| The Second Time | |
| Cover: | The Second Time - Kim Wilde.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kim Wilde |
| Album: | Teases & Dares |
| B-Side: | Lovers on a Beach |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 1984 |
| Studio: | Select Sound Studios (Knebworth, England) |
| Genre: | Hi-NRG[2] |
| Length: | 3:54 |
| Label: | MCA |
| Producer: | Ricki Wilde |
| Prev Title: | House of Salome |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | The Touch |
| Next Year: | 1984 |
"The Second Time" is the first single from Kim Wilde's fourth studio album Teases & Dares (1984). In North America, it was re-named "Go for It". The track was Wilde's first release on the MCA record label. Her last few releases on her original label had failed to make an impact commercially, but this one returned her to the charts of several European countries, peaking at number 29 in the United Kingdom. It also marked her second chart entry in the US, where it peaked at number 65.
The B-side, "Lovers on a Beach" (an exclusive non-album track), was also extended for the 12-inch single in some nations.
In ironic review in September of 1984 Vici MacDonald of Smash Hits noticed that Ricky and Marty Wilde "always manage to build a classic little pop song around Kim's vulnerable falsetto" but bearing in mind the secondary nature of such material she summarised "I’ve got most of her singles, but it’s a sad fact that they were all found in bargain bins."[3]
| Chart (1984–1985) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Europe (European Top 100 Singles)[4] | 13 |
| US Billboard Hot 100[5] | 65 |
| US Hot Dance/Disco (Billboard)[6] | 31 |
All tracks written by Ricki Wilde and Marty Wilde
7" vinyl
12" vinyl
US 12" vinyl