Kim Wilde – You Keep Me Hanging On

“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” – Single by Kim Wilde from the album Another Step
B-side: “Loving You”
Released: September 19, 1986
Recorded: 1986
Studio: Westlake, Los Angeles
Label: MCA
Songwriter: Holland-Dozier-Holland
Producer: Ricky Wilde
Charted No.1 in US, No.2 in UK, No.8 in West Germany.

“You Keep Me Hangin’ On” is a song written and composed by Holland–Dozier–Holland. It was first recorded in 1966 by American Motown group the Supremes, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

This is Kim Wilde’s second and last top-40 entry in the United States following “Kids in America” (1981), as well as her most successful song in that country to date, reaching number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart for one week in June 1987.

Kim Wilde said of her cover on the BBC website, “We had feedback from the writers, who were absolutely delighted with it. But I never actually had any contact with HER (Diana Ross). I did hear thirdhand that they were not too impressed, but the writers were, and that means more to me than anything.”

The working title for this song was “Pay Back.”