Christine Sixteen
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“Christine Sixteen” | |||||
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Single by Kiss from the album Love Gun |
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Released | 1977 (US) | ||||
Format | 7" | ||||
Recorded | Record Plant Studios, New York City: 1977 |
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Genre | Hard Rock | ||||
Length | 3 min 10 sec | ||||
Label | Casablanca NB-889-AS-RE-1 (US) | ||||
Producer | Eddie Kramer & Kiss | ||||
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"Christine Sixteen" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss. The song originally appeared on their 1977 album Love Gun. Released as a single in the United States in 1977, the single peaked at #25 on the American Billboard Hot 100 charts that year, and would do well in Canada, peaking at #22.
Written and sung by bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, the song is about an older man with a crush on a sixteen-year old girl named Christine. The song's title was originated by bandmate Paul Stanley who was planning to write a song under the title, until Simmons beat him to it.[1] Two different time lengths of the single exist; one at 3:13, and another at 2:52.
The song was covered by the Gin Blossoms on the 1994 Kiss tribute album Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved.
[edit] References
- ^ Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography, Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5
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