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You Wanted the Best

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Released
  
November 23, 1998

Genre
  
Hard rock Heavy metal

Label
  
Mercury/PolyGram

Format
  
CD single

Length
  
4:15

Recorded
  
A&M Studios & One on One Studios, Los Angeles: 1998

"You Wanted the Best" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss, released on their eighteenth studio album Psycho Circus in 1998. The song was written by the band's bassist Gene Simmons, and was released as the fourth single off the album on November 23, 1998. The song only charted on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, reaching number 22. The band never performed the song live. It was the final recording to feature the original line-up.

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Background

Gene Simmons, the sole writer of the song, said about the lyrics: "The lyrics talk about a time when everyone in the band was bitching at each other in the press. With family, there's always a mixture of affection and bickering. Listen, we're really servants of the people. Ultimately we have to brush aside our internal differences for the greater of the whole, the greater good, which is the fans. The least we owe them is to shut up, get up on stage and put out." The song is the only one where all band members share lead vocals. At first, the song was titled "Just Give Me Love" and was written in 1977, but Simmons changed the lyrics to make it as a story of the band members.

It is one of only three songs from the album where Ace Frehley played lead guitar, with the others being "Into the Void" and "In Your Face". Drums weren't played by Peter Criss, but by Kevin Valentine, a session drummer who played on every track on the album, except "Into the Void".

"You Wanted the Best" was released as fourth single off Psycho Circus. It managed to chart only on Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks, reaching number 22. Kiss never performed the song live.

Appearances

"You Wanted the Best" has appeared on following Kiss albums:

  • Psycho Circus - studio version
  • Credited personnel

  • Gene Simmons - bass guitar, co-lead vocals
  • Paul Stanley - rhythm guitar, co-lead vocals
  • Ace Frehley - lead guitar, co-lead vocals
  • Peter Criss - co-lead vocals
  • Uncredited personnel

  • Kevin Valentine - drums
  • References

    You Wanted the Best Wikipedia