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{{Short description|1978 single by Exile}} |
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"'''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. |
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"'''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). |
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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. 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 magazine|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|magazine=]|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> |
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On the '']'' broadcast of May 26, 1979, ] reported that Chapman stated his source of inspiration for "Kiss You All Over" was "]" by ]. |
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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. |
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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 magazine|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|magazine=]|date=February 11, 2010|access-date=October 13, 2016}}</ref> |
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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 ] singles from the albums ''Mixed Emotions'' and ''All There Is'', the band moved into ] in the 1980s. |
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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 ] singles from the albums ''Mixed Emotions'' and ''All There Is'', the band moved into ] in the 1980s. |
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] 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. |
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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. |
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] of '']'' magazine 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> 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= ]| url=| accessdate=}}</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|accessdate=August 16, 2022}}</ref> |
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] 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|work=]|date=November 30, 1996|page=79|accessdate=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= ]| url=| accessdate=}}</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|accessdate=August 16, 2022}}</ref> |
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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 soft rock singles from the albums Mixed Emotions and All There Is, the band moved into country music in the 1980s.
