I Wanna Be a Kennedy

"I Wanna Be a Kennedy"
Single by U96
from the album Das Boot
B-side
  • "220 BPM"
  • "No Control"
  • "Is Patsy a Virgin?"
  • Remix
ReleasedFebruary 1992
GenreRave[1]
Length
  • 5:30 (album version/US mix)
  • 3:22 (7")
LabelPolydor
Songwriters
Producers
  • Alex Christensen
  • Matiz
U96 singles chronology
"Das Boot"
(1992) 		"I Wanna Be a Kennedy"
(1992) 		"Love Sees No Colour"
(1993)
Music video
"I Wanna be a Kennedy" on YouTube

"I Wanna Be a Kennedy" is a song recorded by German dance music project U96, released in February 1992 by Polydor as the second single from their debut album, Das Boot (1992). It was co-written and co-produced by the act's frontman Alex Christensen. Musically, the song is very similar to the 1980 song "Fade to Grey" by British new wave band Visage, in which its similarity can be clearly heard in the main synthesizer riff. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" was successful in Austria, Germany and Switzerland, where it was a top ten hit.

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week gave the song a score of four out of five, stating that U96 "could turn out to be more than one-hit-wonders thanks to 'I Wanna Be a Kennedy', a thumping rave track based on Visage's 'Fade to Grey'. It all sounds a bit dated, but then so did 'Das Boot'."[1]

Track listings

Charts

References

  1. ^ a b "Dance" (PDF). Music Week. 31 October 1992. p. 9. Retrieved 2 October 2020.
  2. ^ "U 96 – I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  3. ^ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
  4. ^ "U 96 – Das Boot . Kennedy" (in French). Le classement de singles. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  5. ^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  6. ^ "Nederlandse Top 40 – U96" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 19 June 2018.
  7. ^ "U 96 – I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  8. ^ "U 96 – I Wanna Be a Kennedy". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  9. ^ "U 96 – I Wanna Be a Kennedy". Swiss Singles Chart. Retrieved 5 May 2025.
  10. ^ "The Record Mirror Club Chart" (PDF). Music Week, in Record Mirror (Dance Update Supplemental Insert). 31 October 1992. p. 6. Retrieved 1 October 2025.
  11. ^ "Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1992" (in German). GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  12. ^ "Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1992" (in German). Retrieved 5 May 2025.
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