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United Kingdom (1981 – present)

Kim Wilde - born Kim Smith on 18th Nov 1960 in Hertfordshire, UK, daughter of 50s singer Marty Wilde. Released her debut single

Kids In America in 1981 at the age of 21. The song was written by her dad and her brother Ricky, ironically Kim had never been to America at the time.

Kids In America was a huge success in the United Kingdom and around the world (UK no. 2 hit). Her debut album Kim Wilde (released on RAK records) was released in July 1981 and stayed in the UK album charts for 14 weeks, peaking at number 3. Two more hits from her debut were released

Chequered Love &

Water On Glass.

Her second album Select (released May 1982) contained more hits

Cambodia and

View From A Bridge. Her 3rd album (and last album with RAK) Catch As Catch Can was released in Nov 1983 and was not a huge success (

Love Blonde and

Dancing In The Dark from the album were only minor hits).

When Kim signed with MCA records in 1984, many believed that her run of hits were over - they were wrong. Kim’s first album with MCA, Teases & Dares (released Nov 1984) was not a huge commercial success but was a huge success with critics and fans alike. It included 3 hit singles including

Rage to Love, her first top 20 hit in 2 years.

In Oct 1986 Kim released a cover of The Supremes song

You Keep Me Hangin’ On - it was a huge hit, number 2 in the UK and in the singles chart for 14 weeks, even better the song got to number 1 in the USA. Kim was now a superstar around the globe. Another Step (her 5th studio album) was released in Nov 1986 and spent 5 weeks in the UK charts. The title track

Another Step (Closer to You), (a duet with Junior) and

Say You Really Want Me were also singles.

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1	Kids In America full track	3,122
2	Cambodia full track	961
3	You Keep Me Hangin' On full track	936
4	You Came full track	598
5	You Keep Me Hanging On	549
6	View From A Bridge full track	360
7	Chequered Love full track	352
8	Never Trust a Stranger full track	193
9	Water On Glass full track	186
10	Four Letter Word full track	167
11	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	150
12	Love Blonde full track	145
13	If I Can't Have You	94
14	Child Come Away full track	91
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RocknRoller26 wrote:
last month

Dear Kim, Happy Birthday!!!

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Beat_C wrote:
last month

i just realized what a fantastic song "Everything We Know" really is. but those similar artists are just wrong wrong wrong. samantha fox? WTF?

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emcxmc wrote:
last month

Happy Birthday, Kim.

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PAWOKO wrote:
October 2009

I Love Songs Kim Wilde :)

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_Jerome_ wrote:
October 2009

One of the best popstars of all time.

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cholesterolbaby wrote:
September 2009

рванём? http://www.lastfm.ru/event/1240396+KIM+WILDE+%D0%A1+%D0%A1%D0%9E%D0%9B%D0%AC%D0%9D%D0%AB%D0%9C+%D0%9A%D0%9E%D0%9D%D0%A6%D0%95%D0%A0%D0%A2%D0%9E%D0%9C+%D0%92+%D0%9C%D0%9E%D0%A1%D0%9A%D0%92%D0%95

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BimboBoy wrote:
September 2009

I don't mean to be a know-it-all but "Wendy Said" in not correct! "Wendy Sadd" is the correct spelling, just read the booklet to the 2009 rerelease of "Select" where Kim tells us more about the track. :) Love!

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AccountDeleted wrote:
September 2009

the first album is a total masterpiece. a cult new wave album

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EGY_DeViLS wrote:
September 2009

<3

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arnold1412 wrote:
September 2009

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cholesterolbaby wrote:
September 2009

new pics http://www.lastfm.ru/music/Kim+Wilde/+images?sort=date

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Tiiger wrote:
September 2009

NO.

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BimboBoy wrote:
September 2009

Fibes, Oh Fibes! & Kim Wilde

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vanessakwon wrote:
August 2009

NEW PICS!!! Vote! Please!

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Tiiger wrote:
August 2009

Swedish band Fibes, Oh Fibes! released their new single 'Run to You'" featuring KIM WILDE today! It's absolutely brilliant, you must check it out!

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cholesterolbaby wrote:
August 2009

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZhU6cBYUl98

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EyeLuvKlubMuzik wrote:
August 2009

"Four Letter Word" should have been released as a single in the US! Absolutely stunning track...

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Monty007 wrote:
July 2009

Kim is Brilliant !

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gravewolf82 wrote:
July 2009

Kim<3

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iranian-idiot wrote:
July 2009

House Of Salome is my favorite song from Kim! Sooo Many childhood memories and Nostalgias and all that! I'm amazed that it isn't among the top songs here!

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