Art of Noise Feat. Tom Jones Version
| "Kiss" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Art of Noise featuring Tom Jones | ||||
| from the album The Best of The Art of Noise | ||||
| B-side | "E.F.L." | |||
| Released | October 28, 1988 | |||
| Format | 7" vinyl, 12" vinyl | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Synthpop, Funk | |||
| Length | 3:30 | |||
| Label | Polydor | |||
| Writer(s) | Prince | |||
| Producer | Anne Dudley, J. J. Jeczalik | |||
| Art of Noise singles chronology | ||||
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In 1988, English synthpop group Art of Noise released a cover of the song, featuring Tom Jones on vocals. The song became the band's biggest hit to that point, reaching number eighteen on the U.S. dance charts and number five on the UK Singles Chart, higher than the original in that country. 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)" and "Paranoimia", their 1986 collaboration with Max Headroom. This cover was later included as part of an episode of the series Listed on MuchMoreMusic, which was on the Top 20 cover songs. It can also be heard during the main title sequence of the movie My Stepmother Is an Alien. Tom Jones later recorded a version of the song for his 2003 Reloaded: Greatest Hits album.
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