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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources.Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, November 18, 1960 in Chiswick, West London) is an English pop singer, professional gardener, and pop cultural figure.She debuted in 1981 with the hit "Kids in America", which reached number two in the UK Singles Chart.Kim Wilde (1981)
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6.UK) followed later that year, and spawned a further two hits, "Chequered Love", another number one in France and number two in Germany as well as a British and Australian top five hit, and the UK only single "Water on Glass".Top 10 hit in Germany and Australia.Kim Wilde and Michael Jackson on the cover of a fanclub magazine in 1988.Six subsequent albums for MCA Records included numerous international hits.Her remake of the the Supremes classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On" gave Wilde her first U.Her highest charting singles to date in the UK are "Kids in America" and "You Keep Me Hangin' On", both of which reached number two, and her most successful album in the UK (and worldwide) is 1988's Close, which spawned three Top 10 singles and spent almost eight months on the UK album chart.MCA albums, including many of the above hit singles.Wilde received the Best Female Vocalist Award from the British Phonographic Industry (now known as the Brits) in the United Kingdom in 1983, and has subsequently received two further nominations in this category.On January 3, 1998 she gave birth to Harry Tristan.BBC, recording two seasons of Garden Invaders.In 2005 she won a Gold award for her courtyard garden at the Royal Horticultural Society's, Chelsea Flower Show.Her first book about gardening was published in 2005, entitled Gardening with Children.On January 13, 2001 she performed live for the first time in years, as a guest star in a show by ABBA tribute band, Fabba, for a local charity.Now Tour", an Eighties revival concert series, together with recording artists such as Paul Young, The Human League, Belinda Carlisle and Howard Jones.In 2006 Wilde signed a new record deal with EMI and released the first single from her tenth studio album in many countries across Europe, Scandinavia and Asia."Together We Belong" was released in March 2007.Belgium, France, Switzerland, Austria and Germany (where her profile has remained high since the duet with Nena).There are no plans at the moment to release the album in her home country.Kim Wilde (1981)
Kim Wilde's debut album was released when she was 20 years old, and turned her into Europe's most popular female popstar within a few months time.Production duties were fulfilled by Ricky Wilde.During promotion, Kim's band consisted of Ricky Wilde, James Stevenson and later boyfriend Calvin Hayes, who also appeared on the sleeve of the album.Still she was attacked for trying to copy the allure of U.Select (1982)
The first single from this album, Cambodia, was released in December 1981 and signalled a different sound from the Wilde camp.The lyrics of the songs were as imaginative as they were on the first album: the second single View From A Bridge and the album track "Wendy Sadd" seemed to be about suicide, "Chaos At The Airport" described a nightmare about flying and "Ego" was quite the opposite of a lovesong.Musically, the 1980s had really begun: lots of synthesizers and drum computers seemed to dominate the soundscape."Can You Come Over" was recorded at the Wilde's home.The striking cover image was a photograph from Gered Mankowitz.Kim Wilde stormed the charts in a host of mostly European countries, although it did not surpass the success of its predecessor.Kim in the previous years.The album 'Catch As Catch Can' didn't contain any track similar to this single, it rather continued the electronic music theme that was introduced on 'Select'.Most of the songs were again written by Marty and Ricky Wilde, except the second single Dancing In The Dark which was written by Nicky Chinn and Paul Gurvitz."Sing It Out For Love") whereas "Dream Sequence" was one of Marty's more imaginative lyrics, describing what seems to be a random sequence of images.Dares (1984)
