Kiss (Prince song)
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| Single by Prince and The Revolution | |||||||||||
| from the album Parade | |||||||||||
| B-side | "♥ or $" | ||||||||||
| Released | February 5, 1986 | ||||||||||
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| Recorded | Studio C at Sunset Sound; April 28, 1985 |
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| Length | 3:38 (album version) 3:46 (7″ single) 7:16 (12″ single) |
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| Label | Paisley Park | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Prince | ||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Prince | ||||||||||
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Fon 12" sleeve by The Designers Republic, orange printing
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| Single by Age of Chance | ||||
| from the album Beneath The Pavements The Dancefloor | ||||
| A-side | Kiss | |||
| B-side | Crash Conscious | |||
| Released | November 1986 | |||
| Format | 7", 12" | |||
| Recorded | Fon Studios, Sheffield | |||
| Genre | Industrial | |||
| Length | 3:04 | |||
| Label | Fon AGE-5 Virgin (outside UK) |
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| Writer(s) | Prince | |||
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UK 7" sleeve
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| Single by The Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones | |||||||||||
| from the album The Best of The Art of Noise | |||||||||||
| B-side | "E.F.L." | ||||||||||
| Released | October 28, 1988 | ||||||||||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | ||||||||||
| Recorded | 1987 | ||||||||||
| Genre | Synthpop, funk | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:30 | ||||||||||
| Label | Polydor | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Prince | ||||||||||
| Producer(s) | Anne Dudley, J. J. Jeczalik | ||||||||||
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"Kiss" is a 1986 single by Prince and The Revolution, from the album Parade.
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. The same magazine voted "Kiss" the best single of the year 1986.
Following Prince's death, the song re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at number 28 and jumped to number 23 the week after. The song also reached number two on the French Singles Chart. As of April 30, 2016, it has sold 1,330,336 copies in the United States.
Age of Chance and The Art of Noise also released versions of the song that were critical and chart successes.
The song is written in the key of A major and has a tempo of 112 beats per minute in common time. Prince's vocals span an octave in the song, from E4 to E5.
"Kiss" started as a short acoustic demo, about a minute in length, consisting of a single 12-bar blues verse. Prince gave the song to the funk band Mazarati for their debut album. Mazarati and producer David Z drastically reworked the song, giving it its stripped-down minimalist sound. When Mazarati delivered the song to Prince, he was amazed at their work and decided to take back the song for himself. He replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and edited the song to its present form. Mazarati were credited for their backing vocals, which Prince left intact. Prince added the song at the last minute to Parade.
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