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The Complete KISS Singles Chart Action, 1974-

A brief introductory note: For US singles, if it isn't listed here then it didn't chart on the Billboard 200 (unless Billboard and/or I have made errors). Data for other countries is from the mainstream music charts, but will give you a good idea of how the albums performed over a period of time. You'll even garner some interesting trivia, like:

"I Was Made For Lovin' You", KISS' second Gold single didn't even make it into the top-10!

Current US RIAA singles tally: 2 Gold Singles

Quick US facts:
Single with longest chart appearance: "Beth" (21 Weeks)
Single with shortest chart appearance: "Let's Put The X In Sex" (2 Weeks)

- means that the particular single wasn't released in that country either/or didn't chart. Hyperlinks should take you to mainstream week-by-week chart positions for that single.

I would eventually like to add Italy, and Japan to this list. Anyone?

Single Title / Country or Chart AUS AUZ CAN FRA GER HOL NOR NZD SWE SWZ USA USA
MRT1
UK
Kissin' Time (1974) - - - - - - - - - - 83 - -
Rock And Roll All Nite - Studio NB829 (1975) - - - - - - - - - - 68 - -
Rock And Roll All Nite - Live NB850 (1975) - 18 13 - - - - - - - 12 - -
Shout It Out Loud (1976) - 45 1 - 32 - - 40 16 - 31 - -
Flaming Youth (1976) - - 73 - - - - - - - 74 - -
Detroit Rock City (1976) - - - - 14 - - - - - - - -
Beth (1976) - 79 5 - - - - - - - 7 - -
Hard Luck Woman (1976) - 67 15 - 34 - - - - - 15 - -
Calling Dr. Love (1976) - 93 2 - - - - - - - 16 - -
Christine Sixteen (1977) - 99 22 - 46 - - - - - 25 - -
Then She Kissed Me (1977) - 78 - - - - - - - - - - -
Love Gun (1977) - - 41 - - - - - - - 61 - -
Shout It Out Loud - Live NB906 (1977) - - 74 - - - - - - - 54 - -
Rocket Ride (1977) - - 46 - - - - - - - 39 - -
Strutter '78 (1978) - 89 - - - - - - - - - - -
PAUL: Hold Me, Touch Me (1978) - - 64 - - - - - - - 46 - 48
ACE: New York Groove (1978) - - 25 - - - - - - - 13 - -
GENE: Radioactive (1978) - - 66 - - - - - - - 47 - 41
I Was Made For Lovin' You (1979) 6 2 1 3 2 1 10 1 19 2 11 - 50
Dirty Livin' (1979) - - - - 25 - - - - - - - -
Sure Know Something (1979) - 5 48 - 28 3 - 11 - - 47 - -
Magic Touch (1979) - - - - - 24 - - - - - - -
Shandi (1980) 10 5 70 - 28 24 4 6 - - 47 - -
Talk To Me (1980) - 39 - - 32 34 - - - 10 - - -
Tomorrow (1980) - - - - 70 - - - - - - - -
Rock And Roll All Nite + 3 (1980) - 48 - - - - - - - - - - -
A World Without Heroes (1981) - - - - - - - - - - 56 - 55
I (1981) - 24 - - 62 48 - - - - - - -
I Love It Loud (1982) - 76 - - - - - - - - 102 - -
Creatures Of The Night (1982) - - - - - - - - - - - - 34
Lick It Up (1983) - 82 32 49 - - - - - 24 66 - 31
All Hell's Breakin' Loose (1984) - - - - 71 - - - - - - - -
Heaven's On Fire (1984) - 62 48 - - - - - 19 - 49 11 43
Tears Are Falling (1985) - - 83 - - - - - - - 51 20 57
Crazy Crazy Nights (1987) - 34 - - - 35 7 - - - 65 37 4
Reason To Live (1987) - - - - - 89 - - - - 64 34 33
Turn On The Night (1988) - - - - - - - - - - - - 41
Let's Put The X In Sex (1988) - 48 - - - - - - - - 97 - -
Hide Your Heart (1989) - 76 - - - - - - - - 66 22 59
Forever (1990) - 38 18 - - - - - - - 8 17 65
Rise To It (1990) - - - - - - - - - - 81 40 -
God Gave Rock And Roll To You II (1991) 16 18 - - 9 - - - 24 4 - 21 4
Unholy (1992) - - - - 26 26 2 - 19 - - - 26
Every Time I Look At You (1992) - - - - - - - - 31 - - - -
I Just Wanna (1992) - - - - - - - - - - - 34 -
Domino (1992) - - - - - - - - - - - 26 -
I Love It Loud {Live} (1993) - - - - - - - - - - - 22 -
Hard Luck Woman {w/ Garth Brooks} (1994) - - 23 - - - - - - - 45 - -
Rock And Roll All Nite {MTV} (1996) - - 57 - - - - - - - - 13 -
I Was Made For Lovin' You (1997) - - - - 94 - - - - - - - -
Jungle (1997) - - - - - - - - - - - 8 -
Psycho Circus (1998) - 22 10 - - 98 8 - 4 - - 1 -
We Are One (1998) - 40 - - - - 18 - 31 - - - -
You Wanted The Best (1998) - - - - - - - - - - - 22 -
Modern Day Delilah (2009) - - - - - - - - 42 - - 50 -
Hell or Hallelujah (2012) - - - - - - - - - - - 36 -


