Website tag: Never Say Never

You Keep Me Hangin’ On (2006)

Song written by the songwriting team of Holland-Dozier-Holland. Re-recorded version of Kim Wilde’s 1986 version of You Keep Me Hangin’ On as a duet with Nena.
Sixth track on the album Never Say Never.

Credits

Strings, keyboards: Derek von Krogh
‘Reason’ programming: Gena Wernik
Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Guitars: John Andrews
Bass: Paul di Leo
Drums: Van Romaine
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Gena Wernik & Derek von Krogh


Lyrics

Set me free why don’t cha babe
Get out of my life why don’t cha babe
’cause you don’t really love me
You just keep me hangin’on

Set me free why don’t cha babe
Get out of my life why don’t cha babe
You don’t really need me
But you keep me hangin’on

Why do you keep a comin’ around
Playing with my heart
Why don’t cha get out of my life
And let me make a brand new start
Let me get over you
The way you’ve gotten over me yeah

You say although we broke up
You still just wanna be friends
But how can we still be friends
When seeing you only breaks my heart again

Get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night
‘Cos you don’t really love me
You just keep me hangin’on

You say you still care for me
But your heart and soul needs to be free
And now that you’ve got your freedom
You wanna still hold on to me
You don’t want me for yourself
So let me find somebody else

Why don’t cha be a man about it and set me free
Now you don’t care a thing about me
You’re just using me – Hey, abusing me
Get out, get out of my life
And let me sleep at night
‘Cos you don’t really love me
You just keep me hangin’on
You don’t really need me
You just keep me – hangin’on

You Came (2006)

Re-recording of the 1988 song You Came, written by Ricky and Kim Wilde. Second track on the album Never Say Never.
First single to be taken from the album Never Say Never.

Formats

‘You Came (2006)’ was released as CD-single and digital download.
See also this page in the discography.

Versions

There are six versions of ‘You Came (2006)’: the album version, the Old School mix, the Groovenut remix, the Groovenut radio remix, the Tron remix and the Oki remix.

Music video

A music video was filmed to promote the single. It was directed by Phil Griffin.
The music video showed Kim wearing a new stripey top. Elements of earlier videos can be recognised in this one, such as the videos for Kids in America (clothing), You Keep Me Hangin’ On (Kim miming the song while lying on a bed), Who Do You Think You Are? (the picture frame) and If I Can’t Have You (Kim’s bare back).
Go to this page for more information.
An alternative video was released to the web, also directed by Phil Griffin.
Go to this page for more information.

Credits

Guitars: T. Hahn
Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh
Drums: B. Hahn
Bass: Derek von Krogh
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh

Highest chart positions

Austria: 24 (14 weeks)
Belgium: 23
Finland: 24
Germany: 20
Italy: 36
Netherlands: 26 (7 weeks)
Poland: 19
Sweden: 25
Switzerland: 19 (13 weeks)


Lyrics

Someone I know is staring at me
And when I look into her eyes
I see a girl that I used to be
I hardly recognise
Cos in the space of a year
I’ve watched the old me disappear
All of the things I once held precious
Just don’t mean anything anymore
Cos suddenly

You came, and changed the way I feel
No one could love you more
Because you came and turned my life around
No one could take your place

I’ve never felt good with permanent things
Now I don’t want anything to change
You can’t imagine the joy you bring
My life won’t be the same
And I’ll be there when you call
I’ll pick you up if you should fall
Cos I have never felt such inspiration
Nobody else ever gave me more because

You came, and changed the way I feel
No one could love you more
Because you came and turned my life around
No one could take your place

I watch you sleep in the still of the night
You look so pretty when you dream
So many people just go through life
Holding back, they don’t say what they mean
But it’s easy for me
Since you came
No one could love you more
Because you came and turned my life around
No one could take your place
You came, and changed the way I feel
No one could love you more
Because you came and turned my life around
No one could take your place

Tu Me Vas Si Bien / Because You Came (You Came 2006 French Version)

French language version of You Came (2006), recorded by Kim in 2006 for the French market. It finally wasn’t released in France at all, but it did turn up as an extra track on the cd-single of Together We Belong.
The French lyrics were written by François Welgryn.


