"Better the Devil You Know" is a dance-pop song written by Stock, Aitken & Waterman for Australian pop singer Kylie Minogue's third album, Rhythm of Love. It was released as the album's first single in April 1990 (see 1990 in music), and its music video helped Minogue break out of her early "girl-next-door" image. Minogue travelled back to her home country Australia to film it so that Pete Waterman would not be able to censor its sexualized content.^{[citation needed]} It featured Minogue in very mild sexually suggestive scenes with a black man, who played the role of her lover. It caused some controversy as it presented Minogue in a much more mature image than videos from earlier years, for example "I Should Be So Lucky" (1987), that portrayed her as more innocent. Image File history File linksMetadata Betterthedevilyouknow. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... 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A scene from the music video

Although it is a departure from her earlier videos, focusing on her new image rather than a plot, it is still a favorite with her fans, who often label the song itself as "BTDYK". It is also often referred to as "Kylie’s anthem". Some years later, just before Nick Cave released a duet with Minogue, he said "Better the Devil You Know" had "the saddest song lyrics" he ever heard. The song was covered by the Australian singer-songwriter Penny Flanagan in 1997, pop group Steps in 1999 (see 1999 in music) and by Atomic Kitten in early 2000. screenshot from music video Better the Devil You Know (1990) showing Kylie Minogue, taken from the DVD Ultimate Kylie (2004). ... screenshot from music video Better the Devil You Know (1990) showing Kylie Minogue, taken from the DVD Ultimate Kylie (2004). ... Nicholas Edward Cave (born 22 September 1957) is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional actor. ... Penny Flanagan (born 1970) is a Sydney based singer/songwriter and novelist. ... Steps was a pop group that achieved a series of charted singles between 1997 and 2001. ... This article is about the year. ... See also: 1999 in music (UK) Musical groups established in 1999 Record labels established in 1999 // January 7 After eight years of marriage, Rod Stewart and supermodel wife Rachel Hunter announce their separation. ... Atomic Kitten is an English girl group from Liverpool composed of Liz Lil McClarnon, Natasha Tash Hamilton, and Jenny Frost - who replaced original member Kerry Katona in January 2001. ...

Backing vocals for the song were provided by Minogue, Mae McKenna, Mike Stock and Miriam Stockley. The song is played at 12.30am every Saturday night at the "G.A.Y" club in London's Astoria. The song has become an all-time favourite amongst many people and is often considered a 1990s classic. It is also considered as one of the first non-1980s influenced pop songs and videos.
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Kylie debuted this single during the second European leg of her "Enjoy Yourself" World Tour in early 1990, subsequently releasing it to amazing reviews. To her fans it was one of Kylie's, now famous, "it was what we wanted but didn't know it" moments, similar to her later success with "Can't get you out of my head" in 2001. The publicity in the UK was not wide spread and the video was not widely shown on terrestrial television in the UK, yet it reached number two.

In the video Kylie wears a ring which she demonstratively shows the camera. This ring is in the shape of an "M" and is known to be a reference to Michael Hutchence, who inspired her new raunchy persona and encouraged her to be more singular.

Track listings

Kylie version

CD single

1. "Better the Devil You Know" - 3:52
2. "Better The Devil You Know" (Mad March Hare Mix) - 07:09
3. "I'm Over Dreaming" (Over You) (7" Remix) - 03:21

7" single

1. "Better the Devil You Know" - 3:52
2. "I'm Over Dreaming" (Over You) (7" Remix) - 03:21

12" single

1. "Better The Devil You Know" (Mad March Hare Mix) - 07:09
2. "I'm Over Dreaming" (Over You) (Extended Remix) 04:54

Steps version

1. "Say You'll Be Mine" - 3:32
2. "Better the Devil You Know" - 3:49
3. "Better The Devil You Know" (2T's 2 Go Mix) - 5:53

Chart performance

Kylie version

Steps version

Sonia Song

Although this had the same title as the Kylie song it is in fact a completely different song. This was the UK's official entry in the 1993 Eurovision Song Contest and only just came 2nd in the competition and could still have won the competition right up to the last country's vote. This was Sonia's final top 40 hit in the UK and one of her biggest hits staying in the top 75 for 7 weeks and reaching number 15.

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