Notes:
· 1. MRT = Billboard's "Mainstream Rock Tracks" charts the "most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations."
· Garth Brooks cover of "Hard Luck Woman," with KISS, reached #67 on the Country Charts!
· "I Was Made For Lovin' You" made it to #2 in South Africa.
· "Psycho Circus" charted in the national Australian charts for two weeks entering the charts at #22 on 9/27/98. The following week it dropped to #43, and then out of the charts completely; It was followed on 11/29 by "We Are One" which only managed one week on the charts;
· "I Was Made For Lovin' You" was reissued as a single in May 1997 in Germany, it was this single which would briefly chart as the band's tour headed back to Europe to culminate;

Quick "Thanks" to collaborators:
Thanks to René for contributing the Austrian (1979-) chart statistics; Thanks to Jamie for contributing the New Zealand chart statistics; Karl for additions to the German and for the Dutch charts; BrianJ for the Canadian charts; Thanks to Manno Jonsson for providing the complete Swedish chart statistics; Thanks to Scott Halvorsen for providing the complete Norwegian chart statistics, Swiss singles information 1980-, and the single South African chart position;


Kissin' Time (Single)

Released: May 1974
Chart Peak: #83 (6/22/74) with 5 weeks on Hot-100 charts.

Notes: Kiss' first single to chart in the US backed with the Radio "kissin' time" contests.

Rock And Roll All Nite (Single)

Released: April 1975
Chart Peak: #68 (6/14/75) with 5 weeks on Hot-100 charts.



Rock And Roll All Nite (LIVE) (Single)

Released: October 1975
Chart Peak: #12 (1/24/76) with 14 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Shout It Out Loud (Single)

Released: March 1976
Chart Peak: #31 (5/1/76) with 10 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Flaming Youth (Single)

Released: May 1976
Chart Peak: #74 (6/19/76) with 3 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Beth (Single)

Released: August 1976
Chart Peak: #7 (12/4/76) with 21 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Hard Luck Woman (Single)

Released: November 1976
Chart Peak: #15 (2/26/77) with 13 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Calling Dr. Love (Single)

Released: March 1977
Chart Peak: #16 (5/14/77) with 14 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Christine Sixteen (Single)

Released: June 1977
Chart Peak: #25 (9/3/77) with 12 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Love Gun (Single)

Released: September 1977
Chart Peak: #61 (10/15/77) with 7 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Shout It Out Loud (Live) (Single)

Released: December 1977
Chart Peak: #54 (2/11/78) with 5 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Rocket Ride (Single)

Released: February 1978
Chart Peak: #39 (4/22/78) with 10 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Gene Simmons: Radioactive (Single)

Released: November 1977
Chart Peak: #47 (1/13/79) with 8 weeks on Hot-100 charts.



