I Wanna Be a Kennedy explained

"I Wanna Be a Kennedy" is a song recorded by German dance music project U96, released as the second single from their debut album, Das Boot. 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. It was successful in Germany, Switzerland and Austria where it was a top ten hit.

Critical reception

British magazine Music Week gave the song 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

• 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

Weekly charts

Chart (1992)	Peak position
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[2]	6
Finland (Suomen virallinen lista)[3]	18
France (SNEP)[4] 1	9
Germany (Official German Charts)[5]	4
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6]	40
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[7]	32
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[8]	3

¹ As B-side of "Das Boot"

Year-end charts

Chart (1992)	Position
Germany (Official German Charts)[9]	48
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[10]	40

Notes and References

1. Dance . . 31 October 1992 . 9 . 2 October 2020.
2. Web site: I Wanna be a Kennedy, Austrian Singles Chart . Austriancharts . German . 28 December 2009.
3. Book: Pennanen, Timo . 2006 . Sisältää hitin - levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 . 1st . Tammi . Helsinki. 9789511210535. Finnish .
4. Web site: "Das Boot / Kennedy", French Singles Chart . Lescharts . French . 28 December 2009.
5. Web site: U96 singles, German Singles Chart . Musicline . German . 28 December 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20081208191756/http://musicline.de/de/chartverfolgung_summary/artist/U+96/single . 8 December 2008 . dead .
6. Web site: "I Wanna be a Kennedy", Dutch Mega Top 100 . Dutchcharts . Dutch . 28 December 2009.
7. Web site: "I Wanna be a Kennedy", Swedish Singles Chart . Swedishcharts . Swedish . 28 December 2009.
8. Web site: "I Wanna be a Kennedy", Swiss Singles Chart . Hitparade . German . 28 December 2009.
9. Web site: Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts. German. GfK Entertainment. offiziellecharts.de. 7 March 2020.
10. Web site: 1992 Swiss Singles Chart . Swisscharts . German . 28 December 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131013201503/http://swisscharts.com/year.asp?key=2008 . 13 October 2013 .