Kim Wilde left RAK Records, who released her first three albums, and signed to MCA Records.At first, the singles taken from this album seemed to continue the trend of receding sales figures, as both The Second Time and The Touch were relatively unsuccessful.In addition, The Second Time was Kim's second single to reach the Billboard charts in the U.The third single, Rage To Love (remixed by Dave Edmunds), was Kim's first in three years to break the UK singles top 20.By then, Kim had started her third live tour to mostly sold out halls all over Europe.Kim taking control of her own image seemed to be a wise choice, as the success of the next album would prove.Most of the tracks were produced by Ricky Wilde, but there were also production duties fulfilled by Reinhold Heil, Richard James Burgess, Rod Temperton, Dick Rudolph and Bruce Swedien.The album's first track was a cover of the Supremes hit You Keep Me Hangin' On.Released as a single in the United States, it became number one in the summer of 1987.Canada and Australia, and was almost equally successful in the UK, where it peaked at no.The next single was Another Step (Closer To You), a duet with British soul singer Junior Giscombe.All of the tracks on Another Step were a departure from the synth sound of the previous albums.The sound of Kim Wilde had obviously matured.Kim cemented her reputation as a singles artist with this album, as again overall sales were disappointing despite the huge success of the songs released from it.Kim Wilde mentioned a few times that it was probably her mistake not to put more effort into cracking the U.America after she had scored her first number one hit.Many kinds of pop are represented; dance, ballad, rock and midtempo.No less than five singles were culled from this album.Hey Mister Heartache, the debut, featured backing vocals from Junior Giscombe, You Came, a tribute to Kim's nephew Marty, Ricky's first child, was the biggest hit of the five singles."You Came" was a hit in several countries throughout the world, reaching the top 10 in most; however it missed the U.Attention for the album was further helped by Kim's live opening shows with Michael Jackson across Europe.Love Moves (1990)
Love Moves contained six tracks written by Ricky and Kim Wilde and four tracks written by Kim Wilde and Tony Swain.At least it was a Top 10 success in the every loyal Scandinavian countries as well as in Switzerland.Some critics lamented the MOR feel of the album and the use of similar production sounds used throughout.As usual, every effort had been made to create an impressive album.It included guests like Jaki Graham who contributed backing vocals and Deon Estus playing bass guitar."World In Perfect Harmony" and "Who's To Blame" showed two faces of a similar problem: hope for a better world and despair at how mankind is treating the environment respectively.This was the first Wilde project to yield no top 40 releases in the UK (Time, the second release is the lowest charting single in her discography).Nevertheless, astonishingly, five singles in total were released across Europe, with the take off "It's here" becoming a Top 20 hit in the Scandinavian countries and Can't Get Enough notching up Top 20 entry and long run on the French singles chart.Love Is (1992)
Kim Wilde found herself working with Rick Nowels on this album, the same songwriter who had written for Belinda Carlisle and Madonna amongst others.Three of the eleven tracks were produced by him while the remaining eight were produced by Ricky Wilde.There were more love songs than ever before on this album, titles such as "Touched by your magic" and "Heart Over Mind" are an indication of the themes of the lyrics."C'mon Love Me", "You're All I Wanna Do" and "Where Do You Go From Here", the album was a departure from the familiar Wilde sound and didn't please the fans and audience like other albums had.It was the first album not to break the albums chart in the UK, whilst Radio One refused to add the lead single Breakin Away to its airplay lists.Her interest in music by artists such as Chaka Khan and Pebbles influenced this album heavily.The flipside, Heaven, was remixed twice (once mix by Matt Darey) and helped sales along, but despite this song's strong performance in the club chart, the top 40 once again became at odds with Kim, as This I Swear stalled at No.During the 12 month run on the play, Kim remixed and released a version of the disco track Shame, which had been recorded in the Now and Forever sessions, but not included on the album.Kim, who was ill at the time, could not promote the song and it subsequently became the only single she released not to chart in the top 75, despite a prediction by the ITV Chart Show programme of a No.Never Say Never (2006)
