Rage to Love explained

Rage to Love
Cover:Rage to Love - Kim Wilde.jpg
Type:single
Artist:Kim Wilde
Album:Teases & Dares
B-Side:Putty in Your Hands
Released:15 April 1985[1]
Recorded:1984
Studio:Select Sound Studios, Knebworth
Genre:Pop, new wave, rockabilly[2]
Length:4:21 (Album Version)
3:50 (7" Version)
Label:MCA
Producer:Ricki Wilde
Prev Title:The Touch
Prev Year:1984
Next Title:Schoolgirl
Next Year:1986

"Rage to Love" is the third and final single from Teases & Dares,[3] the fourth studio album by Kim Wilde. Released in April 1985, the song was remixed by Dave Edmunds for its release as a single. It became Wilde's biggest UK hit for three years, reaching the UK Top 20. The B-side —a cover version of the Shirelles' "Putty in Your Hands"—is an exclusive non-album track. A six-minute extended version of "Rage to Love" was included on the 12" single.

Track listing

Side A
  • "Rage to Love" (Ricki Wilde/Marty Wilde) – 3:50
    Side B
  • "Putty in Your Hands" (J. Patton/K. Rogers) – 3:01

    Notes and References

    1. 13 April 1985. News. Record Mirror. 4.
    2. Web site: "I'm game for a laugh!".
    3. Web site: Harrison . Quentin . 2014-05-12 . Music Review: Rage to Love – Kim Wilde’s ‘Teases & Dares’ Turns 30 . 2023-03-16 . Blogcritics . en-US.
    4. Book: Kent, David . David Kent (historian)

      . David Kent (historian) . Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 . 1993.