Song · Bryan Ferry
“Kiss and Tell” by Bryan Ferry
From the album Bête Noire (1987)
“Kiss and Tell” by Bryan Ferry appears on 11 radio countdowns from 6 stations between 1988 and 2023. It was first released in 1987 on the album Bête Noire. Its best result is #61 on the Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988. In the combined RockLists rankings it is the #104 alternative song of 1988 and #3,432 alternative song of all time.
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"Kiss and Tell" came off Bête Noire, Bryan Ferry's seventh solo album, as its second single in February 1988, and it's the Roxy Music singer at his most sleekly nocturnal: sophisti-pop with the lights turned low. Ferry wrote it and co-produced it with Patrick Leonard and Chester Kamen. It reached No. 31 in the US and found a spot in the film Bright Lights, Big City, drawn from Jay McInerney's novel.
Fans have long wondered whether it was his answer to Jerry Hall's tell-all book about their relationship. The video only thickened the plot, with Mandy Smith, model Denice Lewis (also the face on the sleeve), Christine Keeler and musicians Kamen and Guy Pratt all turning up.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
Indie & Adult Alternative
All Rock Formats
Year-end countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 61 | Live 105 San Francisco, CA | Live 105 Top 105.3 Songs of 1988 | 106 |
| 1988 | 63 | WLIR / WDRE Long Island, NY | WLIR Top 100 Songs of 1988 | 100 |
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 373 | Live 105 | Live 105 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (Memorial Day 1988) | 501 |
| 1989 | 432 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1989) | 495 |
| 1994 | 290 | Live 105 | Live 105 Revolutionary 500 (July 1994) | 500 |
| 1996 | 386 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1996) | 500 |
| 1996 | 401 | Q101 | Q101 Top 500 Songs of All-Time (1996) | 500 |
| 1998 | 415 | KROQ | KROQ Flashback 500 (Memorial Day 1998) | 488 |
| 2002 | 1755 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2002 Songs of All-Time (July 2002) | 2002 |
| 2003 | 1889 | Fred (XM 44) | Fred XM Top 2044 Songs of All-Time (July 2003) | 2044 |
| 2023 | 606 | The Colorado Sound | The Colorado Sound Top 850 Songs of the 1980s | 850 |
Also listed as: Kiss And Tell; Kiss & Tell.
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