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{{Short description|1975 single by Kiss}}
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{{Infobox Single |
{{Infobox song
Name = Rock and Roll All Nite|
| name = Rock and Roll All Nite
Cover = RARAN_Single.jpg|200px |
| cover = RARAN_Single.jpg
Artist = [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] |
| alt =
from Album = [[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]] |
| type = single
Released = April 1975 <small>([[United States|US]])</small> |
Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]] |
| artist = [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
| album = [[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]] and [[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]
Recorded = [[Electric Lady Studios]], <br />[[New York City]]: February 1975 |
| released = April 2, 1975 (US), <br /> October 14, 1975 (Live version)
Genre = [[Hard rock]] |
| recorded = [[Electric Lady Studios]], <br />New York City: February 1975 (Studio Version)
Length = Live 3:20 Studio 2:34 |
| studio =
Label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]] <small>NB-829 (US)</small>|
| venue =
Writer = [[Paul Stanley]], [[Gene Simmons]] |
| genre = [[Hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JFdnDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA130|title=Glam Rock: Music in Sound and Vision|last=Philo|first=Simon|date=2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=978-1-44227-148-7|page=130}}</ref><ref name="Breithaupt 1996">{{cite book|title= Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s|first1=Don|last1=Breithaupt|first2= Jeff|last2= Breithaupt|date= October 15, 1996|chapter= Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock|page= 102|publisher=[[St. Martin's Press|St. Martin's Griffin]]|isbn=031214704X|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RMPCAwAAQBAJ}}</ref>
Producer = [[Neil Bogart]] & Kiss |
| length = 2:49 (album version)<br />3:20 (7" live version)<br />2:34 (studio version)
Last single = "[[Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll]]" / "Hotter Than Hell"<br />(1974) |
| label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]] <small>NB-829 (US)</small>
This single = "'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''" / "Getaway" <br /> (1975) |
| writer = [[Paul Stanley]], [[Gene Simmons]]
Next single = "[[C'mon and Love Me]]" / "Getaway"<br />(1975) |}}
| producer = [[Neil Bogart]] & Kiss

| prev_title = [[Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll (song)|Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll]]
"'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''" is a song by [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], originally released on their 1975 album ''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]''. It was released as the [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] of their fifth [[Single (music)|single]], with the album track "Getaway." The studio version of the song peaked at #57 on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' singles chart, besting the band's previous charting single, "Kissin' Time" (#79). A subsequent live version released as a single in October 1975, eventually reached #12, the first of six Top 20 songs for Kiss in the 1970s.<ref name="charts">[http://www.kissfaq.com/charts/scharts.html "The Complete KISS Singles Chart Action, 1974-"]. The KISSFAQ. Retrieved July 13, 2006.</ref> Since then, it has become Kiss's most identifiable song, and has served as the group's closing concert number in almost every concert since 1976.<ref name="alive">Gooch, Curt and Jeff Suhs. ''KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History''. Billboard Books, 2002. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5</ref><ref name="allmusic">Prato, Greg. [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=33:r1azq8owoj6a "Rock and Roll All Nite"]. Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2006.</ref> In 2008 it was named the 16<sup>th</sup> greatest hard rock song of all time by [[VH1]].<ref>{{citeweb|title=spreadit.org music|url=http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/|accessdate=February 7, 2009}}</ref>
| prev_title2 = Hotter Than Hell
| prev_year = 1974
| title =
| title2 = Getaway
| next_title = [[C'mon and Love Me]]
| next_title2 = Getaway
| next_year = 1975
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist =
| type = single
| prev_title = [[C'mon and Love Me]]" / "Getaway
| prev_year = 1975
| title = Rock and Roll All Nite" (Live) / "Rock and Roll All Nite
| year = 1975
| next_title = [[Shout It Out Loud (Kiss song)|Shout It Out Loud]]" / "Sweet Pain
| next_year = 1976
}}
{{Extra chronology
| artist =
| type = single
| prev_title = [[I Love It Loud|I Love It Loud" (Live)]] / "[[Unholy (Kiss song)|Unholy" (Live)]]
| prev_year = 1993
| title = Rock and Roll All Nite" (Unplugged) / "[[Every Time I Look at You]] (Unplugged)
| year = 1996
| next_title = [[Jungle (Kiss song)|Jungle]]" (Radio Edit) / "Jungle
| next_year = 1997
}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|EFMD7Usflbg|"Rock & Roll All Nite"}}}}
}}
"'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''" is a song by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[KISS (band)|Kiss]], originally released on their 1975 album ''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]''. It was released as the [[A-side and B-side|A-side]] of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway". The studio version of the song peaked at No. 68 on the ''Billboard'' singles chart, besting the band's previous charting single, "Kissin' Time" (#89). A subsequent live version, released as a single in October 1975, eventually reached No. 12 in early 1976, the first of six Top 20 songs for Kiss in the 1970s.<ref name="charts">[http://www.kissfaq.com/charts/scharts.html "The Complete KISS Singles Chart Action, 1974–"]. The KISSFAQ. Retrieved July 13, 2006.</ref> "Rock and Roll All Nite" became Kiss's [[signature song]] and has served as the group's closing concert number in almost every concert since 1976.<ref name="alive">Gooch, Curt and Jeff Suhs. ''KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History''. Billboard Books, 2002. {{ISBN|0-8230-8322-5}}</ref><ref name="allmusic">Prato, Greg. [{{AllMusic|class=song|id=t1691075|pure_url=yes}} "Rock and Roll All Nite"]. Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2006.</ref> In 2008, it was named the 16th greatest hard rock song of all time by [[VH1]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs|publisher=SpreadIt|url=http://music.spreadit.org/vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/|access-date=February 7, 2009}}</ref>


