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"Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by Kiss, originally released on their 1975 album ''Dressed to Kill''. It was released as the A-side of their fifth single, with the album track "Getaway." The studio version of the song peaked at No. 68 on the ''Billboard'' singles chart, besting the band's previous charting single, "Kissin' Time" (#89). A subsequent live version, released as a single in October 1975, eventually reached No. 12 in early 1976, the first of six Top 20 songs for Kiss in the 1970s.〔("The Complete KISS Singles Chart Action, 1974–" ). The KISSFAQ. Retrieved July 13, 2006.〕 "Rock and Roll All Nite" became Kiss's most identifiable song and has served as the group's closing concert number in almost every concert since 1976.〔Gooch, Curt and Jeff Suhs. ''KISS Alive Forever: The Complete Touring History''. Billboard Books, 2002. ISBN 0-8230-8322-5〕〔Prato, Greg. ("Rock and Roll All Nite" ). Allmusic. Retrieved July 17, 2006.〕 In 2008 it was named the 16th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1.〔(【引用サイトリンク】publisher=SpreadIt )〕 The members of Kiss were under intense pressure to put together their third album, 1975's ''Dressed to Kill''. They were abruptly called off tour to work on a follow-up to 1974's ''Hotter Than Hell'' when the album began to die on the charts, even though they had no new songs ready. The sessions were being produced by the head of their label, Neil Bogart, who was upset that the band had yet to successfully capture the excitement of their live act on record and wanted to correct the problem himself. Rushed to come up with material, the band dipped into their backlog of older songs, as well as writing new ones and then recording them immediately. Bogart suggested that head songwriters Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons come up with an anthem that would serve as a rallying cry for Kiss and their fans, suggesting something akin to Sly & the Family Stone's "I Want to Take You Higher." While writing back at the hotel, Stanley came up with the line "I want to rock and roll all night, and party every day." After showing the new line to Simmons, he added parts from an older song, reportedly titled "Drive Me Wild." When the song was issued as a single a few months later, it did not storm up the charts. With record label Casablanca in deep financial trouble, Kiss was thinking of leaving for another label, but decided to issue a live album, ''Alive!'', later in 1975. The live version of the song was longer than the studio take (including an Ace Frehley guitar solo that was absent from the original), but, as Bogart hoped, it became a number 12 hit, driving straight up the charts the album from which it was taken. ==Recording== "Rock and Roll All Nite" was written by Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons while Kiss was still in Los Angeles, as part of their ''Hotter Than Hell'' tour. However, during the group's concert at Cobo Hall in Detroit on January 26, 1976, Stanley introduced it as a song that was written in and for Detroit. The tour ended early (February 1975), when Casablanca Records founder and president Neil Bogart ordered Kiss to return to the studio to record a follow up to ''Hotter Than Hell'', which had stalled on the charts and failed to meet Casablanca's sales expectations. One of Bogart's instructions to the band was to compose an anthem, something he felt the band needed.〔〔Gill, Julian. ''The KISS Album Focus, Volume 1'' (3rd ed.) Xlibris Corporation, 2005. ISBN 1-4134-8547-2〕 The song itself was inspired by the Slade song "Cum on Feel the Noize". They wrote the pre-chorus, Stanley wrote the chorus, and Simmons wrote the verses, borrowing parts of a song he had previously written, entitled "Drive Me Wild." The song was one of two the group recorded toward the end of the ''Hotter Than Hell'' tour, prior to returning to Electric Lady Studios for the proper ''Dressed to Kill'' recording sessions.〔 For the choruses, the band and Bogart brought in a large group of outside contributors to sing and clap, including members of the Kiss road crew, studio musicians, and Peter Criss's wife Lydia. Some of the road crew used their jacket zippers to create sound.〔〔Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. ''KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography'', Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rock and Roll All Nite」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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