Kissing with Confidence

"Kissing with Confidence"
"Kissing with Confidence"
Single by Carly Simon and Will Powers
from the album Dancing for Mental Health
Released	1983
Recorded	1983
Genre	Pop
Length	3:54
Songwriter(s)	Goldsmith; Jacob Brackman; Nile Rodgers; Todd Rundgren; Steve Winwood;
Carly Simon singles chronology
Will Powers singles chronology

"Kissing with Confidence" is a song by Will Powers (the stage name/persona of photographer-turned-singer Lynn Goldsmith) from her 1983 album Dancing for Mental Health.^[1] It was written by Goldsmith, Jacob Brackman, Nile Rodgers, Todd Rundgren, and Steve Winwood. Goldsmith used a voice recorder to sound like a man.

Mixed by Rundgren, it was released as a single in the UK, peaking at #17 on the UK Singles Chart.^[2] Carly Simon was the uncredited lead singer.^[3]

Track listings and formats[]

7" single^[4]

"Kissing With Confidence" – 3:54
"All Thru History" – 4:08

12" single^[4]

"Kissing With Confidence" (Extended Version) – 5:31
"Kissing With Confidence (Dub Version)" – 6:40

Charts[]

Chart (1983)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	50
United Kingdom (Official Charts Company)	17

References[]

^ "Dancing for Mental Health". iTunes.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
^ Will Powers UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 16, 2012.
^ "Carly Simon Official Website - Kissing With Confidence". Archived from the original on March 11, 2005. Retrieved 2014-07-24.
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Kissing With Confidence at Discogs (list of releases)
^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 237. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

[1] "Dancing for Mental Health". iTunes.com. Retrieved 2014-07-24.

[2] Will Powers UK chart history, The Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 16, 2012.

[3] "Carly Simon Official Website - Kissing With Confidence". Archived from the original on March 11, 2005. Retrieved 2014-07-24.

[discogs-4] Jump up to: ^a ^b Kissing With Confidence at Discogs (list of releases)

[aus-5] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 237. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.

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Studio albums	Carly Simon Anticipation No Secrets Hotcakes Playing Possum Another Passenger Boys in the Trees Spy Come Upstairs Torch Hello Big Man Spoiled Girl Coming Around Again My Romance Have You Seen Me Lately Letters Never Sent Film Noir The Bedroom Tapes Christmas Is Almost Here Moonlight Serenade Into White This Kind of Love Never Been Gone
Compilations	The Best of Carly Simon Greatest Hits Live Clouds in My Coffee The Very Best of Carly Simon: Nobody Does It Better Anthology Reflections: Carly Simon's Greatest Hits Carly Simon Collector's Edition Original Album Series Playlist: The Very Best of Carly Simon Songs trom the Trees (A Musical Memoir Collection)
Other	Working Girl (Original Soundtrack Album) This Is My Life (Music from the Motion Picture) Romulus Hunt: A Family Opera Piglet's Big Movie (soundtrack) The Best of Pooh and Heffalumps, Too
Concerts	Live from Martha's Vineyard Carly in Concert – My Romance Live at Grand Central A Moonlight Serenade on the Queen Mary 2
Singles	"That's the Way I've Always Heard It Should Be" "Anticipation" "Legend in Your Own Time" "You're So Vain" "The Right Thing to Do" "Mockingbird" "Haven't Got Time for the Pain" "Attitude Dancing" "Waterfall" "It Keeps You Runnin'" "Nobody Does It Better" "You Belong to Me" "Devoted to You" "Vengeance" "Jesse" "Hurt" "Why" "Kissing with Confidence" "You Know What to Do" "Tired of Being Blonde" "My New Boyfriend" "Coming Around Again" "Give Me All Night" "The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of" "All I Want Is You" "Let the River Run" "Better Not Tell Her" "Love of My Life" "Son of a Gun (I Betcha Think This Song Is About You)" "Let It Snow"
Other songs	"We Have No Secrets" "Night Owl" "You Can Close Your Eyes"
The Simon Sisters	Meet The Simon Sisters Cuddlebug The Simon Sisters Sing the Lobster Quadrille and Other Songs for Children Winkin', Blinkin' and Nod: The Kapp Recordings
Family	Richard Simon (father) Andrea Heinemann Simon (mother) George Simon (uncle) Joanna Simon (sister) Lucy Simon (sister) James Taylor (ex-husband) Ben Taylor (son) Sally Taylor (daughter)