"Kids of the Century" is a song by the German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 band Helloween

Helloween

Helloween is a German power metal band founded in the mid 1980s by members of Iron Fist and Powerfool. The band was a pioneering force in the European Power Metal movement and their second and third studio albums, Keeper of the Seven Keys, Pt...

 taken from the album Pink Bubbles Go Ape

Pink Bubbles Go Ape

Pink Bubbles Go Ape is the fourth studio album by German power metal band Helloween, released in 1991. It marked the departure of guitarist Kai Hansen, with Roland Grapow replacing him...

. This is the first Helloween single with Roland Grapow playing guitars, replacing Kai Hansen, and shows the first signs of the musical changes that the band passed through in the following years.

The Japanese version of the single contains an exclusive Helloween interview (6:02) instead of "Shit and Lobster".

Single track listing

Personnel

• Michael Kiske
  Michael Kiske
  Michael Kiske is a singer best known as the lead vocalist for the German power metal band Helloween, from 1986 to 1993. From 1996 up to 2009, Kiske recorded four solo albums, participated on various metal and rock related projects, while he also performed with numerous bands as a guest vocalist...
  
   - vocals
• Roland Grapow
  Roland Grapow
  Roland Grapow, born 30 August 1959 in Hamburg, Germany is a professional guitarist and music producer. Roland is best known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, who he played with for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Hansen...
  
   - lead and rhythm guitars
• Michael Weikath
  Michael Weikath
  Michael Ingo Joachim Weikath is the guitarist of the German Power metal band Helloween."Weiki" was born in Hamburg, Germany. He is one of the Helloween founding members, along with the musicians Kai Hansen , Markus Grosskopf and Ingo Schwichtenberg . Along with Grosskopf he is the only other...
  
   - lead and rhythm guitars
• Markus Grosskopf
  Markus Grosskopf
  Markus Großkopf, born 21 September 1965 in Hamburg, Germany, is the bass guitarist, and one of only two remaining original members of the German power metal band Helloween...
  
   - bass guitar
• Ingo Schwichtenberg
  Ingo Schwichtenberg
  Ingo Schwichtenberg was one of the founding members of German power metal band Helloween and was famous for his high-energy drumming....
  
  - drums