Date
27 April 1985
Channel
UK
Kim sings ‘Rage to love’ and ‘Suburbs of Moscow’ live. She is backed by a full band, consisting of Steve Byrd (guitar), Ricky Wilde (guitar), a saxophone player, two backing singer, a guitarist, a keyboardplayer and a drummer. During ‘Rage to love’, Kim wears a blue jacket and during ‘Suburbs of Moscow’ she wears a red one.
Date
15 April 1985
Channel
Directed by Pete Cornish.
After the glamour of the previous two videos, ‘The second time’ and ‘The touch’, it was time for Kim to show she still knew how to Rock and Roll. And so, Rage to Love turned out to be a performance video. It was shot at the Electric Ballroom, a place at Camden High Street, London. The video was made in one day, from 8 am until midnight. A lot of Kim’s friends were present at the filming.
Date
11 April 1985
Channel
WDR (Germany)
Interview by a woman speaking English with a German accent, during Kim’s ‘Rage to Rock’ tour in Germany. There’s a little footage of Kim performing ‘Rage to love’ and ‘Bladerunner’ live on stage.
Date
4 April 1985
Channel
Germany
Kim lipsynchs to an edited version of ‘Rage to love’. She is backed by her own band, featuring Steve Byrd on guitar. They are performing in front of a live studio audience.
Date
23 March 1985
Channel
ZDF (Germany)
Kim lipsynchs to ‘Rage to love’. She is backed by a four piece band, featuring Steve Byrd on guitar. The backdrop consists of an enlarged picture of the ‘Teases & dares’ album.
Date
17 February 1985
Channel
France
Kim Wilde lipsynchs ‘The second time’. She is backed by a four piece band.
Date
8 February 1985
Channel
France
Kim Wilde sings ‘The second time’ live to a recorded backing track. She is accompanied on stage by her own band. They play before a live studio audience.
Date
31 January 1985
Channel
Germany
Show featuring a larger than life Kangaroo as the center of attention. During Kims lipsynch performance of ‘The Touch’, the animal takes over drums, and gets into trouble with the drummer.
Date
31 January 1985
Channel
Veronica (Netherlands)
Kim lipsynchs ‘The touch’ on the Countdown stage, surrounded by dolls and dummies. She’s wearing black trousers and a blue sweater. Before her performance she is interviewed by Adam Curry, presenter of the show.
We heard that you disappeared. What happened?
I just went on holiday for a couple of weeks and when I got back there was all this news about me disappearing. I didn’t know anything about it.
You didn’t leave a note that you were going somewhere?
Well, no. No.
I always call my mom, don’t you?
No… How old are you?
Well, can I ask you first, how old you are?
No I just wonder how old you are that you had to leave a note for your mother…
We’ll get acquainted later. Okay, Kim, you’re here to sing your new single, ‘The Touch’, why don’t you move over to our set there, with all the dolls and the dummies…
(Adam Curry translates the conversation, then the performance starts.)
Date
18 January 1985
Channel
BBC (UK)
Performance of Kim and her band, lipsynching to ‘Rage to love’. Kim then interviews Glenn Gregory from Heaven 17 later on in the show, and then even later in the show she interviews Anton Corbijn.
Date
1 January 1985
Channel
France
Kim Wilde appears in this programme alongside two presenters. She is asked to compare the French audience to audiences in other countries. (‘They’re a fantastic audience, especially in Paris. Superb’). She is then asked about her favourite artists (‘I like Prince, Madonna, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder’).
She participates in a game of music videos. After a few more questions the programme ends.
Date
1 January 1985
Channel
UK
Short video in which Kim makes a statement against drugs.
“Hi, I’m Kim Wilde, and being a girl like most girls out there I’m very concerned about how I look, which isn’t unusual. I take good care of my skin and it makes it a lot more difficult to do that, I’m aware of, if you are on drugs. I’ve got some friends and girlfriends who are on drugs and they’ve got horrible skin. I know it sounds [like] a small thing, but it’s quite important really. Don’t do it.”
