“ Flaming Youth ” is a Kiss song from their 1976 studio album Destroyer . This is the fifth track on the album [1] .
| Flaming youth | ||||
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| Single Kiss from the album Destroyer | ||||
| Side B | " God of Thunder " | |||
| Released | 1976 (USA) | |||
| Format | 7 " | |||
| Recorded by | 1976, Record Plant Studios (New York) | |||
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| Duration | 2:39 | |||
| Producer | Bob ezrin | |||
| Songwriter | Ace Freilly , Paul Stanley , Gene Simmons , Bob Ezrin | |||
| Label | Casablanca NB-858-A (USA) | |||
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The song also came out as a separate single . The song reached 72 places in the USA (on the Billboard Hot 100 chart ) and 73 places in Canada (on the RPM Top Singles chart).
The songwriters are Gene Simmons , Paul Stanley , Ace Freilly and music producer Bob Ezrin . Ezrin said the arrangement was largely inspired by the Beatles group [1] .
The lead guitarist for this song was Dick Wagner, who also worked with Lou Reed and Aerosmith. [1]
As the KISS Encyclopedia writes,
 | Paul Elliot, author of [book] KISS: Hotter Than Hell , called this [song] “[...] a youthful war cry (call for rallying) in the spirit of“ My Generation [group] Who, ”glowing with“ positive energy ”and“ honoring rock music as a life-affirming force ” [1] . |  |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Brett Weiss. Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects . - McFarland, May 16, 2016 .-- P. 158–. - ISBN 978-1-4766-2540-9 .
Links
- Lyrics for this song on MetroLyrics