}} "Kiss is a 1986 single by Prince (musician) and The Revolution (band) from the album [[Parade (Prince album)|Parade]] "Kiss" started as a short acoustic instrument demo, about a minute in length, with one Verse (popular music) and the refrain Prince gave the song to the funk band Mazarati for their debut album Mazarati and producer David Z. drastically reworked the song, giving it its stripped-down minimalist sound. When Mazarati delivered the song to Prince, he was amazed at their work and decided to take back the song for himself. He replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and edited the song to its present form. Mazarati were credited for their backing vocals, which Prince left intact. Prince added the song at the last minute to Parade Despite Warner Bros. Records not wanting to release it as a single, "Kiss" became Princes third number-one U.S. hit following 1984s highly successful "When Doves Cry and "Let's Go Crazy . It was also a big hit across the Atlantic, reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart The song won Prince another Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, and was nominated for Best R&B Song.http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-p/prince_main.htm http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-p/prince_main.htm] The song has become a staple at Princes concerts and is usually sung partially by the audience. The 12" single of the song is an extension of the album track. The extended section is based on the funky guitar line and contains much fuller instrumentation than the main track, including bass guitar, organ and horns. New lyrics are present from Prince, along with Jill Jones that end with a humorous dialogue between a wife and her husband watching Prince on television. The B-side of "Kiss" was "♥ or $" ("Love or Money"), sung in a processed, higher-pitched vocal, which Prince would later use for his [[Unreleased Prince projects#Camille|Camille]]material. The song relates to the theme in [[Under the Cherry Moon]] and a bit of the song was heard in the film, as was a bit of the extended version of "Kiss". The extended "Kiss" was included on 2006s [[Ultimate (Prince album)|Ultimate]] "♥ or $" was recently re-released as a digital B-side on iTunes [[NME|New Musical Express]]ranked the song #4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time. "Kiss" was also included in Rolling Stones "500 Greatest Songs Of All Time" at #461. http://www.rollingstone.com/news/coverstory/500songs/page/5

Music video

The music video directed by Rebecca Blake. In the plot of the video Prince performs a choreography in a hall while a woman sitting playing guitar. Incidentally, the clip includes scenes from the film.http://www.youtube.com/watch?vJ73tnxvRkXs Music video in Youtube.com]

Cover versions

* An early cover of the song was released in 1986 by Age of Chance The single was accompanied by a video which received some airplay on MTV in the United States, and reached #50 on the pop charts in the United Kingdom in early 1987. * Art of Noise released a cover of the song in 1988, featuring Tom Jones (singer) on vocals. The song became the bands biggest hit to that point, reaching number eighteen on the U.S. dance chartslt;/ref> and number five on the UK Singles Chart, higher than the original in that country. The guitar and horns break in the middle of this cover musically references the themes to [[Dragnet (series)|Dragnet]]and [[Peter Gunn]](two songs the Art of Noise covered with much commercial success) as well as their own breakthrough hit, "Close (To the Edit) . This cover was later included as part of an episode of the series [[Listed (MMM program)|Listed]]on MuchMoreMusic which was on the Top 20 cover songs. It can also be heard during the main title sequence of the movie "My Stepmother Is an Alien . Tom Jones later recorded a version of the song for his 2003 Reloaded: Greatest Hitsalbum. *The Ukulele Orchestra of Great Britain has covered the song for their third album A Fist Ful Of Ukulelesin 1994 and included it in their best of album Top Notchfrom 2006. * Germany singer/band leader Max Raabe and Palast Orchester covered in cabaret big band style for his 2001 album Super Hitshttp://www.palastorchester.de/musik/cd/ * The song was covered in bossa nova style by Italian group Nossa Alma Canta on the 2008 album I Was Made for Bossa * The song was released as the first solo single from WWIII frontman, Mandy Lion in 2008.http://www.youtube.com/watch?veIsahWLlOaE You Tube - Mandy Lion "Kiss"] * The song was translated to Swedish and released by a Swedish pop/punk-group Docenterna. They named it "Puss" which is a direct translation of the word "kiss". * The song is covered by Richard Thompson (musician) using acoustic guitar and percussion in his [[1000 Years of Popular Music]]show and related live albums and DVD. * The song is covered Tony DeSare on his "Last First Kiss" album.

Appearances in other media

* Julia Roberts performed the song in her star-making 1990 film [[Pretty Woman]] * "Kiss" is Norma Jeans (Nicole Kidman heartsong in the 2006 animated film [[Happy Feet]] The song is sung by Kidman and Hugh Jackman as a Mashup (music) with the song "Heartbreak Hotel .

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External links

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