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Music videos

Kim Wilde has recorded – and has participated in – many music videos during her career. On this page you can see a list of songs for which music videos have been made. More information on these can be found elsewhere on this website.


Murray, Andrew

Andrew Murray was born in North Devon in 1971. At the age of nine, he started piano lessons. Four years later he passed his grade 8 piano exam with distinction.

The early years saw him land his first professional gig at the age of 17 as the piano player for UK legend Elkie Brooks. With Elkie, he has played in concert halls all over the world, recorded on many of her albums, and performed with the likes of Roger Daltrey, The Paul Jones Blues Band, Marti Pellow, and the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra where he got his first songwriting break, procuring two songs on Elkie’s album ‘Amazing’.

He was introduced to Russ Ballard through a mutual friend, instantly striking up a relationship with Russ and his son, Christian. Andrew and Christian set up a production/writing team named The Snowflakers, achieving great success with production work and writing over 50 songs released worldwide. Writing sessions took them all over the world, working with names such as Craig David, Cathy Dennis, The Underdogs & Gary Barlow. Their remix credits include Christina Aguilera, Alicia Keys, Leona Lewis, Natasha Bedingfield and Shane Ward. Andrew played all keyboard & piano parts on all of their releases, as well as scoring numerous string and brass arrangements along the way.

In 2009, Andrew and Christian decided to mutually explore independent avenues. He worked with Ricky Wilde on Kim’s albums Come Out and Play and Snapshots, playing several instruments and co-producing Addicted to You, Anyone Who Had a Heart, Beautiful Ones, Ever Fallen in Love, Greatest Journey, Jessica, Lights Down Low, My Wish Is Your Command, Real Life, Remember Me, Suicide, This Paranoia, To France and Wonderful Life.


My Coo Ca Choo

Song written, sung, and recorded by Peter Shelley, using the glam rock name Alvin Stardust. Although he had already appeared as the original Alvin Stardust on the Lift Off television programme, Shelley was surprised when the record went straight into the chart the following week. As he had no desire to become his own stage name creation, a “face” was required to be, and perform as, Alvin Stardust. Marty Wilde was asked, but he declined. The ideal person appeared in the shape of Shane Fenton. The new ‘Stardust’ then appeared on BBC Television’s Top of the Pops just as the record had entered the UK Top 30, before finally reaching number 2. It was kept from the top of the UK charts by Gary Glitter’s ‘I Love You Love Me Love’. Shelley then followed up with a string of hits for Stardust.

During the radio programme ‘Jammin”, broadcast on BBC Radio 2 on 31 August 2006, Kim sung part of this song as part of a music quiz.


Lyrics

Coo! Coo! I just want you
I really love the things that you do
Come on and love-a-me too
Won’t you be my coo ca choo

Love you
Yes I love ya
Yes I love my coo ca choo
Yes I, I really do want you

My Wish Is Your Command

Song written by Ricky Wilde and Scarlett Wilde. Twelfth track on the album Come Out and Play.

Live performances

‘My wish is your command’ was performed live during the Come Out and Play Tour in 2011 only.

Kim about ‘My Wish Is Your Command’

My brother and my niece Scarlett wrote ‘My Wish’. I am particularly proud that my old guitarist Perry ap Gwynedd from the drum and bass band Pendulum to play a divine rock solo. (1)

Credits

Bass: Ricky Wilde
Guitars: Ricky Wilde
Guitar Solo: Peredur ap Gwynedd
Keyboards: Andrew Murray, Ricky Wilde
Drums: Andrew Murray
Backing Vocals: Kim Wilde, Ricky Wilde & Scarlett Wilde
Mixed by Bob Kraushaar at Acton Marina, London
Produced by Ricky Wilde & Andrew Murray

Interview sources

(1) Kim Wilde: Comeback of a power woman – Come out and play interview. In: Vip-Chicks website (Germany), August 17, 2010


Lyrics

I just can’t believe we’re here
Suddenly become so clear
It feels as if I don’t know you anymore
We’re living our separate lives
To me this one big disguise
And now it’s as if we’re slowly moving backwards

You cheat, you lie, you always deceive me
My love has died, you gotta believe it
So let’s just finish what we’ve started.

