| "Kickstart My Heart" | ||||
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| Single by Mötley Crüe | ||||
| from the album Dr. Feelgood | ||||
| B-side | "She Goes Down" | |||
| Released | November 20, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Glam metal, heavy metal | |||
| Length | 4:48 | |||
| Writer(s) | Nikki Sixx | |||
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"Kickstart My Heart" is a Grammy Award-nominated song by the American rock band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. The song has also been used numerous in media, including the trailers for Robert Rodriguez's family comedy Shorts and the Disney/Pixar film Cars. It could also be heard in some TV spots for the action-comedy 30 Minutes or Less starring Jesse Eisenberg. It's even included on the soundtrack for the movie Take Me Home Tonight and the game Scarface: The World Is Yours.
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The song was written by Nikki Sixx about his infamous overdose in which he was declared clinically dead before being revived by two adrenaline shots to the heart. The overdose was back in 1987 when Guns N' Roses and Mötley Crüe toured together. The overdose took place in Guns N' Roses guitarist Slash's hotel room, Slash had nothing to do with Sixx's overdose; in fact, Slash's girlfriend got Sixx the help he needed.[1]
The video clip was shot in the Whisky-A-Go-Go during the Mötley Crüe's warm up show before embarking on the Dr. Feelgood Tour. Sam Kinison is featured at the start of the video in a short cameo as the band's driver. For the Carnival of Sins 2005 tour, "Kickstart My Heart" was used as the band's closing song for the tour because of its fast pace and epic feel. This was again proven when the band used it as an intro for Crüe Fest. The song is again being used as their closer on the 2011 Tour with Poison.
In tribute for their fans, motley made a new video for the song which included multiple clips from their US tour with Poison and New york dolls. The video was shot by Bobby HeWitt. Soon after the band issued the following statement: "We documented the whole tour, top to bottom (the good, the bad and the ugly) and as we were looking through all the amazing footage, we thought how cool it would be to cut together a "best of visual" for the fans who made this tour happen. This one is just for the fans, from us."
Released as the album's second single in 1989, "Kickstart My Heart" reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States.[2] The introduction is a classic example of a Floyd Rose bridge trick, in which Mick Mars drops three consecutive strings resulting in sound similar to a motorcycle shifting gears. The catchy guitar riff that immediately follows bears a striking resemblance to 70's glam rock band Sweet's intro to their 1973 song, "Hell Raiser" (which itself resembles Led Zeppelin's 1969 song "Whole Lotta Love"). The song's ending features a prominent example of talkbox effects.
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