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Lick It Up (song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Lick It Up
| cover =
| alt =
| type = single
| artist = Kiss
| album = Lick It Up
| released = September 18, 1983 (US)
| recorded = Right Track Studios,
New York City: 1983
| studio =
| venue =
| genre =
| length = 3:56
| label = Mercury 814 671-7 (US)
| writer = Paul Stanley, Vinnie Vincent
| producer = Michael James Jackson, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons
| prev_title = I Love It Loud
| prev_title2 = Danger
| prev_year = 1982
| title =
| title2 = Dance All Over Your Face
| next_title = All Hell's Breakin' Loose
| next_title2 = Young and Wasted
| next_year = 1984
| misc =
}}
"'Lick It Up'" is a song by American rock band Kiss. It is the title track to the group's 1983 album of the same name. The song was released as the album's first single, and was a Top 40 hit in the UK, Switzerland, and Canada, although it failed to chart as highly in the U.S.
"Lick It Up" is a staple of the band's live performances; due to its popularity among fans, Kiss has performed the song over 1,300 times as of August 2015.
Song information
A video was made to promote the single. It was the first music clip to feature the band without its makeup. The video premiered on MTV on September 18, 1983 in a half-hour special hosted by J. J. Jackson. Despite the hype and promotion for the single, it stalled at #66 on the American 'Billboard' Hot 100. However, the song broke into the Top 40 in several other countries.[http://www.kissfaq.com/charts/scharts.html International Chart History]
Kiss has performed "Lick It Up" on most of its tours since the single's release. The track was featured on the group's live albums 'Alive III' and 'Kiss Symphony: Alive IV'. It also appears on 2001's 'The Box Set'. While a few others have been played in limited to rare occasions over the years, it is the only song from the band's unmasked era that has been regularly played live as a setlist staple since they returned to wearing their trademark makeup in 1996.
Reception
'Cash Box' said that "high lead and backup vocals over a slowly throbbing guitar and drum rhythm set up an instructive lesson in feeling good."
Personnel
'Kiss'
*Paul Stanley lead vocals, rhythm guitar
*Gene Simmons bass guitar, backing vocals
*Eric Carr drums, percussion, backing vocals
*Vinnie Vincent lead guitar, additional vocals
Chart performance
Popular culture
*The song is featured in the TV series 'The Sopranos'
*It is also featured in the video game 'Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories', on the V-Rock radio station.
*The 'Kiss Symphony' version appears in the video game 'Tony Hawk's Underground'.
*The studio version of the song appears in the TV series "Family Guy" during the episode "Girl, Internetted."
Song also appears in the movie Rockstar
References
Category:Kiss (band) songs
Category:1983 singles
Category:Songs written by Paul Stanley
Category:Songs written by Vinnie Vincent
Category:1983 songs
Category:Mercury Records singles
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