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The A Side:
Kiss (Art Of Noise Mix) 8:09
The B Side:
Kiss (Battery Mix) 8:16
Kiss (7″ Version) 3:30
The Brief:
Art Of Noise’s one-off collaboration with Tom Jones provided the group with their biggest mainstream hit. The song hit #5 on the UK Singles Chart, which was higher than Prince charted with the original version in that country. You wankers just have no musical taste do you? LOL
Here’s wishing you a FUN weekend and a reminder that next week is Getting The World To Beat A Path To Your Door Week…
The Charts:
| Chart | Debuted | Debut Pos. | Peak Pos. | Wks on Chart |
| Billboard Hot 100 | 12/3/88 | 80 | 31 | 11 |
| Cash Box Top 100 | 11/26/88 | 87 | 37 | 12 |
| Billboard Hot Dance/Disco | 12/17/88 | 18 | 7 | |
| Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | 12/10/88 | 14 | 6 |
The Source:
Label: China/Polydor Records
Catalog#: 871 039-1
Format: Vinyl, 12″, 33 1/3 RPM
Country: US
Released: 1988
The Equipment:
Technics SL-1200MK2 Turntable
Audio Technica AT440MLa Phono Cartridge
Yamaha RX-Z1 A/V Receiver
Sony PCM-R300 DAT Deck
Turtle Beach Catalina sound card
Mustek Scan Express A3 1200 Scanner
Spin Clean Record Washer MKII
The Software:
Cool Edit Pro
ClickRepair
dBpoweramp
Microsoft Digital Image Suite 2006
Microsoft ICE
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thank’s for this one this is a great cover but still I prefer the original!!
you’re welcome Jose
No one can beat the brilliant original, but we can’t fault Tom for trying. Among his 60s peers, he is the one who kept with the times well into the 80s and 90s, always choosing cool songs to cover (this, Yazoo’s Situation and Talking Heads’ Burning Down The House) and dabbling in clubland with great remixes.
“I think I better dance now!”
that he did
You wouldn’t believe it, but it’s pretty often that you would come across someone who thought this was a Tom Jones original – seriously!
And thanks
yeah, sadly, I can believe that
Not the best single from AON…but always a good. The original from Prince is naturally much much better. Nevertheless thanks for this. Cheers & best regards from germany
you’re welcome MJK!
great rip, thank you
you’re welcome dj_o
I was always gutted that this got higher in the charts then the original, oh well there is no accounting for taste
although this version had a bit of a novelty record feel to it, I don’t mean to take away from the brilliance of Art Of Noise, the stuff they put out over the years was brilliant
Great Prince cover, nice to hear the different mixes, thanks! But I do agree with the previous comments, nothing can beat the original.
thanks Art!