Turn On the Night explained

Turn On the Night
Type:single
Artist:Kiss
Album:Crazy Nights
B-Side:"Hell or High Water"
Released:February 27, 1988 [1]
Recorded:1987
Genre:Glam metal[2]
Length:3:45
Label:Mercury (US)
Producer:Ron Nevison
Prev Title:Reason to Live
Prev Year:1987
Next Title:Let's Put the X in Sex
Next Year:1988

"Turn On the Night" is a song by the American rock band Kiss from their 1987 studio album Crazy Nights.[3] [4] [5] It was the album's third and final single.

Background and writing

The song was written by Paul Stanley and Diane Warren. As she says, she hadn't written many hits at that time, but Paul Stanley believed in her. Stanley in his turn says that it was Warren who came up with the title for the song and that she played the key role in its writing.

Music video

The music video was directed by Marty Callner. It was shot in Worcester, Massachusetts on January 27, 1988.

Commercial performance

"Turn On the Night" charted only in the UK, where it reached #41.

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site:
    1. KISSTORY KISS (@kiss) Twitter
    . twitter.com. en. 2019-12-12.
  2. Web site: Kiss Albums Ranked. 2023-07-20. Loudwire. en.
  3. Book: David Leaf. CAMION BLANC: KISS Au-delà du masque. Camion blanc. 978-2-35779-352-1. 563–.
  4. Book: Brett Weiss. Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. 2017-07-24. McFarland. 978-1-4766-2540-9.
  5. Book: Carl Linnaeus. Kiss - Den osminkade sanningen. 2014. Bokfabriken. 978-91-87301-89-6. 211–.
    Book: David Leaf. Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask - Official Authorized Biography. 2008-12-14. Grand Central Publishing. 978-0-446-55350-6. 257–.
    Book: Colin Larkin. The Guinness who's who of seventies music. 1993. Guinness. 978-0-85112-727-9.
    Book: Douglas Pratt. The Laser Video Disc Companion: A Guide to the High-End Delivery System for Home Video. January 1992. New York Zoetrope. 978-0-918432-89-6.
    Book: Colin Larkin. The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music. registration. Turn on the Night Kiss Crazy Nights.. 1997. Virgin. 978-0-7535-0154-2.