TVAM

Date
16 August 1983
Channel
ITV (UK)

Interview with Kim Wilde on the occasion of the release of her new single, ‘Love blonde’. First, part of the music video is shown and then she is interviewed by the presenter, Timmy Mallett.

Where did you get that amazing dress from? It’s really sexy.
Oh, thank you. I got it in Joseph in Sloane Street. I went in there one day, I wasn’t feeling very happy with myself and I just fancied cheering myself up. I saw this dress and I put it on, I didn’t bother to ask how much it was and I fell in love with it. And here comes the bill, you know… It was a shaky hand job…

What have you been up to, Kim, because we haven’t had a single out from you for ages now.
Well, we had a tour round about the time ‘Child come away’ was released, and that was in November, and then we’ve been working on the album since then, which will be out this November and… It’s been quite a long time but it seems to have flown by. It seems like it’s been a short break to me. And everyone else seems to  think it’s such a long time. It’s quite nice to think that everyone’s missed me. You’ve missed me haven’t you?

So what’s your plans then, what’s gonna happen  with the release of the album in November, another tour?
We will do a European tour. We haven’t done a lot of European touring yet. Places like Germany where I have a lot of success, we haven’t actually been there yet. So we’re gonna really hit Germany and a lot of other European countries at some time.

And then come back and see us here?
That’s right, yeah. We’re also doing something in Poland which will be interesting. We’re doing a TV special in Poland. So there’s a lot going on, very busy.

Top of the Pops

Date
4 August 1983
Channel
BBC (UK)

Kim Wilde lipsynchs to ‘Love blonde’, but the version of the song is a little different from the actual single version. She is backed by her own band, featuring Steve Byrd on guitar. Kim is wearing her black ‘Love blonde’ leather dress.

Countdown

Date
31 July 1983
Channel
Veronica (Netherlands)

Presenter Erik de Zwart interviews Kim Wilde. The interview is followed by a lipsynch performance of ‘Love blonde’ in the Countdown studio.

I heard something. Rumour has it, that you’re going to get married. Is that true?
No, I’m not getting married.

That will be a relief for a lot of fans here in Holland, but what are your plans for the future?
I’ve got an album coming out probably late September and we have to do quite a big European tour at the end of the year.

You were called in an article I read, for the first time, sex symbol. How does it feel to be one?
Um… Much the same as before when I wasn’t one, really.

Doesn’t make any difference?
Not to me, no.

Your new song, ‘Love blonde’ has a bluesy touch. Does that mean that Kim Wilde is going to record some more blues songs?
Probably in the future I will, but there aren’t any more on the album itself. But I like singing in any kind of style really. I really enjoy singing this one.

You told me you were going to do a big European tour, again to Holland?
Yeah, we hope to do most of the countries that we haven’t toured already. We’ve already been to Belgium, France and Denmark and we wanna go to places like Germany and Sweden and Holland, and see the whole lot!

When will that be?
We’re trying to get it together for the end of this year.

Razzmatazz

Date
19 July 1983
Channel
ITV (UK)

Kim lipsynchs to ‘Love blonde’ on the Razzmatazz stage. She is backed by a four piece band, featuring Steve Byrd on guitar. They are performing in front of a live studio audience.

Love blonde (music video)

Date
18 July 1983
Channel

Directed by Mike Mansfield.
Kim Wilde plays the blonde bombshell in extremis, surrounded by a rock and roll band, basically making fun of some accusations in the press at the time. She is clad in a very sexy leather dress.

Pop Quiz

Date
25 June 1983
Channel
BBC (UK)

Kim Wilde participates in a pop quiz alongside Francis Rossi (from Status Quo) and Jeffrey Daniels (from Shalamar) and against a team consisting of Gary Glitter, Dig Wayne (from Joboxers) and Bruce Foxton (from The Jam).

Top of the Pops

Date
5 May 1983
Channel
BBC (UK)

Sandie Shaw and Kim Wilde are briefly interviewed during the 1000th edition.

The Children’s Royal Variety Performance

Date
16 April 1983
Channel
UK

Kim sings ‘Kids in America’ live to a recorded backing track: an alternate version of the music of the song. She is backed by her own band, featuring Trevor Murrell on drums.

Breakfast time

Date
7 April 1983
Channel
UK

The presenter of the show goes shopping with Kim and her friend Claire Smith in Carnaby Street, looking for second hand clothes, proving that fashion doesn’t need to be expensive to look good. The report is followed by an interview with Kim about the clothes she found.

The Tube

Date
25 February 1983
Channel
Channel 4 (UK)

Kim Wilde is interviewed by Paula Yates about her ‘going out’ habits. Kim says that she usually prefers to ‘stay in’. She generally thinks that clubs are not the best place to talk with friends. She also talks about her first tour which happened two months earlier.

Cadence 3

Date
16 February 1983
Channel
France

Kim sings ‘Love blonde’ live to a pre-recorded backing track. She is supported by a four piece band, with Steve Byrd on guitar.

TVAM

Date
11 February 1983
Channel
ITV (UK)

Report about the 1983 BPI Awards, in which Kim is shown accepting the award, overcome by emotions!