Christine Sixteen
| "Christine Sixteen" | ||||
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| Single by Kiss | ||||
| from the album Love Gun | ||||
| Released | 1977 (U.S.) | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | Record Plant Studios, New York City: 1977 |
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| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | Casablanca NB-889-AS-RE-1 (US) | |||
| Writer(s) | Gene Simmons | |||
| Producer | Eddie Kramer & Kiss | |||
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"Christine Sixteen" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss. The song originally appeared on their 1977 album Love Gun. Released as a single in the United States in 1977, the single peaked at number 25 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that year,[1] and would do well in Canada, peaking at number 22.
Written and sung by bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons, the song is about an older man with a crush on a sixteen-year old girl named Christine. The song's subject and lyrics were controversial and made some hit radio stations reluctant to put it on their playlists at all, while others (including WABC in the band's home town of New York, and WKBW in Buffalo) only played it after 7 PM as an album cut. The song's title was originated by bandmate Paul Stanley who was planning to write a song under the title, until Simmons beat him to it.[2] Two different time lengths are printed on the single; one at 3:13, and another at 2:52. They both run 3:10.
The song was sampled by Tone Lōc in his 1989 song "Funky Cold Medina".
The song was covered by the Gin Blossoms on the 1994 Kiss tribute album Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved and by All on Hard to Believe: Kiss Covers Compilation.
[edit] Personnel
- Gene Simmons - lead vocals/bass guitar
- Ace Frehley - lead guitar
- Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar/backing vocals
- Peter Criss - drums
- Eddie Kramer - piano
[edit] Charts
| Country (1977) | Peak position |
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| Australia | 99 |
| Canada | 22 |
| Germany | 46 |
| United States | 25 |
[edit] References
- ^ "AllMusic Billboard singles". http://www.allmusic.com/album/r11060. Retrieved 2009-01-27.
- ^ Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography, Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5
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