==Recording==
==Recording==
"Rock and Roll All Nite" was written by [[Paul Stanley]] and [[Gene Simmons]] while Kiss was still in Los Angeles, as part of their ''[[Hotter Than Hell]]'' tour although during the groups concert at [[Cobo Hall]] in [[Detroit]] on January 26, 1975, Stanley states to the audience before the group begin the song that it was written in and for Detroit. The tour ended early (February 1975), when [[Casablanca Records]] founder and president [[Neil Bogart]] ordered Kiss to return to the studio to record a follow up to ''Hotter Than Hell'', which had stalled on the charts and failed to meet Casablanca's sales expectations. One of Bogart's instructions to the band was to compose an anthem, something he felt the band needed.<ref name="alive"/><ref name="focus">Gill, Julian. ''The KISS Album Focus, Volume 1 (3rd Edition)''. Xlibris Corporation, 2005. ISBN 1-4134-8547-2</ref> The song itself was inspired by the [[Slade]] song [[Cum on Feel the Noize]], and is often referred to as the [[Rock and roll|Rock And Roll]] [[National Anthem]] (for instance, Stanley states during Kiss' performance at the 1996 [[MTV Video Music Awards]] that "there's only one nation, that's Kiss Nation, there's only one Rock & Roll national anthem: Rock and Roll All Nite, party everyday!")
"Rock and Roll All Nite" was written by [[Paul Stanley]] and [[Gene Simmons]] while Kiss was still in Los Angeles, as part of their [[Hotter than Hell Tour (Kiss)|Hotter than Hell Tour]]. However, during the group's concert at [[Cobo Hall]] in Detroit on January 26, 1976, Stanley introduced it as a song that was written in and for Detroit. The tour ended early (February 1975), when [[Casablanca Records]] founder and president [[Neil Bogart]] ordered Kiss to return to the studio to record a follow-up to ''Hotter Than Hell'', which had stalled on the charts and failed to meet Casablanca's sales expectations. One of Bogart's instructions to the band was to compose an anthem, something he felt the band needed.<ref name="alive"/><ref name="focus">Gill, Julian. ''The KISS Album Focus, Volume 1'' (3rd ed.) Xlibris Corporation, 2005. {{ISBN|1-4134-8547-2}}</ref>{{Self-published inline|certain=yes|date=December 2017}} The song itself was inspired by the [[Slade]] song "[[Mama Weer All Crazee Now]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/kiss-heart-and-soul-lies-in-england-says-gene-simmons|title=Kiss Founder Gene Simmons Says Band's 'Heart and Soul Lies in England'|last=Wilkening|first=Matthew|work=[[Ultimate Classic Rock]]|date=November 9, 2011}}</ref>


