Catch as Catch Can (Album)
Catch as Catch Can | |||||||
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Studio album by Kim Wilde | |||||||
Publication |
October 24, 1983 |
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Label (s) | RAK Records | ||||||
Format (s) |
LP, cassette, CD |
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Title (number) |
10 |
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running time |
41:35 |
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Catch as Catch Can (German: "by all means") is the third studio album by British singer Kim Wilde . It was released on RAK Records in October 1983 .
background
Catch as Catch Can was the last album from the contract for RAK. After the tour in late 1982, Wilde took a six-month break. The new album was then recorded again with her brother Ricky Wilde at RAK Studios in London . As before, Ricky Wilde and her father Marty Wilde wrote the songs. Only Dancing in the Dark was written by Nicky Chinn and Paul Gurvitz . This song was mixed by Nile Rodgers .
In the United Kingdom , the album reached number 90 in the charts, in the United States it could not place. The first single Love Blonde reached the top ten in Sweden and Finland , but just missed it in Switzerland with eleventh place; in Germany it came in 26th. The second single Dancing in the Dark made it into the top ten in Denmark , Finland and Switzerland, in Germany again in 26th place.
Track list
All plays were written by Ricky Wilde and Marty Wilde, except where noted.
- Side one
- House of Salome - 3:36
- Back Street Joe - 4:31
- Stay Awhile - 3:42
- Love Blonde - 4:08
- Dream Sequence - 6:06
- Side two
- Dancing in the Dark ( Nicky Chinn , Paul Gurvitz) - 3:44
- Shoot to Disable - 3:37
- Can You Hear It - 4:29
- Sparks - 4:08
- Sing It Out for Love - 3:34
- Bonus Title (2009 Remastered Edition)
- Love Blonde (7 "version)
- Back Street Driver ( Dancing in the Dark B-Side)
- Love Blonde (12 "version)
- Dancing in the Dark ( Nile Rodgers Re-Mix) (Chinn, Gurvitz)
- Dancing in the Dark (Instrumental) (Chinn, Gurvitz)
Chart placements
Charts | Top ranking | Weeks |
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Chart placements | ||
Germany (GfK) | 23 (13 weeks) | 13 |
Switzerland (IFPI) | 6th (16 weeks) | 16 |
United Kingdom (OCC) | 90 (1 week) | 1 |
Individual evidence
- ↑ Date of publication
- ↑ Kim Wilde - Catch as Catch Can , discogs.com
- ↑ Kim Wilde - Love Blonde , hitparade.ch
- ↑ Kim Wilde - Dancing in the Dark , hitparade.ch
- ↑ a b c Chart sources: DE CH UK