Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer song)
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"Kiss Me" is a song recorded by Sixpence None the Richer and released on the 1997 album Sixpence None the Richer. It reached number two on the U.S. Hot 100 and number four on the Canadian Singles Chart, making it the group's highest-charting single across the world.
Single release
A year after the release of the album Sixpence None the Richer, the teen movie She's All That and the popular teen soap Dawson's Creek played "Kiss Me" (with tie-in videos) which went on to be a hit single off the album and the band's most recognizable song.
The song was released as a single in 1999, propelling Sixpence into the US pop spotlight. The Grammy-nominated song became the top airplay song in over 10 countries including Canada, the UK, Japan (later, the band re-recorded "Kiss Me" with Japanese lyrics), Australia, and Israel.
Matt Slocum wrote the song for his wife, though it was incorrectly rumored to be written about a women and her lesbian lover. If this was true it would seem to indicate that Matt Slocum is a cross dresser as one of the lyrics from the song is as follows.
"Swing, swing, swing the spinning step You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress."
Video
The original music video pays tribute to French filmmaker François Truffaut and his film Jules et Jim, made in black and white and recreating many of the classic scenes from the film. An alternate version of the video was also released later, which featured the band sitting on a park bench, performing and watching scenes from She's All That or Dawson's Creek on a portable television or projected on an outdoor screen.
The second version of the video became VH1's number-one video for the entire month of May, 1999.
In popular culture
- "Kiss Me" has been featured in a number of motion pictures (She's All That, Not Another Teen Movie - during a scene that parodied its use in She's All That, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Be Cool) and TV shows (Dawson's Creek, Saturday Night Live, MTV's The Real World, The Young and the Restless, Days of Our Lives and others).
- In June 1999, "Kiss Me" was featured during the BBC's worldwide broadcast of Prince Edward's wedding ceremonies, at the request of Britain's royal family.
- A parody version of the song entitled "Keys Me" was sung by Filipina actress Alyssa Alano. The song became an Internet meme in the Philippines.
Covers
- The song has been covered by Avril Lavigne and will appear on From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II by New Found Glory, the New Found Glory cover will be released as a single with a music video[1].