Stanley wrote the chorus, and Simmons wrote the [[Verse (poetry)|verse]]s, borrowing parts of a song he had previously written, entitled "Drive Me Wild." The song was one of two the group recorded toward the end of the ''Hotter Than Hell'' tour, prior to returning to [[Electric Lady Studios]] for the proper ''Dressed to Kill'' recording sessions.<ref name="focus"/> For the choruses, the band and Bogart brought in a large group of outside contributors to sing and clap, including members of the Kiss road crew, studio musicians, and [[Peter Criss]]'s wife Lydia. Some of the [[road crew]] used their jacket [[zipper]]s to create sound.<ref name="alive"/><ref name="leaf">Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. ''KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography'', Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5</ref>
They wrote the pre-chorus, Stanley wrote the chorus, and Simmons wrote the [[Verse (poetry)|verses]], borrowing parts of a song he had previously written, entitled "Drive Me Wild". The song was one of two the group recorded toward the end of the Hotter than Hell Tour prior to returning to [[Electric Lady Studios]] for the proper ''Dressed to Kill'' recording sessions.<ref name="focus"/> For the choruses, the band and Bogart brought in a large group of outside contributors to sing and clap, including members of the Kiss road crew, studio musicians, and [[Peter Criss]]'s wife Lydia. Some of the [[road crew]] used their jacket [[zipper]]s to create sound.<ref name="alive"/><ref name="leaf">Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. ''KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography'', Warner Books, 2003. {{ISBN|0-446-53073-5}}</ref>

==Reception==
''[[Cash Box]]'' said that "the undulating beat and anthem-like quality of the chorus add up to a satanic hit" and that it opens with "pounding drums and a ferocious guitar roar."<ref name=cb>{{cite news|title=CashBox Record Reviews|date=April 19, 1975|page=22|accessdate=December 11, 2021|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/70s/1975/CB-1975-04-19.pdf|newspaper=Cash Box}}</ref> ''[[Record World]]'' said that the "group allows their drummer and vocals to take control of the moment as they get down to r&r basics with the best of 'em."<ref name=rw1>{{cite magazine|magazine=Record World|date=April 19, 1975|accessdate=2023-03-10|title=Single Picks|page=14|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/70s/75/RW-1975-04-19.pdf}}</ref>

Kiss' version appears in a [[2022 in American television|2022]] [[TV commercial]] for [[Applebee's]]. In 2021, it was listed at No. 404 on ''Rolling Stone'''s "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=September 15, 2021 |title=The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-songs-of-all-time-1224767/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Live performances==
==Live performances==
While "Rock and Roll All Nite" would eventually become a fixture in Kiss's live performances, it was not inserted into the band's setlist immediately. Nor did it immediately replace "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" as the closing number.<ref name="focus"/>
While "Rock and Roll All Nite" would eventually become a fixture in Kiss's live performances, it was not inserted into the band's setlist immediately. Nor did it immediately replace "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" as the closing number.<ref name="focus"/> The ending of the live version of "Rock and Roll All Nite" is taken from "Getaway" (which, as indicated above, was released as the single's [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]). Kiss performed the song during the closing ceremonies for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City]] which proved to be Ace Frehley's final performance with Kiss to date. They also performed the song live with [[Adam Lambert]] during the season 8 finale of ''[[American Idol]]'', on May 20, 2009, at the [[L.A. Live#Nokia Theatre|Nokia Theater]] in Los Angeles.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}


On {{start date|2019|12|31}}, this song was performed on ''[[70th NHK Kōhaku Uta Gassen|The 70th NHK Red & White Year-End Song Festival]]'' featuring [[X Japan]]'s drummer/pianist [[Yoshiki (musician)|Yoshiki Hayashi]].
Kiss performed this song during the closing ceremonies for the [[2002 Winter Olympics]] in [[Salt Lake City, Utah|Salt Lake City]]. They also performed the song live with [[Adam Lambert]] during the season 8 finale of [[American Idol]], on May 20, 2009 at the [[L.A. Live#Nokia Theatre|Nokia Theater]] in [[Los Angeles]].


==Other versions==
==Other versions==
The original version of the song, as it appears on ''Dressed To Kill'', does not have a [[guitar solo]], while many later versions do have one. The ''[[Kiss Unplugged]]'' version features [[Ace Frehley]] and [[Bruce Kulick]] sharing the solo. The ''Unplugged'' version was released as a single and reached number 13 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard']]''s [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]].<ref>{{citeweb|title=''Billboard'' singles chart history-Kiss|url=http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/retrieve_chart_history.do?model.vnuArtistId=5004&model.vnuAlbumId=1210294|accessdate=February 18, 2009}}</ref> The original version also ends while fading away; all live versions end with the last notes of another ''Dressed to Kill'' song, ''Getaway''. The chorus of the ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'' version of the song is played at the beginning of "[[Detroit Rock City (song)|Detroit Rock City]]," from 1976's ''[[Destroyer (Kiss album)|Destroyer]]''.
The original version of the song, as it appears on ''Dressed To Kill'', does not have a [[guitar solo]], while many later versions do have one. The ''[[Kiss Unplugged]]'' version features [[Ace Frehley]] and [[Bruce Kulick]] sharing the solo. The ''Unplugged'' version was released as a single and reached number 13 on ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard']]''s [[Mainstream Rock Tracks]].<ref>{{cite web|title=''Billboard'' singles chart history-Kiss|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kiss|chart=all}}|access-date=February 18, 2009}}</ref> The original version also ends while fading away; all live versions end with the last notes of another ''Dressed to Kill'' song, "Getaway" (which, as indicated above, was released as the studio-version single's [[A-side and B-side|B-side]]). The chorus of ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'''s version of the song is played at the beginning of "[[Detroit Rock City (song)|Detroit Rock City]]", from 1976's ''[[Destroyer (Kiss album)|Destroyer]]''.{{citation needed|date=January 2021}}