You say that I don’t understand your pain
And now I’m gonna drag you down again
You shattered every dream that you once had
I’m telling you it’s over now, it’s time to make a stand
My wish is your command
It’s time to turn my back on you baby

You gambled away your pride, revealing a darker side
Proving that I don’t need you anymore
My trust you chose to abuse
Making me feel so confused
I’ve turned it around and I’m slowly moving forwards

You cheat, you lie, you always deceive me
My love has died, you gotta believe it
So let’s just finish what we’ve started.

You say that I don’t understand your pain …

Let’s just finish what we’ve started
Make a stand, my wish is your command
It’s time to turn my back on you baby

My Enemy

The band My Enemy was formed in 2004 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The line-up consists of Helena Jäderberg (vocals, guitars), Samira Englund (bass, keyboards, vox) and Leonel Jäderberg (keyboards, guitars, vox).
So far they have released three EP’s: “Elil”, “Roo” and “Khreis”, all in 2005. The latter contains their cover of Kim Wilde’s Cambodia.


MxPx

MxPx is an American punk rock band from Bremerton, Washington (USA), founded in 1992 as Magnified Plaid. Initially, they started playing music inspired by Descendents, Black Flag and other Southern California skate punk bands. The trio – Mike Herrera, Yuri Ruley, and Andy Husted – were classmates at Central Kitsap High School in Silverdale, Washington and were 15 years old when they formed. The name was a tribute to the original guitarist’s fascination with plaid shirts but did not fit on the band’s posters. Consequently, the name was abbreviated to M.P. But in Yuri Ruley’s handwriting, periods appeared as Xs, and since he made up the show posters for the band, the four-letter moniker stuck.

They were signed by Tooth & Nail Records in 1993 and released their debut album ‘Pokinatcha’ in 1994. Andy Husted left the band after this release and was replaced by Tom Wisniewski. Two further albums – ‘Teenage politics’ (1995) and ‘Life in general’ (1996) followed, then they received a major distribution deal with A&M Records. They continued to release albums in a quick pace: ‘Slowly going the way of the buffalo’ and the B-sides collection ‘Let it happen’ were released in 1998 and the live album ‘At the show’ in 1999. This was followed by ‘The ever passing moment’ in 2000. MxPx gained critical recognition for this album and landed a slot supporting for The Offspring and Cypress Hill on the Conspiracy of One tour.

Their version of the song ‘Scooby Doo, where are you?’ appeared on the soundtrack of the 2002 movie ‘Scooby-Doo’. Their sixth studio album ‘Before everything & after’ was released by A&M in 2003. The album achieved the band’s highest ever chart position on the U.S. Billboard 200, peaking at number 51. Curiously, they were dropped by A&M Records after this, leaving the band to sign with SideOneDummy Records, releasing their seventh album ‘Panic’ that same year. MxPx spent the majority of 2005 and 2006 touring in support of the album. MxPx released their eighth album ‘Secret weapon’ in 2007, their first release on their original label Tooth & Nail since 1996’s ‘Life in General’.

In 2009, their ninth album ‘On the cover II’ was released. This album features cover versions of many eighties songs, including Kim Wilde’s Kids in America. The album is a sequel to ‘On the cover’, an EP which they released in 1995.

Later in 2009, MxPx released ‘Punk Rawk Christmas’, a holiday-themed punk album. Their next studio album ‘Plans within plans’ followed in 2012. Although the band announced they wouldn’t be touring, the band was not breaking up and that they will continue to write and record new material together.


Muziek Parade Magazine

Name of a Dutch magazine. Nine issues were released until the publication went bankrupt in December 1985. The magazine was a continuation of ‘Muziek Parade’ (‘Music Parade’), which ran from 1964 to 1984.