After a comparatively long period of negotiations, Kim Wilde finally signed a new record deal with the German division of EMI in late 2005.The album was since released in Germany, Austria, Belgium, Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, France, Spain, Portugal, Switzerland, Poland, South Africa, Turkey and Japan.Kim's 1988 hit 'You Came' preceded the album and was released in Germany on 18th August 2006 where it reached no.Never trust a stranger).Kim had announced that the sound of the album would be strongly reminiscent of her earlier work.It is a 14 track album, with eight new songs and six new versions of some earlier hits.Cambodia appears as a bonus track in a remix by Paul Oakenfold.The album was a moderate success and reached the top 20 in several European countries.Perfect girl' spent 9 weeks in the German singles top 100 reaching no.It was also released in Belgium, Switzerland and (download only) in the Netherlands.The single 'Baby obey me' was released in two versions: the original album version and a remixed version featuring German rap artist Ill Inspecta.Kim Wilde
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2.She was even more successful in France where she was known as the "Brigitte Bardot of Rock".In 1985, French singer Laurent Voulzy paid tribute to Wilde in his song "Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" (Nights Without Kim Wilde); Wilde made a cameo appearance in the song's music video.Indeed, most of her achievements were made in the 1980s and some of her songs from this period became international standards.Unfortunately the tree was blown away by a storm in January 2007.She appeared on The Day Today condemning the clamping of homeless people asleep on the streets.Wilde's least known commercially released song is a track called "Turn it On", which was recorded in 1984 and can only be found on the soundtrack for the film Weird Science.It was not released as a single and has not been transferred onto CD yet.Collaborations
Wilde provided backing vocals for Johnny Hates Jazz on their 1987 hit "Turn Back the Clock" and on two songs of their second album Tall Stories (1991).In 1987 she recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree", a bit of seasonal trumpery, together with comedian Mel Smith for Comic Relief.She duetted with the French living legend Johnny Halliday and with famous composer and singer Michel Berger, both on French TV.In 2002 she contributed vocals to the song "You and me" by German band Readymade.Netherlands and Austria, and No.In 2005 a white label remix of the classic song You Came was made by Groovenut, to be released as "Love You More" by Groovenut vs.Kim Wilde as an inspiration for other artists
In 1985, French singer Laurent Voulzy released successfully the song "Les nuits sans Kim Wilde" ("Nights without Kim Wilde") in France.Wilde heard the recording, and finally agreed to sing a few lines on the song herself.In 2000, Canadian band Len covered Wilde's song "Kids In America" for the Digimon Soundtrack.Ash guitarist, Charlotte Hatherley, wrote a song about her, entitled "Kim Wilde", in 2004 and included it on her debut album Grey will Fade.Sandra Caldarone, a Belgian singer named herself Sandra Kim, after Kim Wilde.East German Punkrock band Feeling B made a song called "Kim Wilde", which can be found on their debut album.Tiffany American Pop Singer recorded a version of "Kids In America" in 2007 for her album "I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More".Persepolis, Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi has a comic strip titled Kim Wilde.Also, when her parents go in holiday in Turkey, they buy a poster of Kim Wilde and smuggle it in Tehran for Marji.The Shirelles and later The Yardbirds.Many artists around the world have done cover versions of Kim Wilde songs, ranging from pop and rock to dance and death metal versions.Cover of Kim Wilde's book Gardening with Children (2005).Kim Wilde's first book was written in 2004 and released on April 4, 2005 by Collins publishers.Time Gardener is Kim Wilde's beginner's guide to gardening.The book tells all about the basics of gardening.In fact, if you can wait a while to see what happens in your new garden, then you may find you've inherited some weird and wonderful plants.Gardens
Kim Wilde has designed and created numerous gardens during her involvement in the Better Gardens and Garden Invaders TV programmes and commissioned by individuals and organizations.All about Alice (2001)
