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{{Short description|1978 single by Exile}}
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{{Infobox song {{Infobox song
| name = Kiss You All Over | name = Kiss You All Over
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| type = single | type = single
| artist = ] | artist = ]
| album = Mixed Emotions | album = ]
| B-side = {{ubl|"Don't Do It" (US)|"There's Been a Change" (UK)}} | B-side = {{ubl|"Don't Do It" (US)|"There's Been a Change" (UK)}}
| released = {{Start date|1978}} | released = {{Start date|1978}}
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| studio = | studio =
| venue = | venue =
| genre =
| genre = ],<ref>{{cite news|first= Jesse |last= Sendejas Jr. |title= The '70s' Seven Sexiest Soft-Rock Songs |date= August 7, 2014 |newspaper= ] |url= http://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-70s-seven-sexiest-soft-rock-songs-6499487 |access-date= January 26, 2017}}</ref> ]
* ]<ref>{{cite news|first= Jesse |last= Sendejas Jr. |title= The '70s' Seven Sexiest Soft-Rock Songs |date= August 7, 2014 |newspaper= ] |url= http://www.houstonpress.com/music/the-70s-seven-sexiest-soft-rock-songs-6499487 |access-date= January 26, 2017}}</ref>
| length = 4:57
* ]<ref>{{cite news|first= Troy L. |last= Smith |title= Every No. 1 song of the 1970s ranked from worst to best |website= ] |date= 14 December 2021 |access-date= 30 January 2023|url= https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/12/every-no-1-song-of-the-1970s-ranked-from-worst-to-best.html}}</ref>
| length = 4:57 (album version); <br /> 3:27 (single edit)
| label = Warner/Curb Records (US)<br />] (UK) | label = Warner/Curb Records (US)<br />] (UK)
| writer = {{plainlist}} | writer = {{plainlist}}
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{{endplainlist}} {{endplainlist}}
| producer = Mike Chapman | producer = Mike Chapman
| prev_title = | prev_title = Try It On
| prev_year = | prev_year = 1976
| next_title = | next_title =Never Gonna Stop
| next_year = | next_year = 1978
| misc = {{External music video|header=Audio video|{{YouTube|RXT5OvdtTT0|"Kiss You All Over"}}|type=song}}
}} }}
"'''Kiss You All Over'''" is a 1978 song performed by the group ], written by ] and ]. It was included on the band's album ''Mixed Emotions'', and featured lead vocalist ] and guitarist ] on vocals. "'''Kiss You All Over'''" is a 1978 song performed by American group ], written by ] and ]. It was included on the band's third album, ''Mixed Emotions'' (1978), and featured lead vocalist ] and guitarist ] on vocals. On the '']'' broadcast of May 26, 1979, ] reported that Chapman stated his source of inspiration for "Kiss You All Over" was "]" by ]. The song was a number one single in the United States, but proved to be Exile's only big hit in the pop market (they would later have great success on the ] charts).


It held the number one spot on the ] for four weeks (starting September 30),<ref name=50-sexiest/> and '']'' ranked it as the ]. The track also reached number one in at least three other countries. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on ]'s ], and peaked at number 6 on the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rak279 |title=Exile – Kiss You All Over / There's Been A Change – RAK – UK – RAK 279 |website=45cat.com |access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref> The strings are played with a synthesizer on a backing track. In 2010, ''Billboard'' ranked the song tenth on its list of "The 50 Sexiest Songs of All Time".<ref name=50-sexiest>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/959432/the-50-sexiest-songs-of-all-time|title=The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time|author=M. Tye Comer |author2=Mariel Concepcion |author3=Monica Herrera |author4=Jessica Letkemann |author5=Evie Nagy |author6=David J. Prince |magazine=]|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref>
On the '']'' broadcast of May 26, 1979, ] reported that Chapman stated his source of inspiration for "Kiss You All Over" was "]" by ].


Co-lead vocalist on the number, Stokley was ousted from the band in 1979, his health declining thereafter until he died at the age of 41 in 1985. After the success of "Kiss You All Over", ] singles from the albums ''Mixed Emotions'' and ''All There Is'' charted lower in comparison.
The song was a number one single in the United States, but proved to be Exile's only big hit in the pop market (they would later have great success on the ] charts). It held the number one spot on the ] for four weeks (starting September 30),<ref name=50-sexiest/> and '']'' ranked it as the ]. The track also reached number-one in at least three other nations.


