Kids in America (song)

"Kids in America" is a 1981 song by British singer Kim Wilde, released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the US in 1982.[2]  It has been covered by many artists from different genres.



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[hide]  *1 Background  ==Background[ edit] == The song was recorded in 1980 after RAK Records boss Mickie Most heard Wilde singing on a backing track for her brother Ricky Wilde. He liked her voice and image and expressed an interest to work with her.[citation needed]  Ricky Wilde, together with his father Marty Wilde (a 1950s/1960s rock and roll star) wrote the song "Kids in America" for Wilde to record. Once the demo was sent, Most remixed the track himself and released it on RAK as Wilde's first single in January 1981.[citation needed] ===1994 version[ edit] === "Kids in America 1994" was released in May 1994 in order to help promote Wilde's compilation album The Remix Collection. Although it was intended to be released in the UK, for reasons unknown these plans were cancelled at the last minute. However, the track was released in other countries in several remixed forms using Wilde's original vocals from 1981. The "radio version" of the track was remixed by Cappella, with James Stevenson on guitar.[citation needed] ===2006 version<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">Among some of her other classic hits, Wilde recorded a new version of the song for her 2006 comeback album Never Say Never, featuring English singer Charlotte Hatherley. This version, like the rest of the album, was produced by German producer Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, whom she had previously worked with in 2002 for German singer Nena's 20th anniversary album ''[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nena_feat._Nena Nena feat. Nena]'' on the track "Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime", a new version of her 1984 hit single. Wilde contributed English verses to the song, which was slightly remixed and released as a single in 2003.
 * 1.1 1994 version
 * 1.2 2006 version
 * 2 Reaction
 * 3 Track listing (1981/1982)
 * 3.1 7" (UK) RAK 327 (track listing same as most international 7" formats)
 * 3.2 7" (US/Canada) EMI America PB-8110
 * 3.3 12" (Germany) RAK 052-64249
 * 4 Track listing (1994)
 * 4.1 12" (Netherlands) MCA MCT 31556
 * 4.2 12" (UK) MCA SAM 29T (Promo)
 * 4.3 CD Single (Germany) MCA MCD 31555
 * 4.4 CD Single (Germany) MCA MCD 31926
 * 4.5 CD Single (Japan) MCA MVCM 13010
 * 5 Chart performance
 * 6 Covers
 * 7 References
 * 8 External links

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">In 1995 The Muffs' cover of "Kids In America", originally by Kim Wilde, was used in the soundtrack for the 1995 film Clueless. It was later reissued on the Muffs' 2000 album Hamburger. The song is also used in Rock Band 2. A new re-recorded version of the song was used in a 2010 commercial for Totino's pizza and pizza rolls.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="line-height:1;font-size:11.1999998092651px;white-space:nowrap;">[citation needed] ==Reaction<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The song peaked at number 2 in the United Kingdom. The following year it became a Billboard Hot 100 Top 30 hit in the United States and ranked as the 91st most successful song of 1982 on the Hot 100 year-end chart. In the summer of 1981, the track appeared on Wilde's self-titled debut album.

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">The new wave song was the start of Wilde's career. Her father and brother continued to write songs for her (with the latter also given production credits), although in later years Wilde herself and her brother would usually be credited with the songwriting. ==Track listing (1981/1982)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===7" (UK) RAK 327 (track listing same as most international 7" formats)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">A. Kids in America (3:26)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">B. Tuning In Tuning On (4:30) ===7" (US/Canada) EMI America PB-8110<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">A. Kids In America (3:26)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">B. You'll Never Be So Wrong (4:11) ===12" (Germany) RAK 052-64249<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === <p style="margin-top:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">A. Kids in America (3:26)

<p style="margin-top:0.5em;margin-bottom:0.5em;line-height:17.9200000762939px;color:rgb(37,37,37);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:14.3999996185303px;">B. Tuning In Tuning On (4:30) ==Track listing (1994)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ===12" (Netherlands) MCA MCT 31556<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===12" (UK) MCA SAM 29T (Promo)<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">]  === ===CD Single (Germany) MCA MCD 31555<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===CD Single (Germany) MCA MCD 31926<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ===CD Single (Japan) MCA MVCM 13010<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] === ==Chart performance<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] == ==Covers<span class="mw-editsection" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==
 * Kids In America 1994 (Extension Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (House Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Plus Staples)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Extension Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (X Club Dub)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Instrumental)
 * Kids In America 1994 (House Dub)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Plus Staples)
 * Kids In America 1994 (X Cut Cut)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Cappella Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Extension Mix)
 * Kids In America
 * Kids In America 1994 (Cappella Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Extension Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Cappella Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Extension Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (House Mix)
 * Kids In America 1994 (Plus Staples)
 * Alchemy
 * Alvin and the Chipmunks
 * American Juniors
 * Atomic Kitten
 * Audia
 * Bitch Alert
 * Bloodhound Gang<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-21" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[21]
 * The Bouncing Souls<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-22" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[22]
 * Bus Station Loonies
 * Beat Crusaders
 * Cascada (2006; Everytime We Touch)<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-23" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[23]
 * Catch 22
 * Chaos Engine
 * Charlotte Hatherley
 * Doctor and the Medics
 * The Donnas (2007; Nancy Drew soundtrack)
 * Eläkeläiset (Heil Humph)
 * Euphrasia
 * Fourth Grade Nothing (1996; Bio-Dome soundtrack)
 * Game Over (Lyrics changed to "Kids of the Australia")
 * Gandhi's Cookbook
 * Ghoul
 * Harvard Din & Tonics
 * Jonas Brothers, 2007 single from Meet the Robinsons Soundtrack, re-released on Jonas Brothers (lyrics changed to "Kids of the Future")
 * Jive Bunny & the Mastermixers
 * Kick
 * Kidz Bop
 * Kim-Lian, 2004 single from Balance (Cars 2 Soundtrack)
 * [The Larks] -UK acoustic duo www.thelarksmusic.com
 * Lawnmower Deth
 * Len (2000; Digimon: The Movie soundtrack)
 * Marsha
 * Morella's Forest
 * The Motorettes
 * The Muffs (1995) (Clueless soundtrack, appeared on Rock Band 2 in 2008)
 * MxPx (NHL 10 soundtrack)
 * Naked Aggression
 * Nirvana (live, 16 January 1993 - Hollywood Rock Festival, São Paulo, Brazil)
 * No Secrets (2001, Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius soundtrack and No Secrets)
 * No Use For a Name
 * NOFX
 * One Direction (2010 for X Factor)
 * Orange Sector
 * Patrick Daly
 * Play
 * Rubbish
 * John Rushton
 * S.E.X. Appeal
 * Shaka Ponk
 * Lynn Sweet
 * Tiffany (2007) I Think We're Alone Now: '80s Hits And More<sup class="reference" id="cite_ref-24" style="line-height:1;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-size:11.1999998092651px;">[24]
 * Tiktak (Kaupungin lapset)
 * Toy Dolls (Kids in Tyne and Wear)
 * Tři sestry (25:01)
 * The Twang
 * Wynona Riders
 * The Young Knives