4:46^[7]

Live performances

Minogue performed the song on the following concert tours:

• Intimate and Live Tour (acoustic version)
• On a Night Like This Tour (acoustic version)
• KylieFever2002 (sung as part of "The Crying Game Ballads Medley")
• Showgirl: The Greatest Hits Tour

The song was also performed on:

• An Audience with Kylie Minogue 2001 TV special

Charts

Chart (1994–1995) Peak position Australia (ARIA Singles Chart)[5] 11 German Singles Chart[4] 87 Scotland (Official Charts Company)[8] 14 UK Singles Chart[3] 11

End-of-year charts Year Country Position 1994 UK Singles Chart 110 1995 Australia (ARIA Singles Chart)[9] 92

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Australia (ARIA)[9]	Gold	35,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Kylie Minogue - Ultimate Kylie". About. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
2. "Kylie Minogue". PopMatters. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
3. "Official Charts > Kylie Minogue". The Official UK Charts Company. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
4. "Offizielle Deutsche Charts > Kylie Minogue – Put Yourself In My Place (single)" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
5. "Put Yourself in My Place (Kylie Minogue song)". Australian-charts.com. Retrieved 2 October 2014.
6. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles Chart – Week Ending 02 Apr 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
7. "The Minography – Mixes". Kylie.co.uk. Retrieved 8 October 2006.
8. "Archive Chart: 1994-11-27". Scottish Singles Top 40.
9. "The ARIA Australian Top 100 Singles 1995". ARIA. Retrieved 3 March 2016.

External links

• Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics