Kisses of Fire
| "Kisses of Fire" | |
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 US Atlantic Records b-side label | |
| Song by ABBA | |
| from the album Voulez-Vous | |
| A-side | "Does Your Mother Know" |
| Recorded |
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| Studio | Polar Studios (Stockholm, Sweden) |
| Genre | |
| Length | 3:16 |
| Label | Polar |
| Songwriters | |
| Producers |
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| Voulez-Vous track listing | |
10 tracks
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| Audio video | |
| "Kisses Of Fire" on YouTube | |
"Kisses of Fire" is a song recorded by the Swedish recording group ABBA, featured on their sixth studio album Voulez-Vous (1979). It serves as the standard edition's closing track. Agnetha Fältskog sings the lead vocals to the track, with the other members providing backing vocals. "Kisses of Fire" was featured as a B-side to "Does Your Mother Know" and the Japanese and Spanish releases of the title track.
Production and release
[edit]On 22 January 1979, Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson went abroad to the Bahamas on a working trip to write new songs. They came up with up to four songs on this trip, one of which was given the working title of "Tidemas Blåsning" and released as "Kisses Of Fire".[2]
The track was recorded at Polar Studios in Stockholm, Sweden, on 7 February 1979, and mixed on 1 March 1979.[2]
"Kisses of Fire" was released as the B-side to the single "Does Your Mother Know" in April 1979, shortly before the release of the Voulez-Vous album. The single peaked outside the UK top 3, possibly as a consequence of the lead vocals in "Does Your Mother Know" being sung by Björn rather than Agnetha or Frida. "Kisses of Fire" was considered to be a much more typical ABBA track.[3] In Venezuela, “Kisses Of Fire” was released as an A-Side, with “Does Your Mother Know” as the B-Side.[4]
The song was featured in Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again, performed by Panos Mouzourakis.
Critical reception
[edit]Simon Sheridan, author of The Complete ABBA, described "Kisses of Fire" as featuring undertones of Kate Bush and "some galloping electro keyboard woven clearly throughout the girls' breathlessness."[5] Chris Coplan named it one of the group's five best songs for the Phoenix New Times.[6]
Personnel
[edit]Taken from Abba: All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Track.[7]
- Agnetha Fältskog – lead vocals, backing vocals
- Anni-Frid Lyngstad – backing vocals
- Benny Andersson – synthesizers, piano, backing vocals
- Björn Ulvaeus – backing vocals
- Lasse Wellander – acoustic guitar
- Rutger Gunnarsson – bass guitar
- Ola Brunkert – drums
References
[edit]- ^ Harnell, Steve (22 April 2021). "ABBA Albums: The Complete Guide". Classic Pop. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
Meanwhile, Kisses Of Fire begins in ballad mode before bursting into life, as pulsing electro drives the insistent backbeat.
- ^ a b Pam, Carl Magnus, ABBA: The Complete Recording Sessions (1994), pp.87-88
- ^ Tobler, John (2012-01-04). Abba - Uncensored on the Record. Coda Books. ISBN 9781908538239.
- ^ ABBA - Kisses Of Fire, 1979, retrieved 2023-11-02
- ^ Sheridan, Simon (27 April 2012). "Voulez-Vous (Album)". The Complete ABBA (40th Anniversary ed.). Titan Publishing Group. ISBN 9781781164983.
- ^ Coplan, Chris (28 January 2025). "The 5 best ABBA songs ahead of tribute band's Phoenix concert". Phoenix New Times. Retrieved 22 September 2025.
- ^ Clerc, Benoît (5 November 2024). "Kisses of Fire". Abba: All The Songs: The Story Behind Every Track. Octopus Publishing. ISBN 9781788404839.
