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
Released February 1992
Format CD single, CD maxi, 12" maxi
Genre Techno, rave
Length 5:30 (album version/U.S. mix)
3:22 (7")
Label Polydor
Writer(s) Bela Lagonda, Harry Castioni, Jeff Wycombe, Alex Christensen
Producer(s) Alex Christensen, Matiz
U96 singles chronology
"Das Boot"
(1992)		 "I Wanna be a Kennedy"
(1992)		 "Come 2gether/Der Kommandant"
(1992)

"I Wanna be a Kennedy" is the title of a song recorded by German dance music project U96. It was the second single from their album Das Boot. Musically, the song is very similar to "Fade To Grey" by Visage in which its similarity can be clearly heard in the main synthesizer riff. It was successful in Germany, Switzerland and Austria where it was a top ten hit.

Track listings

CD single, 12" maxi
  1. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (U.S. mix) — 5:25
  2. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Patsy-mix) — 5:25
  3. "220 BPM" — 3:40
12" maxi, CD single - Remixes
  1. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard mix) — 6:00
  2. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Digi-Bone mix) — 5:25
  3. "No Control" — 4:30
12" maxi - UK
  1. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (U.S. mix edit)
  2. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Patsy mix)
  3. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard mix)
  4. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Digi-Bone mix)
12" maxi - Promo, Germany
  1. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy"
  2. "I Wanna Be A Kennedy" (untitled mix)
  3. "Is Patsy a Virgin?"
CD single - UK
  1. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (7") — 3:22
  2. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (U.S. mix) — 5:33
  3. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Patsy mix) — 5:25
  4. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard mix) — 6:01
  5. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Digi-Bone mix) — 5:25
Cassette, double length - UK
  1. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (7")
  2. "I Wanna Be a Kennedy" (Bio-Hazard edit)

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1992) Peak
position
Austrian Singles Chart[1] 6
Dutch Mega Top 100[2] 40
Finnish Singles Chart[3] 18
French SNEP Singles Chart[4] 1 9
German Singles Chart[5] 4
Swedish Singles Chart[6] 32
Swiss Singles Chart[7] 3

1 As B-side of "Das Boot"

Year-end charts

Chart (1992) Position
Swiss Singles Chart[8] 40

References

  1. ↑ "I Wanna be a Kennedy, Austrian Singles Chart" (in German). Austriancharts. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  2. ↑ ""I Wanna be a Kennedy", Dutch Mega Top 100" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  3. ↑ Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1st ed.). Helsinki: Tammi. ISBN 9789511210535.
  4. ↑ ""Das Boot / Kennedy", French Singles Chart" (in French). Lescharts. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  5. ↑ "U96 singles, German Singles Chart" (in German). Musicline. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  6. ↑ ""I Wanna be a Kennedy", Swedish Singles Chart" (in Swedish). Swedishcharts. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  7. ↑ ""I Wanna be a Kennedy", Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Hitparade. Retrieved 28 December 2009.
  8. ↑ "1992 Swiss Singles Chart" (in German). Swisscharts. Retrieved 28 December 2009.