Kim Wilde and David Fountain designed and created 'All about Alice' for the 2001 Tatton Flower Show, 18 to 22 July 2001.The garden represented the story of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.The garden was built on two levels, with a large gnarled oak tree as its centrepiece displaying a carving of Cheshire Cat.The lower level of the garden contained a grotto, with tapered walls to give the impression of the room becoming smaller, like the rabbit hole down which Alice tumbled to her adventures.The upper level of the garden represented four stories taken from Alice's adventures.The figures of the Queen, King and a pawn stood on a chessboard of grass and water, which was surrounded by playing cards from the four suits, created from clipped box trees.The Cumbrian Fellside Garden (2005)
Kim Wilde and Richard Lucas designed and created 'The Cumbrian Fellside Garden' for the 2005 RHS Chelsea Flower Show in London.This romantic Cumbrian Garden was inspired by the gently sloping landscapes of the Lake District.This page was last modified 13:36, 7 January 2008.All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.See Copyrights for details.Kim Wilde is a studio album by Kim Wilde.Under the Eyes of the Assassin ...TV episode (uncredited) ....HerselfStars of Europe (2007) (TV) ....Hochzeitsfest der Volksmusik (Germany) ...Winterfest der Volksmusik (Germany) ...Domino Day 2006 (2006) TV episode ....Geburtstagsparty des Jahres (2006) (TV) ....HerselfBe My Baby: The Girl Group Story (2006) (TV) ....Episode dated 28 December 1989 (1989) TV episode ....Episode dated 23 March 1989 (1989) TV episode ....Episode dated 19 January 2004 (2004) TV episode ....HerselfThe 100 Greatest Musicals (2003) (TV) ....Episode dated 24 September 2003 (2003) TV episode 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Read what others write?I've got a Dutch website about Kim Wilde.This website is for all the Dutch Fans,but everyone is Welcome!The Pictures from Kim in Utrecht are on my website, Just take a Look!Create your own social network on Ning for free!Get your own Kim Wilde Life badge for your website or MySpace page.Registered user, sign in above.In 1984, the French channel TF1 recorded a series of summer shows called Passeport Pour La Forme.Kim Wilde TV's exclusive summer clip is here!First of all my sweet darling, let me wish you a fucking brilliant and sexy new year!You re right, I m not a computer nerd anymore, I traded my computer life for a real life and I must say it feels more confortable on a few points.But it doesn t mean I m not thinking of you and reminding the good times we had last year in Paris.Berlin today where I had a wonderful time with a lot of friends, partying to death and eating like pigs (I just can t get enough of...Etienne Daho, who s a smart and sexy singer, getting better aging, well it seems that that is a very french quality.After that interview was done, I had that strange and good impression of having washed myself from all my teenager s idols.Well, I still love them all and hope I ll always do, but I m not obsessed anymore by people who are not part of my real life.Did you party like crazy getting into 08?Sab: What's up with Steroblonde?I'm a Europe freak) Was so shocked to read that you had to cut the tour with Kim short, is everything okay??Alex: It looks like you're not a computer nerd anymore...Kim while chewing on a sandwich you bought me in Paris.Pierre im sorry but i can't help laughing at the pic on WTV you Pick?Happy new year everyone!Thanks for your great job Pierre.HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!People i want to personaly wish my love to Pierre,Karl,Krasi,Marcel,Yvonne, Gerarld, Alex,Marcy,Jerome,Pilot :),Cal,Karina and Steve!GermanyLive your life be free...GermanyLive your life be free...She looks and sounds amazing.What a nice little Christmas treat.Thanks for sharing as always.And again, Happy Christmas!Merry Xmas, Dge, Merry Xmas, Alex!Pierre the WTV cover pic is such a bad photo..It's New Year's Day 2008, the start of another exciting year!Kim Wilde in 2007: the year in photographs
On the last day of 2007, Kim Wilde fans can look back on a very good year.Kim Wilde in Dutch Top 2000 of all times
Dutch station Radio 2 has compiled its annual list of most popular songs of...Kim Wilde Christmas TV appearances through the years
A couple of days ago Kim Wilde participated in Britain sings Christmas.Steve on guitars, of course!Pet Shop Boys' Opportunities !Click on the picture above to access the gallery.Kim Wilde doesn't smile on KimWilde.Kim Wilde in 1984, on his excellent website. |
