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• Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley of Kiss wrote this track, which became their signature song and was usually played as the last song in their encores. Stanley told Bruce Pollock: "Originally Gene and I would tend to help each other fill in the gaps. 'Rock and Roll All Night' came about because we felt we needed an anthem, a song that could be the rallying cry for all of our fans. So I went back to the hotel and came up with the chorus and the melody. Then I went down to see Gene and he came up with the verses. We used to write a lot like that. As Gene and I became better writers we became either less willing to bend on our individual ideas, or it may have been that we both figured our songs would be stronger if developed by the person who wrote them."
• The studio version of the song released on April 2, 1975 peaked at #68 on the Hot 100. A subsequent live version, recorded at Cobo Hall, Detroit on May 16, 1975, was released as a single later in the year. That one eventually reached #12 in early 1976.
• This was featured in the 1993 movie Dazed And Confused. It also appeared in these films:
  
  Why Him? (2016)
  The Nice Guys (2016)
  Gulliver's Travels (2010)
  Role Models (2008)
  Less Than Zero (1987)
• Speaking with 77 WABC Radio's Bernie & Sid In The Morning in 2019, Paul Stanley said that rather being about getting high, stoned and/or drunk, "Rock And Roll All Nite" is a song of celebration.
  
  "It was, 'I wanna rock and roll all night and party every day. I wanna have a great time and make the most of life,'" he explained. "And that's really what both my point of view and Kiss's point of view has always been - to celebrate life and to make the most of life - because, as far as I know, we don't get a second chance. So this is our bite of the apple. So, make the most of your life."
• The chorus of this song is also heard at the beginning of the song "Detroit Rock City," from the Destroyer album, as part of the intro to the original version of "Detroit Rock City." >>

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• Kiss produced a video for this where they performed the song along with the cast of That '70s Show. >>

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• On the 1996 Kiss Unplugged album, each of the original band members sang a line of this as they played it on acoustic instruments. >>

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• Ace Frehley was Kiss' lead guitarist for this one. He feels it's some of his best work, telling Songfacts, "It's just a nice, Chuck Berry kind of solo. Reminiscent of older rock n' roll songs."
• The members of Kiss provided their voices for an episode of Family Guy where Peter and Lois are following a Kiss tour. As the band plays this song, they hold the microphone up to Lois in the crowd to sing along after the line, "I wanna rock and roll all nite and..."
  
  Even though most people (including non-Kiss fans) know the words, Lois doesn't, and says, "have a wonderful time." This leads to her revelation that she just pretends to like Kiss for Peter's sake, which upsets him until they go to a restaurant and meet the band, who recognize Lois from when she was a groupie known as "Loose Lois." Peter is honored that his wife slept with Kiss. >>

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• The American rock band Poison recorded a cover of this song on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Less Than Zero. It later appeared on their 2006 compilation The Best of Poison: 20 Years of Rock and again on their 2007 cover album Poison'd!. >>

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• This song is referenced in the 1996 episode of The Simpsons, "Homerpalooza," where Homer says, "I used to rock and roll all night and party every day, then it was every other day. Now I'm lucky if I can find half an hour a week in which to get funky."
• Kiss performed this at the closing ceremonies of the 2002 winter Olympics from Salt Lake City, while Katarina Witt and Kristi Yamaguichi skated to it.
• Kiss performed this at the 1999 Super Bowl pre-game show with dancers dressed like the band.
• On the 1999 Friends episode "The One After Vegas," a tired Joey starts singing this to keep himself awake - right before he falls asleep.
  
  It was also used in these TV shows:
  
  The Dangerous Book For Boys ("How To Walk On The Moon" - 2018)
  Ugly Betty ("Odor In The Court" - 2008)
  Dharma & Greg ("Do You Want Fries With That?" - 1998)
  Full House ("On The Road Again" - 1994)
• On May 1, 2009, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons' voices appeared on the television show The Fairly OddParents on the channel Nickelodeon. Kiss plays the role of the "Galactic Guardians of the White Wand." The song "Rock and Roll All Nite" is played at the beginning and end of their concert. >>

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