Put Yourself in My Place

“Put Yourself in My Place” was selected as the second single from the fifth studio album of Minogue Kylie Minogue . The song was produced and written by Jimmy Harry. Musically, "Put Yourself in My Place" is made in the style of AC ballads. In the song, Minogue talks about relationship problems and convinces her lover to look at things from her point of view, to put herself in her place.

The song was featured on many Minogue compilations, especially on budget compilations of the Deconstruction label. “Put Yourself in My Place” was not released on the following Minogue compilations:

• Hits + (2000)
• Confide in Me (2002)
• Greatest Hits 87–97 (2003)
• Greatest Hits 1987-1999 (2003)
• Ultimate Kylie (2004)
• Kylie Minogue: Artist Collection (2004)
• Confide in Me: The Irresistible Kylie (2007)

Kylie performed the song during the following concert tours:

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

The song was also performed on a special issue of the An Audience with Kylie Minogue TV show in 2001.

Critic Reviews

Put Yourself in My Place has received positive reviews from most music critics. Jason Schoen with About.com in his Ultimate Kylie review highlighted Deconstruction's greatest hits. ^[1] Hunter Falt with PopMatters described the song as “ trip hop [song]” and said that “Kylie sings the story is very believable.” ^[2]

Commercial Success

The song did not repeat the success of the lead single from the album " Confide in Me ". In Britain, Put Yourself in My Place debuted at number 17 on November 26, 1994, peaking at number 11 the following week. In the rest of Europe, the single did not appear on the charts except Germany, where the song peaked at number 87. In Australia, the single also debuted from position 17 on December 11, 1994. The single spent eleven weeks in the top 50 and peaked at number 11, just like In Great Britain.

The video for the song was shot by Cyrus MacFarlane. In it, Minogue recreated the opening scene from the movie Jane Fonda Barbarella . In 1995, the video won the Best Australian Video Award at the ARIA Music Awards.

There are slightly different versions of the music video, with different and more sex scenes than others. Some of them also used other versions of the song, for example, landscape and radio versions.

Here are the main release formats and tracklists for the single “Put Yourself in My Place”.

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

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 12 "single was released in the UK in a limited edition.

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 ^[3]