Lyrics

Je sens des yeux qui sont posés sur moi
et dans ce regard inconnu
Je vois cette fille que je n’oublie pas
mais que je ne suis plus

Elles tournent, elles tournent les pages
Il nous transforme le voyage
Et tout ce que j’attendais
Ce que j’étais
Est oublié à jamais
parce qu’un jour…

You came
et je me trouve enfin
no one could love you more because
You came et tu me vas si bien
no one could take your place.

Moi le bateau, poussé par tous les vents,
Voilà que j’ai enfin jeté l’ancre,
Le monde est tellement plus beau qu’avant,
et c’est toi qui le change…

Je ne peux plus lâcher ta main
et je me colle à ton destin
parce qu’il n’y a que toi pour
m’offrir tout ça
tout ma vie tourne autour de toi
Tu vois…

You came
et je me trouve enfin
no one could love you more because
You came et tu me vas si bien
no one could take your place
You came
You came et tu me vas si bien
no one could take your place.

Je te regarde dans le bleu de la nuit
et j’écoute tes rêves si tranquilles
des anges passaient, je les remercie
pour cette vie
Cette histoire impossible
Tous ces jours qui arrivent

Since you came
et je me trouve enfin
no one could love you more because
You came et tu me vas si bien
no one could take your place
You came and you turned my life around
You came et tu me vas si bien
no one could take your place

Together We Belong

Song written by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Ricky & Kim Wilde.
Third track on the album Never Say Never.
Released as the third single from the album.

Versions

There are two versions of ‘Together We Belong’: the album version and the radio edit.

Formats

‘Together We Belong’ was released as a cd-single and a digital download.
See also this page in the discography.

Live performances

‘Together we belong’ was performed live on September 2, 2006 in Berlin, during the Perfect Girl Tour in 2007 and during the Come Out and Play Tour in 2011.

Ricky about Together We Belong

I wrote that one on guitar, I know that for sure. Certain songs are very keyboard-orientated, that one was all guitar and it just felt so lovely playing it on acoustic and singing it on acoustic. I think I came up with the title on that one, but I didn’t write anything else, I think it was only that line, and then again [Kim] smashed it with a lyric, beautiful lyric. (1)

Credits

Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh
Guitars: T. Hahn
Drums: B. Hahn
Bass: Derek von Krogh
Additional vocals: Roxanne Wilde
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh

Interview source

(1) Unsung Heroes podcast, 23 July 2021


Lyrics

When our days are so low down
The grass and sky all coloured brown
And nothing but the bad news haunts our minds
We look at life through different eyes
But soon begin to realise
That this is just a day we’ll leave behind
We know and we both understand
We hold the fire in our hands
But every fire’s bound to have its sparks

Together we belong
Together we are strong enough
For the days I have with you
All the happy and the sad
And all the ways I drive you mad
In the days I have with you
The silent anger when we fight
The way the words don’t come out right
The way we hold on so strong in the night
It always ends up right with you

We’re running faster every day
Sometimes we don’t make time to say
The words we both are feeling in our hearts
As life’s distractions fill our minds
Our precious gift gets left behind
With both of us left wondering where to start
We know and we both understand
We hold the fire in our hands
But every fire’s bound to have its sparks

Never a day goes by
it’s you that I need
Never a moment when I don’t believe
I’ll spend my life through with you
Never a day

Perfect Girl

Song written by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Ricky Wilde.
The first track on the album Never Say Never.
Released as a single on 17 November 2006.

Versions

There are six versions of ‘Perfect Girl’: the album version, the radio edit, the Perfect Chill mix, the Ian Finch Elektrika remix, the Ian Finch Elektrika edit and a live acoustic version.

Formats

‘Perfect Girl’ was released as a CD-single and a digital download.
See also this page in the discography.

Music video

A music video was filmed on October 19, 2006 to promote the single. It was directed by Sandra Marschner.
See this page for more information.

Live performances

‘Perfect girl’ was performed live on September 2, 2006 in Berlin, during the Perfect Girl Tour in 2007, during live gigs in 2008 and 2009 and during the Snapshots & Greatest Hits Tour in 2012.