Ace Frehley: New York Groove (Single)

Released: October 1978
Chart Peak: #13 (2/3/79) with 21 weeks on charts.


Paul Stanley: Hold Me, Touch Me (Single)

Released: November 1978
Chart Peak: #46 (12/23/78) with 12 weeks on charts.


I Was Made For Lovin' You

Released: May 1979
Chart Peak: #11 (8/11/79) with 16 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Sure Know Something

Released: August 1979
Chart Peak: #47 (10/20/79) with 11 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


Shandi

Released: May 1980
Chart Peak: #47 (7/26/80) with 10 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


A World Without Heroes (Single)

Released: November 1981
Chart Peak: #56 (1/23/82) with 9 weeks on Hot-100 charts.


I Love It Loud (Single)

Released: December 1982
Chart Peak: #102 (2/5/83) with 0 weeks on Hot 100 charts.
** The single "bubbled under" for several weeks.


Lick It Up (Hot-100)

Released: September 1983
Chart Peak: #66 (12/17/83) with 11 weeks on charts.


Heaven's On Fire (Hot Rock Tracks)

Released: September 1984
Chart Peak: #11 (10/20/84) with 11 weeks on charts.


Heaven's On Fire (Hot-100)

Released: September 1984
Chart Peak: #49 (11/17/84) with 10 weeks on charts.


Tears Are Falling (Hot Rock Tracks)

Released: September 1985
Chart Peak: #20 (11/2/85) with 9 weeks on charts.


Tears Are Falling (Hot-100)

Released: September 1985
Chart Peak: #51 (11/30/85) with 13 weeks on charts.


Crazy Crazy Nights (Hot-100)

Released: September 1987
Chart Peak: #65 (10/31/87) with 7 weeks on charts.


Crazy Crazy Nights (Mainstream Rock Tracks)

Released: September 1987
Chart Peak: #37 (10/3/87) with 3 weeks on charts.


Reason To Live (Hot-100)

Released: November 1987
Chart Peak: #64 (1/30/88) with 12 weeks on charts.


Reason To Live (Mainstream Rock Charts)

Released: November 1987
Chart Peak: #34 (12/26/87) with 7 weeks on charts.


Let's Put The X In Sex (Hot-100)

Released: December 1988
Chart Peak: #97 (1/14/89) with 2 weeks on charts.


Hide Your Heart (Hot-100)

Released: October 1988
Chart Peak: #66 (12/16/89) with 10 weeks on charts.


Forever (Hot-100)

Released: January 1990
Chart Peak: #8 (4/21/90) with 17 weeks on charts.


Rise To It (Hot-100)

Released: May 1990
Chart Peak: #81 (6/30/90) with 6 weeks on charts.

Notes: Kiss' final single to chart on the US Billboard "Hot 100" singles charts.

God Gave Rock And Roll To You II (Mainstream Rock Tracks)

Released: July 1991
Chart Peak: #21 (8/31/91) with 7 weeks on charts.


I Just Wanna (Album Rock Tracks)

Released: June 1992
Chart Peak: #34 (6/27/92) with 5 weeks on charts.


Domino (Album Rock Tracks)

Released: August 1992
Chart Peak: #26 (10/3/92) with 8 weeks on charts.


I Love It Loud (Live) (Album Rock Tracks)

Released: May 1993
Chart Peak: #22 (6/19/93) with 6 weeks on charts.


Rock And Roll All Nite (Unplugged) (Album Rock Tracks)

Released: March 1996
Chart Peak: #13 (5/4/96) with 10 weeks on charts.



Jungle (Mainstream Rock Tracks)

Released: September 1997
Chart Peak: #8 (11/15/97) with 14 weeks on charts.


Psycho Circus (Mainstream Rock Tracks)

Released: August 1998
Chart Peak: #1 (10/31/98) with 21 weeks on charts.


You Wanted The Best (Mainstream Rock Tracks)

Released: December 1998
Chart Peak: #22 (1/2/99) with 8 weeks on charts.