I (Kiss song) explained

I
Cover:	Single hol i1.jpg
Type:	single
Artist:	Kiss
Album:	Music from "The Elder"
B-Side:	The Oath
Released:	November 17, 1981
Recorded:	1981
Genre:	Progressive rock hard rock
Label:	Casablanca
Producer:	Bob Ezrin
Prev Title:	A World Without Heroes
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Killer
Next Title2:	I Love It Loud
Next Year:	1982

"I" is a song by the American rock band Kiss from their 1981 studio album Music from “The Elder”. It was the album's second single.

Background and writing

It is the 11th and last track on the Kiss 1981 studio album Music from “The Elder”.^[1]

The song was written by Bob Ezrin and Gene Simmons and produced by Bob Ezrin.

Personnel

• Paul Stanley – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Gene Simmons – lead vocals, bass guitar
• Ace Frehley - lead guitar, backing vocals
• Eric Carr – percussion, backing vocals
• Bob Ezrin - percussion
• Allan Schwartzberg – drums

Reception

Brett Weiss's Encyclopedia of Kiss characterizes the song as "celebratory, fist-pumping, foot-stomping".

Commercial performance

The song reached No. 62 in Germany and No. 48 in the Netherlands.^[2]

Kiss has a "forgotten" music video of this song on YouTube.^[3]

External links

• Kiss – "I" at Discogs

Notes and References

1. Book: Brett Weiss. Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. 2017-07-24. McFarland. 978-1-4766-2540-9. 83. “I”: The 11th and final track on Music from “The Elder,”“I” is a celebratory, fist-pumping, foot-.
2. Web site: spanishcharts.com - KISS - I . 2017-10-23.
3. Web site: KISS I Official Video, rareza del disco The Elder. Clip nunca lanzado. . Youtube.com.
4. Book: Kent, David . . Australian Chart Book . 1993 . 0-646-11917-6 . St Ives, N.S.W..