When the magazine started in April 1985, with a new publisher and new editors they put Kim Wilde on the very first cover. To celebrate this, Kim was made a VIP member of the magazine. It is unknown if she has ever read the magazine (since it was entirely in Dutch), but she was featured in the first two issues. No. 1 (April 1985) featured an instruction on how to get the same hairdo as Kim, no. 2 (May 1985) featured a concert review of Kim’s Rage to Rock concert in Holland.


Musikladen

Musikladen was a television programme, produced by Radio Bremen. It was broadcast between 13 December 1972 and 29 November 1984 on the German television channel ARD. There were 90 episodes in total.
The programmes consisted of live performances by artists who were invited to play their current chart hits at the time. They were presented by Manfred Sexauer, sometimes assisted by co-presenters Uschi Nerke, August-Walter Thiemann and Christine Röthig.

At the beginning of her career, Kim was a regular guest on Musikladen.


Music Box

Russian compilation cd, which is most probably a pirate release. It contains tracks from throughout Kim’s career up to the song Loved.

Tracks

This album contains the tracks You Came, Kids in America, Love Blonde, Water on Glass, Child Come Away, World in Perfect Harmony, Chequered Love, Never Trust a Stranger, Now & Forever, View From a Bridge, Love Is Holy, Rage to Love, Cambodia, Another Step (Closer to You), Four Letter Word, You Keep Me Hangin’ On, Breakin’ Away, Shame, If I Can’t Have You, The Second Time and Loved.

Formats

‘Music Box’ was released on CD only.
See this page in the discography.


Musgrave, Toby

Dr Toby Musgrave left Reading University’s Department of Horticulture in 1994 and embarked on a freelance career as a television and radio presenter, author, journalist, consultant, designer and lecturer. On screen he hosted two series of Lost Gardens for Channel Four (1999 and 2001), and joined the design team on ITV’s Better Gardens (1999). Together with Kim he presented HTV’s 8-part series the Great Garden Guide in 2003.
For the past eight years Toby has been the Gardening Correspondent for the Bristol Evening Post, and has become a regular contributor to a number of national magazines and newspaper, including BBC Gardeners’ World Magazine, The Garden, Gardens Illustrated, The English Garden, The Saturday Telegraph and The Sunday Times.
Toby designs gardens across the world. A current project is a series of gardens for a spiritual retreat in upstate New York, and recent assignments include Rick Stein’s Bistro in Padstow; a four and a half acre woodland garden in Long Island, and a roof garden in Bombay.
He lectures on garden history to audiences across Britain, including Oxford University, Oxford University Botanic Gardens, the University of Bristol, and the Royal Horticultural Society.


Murrell, Trevor

Trevor Murrell played drums on Kim Wilde’s first three albums Kim Wilde, Select and Catch as Catch Can and also performed drums and percussion duties during Kim’s Debut Tour in 1982.

He went on to play on albums by Wham!, Matt Bianco, Des’ree, Sade and Joe Cocker, amongst others. Since 1985 he also plays drums at the annual event Night of the Proms.


Muffs

The Muffs formed in early 1991 when Kim Shattuck (vocals, guitar) and Ronnie Barnett (bass, backup vocals) realized that the Kinks had lost their way and The Ramones didn’t tour enough. They decided to form a band in their tradition.
The Muffs burst onto the scene of their hometown of Los Angeles, turning heads, dropping jaws and bringing to their knees all of everyone who caught one of their all out, anything goes rock shows.

After a few 7″ singles and compilation appearances, Warner Bros. offered them a recording contract. The first album ‘The Muffs’ was released in 1993, supported by a tour across the United States. Three years later their second album ‘Blonder and Blonder’ was released after a few line-up changes.

In 1995, they recorded a rock cover of the Kim Wilde track Kids in America for the soundtrack of the movie Clueless.

Shattuck died at her home in Los Angeles on 2 October 2019, from complications of ALS, aged 56. Shortly before her death, the Muffs had recorded their seventh studio album, ‘No Holiday’, released on 18 October 2019.