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“(You Make Me) Rock Hard” by Kiss
Released 1988
“(You Make Me) Rock Hard” by Kiss appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 1990. It was first released in 1988. Its best result is #792 on the Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #2,035 hard rock song of all time.
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"(You Make Me) Rock Hard" was one of two brand-new songs Kiss added to their 1988 hits collection Smashes, Thrashes & Hits, sitting second in the running order and going out as its second single. The other newcomer was "Let's Put the X in Sex", and both had sex on the brain. Paul Stanley wrote it with Desmond Child and Diane Warren, produced it, and recorded it on his own that July at Right Track Studios in New York.
Some fans weren't sure what to make of it: Ingo Floren's Official Price Guide to Kiss Collectibles notes that the keyboard-heavy production and dance-floor beat of the two new tracks had people wondering where the band was headed. In America it came out as a cassette single that December, and Classic Rock's Howard Johnson ranked its video No. 8 among the best hair-metal videos.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
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All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 792 | Z-Rock | Z-Rock Top 1001 Songs of All-Time (1990) | 1000 |
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