Kim Wilde (2,077 views)

[Alex61]

Kim Wilde
Vocal Range: F3 – C6

Significant High Notes:
C6 ("Victim")
B♭5 ("Thought It Was Goodbye")
G5 ("Missing", "Victim")
F♯5 ("Another Step (Closer to You)", "Hit Him", "Rage to Love", "Schoolgirl", "Shane", "Songs About Love", "Thought It Was Goodbye")
F5 ("Say You Really Want Me", "Shoot to Disable", "Songs About Love", "Tuning In, Tuning On", "View from a Bridge")
E5 ("Boys", "Don't Say Nothing's Changed", "Falling Out", "Fit In", "I've Got So Much Love", "Kids in America", "Young Heroes")
E♭5 ("Back Street Joe", "Brothers", "Can You Hear It", "Hit Him", "How Do You Want My Love", "Putty in Your Hands", "Rain On", "Say You Really Want Me", "Suburbs of Moscow")
D5 ("Another Step (Closer to You)", "Bitter Is Better", "Brothers", "Cambodia", "Chequered Love", "Child Come Away", "Dancing in the Dark", "Dream Sequence", "Ego", "Falling Out", "Hold Back", "House of Salome", "Is It Over", "Janine", "Just a Feeling", "Love Blonde", "Lovers on a Beach", "Reprise", "Shane", "Sing It Out for Love", "Songs About Love", "Take Me Tonight", "The Thrill of It", "Tuning In, Tuning On", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "Young Heroes")
C♯5 ("2-6-5-8-0", "Back Street Joe", "Bladerunner", "Boys", "Brothers", "Can You Hear It", "Chaos at the Airport", "How Do You Want My Love", "I've Got So Much Love", "Just Another Guy", "Kids in America", "Missing", "Our Town", "Rage to Love", "Rain On", "The Second Time", "Shane", "Shangri-La", "Shoot to Disable", "Sparks", "Thought It Was Goodbye", "The Touch", "Wendy Said")
C5 ("Action City", "Back Seat Driver", "Bitter Is Better", "Can You Come Over", "Chequered Love", "Dancing in the Dark", "Don't Say Nothing's Changed", "Ego", "Falling Out", "Fit In", "Hold Back", "House of Salome", "Janine", "Love Blonde", "Lovers on a Beach", "Our Town", "Say You Really Want Me", "Schoolgirl", "She Hasn't Got Time for You", "Songs About Love", "Stay Awhile", "The Thrill of It", "The Touch", "Tuning In, Tuning On", "Victim", "View from a Bridge", "Words Fell Down", "You Keep Me Hangin' On", "You'll Never Be So Wrong")
B4 ("2-6-5-8-0", "Another Step (Closer to You)", "Back Seat Driver", "Bladerunner", "Boys", "Brothers", "Can You Hear It", "Child Come Away", "Dream Sequence", "Hit Him", "Hold Back", "I've Got So Much Love", "Is It Over", "Kids in America", "Lovers on a Beach", "Missing", "Schoolgirl", "The Second Time", "Sing It Out for Love", "Stay Awhile", "Suburbs of Moscow", "Take Me Tonight", "The Thrill of It", "The Touch", "View from a Bridge", "Watching for Shapes", "Water on Glass", "Words Fell Down", "You'll Never Be So Wrong", "Young Heroes")
B♭4 ("Action City", "Bitter Is Better", "Cambodia", "Dancing in the Dark", "Ego", "House of Salome", "How Do You Want My Love", "Just Another Guy", "Shangri-La", "She Hasn't Got Time for You", "Shoot to Disable", "Sparks", "Thought It Was Goodbye", "You Keep Me Hangin' On")
A4 ("2-6-5-8-0", "Action City", "Back Street Joe", "Can You Come Over", "Child Come Away", "Everything We Know", "Fit In", "Is It Over", "Janine", "Love Blonde", "Loving You", "Our Town", "Rage to Love", "The Second Time", "Victim", "Watching for Shapes", "Wendy Said")

