Forever (KISS song)
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| "Forever" | ||
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| Single by KISS | ||
| from the album Hot in the Shade | ||
| Released | 1990 (US) | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | The Fortress, Hollywood, CA: 1989 |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 3 min 52 sec | |
| Label | Mercury Records 876 716 (US) | |
| Producer(s) | Gene Simmons & Paul Stanley |
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| KISS singles chronology | ||
| "Hide Your Heart" / "Betrayed" (US) (1989) |
"Forever" / "The Street Giveth And The Street Taketh Away" (1990) |
"Rise To It" / "Silver Spoon" (1990) |
"Forever" is a KISS song from the Hot in the Shade album. It peaked at #8 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart, making it the band's first American Top 40 single since "I Was Made For Lovin' You" reached #11 in 1979. It was the band's seventh and, to date, last Top 20 US single. The song was co-written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and American pop singer/songwriter Michael Bolton, who was then at the peak of his commercial popularity, and with whom guitarist Bruce Kulick had played with previous to KISS.
Musically, "Forever" is a prototypical power ballad. It begins with Stanley singing over an acoustic guitar intro, with the full band coming in for the first refrain.
"Forever" was released as a music video that received heavy airplay on MTV. It is perhaps the most understated video KISS has released, as it showed the band (then consisting of Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bruce Kulick and Eric Carr) playing the song in an empty room.
Despite the success of "Forever," Hot in the Shade became the first KISS album to fail to reach platinum status since 1982's Creatures of the Night.
[edit] Other appearances
"Forever" is also on the following KISS albums:
- Alive III - Live version
- The Box Set
- The Very Best of KISS
- The Best of KISS, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection
- KISS Symphony: Alive IV - Live version
[edit] References
| KISS |
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| Gene Simmons – Paul Stanley – Tommy Thayer – Eric Singer |
| 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 |
| Related articles |
| Anton Fig – Bob Kulick – KISS Army – KISS merchandising - KISS timeline – List of KISS concert tours – Wicked Lester |
