Kisses for Breakfast (song)

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"Kisses for Breakfast"
Melissa Steel Kisses for Breakfast.jpg
Single by Melissa Steel featuring Popcaan
Released27 July 2014 (2014-07-27)
Genre
Length3:31
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s) Wundah
Melissa Steel singles chronology
"Way We Are"
(2014)
"Kisses for Breakfast"
(2014)
"Drunk and Incapable"
(2014)

"Kisses for Breakfast" is a song by British singer Melissa Steel featuring Jamaican dancehall artist Popcaan. [1] It was released as Steel's first solo single as a digital download on 27 July 2014. The song entered and peaked at number ten on the UK Singles Chart. [2]

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Music video

A music video was created for the song. It was shot on Hellshire Beach in Portmore, St. Catherine. [3] Talking about the video, Steel said that that was because the song had "a summer, island feel to it". [4] 4Music commented that the song was a "wish-you-were-here" video. [5]

Critical reception

4Music called the song's vibes "tropical" [1] and a "breakfast treat". [5] Singersroom.com called the song "a summer banger", "undeniable [sic] catchy and flows like a summer breeze". [4] Maximum Pop! compared the track's "sugary melodies and sexy innocence" to early Rihanna. [6]

Track listing

Digital download – single
No.TitleLength
1."Kisses for Breakfast"3:31
Digital download – EP
No.TitleLength
1."Kisses for Breakfast" (Ill Blu Remix)5:01
2."Kisses for Breakfast" (DC Breaks Remix)4:08
3."Kisses for Breakfast" (Instrumental Edit)3:31

Charts

Chart (2014)Peak
position
Scotland (OCC) [7] 15
UK Singles (OCC) [8] 10
UK R&B (OCC) [9] 1

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI) [10] Silver200,000Double-dagger-14-plain.png

Double-dagger-14-plain.png Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabel
United Kingdom 27 July 2014 [11] Digital download Renowned, Full & Bless, Atlantic, Warner

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