Turn On the Night
1988 single by Kiss
"Turn On the Night" | ||||
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Single by Kiss | ||||
from the album Crazy Nights | ||||
B-side | "Hell or High Water" | |||
Released | February 27, 1988 [1] | |||
Recorded | 1987 | |||
Genre | Glam metal[2] | |||
Length | 3:45 | |||
Label | Mercury (US) | |||
Songwriter(s) | Paul Stanley, Diane Warren | |||
Producer(s) | Ron Nevison | |||
Kiss singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Turn On the Night" on YouTube | ||||
"Turn On the Night" is a song by the American rock band Kiss from their 1987 studio album Crazy Nights.[3][4][5] It was the album's third and final single.
Background and writing
The song was written by Paul Stanley and Diane Warren.[3] As she says, she hadn't written many hits at that time, but Paul Stanley believed in her. Stanley in his turn says that it was Warren who came up with the title for the song and that she played the key role in its writing.[3]
Music video
The music video was directed by Marty Callner. It was shot in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 27, 1988.
Commercial performance
"Turn On the Night" charted only in the UK, where it reached #41.
Charts
Chart (1988) | Peak position |
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UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 41 |
See also
References
- ^ "#KISSTORY KISS (@kiss) Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
- ^ "Kiss Albums Ranked". Loudwire. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
- ^ a b c David Leaf. CAMION BLANC: KISS Au-delà du masque. Camion blanc. pp. 563–. ISBN 978-2-35779-352-1.
- ^ Brett Weiss (2017-07-24). Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2540-9.
- ^ Carl Linnaeus (2014). Kiss - Den osminkade sanningen. Bokfabriken. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-91-87301-89-6.
David Leaf; Ken Sharp (2008-12-14). KISS: Behind the Mask - Official Authorized Biography. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-446-55350-6.
Colin Larkin (1993). The Guinness who's who of seventies music. Guinness. ISBN 978-0-85112-727-9.
Douglas Pratt (January 1992). The Laser Video Disc Companion: A Guide to the High-End Delivery System for Home Video. New York Zoetrope. ISBN 978-0-918432-89-6.
Colin Larkin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music. Virgin. ISBN 978-0-7535-0154-2.Turn on the Night Kiss Crazy Nights.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
External links
- "Turn On the Night" at Discogs
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