Reason to Live
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| "Reason To Live" | ||
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| Single by Kiss | ||
| from the album Crazy Nights | ||
| Released | 1987 (US) | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | One on One Recording Studios, Canoga Park, California: 1987 |
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| Genre | Hard Rock | |
| Length | 3 min 59 sec | |
| Label | Mercury 870 022-7 (US) | |
| Producer(s) | Ron Nevison | |
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| Kiss singles chronology | ||
| "Crazy, Crazy Nights" / "No, No, No" (1987) |
"Reason to Live" / "Thief in the Night" (1987) |
"Turn On The Night" / "Hell or High Water" (1988) |
"Reason to Live" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss featured on their 1987 album, Crazy Nights. Released as a single in 1987, the song would prove to be a minor hit for the band, only making the Top 40 charts in the United Kingdom.[1] The b-side is the album track by Gene Simmons, "Thief in the Night".
Written by singer/guitarist Paul Stanley and professional songwriter Desmond Child, the song is a prototypical power ballad, heavy in keyboards and production. A video was made to help promote the single, featuring clips of the band playing the song, and a woman (who is implied to have been in a relationship with Stanley) in distress and emotionally unstable. This is evident as she throws a wine bottle at a picture of her and Stanley, and sets his car on fire after dousing it with gasoline. The video received aiplay on MTV, and was directed by Marty Callner and produced by Callner, Doug Major, and Bill Brigode.[2]
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| 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 |