Kiss collaborated with Japanese girl group [[Momoiro Clover Z]] on the single "[[Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mi na]]", consisting of the title track and a version of "Rock and Roll All Nite".{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

[[Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem]] covered the song for the first episode of the 2023 series ''[[The Muppets Mayhem]]'' and its soundtrack.


==Appearances==
==Appearances==
"Rock and Roll All Nite" has appeared on the following Kiss albums:
"Rock and Roll All Nite" has appeared on the following Kiss albums:
*''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]'' – Original studio version
*''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]'' (1975) – Original studio version
*''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'' – Live version
*''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'' (1975) – Live version
*''[[Double Platinum (album)|Double Platinum]]'' – Studio version
*''[[The Originals (Kiss album)|The Originals]]'' (1976) – Studio version
*''[[Killers (Kiss album)|Killers]]'' – Live version
*''[[Double Platinum (Kiss album)|Double Platinum]]'' (1978) – Studio version
*''[[Smashes, Thrashes & Hits]]'' – [[Remix]]ed studio version
*''[[Killers (Kiss album)|Killers]]'' (1982) – Live version
*''[[Alive III]]'' – Live version
*''[[Smashes, Thrashes & Hits]]'' (1988) – [[Remix]]ed studio version
*''[[Chikara (album)|Chikara]]'' (1988)
*''[[Kiss Unplugged]]'' – [[Acoustic music|Acoustic]] live version
*''[[You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!]]'' – Live version
*''[[Alive III]]'' (1993) – Live version
*''[[Greatest Kiss]]'' – Live version
*''[[Kiss Unplugged]]'' (1996) – [[Acoustic music|Acoustic]] live version
*''[[The Box Set (Kiss)|The Box Set]]'' – Studio version & Live version
*''[[You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!]]'' (1996) – Live version from ''Alive!''
*''[[The Very Best of Kiss]]'' – Live version
*''[[Greatest Kiss]]'' (1997) – Studio version
*''[[Kiss Symphony: Alive IV]]'' – Live version with the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]
*''[[The Box Set (Kiss)|The Box Set]]'' (2001) – Studio version and Live version
*''[[The Best of Kiss: The Millennium Collection]]'' – Live version
*''[[The Very Best of Kiss]]'' (2002) – Live version from ''Alive!''
*''[[Gold (Kiss album)|Gold]]'' – Live version
*''[[Kiss Symphony: Alive IV]]'' (2003) – Live version with the [[Melbourne Symphony Orchestra]]
*''[[The Best of Kiss: The Millennium Collection]]'' (2003) – Live version from ''Alive!'' (album re-released in 2010 as ''ICON'')
*''[[Gold (Kiss album)|Gold]]'' (2005) – Live version from ''Alive!''
*''[[Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums]]'' (2006) – Studio version
*''[[Kiss Alive! 1975–2000]]'' (2006) – Live version from ''The Box Set''
*''Kiss Chronicles'' – Original studio version (as part of repackaging of ''Dressed To Kill'')
*''Kiss Chronicles'' – Original studio version (as part of repackaging of ''Dressed To Kill'')
*''[[Alive II]]'' (as part of the ''[[Kiss Alive! 1975-2000]]'' [[box set]] [[re-release]] of ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]],'' ''Alive II'', ''[[Alive III]]'', plus ''Alive! The Millennium Concert'') - Single Edit Version
*''[[Alive II]]m³'' – release of ''Alive!,'' ''Alive II'', ''Alive III'', plus ''[[Alive! The Millennium Concert]]'' – Single Edit Version
*''[[Jigoku-Retsuden|Kiss Klassics]]'' (2008) – re-recorded version included on a bonus CD with ''[[Sonic Boom (Kiss album)|Sonic Boom]]''
*''Kiss Alive 35'' – Live album produced at each of the venues
* ''[[Ikons]]'' (2008) – Studio version
*''[[Jigoku-Retsuden|Kiss Klassics]]'' - re-recorded version included on a bonus CD with ''[[Sonic Boom (Kiss album)|Sonic Boom]]''
* ''[[Kiss Alive 35]]'' (2009) – Live album produced at each of the venues
* ''[[Kiss Sonic Boom Over Europe]]'' (2010) – Live versions
* ''[[Kiss 40]]'' (2014) – Live version from ''Alive!''


