"Kissing with Confidence" is a song by

Will Powers Will Powers was the stage name used by celebrity photographer Lynn Goldsmith when she created a self-help comedy music album. The 1983 album, entitled ''Dancing for Mental Health'', used affirmations set to music to poke fun at the self-hel ...

(the stage name/persona of photographer-turned-singer

Lynn Goldsmith Lynn Goldsmith (born 1948) is an American recording artist, film director, celebrity portrait photographer, and rock and roll photographer. She has also made fine art photography with conceptual images and with her painting. Books of her work hav ...

) from her 1983 album ''Dancing for Mental Health''. It was written by Goldsmith,

Jacob Brackman Jacob Brackman (born 1943) is an American writer, journalist, and musical lyricist. After graduating from Harvard University in 1965, he went to work for ''Newsweek'' as a journalist. He remained there for six months and was then hired by ''The ...

Nile Rodgers Nile Gregory Rodgers Jr. (born September 19, 1952) is an American musician, record producer and composer. The co-founder of Chic, Rodgers has written, produced, and performed on records that have sold more than 500 million albums and 75 million ...

Todd Rundgren Todd Harry Rundgren (born June 22, 1948) is an American multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, multimedia artist, sound engineer and record producer who has performed a diverse range of styles as a solo artist and as a member of the band Ut ...

, and

Steve Winwood Stephen Lawrence Winwood (born 12 May 1948) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter whose genres include blue-eyed soul, rhythm and blues, blues rock, and pop rock. Though primarily a keyboard player and vocalist prominent for his disti ...

. Goldsmith used a voice recorder to sound like a man.

Carly Simon Carly Elisabeth Simon (born June 25, 1943) is an American singer-songwriter, memoirist, and children's author. She rose to fame in the 1970s with a string of hit records; her 13 Top 40 U.S. hits include "Anticipation" (No. 13), " The Right Thin ...

is the uncredited lead singer. Mixed by Rundgren, it was released as a

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in the UK, peaking at No. 17 on the

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.Will Powers UK chart history
The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 16, 2012. It also peaked at No. 50 in Australia.

Track listings and formats

;7" single *"Kissing With Confidence" – 3:54 *"All Thru History" – 4:08 ;12" single *"Kissing With Confidence" (Extended Version) – 5:31 *"Kissing With Confidence (Dub Version)" – 6:40

Credits

* T. Bailey - Composer * Jacob Brackman - Composer * Lynn Goldsmith - Composer, Producer, Vocals * Will Powers - Primary Artist * Nile Rodgers - Composer * Terry Rundgren - Composer * Todd Rundgren - Mixing * Carly Simon - Vocals * Steven Stanley - Mixing * Steve Winwood - Composer

Charts

References

External links

Lynn Goldsmith's Official Website

Carly Simon's Official Website

YouTube - Kissing With Confidence (Official Music Video)
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