Significant Low Notes:
B3 ("Another Step (Closer to You)", "Back Seat Driver", "Back Street Joe", "Bladerunner", "Boys", "Can You Hear It", "Chequered Love", "Dream Sequence", "Everything We Know", "I've Got So Much Love", "Kids in America", "Loving You", "Missing", "Our Town", "Take Me Tonight", "Watching for Shapes", "Words Fell Down")
B♭3 ("How Do You Want My Love", "Just Another Guy", "Putty in Your Hands", "Say You Really Want Me", "Shangri-La", "She Hasn't Got Time for You", "Shoot to Disable", "Songs About Love", "View from a Bridge", "You Keep Me Hangin' On")
A3 ("2-6-5-8-0", "Can You Come Over", "Chaos at the Airport", "Child Come Away", "Don't Say Nothing's Changed", "Falling Out", "Fit In", "Hit Him", "Hold Back", "Love Blonde", "Lovers on a Beach", "Loving You", "Schoolgirl", "Shane", "Sing It Out for Love", "Turn It On")
G♯3 ("Brothers", "I've Got So Much Love", "Shangri-La", "Shoot to Disable", "Sparks", "Suburbs of Moscow", "Water on Glass")
G3 ("Can You Come Over", "Chaos at the Airport", "Falling Out", "Fit In", "How Do You Want My Love", "The Touch", "Tuning In, Tuning On", "Victim", "You Keep Me Hangin' On")
F♯3 ("Back Street Joe", "Brothers", "Kids in America", "Rain On", "Watching for Shapes", "Water on Glass")
F3 ("Just Another Guy", "Victim")
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• Bold marks notes or passages that are particularly outstanding (relative to the singer).
• Italics mark non-melodic notes.
• Underlines mark notes that are obscured in the song mix.

Kim Wilde was arguably the quintessential '80s pop superstar. Her success escalating after her debut single "Kids in America", Kim's new wave sound, beach blond hair and infectious soprano voice solidified her as one of the decade's most prevalent stars, still going strong today over forty years after she burst out on the scene.

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{A Few Examples of Her Voice}
Spunky performance with some nice highs and pretty cool early career F♯3s.


An actually pretty extensive showcase of her upper register!

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{Questionable Notes}
F6 ("Hit Him"^[1][2], "Schoolgirl"^[1][2])
C♯6 ("2-6-5-8-0"^[1])
C5 ("Is It Over"^[1][2])
G5 ("Just a Feeling"^[2])
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1. Questionable exclamation.
2. Questionable identity/legitimacy.
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Questionable notes are any notes of questionable significance. In short, this spoiler acknowledges notes that I am aware exist, but do not want to contribute to the singer's range. These involve (but are not limited to) notes of questionable identity, notes of questionable legitimacy and notes of significantly poor quality.

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{Notewatching Credits & Other Info}
Alex61
Solo:
Kim Wilde (1981): F♯3 – F5
Select (1982): G3 – F5
Catch as Catch Can (1983): F♯3 – F5
Teases and Dares (1984): G3 – B♭5
Another Step (1986): F3 – C6

Notewatching of other performances not listed above done by Alex61

[turmeric86]

She hits some F5s in "Schoolgirl" and possibly one of her prettiest uses of head voice in the song "Missing", up to G5.

[TheElfExpert]

"You Came": G#3, B3, B4, C#5

If you hear closely to the word "you" during "I thought I heard him calling you" in "Bladerunner", you can barely hear an F#3. However, the music was loud at that point, which is why you couldn't hear really well. I think you should add "Bladerunner" in the F#3 section and change the Teases & Dares range from "G3-Bb5" to F#3-Bb5". I also think it should be bolded since it sounds strong, although the music was loud, which can be unclear to hear it.


Also, I think the Bb5 in "Thought It Was Goodbye" could be bolded, as it is long yet impressive for the singer, as she rarely sings that high at that point. However, this is just an option.

Anyways, I will do more "Notewatching" with the rest of the Close album soon!!!

Update: Actually, I can hear F#3s and F3s in the backing vocals during "Thought It Was Goodbye", so the lowest note should be F3 in that album's range. There are no men credited with the backing vocals in the song, so they're all from Kim Wilde's (and obviously, I can hear that they were definitely from her).