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Wikipedia article "'Kickstart My Heart'" is a song by American heavy metal band Mtley Cre, originally released on their 1989 album, 'Dr. Feelgood'. Released as the album's second single in 1989, "Kickstart My Heart" reached #27 on the 'Billboard' Hot 100 chart in the United States in early 1990. The track has been used in various media, such as the US version of the 2001 racing video game 'Gran Turismo 3: A-spec', and was also included on the soundtrack album to the 2019 biographical film 'The Dirt' and the official trailer of 'Battlefield 2042' remixed by '2WEI'. Background In a 2015 interview, Mtley Cre bassist Nikki Sixx related the origins of "Kickstart My Heart, which he wrote while the band was already working on 'Dr. Feelgood'. Sixx was playing acoustic guitar in his house while scribbling words on a piece of paper. When the groups former manager read the words, he encouraged Sixx to share it with the rest of the band. Sixx was reluctant, but eventually did show the band and the track came together quickly. The phrase "kickstart my heart" supposedly refers to Sixx's overdose incident where a paramedic injected his heart with adrenaline; Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler disputes the accuracy of the story, saying he revived Sixx before the paramedics arrived. The introduction is a classic example of a Floyd Rose bridge trick, in which Mick Mars drops three consecutive strings resulting in sound similar to a motorcycle shifting gears. The song's ending features a prominent example of talkbox effects. Music video 1989 video The video clip was shot at the Whisky a Go Go on October 5, 1989 during Mtley Cre's warm-up show before embarking on the 'Dr. Feelgood' world tour. Sam Kinison is featured at the start of the video chauffeuring the band to the Whisky in a 1946 Buick ambulance. As part of their cross-promotion with the Mtley Cre Final Tour and to celebrate the song's 25th anniversary in 2014, Dodge remixed the music video, replacing some of the action scenes with footage of Dodge's performance cars on the track. 2011 video In 2011 Mtley Cre made a new video for the song which included multiple clips from their U.S. tour with Poison and New York Dolls. Soon after the band issued the following statement: "We documented the whole tour, top to bottom (the good, the bad and the ugly) and as we were looking through all the amazing footage, we thought how cool it would be to cut together a 'best of visual' for the fans who made this tour happen. This one is just for the fans, from us." In other media "Kickstart My Heart" appeared in the opening montage of 'Hockey Night in Canada''s coverage of Game 1 of the second round series of the 2022 Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Edmonton Oilers and the Calgary Flames, whose games against each other are a rivalry known as the "Battle of Alberta". Many clips in the montage showed highlights of the two teams' games from the 1980s, as the song was released in the 1980s and the rivalry was at its fever pitch during that span, with the Oilers and Flames both enjoying a lot of success during that decade. In the 1980s, the Oilers won the Stanley Cup in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1988, coupled with an additional Stanley Cup Finals appearance in 1983, while the Flames won the Stanley Cup in the song's release year of 1989 in addition to appearing in the 1986 Stanley Cup Finals. Game 1 of the 2022 playoff series between the two teams was won by the Flames by a score of 96, but the Oilers went on to win the next four games consecutively to advance to the Western Conference Finals. Personnel * Vince Neil vocals * Mick Mars guitars * Nikki Sixx bass * Tommy Lee drums Charts Certifications References
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