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{{Short description|1975 single by Kiss}}
{{Use American English|date=October 2022}}
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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
| alt =
Artist = [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] |
| type = single
from Album = [[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]] |
| artist = [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]]
Released = April 2, 1975 <small>(US)</small> |
| album = [[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]] and [[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]
Format = [[Gramophone record|7"]] |
Recorded = [[Electric Lady Studios]], <br />New York City: February 1975 |
| released = April 2, 1975 (US), <br /> October 14, 1975 (Live version)
| recorded = [[Electric Lady Studios]], <br />New York City: February 1975 (Studio Version)
Genre = {{flatlist|
| studio =
*[[Hard rock]]
| venue =
*[[glam rock]]
| 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>
}} |
Length = Album 2:49<br>Live 3:20 (7")<br>Studio 2:34 |
| length = 2:49 (album version)<br />3:20 (7" live version)<br />2:34 (studio version)
Label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]] <small>NB-829 (US)</small>|
| label = [[Casablanca Records|Casablanca]] <small>NB-829 (US)</small>
Writer = [[Paul Stanley]], [[Gene Simmons]] |
| writer = [[Paul Stanley]], [[Gene Simmons]]
Producer = [[Neil Bogart]] & Kiss |
| producer = [[Neil Bogart]] & Kiss
Last single = "[[Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll (song)|Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll]]" / "Hotter Than Hell"<br />(1974) |
| prev_title = [[Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll (song)|Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll]]
| prev_title2 = Hotter Than Hell
| prev_year = 1974
This single = "'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''" / "Getaway" <br /> (1975) |
| title =
Next single = "[[C'mon and Love Me]]" / "Getaway"<br />(1975) |
| title2 = Getaway
Misc = {{Extra chronology |
Last single = "[[C'mon and Love Me]]" / "Getaway"<br />(1975) |
| next_title = [[C'mon and Love Me]]
| next_title2 = Getaway
This single = "'''Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)'''" / "'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''"<br />(1975) |
| next_year = 1975
Next single = "[[Shout It Out Loud (Kiss song)|Shout It Out Loud]]" / "Sweet Pain"<br />(1976) |
| 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 |
{{Extra chronology
| artist =
Last single = "[[I Love It Loud|I Love It Loud (Live)]]" / "[[Unholy (song)|Unholy (Live)]]"<br />(1993) |
| type = single
This single = "'''Rock and Roll All Nite (Unplugged)'''" / "Everytime I Look at You (Unplugged)"<br />(1996) |
| prev_title = [[I Love It Loud|I Love It Loud" (Live)]] / "[[Unholy (Kiss song)|Unholy" (Live)]]
Next single = "Jungle (Radio Edit)" / "Jungle"<br />(1997) |
| 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"}}}}
{{External music video|{{YouTube|EFMD7Usflbg|"Rock & Roll All Nite"}}}}
|}}
}}
"'''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, 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 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. [{{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/|accessdate=February 7, 2009}}</ref>
"'''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==
The members of Kiss were under intense pressure to put together their third album, 1975's ''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]''. They were abruptly called off tour to work on a follow-up to 1974's ''[[Hotter Than Hell]]'' when the album began to die on the charts, even though they had no new songs ready. The sessions were being produced by the head of their label, Neil Bogart, who was upset that the band had yet to successfully capture the excitement of their live act on record and wanted to correct the problem himself.
"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>


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>
Rushed to come up with material, the band dipped into their backlog of older songs, as well as writing new ones and then recording them immediately. Bogart suggested that head songwriters Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons come up with an anthem that would serve as a rallying cry for Kiss and their fans, suggesting something akin to [[Sly & the Family Stone]]'s "[[I Want to Take You Higher]]." While writing back at the hotel, Stanley came up with the line "I want to rock and roll all night, and party every day." After showing the new line to Simmons, he added parts from an older song, reportedly titled "Drive Me Wild."{{Citation needed|date=December 2014}}


==Reception==
When the song was issued as a single a few months later, it did not storm up the charts. With record label Casablanca in deep financial trouble, Kiss was thinking of leaving for another label, but decided to issue a live album, ''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'', later in 1975. The live version of the song was longer than the studio take (including an [[Ace Frehley]] guitar solo that was absent from the original), but, as Bogart hoped, it became a number 12 hit, driving straight up the charts the album from which it was taken.
''[[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>
==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.<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> The song itself was inspired by the [[Slade]] song "[[Cum on Feel the Noize]]".

