"Strutter" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, released in 1974 on their first album, Kiss. It was the third single from the album and failed to chart.
"Strutter" is one of the few Kiss songs written by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley together. Stanley wrote new lyrics to "Stanley the Parrot", a song whose music was composed by Simmons.[1] Stanley's lyrics display his Bob Dylan influence.[2] The original Kiss drummer, Peter Criss, has said that "Strutter" is his favorite Kiss song.[citation needed] The song was featured in the games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Guitar Hero 2.
Double Platinum - re-recorded version titled "Strutter '78" ("I look back at that and think, 'Why?'" remarked Simmons in 1996. "The original version is the classic and the best."[3])