The band moved into ] in the 1980s, after their self-written pop singles, despite failing, became hits for other acts such as Alabama and Huey Lewis and The News. The music change worked for Exile, as they would have over ten No. 1 hits on the U.S. country charts.
In the ], the song was released on ]'s ], and peaked at number 6 on the ].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/rak279 |title=Exile - Kiss You All Over / There's Been A Change - RAK - UK - RAK 279 |website=45cat.com |access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref> The strings are played with a synthesizer in a backing track. In 2010, ''Billboard'' ranked the song ninth on its list of "The 50 Sexiest Songs of All Time".<ref name=50-sexiest>{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/list/959432/the-50-sexiest-songs-of-all-time|title=The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time|authors=M. Tye Comer, Mariel Concepcion, Monica Herrera, Jessica Letkemann, Evie Nagy and David J. Prince|work=]|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref>

Lead vocalist on the number, Stokley was ousted from the band in 1979, his health declining thereafter until he died at the age of 41 in 1985. The band moved into country music following the synth-pop success of "Kiss You All Over" and the 1979 follow-up hit "You Thrill Me" reached #40 (UK No. 67) and "How Could This Go Wrong", #88 on the charts. "Take Me Down" peaked at #3 on the Euro Hit 40 in the mid-1980s.{{citation needed|date=March 2014}}


==Charts== ==Charts==
{{col-start}}
{{col-2}}

===Weekly charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable" {|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1978) !Chart (1978)
!Peak<br>position !Peak<br />position
|- |-
|Australia (])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=106}}</ref> |Australia (])<ref name=aus>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=106}}</ref>
|align="center"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|1
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Austria|9|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Austria|9|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Flanders Tip|7|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Flanders Tip|7|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Canadaadultcontemporary|2|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|chartid=0054|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Canadatopsingles|2|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|chartid=0014a|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Canadatopsingles|2|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|chartid=0014a|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|2|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|chartid=0054|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Single chart|Ireland2|7|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=October 11, 2023}}
|Ireland (])<ref>https://www.ukmix.org/showthread.php?31984-Irish-Singles-Charts-1976-1978/page4</ref>
|align="center"|7
|- |-
{{Single chart|Dutch40|4|year=1978|week=47|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
{{Singlechart|New Zealand|1|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Dutch40|4|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Dutch100|7|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Dutch100|7|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Norway|5|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Norway|5|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
|South Africa (])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rock.co.za/files/sa_charts_1969_1989_songs_(J-L).html|title=SA Charts 1965 – 1989 Songs J–L|website=rock.co.za|access-date=October 11, 2023}}</ref>
{{Singlechart|Sweden|2|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}}
| style="text-align:center;"|1
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Switzerland|3|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|year=1978|week=50|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Sweden|2|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|UK|6|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|date=19780923|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|Switzerland|3|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|year=1978|week=50|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
{{Singlechart|Billboardadultcontemporary|19|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}} {{Single chart|UK|6|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|date=19780923|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|-
{{Single chart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|-
{{Single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|19|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|-
{{Single chart|West Germany|3|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|songid=540|access-date=March 27, 2019}}
|}
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===Year-end charts===
{|class="wikitable sortable"
!Chart (1978)
!Position
|-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/0gmvDHH.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 236 – 1 January 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1978|publisher=]|via=]|access-date=8 January 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|37
|-
|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1978|title=Jaaroverzichten 1978|publisher=Ultratop|language=nl|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|59
|-
|Canada Top Singles (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0070a&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0070a.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0070a|title=Top 200 Singles of '78|magazine=]|via=]|access-date=October 11, 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|58
|-
|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1978|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1978|publisher=Dutch Top 40|language=nl|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|32
|-
|Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1978&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1978|publisher=]|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|71
|-
|New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1978-12-31|title=End of Year Charts 1978|publisher=]|access-date=October 11, 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|7
|-
|South Africa (Springbok Radio)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://rock.co.za/files/sahits_1978.html|title=Top 20 Hit Singles of 1978|website=rock.co.za|access-date=October 11, 2023}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|3
|-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=http://billboardtop100of.com/1978-2/|title=Billboard Top 100 – 1978|website=Billboardtop100of.com|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5
|}
{|class="wikitable"
!Chart (1979)
!Position
|- |-
|Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref name="aus79">{{cite web|url=https://i.imgur.com/VVyraDN.jpg|title=Kent Music Report No 288 – 31 December 1979 > National Top 100 Singles for 1979|publisher=Kent Music Report|via=Imgur|access-date=10 January 2023}}</ref>
{{Singlechart|Billboardhot100|1|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=27 March 2019}}
| style="text-align:center;"|39
|- |-
|West Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1979|title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1979|publisher=]|language=de|access-date=February 24, 2022}}</ref>
{{Singlechart|West Germany|3|artist=Exile|song=Kiss You All Over|songid=540|accessdate=27 March 2019}}
| style="text-align:center;"|37
|} |}


