Kiss Kiss Kiss (Yoko Ono song)

"Kiss Kiss Kiss" is a song by Japanese-American singer Yoko Ono. It was originally released on Double Fantasy, her joint album with John Lennon, as well as on the B-side of his "(Just Like) Starting Over" single. The disco and new wave-influenced song features Ono gasping heavily and appearing to reach orgasm.

In Lennon and Ono's joint 1980 interview with Playboy, Ono said:

John is saying in his song [Starting Over], OK, we had the energy in the Sixties, in the Seventies we separated, but let's start over in the Eighties. He's reaching out to me, the woman. Reaching out after all that's happened, over the battlefield of dead families, is more difficult this time around. On the other side of the record is my song, "Kiss Kiss Kiss," which is the other side of the same question. There is the sound of a woman coming to a climax on it, and she is crying out to be held, to be touched. It will be controversial, because people still feel it's less natural to hear the sounds of a woman's lovemaking than, say, the sound of a Concorde, killing the atmosphere and polluting nature. Altogether, both sides are a prayer to change the Eighties.^[1]

In 2002, following the success of "Open Your Box", the track was remixed by Superchumbo^[2] and released as a single. It reached #20 on the US dance charts.

In 2005, Detroit group The Dirtbombs included their cover of "Kiss, Kiss, Kiss" on their album If You Don't Already Have a Look. Most recently, the track was remixed by Peaches for the Yes, I'm a Witch album.^[3]

Track listing

"Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Superchumbo Club Mix)
"Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Superchumbo Twisted Dub)
"Kiss Kiss Kiss" (Superchumbo Radio Version)This version is featured on the remix album Open Your Box

References

Yoko Ono singles discography

1960s

1969	"Remember Love" (b-side to "Give Peace a Chance") "Don't Worry Kyoko (Mummy's Only Looking for a Hand in the Snow)" (b-side to "Cold Turkey")

1970s

1970	"Who Has Seen the Wind?" (b-side to "Instant Karma!") "Why" (b-side to "Mother")

1971	"Greenfield Morning" / "Open Your Box" "Do the Oz" (with John Lennon, b-side to "God Save Us") "Touch Me" (b-side to "Power to the People") "Mrs. Lennon" / "Midsummer New York" "Listen, the Snow is Falling" (b-side to "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)")

1972	"Sisters, O Sisters" (b-side to "Woman Is the Nigger of the World") "Mind Train" / "Listen, the Snow Is Falling" "Now or Never" / "Move on Fast"

1973	"Death of Samantha" / "Yang Yang" "Josejoi Banzai (Part 1)" / "Josejoi Banzai (Part 2)" (Japan only) "Woman Power" / "Men, Men, Men" "Run, Run, Run" / "Men, Men, Men"

1974	"Yume O Motou (Let's Have a Dream)" / "It Happened" (Japan only)

1980s

1980	"Kiss Kiss Kiss" (b-side to "(Just Like) Starting Over")

1981	"Walking on Thin Ice" / "It Happened" "Beautiful Boys" (b-side to "Woman") "Yes, I'm Your Angel" (b-side to "Watching the Wheels") "No, No, No" / "Will You Touch Me" "Goodbye Sadness" / "I Don't Know Why"

1982	"My Man" / "Let the Tears Dry"

1983	"Never Say Goodbye" / "Loneliness"

1984	"O'Sanity" (b-side to "Nobody Told Me") "Sleepless Night" (b-side to "I'm Stepping Out") "Your Hands" (b-side to "Borrowed Time")

1985	"Hell in Paradise" "Cape Clear" / "Walking on Thin Ice"

2000s

2001	"Open Your Box (Remixes)"

2002	"Kiss Kiss Kiss (Remixes)" "Yang Yang (Remixes)"

2003	"Walking on Thin Ice (Remixes)" "Will I" / "Fly"

2004	"Hell in Paradise (Remixes)" "Everyman... Everywoman... (Remixes)"

2007	"You're the One (Remixes)" "No, No, No (Remixes)"

2008	"Give Peace a Chance (Remixes)"

2009	"I'm Not Getting Enough (Remixes)"

2010s

2010	"Give Me Something (Remixes)" "Wouldnit (I'm a Star) (Remixes)"

2011	"Move on Fast (Remixes)" "Talking to the Universe (Remixes)"

2012	"She Gets Down on Her Knees (Remixes)" "Early in the Morning" "I'm Moving On (Remixes)"

2013	"Hold Me" "Walking on Thin Ice (Remixes)"