Jungle (Kiss song) explained

Jungle
Type:single
Artist:Kiss
A-Side:"Jungle" (radio edit)
B-Side:"Jungle" (LP version)
Released:1997
Genre:Grunge, hard rock, heavy metal
Length:6:49 (album version)
4:53 (single version)
Label:Mercury
Prev Title:Rock and Roll All Nite (Unplugged)
Prev Year:1996
Next Title:Psycho Circus
Next Year:1998

"Jungle" is a song by the American rock band Kiss from their 1997 studio album .[1] It was also released as the album's promotional single and was later included on the 2014 compilation album Kiss 40, which featured a track from every Kiss album.

Although Kiss never performed the track live, it would be performed in later years by Bruce Kulick and Eric Singer as part of Eric Singer Project and was included on the ESP Live at the Marquee DVD.

Background and composition

"Jungle" is the sixth track on the band's 1997 studio album . It was written by Paul Stanley together with Bruce Kulick and Curtis Cuomo.

With a running time of 6:49, "Jungle" is the longest song that Kiss has ever recorded on a studio album.

Brett Weiss' Encyclopedia of KISS says that the song has a "semi-funky grunge-lite riff" that "recalls Collective Soul's U.S. hit "Shine".

Commercial performance

The song was a minor United States hit for the band, reaching number 8 on the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart despite a lack of promotion.

Awards

"Jungle" won the 1997 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Song of the Year.[2]

|-| 1997| "Jungle"| Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Song of the Year| |-

Personnel

External links

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. 90–.
  2. Book: Brett Weiss. Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. 2017-07-24. McFarland. 978-1-4766-2540-9. 30–.