You Keep Me Hanging On

"You Keep Me Hangin' On" is a single by Kim Wilde. It was originally performed in 1966 by The Supremes. The song is the first track from her 1986 album Another Step. Wilde's version was a total re-working of the original, completely transforming the Supremes' Motown Sound into a 1980s power pop song. She and her brother, producer Ricki Wilde, had not heard "You Keep Me Hangin' On" for several years when they decided to record it. The song was not a track they knew well, so they treated it as a new song, even slightly changing the original lyrics. It became the biggest hit of Wilde's career, reaching #2 in the United Kingdom, as well as hitting the top spot in Europe and Australia. It also became Wilde's only major hit in the United States, spending a week at #1 in 1987. In 2006, she performed a new version of the song with the German singer Nena for her Never Say Never album.

(Keep me hangin' on) Set me free why don't cha, babe? Get out my life why don't cha, babe? 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hangin' on Set me free why don't cha, babe? Get out my life why don't cha, babe? (wooh) 'Cause you don't really need me But you keep me hangin' on Why do you keep a-comin' around? Playing with my heart Why don't cha get out of my life And let me make a brand new start? Let me get over you The way you've gotten over me, yeah Set me free why don't cha, babe? Get out my life why don't cha, babe? (wooh) 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hangin' on Now you don't really need me You just keep me hangin' on You say although we broke up You still just wanna be friends But how can we still be friends When seeing you only breaks my heart again? And there ain't nothing I can do about it Whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa whoa Whoa whoa whoa, yeah Get out, get out of my life And let me sleep at night 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hangin' on You say you still care for me But your heart and soul needs to be free And now that you've got your freedom You wanna still hold on to me You don't want me for yourself So let me find somebody else Set me free why don't cha, babe? Get out my life why don't cha, babe? (wooh) 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hangin' on Why don't cha be a man about it And set me free? (wooh) Now you don't care a thing about me You're just using me, hey, abusing me Get out, get out of my life And let me sleep at night (wooh) 'Cause you don't really love me You just keep me hangin' on (wooh)