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Kiss (Prince song)

January 19, 2024

"Kiss" is a song composed, written, and produced by American musician Prince. Released by the Paisley Park label as the lead single from Prince and the Revolution's eighth studio album, Parade (1986), on February 5, 1986, it was a No. 1 hit worldwide, holding the top spot of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks. The single was certified gold in 1986 for shipments of 1,000,000 copies by RIAA.[3]

"Kiss"
US 7-inch single
Single by Prince and the Revolution
from the album Parade
B-side"♥ or $"
ReleasedFebruary 5, 1986[1]
RecordedApril 27–28, 1985
StudioSunset Sound, Hollywood
GenreFunk[2]
Length3:38 (album version)
3:46 (single/video version)
7:16 (extended version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Prince
Producer(s)Prince
Prince and the Revolution singles chronology
"America"
(1985) 		"Kiss"
(1986) 		"Mountains"
(1986)
Music video
"Kiss" on YouTube

The song is ranked No. 85 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2021, No. 464 in 2010, and No. 461 in 2004.[4] NME ranked the song at No. 4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time,[5] and voted "Kiss" the best single of 1986.[6]

Following Prince's death in April 2016, the song re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 28 and jumped to No. 23 a week later. The song also reached No. 2 on the French Singles Chart. As of April 30, 2016, it had sold 1.33 million digital copies in the U.S.[7]

Age of Chance and Art of Noise also released versions of the song that were critical and chart successes.

Development, production and release edit

"Kiss" started as a rough acoustic demo, with a verse and chorus written by Prince. He gave his demo to the funk band Mazarati (who approached him in the first place for an extra song for their debut album), and they worked on it with producer David Z at Sunset Sound Studio 2, while Prince was busy working in the studio next to them, Studio 3.[8] Z recalls having one of the band members play a piano part inspired by Bo Diddley's song "Say Man".[9][10] In the Sound On Sound article for "Kiss", he recalled programming the song's beat on a LinnDrum drum machine, but the Mixonline article he refers to a Linn 9000.[10][9] However, it's unlikely either of them were used as the drums sound more like the LM-1, Prince's usual drum machine.[11] In the end, Prince decided to finish the song, retaining David Z's unique, funky rhythm and background vocal arrangements by Mazarati's Bruce DeShazer and Marvin Gunn (David Z recounts how the band had expected a songwriting credit, and were "pissed" when it did not materialise);[9] he removed the bass line, and added the signature guitar and falsetto vocal. For the distinctive "ah-wah-ah" backing vocals, David Z adapted vocals by Brenda Lee - one of the biggest US chart toppers in the Sixties - from her 1959/1960 hit "Sweet Nothin's", a single from her eponymous album.[9] To make up for the absence of bass, the kick drum was run through an AMS RMX-16 reverb on the non-linear setting.[8] The underlying "keyboard chop" in the background is an acoustic guitar (played by David Z.) run through a Kepex noise gate triggered by the hi-hat track on the multitrack tape - this effect, however, was rather difficult to recreate live on keyboards.[8][10][12] The final, minimalist song was a hard sell to Warner Bros., but upon Prince's insistence, the song was released and added to Parade.[13]

Despite Warner Bros. not wanting to release it as a single, "Kiss" became Prince's third number-one US hit, following 1984's highly successful "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy". It was also a big hit across the Atlantic, reaching number 6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song won Prince another 29th Annual Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best R&B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals, and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best R&B Song.[14] The song became a staple at Prince's concerts and was usually sung partially by the audience.

The 12-inch single of the song is an extension of the album track. The extended section is based on the funky guitar line and contains much fuller instrumentation than the main track, including bass guitar, organ and horns. New lyrics are present from Prince, along with Jill Jones, that end with a humorous dialogue between a wife and her husband watching Prince on television. The B-side of "Kiss" was "♥ or $" ("Love or Money"), sung in a processed, higher-pitched vocal, which Prince would later use for his Camille material. The song relates to the theme in Under the Cherry Moon, and a bit of the song was heard in the film, as was a bit of the extended version of "Kiss". The extended "Kiss" was included on 2006's Ultimate; "♥ or $" was recently re-released as a digital B-side on iTunes.

