Kiss and Tell (Bryan Ferry song)

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"Kiss and Tell"
Single by Bryan Ferry
from the album Bête Noire
Released February 1988
Format
Recorded 1987
Genre Sophisti-pop[1]
Length 4:57 (Album version)
3:59 (Single version)
Label Virgin Records (UK and the rest of the world)
Reprise Records (US and Canada)
Writer(s) Bryan Ferry
Producer(s)
Bryan Ferry singles chronology
"The Right Stuff"
(1987)		 "Kiss and Tell"
(1988)		 "Limbo"
(1988)

"Kiss and Tell" is a song by Bryan Ferry, the erstwhile lead vocalist for Roxy Music. It was released as the second single from his seventh album Bête Noire in early 1988, being Ferry's twenty-sixth single. The song peaked at number 41 on the UK Singles Chart and at number 31 on the US Billboard 100. It also appears in the film Bright Lights, Big City, adapted from the Jay McInerney novel.

Bryan Ferry in the music video

The song's main promotional video featured model Denice Lewis, whose photograph also adorns the single's cover sleeve.[2] Also featured is Christine Keeler, whose earlier involvement with a British government minister triggered the Profumo affair, which discredited elements of the Conservative government of Harold Macmillan, in 1963. This is in keeping with the song's subject matter.[3]

Composition

Fans have often speculated that his song "Kiss and Tell", was Ferry's response to Jerry Hall's tell-all book about their relationship published a couple of years earlier.[4]

Track listings and versions

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UK 7" single
  1. "Kiss and Tell" - 3:59
  2. "Zamba" - 3:00
US 7" single
  1. "Kiss and Tell (Edit)" - 4:02
  2. "Zamba" - 3:00
US 12" single
  1. "Kiss and Tell (Extended Mix)" - 7:06
  2. "Kiss and Tell (Dub Mix)" - 5:37
  3. "Kiss and Tell (Edit)" - 4:02
  4. "Zamba" - 3:00
UK 12" single
  1. "Kiss and Tell (Dance Mix)" - 7:02
  2. "Kiss and Tell (Dub Mix)" - 5:37
  3. "Zamba" - 3:00
US 12" single and CD single
  1. "Kiss and Tell (Edit)" - 4:02
  2. "Kiss and Tell (LP Version)" - 4:57
UK CD single
  1. "Kiss and Tell" - 3:59
  2. "Kiss and Tell (Dub Mix)" - 5:37
  3. "Zamba" - 3:00
  4. "Kiss and Tell (Dance Mix)" - 7:02

Sales chart performance

Peak positions

Chart (1988) Position
UK Singles Chart 41
Australian Kent Music Report chart 38
Canadian RPM chart 47
Netherlands MegaCharts 45
New Zealand RIANZ chart 26
North American Billboard Hot 100 chart 31

Notes

  • The other versions of the song were edited by The Latin Rascals and mixed by Alan Meyerson.[5]

References

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  2. ↑ http://www.denicelewisfineart.com/press1.html
  3. ↑ http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=8268
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  5. ↑ http://www.discogs.com/Bryan-Ferry-Kiss-And-Tell/release/471942
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