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picture sleeve</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde" title="Kim Wilde">Kim Wilde</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde_(album)" title="Kim Wilde (album)">Kim Wilde</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li>"Tuning In, Tuning On" (UK)</li> <li>"You'll Never Be So Wrong" (North America)</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">26 January 1981<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1981-01-26</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">1980</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/RAK_Studios" title="RAK Studios">RAK</a>, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">New wave</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Breihan_2021_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Breihan_2021-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">synth-pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Owen_2024_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Owen_2024-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">pop rock</a><sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Power_pop" title="Power pop">power pop</a><sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">27</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/RAK_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="RAK Records">RAK</a> (UK) <a href="/wiki/EMI_America" class="mw-redirect" title="EMI America">EMI</a> (US)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Wilde" title="Marty Wilde">Marty Wilde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Wilde" title="Ricky Wilde">Ricky Wilde</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Ricky Wilde</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde" title="Kim Wilde">Kim Wilde</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;"> </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Kids in America</b>" <br />(1981) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Chequered_Love" title="Chequered Love">Chequered Love</a>" <br />(1981) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: khaki">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="35" data-mwtitle="Kim_Wilde_Kids_in_America_sample.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/96/Kim_Wilde_Kids_in_America_sample.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/9/96/Kim_Wilde_Kids_in_America_sample.ogg/Kim_Wilde_Kids_in_America_sample.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Kim_Wilde_Kids_in_America_sample.ogg" title="File:Kim Wilde Kids in America sample.ogg">file</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">help</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox vevent"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above summary" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki; font-size: 125%;">"Kids in America 1994"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Kids_in_America_1994.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ef/Kids_in_America_1994.jpg/220px-Kids_in_America_1994.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/e/ef/Kids_in_America_1994.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="316" data-file-height="316" /></a></span></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde" title="Kim Wilde">Kim Wilde</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">2 May 1994<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1994-05-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">53</span></span> (Cappella Mix)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/MCA_Records" title="MCA Records">MCA</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ricky_Wilde" title="Ricky Wilde">Ricky Wilde</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Marty_Wilde" title="Marty Wilde">Marty Wilde</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Ricky Wilde</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde" title="Kim Wilde">Kim Wilde</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/In_My_Life_(Kim_Wilde_song)" class="mw-redirect" title="In My Life (Kim Wilde song)">In My Life</a>" <br />(1993) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Kids in America 1994</b>" <br />(1994) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Breakin%27_Away_(song)" title="Breakin' Away (song)">Breakin' Away</a>" <br />(1995) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Kids in America</b>" is a song recorded by English pop singer <a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde" title="Kim Wilde">Kim Wilde</a>. It was released in the United Kingdom as her debut single in January 1981, and in the United States in spring 1982,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> later appearing on her <a href="/wiki/Kim_Wilde_(album)" title="Kim Wilde (album)">self-titled debut studio album</a>. Largely inspired by the <a href="/wiki/Synth-pop" title="Synth-pop">synth-pop</a> style of <a href="/wiki/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark" title="Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark">Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark</a> (OMD) and <a href="/wiki/Gary_Numan" title="Gary Numan">Gary Numan</a>, the song reached number two on the <a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles Chart</a> for two weeks and number one in Finland and South Africa, and charted in the top 10 of many European charts as well as Australia and New Zealand. In North America, it became the first top 40 hit, reaching the top 40 in Canada and the United States. It was certified gold in the United Kingdom,<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> South Africa, Australia and Sweden;<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has sold over three million copies worldwide.<sup id="cite_ref-wwsales_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwsales-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song has been covered by many artists from different genres. