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KIM WILDE

Kim Wilde had a hugely successful career throughout the 80s and the early nineties. Her first single "Kids In America" shot to No.2 and was taken from the first album "Kim Wilde". Many hit albums and singles were to follow right up until 1995. In 1998 Kim decided it was time to pursue another career as a TV gardener. Thankfully, she carried on performing, though, and manages to juggle between both careers! 

Further information: Kim Wilde discography

• Kim Wilde (1981)
• Select (1982)
• Catch As Catch Can (1983)
• Teases & Dares (1984)
• Another Step (1986)
• Close (1988)
• Love Moves (1990)
• Love Is (1992)
• The Singles Collection 1981–1993 (1993)
• Now & Forever (1995)
• The Very Best of Kim Wilde (2001)
• Never Say Never (2006)

Kim Wilde - You Keep Me Hangin' On 

This was the first single to be released from Kim's fifth studio album Another Step and reached #2 in the UK. However, for some European countries and in Australia, the first single was Schoolgirl which was not released in the UK.

The song was originally a Number One in the U.S. for the Supermes in 1966.

Kim Wilde Performing

Kids In America

Top Of The Pops (1981)

Kids In America was Kim debut single and peaked at number 2 in the UK singles chart. The following year it became a Top 30 hit in the US. The track appeared on her self-titled debut album which was released during the summer of 1981.

The song was recorded in 1980 after the boss of RAK Records, Mickie Most, heard Kim singing on a backing track for her brother Ricky.

Ricky Wilde and his Father Marty Wilde (a 50's and 60's rock and roll star) wrote the song "Kids in America" for Kim Wilde to record.

Watch the Kim Wilde Greatest Hits Medley (Video) at my blog 80s Remix

Water On Glass was the third single release from Kim's self-titled debut album and reached #11 in the UK singles chart, although the album version is slightly different.

There can't be many songs out there which are about tinnitus, but that's exactly what the lyrics are referring to in Water On Glass. By the way, tinnitus is a medical condition that causes ringing in the ears and is often caused by listening to music with the volume up too loudly - so turn your speakers down!

The previous two singles Kids In America and Chequered Love had both reached the Top 5. Overall, Kim Wilde released 21 singles during the 1980's, two of which were not released in the UK and three of them failing to break into the Top 40.