Rock and Roll All Nite

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"Rock and Roll All Nite"
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Single by Kiss
from the album Dressed to Kill and Alive!
ReleasedApril 2, 1975 (US),
October 14, 1975 (Live version)
Recorded Electric Lady Studios,
New York City: February 1975 (Studio version),
May 16, 1975 (Live version)
Genre Hard rock [1] [2]
Length2:49 (album version)
3:20 (7" live version)
2:34 (studio 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" / "Hotter Than Hell"
(1974)		"Rock and Roll All Nite" / "Getaway"
(1975)		"C'mon and Love Me" / "Getaway"
(1975)
"C'mon and Love Me" / "Getaway"
(1975)
"Rock and Roll All Nite" (Live) / "Rock and Roll All Nite"
(1975)
"Shout It Out Loud" / "Sweet Pain"
(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)

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

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