Ki$$ & Tell
"Kiss n Tell" is a song by American recording artist and songwriter Ke$ha, from her first album, Animal (2010). It was written by Kesha, with Lukasz Gottwald (a.k.a. Dr. Luke), Max Martin, Shondrae Crawford and Karl Johan Schuster. Production was completed by Dr. Luke alongside Max Martin. Kesha was inspired to write the song after finding out that her then boyfriend was cheating on her with a famous female pop star. The song features elements of dance-pop and party pop while the lyrics describe the tale of a cheating ex.
Writing & Composition[]
"Kiss n Tell" was written by Kesha alongside Lukasz Gottwald (Dr. Luke), Max Martin, Shondrae Crawford and Karl Johan Schuster. Production of the song was completed by Dr.Luke and Max Martin. The writing of the song came about after Kesha discovered that her boyfriend was cheating on her with a famous pop starlet, whos name was never revealed to the public. "Kiss n Tell" is a dance-pop track that features standard elements of "party pop" music that is prominent on Animal. True to the songs initial writing, the songs lyrics depict a tale of the "“slutty” ex of [Kesha] spreading his wild oats around the town" According to sheet music published at Musicnotes.com by Sony/ATV Music Publishing, "Kiss n Tell" is written in the time signature of common time, with a moderate beat rate of 144 beats per minute. The song is written in the key of E Major and Kesha's vocal range in the song spans from the note of G♯3 to the note of B4.
Reception[]
Critical reception[]
David Jeffries from Allmusic listed the song as a standout track from the album, listing it as a "Track Pick". Ben Norman from About.com positively called the song "standard party pop", earlier commenting that all of the albums tracks come across as "inanely simple pop-dance tracks".
Music Video[]
Ke$ha - Kiss N Tell
Lyrics[]
Listen to yourself
You're a hot mess
St-t-stutter through your words
Breaking a sweat
What's it gonna take to confess
What we both know
Yeah, I was outta town last weekend,
You were feeling like a pimp round your lame friends
Now your little party's gonna end
So here we go
Woohha-a-ohooh
You got a secret
Woohha-a-ohooh
You couldn't keep it
Woohha-a-ohooh
Somebody leaked it,
And now some sh*ts about to go down
Never thought that you would be the one
Acting like a slut when I was gone
Maybe you shouldn't
Kiss 'n' tell
You really should've kept it in your pants
Hearing dirty stories from your friends
Maybe you shouldn't
Kiss 'n' tell
Your looking like a tool not a bawler
Your acting like a chick, why bother?
I can find someone way hotter
With a bigger wow... well
'Cause on top of all the ways that you messed up
You weren't smart enough to keep your stupid mouth shut
I'm so sick of it
I've had enough
I hope you cry
Woohha-a-ohooh
You got a secret
Woohha-a-ohooh
You couldn't keep it
Woohha-a-ohooh
Somebody leaked it
And now some sh*ts about to go down
Never thought that you would be the one
Acting like a slut when I was gone
Maybe you shouldn't
Kiss 'n' tell
You really should've kept it in your pants
Hearing dirty stories from your friends
Maybe you shouldn't
Kiss 'n' tell
Kiss 'n' tell [x8]
I hope you know
You gotta go
You
Get up and go
I don't wanna know
Or why your gross
You gotta go,
You
Get up and go
'Cause I dont wanna know
I never thought that you would be the one
Acting like a slut when I was gone
Maybe you shouldn't
Kiss 'n' tell
You really should've kept it in your pants
Hearing dirty stories from your friends
Maybe you shouldn't
Kiss 'n' tell
Maybe you shouldn't
Kiss 'n' tell