God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II
| God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II | |
|---|---|
| Kiss | |
| publication | 1991 |
| length | 05:18 (regular) 03:53 (edit) |
| Genre (s) | Hard rock |
| Author (s) |
Russ Ballard , Gene Simmons , Paul Stanley , Bob Ezrin |
| album | Revenge |
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II is a song by the American rock band Kiss that was recorded in 1991 for the soundtrack to the film Bill & Ted's Crazy Journey into the Future . The title reached the top ten of the charts as a single release in many countries .
History of origin
The track was originally written as God Gave Rock and Roll to You by Russ Ballard , in 1972 it was the opening track on the album In Deep by the band Argent , of which Ballard was a member. The original length of the title was 6:44 minutes.
James Iovine, head of the music label Interscope , wanted this title on the soundtrack for the film, but he had the idea that Kiss should record the song for it. Iovine hired producer Bob Ezrin to realize this idea. Ezrin accepted the job as the time frame (five days) and budget were reasonable.
The song was revised by Stanley, Simmons and Ezrin and received new lyrics, only the chorus and parts of the second verse remained. Because of the massive changes, the song was renamed God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II , after which it was included in the film's soundtrack. Kiss drummer Eric Carr was operated on for a tumor in the heart in April 1991 and could not play, but had recovered enough by this point to record the backing vocals for the title.
The role of drummer for the title was taken over by Eric Singer , who had previously played on two Black Sabbath albums , as a drummer for Badlands and on some singles by Gary Moore . He had also played drums for demo recordings by Paul Stanley for the Kiss album Hot in the Shade and had also been the drummer on his solo tour in 1989.
The band acquired the release rights for the song after the recording in order to be able to publish the song on a Kiss album.
publication
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II was released by Interscope Records in July 1991. For the soundtrack, the song was titled God Gave Rock and Roll to You II , the spelling used in this article applies to the releases by Kiss. The single contained an abridged version (edit) of the title, which was 3:53 minutes long. The CD single included two other tracks from the Bill and Ted soundtrack, namely Junior's Gone Wild by the band King's X and Shout It Out by Slaughter .
God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You II wasn't brought out in full until the release of the Kiss album Revenge on May 19, 1992; the version used on the album is a remix of the version recorded for the film. The song also appeared as the second track on the single for Unholy .
The version of the song released as a single and included on the soundtrack album differs from the version used in the film: The film features a guitar solo with a length of about 40 seconds, which was played by Steve Vai and which was later on his album The Elusive Light and Sound, Vol. 1 under the title Final Solo was published.
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"With" God Gave Rock 'n' Roll to You "we wrote a song for a cool film [...] and at the same time we were able to find out whether we could still work together as a team. Gene, Paul and I picked up exactly where we left off in New York - we saw each other more like family than friends - and really enjoyed our collaboration. "
“Interscope Records asked us if we would do the song. To be honest, nobody can remember the original version, except for the chorus. When I listen to Argent's version, I can't even tell exactly what the hell he's about; they sing about flowers, trees and snakes. We told the label we would do it, but for that we would have to rewrite it. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Julian Gill: The Kiss Album Focus - Hell Or High Water (1983-1996) . kissfaq.com, 2010, ISBN 978-0-9822537-0-0
- ^ A b c David Leaf, Ken Sharp: Kiss: Behind the Mask . Warner Books, New York 2003, ISBN 0-446-53073-5 .
- ↑ Rock Hard, Article Old Iron Does Not Rust , July 1992
- ↑ Dale Sherman: Black Diamond 2 - The Illustrated Collector's Guide to Kiss . Collector's Guide Publishing, 1997, ISBN 1-896522-36-X
- ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts CH Charts UK