"I Wanna Be a Kennedy" is a song recorded by German dance music project

U96 U96 is a German musical project formed by DJ and producer Alex Christensen, and a team of producers named Matiz ( Ingo Hauss, Helmut Hoinkis, and Hayo Lewerentz). After a decade-long hiatus, the band returned in 2018 without Christensen and Ho ...

, released as the second single from their debut album, ''

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''. Musically, the song is very similar to the 1980 song " Fade to Grey" by British new wave band Visage, in which its similarity can be clearly heard in the main synthesizer riff. It was successful in Germany, Switzerland and Austria where it was a top ten hit.

Critical reception

British magazine ''

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'' gave the song four out of five, stating that U96 "could turn out to be more than one-hit-wonders thanks to I Wanna Be A Kennedy, a thumping rave track based on Visage's Fade To Grey. It all sounds a bit dated, but then so did

Track listings

* CD single, 12" maxi # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (U.S. mix) — 5:25 # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Patsy-mix) — 5:25 # "220 BPM" — 3:40 * 12" maxi, CD single - Remixes # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard mix) — 6:00 # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Digi-Bone mix) — 5:25 # "No Control" — 4:30 * 12" maxi - UK # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (U.S. mix edit) # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Patsy mix) # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard mix) # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Digi-Bone mix) * 12" maxi - Promo, Germany # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" # "I Wanna Be A Kennedy" (untitled mix) # "Is Patsy a Virgin?" * CD single - UK # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (7") — 3:22 # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (U.S. mix) — 5:33 # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Patsy mix) — 5:25 # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard mix) — 6:01 # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Digi-Bone mix) — 5:25 * Cassette, double length - UK # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (7") # "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard edit)

Charts

Weekly charts

¹ As B-side of "

Year-end charts

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:I Wanna Be A Kennedy 1992 singles U96 songs 1992 songs Polydor Records singles Song recordings produced by Alex Christensen Songs written by Alex Christensen Techno songs