The Second Time

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"The Second Time"
The Second Time - Kim Wilde.jpg
Single by Kim Wilde
from the album Teases & Dares
B-side "Lovers on a Beach"
Released1 October 1984 (1984-10-1) [1]
Recorded1984
Studio Select Sound Studios (Knebworth, Hertfordshire)
Genre Hi-NRG [2]
Length3:54
Label MCA
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Ricky Wilde
Kim Wilde singles chronology
"House of Salome"
(1984)		"The Second Time"
(1984)		"The Touch"
(1984)
Music video
"The Second Time" on YouTube

"The Second Time" is the first single from Kim Wilde's fourth studio album Teases & Dares (1984). In North America, it was re-named "Go for It". The track was Wilde's first release by MCA Records. Her last few releases on her original label had failed to make an impact commercially, but this one returned her to the charts of several European countries, peaking at number 29 on the UK Singles Chart. It also marked her second chart entry on the US Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at number 65.

Contents

The B-side, "Lovers on a Beach" (an exclusive non-album track), was also extended for the 12-inch single in some nations.

Critical reception

In a September 1984 review Vici MacDonald of Smash Hits noticed that Ricky and Marty Wilde "always manage to build a classic little pop song around Kim's vulnerable falsetto" but bearing in mind the secondary nature of such material she summarised "I’ve got most of her singles, but it's a sad fact that they were all found in bargain bins." [3]

Charts

Chart (1984–1985)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [4] 15
Europe (European Top 100 Singles) [5] 13
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [6] 24
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [7] 23
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [8] 7
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 29
US Billboard Hot 100 [10] 65
US Hot Dance/Disco ( Billboard ) [11] 31
West Germany (GfK) [12] 9

Track listings

All tracks written by Ricky Wilde and Marty Wilde.

7" vinyl

  1. "The Second Time" (US title: "Go for It") – 3:45
  2. "Lovers On a Beach" – 3:50

12" vinyl

  1. "The Second Time" (extended version) – 6:30
  2. "Lovers On a Beach" (extended version) – 7:45

US 12" vinyl

  1. "Go for It" (extended dance version) – 7:17
  2. "Go for It" (Dub version) – 9:32

References

  1. ↑ "News". Record Mirror . 29 September 1984. p. 4. ISSN   0144-5804.
  2. ↑ "Pop Profile: Kim Wilde". M Magazine . PRS for Music. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. ↑ MacDonald, Vici (27 September – 10 October 1984). "Kim Wilde: "The Second Time"" (PDF). Smash Hits . Vol. 6, no. 19. Peterborough: EMAP National Publications, Ltd. p. 23. ISSN   0260-3004. Archived from the original on 6 August 2018. Retrieved 15 May 2023– via World Radio History.
  4. ↑ "Kim Wilde – The Second Time" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  5. ↑ "European Top 100 Singles". Eurotipsheet . Vol. 1, no. 32. 5 November 1984. p. 14.
  6. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – week 44, 1984" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  7. ↑ "Kim Wilde – The Second Time" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kim Wilde – The Second Time". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  9. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  10. ↑ "Billboard Hot 100". Billboard . 9 February 1985. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  11. ↑ "Dance Club Songs" . Billboard. 9 March 1985. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
  12. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Kim Wilde – The Second Time" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
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