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background,_composition_and_production"><span id="Background.2C_composition_and_production"></span>Background, composition and production</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background, composition and production"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1251242444">.mw-parser-output .ambox{border:1px solid #a2a9b1;border-left:10px solid #36c;background-color:#fbfbfb;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+link+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+style+.ambox,.mw-parser-output .ambox+.mw-empty-elt+link+link+.ambox{margin-top:-1px}html body.mediawiki .mw-parser-output .ambox.mbox-small-left{margin:4px 1em 4px 0;overflow:hidden;width:238px;border-collapse:collapse;font-size:88%;line-height:1.25em}.mw-parser-output .ambox-speedy{border-left:10px solid #b32424;background-color:#fee7e6}.mw-parser-output .ambox-delete{border-left:10px solid #b32424}.mw-parser-output .ambox-content{border-left:10px solid #f28500}.mw-parser-output .ambox-style{border-left:10px solid #fc3}.mw-parser-output .ambox-move{border-left:10px solid #9932cc}.mw-parser-output .ambox-protection{border-left:10px solid #a2a9b1}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-text{border:none;padding:0.25em 0.5em;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image{border:none;padding:2px 0 2px 0.5em;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-imageright{border:none;padding:2px 0.5em 2px 0;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-empty-cell{border:none;padding:0;width:1px}.mw-parser-output .ambox .mbox-image-div{width:52px}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .ambox{margin:0 10%}}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .ambox{display:none!important}}</style><table class="box-More_citations_needed_section plainlinks metadata ambox ambox-content ambox-Refimprove" role="presentation"><tbody><tr><td class="mbox-image"><div class="mbox-image-div"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Question_book-new.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/50px-Question_book-new.svg.png" decoding="async" width="50" height="39" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/75px-Question_book-new.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/99/Question_book-new.svg/100px-Question_book-new.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="512" data-file-height="399" /></a></span></div></td><td class="mbox-text"><div class="mbox-text-span">This section <b>needs additional citations for <a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Verifiability" title="Wikipedia:Verifiability">verification</a></b>.<span class="hide-when-compact"> Please help <a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Kids_in_America" title="Special:EditPage/Kids in America">improve this article</a> by <a href="/wiki/Help:Referencing_for_beginners" title="Help:Referencing for beginners">adding citations to reliable sources</a> in this section. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">March 2018</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1980_version">1980 version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: 1980 version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/RAK_Records" class="mw-redirect" title="RAK Records">RAK Records</a> boss <a href="/wiki/Mickie_Most" title="Mickie Most">Mickie Most</a> heard Wilde singing on a backing track to another song recorded by her brother <a href="/wiki/Ricky_Wilde" title="Ricky Wilde">Ricky Wilde</a>, an aspiring young songwriter and producer who had some fame as a child singer in the style of <a href="/wiki/Donny_Osmond" title="Donny Osmond">Donny Osmond</a> in the early 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most liked Kim's voice and looks and expressed an interest in working with her. Eager to grab the opportunity, Ricky went home and wrote "Kids in America" that same day with his father Marty. <a href="/wiki/Marty_Wilde" title="Marty Wilde">Marty Wilde</a>, also a former singer, had been a <a href="/wiki/Teen_idol" title="Teen idol">teen idol</a> and actor in the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They wrote the song using a <a href="/wiki/Electronic_Dream_Plant#Wasp" title="Electronic Dream Plant">WASP synthesizer</a> owned by Ricky. He has said that its main synth line was influenced by that of <a href="/wiki/Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark" title="Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark">Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark</a>'s "<a href="/wiki/Messages_(Orchestral_Manoeuvres_in_the_Dark_song)" title="Messages (Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark song)">Messages</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Kim has stated that her brother "kind of nicked" the line.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Eighth_note" title="Eighth note">eighth note</a> synth <a href="/wiki/Bassline" title="Bassline">bassline</a>, which forms the intro, was inspired by <a href="/wiki/Gary_Numan" title="Gary Numan">Gary Numan</a> (as was the vocal melody in the opening lines).<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>They went into the studio with everything except the words to the chorus, which Marty Wilde, who was responsible for writing the lyrics to the song, came up with at the last minute.<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Marty had recently seen a television programme featuring American teenagers and took inspiration from their single-minded and hard attitudes, leading him to the song's story of a tough girl looking out of the window and thinking, "What the damn hell am I doing sitting here."<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The line "Whoah-oh!", which is sung after the song's title lyrics, was originally meant to be a guitar lick or a brass stab, but sounded much better sung by the male backing vocals, according to Marty.<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>After hearing the track for the first time, Most declared it would be a smash hit; but it needed remixing, which he did together with Marty at RAK Studios. The song was shelved for a year<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> before being released as Kim Wilde's first single in January 1981.<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="1994_version">1994 version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: 1994 version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"<b>Kids in America 1994</b>" was released in May 1994 in order to help promote Wilde's compilation album <i><a href="/wiki/The_Remix_Collection_(Kim_Wilde_album)" title="The Remix Collection (Kim Wilde album)">The Remix Collection</a></i> (1993). Although it was intended to be released in the UK, for unknown reasons these plans were cancelled at the last minute.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (November 2019)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> However, the track was released in other countries in several remixed forms using Wilde's original vocals from 1981. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="2006_version">2006 version</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: 2006 version"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Among some of her other classic hits, Wilde recorded a new version of the song for her 2006 comeback album <i><a href="/wiki/Never_Say_Never_(Kim_Wilde_album)" title="Never Say Never (Kim Wilde album)">Never Say Never</a></i>, featuring English singer <a href="/wiki/Charlotte_Hatherley" title="Charlotte Hatherley">Charlotte Hatherley</a>. This version, like the rest of the album, was produced by German producer <a href="/wiki/Uwe_Fahrenkrog-Petersen" title="Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen">Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen</a>, with whom she had previously worked in 2002 for German singer <a href="/wiki/Nena" title="Nena">Nena</a>'s 20th-anniversary album <i><a href="/wiki/Nena_feat._Nena" title="Nena feat. Nena">Nena feat. Nena</a></i> on the track "<a href="/wiki/Anyplace,_Anywhere,_Anytime" class="mw-redirect" title="Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime">Anyplace, Anywhere, Anytime</a>", a new version of her 1984 hit single. