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Kids in America

song written and composed by Marty Wilde and Ricky Wilde, originally recorded by Kim Wilde in 1980 and released in 1981
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Summary

Kids in America is a musical work/composition[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of musical work composition entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (3,295 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Genre: synth-pop[3]
  • Follows: Garden of Love[4]
  • Followed by: Chequered Love[5], Road to Heaven[6]
  • Performer: Kim Wilde[7]
  • Record label: RAK[8]
  • Part of: Kim Wilde[9]
  • Language of work or name: English[10]
  • Distribution format: music streaming[11]
  • Publication date: January 26, 1981[12]
  • Lyricist: Marty Wilde[13]
  • Title: Kids in America[14]
  • Has characteristic: debut single[15]
  • Different from: Kids in America[16]
  • Form of creative work: song[17]

Why It Matters

Kids in America has Wikipedia articles in 9 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[18] It is known by 5 alternative names across languages and contexts.[19]

Related Entities

Kim Wilde

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [18] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [19] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 7d ago · BorkedBot bot · 2026-10-13 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['ca', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fa', 'fr', 'it', 'nl', 'pt', 'simple', 'sk', 'sv']
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetqualifier-add:1| */ Number of viewers/listeners: 17,279,172, update youtube video data from api ([[:toolforge:editgroups/b/CB/d5107113be9|details]])"
  2. 23w ago · Enertorkfjfj · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Follows → —
    Publication date → +1981-01-26T00:00:00Z
    Instance of → —
    Lyricist → Marty Wilde
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update:2||1 */ Title: Kids in America"
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