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{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|- |-
! Chart (1958-2018) !Chart (1958–2018)
! Position !Position
|- |-
|US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|work=Billboard|access-date=10 December 2018}}</ref> |US ''Billboard'' Hot 100<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100-60th-anniversary|title=Billboard Hot 100 60th Anniversary Interactive Chart|magazine=Billboard|access-date=December 10, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|163 | style="text-align:center;"|163
|}
{{col-end}}

=== Certifications ===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|title=Kiss You All Over|artist=Exile|type=single|award=Silver|relyear=1978|certyear=1978|access-date=July 30, 2024|id=3681-95-1}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|title=Kiss You All Over|artist=Exile|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1978|certyear=2024|access-date=July 30, 2024}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|streaming=true}}

==Broadway version==
{{Infobox song
| name = Kiss You All Over
| cover = <!--just the file name-->
| alt =
| artist = ]
| album = Magic Man
| B-side = Love Bandit
| released = <!--{{Start date|YYYY|MM|DD}}-->
| recorded =
| studio =
| genre = <!--do not add unsourced genres-->
| length = 3:48
| label = ] HT 7802
| writer = ], ]
| producer = ]
| prev_title = <!--for a singles chronology-->
| prev_year =
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}

Disco band ] recorded their version. The single backed with "Love Bandit" was released on ] 7802, and distributed by ].<ref>''Billboard'', December 2, 1978 – </ref> It was also issued in a 12" format.<ref>21st Century Music – </ref> Music magazine called it ''"The inevitable disco version"''.<ref>''Record World'', December 9, 1979 – </ref>

It had a three-week run with the song on the ''Billboard'' Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at No. 92 on December 16, 1978.<ref>''Billboard'', December 16, 1978 – </ref><ref>''Billboard'', December 23, 1978 – </ref>

===Charts===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Chart (1978)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
| US Hot Soul Singles (''Billboard'')<ref>''Billboard'', December 16, 1978 – </ref><ref>''Billboard'', December 23, 1978 – </ref>
| align="center"|92
|} |}


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| artist = ] | artist = ]
| album = | album =
| released = 22 August 1997 | released = {{start date|1997}}
| recorded = | recorded =
| studio = | studio =
| venue = | venue =
| genre = ] | genre = ]
| length = | length = 4:36
| label = MCI, ], ]
| label =
| writer = ], ] | writer = ], ]
| producer = ], Darrin "Spike" Friedman | producer = ], Darrin "Spike" Friedman
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| next_title = Hello How Are You | next_title = Hello How Are You
| next_year = 1998 | next_year = 1998
| misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|TmQEVt3HcXg|"Kiss You All Over"}}}} | misc = {{External music video|{{YouTube|OpaCXtahXxk|"Kiss You All Over"}}}}
}} }}


] trio ]'s 1997 remixed version by ] and Darrin "Spike" Friedman reached number-one on the ''Billboard'' ] chart.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974-2003|last=Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=191}}</ref> It also reached number 16 on the ] and number 47 in Australia. German ] trio ]'s 1997 remixed version by ] and Darrin "Spike" Friedman reached number-one on the '']'' ] chart.<ref name="Whitburn">{{cite book |title= Hot Dance/Disco: 1974–2003| last= Whitburn |first=Joel |author-link=Joel Whitburn |year=2004 |publisher=Record Research |page=191}}</ref> It also reached number 16 on the ] and number 47 in Australia.


