Sure Know Something

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“Sure Know Something”
“Sure Know Something” cover
Single by Kiss
from the album Dynasty
Released 1979 (US)
Format 7"
Recorded 1979 at Electric Lady Studios and
Record Plant Studios,
New York City
Genre Hard Rock
Length 3 min 58 sec
Label Casablanca NB-2205 (US)
Producer Vini Poncia
Kiss singles chronology
"I Was Made For Lovin' You" / "Hard Times"
(1979)
"Sure Know Something" / "Dirty Livin'"
(1979)
"Shandi" / "Naked City"
(1980)

"Sure Know Something" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss released on their 1979 album Dynasty. The b-side is "Dirty Livin'", another album track featured on the Dynasty album which was written and sung by drummer Peter Criss.

Written by vocalist/guitarist Paul Stanley and producer Vini Poncia, the song reached #44 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 singles chart in 1979, and in the Top Ten in some countries around the world.[1]

"Sure Know Something" was Kiss's follow-up single to their highly successful single, "I Was Made For Lovin' You" in 1979.
"Sure Know Something" was Kiss's follow-up single to their highly successful single, "I Was Made For Lovin' You" in 1979.

A promotional video, directed by John Goodhue, was filmed for the single and featured the band on a mock-up of what was their Dynasty era stage show.[2]

"Sure Know Something" was performed by the band acoustically during their MTV Unplugged performance in 1996, and with the Melbourne Symphony Ensemble on their live album Kiss Symphony: Alive IV.

[edit] References

  1. ^ International Chart History
  2. ^ KISS video information
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