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>


==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"/> 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.
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]].


==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>{{cite web|title=''Billboard'' singles chart history-Kiss|url={{BillboardURLbyName|artist=kiss|chart=all}}|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==
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*''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]'' (1975) – Original studio version
*''[[Dressed to Kill (album)|Dressed to Kill]]'' (1975) – Original studio version
*''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'' (1975) – Live version
*''[[Alive! (Kiss album)|Alive!]]'' (1975) – Live version
*''[[The Originals (Kiss album)|The Originals]]'' (1976) - Studio version
*''[[The Originals (Kiss album)|The Originals]]'' (1976) – Studio version
*''[[Double Platinum (album)|Double Platinum]]'' (1978) – Studio version
*''[[Double Platinum (Kiss album)|Double Platinum]]'' (1978) – Studio version
*''[[Killers (Kiss album)|Killers]]'' (1982) – Live version
*''[[Killers (Kiss album)|Killers]]'' (1982) – Live version
*''[[Smashes, Thrashes & Hits]]'' (1988) – [[Remix]]ed studio version
*''[[Smashes, Thrashes & Hits]]'' (1988) – [[Remix]]ed studio version
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*''[[The Best of Kiss: The Millennium Collection]]'' (2003) – Live version from ''Alive!'' (album re-released in 2010 as ''ICON'')
*''[[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!''
*''[[Gold (Kiss album)|Gold]]'' (2005) – Live version from ''Alive!''
*''[[Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums]] (2006) - Studio version
*''[[Kiss Chronicles: 3 Classic Albums]]'' (2006) – Studio version
*''[[Kiss Alive! 1975–2000]]'' (2006) – Live version from ''The Box Set''
*''[[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]]m³'' - release of ''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]]''
*''[[Jigoku-Retsuden|Kiss Klassics]]'' (2008) – re-recorded version included on a bonus CD with ''[[Sonic Boom (Kiss album)|Sonic Boom]]''
* ''[[Ikons]]'' (2008) - Studio version
* ''[[Ikons]]'' (2008) – Studio version
* ''[[Kiss Alive 35]]'' (2009) – Live album produced at each of the venues
* ''[[Kiss Alive 35]]'' (2009) – Live album produced at each of the venues
* ''[[Kiss Sonic Boom Over Europe]]'' (2010) - Live versions
* ''[[Kiss Sonic Boom Over Europe]]'' (2010) – Live versions
* ''[[Kiss 40]]'' (2014) – Live version from ''Alive!''
* ''[[Kiss 40]]'' (2014) – Live version from ''Alive!''

"Rock and Roll All Nite" has appeared on the following movies:
*''[[Scooby-Doo! and Kiss: Rock and Roll Mystery]]'' - Studio version


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Gene Simmons]] – lead vocals, bass guitar
*[[Gene Simmons]] – lead vocals, bass guitar
*[[Ace Frehley]] – lead guitar, backing vocals
*[[Paul Stanley]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Paul Stanley]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
*[[Ace Frehley]] – lead guitar, backing vocals
*[[Peter Criss]] – drums, backing vocals
*[[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]].
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*[[Poison (American band)|Poison]] for ''[[Less Than Zero (film)|Less Than Zero]]'''s soundtrack (see below for more information on the Poison version).
!Chart (1975)
*[[L.A. Guns]] for the ''[[Covered in Guns]]'' cover compilation.
!Peak<br/>position
*[[The Summer Set]] for ''[[Punk Goes Classic Rock]]''
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*American actress [[America Ferrera]] covered the song during episode "[[Odor in the Court]]" of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] television series ''[[Ugly Betty]]''.
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|74|chartid=3986b|rowheader=true|refname=CAN1|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
*[[Momoiro Clover Z]], for the single [[Yume no Ukiyo ni Saitemina]], a collaboration with KISS.
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|68|artist=Kiss|rowheader=true|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
===Other media===
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"Rock and Roll All Nite" is used in the video games ''[[Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock]]'' (cover version), ''[[Guitar Hero: On Tour]]'', ''[[Guitar Hero Smash Hits]]'' (album version), ''Karaoke Revolution Volume 2'', ''Stick Dudes Gone Wild: Rock Band'', ''[[Tony Hawk's Underground]]'' (''Alive IV'' version),<ref>{{cite web|author=|url=http://au.gamespot.com/news/the-sounds-of-tony-hawks-underground-6077293 |title=The Sounds of Tony Hawk's Underground |publisher=GameSpot |date=October 24, 2003 |accessdate=July 7, 2012}}</ref> and ''[[Madden NFL 11]]''.
!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>