Revolution bassist Brownmark claims to have co-written the song with Prince: he most likely wrote the second verse as the first verse was on the demo Prince provided himself and Mazarati with to work from. Despite being promised a songwriting credit by Prince, he never got any proper credit and didn't receive any royalties from it.[15][12]

Composition edit

The song is written in the key of A major and has a tempo of 112 beats per minute in common time.[16]

Critical reception edit

Robert Hilburn from Los Angeles Times wrote, "The single combines an ever-so-cool update of a classic James Brown guitar-accented funk riff with witty lyrics that suggest a bit more humility in Prince's sexually aggressive posture. You don't have to be rich to be my girl, he advises. You don't have to be cool to rule my world. Even the put-downs are tinged with humor: Act your age, not your shoe size, he tells one prospective lover."[17]

Music video edit

The accompanying music video for "Kiss" was filmed on February 13, 1986 at Laird International Studios in Culver City, California,[18] and directed by Rebecca Blake. In the plot of the video, Prince appears in a half shirt and leather jacket and then shirtless and performs dance choreography in a hall. The trousers he wears are strip-off pants. He is accompanied by the veiled dancer Monique Mannen wearing black lingerie and sunglasses while Revolution member Wendy Melvoin sits playing guitar.

Legacy edit

"Kiss" is widely considered one of Prince's finest songs. In 2016, Paste ranked the song number two on their list of the 50 greatest Prince songs,[19] and in 2022, American Songwriter ranked the song number three on their list of the 10 greatest Prince songs.[20]

In 2022, it was included in the list "The story of NME in 70 (mostly) seminal songs", at number 28: Mark Beaumont wrote that with this song, "Prince took his crown while the Hip-Hop Wars raged".[21]

Track listings edit

  • 7-inch single
  1. "Kiss" – 3:46
  2. "♥ or $" – 3:57
  • 12-inch single
  1. "Kiss" (extended version) – 7:16
  2. "♥ or $" (extended version) – 6:50
  • CD single
  1. "Kiss" (extended version) – 7:16
  2. "Girls & Boys" – 5:30
  3. "Under the Cherry Moon" – 2:57
  • Digital download
  1. "Kiss" (Daft Punk Remix) — 4:49

Personnel edit

Credits from Duane Tudahl, Benoît Clerc and Guitarcloud[22][23][24]

Charts and certifications edit

Age of Chance version edit

"Kiss"
 
Fon 12-inch sleeve by The Designers Republic, orange printing
Single by Age of Chance
from the album Beneath The Pavements The Dancefloor
B-side"Crash Conscious"
ReleasedNovember 1986 (1986-11)
StudioFon Studios, Sheffield
Length3:04
Label
  • Fon (AGE-5)
  • Virgin (outside UK)
Songwriter(s)Prince
Age of Chance singles chronology
"Bible of the Beats"
(1986) 		"Kiss"
(1986) 		"Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Noise"
(1987)

An industrial[62] cover of the song was released in November 1986[63] by Age of Chance. Bass player Geoff Taylor described it as: "We basically removed the sex and replaced it with lump hammers."[64]

The band worked out the music from hearing it in clubs and consulted Smash Hits for the lyrics,[65] although they changed them substantially.[66]

The band first recorded the track for a Peel session in June 1986, when the Prince version was still in the UK charts. They were inspired by The Fire Engines having covered Heaven 17's "(We Don't Need This) Fascist Groove Thang" for their first Peel session while that song was still in the charts. John Peel got many listener requests to play Age of Chance's version of "Kiss" again,[67] and it made No. 2 in Peel's Festive Fifty for 1986.[68]

The single version was recorded at Chakk's Fon Studios in Sheffield and released on the Fon label in the UK in November 1986. Its success led to a contract with Virgin Records, who released the single in the rest of the world.[69]

The single was accompanied by a video which received some airplay on MTV in the United States.