Highest chart positions

Germany: 52 (9 weeks)

Credits

Guitars: T. Hahn, J. Sander
‘Reason’ programming: Gena Wernik
Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Drums: B. Hahn
Bass: Derek von Krogh
Additional vocals: Roxanne Wilde
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Gena Wernik


Lyrics

It only seems like yesterday
when you came and took me over
Believing every word you say
You had me hypnotised
But now I realise
The dream we had is just a lie
And my heart is calling, calling

It’s not me
No more lies, I won’t cry for tomorrow
It’s not me
Read my mind, are you blind to this sorrow
You need the perfect girl to fit inside your perfect world
It’s something I’ll never be
You know it’s not me

These days it always seems so hard
When it started it came easy
I should have know you’d play my heart
The rule they twist and turn
Anyway you please
Just when I think I’m over you
I feel myself falling, falling

It’s not me
No more lies, I won’t cry for tomorrow
It’s not me
Read my mind, are you blind to this sorrow
You need the perfect girl to fit inside your perfect world
It’s something I’ll never be
You know it’s not me
You know it’s not me

No more sorrow, no more pain
‘Cos now I know I can breathe again
Believe again
And I’m not gonna live a lie
It’s not me

Maybe I’m crazy

Song written by Ricky Wilde, Ken Thomas and Carolynne Good.
Thirteenth track on the album Never Say Never.
Extra track on the cd-single You Came (2006).

Credits

Guitars: Jörg Sander
‘Reason’ programming: Gena Wernik
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Gena Wernik


Lyrics

I watch you go
Now I have to face another night
where time goes slow
I find places in my mind

Now I understand
We’re in different worlds
and there’s just no reason
and I can’t pretend that I’m not in love

And I – I wanna touch you baby
(Feel you next to me)
And I – can’t get through
(I can’t get, can’t get through to you)
And why – Why do I miss you baby
(Even when you’re next to me)
Maybe I’m crazy – It’s you

Surprised myself
This time it’s not me act this way
I hide my tears
And keep my pride and lock my heart away

Now I never planned
to get myself in this situation
It’s in your hands
Could you fall in love?

And I – I wanna touch you baby
And I – can’t get through
And why – Why do I miss you baby
Maybe I’m crazy – It’s you

Imagine our lives with us together
Impossible dreams come true
I still believe Never say never
My head’s in the clouds
I’m not coming down
I’m gonna take my chances

And I – I wanna touch you baby
And I – can’t get through
And why – Why do I miss you baby
Maybe I’m crazy

And I – I wanna touch you baby
And I – can’t get through
And why – Why do I miss you baby
Maybe I’m crazy – It’s you

Lost Without You

Song written by Ricky Wilde and Steve DuBerry.
Eleventh track on the album Never Say Never.

Credits

Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh
Bass: Derek von Krogh
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh


Lyrics

Thinkin’ here we go again
Tell me will it ever end
Contending for who’s right or wrong
We’re becoming enemies
Taking all my energy
Why can’t we get along

I don’t know you anymore
Where’s the man that I adored?
I’ve lost him in this war of words
Torn apart
So where to go from here now?

‘Cos my heart can’t let you go
Hard as I try
Baby time won’t heal my soul
Losing you losing myself… again
I can’t see tomorrow
No my heart can’t let you go
It’s lost without you

Do we carr yon like this
In a spiritual abyss
Just waiting for the winds of change
Reminiscing witha friend
You said our love would never end
I need those words again

After all is said and done
Through it all you’re still the one
I want you to come back to me
Fight for love
Now before it’s to late

‘Cos my heart can’t let you go
Hard as I try
Baby time won’t heal my soul
Losing you losing myself… again
I can’t see tomorrow
No my heart can’t let you go
It’s lost without you

Kids in America (2006)

Re-recording of the song Kids in America, written by Ricky and Marty Wilde. Duet with Charlotte Hatherley.
Eighth track on the album Never Say Never.

Kim about ‘Kids in America (2006)’

I, at the time, was having a bit of a problem with ‘Kids in America’ because I couldn’t quite get my head around the fact that I was doing it again after all these years and although I loved how Uwe produced it I was still having a problem having a direct relationship with it again and just find a good reason to put it on an album. I wasn’t quite convinced. Charlotte was due in to play guitar that day and I thought ‘You know what, ‘Kids in America’ would make sense for me if she sings it too. So when she turned up I said ‘Would you sing ‘Kids in America’?’ She said ‘Sure, I’ll do backing vocals’ and I said ‘No, no… not backing vocals I want you to sing it’. So she kindof was a bit… ‘Oh God, you know, I would love to but you are gonna have to go shopping because I’m not gonna do it with you in the studio.’ So I went shopping that afternoon, instead of being there and let her get on with it. When I got back and heard what she’d done I was so chuffed and it brought ‘Kids in America’ back to life for me again as a new recording. It’s very different singing it live, that’s different. I’ve been doing a lot of eighties concerts singing ‘Kids in America’ and that’s the most natural thing in the world in a retro sense. But presenting it again as a new song I was having a lot of problems with it until Charlotte’s involvement. And when she finished I thought ‘That’s great and I want it on my album’. And that was great. (1)

