#154: You Came by Kim Wilde
City: Montreal, PQ
Radio Station: CKOI
Peak Month: December 1988
Peak Position in Montreal ~ #12
Peak position in Vancouver ~ did not chart
Peak Position on Billboard Hot 100 ~ #41
Peak Position on Denmark Singles chart ~ #1
Peak Position on Finland Singles chart ~ #2
Peak Position on Ireland Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on Portugal Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on Swiss Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on UK Singles chart ~ #3
Peak Position on Italy Singles chart ~ #4
Peak Position on Norway Singles chart ~ #4
Peak Position on France Singles chart ~ #5
Peak Position on West German Singles chart ~ #5
YouTube: “You Came”
Lyrics: “You Came”
Kim Wilde was born in 1960 with the birth name Kim Smith. Her father, Reginald Smith, was a pop singer who took the stage name Marty Wilde. Kim Wilde’s first professional singing credit was as a backup singer to her brother Ricky Wilde’s 1972 song “I Am an Astronaut.” In 1981, at the age of 21 Kim Wilde became an international star with her hit single “Kids in America”. It topped the pop charts in Finland and South Africa, reached #2 in Ireland, Sweden and the UK, and the Top Ten in Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Switzerland, and West Germany. Later in 1981, “Chequered Love” topped the pop chart in South Africa, reached #2 in Belgium, the Netherlands, Switzerland and West Germany, and was also a Top Ten hit in Australia, Ireland, Sweden and the UK.