The sleeve was one of the first major productions by The Designers Republic, helping make their reputation. It was available in white, pink, orange or green.[64]

The band recorded a remix called "Kisspower" with Alan Smyth of Fon Studios in November 1986, using Fon's Akai S900 sampler. It included samples from the Prince original, Bruce Springsteen, Run–D.M.C. and other artists. Virgin wanted to release it but it was vetoed by Simon Draper of Virgin America over copyright concerns.[67] It was eventually released as a run of 500 white label promotional copies.[64] If released, it would have been one of the first mainstream sample-based singles, six months before "Pump Up the Volume" and "Say Kids What Time Is It?".[69] "Kisspower" was acclaimed as a "landmark" and a "cut'n'paste trailblazer" by musician's magazine Electronic Sound.[67]

Critical response edit

On release, the single achieved Single Of The Week in Sounds 15 November 1986, which described it as "The first white band on an independent label to deliver a record that successfully crosses the alertness of hip hop and electro" and emphasised the quality of the artwork.[63]

Greil Marcus in The Village Voice 10 March 1987 called it a "trash masterpiece ... Instant party, with an edge of menace."[70]

Simon Reynolds described the single in Blissed Out: The raptures of rock as "anti-anti-pop, a gesture against indie stasis."[71]

Track listings edit

  • 7-inch (Fon AGE-5)[72] (Virgin VS-951)
A. "Kiss" (Prince & The Revolution) – 3:04
B. "Crash Conscious" (Elvidge/Howson/Perry/Taylor) – 2:54
  • 12-inch (Fon AGE-T-5)[73] (Virgin VS-951-12)
A. "Kiss" – 3:06
B1. "Kiss" (Collision Cut) remixed by Crush Commander – 4:11
B2 "Crash Conscious" – 2:55
  • 12-inch Jack-Knife Remixes (Fon AGE-L-5)[74]
A. "Kiss" (Sonic Crush Symphony) remixed by D.J. Chakk
B1. "Kiss" (Your Move America) remixed by D.J. Chakk
B2. "Kiss" (Leeds V The Bronx) remixed by D.J. Chakk
B3. "Crash Conscious"
  • 12-inch "Kisspower" (Fon AGE-X-5) (promo)[75]
A. "Kisspower" – 6:55
B. "Kisspower" – 6:55

Chart history edit

The single reached No. 1 on the UK Indie Charts in late 1986.[62] It spent 11 weeks on the mainstream pop charts in the United Kingdom, starting at 6 December 1986 and peaking at No. 50 in early 1987.[76]

In New Zealand it charted for four weeks, peaking at No. 21.[77]

In the United States, it spent six weeks on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart, peaking at No. 35 on 23 May 1987.[78]

The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones version edit

"Kiss"
 
UK 7-inch sleeve
Single by Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones
from the album The Best of The Art of Noise
B-side"E.F.L."
ReleasedOctober 28, 1988
Recorded1987
GenreElectronic
Length3:30
LabelPolydor
Songwriter(s)Prince
Producer(s)
Art of Noise singles chronology
"Dragnet (The '88 Mix)"
(1988) 		"Kiss"
(1988) 		"Paranoimia '89"
(1989)
Tom Jones singles chronology
"I Was Born to Be Me"
(1987) 		"Kiss"
(1988) 		"Move Closer"
(1989)

In 1988, British synthpop group the Art of Noise released a cover of the song, featuring Welsh singer Tom Jones on vocals. Jones had added the song to his Vegas live show and the Art of Noise contacted him after seeing him perform it on TV.[79]

The song became the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching No. 5 on the UK Singles Chart (higher than the original in that country), top 10 in several countries and No. 18 on the US dance chart.[80] It was also No. 1 in New Zealand and Spain.

The song alternates between two distinct rhythms: a fast-paced 4
4 rock beat, panned entirely to the left channel; and a half-speed quiet storm-inspired percussion section. The guitar and horns break in the middle of the track musically references the themes to Dragnet and Peter Gunn (two songs the Art of Noise covered with much commercial success) as well as their own breakthrough hit, "Close (to the Edit)" and "Paranoimia", their 1986 collaboration with Max Headroom. Jones changes the lyric line of "Women, Not Girls rule my world" to "Women and Girls, rule my world."