===Critical reception=== ===Critical reception===
] from '']'' wrote that "there's no denying that No Mercy's eponymous album is several notches above standard dance/pop fare-as evidenced by this ]-spiced rendition of ]'s '70s-era hit." He noted that "the song's hook thrives within FMP's arrangement of swirling ] beats and ]." He also added "factor in the act's sweet harmonies".<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-10-11.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=]|date=October 11, 1997|access-date=February 6, 2020|page=84}}</ref> Diana Valois from '']'' picked "Kiss You All Over" as the "second best cut" of the album, describing it as "a full-blown flamenco exotica cover".<ref>Valois, Diana (February 1, 1997). "Disc Reviews". p. A34. '']''.</ref> '']'' commented that "this highly successful trio has given this song a poppy-flamenco treatment that is likely to mean it will chart all over the place once again, something that proves that good songs last a long while."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-09-20.pdf|title=Airborne|magazine=]|page=17|access-date=December 23, 2019}}</ref> ] from '']'' wrote that "there's no denying that No Mercy's eponymous album is several notches above standard ] fare—as evidenced by this ]-spiced rendition of ]'s '70s-era hit." He noted that "the song's hook thrives within FMP's arrangement of swirling ] beats and ]." He also added "factor in the act's sweet harmonies".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Larry|last=Flick|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1997/Billboard-1997-10-11.pdf|title=Single Reviews|magazine=]| date= October 11, 1997|access-date=February 6, 2020|page=84|author-link=Larry Flick}}</ref> The magazine's Paul Verna viewed it as an "giddy rendition".<ref>{{cite magazine|first=Paul|last=Verna|title=Reviews & Previews: Albums|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1996/BB-1996-11-30.pdf|magazine=]|date=November 30, 1996|page=79|access-date=December 7, 2022}}</ref> Diana Valois from '']'' picked "Kiss You All Over" as the "second best cut" of the album, describing it as "a full-blown flamenco exotica cover".<ref>{{cite news| last= Valois | first= Diana | date= February 1, 1997 | title= Disc Reviews | page= A34| work= ]}}</ref> Pan-European magazine '']'' constated that "this highly successful trio has given this song a poppy-flamenco treatment that is likely to mean it will chart all over the place once again, something that proves that good songs last a long while."<ref>{{cite magazine|url= https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-09-20.pdf|title=Airborne|magazine=]|date=September 20, 1997|page=17|via= worldradiohistory.com|access-date= December 23, 2019}}</ref> A reviewer from '']'' rated the song four out of five, concluding, "A third huge hit for the boys."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-08-09.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=]|date=August 9, 1997|page=12|access-date=August 16, 2022}}</ref>

===Tracklisting===
* '''CD single'''
# "Kiss You All Over" (Radio Edit) – 4:31
# "Kiss You All Over" (Club Mix) – 5:53
# "Bonita" (Radio Edit) – 3:54
# "Bonita" (Club Mix) – 7:08


===Charts=== ===Charts===
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{{singlechart|Australia|47|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}} {{single chart|Australia|47|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}}
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{{singlechart|Austria|13|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}} {{single chart|Austria|13|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}}
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{{singlechart|Flanders|43|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over}} {{single chart|Flanders|43|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over}}
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|Europe (])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-09-13.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=Music & Media|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref> |Europe (])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-09-13.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=]|date=September 13, 1997|access-date=January 13, 2020}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|20 | style="text-align:center;"|20
|- |-
{{singlechart|Germany|40|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over|songid=109931|accessdate=March 27, 2019}} {{single chart|Germany|40|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over|songid=109931|accessdate=March 27, 2019}}
|- |-
|Hungary (])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-11-01.pdf|title=Top 10 Hungary|magazine=]|access-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref> |Hungary (])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-11-01.pdf|title=Top National Sellers|magazine=]|date=November 1, 1997|access-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;"|5 | style="text-align:center;"|5
|- |-
{{singlechart|Dutch100|30|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}} {{single chart|Dutch40|18|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over}}
|- |-
{{singlechart|New Zealand|44|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}} {{single chart|Dutch100|30|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}}
|- |-
{{single chart|New Zealand|44|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}}
{{singlechart|Scotland|10|date=1997-08-31}}
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{{single chart|Scotland|10|date=19970831}}
{{singlechart|Swiss|33|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}}
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{{single chart|Switzerland|33|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over / Bonita (Remix)}}
{{singlechart|UK|16|date=1997-08-31}}
|- |-
{{single chart|UK|16|date=19970831}}
{{Singlechart|Billboardhot100|80|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=5 February 2020}}
|- |-
{{Single chart|Billboardhot100|80|artist=No Mercy|song=Kiss You All Over|accessdate=5 February 2020}}
|US ''Billboard'' ]<ref name="Whitburn"/>
|-
|US ] ('']'')<ref name="Whitburn"/>
| style="text-align:center;"|1 | style="text-align:center;"|1
|}

