“Kick It Out” by Heart

Ann Wilson wrote "Kick It Out" as a quick, flat-out hard rocker, and in October 1977 Portrait sent it out as the last single pulled from Little Queen, Heart's second album. She sings lead with Nancy Wilson adding her voice and piano, Roger Fisher and Howard Leese double up on electric guitar, Steve Fossen plays bass and Michael Derosier drums, with Mike Flicker producing and the band credited with the arrangement.

The trade papers were sold: Cash Box praised the care each player put in and Ann's sassy, energetic vocal, and Record World said it did just what the title promised. The charts were cooler, and it stalled at 79 on the Hot 100. Seattle neighbors Foo Fighters revived it on Late Show with David Letterman in 2014, with Ann singing and Nancy on guitar.

Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.