This version was later included as part of an episode of the series Listed on MuchMoreMusic, which was on the Top 20 cover songs. It can also be heard during the main title sequence of the movie My Stepmother Is an Alien as well as a scene in Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy.[citation needed]

Track listings edit

  • 7-inch single
  1. "Kiss" – 3:30
  2. "E.F.L." (The Art of Noise) – 5:15
  • 12-inch single
  1. "Kiss" (The Battery Mix) – 8:17
  2. "Kiss" (7-inch version) – 3:30
  3. "E.F.L." – 5:15
  • CD single
  1. "Kiss" (7-inch version) – 3:30
  2. "E.F.L." (The Art of Noise) – 5:15
  3. "Kiss" (The Battery Mix) – 8:17

Charts edit

Other covers edit

The song had 46 covers ranging from Pop (Anna Kidd, Mikayla Ayres) to Soul (Jeff Michel) and Jazz (Aleksandra Crossan).[101]

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Notes edit

  • Uptown: The Vault – The Definitive Guide to the Musical World of Prince: Nilsen Publishing 2004, ISBN 91-631-5482-X

External links edit

  • Age Of Chance - Kiss on YouTube (official EMI Music channel)
  • Tom Jones - Kiss on YouTube (official Tom Jones channel)
  • The original demo, with Mazarati's vocals can be heard at the group's official MySpace
  • Breakdown of the recording process, told by David Z, co-producer of the song

