Creatures of the Night (song)

"Creatures of the Night" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, released as the first single from their 1982 album of the same name. It was only released in the UK, where it reached #34. The song was written by Paul Stanley and Adam Mitchell in Mitchell's kitchen.^[1] It is not clear who plays what on the track but it is assumed that bass was not played by Gene Simmons, but Mike Porcaro who would later play with American rock band Toto. Lead guitar unsurprisingly was not played by Ace Frehley as he was not musically involved with the album and it was not played by Vinnie Vincent either; it was played by Steve Farris, who would go on to be the lead guitarist of the 1980s pop rock group Mr. Mister. Adam Mitchell also played in the final version of the song, replacing Stanley on rhythm guitar in the middle and end of the song.^[2]

Live performances

"Creatures of the Night" was performed during the Creatures of the Night Tour and Lick It Up Tour as an opening song and moved to the middle of the set on the Animalize Tour before being dropped from the set-list on the upcoming three tours and then again included in the set-list for the Revenge Tour and Kiss My Ass Tour, as an opening track, again.

Appearances

"Creatures of the Night" has appeared on following Kiss albums:

Creatures of the Night - original studio version
Alive III - live version
Chikara - remixed version
The Box Set - studio version
The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection - studio version
Kiss Rocks Vegas - live

"Creatures of the Night" cover:

Iced Earth covered "Creatures of the Night" for their cover album Tribute to the Gods.
Kefren's version is featured on their 1997 self-titled album.^[3]
Depravity was the first band to cover "Creatures of the Night", in 1991 on a six track demo tape "Galvanizer".^[3]
Saxorior covered "Creatures of the Night" for their 2008 album Völkerschlacht.^[3]

Personnel

Paul Stanley - lead vocals
Gene Simmons - backing vocals
Eric Carr - drums, backing vocals
Mike Porcaro - bass guitar
Steve Farris - lead guitar
Adam Mitchell - rhythm guitar
Bob Kuliсk - assorted blending guitars

Charts

Peak positions

Chart (1983)	Peak position
UK Singles Chart	34

References

↑ "Songwriting credits". Retrieved January 8, 2011.
↑ "Who probably play what on Creatures of the Night song". Retrieved January 8, 2011.
1 2 3 "Kiss related recordings;Creatures of the Night covers". Retrieved March 23, 2011.

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Studio albums

'78 solo albums

Live albums

Alive!
Alive II
Alive III
Kiss Unplugged
You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!
Kiss Symphony: Alive IV
Kiss Instant Live
Alive! The Millennium Concert
Kiss Alive 35
Kiss Sonic Boom Over Europe
Kiss Rocks Vegas

Compilations

Box sets

Video albums

Tribute albums

Concert tours

Films

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Kiss singles discography
1970s	"Nothin' to Lose" "Kissin' Time" "Strutter" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Rock and Roll All Nite" "C'mon and Love Me" "Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)" "Shout It Out Loud" "Flaming Youth" "Detroit Rock City" "Beth" "Hard Luck Woman" "Calling Dr. Love" "Christine Sixteen" "Love Gun" "Shout It Out Loud (Live)" "Rocket Ride" "Strutter '78" "Radioactive" (Gene Simmons solo album) "New York Groove" (Ace Frehley solo album) "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" (Paul Stanley solo album) "Don't You Let Me Down" "You Matter to Me" (Peter Criss solo album) "I Was Made for Lovin' You" "Sure Know Something"
1980s	"Shandi" "Talk to Me" "Tomorrow" "A World Without Heroes" "I" "I Love It Loud" "Killer" "Creatures of the Night" "Lick It Up" "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" "Heaven's on Fire" "Thrills in the Night" "Tears Are Falling" "Crazy Crazy Nights" "Reason to Live" "Turn on the Night" "Let's Put the 'X' in Sex" "(You Make Me) Rock Hard" "Hide Your Heart"
1990s	"Forever" "Rise to It" "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" "Unholy" "Domino" "I Just Wanna" "Every Time I Look at You" "I Love It Loud (Live)" "Rock and Roll All Nite (Unplugged)" "Jungle" "Psycho Circus" "We Are One" "I Finally Found My Way" "You Wanted the Best"
2000s	"Modern Day Delilah" "Say Yeah"
2010s	"Never Enough" "Hell or Hallelujah" "Long Way Down" "Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mi na"
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