Date
12 August 1987
Channel
France
An outdoors performance by Kim and Junior of their duet ‘Another step (closer to you)’. Kim also performs ‘You keep me hangin’ on’ in front of a large audience. For the TV broadcast the album version of ‘You keep me hangin’ on’ is dubbed in. Kim starts her performance with the words: “Est-ce que vous passez un bon temps ce soir? Superbe.”
Date
25 July 1987
Channel
BBC (UK)
Kim and Junior do a lipsynch performance ‘Another step (closer to you)’, backed by a large band.
Date
30 May 1987
Channel
TF1 (France)
After a short interview, Kim and Junior perform ‘Another step (closer to you)’.
Date
11 May 1987
Channel
BBC (UK)
Kim and Junior sing ‘Another step (closer to you)’ live to a recorded backing track during this gala for Humanitarian Awards. At the end of the show, all featured artists return on stage to sing ‘We are the world’.
Date
12 April 1987
Channel
ITV (UK)
Kim and Junior do a lipsynch performance of ‘Another step (closer to you)’.
Date
11 April 1987
Channel
Sky Channel (UK)
A very short interview with Kim and Junior as part of a chart show, just after the clip of ‘Another step (closer to you)’ is shown.
What was it like to shoot the video?
Well, I shot a lot of it in Paris and Junior wasn’t actually there. And it was pouring down with rain. It was a very difficult time. A difficult day. You know, keep my hair, my make-up… You can’t imagine the girlie problems that I had. And strutting down on stilettos. There’s a shot of me having to run up and down many, many stairs, steps in fact. I had to do that shot about six times. And there was about a hundred steps. It was kindof getting on my nerves. I wish I hadn’t called it ‘Another step’ after that.
Date
4 April 1987
Channel
BBC (UK)
Kim and Junior do a lipsynch performance of ‘Another step (closer to you)’. After this, they are interviewed by the presenter and the audience. There’s a competition in which viewers can win the cd, the single and a mirror which was given to Kim by Mel Bush, who promoted her first tour, featuring an image from her first tour. Kim reappears later on in the show to answer questions from fans by phone. Finally, Kim and Junior participate in a video voting panel, discussing videos from various acts.
Date
30 March 1987
Channel
UK
Kim Wilde lipsynchs ‘You keep me hangin’ on’ on stage in a large theatre, before a live audience. Possibly the performance was actually live, but the sound overdubbed with the studio version of the track. Some time later on in the programme, Kim is joined by Junior as they perform ‘Another step (closer to you)’ together. This performance has the sound of the single version of that track.
Date
28 March 1987
Channel
BBC (UK)
Alison Watson and Pauline Bridge get the chance to perform ‘Another step (closer to you)’ in the programme together with Kim and Junior. The sound is pre-recorded – although the chorus is sung by Alison and Pauline instead of Kim and Jiunior – and the performance is lipsynched. After the performance, the two children get a ‘Jim fixed it for me’ medal.
Date
16 March 1987
Channel
Directed by Greg Masuak.
This video was filmed in Paris, France. It features both Kim and Junior, as they are literally moving closer to one another. It starts with a plane arriving at the airport, with Kim walking from there through the streets of Paris, getting some attention from passers by as she is doing this. Meanwhile, Junior is singing his part of the song in a room which looks like an abandoned dance-room or studio.
Near the end of the song they finally get together in this room and they sing the last refrain together.
Date
1 January 1987
Channel
Music Box (UK)
Short interview with Kim and Junior about the song and the music video for ‘Another Step (Closer To You)’
Date
1 January 1987
Channel
France
Kim and Junior perform ‘Another step (closer to you)’. They sing live, but the music is pre-recorded.