January 19, 2024
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Kiss is a song composed written and produced by American musician Prince Released by the Paisley Park label as the lead single from Prince and the Revolution s eighth studio album Parade 1986 on February 5 1986 it was a No 1 hit worldwide holding the top spot of the US Billboard Hot 100 chart for two weeks The single was certified gold in 1986 for shipments of 1 000 000 copies by RIAA 3 Kiss US 7 inch singleSingle by Prince and the Revolutionfrom the album ParadeB side or ReleasedFebruary 5 1986 1 RecordedApril 27 28 1985StudioSunset Sound HollywoodGenreFunk 2 Length3 38 album version 3 46 single video version 7 16 extended version LabelPaisley ParkWarner Bros Songwriter s PrinceProducer s PrincePrince and the Revolution singles chronology America 1985 Kiss 1986 Mountains 1986 Music video Kiss on YouTubeThe song is ranked No 85 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2021 No 464 in 2010 and No 461 in 2004 4 NME ranked the song at No 4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time 5 and voted Kiss the best single of 1986 6 Following Prince s death in April 2016 the song re charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No 28 and jumped to No 23 a week later The song also reached No 2 on the French Singles Chart As of April 30 2016 it had sold 1 33 million digital copies in the U S 7 Age of Chance and Art of Noise also released versions of the song that were critical and chart successes Contents 1 Development production and release 1 1 Composition 2 Critical reception 3 Music video 4 Legacy 5 Track listings 6 Personnel 7 Charts and certifications 7 1 Weekly charts 7 2 Year end charts 7 3 Certifications 8 Age of Chance version 8 1 Critical response 8 2 Track listings 8 3 Chart history 9 The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones version 9 1 Track listings 9 2 Charts 9 2 1 Weekly charts 9 2 2 Year end charts 10 Other covers 11 References 12 Notes 13 External linksDevelopment production and release edit Kiss started as a rough acoustic demo with a verse and chorus written by Prince He gave his demo to the funk band Mazarati who approached him in the first place for an extra song for their debut album and they worked on it with producer David Z at Sunset Sound Studio 2 while Prince was busy working in the studio next to them Studio 3 8 Z recalls having one of the band members play a piano part inspired by Bo Diddley s song Say Man 9 10 In the Sound On Sound article for Kiss he recalled programming the song s beat on a LinnDrum drum machine but the Mixonline article he refers to a Linn 9000 10 9 However it s unlikely either of them were used as the drums sound more like the LM 1 Prince s usual drum machine 11 In the end Prince decided to finish the song retaining David Z s unique funky rhythm and background vocal arrangements by Mazarati s Bruce DeShazer and Marvin Gunn David Z recounts how the band had expected a songwriting credit and were pissed when it did not materialise 9 he removed the bass line and added the signature guitar and falsetto vocal For the distinctive ah wah ah backing vocals David Z adapted vocals by Brenda Lee one of the biggest US chart toppers in the Sixties from her 1959 1960 hit Sweet Nothin s a single from her eponymous album 9 To make up for the absence of bass the kick drum was run through an AMS RMX 16 reverb on the non linear setting 8 The underlying keyboard chop in the background is an acoustic guitar played by David Z run through a Kepex noise gate triggered by the hi hat track on the multitrack tape this effect however was rather difficult to recreate live on keyboards 8 10 12 The final minimalist song was a hard sell to Warner Bros but upon Prince s insistence the song was released and added to Parade 13 Despite Warner Bros not wanting to release it as a single Kiss became Prince s third number one US hit following 1984 s highly successful When Doves Cry and Let s Go Crazy It was also a big hit across the Atlantic reaching number 6 on the UK Singles Chart The song won Prince another 29th Annual Grammy Awards for Grammy Award for Best R amp B Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals and was nominated for Grammy Award for Best R amp B Song 14 The song became a staple at Prince s concerts and was usually sung partially by the audience The 12 inch single of the song is an extension of the album track The extended section is based on the funky guitar line and contains much fuller instrumentation than the main track including bass guitar organ and horns New lyrics are present from Prince along with Jill Jones that end with a humorous dialogue between a wife and her husband watching Prince on television The B side of Kiss was or Love or Money sung in a processed higher pitched vocal which Prince would later use for his Camille material The song relates to the theme in Under the Cherry Moon and a bit of the song was heard in the film as was a bit of the extended version of Kiss The extended Kiss was included on 2006 s Ultimate or was recently re released as a digital B side on iTunes Revolution bassist Brownmark claims to have co written the song with Prince he most likely wrote the second verse as the first verse was on the demo Prince provided himself and Mazarati with to work from Despite being promised a songwriting credit by Prince he never got any proper credit and didn t receive any royalties from it 15 12 Composition edit The song is written in the key of A major and has a tempo of 112 beats per minute in common time 16 Critical reception editRobert Hilburn from Los Angeles Times wrote The single combines an ever so cool update of a classic James Brown guitar accented funk riff with witty lyrics that suggest a bit more