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B-side	"Theme from Batman Forever" / "Tell Me Now"

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"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a 1995 single by U2 from the Batman Forever soundtrack album. It reached number two on the UK singles chart, number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100, and number one on the Billboard Album Rock Tracks and Modern Rock Tracks charts. The song, which has a glam rock sound to it, was a worldwide hit, being nominated for an MTV Movie Award.

History

"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" has its origins in the sessions for the band's 1993 album, Zooropa. It was played to BP Fallon, who wrote about it in his book "U2 Faraway So Close".^[1] The song's title comes from a play on the classic song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" and is actually visible (along with the titles of other discarded demos) on the cover of Zooropa in purple text. The song was played on every show of the PopMart Tour as part of the encore, and has not been played live since.

Music video

The animated music video to the song (interspersed with clips from the film) featured the band performing in Gotham City, with Bono battling between two of his alter-egos from the Zoo TV Tour: "The Fly" and "MacPhisto". This was intended to parallel the conflict between Bruce Wayne's ordinary playboy persona and his crime-fighting Batman persona.^{[citation needed]} The band also chases the Batwing, using a yellow supercar and their guitars as flamethrowers.

At one brief point of the video, a neon sign can be seen that reads "Mister Pussey's". An edited version of the video from Universal Music Group uses the words "Mister Swampy's" for the same sign.^[2] In another scene, the band is walking down the street when Bono is run over by a car (driven by Elvis) while reading C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters. The video ends with an orchestra of Batmen playing the outro on strings. It was directed by Kevin Godley and Maurice Linnane.[2]^[3]

Track listings

The song featured singles with three different track listings. Note that that the B-sides on the first two singles are non-U2 songs.

7" vinyl, cassette, and CD release
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	4:47
2.	"Themes from Batman Forever" (By Elliot Goldenthal)	3:39

CD maxi (UK, German, and Japan release)
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	4:47
2.	"Themes from Batman Forever" (By Elliot Goldenthal)	3:39
3.	"Tell Me Now" (By Mazzy Star)	4:17

CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"	4:47

There was also a single-track CD distributed in the U.S as part of a Batman Forever gift bag, along with a collectible comic book, trading card, and pogs.

Certifications

Country	Certification	Date	Sales certified
France^[4]	Silver	November 7, 1995	125,000
UK^[5]	Gold	August 1, 1995	400,000

Charts

Chart (1995)	Peak position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart^[6]	1
Austrian Singles Chart^[6]	3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart^[6]	15
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart^[6]	4
Dutch Mega Top 100^[6]	7
Finnish Singles Chart^[6]	4
French SNEP Singles Chart^[6]	10
German Singles Chart^[6]	8
Irish Singles Chart^[7]	1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart^[6]	1
Norwegian Singles Chart^[6]	1
Swedish Singles Chart^[6]	2
Swiss Singles Chart^[6]	5
UK Singles Chart^[8]	2
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[9]	16
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks^[9]	1
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock tracks^[9]	1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream^[9]	23

End of year chart (1995)	Position
French Singles Chart^[10]	35

Preceded by "Scatman's World" by John Scatman	Irish IRMA number-one single June 3, 1995 - June 17, 1995 (3 weeks)	Succeeded by "Boom Boom Boom" by The Outhere Brothers
Preceded by "Misery" by Soul Asylum	Billboard Modern Rock Tracks number-one single June 4, 1995 - July 15, 1995 (7 weeks)	Succeeded by "You Oughta Know" by Alanis Morissette
Preceded by "December" by Collective Soul	Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks number-one single August 5, 1995 (1 week)	Succeeded by "And Fools Shine On" by Brother Cane
Preceded by "Have You Ever Really Loved A Woman?" by Bryan Adams	Australian ARIA number-one single July 9, 1995 - August 13, 1995 (6 weeks)	Succeeded by "Insensitive" by Jann Arden
Preceded by "Scream" by Michael Jackson and Janet Jackson	New Zealand RIANZ number-one single July 16, 1995 (1 week)	Succeeded by "How Deep Is Your Love" by Portrait
Preceded by "You Suck" by The Murmurs	Norwegian VG-lista number-one single 32/1995 (1 week)	Succeeded by "A Kind of Christmas Card" by Morten Harket

References

^ http://forum.interference.com/a93038.html
^ U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: Video
^ [1]
^ French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)
^ UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved January 28, 2009)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)
^ Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 28, 2009)
^ UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)
^ 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)

[1] ttp://forum.interference.com/a93038.html

[2] U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: Video

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[4] French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)

[5] UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (Retrieved January 28, 2009)

[Lescharts-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)

[7] Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (Retrieved January 28, 2009)

[8] UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)

[Billboard-9] Billboard allmusic.com (Retrieved January 28, 2009)

[10] 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (Retrieved January 30, 2009)

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