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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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80s, pop, new wave, female vocalists, british
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1	Kids In America full track	2,619
2	Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree	875
3	You Keep Me Hangin' On full track	773
4	Cambodia full track	728
5	You Came	442
6	You Keep Me Hanging On	370
7	Chequered Love full track	301
8	View From A Bridge full track	276
9	Water On Glass full track	153
10	Never Trust a Stranger	143
11	Four Letter Word	130
12	Love Blonde full track	110
13	Child Come Away full track	81
14	The Second Time full track	60
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IanCurtis13 wrote:
20 days ago

Bananarama had some great song and Belinda Carlise was in The Go-Gos but the rest suck.

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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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