Kiss on My List
Released January 24, 1981
Format Vinyl (7″, 12″)
Recorded 1979
Genre
Pop rock blue-eyed soul
Length 4:25 (album version)
3:48 (45 version)
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s)
Daryl Hall Janna Allen
Producer(s)
Daryl Hall John Oates
“Kiss on My List” is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates. It was written by Daryl Hall and Janna Allen, and produced by the duo. It was the third single release from their ninth studio album, Voices (1980), and became their second US Billboard Hot 100 number-one single (after “Rich Girl” in 1977). It spent three weeks at the top spot.
The song was written with the intention of Janna Allen, sister of Hall’s longtime girlfriend Sara Allen, singing it, as she was interested in starting a music career. Hall cut a demo version as a guide for her, but later when his manager found the tape lying around the studio, he insisted that Hall and Oates cut the song themselves. In fact, the production team liked the demo so much that they didn’t do a second take, instead adding background vocals and instrumentation to the demo and mixing them together. Hall recalled that’s why the drums sounded so “dinky” – the “drums” in fact being the early Roland CR-78 “drum machine” mixed in with a live drumming overdub.
Personnel
The Band
Daryl Hall – lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers
John Oates – backing vocals, 6 and 12-string guitars
John Siegler – bass guitar
Jerry Marotta – drums
Additional musicians
Jeff Southworth – lead guitar
Mike Klvana – equipment technician
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