Say You Really Want Me
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"Say You Really Want Me" is a single from the Kim Wilde
album Another Step
. In the US and Canada it was the first single to be released from that album. In the UK it was the third Another Step single and the fourth in Australia.
It was later commercially released there in summer 1987. Several different versions of the song were released promotionally and commercially, making it hard for collectors to find every version.
The single reached US #44 and Canada #48.
A newly remixed version (different from any released in the US and Canada) was used for the 7" single, and an extended version of this used for the 12". Two videos were made for this release - firstly one to accompany the 7" version, and a second extended one to accompany a new extended remix known as the "video remix". This version was also released in the UK on a 2nd 12" single separate to the one containing the extended version of the 7". "Say You Really Want Me" also marked Wilde's first cassette-single release in her home country (it contained the video remix, the 7" version and the B-side).
The raunchy video was famously banned from children's television by presenter Timmy Mallett
.
Kim Wilde
Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...
album Another Step
Another Step
Another Step is the fifth studio album by Kim Wilde, released in October 1986.Boasting 12 tracks and a varied team of songwriters, Another Step was an artistic but not necessarily a commercial triumph for Kim. She had co-written more than half of the tracks herself...
. In the US and Canada it was the first single to be released from that album. In the UK it was the third Another Step single and the fourth in Australia.
North American issue
"Say You Really Want Me" was first issued in the US and Canada in several promotional 7" and 12" singles in July 1986 having been used in the film Running Scared.It was later commercially released there in summer 1987. Several different versions of the song were released promotionally and commercially, making it hard for collectors to find every version.
The single reached US #44 and Canada #48.
UK and Australian release
"Say You Really Want Me" was released as a single in the UK and Australia in August of 1987, hitting UK #29.A newly remixed version (different from any released in the US and Canada) was used for the 7" single, and an extended version of this used for the 12". Two videos were made for this release - firstly one to accompany the 7" version, and a second extended one to accompany a new extended remix known as the "video remix". This version was also released in the UK on a 2nd 12" single separate to the one containing the extended version of the 7". "Say You Really Want Me" also marked Wilde's first cassette-single release in her home country (it contained the video remix, the 7" version and the B-side).
The raunchy video was famously banned from children's television by presenter Timmy Mallett
Timmy Mallett
Timmy Mallett is a TV presenter and broadcaster in the UK. He achieved cult status on BBC Radio Oxford and Manchester's Piccadilly Radio and later on TV-am...
.