“Kiss” is a song composed, written, and produced by American musician Prince. Released by the Paisley Park label as the lead single from Prince and the Revolution’s eighth studio album Parade (1986) in February 1986, it was a No. 1 hit worldwide, holding the top spot of the U.S. Billboard chart for two weeks. The single was certified gold in 1986 for shipments of 1,000,000 copies by RIAA.The song is ranked at No. 85 on the Rolling Stone list of the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. NME ranked the song at No. 4 in their list of The 150 Greatest Singles of All Time, and voted “Kiss” the best single of 1986.
Following Prince’s death in April 2016, the song re-charted on the Billboard Hot 100 at No. 28 and jumped to No. 23 a week later. The song also reached No. 2 on the French Singles Chart. It has also sold well over a million digital copies in the U.S. The music video was directed by Rebecca Blake. In the plot of the video, Prince appears in a half shirt and leather jacket and then all shirtless and performs dance choreography in a hall. The trousers he wears are strip-off pants. He is accompanied by the veiled dancer Monique Mannen wearing black lingerie and sunglasses while Revolution member Wendy Melvoin sits playing guitar.
Age of Chance and Art of Noise also released versions of the song that were critical and chart successes.
