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“I Love It Loud” by Kiss
From the album Creatures of the Night (1982)
“I Love It Loud” by Kiss appears on 2 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 1990 and 2022. It was first released in 1982 on the album Creatures of the Night. Its best result is #454 on the 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #3,636 classic rock song of all time.
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"I Love It Loud" stomped out of Creatures of the Night, Kiss's 1982 album, and the title says everything about the band's creed. Gene Simmons wrote it with guitarist Vinnie Vincent, who had wangled an introduction through the songwriter Adam Mitchell; the pair came away from one writing session with this and "Killer", though some pressings of the album wrongly credit Paul Stanley and Vincent. Simmons sings lead, Eric Carr is on drums, Stanley and Vincent share the guitars with Vincent taking the solo, and Bob Clearmountain mixed it.
The trick is in the ending: it fades out, crashes back in louder, then fades again, a move lifted from the Beatles' "Helter Skelter" and "Strawberry Fields Forever". Issued as a single that year, it was the last Kiss single on Casablanca, and it became a fixture of their live shows.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 569 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
| 2022 | 454 | 99.1 PLR | 99.1 PLR Big 500 (2022) | 500 |
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