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Gene Simmons]] - lead vocals/bass guitar
*[[Gene Simmons]] – lead vocals, bass guitar
*[[Ace Frehley]] - lead guitar
*[[Paul Stanley]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Paul Stanley]] - rhythm guitar/backing vocals
*[[Ace Frehley]] – lead guitar, backing vocals
*[[Peter Criss]] - drums
*[[Peter Criss]] – drums, backing vocals


==Cover versions==
==Charts==
===Weekly charts===
"Rock and Roll All Nite" has been covered, among others, by:
'''Studio version'''
*[[Toad The Wet Sprocket]] for the ''[[Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved|Kiss My Ass]]'' [[tribute album]].
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
*[[Poison (band)|Poison]] for the ''[[Less Than Zero (film)|Less Than Zero]]'' soundtrack (see below for more information on the Poison version).
!Chart (1975)
*[[The Summer Set]] for ''[[Punk Goes Classic Rock]]''
!Peak<br/>position
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|74|chartid=3986b|rowheader=true|refname=CAN1|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|68|artist=Kiss|rowheader=true|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{cite web |url=https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19750614.html |title=Cash Box Top 100 6/14/75 |website=tropicalglen.com |access-date=May 22, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315221340/https://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19750614.html |archive-date=March 15, 2022 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
|align="center"|57
|}
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'''Live version'''
===Other mediums===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
"Rock and Roll All Nite" is used in the video games ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'', "[[Guitar Hero: On Tour]]", ''[[Guitar Hero: Smash Hits]]'', ''Karaoke Revolution, Volume 2'', ''Stick Dudes Gone Wild: Rock Band'' and ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]''.
!Chart (1975-1976)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Singles ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus76">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/QxANsEK|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1976|publisher= [[Kent Music Report]] |issue= 131 |via= [[Imgur]] |date= December 27, 1976 |access-date= January 15, 2022 }}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|18
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|13|chartid=4093a|rowheader=true|refname=CAN2|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|12|artist=Kiss|rowheader=true|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|US [[Cashbox (magazine)|''Cash Box'']] Top 100<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19760124.html |title=CASH BOX Top 100 Singles - Week ending JANUARY 24, 1976 |access-date=December 4, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150609162219/http://tropicalglen.com/Archives/70s_files/19760124.html |archive-date=June 9, 2015 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
|align="center"|17
|}
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===Year-end charts===
[[University of Colorado at Boulder|The University of Colorado]] typically plays this song during the second half of their night home [[Colorado Buffaloes football|football]] games.
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1976)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Singles ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus76"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|60
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|126|chartid=5173b|rowheader=true|refname=CAN3|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard Hot 100]]''<ref>[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm Musicoutfitters.com]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|96
|}
{{col-end}}


