Kiss of Life (Friendly Fires song)

"Kiss of Life"
Single by Friendly Fires
from the album Friendly Fires
Released August 11, 2009
Recorded 2009
Genre Dance-punk, tribal house, synthpop
Length 4:07
Label XL Recordings
Friendly Fires singles chronology
Skeleton Boy
(2009)
"Kiss of Life"
(2009)
Live Those Days Tonight
(2011)

"Kiss of Life" is a single by Friendly Fires, released on 31 August 2009.[1] The song premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show on 13 July 2009 and is the first single taken from the band's re-released self-titled debut album Friendly Fires. The video premiered on Channel 4 on 23 July 2009 and was shot in Ibiza, directed by Chris Cottam.[2][3] The remix EP was released on 31 August 2009, in The UK and other European countries. The remixes have not been released in any North American countries. On the Deluxe, Re-Release Edition, of the self titled album, Friendly Fires, a live performance was released, along with the music video. The live performance is only available on the CD/DVD release, not on the digital download release. To hype up the release of Kiss of Life, the band, on their website, released a preview of the music video before it aired on TV, plus "behind the scenes" videos of making the single, and the music video.

The song has been used in more movies and TV shows than any other single the band released. Most recently, the song was featured on an episode of Melrose Place on October 20, 2009, in the United States. Kiss of Life has had more exposure to the public, making it one of Friendly Fires more popular releases.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Kiss of Life" (Album Version) - 4:10
  1. "Kiss of Life" (Luke Solomon's Broken Dreams and Tambourines Vocal) - 8:47
  2. "Kiss of Life" (Luke Solomon's Broken Dub) - 6:15
  1. "Kiss of Life" (Luke Solomon's Broken Dreams and Tambourines Vocal) - 8:47
  2. "Kiss of Life" (Luke Solomon's Broken Dub) - 6:15

Music video

Year Title Length Director
2009 "Kiss of Life" 4:08 Chris Cunningham

Charts

Charts (2009) Peak
position
UK Indie (The Official Charts Company)[7] 19
UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)[8] 30

References