Never Trust A Stranger

Album: Closer (1988)
Charted: 7
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  • This largely guitar-driven, melodramatic affair was written by Kim with her producer brother Ricky Wilde. Kim Wilde recalled on her website:

    "I remember Ricky playing this backing track to me one day as I was writing in the artist's accommodation at 'Select Sound Studios', Knebworth. We had owned the studio for a few years, re-designing an old doctor's surgery into a state-of-the-art recording facility in the heart of Hertfordshire. I often stayed there whilst recording rather than drive back to my flat in London after a long day in the studio.

    The 'hit you hard in the chest' backing track pulled no punches, and off I went to finish the lyrics. Some songs on Closer are autobiographical and personal, while others immerse themselves in a world of fantasy... this song was a bit of both."

Comments: 1

  • Ian Mcgregor Hart from Stocksfield, NorthumberlandThe best songs are written from the heart. Love Kim Wilde's music. This is my favourite Kim Wilde song.
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