===Release history===
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!scope="col"|Date
!scope="col"|Format(s)
!scope="col"|Label(s)
!scope="col"|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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!scope="row"|Germany
|{{start date|1997}}
|rowspan="2"|CD
|{{hlist|MCI|]}}
|
|-
!scope="row"|United Kingdom
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==Other versions==
* 1978: A version by ] and Terri Melton made number 87 on the ] charts.
* 1978: A disco version was covered by Broadway.
* 1978: An Italian version was recorded by Genoa-based band ], with the title "Sto volando con te" ("I'm Flying with You"), Italian lyrics by Massimo Gori (], PB 6250); it was included on the 2004 compilation ''L'amore... cos'è?'' ("''Love ... What Is It?''") (], BAN19-2).
* 1979: Along with the track "So Strange", ] covered this song and had a minor disco hit, peaking at number 75.
* 1979: ] covered this song for her album ''A Moment's Pleasure'' and it was released as a single in Europe.
* 1982: A ] version by ], produced by reggae producer Winston Curtis was recorded in London.
* 1990: ] recorded a version on his only album ''Life Goes On'', which was named for the ], in which he starred.
* 1992: Swedish pop duo ] recorded a version on their album ''No Sugar Added''.
* 1993: ] released a version on her Asia-only album ''Dreams Never Die''. The album (and song) were re-released in the U.S. in 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Kiss-You-All-Over/dp/B000ZK8WYG |title=Kiss You All Over: Tiffany: MP3 Downloads |website=Amazon.com |access-date=2016-07-17}}</ref>
* 2003: ] covered the song on her last ever studio album, '']''. Her version was later remixed by ] for the 2009 remix album '']''.
* 2013: On the album '']'', ] recorded a cover version with Exile (] and ]).
* 2016: A cover of the song appears on the ] album '']''.

==Appearances in other media==
The song was featured in the films '']'', '']'', '']'', '']'', and '']''. It was also used in 2007 on ]'s '']'' during a montage of Stanley Cup celebrations at the conclusion of the final game of the ]. The song closes out the finale of the first season of the Amazon Series '']''. The Exile version of the song also closes episode seven of the Netflix series '']'' and also closes the final season of the Bravo series ].


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1978 single by Exile

"Kiss You All Over"
Single by Exile
from the album Mixed Emotions
B-side
  • "Don't Do It" (US)
  • "There's Been a Change" (UK)
Released1978 (1978)
Genre
Length4:57 (album version);
3:27 (single edit)
LabelWarner/Curb Records (US)
RAK Records (UK)
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Mike Chapman
Exile singles chronology
"Try It On"
(1976) 		"Kiss You All Over"
(1978) 		"Never Gonna Stop"
(1978)
Audio video
"Kiss You All Over" on YouTube

"Kiss You All Over" is a 1978 song performed by American group Exile, written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. It was included on the band's third album, Mixed Emotions (1978), and featured lead vocalist Jimmy Stokley and guitarist J.P. Pennington on vocals. On the American Top 40 broadcast of May 26, 1979, Casey Kasem reported that Chapman stated his source of inspiration for "Kiss You All Over" was "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next to Me" by Barry White. The song was a number one single in the United States, but proved to be Exile's only big hit in the pop market (they would later have great success on the country music charts).

It held the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks (starting September 30), and Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1978. The track also reached number one in at least three other countries. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on Mickie Most's RAK Records, and peaked at number 6 on the UK singles chart. The strings are played with a synthesizer on a backing track. In 2010, Billboard ranked the song tenth on its list of "The 50 Sexiest Songs of All Time".

