Kiss It Better (Deborah Harry song)

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"Kiss It Better"
Single by Deborah Harry
from the album Def, Dumb & Blonde
Released1989
Recorded1989
Genre Pop
Label Sire Records (U.S.)
Songwriter(s) Alannah Currie, Tom Bailey, Deborah Harry
Deborah Harry singles chronology
"I Want That Man"
(1989)
"Kiss It Better"
(1989)
"Brite Side"
(1989)
Audio sample
"Kiss It Better"

"Kiss It Better" is a single from Deborah Harry's third solo album, Def, Dumb & Blonde in 1989. The single peaked at number 12 on the US Modern Rock chart, riding the wave of success built by Harry's previous single, "I Want That Man". Though never released commercially, a promo found its way to many college radio stations, hence the song charting so much lower than the previous one. The single was also not released in the UK. [1] [2]

"Sweet and Low"/"Kiss It Better" was released as a double A-side single in Australia in 1990.

Charts

Chart (1990)Peak
position
US Alternative Airplay ( Billboard ) [3] 12

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References

  1. Home & Studio Recording -1990 Volume 3, Issue 6 p38 "We not only recorded those two , but we wrote a further cut with Debbie called ' Kiss it Better , ' which ended up on her album . And that was good to write with her , in kind of a three - way thing . "
  2. The Trouser Press Record Guide Ira A. Robbins · 1991 - Page 304 ... Their other contribution , “ Kiss It Better , " is patented TT bounce - pop that Harry coos alluringly ."
  3. "Deborah Harry Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved December 22, 2020.