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Reception">Reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Kids in America" signalled the start of Wilde's career. It sold so well in its first week, foul play was suspected and it was not included in that week's chart.<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In its first eight weeks of release, the single sold more than half a million copies in the UK alone.<sup id="cite_ref-HH_11-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HH-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song peaked at number two in the UK in 1981 and became the 23rd-best-selling single that year.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The following year in 1982, it reached No. 25 on the US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> for over a month and ranked as the 91st-most-successful song of 1982 on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Year-End_Hot_100_singles_of_1982" title="Billboard Year-End Hot 100 singles of 1982">Hot 100 year-end chart</a>. Though it only hit No. 25, it received heavy airplay on radio stations and <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>. Elsewhere, the record peaked atop the charts of Finland and South Africa. In Europe and Australia, the song was also a major top-10 hit. After "Kids in America", Wilde's father and brother continued to write songs for her (with the latter also given production credits). In later years, she chiefly co-wrote with her brother. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>UK / Europe / Australia / Japan 7" single [1981]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America" – 3:26</li> <li>"Tuning In, Tuning On" [Single Version] – 4:30</li></ol> <p><b>Germany 12" single [1981]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America" – 3:26</li> <li>"Tuning In, Tuning On" [Single Version] – 4:30</li></ol> <p><b>US/Canada 7" single [1982]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America" – 3:26</li> <li>"You'll Never Be So Wrong" – 4:11</li></ol> <p><b>Europe CD single / Australia cassette single [1994]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America 94" [Cappella Mix] – 3:54</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [Extension Mix] – 6:52</li></ol> <p><b>Europe CD single / Australia CD single [1994]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America 94" [Cappella Mix] – 3:54</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [Extension Mix] – 6:56</li> <li>"Kids in America" [Album Version] – 3:24</li></ol> <p><b>Europe 12" single [1994]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America 94" [Extension Mix] – 6:49</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [House Mix] – 6:49</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [Plus Staples] – 5:10</li></ol> <p><b>Japan CD single [1994]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America 94" [Cappella Mix] – 3:51</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [Extension Mix] – 6:52</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [House Mix] – 6:52</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [Plus Staples] – 5:09</li></ol> <p><b>UK promo 12" single [1994]</b> </p> <ol><li>"Kids in America 94" [Extension Mix] – 6:49</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [X Club Dub] – 6:00</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [Instrumental] – 6:49</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [House Mix] – 6:49</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [Plus Staples] 5:09</li> <li>"Kids in America 94" [X Cut Cut] – 5:35</li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-5{width:20%}@media(max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .col-begin,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr,.mw-parser-output .col-begin>tbody>tr>td{display:block!important;width:100%!important}.mw-parser-output .col-break{padding-left:0!important}}</style><div> <table class="col-begin" role="presentation"> <tbody><tr> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Weekly_charts">Weekly charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Weekly charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1981–1983) </th> <th scope="col">Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Kent_Music_Report" title="Kent Music Report">Kent Music Report</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Austria (<a href="/wiki/%C3%963_Austria_Top_40" title="Ö3 Austria Top 40">Ö3 Austria Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Austria_Kim_Wilde_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Austria_Kim_Wilde-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Flanders_Kim_Wilde_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Flanders_Kim_Wilde-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada Top Singles (<i><a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)">RPM</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Canadatopsingles_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Canadatopsingles_-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">34 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Finland (<a href="/wiki/Suomen_virallinen_lista" class="mw-redirect" title="Suomen virallinen lista">Suomen virallinen lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRMA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Ireland2_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Ireland2_-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch40_Kim_Wilde_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch40_Kim_Wilde-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Kim_Wilde_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Kim_Wilde-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">8 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (<a href="/wiki/Recorded_Music_NZ" title="Recorded Music NZ">Recorded Music NZ</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_New_Zealand_Kim_Wilde_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_New_Zealand_Kim_Wilde-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Norway (<a href="/wiki/VG-lista" title="VG-lista">VG-lista</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Norway_Kim_Wilde_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Norway_Kim_Wilde-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">9 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">South Africa (<a href="/wiki/Springbok_Radio" title="Springbok Radio">Springbok Radio</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>1 