‘Kids In America’ is the best song I’ve ever made. When I heard the new version, I felt there wasn’t enough of a difference with the old version. How can you improve on such a classic? If we colonise the moon in a hundred years, it will be played over there too. When Charlotte Hatherley came into the picture to share the vocals with me, I had more lust for it. She always plays the song during her gigs and felt it was an honour being able to sing it. The only condition was that I wasn’t there when she sang it. So I went shopping. (2)

Credits

Additional lead vocals: Charlotte Hatherley
Guitars: Charlotte Hatherley, PC, T. Hahn
Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh
Guitars: T. Hahn
Drums: B. Hahn, T. Wörner
Bass: PC, Derek von Krogh
Backing vocals: Ricky Wilde, N., M. & D. Janz
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh

Interview sources

(1) A date with Kim Wilde: the ‘Never say never’ interview (transcript), 2006
(2) Kim Wilde: Never Say Never, Revolver (Netherlands), October 2006


I Fly

Song written by Robert Ellis Orrall & Jeff Coplan.
Ninth track on the album Never say Never.

Live performances

‘I fly’ was performed live during a concert in Berlin on 2 September 2006 and then during the Perfect Girl tour in 2007.

Credits

Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh
Guitars: T. Hahn
Drums: B. Hahn
Bass: Derek von Krogh
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh


Lyrics

You’re like a rush, a killer crush
Straight to my brain
and when I’m down you come around
You numb the pain

Touching your skin is a head spin
I need another hit of you
Licking your lips is a wet trip
You’re everything I wanna do

I Everytime I close my eyes and think of you I fly, fly
I Everytime I know I’ll get a drink of you I fly, fly

You are my fix, the perfect mix
of right and wrong
You chill my spine below the line
Where you belong

I need my fill, where’s the next thrill
It’s right there in your fingertips
I just can’t talk, total shell shock
Baby when you flip my switch

I Everytime I close my eyes and think of you I fly, fly
I Everytime I know I’ll get a drink of you I fly, fly

High above the ground
I don’t wanna come down
I fly

You’re like a rush, a killer crush
Straight to my brain
and when I’m down you come around
You numb the pain

Game Over

For the band, see Game Over (band)

Song written by Ricky Wilde and Steve DuBerry.
Tenth track on the album Never Say Never.

Live performances

‘Game over’ was performed live during the Perfect Girl Tour and summer festival gigs in 2007 and 2008.

Credits

Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh
Guitars: T. Hahn
Drums: B. Hahn
Bass: Derek von Krogh
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh


Lyrics

Always tryin’ to put me down
Did ya think that I would drown
(Whatever makes your world go round)
It’s just sticks and stones but you’ll never stop me

Doesn’t matter how much you try
You can’t touch what I got inside
(I’ll rise above it every time)
It’s just sticks and stones but you’ll never stop me

You might annoy me, but ya can’t destroy me
In fact if anything it makes me stronger
Now wotcha gonna say ‘cos…

You lose
Game over, I showed ya
You choose
where to go from here
And it’s obvious to me
You’re a victim of your own jealousy yeah
That’s too bad, you’re so sad
‘cos you lose, game over

Mirror mirror on the wall
I was the fairest of them all
(But now you wanna see me fall)
I’m still standin’ you’ll never stop me
Tell me where do you get off
Puttin’ ’bout your nasty stuff
(You don’t know when enough’s enough)
I’m still standin’ you’ll never stop me

You berate me, try to break me
In spite of everything it makes me stronger
Now wotcha gonna say ‘cos…

You lose
Game over, I showed ya
You choose
where to go from here
And it’s obvious to me
You’re a victim of your own jealousy yeah
That’s too bad, you’re so sad
‘cos you lose, game over

I’m not listening to what you say
Moving on, going all the way
seeya later!

