Kim Wilde 'You Came'

[Pet Shop Boy]

Kims last single to score in America, this peaked at #41, making it her third biggest hit. It also hit #3 in the UK.

This is a great pop song. The singles from her 'Close' album were the best of her career. My favourite was the followup 'Never Trust A Stranger'. That deserved much better. File this, and that, under 'Underrated'.

[mst3k]

I liked this song. I wonder how many radio stations were afraid to play it because of the title, though...

[Hervard]

As usual, Aaron has his mind in the gutter (j/k)

I loved this song and was tracking its progress up the Hot 100. When it was #41, I was like, "Great, we'll be hearing it on AT40 the next week." You can imagine my surprise when I listened to AT40 the next week and didn't hear "You Came". Later that day, I went out to the mall and made a beeline for the record store, where they posted the Hot 100 and was ever so PO'ed that the song had slipped to #42. Oh well, that's the breaks. At least it was number one on my personal chart and one of the biggest songs of 1988.

[blfdguy1]

This is my favorite Kim Wilde song.

November 5, 1988

01  02  You Came - Kim Wilde
02  04  Another Lover - Giant Steps
03  05  Giving You The Best That I Got - Anita Baker
04  01  My Arms Keep Missing You - Rick Astley
05  03  What's On Your Mind - Information Society
06  08  Thansk For My Child - Cherly "Pepsi" Riley
07  07  Boy I've Been Told - SaFire
08  09  One Moment In Time - Whitney Houston
09  06  Chains of Love - Erasure
10  10  I Can't Wait - Deniece Williams

"You Came" spent a single week at the top and was teh #19 song fo 1988.

[reception]

I like it.

[Pet Shop Boy]

www.youtube.com/watch?v=RqCLGWz9-SE

Video

[620 Soul Train]

She hit my Top 20 in 1988, it was actually a personal chart based on airplay on AFRTS radio based in Frankfurt, Germany (or Armed Forces Radio) The Week Of October 29, 1988

17 17 You Came - Kim Wilde


Debuts included:

22 Waiting For A Star To Fall - Boy Meets Girl

23 Edge Of A Broken Heart - Vixen

24 Walk On Water - Eddie Money

26 Any Love - Luther Vandross

28 Baby I Love Your Way/ Freebird - Will To Power

29 The Way You Love Me - Karyn White


Phill Collins was #1 with "Groovy Kind Of Love"

Now on my Euro Chart based on video airplay on the Pan European video channels

1 1 The Locomotion - Kylie Minogue
2 8 Stop - Sam Brown
3 Re Superstious - Europe
4 2 The Only Way Is Up - Yazz
5 Re You Came - Kim Wilde

Weekending September 25, 1988

[SPaCeMaN SPiFF]

was this the biggest hit off "close"? that album had sooooo many good songs. (stone, four-letter word, european soul, etc. etc.) totally underrated. :(

[Pet Shop Boy]

Yes it was. It made #3 in the UK and #41 in America. Never Trust A Stranger and Four Letter Word were also top ten UK hits (#7 and #6 respectively) and she had smaller chart entries with Hey Mister Heartache and Love In The Natural Way.

[Glove Slap]

I really like this. Select is my favorite album from her, but this just might be my favorite single from her.

[620 Soul Train]

Even the US single remix didn't do the trick. Shep Pettibone usually turns his mixes to Gold!

[620 Soul Train]

Apr 18, 2004 16:48:37 GMT -5 Hervard said:

As usual, Aaron has his mind in the gutter (j/k)

I loved this song and was tracking its progress up the Hot 100. When it was #41, I was like, "Great, we'll be hearing it on AT40 the next week." You can imagine my surprise when I listened to AT40 the next week and didn't hear "You Came". Later that day, I went out to the mall and made a beeline for the record store, where they posted the Hot 100 and was ever so PO'ed that the song had slipped to #42. Oh well, that's the breaks. At least it was number one on my personal chart and one of the biggest songs of 1988.

LOL. Sorry, I had to laugh. I felt the very same way when Five Star stalled at #41 with "I Can't Wait Another Minute". I sooo wanted Casey Kasem to mention Five Star's name, now that was appalling!

[lumel]

Apr 18, 2004 16:48:37 GMT -5 Hervard said:

As usual, Aaron has his mind in the gutter (j/k)

I loved this song and was tracking its progress up the Hot 100. When it was #41, I was like, "Great, we'll be hearing it on AT40 the next week." You can imagine my surprise when I listened to AT40 the next week and didn't hear "You Came". Later that day, I went out to the mall and made a beeline for the record store, where they posted the Hot 100 and was ever so PO'ed that the song had slipped to #42. Oh well, that's the breaks. At least it was number one on my personal chart and one of the biggest songs of 1988.

I felt exactly like that. It also went to number one on my chart.

[Glove Slap]

Apr 28, 2009 8:29:11 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

I really like this. Select is my favorite album from her, but this just might be my favorite single from her.

5 years later, and this still holds true. Shep Pettibone did a great job with re-tinkering this.



I think I remember hearing somewhere that her brother wrote this about this birth of his son, which definitely does fit the lyrics when you listen to them.

[gonecountry]

Incredible beauty!  Loved her and a lot of her stuff, this is my favorite. Her harder rocking remake a few years back was great.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

Mar 3, 2014 7:24:21 GMT -5 Glove Slap said:

Shep Pettibone did a great job with re-tinkering this.

I love what Shep did with his mix. It gives it a nice boost. So pretty. One of Kim's best songs.

[gonecountry]

What a beauty. This song, while not her biggest hits, is one of her signature tunes IMO.

She opened for Michael Jackson on one of his tours and never got to meet him. #truthisstrangerthanfiction


www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/awkward-moment-kim-wilde-reveals-6947114

[Dreams]

Great pop song. Out of all the Kim Wilde songs I've heard this is one of my favorites for sure, along with "You Keep Me Hangin' On".