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Sweden_Kim_Wilde_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Sweden_Kim_Wilde-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Switzerland_Kim_Wilde_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Switzerland_Kim_Wilde-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Kim_Wilde_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_UKsinglesbyname_Kim_Wilde-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">2 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardhot100_Kim_Wilde_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardhot100_Kim_Wilde-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)"><i>Cashbox</i> Top 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">20 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Mainstream_Rock_(chart)" title="Mainstream Rock (chart)">Mainstream Rock</a> (<i><a href="/wiki/Billboard_(magazine)" title="Billboard (magazine)">Billboard</a></i>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Kim_Wilde_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Billboardmainstreamrock_Kim_Wilde-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">West Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_West_Germany_Kim_Wilde_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_West_Germany_Kim_Wilde-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">5 </td></tr></tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1981) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (Kent Music Report)<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>10 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>14 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>29 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (Single Top 100)<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>37 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">South Africa (Springbok Radio)<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Singles (OCC)<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>23 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">West Germany (Official German Charts)<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>3 </td></tr></tbody></table> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Chart (1982) </th> <th scope="col">Position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>91 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Certifications">Certifications</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Certifications"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"> <caption> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col">Region </th> <th scope="col">Certification</th> <th scope="col" data-sort-type="number"><a href="/wiki/List_of_music_recording_certifications" title="List of music recording certifications">Certified units</a>/sales </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Australia (<a href="/wiki/Australian_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Australian Recording Industry Association">ARIA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-wwsales_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwsales-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>50,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">France (<a href="/wiki/Syndicat_National_de_l%27%C3%89dition_Phonographique" class="mw-redirect" title="Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique">SNEP</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-FranceKim_WildeKids_in_AmericasingleCertRef_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FranceKim_WildeKids_in_AmericasingleCertRef-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>600,000<sup id="cite_ref-topfrance1981_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-topfrance1981-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">South Africa (<a href="/wiki/Recording_Industry_of_South_Africa" title="Recording Industry of South Africa">RISA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-wwsales_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwsales-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden (<a href="/wiki/Swedish_Recording_Industry_Association" title="Swedish Recording Industry Association">GLF</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-wwsales_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwsales-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>  </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">United Kingdom (<a href="/wiki/British_Phonographic_Industry" title="British Phonographic Industry">BPI</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-United_KingdomKim_WildeKids_in_AmericasingleCertRef_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-United_KingdomKim_WildeKids_in_AmericasingleCertRef-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td>Gold </td> <td>500,000<sup>^</sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom"> <th scope="col" colspan="3">Summaries </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Worldwide </th> <td data-sort-value="" style="vertical-align:middle; text-align:center" class="table-na">— </td> <td>3,000,000<sup id="cite_ref-wwsales_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-wwsales-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr class="sortbottom" style="text-align: center;"> <td colspan="3"> <p><small><sup>^</sup> Shipments figures based on certification alone.</small> </p> </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notable_cover_versions">Notable cover versions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kids_in_America&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Notable cover versions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/The_Muffs" title="The Muffs">The Muffs</a> contributed a cover of the song to the soundtrack for the 1995 film <i><a href="/wiki/Clueless_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Clueless (film)">Clueless</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Len_(band)" title="Len (band)">Len</a> contributed a cover of the song to the soundtrack for the 2000 film <i><a href="/wiki/Digimon:_The_Movie" title="Digimon: The Movie">Digimon: The Movie</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foo_Fighters" title="Foo Fighters">Foo Fighters</a> covered the song in their EP <i><a href="/wiki/Songs_from_the_Laundry_Room" title="Songs from the Laundry Room">Songs from the Laundry Room</a></i> (2015).<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A clip of it plays during the credit roll of the <a href="/wiki/Seattle" title="Seattle">Seattle</a>, Washington episode of Grohl's <a href="/wiki/Sonic_Highways" title="Sonic Highways">Sonic Highways</a> <a href="/wiki/Documentary" class="mw-redirect" title="Documentary">documentary</a> TV series.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2021, Wilde admitted to being a huge fan of the recording and said she'd love to collaborate with frontman <a href="/wiki/Dave_Grohl" title="Dave Grohl">Dave Grohl</a> on a new version of the track.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Billie_Joe_Armstrong" title="Billie Joe Armstrong">Billie Joe Armstrong</a> of <a href="/wiki/Green_Day" 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