Love Blonde
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{{Infobox song
| name = Love Blonde
| cover = Love Blonde.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kim Wilde
| album = Catch as Catch Can
| B-side = Can You Hear It
| released = 18 July 1983
| recorded = 1983
| studio =
| venue =
| length = 4:08 (Album Version)
3:35 (7" Version)
4:54 (12" Version)
| label = RAK
| writer = Ricky Wilde, Marty Wilde
| producer = Ricky Wilde
| prev_title = Child Come Away
| prev_year = 1982
| next_title = Dancing in the Dark
| next_year = 1983
}}
"Love Blonde" is a song by English singer Kim Wilde, released as the first single from her third album, Catch as Catch Can (1983). The song sold moderately, restoring some of the ground lost from her previous release "Child Come Away" and is reputedly about Wilde herself. It features Gary Barnacle on saxophone. It marked the first occasion where Wilde released a 12" extended version of one of her singles, and the first time she released a 12" single in her home country (she had previously released 12" singles in Europe, but merely featuring the normal version of the single). The UK edition of the 12" single included a free poster. The version on the 7" single was slightly shorter than that on the original LP. The Single sold out 200.000 copies in France.
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (1983)
! scope="col"| Peak |
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{{single chart|Flanders|7|artist=Kim Wilde|song=Love Blonde|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2021}} |
scope="row"| Finland (Suomen virallinen lista){{cite book | first= Jake | last= Nyman |year= 2005 | title=Suomi soi 4: Suuri suomalainen listakirja | edition= 1st | publisher=Tammi | location= Helsinki| isbn= 951-31-2503-3| language= Finnish }}
| 3 |
{{single chart|Dutch40|10|year=1983|week=35|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2021}} |
{{single chart|Dutch100|13|artist=Kim Wilde|song=Love Blonde|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2021}} |
{{single chart|Sweden|7|artist=Kim Wilde|song=Love Blonde|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2021}} |
{{single chart|Switzerland|11|artist=Kim Wilde|song=Love Blonde|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2021}} |
{{single chart|UKsinglesbyname|23|artist=Kim Wilde|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2021}} |
{{single chart|West Germany|26|songid=981|artist=Kim Wilde|song=Love Blonde|rowheader=true|access-date=29 July 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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scope="col"| Chart (1983)
! scope="col"| Position |
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scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders){{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1983|title=Jaaroverzichten 1983|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=29 July 2021}}
| 69 |
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References
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Category:Songs written by Marty Wilde
Category:Songs written by Ricky Wilde
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