humility in Prince s sexually aggressive posture You don t have to be rich to be my girl he advises You don t have to be cool to rule my world Even the put downs are tinged with humor Act your age not your shoe size he tells one prospective lover 17 Music video editThe accompanying music video for Kiss was filmed on February 13 1986 at Laird International Studios in Culver City California 18 and directed by Rebecca Blake In the plot of the video Prince appears in a half shirt and leather jacket and then shirtless and performs dance choreography in a hall The trousers he wears are strip off pants He is accompanied by the veiled dancer Monique Mannen wearing black lingerie and sunglasses while Revolution member Wendy Melvoin sits playing guitar Legacy edit Kiss is widely considered one of Prince s finest songs In 2016 Paste ranked the song number two on their list of the 50 greatest Prince songs 19 and in 2022 American Songwriter ranked the song number three on their list of the 10 greatest Prince songs 20 In 2022 it was included in the list The story of NME in 70 mostly seminal songs at number 28 Mark Beaumont wrote that with this song Prince took his crown while the Hip Hop Wars raged 21 Track listings edit7 inch single Kiss 3 46 or 3 5712 inch single Kiss extended version 7 16 or extended version 6 50CD single Kiss extended version 7 16 Girls amp Boys 5 30 Under the Cherry Moon 2 57Digital download Kiss Daft Punk Remix 4 49Personnel editCredits from Duane Tudahl Benoit Clerc and Guitarcloud 22 23 24 Prince lead and backing vocals electric guitar Bruce DeShazer AKA Tony Christian backing vocals Marr Star backing vocals David Z acoustic guitar Yamaha DX7 Linn LM 1 Linn 9000Charts and certifications editWeekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Kiss Chart 1986 1987 PeakpositionAustralia Kent Music Report 25 2Austria O3 Austria Top 40 26 8Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 27 3Belgium VRT Top 30 Flanders 28 4Canada CHUM 29 4Canada Top Singles RPM 30 6Finland Suomen virallinen lista 31 8France SNEP 32 29Ireland IRMA 33 11Italy Musica e Dischi 34 11Netherlands Dutch Top 40 35 2Netherlands Single Top 100 36 3New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 37 2Norway VG lista 38 10Sweden Sverigetopplistan 39 16Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 40 3UK Singles OCC 41 6US Billboard Hot 100 42 1US Dance Electronic Singles Sales Billboard 42 1US Dance Club Songs Billboard 42 1US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 42 1US Cash Box Top 100 43 1West Germany Official German Charts 44 41988 weekly chart performance for Kiss Chart 1988 PeakpositionUK Singles OCC 45 762013 weekly chart performance for Kiss Chart 2013 PeakpositionFrance SNEP 32 892016 weekly chart performance for Kiss Chart 2016 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 46 27Austria O3 Austria Top 40 26 21Canada Canadian Hot 100 47 43France SNEP 32 2Germany Official German Charts 48 29Ireland IRMA 49 98Scotland OCC 50 9Spain PROMUSICAE 51 9Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 40 11UK Singles OCC 52 38US Billboard Hot 100 53 23US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 54 12 Year end charts edit Year end chart performance for Kiss Chart 1986 PositionAustralia Kent Music Report 55 56 25US Billboard Hot 100 57 19US Hot R amp B Hip Hop Songs Billboard 58 6Certifications edit Certifications for Kiss Region Certification Certified units salesDenmark IFPI Danmark 59 Gold 45 000 Italy FIMI 60 sales since 2009 Gold 25 000 United Kingdom BPI 61 Platinum 600 000 United States RIAA 3 1986 sales Gold 1 000 000 United Statesdigital sales 1 330 336 7 Shipments figures based on certification alone Sales streaming figures based on certification alone Age of Chance version edit Kiss nbsp Fon 12 inch sleeve by The Designers Republic orange printingSingle by Age of Chancefrom the album Beneath The Pavements The DancefloorB side Crash Conscious ReleasedNovember 1986 1986 11 StudioFon Studios SheffieldLength3 04LabelFon AGE 5 Virgin outside UK Songwriter s PrinceAge of Chance singles chronology Bible of the Beats 1986 Kiss 1986 Who s Afraid of the Big Bad Noise 1987 An industrial 62 cover of the song was released in November 1986 63 by Age of Chance Bass player Geoff Taylor described it as We basically removed the sex and replaced it with lump hammers 64 The band worked out the music from hearing it in clubs and consulted Smash Hits for the lyrics 65 although they changed them substantially 66 The band first recorded the track for a Peel session in June 1986 when the Prince version was still in the UK charts They were inspired by The Fire Engines having covered Heaven 17 s We Don t Need This Fascist Groove Thang for their first Peel session while that song was still in the charts John Peel got many listener requests to play Age of Chance s version of Kiss again 67 and it made No 2 in Peel s Festive Fifty for 1986 68 The single version was recorded at Chakk s Fon Studios in Sheffield and released on the Fon label in the UK in November 1986 Its success led to a contract with Virgin Records who released the single in the rest of the world 69 The single was accompanied by a video which received some airplay on MTV in the United States The sleeve was one of the first major productions by The Designers Republic helping make their reputation It was available in white pink orange or green 64 The band recorded a remix called Kisspower with Alan Smyth of Fon Studios in November 1986 using Fon s Akai S900 sampler It included samples from the Prince original Bruce Springsteen Run D M C and other artists Virgin wanted to release it but it was vetoed by Simon Draper of Virgin America over copyright concerns 67 It was eventually released as a run of 