Kiss Them For Me

Song: Kiss Them for Me
#1: Kiss Them for Me
Album	Superstition
Track Number	1 of 11
Track Length	4:38
Release	1991
Voice:	Siouxsie
Guitars:	Jon Klein
Cello, Keyboards & Dulcimer:	Martin McCarrick
Electric Bass & Keyboards:	Steven Severin
Drums, Percussion & Keyboards:	Budgie

"Kiss Them for Me" is a song written and recorded by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees and produced by Stephen Hague. It was released in 1991 as the first single from the band's tenth studio album Superstition.

Melody Maker praised it as "gorgeous, wicked, glamorous and utterly self-aware. Pretty in pink".

The song presented a change in musical direction for Siouxsie and the Banshees — adopting a much more straightforward pop-oriented feel than previous efforts, due in large part to Hague's production work. It is a mid-tempo track with an uplifting melody and South Asian instrumentation which had become popular in the UK club scene due to the growth of bhangra. Tabla player Talvin Singh (future percussionist of Björk on her 1993's Debut album) took part in the sessions and also sang during the bridge.

The song uses a sample of Schooly D's "P.S.K. What Does It Mean?" as a background. Even with its positive sound, Siouxsie Sioux's cryptic lyrics are an ode to actress and sex icon Jayne Mansfield — using the actress' catchword "divoon", referring to her heart-shaped swimming pool and her love of champagne and parties, and to the grisly automobile accident which claimed her life in 1967. Kiss Them for Me was also the name of a 20th Century Fox motion picture made in 1957 starring Mansfield and Cary Grant.

"Kiss Them for Me" is Siouxsie and the Banshees' biggest hit in the United States. It became their second (and to date, last) entry on the Billboard Hot 100 and their first single to hit the top 40, peaking at number 23. It also became the band's second chart-topper on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks [1] [2] chart, spending five weeks at number 1 during the summer of 1991. "Kiss Them for Me" was the first Banshees song to hit the top 10 on the U.S. Hot Dance Club Play chart, peaking at number 8. It also spent several months in heavy rotation on MTV. In the UK, "Kiss Them for Me" peaked at number 32, the band's 16th top-40 single.

The Kathak Mix was remixed by producer Youth and released on the US version of the CD single. This version included spoken samples of Robert Anton Wilson in the introduction.

The song was covered by School of Seven Bells in 2010.

Charts

Chart (1991)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	40
Irish Singles Chart	29
UK Singles Chart	32
US Billboard Hot 100	23
US Modern Rock Tracks	1
US Hot Dance Club Play	8
US Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales	19

See also

• Number one modern rock hits of 1991

Kiss Them for Me Lyrics

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♪♫Kiss Them For Me Lyrics♫♪ It glittered, and it gleamed For the arriving beauty queen A ring, and a car Now you're the prettiest by far No party she'd not attend No invitation she wouldn't send Transfixed by the inner sound Of your promise to be found Nothing or no one Will ever make me let you down Kiss them for me, I may be delayed Kiss them for me, if I am delayed It's divoon, oh it's serene In the fountain's pink champagne Someone carving, their devotion In the heart shaped pool of fame Nothing or no one Will ever make me let you down Kiss them for me, I may be delayed Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed On the road, to New Orleans A spray of stars hit the screen As the 10th impact shimmered The forbidden candles beamed Kiss them for me, I may be delayed Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed Kiss them for me, I may be delayed Kiss them for me, I may find myself delayed Written By: Lyric credit pending!

Sources

• Kiss Them For Me lyrics in the Lyrics Wiki.