Lick It Up (song)

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"Lick It Up" is a glam metal song by the American hard rock band Kiss. It is the title track on their 1983 album of the same name.

Written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and guitarist Vinnie Vincent, the song was released as the first single from the album in 1983.

A video was made to promote the single. It was the first video to feature the band without its famous makeup. The video premeried on MTV on September 18, 1983 in a half-hour special hosted by J. J. Jackson. Despite all the hype and promotion for the single, it stalled at #66 on the American Billboard Hot 100 charts, although it broke into the Top 40 in several other countries.^[1]

"Lick It Up" has been played by the band on most of their tours since its release, and was on the Kiss live albums Alive III and Kiss Symphony: Alive IV. The song also appears on 2001s The Box Set.

The guitar bridge after the second iteration of the chorus was intended to be a full-fledged guitar solo; however, it is said that the solo recorded by Vinnie Vincent was not approved for the song, and he was asked by Gene Simmons to make another solo. Upset, Vincent made a bridge followed by a breakdown instead.

Although Paul Stanley is credited with lead vocals on the song, Gene Simmons performs some clearly audible vocal interjections throughout the song.

[edit] Trivia

• Appears as a track in the Rockstar Games PSP/PS2 game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City Stories.
• Appears as a track in the videogame Tony Hawk's Underground.
• Appears as a track in an episode of The Sopranos.
• Appears on the movie, Rockstar, also on the soundtrack.

[edit] References

1. ^ International Chart History