Calling Dr. Love
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| Single by KISS | ||
| from the album Rock and Roll Over | ||
| Released | February 13, 1977 (US) | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | Record Plant Studios, New York City: 1976 |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 3 min 02 sec | |
| Label | Casablanca NB-880 (US) | |
| Producer(s) | Eddie Kramer | |
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| KISS singles chronology | ||
| "Hard Luck Woman" / "Mr. Speed" (1976) |
"Calling Dr. Love" / "Take Me" (1977) |
"Christine Sixteen" / "Shock Me" (1977) |
"Calling Dr. Love" is a song by the American hard rock band KISS, originally released on their 1976 album Rock and Roll Over. The song was written by KISS bassist/lead vocalist Gene Simmons. It was the second single released from the album, and the group's third consecutive Top 20 US single.[1] The song's title came from an episode of the Three Stooges of the same name.
A live version of the song was included on Alive II, released later in 1977. Since then, "Calling Dr. Love" has appeared on numerous KISS compilation albums. In 2003, it appeared on KISS's fifth live album, KISS Symphony: Alive IV.
In 1994, the song was recorded and re-arranged by the one-off supergroup Shandi's Addiction (vocalist Maynard James Keenan, guitarist Tom Morello, bassist Billy Gould, and drummer Brad Wilk) as part of the KISS tribute album KISS My Ass: Classic KISS Regrooved. The band's name was taken from "Shandi," a song from the 1980 KISS album Unmasked.
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ "Singles Chart Action". Retrieved on September 24, 2006.
| KISS |
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| Peter Criss – Ace Frehley – Eric Carr – Vinnie Vincent – Mark St. John – Bruce Kulick |
| Discography |
| Albums: Studio – Live – Compilation |
| U.S. Top 40 Singles: "Rock and Roll All Nite" – "Shout It Out Loud" – "Beth" – "Hard Luck Woman" – "Calling Dr. Love" – "Christine Sixteen" "Rocket Ride" – "New York Groove" – "I Was Made For Lovin' You" – "Forever" |
| Filmography: KISS Meets the Phantom of the Park – Detroit Rock City |
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