500 white label promotional copies 64 If released it would have been one of the first mainstream sample based singles six months before Pump Up the Volume and Say Kids What Time Is It 69 Kisspower was acclaimed as a landmark and a cut n paste trailblazer by musician s magazine Electronic Sound 67 Critical response edit On release the single achieved Single Of The Week in Sounds 15 November 1986 which described it as The first white band on an independent label to deliver a record that successfully crosses the alertness of hip hop and electro and emphasised the quality of the artwork 63 Greil Marcus in The Village Voice 10 March 1987 called it a trash masterpiece Instant party with an edge of menace 70 Simon Reynolds described the single in Blissed Out The raptures of rock as anti anti pop a gesture against indie stasis 71 Track listings edit 7 inch Fon AGE 5 72 Virgin VS 951 A Kiss Prince amp The Revolution 3 04 B Crash Conscious Elvidge Howson Perry Taylor 2 5412 inch Fon AGE T 5 73 Virgin VS 951 12 A Kiss 3 06 B1 Kiss Collision Cut remixed by Crush Commander 4 11 B2 Crash Conscious 2 5512 inch Jack Knife Remixes Fon AGE L 5 74 A Kiss Sonic Crush Symphony remixed by D J Chakk B1 Kiss Your Move America remixed by D J Chakk B2 Kiss Leeds V The Bronx remixed by D J Chakk B3 Crash Conscious 12 inch Kisspower Fon AGE X 5 promo 75 A Kisspower 6 55 B Kisspower 6 55Chart history edit The single reached No 1 on the UK Indie Charts in late 1986 62 It spent 11 weeks on the mainstream pop charts in the United Kingdom starting at 6 December 1986 and peaking at No 50 in early 1987 76 In New Zealand it charted for four weeks peaking at No 21 77 In the United States it spent six weeks on the Billboard Dance Club Play chart peaking at No 35 on 23 May 1987 78 The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones version edit Kiss nbsp UK 7 inch sleeveSingle by Art of Noise featuring Tom Jonesfrom the album The Best of The Art of NoiseB side E F L ReleasedOctober 28 1988Recorded1987GenreElectronicLength3 30LabelPolydorSongwriter s PrinceProducer s Anne DudleyJ J JeczalikArt of Noise singles chronology Dragnet The 88 Mix 1988 Kiss 1988 Paranoimia 89 1989 Tom Jones singles chronology I Was Born to Be Me 1987 Kiss 1988 Move Closer 1989 In 1988 British synthpop group the Art of Noise released a cover of the song featuring Welsh singer Tom Jones on vocals Jones had added the song to his Vegas live show and the Art of Noise contacted him after seeing him perform it on TV 79 The song became the band s biggest hit to that point reaching No 5 on the UK Singles Chart higher than the original in that country top 10 in several countries and No 18 on the US dance chart 80 It was also No 1 in New Zealand and Spain The song alternates between two distinct rhythms a fast paced 44 rock beat panned entirely to the left channel and a half speed quiet storm inspired percussion section The guitar and horns break in the middle of the track musically references the themes to Dragnet and Peter Gunn two songs the Art of Noise covered with much commercial success as well as their own breakthrough hit Close to the Edit and Paranoimia their 1986 collaboration with Max Headroom Jones changes the lyric line of Women Not Girls rule my world to Women and Girls rule my world This version was later included as part of an episode of the series Listed on MuchMoreMusic which was on the Top 20 cover songs It can also be heard during the main title sequence of the movie My Stepmother Is an Alien as well as a scene in Kids in the Hall Brain Candy citation needed Track listings edit 7 inch single Kiss 3 30 E F L The Art of Noise 5 1512 inch single Kiss The Battery Mix 8 17 Kiss 7 inch version 3 30 E F L 5 15CD single Kiss 7 inch version 3 30 E F L The Art of Noise 5 15 Kiss The Battery Mix 8 17Charts edit Weekly charts edit Weekly chart performance for Kiss by Art of Noise Chart 1988 1989 PeakpositionAustralia ARIA 81 8Austria O3 Austria Top 40 82 4Belgium Ultratop 50 Flanders 83 5Finland Suomen virallinen lista 84 14Ireland IRMA 85 8Netherlands Dutch Top 40 86 5Netherlands Single Top 100 87 6New Zealand Recorded Music NZ 88 1Norway VG lista 89 8Spain AFYVE 90 1Sweden Sverigetopplistan 91 5Switzerland Schweizer Hitparade 92 11UK Singles OCC 5US Billboard Hot 100 93 31US Dance Club Songs Billboard 94 18US Alternative Airplay Billboard 95 14West Germany Official German Charts 96 16 Year end charts edit 1988 year end chart performance for Kiss by Art of Noise Chart 1988 PositionBelgium Ultratop Flanders 97 57Netherlands Dutch Top 40 98 49Netherlands Single Top 100 99 731989 year end chart performance for Kiss by Art of Noise Chart 1989 PositionAustralia ARIA 100 48Other covers editThe song had 46 covers ranging from Pop Anna Kidd Mikayla Ayres to Soul Jeff Michel and Jazz Aleksandra Crossan 101 References edit Uptown 2004 p 66 Abdurraqib Hanif Bossenger A T Pearson Paul Terich Jeff April 16 2015 10 Essential Psychedelic Soul Albums Treble Retrieved May 26 2020 a b American single certifications Prince amp the Revolution Kiss Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved September 11 2016 Kiss ranked 85 on Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Songs List Rolling Stone September 15 2021 Retrieved September 18 2021 Revolution The February 5 2019 Kiss turns 33 today The song ranked number 464 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time NME ranked the song number 4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time tunetuesday therevolution princepic twitter com R0YVwScr20 therevolution Retrieved December 23 2019 Albums Of The Year And End Of Year Critic Lists 1986 NME Retrieved April 24 2016 a b Hip Hop Single Sales Prince Desiigner amp Drake 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