A kiss is the touching of one person's lips to another place, which is used as an expression of affection or to show respect, and as a greeting or a farewell; kissing can be used to express romantic affection or sexual desire. The word comes from Old English cyssan "to kiss," in turn from coss "a kiss." It is generally considered one of the strongest ways to show affection.
"Kiss" is a 1986 song by Prince and the Revolution, from the album Parade. Kiss started as a short acoustic demo, about a minute in length, with one verse and the chorus. Prince gave the song to the funk band Mazarati for their debut album. Mazarati and producer David Z. drastically reworked the song, giving it its unique raw funk and oddly effective stripped-down minimalist sound. When Mazarati delivered the song to Prince, he was amazed at their work and decided to take back the song for himself. He replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and edited the song to its present form.
Mazarati were credited for their backing vocals, which Prince left intact. He added the song at the last minute to Parade. Despite Warner Bros. not wanting to release it as a single, Kiss became Prince's third number-one U.S. hit following 1984's highly successful "When Doves Cry" and "Let's Go Crazy". It was also a big hit across the Atlantic, reaching #6 on the UK Singles Chart. The song won Prince another Grammy Award for Best R&B Vocal Performance by a Duo or Group, and was nominated for Best R&B Song. main.htm" target="_blank">http://www.rockonthenet.com/artists-p/prince_main.htm The song has become a staple at Prince's concerts and is usually sung partially by the audience.
The _12" single of the song is an extension of the album track. The extended section is based on the funky guitar line and contains much fuller instrumentation than the main track, including bass, keys and horns. New lyrics are present from Prince with Wendy and Lisa that ends with a humorous dialogue between a wife and her husband watching Prince on television. The B-side of Kiss was the funky "♥ or $" ("Love or Money"), sung in a processed, higher-pitched vocal, which Prince would later use for his Camille material. The song relates to the theme in Under the Cherry Moon and a bit of the song was heard in the film, as was a bit of the extended version of Kiss. The extended Kiss was included on 2006's Ultimate but "♥ or $" has oddly never been re-released.
Art of Noise performed a cover of the song two years later, in 1988, featuring legendary belter Tom Jones on vocals. The song became the band's biggest hit to that point, peaking at #5 on the UK Singles Chart. The guitar and horns break in the middle of this cover musically references the themes to Dragnet and Peter Gunn (two songs the Art of Noise covered with much commercial success) as well as their own breakthrough hit, "Close (To the Edit)". This cover was later included as part of an episode of the series Listed on Much More Music, which was on the Top 20 cover songs.
"Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine)" is a single by the Vengaboys released in 2000.
The song title and words in the chorus are often misinterpreted as "Kiss Where The Sun Don't Shine" (referring to kissing someone on the buttocks). For instance, music boxes playing the song have been the subjects of jokes on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno on two occasions.
The Kiss (Hubička) is an opera in two acts, with music by Bedřich Smetana and text by Eliška Krásnohorská, based on a novel by Karolina Světlá. It received its first performance in Prague on November 7, 1876.
