Kick It Out (Heart song)

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"Kick It Out"
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Single by Heart
from the album Little Queen
B-side "Go on Cry"
ReleasedOctober 1977 (US) [1]
Recorded1977
Genre Hard rock
Length2:45
Label Portrait Records
Songwriter(s) Ann Wilson
Producer(s) Mike Flicker
Heart singles chronology
"Little Queen"
(1977)		"Kick It Out"
(1977)		"Heartless"
(1978)

"Kick It Out" is a short, fast-tempo hard rock song recorded by American rock band Heart, written by Ann Wilson. It was released in October 1977 by Portrait Records as the third and final single from the band's second album, Little Queen (1977). When released the song did not perform as well as previous Heart singles, reaching number seventy-nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number sixty-seven on the US Cash Box Top 100.

Contents

Fellow Seattle band Foo Fighters played a version during a 2014 appearance on Late Show with David Letterman , with Ann and Nancy Wilson performing lead vocals and guitar respectively. [2]

Cash Box called it "hard driving rock and roll" and said that it "benefits from thoughtful stylization on the part of each musician, as well as the energetic vocals of sassy Ann Wilson." [3] Record World called it an "out-and-out" and said that "this single performs just as the title promises." [4]

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Little Queen . [5]

Charts

Chart (1977)Peak
position
Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) [6] 67
US Billboard Hot 100 [7] 79
US Cash Box Top 100 [8] 67

References

  1. ↑ "Heart singles".
  2. ↑ "Foo Fighters and Heart's Wilson Sisters 'Kick It Out' on 'Letterman'". Rolling Stone .
  3. ↑ "CashBox Singles Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. November 12, 1977. p. 24. Retrieved 2021-12-26.
  4. ↑ "Single Picks" (PDF). Record World. November 12, 1977. p. 28. Retrieved 2023-02-16.
  5. ↑ Little Queen (liner notes). Heart. Portrait Records. 1977. JR 34799.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ↑ "Results - RPM - Library and Archives Canada". Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2012-06-23.
  7. ↑ "Heart - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  8. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2014). Cash Box Pop Hits 1952-1996 . Sheridan Books, Inc. ISBN   978-0-89820-209-0.
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