Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

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“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me”
“Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me” cover
Single by U2
from the album Batman Forever Soundtrack
B-side "Theme from Batman Forever" / "Tell Me Now"
Released June 5/6, 1995
Format 7" vinyl, CD, cassette
Genre Rock
Length 4:47
Label Island / Atlantic
Producer Nellee Hooper, Bono and The Edge
U2 singles chronology
"Stay (Faraway, So Close!)"
(1993)		 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
(1995)		 "Miss Sarajevo"
(1995)
Alternate Cover
Gift bag release cover (U.S.)
Gift bag release cover (U.S.)
The Best of 1990-2000 track listing
"Discothèque"
(12)		 "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
(13)		 "Staring at the Sun"
(14)

"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a 1995 single by U2 from the Batman Forever soundtrack album. It reached #2 on the UK singles chart, #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song, which has glam rock sound to it, was a hit in the U.S., being nominated for an MTV Movie Award.

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[edit] History

It started life as a track during the Zooropa sessions and was played to BP Fallon and he wrote about it in his book "U2 Faraway So Close".[1] The song's title comes from a play on the classic song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me." The song was played on every show of the PopMart Tour as part of the encore, and has not been played live since. The song was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic on his 1996 album Bad Hair Day. The song, titled "Cavity Search," changed the original song's titular lyrics to "Numb me, drill me, floss me, bill me."

[edit] Video

The animated music video to the song (interspersed with clips from the movie) featured the band performing in Gotham City, with Bono battling between two of his alter-egos from the Zoo TV Tour: "The Fly" and "MacPhisto". This was intended to parallel the conflict between Bruce Wayne's ordinary playboy persona and his crime-fighting Batman persona.[citation needed] At one brief point of the video, a neon sign can be seen that reads "Mister Pussey's". An edited version of the video from Universal Music Group uses the words "Mister Swampy's" for the same sign.[2] In another scene, the band is walking down the street while Bono is run over with a car while reading C.S.Lewis's "The Screwtape Letters".

[edit] Track listing

The song featured singles with three different track listings. Note that that the B-sides on the first two singles are non-U2 songs.

[edit] Version 1

  1. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47
  2. "Themes from Batman Forever" by Elliot Goldenthal – 3:39

This was the common track listing for the CD, cassette, and 7" vinyl singles.

[edit] Version 2

  1. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47
  2. "Themes from Batman Forever" by Elliot Goldenthal – 3:39
  3. "Tell Me Now" by Mazzy Star – 4:17

This was the track listing for the CD release in the UK, Germany, and Japan only.

[edit] Version 3

  1. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47

There was a single-track CD distributed in the U.S as part of a Batman Forever gift bag, along with a collectible comic book, trading card, and pogs.

[edit] Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1995 Australian Singles Chart #1
1995 Latvian Airplay Top #1
1995 UK Singles Chart #2
1995 US Billboard Hot 100 #16
1995 US Modern Rock Tracks #1
1995 US Mainstream Rock Tracks #1
1995 US Top 40 Mainstream #23
1995 Canada #11
Preceded by
"Misery" by Soul Asylum		 Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single
June 4, 1995 - July 15, 1995		 Succeeded by
"You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://forum.interference.com/a93038.html
  2. ^ U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: Video
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U2's singles discography
1980s

1980: "Another Day" • "11 O'Clock Tick Tock" • "A Day Without Me" • "I Will Follow" • 1981: "Fire" • "Gloria" • 1982: "A Celebration" • 1983: "New Year's Day" • "Two Hearts Beat as One" • "Sunday Bloody Sunday" • "40" (Germany only) • 1984: "Pride (In the Name of Love)" • 1985: "The Unforgettable Fire" • 1987: "With or Without You" • "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" • "Where the Streets Have No Name" • "In God's Country" (North America only) • 1988: "One Tree Hill" (Australia / New Zealand only) • "Desire" • "Angel of Harlem" • 1989: "When Love Comes to Town" (with B. B. King) • "All I Want Is You"
1990s

1991: "The Fly" • "Mysterious Ways" • 1992: "One" • "Even Better Than the Real Thing" • "Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses" • 1993: "Numb" • "Lemon" • "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" • 1995: "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" • "Miss Sarajevo" (as Passengers) 1997: "Discothèque" • "Staring at the Sun" • "Last Night on Earth" • "Please" • "If God Will Send His Angels" • "Mofo" • 1998: "Sweetest Thing"
2000s

2000: "Beautiful Day" • 2001: "Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get out Of" • "Walk On" • "Elevation" • 2002: "Electrical Storm" • 2004: "Vertigo" • 2005: "All Because of You" • "Sometimes You Can't Make It on Your Own" • "City of Blinding Lights" • "Original of the Species" • "One" (with Mary J. Blige) • 2006: "The Saints Are Coming" (with Green Day) • 2007: "Window in the Skies" • 2008: "The Ballad of Ronnie Drew" (with The Dubliners, Kíla, and A Band of Bowsies)
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