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Turn On the Night

"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.[6]

"Turn On the Night"
Single by Kiss
from the album Crazy Nights
B-side"Hell or High Water"
ReleasedFebruary 27, 1988[1]
Recorded1987
GenreGlam metal[2]
Length3:45
LabelMercury (US)
SongwritersPaul Stanley, Diane Warren
ProducerRon Nevison
Kiss singles chronology
"Reason to Live"
(1987)		 "Turn On the Night"
(1988)		 "Let's Put the X in Sex"
(1988)
Music video
"Turn On the Night" on YouTube

Background and writing

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The song was written by Paul Stanley and Diane Warren.[3] 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.[3] As of 2023, Kiss has never performed the song live.[7]

Musical style and lyrical theme

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The Encyclopedia of Kiss describes the song as a "fine, fist-pumping pop rocket", "keyboard-heavy".[6] Paul Stanley, who, in this song, "wants a particular girl more than any other guy", "sounds like the he's having a blast singing," the book adds.[6]

Music video

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

Commercial performance

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"Turn On the Night" didn't chart in the United States, but charted in the UK, where it reached No. 41.[6] Diane Warren was cited to say that the song "should have been a bigger hit than it was".[6]

Charts

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Chart (1988) Peak
position
UK Singles (OCC)[8]41

References

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  1. ↑ "#KISSTORY KISS (@kiss) Twitter". twitter.com. Retrieved 2019-12-12.
  2. ↑ "Kiss Albums Ranked". Loudwire. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
  3. 1 2 3 David Leaf. CAMION BLANC: KISS Au-delà du masque. Camion blanc. pp. 563–. ISBN 978-2-35779-352-1.
  4. ↑ Brett Weiss (2017-07-24). Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. McFarland. ISBN 978-1-4766-2540-9.
  5. ↑ Carl Linnaeus (2014). Kiss - Den osminkade sanningen. Bokfabriken. pp. 211–. ISBN 978-91-87301-89-6.
    David Leaf; Ken Sharp (2008-12-14). KISS: Behind the Mask - Official Authorized Biography. Grand Central Publishing. pp. 257–. ISBN 978-0-446-55350-6.
    Colin Larkin (1993). The Guinness who's who of seventies music. Guinness. ISBN 978-0-85112-727-9.
    Douglas Pratt (January 1992). The Laser Video Disc Companion: A Guide to the High-End Delivery System for Home Video. New York Zoetrope. ISBN 978-0-918432-89-6.
    Colin Larkin (1997). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Seventies Music. Virgin. ISBN 978-0-7535-0154-2. Turn on the Night Kiss Crazy Nights.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Weiss, Brett (11 August 2017). Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. McFarland. p. 194. ISBN 978-1-4766-2540-9.
  7. ↑ Wardlaw, Matt (27 February 2023). "How Kiss' 'Turn on the Night' Became a Forgotten Feel-Good Anthem". Ultimate Classic Rock. Townsquare Media. Archived from the original on 27 February 2023. Retrieved 27 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "Official Singles Chart on 11/9/1988 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
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