==Certifications==
==Cultural References==
{{Certification Table Top}}
*The song is played in the beginning of the movie ''[[Detroit Rock City (film)|Detroit Rock City]]'' by the Kiss cover band Mystery.
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Brazil|type=single|artist=Kiss|title=Roll and Roll All Nite|award=Gold|relyear=1975|certyear=2024|access-date=April 29, 2022}}
*In ''[[Family Guy]]'' episode "[[Road to Europe]]", KISS sings this song in a concert and wants Lois to finish the chorus line, but she doesn't know the lyrics and she ruins the concert.
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Spain|type=single|award=Gold|certweek=1|certyear=2024|certref=<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.elportaldemusica.es/awards/index?AwardsSearch%5Bartist%5D=KISS&AwardsSearch%5Btitle%5D=&AwardsSearch%5Byear%5D=&AwardsSearch%5Bweek%5D=&AwardsSearch%5Bgroup%5D=&AwardsSearch%5Baward%5D=El portal de Música|publisher=[[Productores de Música de España]]|title=Kiss Rock And Roll All Night|accessdate=February 22, 2024}}</ref>}}
*In another episode of ''Family Guy'' titled "[[Saving Private Brian]]", the James Woods High band Splash Log goes over the lyrics of this song, changing the words in the main chorus.
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Kiss|title=Roll and Roll All Nite|award=Silver|relyear=2004|certyear=2022|id=18036-3306-1|access-date=April 29, 2022}}
*In ''[[According to Jim]]'', the song's lyrics are debated, as confusion arises when different characters think the line says "Rock and Roll all night and party every day" or "Rock and Roll all night and part of every day".
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}
*In ''[[That 70s show]]'' Kelso wants to buy a KISS alarm clock that plays the song.
*The cast of ''[[That 70s show]]'' appeared in a music video for this song with the kids trying to get into a club with the band performing this song, and the adults, (Red, Kitty and Bob) are in the audience watching the band, while Leo is behind the stage eating.
*In the commercial for the "[[Tooth Tunes]]" product, there is a dictator making people brush their teeth, then they protest and start singing this song.
*In the movie ''[[Role Models]]'', Danny (Paul Rudd) paraphrases the lyrics, stating that he likes to "rock and roll all night and *part* of every day", as he has errands during the day and can only rock between 1:00 and 3:00.
*The song is featured in the movie ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]''.
*In the ''[[Pokémon (anime)|Pokémon]]'' episode "Fear Factor Phony", James of [[Team Rocket]] said the Psychic-type Pokémon in an abandoned mine town "just wanna rock & roll all night and party every day", an obvious reference to the song.
*In ''[[The Simpsons]]'' episode "[[Homerpalooza]]", [[Homer Simpson]] is sad about not being cool, and said to [[Marge Simpson]], "In the old days I used to rock and roll all night and party every day...then it was every other day.....Now I'm lucky to find half an hour a week in which to get funky!".
*In the ''[[Dharma and Greg]]'' episode, ''[[Do You Want Fries With That?]]'', Greg sings this song at a party. But instead of singing " I wanna rock and roll all night, and party every day!", He sings "I wanna rock and roll all night, and part of every day!"
*In ''[[Full House]]'' Danny dates a younger woman and wears clothes like KISS and starts dancing and singing this song.
*In ''[[Full House]]'' Jesse's band performs a polka version of this.


==Poison version==
==Poison version==
{{Infobox song
{{Infobox Single <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Songs -->
| Name = Rock and Roll All Nite |
| name = Rock and Roll All Nite
| Cover = |
| cover =
| Artist = [[Poison (band)|Poison]] |
| alt =
| type = single
| from Album = [[Less Than Zero (soundtrack)|Less Than Zero]] |
| B-side = |
| artist = [[Poison (American band)|Poison]]
| Released = October 12, 1987 |
| album = [[Less than Zero (soundtrack)|Less than Zero]]
| Format =
| released = October 12, 1987
| Recorded = 1987 |
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| studio =
| Genre = [[Glam metal]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| Length = |
| venue =
| Label = Enigma/[[Capitol Records]] |
| genre = *[[Glam metal]]
*[[pop rock]]
| Writer = Stanley/Simmons
| Producer = Ric Browde |
| length =
| label = Enigma/[[Capitol Records]]
| Certification =
| writer = Stanley/Simmons
| Last single = "[[I Won't Forget You]]"<br />(1987)
| producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
| This single = "'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''"<br />(1987)
| prev_title = [[I Won't Forget You]]
| Next single = "[[Nothin' but a Good Time]]"<br />(1988)
| Misc =
| prev_year = 1987
| next_title = [[Nothin' but a Good Time]]
| next_year = 1988
}}
}}


"'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''" was covered and released as a single by American rock band [[Poison (band)|Poison]] from the soundtrack album ''[[Less Than Zero]]'' (released in 1987). It was released on a Poison album ''[[The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock]]'' in 2006 and again on the cover album ''[[Poison'd]]'' in 2007.
American rock band [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] covered and released "Rock and Roll All Nite" as a single from the [[Less than Zero (soundtrack)|soundtrack to the film ''Less than Zero'']] in 1987. It was released on a Poison album ''[[The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock]]'' in 2006 and again on the cover album ''[[Poison'd]]'' in 2007.


At the start of "[[Nothin' But a Good Time]]" [[music video]], Poison sings "Rock and Roll All Nite".
At the start of "[[Nothin' But a Good Time]]" music video, Poison's rendition of "Rock and Roll All Nite" is heard on the radio.


