Kim Wilde - Kids In America. 1981

Good quality, recorded from Top Of The Pops 1981. Good quality rare video. Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960 in Chiswick, west London) is an English pop singer, author and television presenter. She burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the new wave classic "Kids in America", which hit number two in the UK Singles Chart. Major U.S. success eluded her until 1987, when she topped the charts with her version of The Supremes' hit "You Keep Me Hangin' On". Since 1998, Wilde released her debut single "Kids in America" in January 1981. An instant success, it reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and scaled the Top 5 in other countries such as Germany, France and Australia. Although it achieved only moderate success in the U.S., peaking at number 25 when released in 1982, it is often regarded today as Wilde's signature song. Her debut album Kim Wilde repeated the success of the single, spawning two further hits with this record "Chequered Love" (Top 5 in the UK, France, Australia and Germany) and the UK-only single "Water on Glass". Her follow-up album was 1982's Select, led by the hit singles "Cambodia" and "View From a Bridge". Both were Number 1 hits in France and reached Top 10 positions in Germany and Australia. In France, "Cambodia" sold more than 1 million copies. At the time there was some controversy about Wilde's hesitation to do live concerts. Her first concerts in September 1982 took place in Denmark, before embarking on a UK-wide tour in October. Wilde's third album, Catch as Catch Can (1983) was a relative failure. The first single from the album, "Love Blonde", was another success in France and Scandinavia, but failed to have major success in other countries. The failure of the album led her to her leaving RAK and signing with MCA Records in the summer of 1984. Kim Wilde holds the record for being the most-charted British solo female act of the 1980s, with seventeen UK Top 40 hit singles throughout the decade (including her duets with Junior Giscombe and Mel Smith). In France, she was known as the "Brigitte Bardot of Rock" and her song "Cambodia" sold over a million copies.
A number of artists have performed covers of Kim Wilde songs, ranging from pop and rock to dance and death metal versions. In 1991, Lawnmower Deth released their version of "Kids in America" as a single. The same year, English punk rock band Toy Dolls recorded a parody of "Kids in America" called "The Kids in Tyne and Wear" on their seventh studio album, Fat Bob's Feet. In 1995, indie rock band The Muffs recorded "Kids in America", which was featured in the hit film Clueless. In 2000, Canadian band Len covered "Kids in America" for the Digimon soundtrack.
American pop star Tiffany recorded a version of "Kids in America" in 2007 for her album I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits and More.[citation needed] German eurodance act Cascada, recorded a version of "Kids in America", on their Everytime We Touch album in 2007. Other famous artists to cover Kim Wilde songs are Apoptygma Berzerk, Atomic Kitten, Bloodhound Gang, James Last and Lasgo.
Kim Wilde has provided inspiration for other artists, including Charlotte Hatherley, who wrote a song about her entitled "Kim Wilde", and included it on her debut album, Grey Will Fade. East German punk rock band Feeling B also recorded a song called "Kim Wilde", which featured on their debut album. In 1985, French singer Laurent Voulzy paid tribute to Wilde in his song "Les Nuits Sans Kim Wilde" ("Nights Without Kim Wilde"). He apparently wrote the song after seeing Wilde on television and finding himself totally fascinated by her image. Wilde heard the recording, and finally agreed to sing a few lines on the song herself. It was released as a single in France. Wilde also made a cameo appearance in the song's music video. In her graphic novel Persepolis, Iranian cartoonist Marjane Satrapi has a comic strip titled Kim Wilde. In it the main character Marji, a young Iranian girl, sings "Kids in America" in the streets of the Iranian capital. Also, when her parents go on holiday in Turkey, they buy a poster of Kim Wilde and smuggle it into Tehran for Marji. Marji pins the poster on her bedroom's wall and practices emulating Kim Wilde
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[TodAG69]

Dear Jesus!!! I used to have SUCH the HOTS for Kim Wilde in this video!!  Those Lips! Those Eyes!!

[Lesangella]

This girl really drove me crazy at the 80s....now is not only a remember. it´s just one of the best oldies of my live......and one of the mos beatiful girls of that age.....Yess TodAG59 those lips .........

[VinnyMonster1]

@TodAG69 You and the entire male half of the UK mate. So did I.

[anarmo02487]

Amo a esta mujer, aún despues de tantos años

[itssamanthahere]

@Zadunestar Oki thats true i love em but still lmao.this version kinda makes me want to sleep. o.e

[snakemanpete55]

@ Todag69....u did? i nearly lost my marrige over kim back then....lol

[Zadunestar]

@itssamanthahere I checked that version out. Shameful to say such a thing lol. That cover was just fair, not better at all than the original. You obviously know nothing about music. Your just obsessed with teenage boys.

[TheAxellle]

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[TheAxellle]

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nicolas, nathan, marie, marine

90 vint gweni ( troisieme ) gard ienne en fans , creche private ,

88 lionel, 90 simon ( genval, gsk, swift, crottoy amiens)

[TheAxellle]

FOREST : NT et MT america , Nt et MT belgica chez leene forest 87 à 93

( coca cola, ring, vw , diamand bore, wielemans ceuppens bieren, cote d or , gare du midi )

nicolas, nathan, marie, marine

90 vint gweni ( troisieme ) gard ienne en fans , creche private ,

[TheAxellle]

FOREST : NT et MT america , Nt et MT belgica chez leene forest 87 à 93

( coca cola, ring, vw , diamand bore, wielemans ceuppens bieren, cote d or , gare du midi )

nicolas, nathan, marie, marine