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Kiss on My List
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Kiss on My List
| cover = KissOnMyListHall&Oates.jpg
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Hall & Oates
| album = Voices
| B-side = Africa
| released = January 24, 1981
| recorded = 1980
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
*Pop rock
*blue-eyed soul
* synth-pop
| length = 4:25 (album version)
3:48 (45 version)
| label = RCA Records
| writer =
| producer =
| prev_title = You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'
| prev_year = 1980
| next_title = You Make My Dreams
| next_year = 1981
| misc =
}}
"'Kiss on My List'" is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates. It was written by Daryl Hall and Janna Allen, and produced by Hall and John Oates. It was the third single release from their ninth studio album, 'Voices' (1980), and became their second US 'Billboard' Hot 100 number-one single (after "Rich Girl" in 1977). It spent three weeks at the top spot.
The song was written with the intention of Janna Allen, sister of Hall's longtime girlfriend Sara Allen, singing it, as she was interested in starting a music career. Hall cut a demo version as a guide for her, but later when his manager found the tape lying around the studio, he insisted that Hall and Oates cut the song themselves. In fact, the production team liked the demo so much that they did not do a second take, instead adding background vocals and instrumentation to the demo and mixing them together. Hall recalled that is why the drums sounded so "dinky" - the "drums" in fact being the early Roland CR-78 drum machine mixed in with a live drumming overdub.
Hall calls it an anti-love song, with the song title being tongue-in-cheek sarcasm in that the kiss is not that important, in that it is on a list of other things that are just as important.
The music video was the 207th that aired on MTV's first day of broadcast.
The 45 rpm version of the song appears on the compilation albums 'Rock 'n Soul Part 1' (1983) and 'Playlist: The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates' (2008).
In an interview with Mix magazine, Daryl Hall said: "Eddie Van Halen told me that he copied the synth part from 'Kiss On My List' and used it in 'Jump.' I don't have a problem with that at all."
Personnel
*Daryl Hall lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
*John Oates backing vocals, 6 and 12-string guitars, Roland CR-78 drum machine
*John Siegler bass guitar
*Jerry Marotta drums
;Additional musicians
*Jeff Southworth lead guitar
*Mike Klvana equipment technician
Chart performance
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
See also
* List of Hot 100 number-one singles of 1981 (U.S.)
References
Category:Songs about kissing
Category:1979 songs
Category:1981 singles
Category:Hall & Oates songs
Category:Billboard Hot 100 number-one singles
Category:Cashbox number-one singles
Category:Songs written by Daryl Hall
Category:Songs written by Janna Allen
Category:RCA Records singles
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