===Personnel===
===Personnel===
* [[Bret Michaels]] - [[Singing|lead vocals]]; [[rhythm guitar]]
* [[Bret Michaels]] – vocals, rhythm guitar
* [[Bobby Dall]] - [[bass guitar]]
* [[Bobby Dall]] – bass
* [[Rikki Rockett]] - [[Drum kit|drums]]; [[Percussion instrument|percussion]]
* [[Rikki Rockett]] – drums
* [[C.C. DeVille]] - [[lead guitar]]
* [[C.C. DeVille]] – lead guitar
{{clear}}


==References==
==Notes and references==
{{reflist}}
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMD7Usflbg "Rock and Roll All Nite"], version from ''[[Exposed (Kiss video)|Exposed]]''


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"I Wanna Rock & Roll All Night" redirects here. For the episode of the 2008 TV series Knight Rider, see I Wanna Rock & Roll All Knight.

"Rock and Roll All Nite"
Single by Kiss
from the album Dressed to Kill and Alive!
ReleasedApril 2, 1975 (US),
October 14, 1975 (Live version)
RecordedElectric Lady Studios,
New York City: February 1975 (Studio Version)
GenreHard rock[1][2]
Length2:49 (album version)
3:20 (7" live version)
2:34 (studio version)
LabelCasablanca NB-829 (US)
Songwriter(s)Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons
Producer(s)Neil Bogart & Kiss
Kiss singles chronology
"Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" / "Hotter Than Hell"
(1974) 		"Rock and Roll All Nite" / "Getaway"
(1975) 		"C'mon and Love Me" / "Getaway"
(1975)
"C'mon and Love Me" / "Getaway"
(1975)
"Rock and Roll All Nite" (Live) / "Rock and Roll All Nite"
(1975)
"Shout It Out Loud" / "Sweet Pain"
(1976)
"I Love It Loud" (Live) / "Unholy" (Live)"
(1993)
"Rock and Roll All Nite" (Unplugged) / "Every Time I Look at You (Unplugged)"
(1996)
"Jungle" (Radio Edit) / "Jungle"
(1997)
Music video
"Rock & Roll All Nite" on YouTube

"Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by American rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1975 album Dressed to Kill. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway". The studio version of the song peaked at No. 68 on the Billboard singles chart, besting the band's previous charting single, "Kissin' Time" (#89). A subsequent live version, released as a single in October 1975, eventually reached No. 12 in early 1976, the first of six Top 20 songs for Kiss in the 1970s.[3] "Rock and Roll All Nite" became Kiss's signature song and has served as the group's closing concert number in almost every concert since 1976.[4][5] In 2008, it was named the 16th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.[6]

Recording

"Rock and Roll All Nite" was written by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons while Kiss was still in Los Angeles, as part of their Hotter than Hell Tour. However, during the group's concert at Cobo Hall in Detroit on January 26, 1976, Stanley introduced it as a song that was written in and for Detroit. The tour ended early (February 1975), when Casablanca Records founder and president Neil Bogart ordered Kiss to return to the studio to record a follow-up to Hotter Than Hell, which had stalled on the charts and failed to meet Casablanca's sales expectations. One of Bogart's instructions to the band was to compose an anthem, something he felt the band needed.[4][7][self-published source] The song itself was inspired by the Slade song "Mama Weer All Crazee Now".[8]

They wrote the pre-chorus, Stanley wrote the chorus, and Simmons wrote the verses, borrowing parts of a song he had previously written, entitled "Drive Me Wild". The song was one of two the group recorded toward the end of the Hotter than Hell Tour prior to returning to Electric Lady Studios for the proper Dressed to Kill recording sessions.[7] For the choruses, the band and Bogart brought in a large group of outside contributors to sing and clap, including members of the Kiss road crew, studio musicians, and Peter Criss's wife Lydia. Some of the road crew used their jacket zippers to create sound.[4][9]

Reception

Cash Box said that "the undulating beat and anthem-like quality of the chorus add up to a satanic hit" and that it opens with "pounding drums and a ferocious guitar roar."[10] Record World said that the "group allows their drummer and vocals to take control of the moment as they get down to r&r basics with the best of 'em."[11]

Kiss' version appears in a 2022 TV commercial for Applebee's. In 2021, it was listed at No. 404 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".[12]

Live performances

While "Rock and Roll All Nite" would eventually become a fixture in Kiss's live performances, it was not inserted into the band's setlist immediately. Nor did it immediately replace "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" as the closing number.[7] The ending of the live version of "Rock and Roll All Nite" is taken from "Getaway" (which, as indicated above, was released as the single's B-side). Kiss performed the song during the closing ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City which proved to be Ace Frehley's final performance with Kiss to date. They also performed the song live with Adam Lambert during the season 8 finale of American Idol, on May 20, 2009, at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles.[citation needed]

On December 31, 2019 (2019-12-31), this song was performed on The 70th NHK Red & White Year-End Song Festival featuring X Japan's drummer/pianist Yoshiki Hayashi.

