| Detroit Rock City | |
| Cover: | Detroit Rock City.jpg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Kiss |
| Album: | Destroyer |
| A-Side: | Beth |
| Released: | [1] |
| Recorded: | 1976 |
| Studio: | Record Plant, New York City |
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| Length: |
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| Label: | Casablanca |
| Producer: | Bob Ezrin |
| Prev Title: | Flaming Youth |
| Prev Title2: | God of Thunder |
| Prev Year: | 1976 |
| Title2: | Beth |
| Next Title: | Beth |
| Next Title2: | Detroit Rock City |
| Next Year: | 1976 |
"Detroit Rock City" is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss, released on their 1976 album Destroyer. The song was written by Paul Stanley and producer Bob Ezrin.
"Detroit Rock City" began with a guitar part by Paul Stanley, who explained: "I had the basic riff of the song, the 'get up, get down' part, but I didn't know what the song was about except it was about Detroit."[4]
Stanley explained the song's origin further in 2023:
Bassist Gene Simmons played an R&B-influenced bassline, which he considered a departure from his usual style.[5]
In 2014, Paste ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Kiss songs,[6] and in 2019, Louder Sound ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Kiss songs.[7]