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
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.