Rock and Roll All Nite

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"Rock and Roll All Nite"
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US single of live version recording
Single by Kiss
from the album Dressed to Kill and Alive!
B-side
  • "Getaway" (single version)
  • "Rock and Roll All Nite" (7" live version)
ReleasedApril 2, 1975 (US)
October 14, 1975 (7" live version)
RecordedFebruary 1975
May 16, 1975 (7" live version)
Studio Electric Lady Studios, New York City
Genre Hard rock [1] [2]
Length2:49 (album version)
2:34 (single version)
3:20 (7" live version)
Label Casablanca NB-829 (US)
Songwriter(s) Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons
Producer(s) Neil Bogart & Kiss
Kiss singles chronology
"Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll"
(1974)
"Rock and Roll All Nite"
(1975)
"C'mon and Love Me"
(1975)

"C'mon and Love Me"
(1975)

"Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)"
(1975)

"Shout It Out Loud"
(1976)

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil) [22] Gold30,000
Spain (PROMUSICAE) [23] Gold30,000
United Kingdom (BPI) [24] Silver200,000

Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Poison version

"Rock and Roll All Nite"
Single by Poison
from the album Less than Zero
ReleasedOctober 12, 1987
Recorded1987
Genre Glam metal [25]
Label Enigma/Capitol Records
Songwriter(s) Stanley/Simmons
Producer(s) Rick Rubin
Poison singles chronology
"I Won't Forget You"
(1987)
"Rock and Roll All Nite"
(1987)
"Nothin' but a Good Time"
(1988)
Audio
"Rock and Roll All Nite" by Poison on YouTube

American rock band Poison covered and released "Rock and Roll All Nite" as a single from the soundtrack to the film Less than Zero in 1987. It was released on a Poison album The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock in 2006 and again on the cover album Poison'd in 2007.

At the start of the "Nothin' But a Good Time" music video, Poison's rendition of "Rock and Roll All Nite" is heard on the radio.

Personnel

References

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