Kylie Minogue, Padam Padam | FIERCE Pop + Rock

In the 28^th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock , we highlight “Padam Padam” performed by Australian pop superstar, Kylie Minogue.  

BBring on the bold, FIERCE tracks! FIERCE Pop + Rock provides background information and insight into pop, rock, and metal songs that raise eyebrows and stir the pot.  Featured records can be classic or brand new. In the 28th edition of FIERCE Pop + Rock (2023), we explore “Padam Padam” performed by Kylie Minogue.

“Padam, padam, I hear it and I know / Padam, padam, I know you wanna take me home.”  Oh, snap , Kylie Minogue! The Australian pop superstar made quite a buzz with the release of her fierce single,   “Padam Padam”, an instant Pride anthem! Minogue doesn’t say any dirty words on “Padam Padam,” but the what’s implied is “not that innocent” to quote another pop artist, Britney Spears. “Padam” was produced by LOSTBOY, who co-wrote the track alongside Ina Wroldsen. What exactly is the padam? Why the heartbeat!

The chorus, the centerpiece, excerpted above, continues as follows:

“Padam, and get to know me close

Padam, padam, when your heart goes

Padam, padam, I hear it and I know

Padam, padam, I know you wanna take me home

Padam, and take off all my clothes

Padam, padam, when your heart goes ‘padam’.”

Self-explanatory lyrics, right? Sex, sex, sex…

The verses, of course, preface the act.  In the first verse, Minogue has “Shivers and butterflies / I get the shivers when I look into your eyes / And I can tell that you’re all in / ‘Cause I can hear your heart beatin’.” Ooh wee! Notably, in the second verse, she ups the ante: “Wanna see what’s under that T-shirt.” WOO! Kylie Minogue delivered a surefire electronic dance/pop bop with “Padam Padam”.

Kylie Minogue • Tension • Kylie Minogue / Darenote / BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited • 9.22.23

Kylie Minogue, “Padam Padam”: FIERCE Pop + Rock No. 28 (2023) [: Brent Faulkner / The Musical Hype; Kylie Minogue / Darenote / BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited; Conna Lee, Madelin Berry, anna-m. w., Johan Duran, RODNAE Productions via Pexels; Pete Linforth via Pixabay]