You lose
Game over, I showed ya
You choose
where to go from here
And it’s obvious to me
You’re a victim of your own jealousy yeah
That’s too bad, you’re so sad
‘cos you lose, game over

Always tryin’ to put me down
Did ya think that I would drown?
I’m still standing you’ll never stop me
I’m still standing you’ll never stop me

Four Letter Word (2006)

Re-recording of the 1988 song Four Letter Word, written by Ricky & Marty Wilde.
Fifth track on the album Never Say Never.

Credits

Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh
Guitars: T. Hahn, Jörg Sander
Drums: B. Hahn
Bass: Derek von Krogh
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Derek von Krogh


Lyrics

I tell ya
It’s hell yeah
When love says goodbye it’s a four letter word
Because your heart knows
When love goes
The feeling is bad – it’s the pits of the world
It’s sad but true
When nothing you can do, can bring it back

Standing in the rain
She starts to cry
Is it all a game
She wonders why
Why it had to start
Why should it end, and take her apart

Because she shows it
She knows it
But what can she do, it’s a four letter word
Because it shakes you
It breaks you
And when it’s the end, it’s the worst thing you heard
It’s over now
And nothing you can do can bring it back

Calling out his name
She starts to cry
Guys are all the same
She wants to die
Hide away the tears
No-one will see, and no-one must hear
But oh

How can the love that she has be profain
And how can something that’s so beautiful
Just Jeckyl and Hyde around
It’s so sad…

I tell ya
It’s hell yeah
When love says goodbye
It’s a four letter word
Because your heart knows
When love goes
The feeling is bad
it’s the worst in the world
It’s sad but true
When nothing you can do, can get it back

Standing in the rain
She starts to cry
Shouting out is name
Four letter words

Forgive Me

Song written by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Gena Wernik & Kim Wilde.
Fourth track on the album Never Say Never.

Live performances

‘Forgive me’ was only performed live once, during a concert in Berlin on 2 September 2006.

Kim about ‘Forgive me’

Kim: It was the song itself. I think ‘Forgive Me’ required – the part that (Roxanne) sang was the voice of a planet. So how do you find the voice for a planet? I would say there’s an innocence to her voice, a naivety but a strength as well. I felt she had the perfect voice for the part that talked back to humanity. She has all the innocence and what is beautiful about our planet but she’s got a lot of strength as well. She spoke for our planet (laughs). She sings for our planet. She does it beautifully. I don’t think anyone else could have sung it. (1)

Credits

Guitars: Jörg Sander
‘Reason’ programming: Gena Wernik
Keys & programming: Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen
Guitars: T. Hahn
Additional vocals: Roxanne Wilde
Additional keyboards: N. Priessnitz
Produced by Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen & Gena Wernik

Interview source

(1) A date with Kim Wilde: the ‘Never say never’ interview (transcript), 2006


Lyrics

(What have you done to me)
(What have you done to me)
I want you to forgive me
(What have you done to me)
I want you to forgive me
(What have you done to me)

Now’s the time to look further to the future
On the line our planet’s warnings go unheard
The world is sending an S.O.S. to us all
is sending an S.O.S. but her call
is lost in confusion as she falls

I want you to forgive me
For all that we take
For all our mistakes
Please know that I want you to forgive me
For all that we waste
with so much at stake
Please know that I need you to forgive me
Don’t say it’s too late
That we’ve sealed your fate
Please know that I want you to forgive me
For all that we take
(What have you done to me)

Like a child you need our love and protection
Now defiled we all stand guilty of our crime
The world is sending an S.O.S. to us all
is sending an S.O.S. but her call
is lost in our greed for having it all

I want you to forgive me
For all that we take
For all our mistakes
Please know that I want you to forgive me
For all that we waste
There’s so much at stake
Please know that I need you to forgive me
Don’t say it’s too late
That we’ve sealed your fate
Please know that I want you to forgive me
For all that we take
(What have you done to me)
(Why don’t you look after me)
(What have you done to me)

I want you to forgive me
(What have you done to me)
I want you to forgive me
(What have you done to me)
I want you to forgive me
For all that we take
For all our mistakes
Please know that I want you to forgive me
For all that we waste
There’s so much at stake
Please know that I need you to forgive me
Don’t say it’s too late
That we’ve sealed your fate
Please know that I want you to forgive me
For all that we take
(What have you done to me)