''The Very Best of Kim Wilde'' is a
compilation album
A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several Performing arts#Performers, performers. If by one artist, then generally the tr ...
by
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde (born Kim Smith, 18 November 1960) is an English pop singer, DJ and television presenter. She first saw success in 1981 with her debut single "Kids in America", which peaked at No. 2 in the UK. In 1983, she received the Brit Award f ...
. The album was released in November 1984, after she left the
RAK Record label. It featured tracks taken from her first three albums, the non-album singles, "Child Come Away" and "Bitter is Better" (Japan only) and a B-side ("Boys").
Track listing
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Kids in America
"Kids in America" is a song recorded by English pop singer Kim Wilde. It was released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the United States in spring 1982, later appearing on her self-titled debut studio album. ...
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Chequered Love
"Chequered Love" is the second single by British singer Kim Wilde. The song was released in the spring of 1981 to follow Wilde's successful debut "Kids in America". As with that single, writing credits were given to Wilde's father and brother M ...
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Water on Glass"
#"2-6-5-8-0"
#"Boys"
#"Our Town"
#"Everything We Know"
#"You'll Never Be So Wrong"
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Cambodia
Cambodia (; also Kampuchea ; km, កម្ពុជា, UNGEGN: ), officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country located in the southern portion of the Indochinese Peninsula in Southeast Asia, spanning an area of , bordered by Thailand t ...
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View From a Bridge"
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Love Blonde
"Love Blonde" is a song by English singer Kim Wilde, released as the first single from her third album, '' Catch as Catch Can'' (1983). The song sold moderately, restoring some of the ground lost from her previous release " Child Come Away" and ...
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House of Salome"
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Dancing in the Dark"
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Child Come Away
"Child Come Away" is a song by English singer Kim Wilde, released as a single on 4 October 1982.
Though its subject matter was dark, it was similar in sound to previous synth-driven successes like "Cambodia" and " View from a Bridge", and it was ...
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#"Take Me Tonight"
#"Stay Awhile"
#"Bitter Is Better" (Japanese edition)
Charts
References
1984 greatest hits albums
Kim Wilde compilation albums
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