Background and Composition
"Can't Get You Out Of My Head" was going to be the lead single from Minogue's 2001 album. The song was written by Cathy Dennis and Rob Davis, as they also produced it and was released on 8 September 2001 in the UK and Australia by Parlophone and Warner Music Group, respectively. The song was released as a physical and digital release worldwide. The song's intro, which says "La La La" is also the title of Minogue's autobiography La La La.
"Can't Get You Out of My Head" is an up-tempo, dance-pop and nu-disco song with electronic influences. Written and produced by Cathy Dennis, who would later write Katy Perry's "I Kissed a Girl" and Britney Spears' "Toxic", and Rob Davis. The song includes an electric piano, swooning strings, blaring electric miaows, and sing-along sections. The song has a tempo of 126 beats-per-minute, and Minogue's vocals range from note of C4to the note of D5. Chris True from Allmusic compared the song to her previous album Light Years (2001). He said ""Cant Get You Out of My Head," is a sparse, mid-tempo dance number that pulses and grooves like no other she's recorded". PopMatters compared the song to Robin S. saying "Minogue keeps up the sexual come on into the hit “Can’t Get You Out of My Head” that features that familiar Robin S. type of bass line which in turn propels the song along.". Pitchfork Media had labelled the song as an "dance-pop anthem".
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