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A live version of the song was made [[Complete list of downloadable songs for the Rock Band series|available to download]] on April 26, 2011 for play in ''[[Rock Band 3]]'' Basic, and PRO mode which utilizes real guitar / bass guitar, and MIDI compatible electronic drum kits / keyboards in addition to vocals.
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'''Live version'''
The song is one of the all-time crowd favorites amongst [[Detroit Red Wings|Red Wings]] fans at [[Joe Louis Arena]].<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VdL8duzAulY "Kiss Sung by 2008 Red Wing Stanley Cup Fans at Joe Louis"]. YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0Knvr8a86g&feature=related "Rock N Roll All Night and Party Every Day"]. YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2011.</ref> In one incident during the [[2009 Stanley Cup Finals]], fans continued to sing the chorus even though the puck had dropped, which according to [[National Hockey League|NHL]] rules state the music must be stopped. [[Mike Emrick]] commented on this on air during the [[NHL on NBC|NBC broadcast]], "By league rules, the music must be stopped when play resumes, but that doesn't stop the fans from continuing it!"<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Df4qMtx5ndo&feature=fvw "Red Wings Fans Sing at Joe Louis Arena"]. YouTube. Retrieved December 28, 2011.</ref>
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!Chart (1975-1976)
!Peak<br/>position
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!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>
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|13|chartid=4093a|rowheader=true|refname=CAN2|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
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{{single chart|Billboardhot100|12|artist=Kiss|rowheader=true|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
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!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>
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===Year-end charts===
The song is played in the beginning of the 1999 movie ''[[Detroit Rock City (film)|Detroit Rock City]]'' by the Kiss cover band Mystery. It also appears in a number of television series, including ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and ''[[Family Guy]]''. A bizarre polka version of this song was done on the television series ''[[Full House]]'' and ''[[Wedding Band]]''.
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!Chart (1976)
!Peak<br/>position
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!scope="row"|Australian Singles ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref name="aus76"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|60
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{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|126|chartid=5173b|rowheader=true|refname=CAN3|access-date=February 20, 2024}}
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!scope="row"|US ''[[Billboard Hot 100]]''<ref>[http://www.musicoutfitters.com/topsongs/1976.htm Musicoutfitters.com]</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|96
|}
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==Certifications==
The song was prominently used in the 1993 movie ''[[Dazed and Confused (film)|Dazed and Confused]]''.
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{{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}}
{{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>}}
{{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}}
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==Poison version==
==Poison version==
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| Name = Rock and Roll All Nite |
| name = Rock and Roll All Nite
| Cover = |
| cover =
| Artist = [[Poison (American 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]]
| Recorded = 1987 |
| released = October 12, 1987
| recorded = 1987
| Genre = [[Glam metal]], [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| Length = |
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| venue =
| Label = Enigma/[[Capitol Records]] |
| Writer = Stanley/Simmons
| genre = *[[Glam metal]]
*[[pop rock]]
| Producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
| Certification =
| length =
| Last single = "[[I Won't Forget You]]"<br />(1987)
| label = Enigma/[[Capitol Records]]
| writer = Stanley/Simmons
| This single = "'''Rock and Roll All Nite'''"<br />(1987)
| producer = [[Rick Rubin]]
| Next single = "[[Nothin' but a Good Time]]"<br />(1988)
| prev_title = [[I Won't Forget You]]
| 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 the American rock band [[Poison (American band)|Poison]] from the soundtrack album ''[[Less Than Zero (soundtrack)|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's rendition of "Rock and Roll All Nite" is heard on the radio.
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]] – lead vocals; rhythm guitar
* [[Bret Michaels]] – vocals, rhythm guitar
* [[Bobby Dall]] – bass guitar
* [[Bobby Dall]] – bass
* [[Rikki Rockett]] – drums; percussion
* [[Rikki Rockett]] – drums
* [[C.C. DeVille]] – lead guitar
* [[C.C. DeVille]] – lead guitar
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==References==
==Notes and references==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
* [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFMD7Usflbg "Rock and Roll All Nite"], version from ''[[Exposed (Kiss video)|Exposed]]''
* {{MetroLyrics song|poison|rock-and-roll-all-nite}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


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Revision as of 03:39, 12 July 2024

"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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