Picking up fame as a part of the popular 'new wave' movement, her second album, 'Select', was released in May 1982. It contained the hits "Cambodia" and "View From a Bridge". Her third album (and last album with RAK), was 'Catch as Catch Can', which came out in November 1983. Sadly, it wasn't much of a success, though tracks "Love Blonde" and "Dancing In the Dark" from the album became minor hits.
When Kim signed with MCA records in 1984, many doubting critics believed that her run of hits were over. Simply put, they were wrong. Kim's first album with MCA, 'Teases & Dares', came out in November 1984. Though not a huge commercial success as an album, it earned praising critical reviews and much fan support while also including three hit singles. Popular tune "Rage To Love" became Wilde's first top 20 hit in two years.
In October 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.
In June 1988, Kim released her most successful studio album to date Close which spent 38 weeks in the UK album charts. Close contained 3 top ten hits You Came, Never Trust A Stranger and Four Letter Word. Around this time Kim was the support act on Michael Jackson's huge Bad tour.
Her 7th and 8th albums, 1990's Love Moves and 1992's Love Is did not match the success of Close, however Love Is boasted another top 20 hit single with the Rick Nowels penned Love Is Holy.
In September 1993, MCA released the first 'official' greatest hits album called The Singles Collection 1981-1993 (which contained all her biggest hits from the RAK years as well as the more recent MCA hits and two brand new singles If I Can't Have You, a top twenty hit in July 1993 (a cover version of the Yvonne Elliman classic) and the Kim penned In My Life.
In 1995, Kim released her 9th studio album Now and Forever, it was not a hit album in the UK but suffered no promotion. It contained two top 50 hits Breakin' Away and This I Swear.
In 1996, Kim released Shame, a cover of the disco song made famous by Evelyn "Champagne" King. Unfortunately the song failed to dent the UK top 100.
In 2001, to celebrate the release of another greatest Hits album, Kim released a new song Loved, co-written by Ronald & Masterton who are famous for their work with Dannii Minogue. Sadly Loved failed to enter the UK singles chart.
Kim is still making music and is also equally famous for her gardening skills. She continues to have success in Europe and had a huge hit in 2003 with Anyplace Anywhere Anytime, a duet with Nena.
In 2006 Kim released a studio album, "Never Say Never." The album includes new tracks and some remixes and remakes of classic Kim songs such as You Came, Cambodia and Kids In America. Also for the new album called Never Say Never Kim has re-recorded You Keep Me Hangin' On as a duet with Nena.
In 2018 she released "Here Come The Aliens," which is in a pop-rock style. Reviewing the album for MusicPlayers.com, Scott Kahn states "There’s not a weak song to be found in this collection of pop rock songs. We love that Here Comes The Aliens has the vibe of a real rock record, with strong musical performances throughout."
Dancing In The Dark
Kim Wilde Lyrics
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Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start
He stepped into the night
With his heart open wide
I was standing there
He looked to me like a shadow
Moving in the night
Then he took a hold of my hand
In the soft moonlight
And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start
I could hear his heartbeat
Pounding in the night
I could feel his body
Starting to be kind
With his soft red lips
Made up my mind
His soothing kiss
Was all I desired
And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start
We kissed and touched
But it wasn't enough
To stop this wheel of fire
One step at a time
And I knew he was mine
We were lost in the heat of desire
And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start
No way
No way at all
To stop us moving closer
Each look in his eyes
Made my heart beat in time
Over and over and over and over
And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start
And we were dancing
Dancing in the dark
Sweet romancing
Something's gonna start
The Kim Wilde song "Dancing in the Dark" tells the story of two people who find each other on a dance floor and feel an instant connection. The verses describe the moment when the two approach each other in the dark, taking a hold of each other's hands and starting to dance sweetly. The lyrics convey the feeling of two strangers who are drawn together by the music and the moment, and they just let themselves go, surrendering to the heat of the dance and the thrill of the attraction.
Line by Line Meaning
We were dancing
We were moving our bodies rhythmically to the music.
Dancing in the dark
We were dancing without much lighting, in a dimly lit space.
Sweet romancing
There was a lovely interaction between us that had romantic overtures.
Something's gonna start
We both sensed that our interaction was moving towards greater intimacy.
He stepped into the night
He moved into the darkness outside.
With his heart open wide
He had an open and vulnerable disposition.
I was standing there
I was present in the same space, nearby.
With nowhere left to hide
I had nothing to conceal or escape, as we were in close proximity.
He looked to me like a shadow
His appearance seemed like a dark outline in the dimly lit space.
Moving in the night
He seemed to be active in the darkness.
Then he took a hold of my hand
He grabbed my hand with his own.
In the soft moonlight
The light nearby was dim and soft, likely from the moon.
I could hear his heartbeat
I was able to audibly discern his heart beating.
Pounding in the night
His heart beat intensely in the darkness.
I could feel his body
I could sense his physical being close to mine.
Starting to be kind
His actions were becoming gentler.
With his soft red lips
He had lips that were tender and red in color.
Made up my mind
It solidified my decision about him.
His soothing kiss
His kiss was calming and gentle.
Was all I desired
All I wanted was to experience more of his affection.
We kissed and touched
We engaged each other with kisses and physical contact.
But it wasn't enough
Those actions were insufficient for us to stop there.
To stop this wheel of fire
To decline the momentum of our interaction.
One step at a time
We were moving forward gradually.
And I knew he was mine
I was sure about him belonging to me.
We were lost in the heat of desire
We were intensely committed to our physical and emotional engagement.
No way
There was no option.
No way at all
There was no alternative available.
To stop us moving closer
It was inevitable that we continued getting closer to each other.
Each look in his eyes
Every gaze into his eyes.
Made my heart beat in time
It caused my heart to beat in rhythm with his.
Over and over and over and over
This happened repeatedly and continuously.
Lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
Written by: PAUL ANTHONY GURVITZ, NICKY CHINN
Lyrics Licensed & Provided by LyricFind
Галина Кондратенко
ПЕСНЯ СУПЕРРРР!!!СПАСИБО!!!!👏👍👏👍👏👍👏👍👄💋
Rene Schmidt
Wow. Impressive. Very modern sound for 1983. Kim Wilde is just great. Great artist.
Kyach Distent
Her album of 1983 had THE best sound of ANYTHING EVER & Most Criminally Underrated Album Ever. and Sparks' wonderful album of the same year-"In Outer Space" was treated just as badly. People!
Robert Kiraly
This is a stunning song with her beautiful and particular voice and with this throbbing instrumentation!
Greg Jelinek
As I recall, Kim was not a fan of this song and this murky video reveals her discomfort with such a blatant dance track. I personally feel like this song was so far ahead of its time and would've been a huge hit for her in the latter part of the decade. One of my favorite songs ever!
Андрей Смит
What do you think about Second time. How progressive was this song then and now?
VanielDeeform
This song and video is underrated! ✨🎶
Małgorzata Woroch
swietny videoclip oraz super piosenka oraz wspaniala kim wilde
DiscoDuckGandolf
I never thought I'd see an HQ quality upload of this. Thank heavens! More crisp and vibrant. Heck yeah!
calicomoonchild
This song/ video are fine.It’s always fascinated me the way they made the backdrop of some transparent material feel like a walk through an actual forest.