The other 3 are pretty great but You came and Never trust a stranger are literally(a million) miles apart in quality from the rest. Both in Kim's all time top 3.
I must admit, never enjoy Never Trust A Stranger, as much as the other singles. Far from terrible though of course.
1 You Came
2 Never Trust A Stranger
3 Hey Mister Heartache
4 Love In The Natural Way
5 Four Letter Word
I love the sheer lyrical drama of Never Trust A Stranger rivalled only by Sam Fox’s ‘I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night).
2 Never Trust A Stranger
3 Hey Mister Heartache
4 Love In The Natural Way
5 Four Letter Word
I love the sheer lyrical drama of Never Trust A Stranger rivalled only by Sam Fox’s ‘I Surrender (To The Spirit Of The Night).
You Came
Hey Mister Heart Ache
Never Trust a Stranger
Love In a Natural Way
Four Letter Word
Honestly a great run of singles and Hey Mister Heartache opening and introducing us to the pure boppery of the album is a moment.
Hey Mister Heart Ache
Never Trust a Stranger
Love In a Natural Way
Four Letter Word
Honestly a great run of singles and Hey Mister Heartache opening and introducing us to the pure boppery of the album is a moment.
In the video she also did the dancing-in-front-of-fire-while-wearing-a-little-black-dress before Madonna's Like A Prayer and Kylie's Better The Devil...
I have a huge soft spot for Hey Mister Heartache. Something about the way she sang it - always felt very melancholic, but in the best way. It’s also the first 12” mix that I properly fell in love with. I can listen to it on repeat for quite awhile.
I found this on YouTube today, quite by random. A shame French & Saunders didn’t parody Kim.
I think you’ll find the only correct ranking is…
You Came
Never Trust a Stranger
Four Letter Word
Love In A Natural Way
Hey Mr Heartache
I’m just starting to get into Close as I’ve always been a huge Kim singles fan but have never had any of her albums. For me Stone is the standout album track.
You Came
Never Trust a Stranger
Four Letter Word
Love In A Natural Way
Hey Mr Heartache
I’m just starting to get into Close as I’ve always been a huge Kim singles fan but have never had any of her albums. For me Stone is the standout album track.
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The Close era also gave us Wotcha Gonna Do and Tell Me Where You Are. Gorgeous b sides.
Wait, there's people on here ranking Never Trust a Stranger in last place?!
You’ll Be the One Who’ll Lose is the best album track for me.
Yep! Just my opinion of course, but still sticking by it.
For me the 3 ‘hit’ singles are way above the other 2.
If there were a Kim singles rate, I'd guess You Came and Never Trust A Stranger, would rank in the top 5 overall.
With Time at #3!
Gotta make room for Can’t Get Enough Of Your Love in the top 5, or top 10 at least?
The top 10, will be very hard to pick I think.