"Kid" is a song written by Chrissie Hynde that was released on the Pretenders' 1979 album Pretenders. Hynde wrote the song about a fictional boy discovering that his mother is a prostitute. The song's melodicism was attributed by guitarist James Honeyman-Scott to Hynde's growing interest in pop music. Honeyman-Scott wrote the song's solo, which he had designed over a couple of days.
Of the lyrics to "Kid," Hynde stated, "It's about a prostitute whose son finds out what she does for a living and this is her having a conversation with him. Not all songs are autobiographical."
Guitarist James Honeyman-Scott attributed the song's melodic quality to Hynde's shift from punk to pop; he explained, "Chrissie started to like pop music, and that’s why she started writing things like 'Kid’” Honeyman-Scott also assisted in arranging the song and composed the guitar solo. Drummer Martin Chambers said of Honeyman-Scott's solo:
Jimmy would be the person that said, 'Right, there's eight bars here that I can put a really good stamp on.' He would go back with a guitar, sit on the bed and just work out what sounded really good. I've got the demo of 'Kid' that has a different ending than what's on the record, but the solo is absolutely the same. Jimmy had gone somewhere for a couple of evenings, and he had worked on it so he could play it fluently when it was ready to record. From: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kid_(Pretenders_song)
