Love Blonde

"Love Blonde"
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Catch as Catch Can
B-side	"Can You Hear It"
Released	18 July 1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Pop, new wave, jazz
Length	4:08 (Album Version) 3:35 (7" Version) 4:54 (12" Version)
Label	RAK
Songwriter(s)	Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde
Producer(s)	Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde singles chronology
"Child Come Away" (1982) "Love Blonde" (1983) "Dancing in the Dark" (1983)

"Love Blonde" is a song by English singer Kim Wilde, released as the first single from her third album, Catch as Catch Can (1983). The song sold moderately, restoring some of the ground lost from her previous release "Child Come Away" and is reputedly about Wilde herself. It features Gary Barnacle on saxophone. It marked the first occasion where Wilde released a 12" extended version of one of her singles, and the first time she released a 12" single in her home country (she had previously released 12" singles in Europe, but merely featuring the normal version of the single). The UK edition of the 12" single included a free poster. The version on the 7" single was slightly shorter than that on the original LP. The Single sold out 200.000 copies in France.

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (1983) Peak position Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[1] 7 Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[2] 3 Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[3] 10 Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] 13 Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[5] 7 Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[6] 11 UK Singles (OCC)[7] 23 West Germany (GfK)[8] 26

Year-end charts Chart (1983) Position Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)[9] 69

References

1. "Kim Wilde – Love Blonde" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
2. Nyman, Jake (2005). Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 951-31-2503-3.
3. "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 35, 1983" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
4. "Kim Wilde – Love Blonde" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
5. "Kim Wilde – Love Blonde". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
6. "Kim Wilde – Love Blonde". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
7. "Kim Wilde: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Kim Wilde – Love Blonde" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 29 July 2021.
9. "Jaaroverzichten 1983". Ultratop. Retrieved 29 July 2021.