Co-lead vocalist on the number, Stokley was ousted from the band in 1979, his health declining thereafter until he died at the age of 41 in 1985. After the success of "Kiss You All Over", soft rock singles from the albums Mixed Emotions and All There Is charted lower in comparison.

The band moved into country music in the 1980s, after their self-written pop singles, despite failing, became hits for other acts such as Alabama and Huey Lewis and The News. The music change worked for Exile, as they would have over ten No. 1 hits on the U.S. country charts.

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 1
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 9
Belgium (Ultratip Bubbling Under Flanders) 7
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 2
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) 2
Ireland (IRMA) 7
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 4
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 7
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 1
Norway (VG-lista) 5
South Africa (Springbok Radio) 1
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan) 2
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 3
UK Singles (OCC) 6
US Billboard Hot 100 1
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard) 19
West Germany (GfK) 3

Year-end charts

Chart (1978) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 37
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 59
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 58
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 32
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 71
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 7
South Africa (Springbok Radio) 3
US Billboard Hot 100 5
Chart (1979) Position
Australia (Kent Music Report) 39
West Germany (Official German Charts) 37

All-time charts

Chart (1958–2018) Position
US Billboard Hot 100 163

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) Silver 250,000
United States (RIAA) Platinum 1,000,000

Shipments figures based on certification alone.
Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Broadway version

"Kiss You All Over"
Song by Broadway
from the album Magic Man
B-side"Love Bandit"
Length3:48
LabelHilltak HT 7802
Songwriter(s)Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
Producer(s)Willie Henderson

Disco band Broadway recorded their version. The single backed with "Love Bandit" was released on Hilltak 7802, and distributed by Atlantic Records. It was also issued in a 12" format. Music magazine called it "The inevitable disco version".

It had a three-week run with the song on the Billboard Hot Soul Singles chart, peaking at No. 92 on December 16, 1978.

Charts

Chart (1978) Peak
position
US Hot Soul Singles (Billboard) 92

No Mercy version

"Kiss You All Over"
Single by No Mercy
Released1997 (1997)
GenreEuropop
Length4:36
LabelMCI, BMG, Arista
Songwriter(s)Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn
Producer(s)Johnny Vicious, Darrin "Spike" Friedman
No Mercy singles chronology
"Please Don't Go"
(1997) 		"Kiss You All Over"
(1997) 		"Hello How Are You"
(1998)
Music video
"Kiss You All Over" on YouTube

German Eurodance trio No Mercy's 1997 remixed version by Johnny Vicious and Darrin "Spike" Friedman reached number-one on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It also reached number 16 on the UK Singles Chart and number 47 in Australia.

Critical reception

Larry Flick from Billboard wrote that "there's no denying that No Mercy's eponymous album is several notches above standard dance/pop fare—as evidenced by this Latin-spiced rendition of Exile's '70s-era hit." He noted that "the song's hook thrives within FMP's arrangement of swirling house beats and flamenco guitars." He also added "factor in the act's sweet harmonies". The magazine's Paul Verna viewed it as an "giddy rendition". Diana Valois from The Morning Call picked "Kiss You All Over" as the "second best cut" of the album, describing it as "a full-blown flamenco exotica cover". Pan-European magazine Music & Media constated that "this highly successful trio has given this song a poppy-flamenco treatment that is likely to mean it will chart all over the place once again, something that proves that good songs last a long while." A reviewer from Music Week rated the song four out of five, concluding, "A third huge hit for the boys."

Tracklisting

  • CD single
  1. "Kiss You All Over" (Radio Edit) – 4:31
  2. "Kiss You All Over" (Club Mix) – 5:53
  3. "Bonita" (Radio Edit) – 3:54
  4. "Bonita" (Club Mix) – 7:08

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
Australia (ARIA) 47
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) 13
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) 43
Europe (Eurochart Hot 100) 20
Germany (GfK) 40
Hungary (Mahasz) 5
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) 18
Netherlands (Single Top 100) 30
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) 44
Scotland (OCC) 10
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) 33
UK Singles (OCC) 16
US Billboard Hot 100 80
US Hot Dance Club Play (Billboard) 1

Release history

Region Date Format(s) Label(s) Ref.
Germany 1997 (1997) CD
United Kingdom August 25, 1997 (1997-08-25)
United States October 7, 1997 (1997-10-07) Arista

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