Other versions

The original version of the song, as it appears on Dressed To Kill, does not have a guitar solo, while many later versions do have one. The Kiss Unplugged version features Ace Frehley and Bruce Kulick sharing the solo. The Unplugged version was released as a single and reached number 13 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks.[13] The original version also ends while fading away; all live versions end with the last notes of another Dressed to Kill song, "Getaway" (which, as indicated above, was released as the studio-version single's B-side). The chorus of Alive!'s version of the song is played at the beginning of "Detroit Rock City", from 1976's Destroyer.[citation needed]

Kiss collaborated with Japanese girl group Momoiro Clover Z on the single "Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mi na", consisting of the title track and a version of "Rock and Roll All Nite".[citation needed]

Dr. Teeth and the Electric Mayhem covered the song for the first episode of the 2023 series The Muppets Mayhem and its soundtrack.

Appearances

"Rock and Roll All Nite" has appeared on the following Kiss albums:

Personnel

Charts

Weekly charts

Studio version

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)[14] 74
US Billboard Hot 100[15] 68
US Cash Box Top 100[16] 57

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[22] Gold 30,000‡
Spain (PROMUSICAE)[23] Gold 30,000‡
United Kingdom (BPI)[24] Silver 200,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Poison version

"Rock and Roll All Nite"
Single by Poison
from the album Less than Zero
ReleasedOctober 12, 1987
Recorded1987
Genre
LabelEnigma/Capitol Records
Songwriter(s)Stanley/Simmons
Producer(s)Rick Rubin
Poison singles chronology
"I Won't Forget You"
(1987) 		"Rock and Roll All Nite"
(1987) 		"Nothin' but a Good Time"
(1988)

American rock band Poison covered and released "Rock and Roll All Nite" as a single from the soundtrack to the film Less than Zero in 1987. It was released on a Poison album The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock in 2006 and again on the cover album Poison'd in 2007.

At the start of "Nothin' But a Good Time" music video, Poison's rendition of "Rock and Roll All Nite" is heard on the radio.

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Philo, Simon (2018). Glam Rock: Music in Sound and Vision. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-44227-148-7.
  2. ^ Breithaupt, Don; Breithaupt, Jeff (October 15, 1996). "Planet of the Apes: Hard Rock". Precious and Few - Pop Music in the Early '70s. St. Martin's Griffin. p. 102. ISBN 031214704X.
  3. ^ "The Complete KISS Singles Chart Action, 1974–". The KISSFAQ. Retrieved July 13, 2006.
  4. ^ a b c Gooch, Curt and Jeff Suhs. KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History. Billboard Books, 2002. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5
  5. ^ Prato, Greg. "Rock and Roll All Nite". Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2006.
  6. ^ "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs". SpreadIt. Retrieved February 7, 2009.
  7. ^ a b c Gill, Julian. The KISS Album Focus, Volume 1 (3rd ed.) Xlibris Corporation, 2005. ISBN 1-4134-8547-2
  8. ^ Wilkening, Matthew (November 9, 2011). "Kiss Founder Gene Simmons Says Band's 'Heart and Soul Lies in England'". Ultimate Classic Rock.
  9. ^ Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography, Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5
  10. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. April 19, 1975. p. 22. Retrieved December 11, 2021.
  11. ^ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. April 19, 1975. p. 14. Retrieved March 10, 2023.
  12. ^ "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 15, 2021. Retrieved July 5, 2022.
  13. ^ "Billboard singles chart history-Kiss". Retrieved February 18, 2009.
  14. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 3986b." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "Kiss Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  16. ^ "Cash Box Top 100 6/14/75". tropicalglen.com. Archived from the original on March 15, 2022. Retrieved May 22, 2022.
  17. ^ a b "National Top 100 Singles for 1976". Kent Music Report. December 27, 1976. Retrieved January 15, 2022 – via Imgur.
  18. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 4093a." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  19. ^ "CASH BOX Top 100 Singles - Week ending JANUARY 24, 1976". Archived from the original on June 9, 2015. Retrieved December 4, 2016.
  20. ^ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5173b." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved February 20, 2024.
  21. ^ Musicoutfitters.com
  22. ^ "Brazilian single certifications – Kiss – Roll and Roll All Nite" (in Portuguese). Pro-Música Brasil. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
  23. ^ portal de Música "Kiss Rock And Roll All Night". Productores de Música de España. Retrieved February 22, 2024. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  24. ^ "British single certifications – Kiss – Roll and Roll All Nite". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved April 29, 2022.
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