Kiss Me Deadly (song)

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"Kiss Me Deadly"
Single by Lita Ford
from the album Lita
B-side "Broken Dreams"
Released1988
Recorded1987
Genre Hair metal [1] [2]
Length4:01
Label RCA
Songwriter(s) Mick Smiley
Producer(s) Mike Chapman
Lita Ford singles chronology
"Gotta Let Go"
(1984)		"Kiss Me Deadly"
(1988)		"Back to the Cave"
(1988)

"Kiss Me Deadly" is a 1988 song by Lita Ford, appearing on the album Lita released in the same year. It is regarded as one of Ford's signature songs, and is the second highest-charting single of her solo career, after "Close My Eyes Forever" from the same album.

Contents

Music video

The song's video was placed on The New York Times' list of the "15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos". [3]

Chart performance

Chart (1988–89)Peak
position
US Billboard Hot 100 [4] 12
US Album Rock Tracks ( Billboard ) [5] 40
Australia (ARIA Charts) [6] 97
Canada (RPM (magazine)) [7] 19
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [8] 21
UK Singles (OCC) [9] 75

References

  1. ↑ Best of 80's Metal, Vol. 2 - Various Artists | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic , retrieved 2021-01-27
  2. ↑ Masley, Ed (July 8, 2014). "Best '80s pop-metal songs, from Def Leppard to Poison". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved March 15, 2021.
  3. ↑ Edwards, Gavin (2020-05-05). "15 Essential Hair-Metal Videos". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2021-03-15.
  4. ↑ "Lita Ford Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  5. ↑ "AllMusic ((( Lita Ford > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles )))". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  6. ↑ "Bubbling Down Under". www.bubblingdownunder.com. June 25, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  7. ↑ "RPM Top 100 Singles - July 2, 1988" (PDF).
  8. ↑ "Lita Ford – Kiss Me Deadly". Top 40 Singles. Retrieved September 17, 2010.
  9. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved April 30, 2016.
  10. ↑ "Kiss Me Deadly - Lita Ford". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved January 7, 2014.
  11. ↑ "MSN". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2025-03-07.
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