“I Was Made for Lovin’ You” was Kiss’s first songwriting collaboration with Desmond Child, who also wrote songs for the albums Animalize, Asylum, Crazy Nights, Smashes, Thrashes & Hits, and Hot in the Shade. While not as drastic as the 1979 “Radio Single Mix”, the length of the song is edited by some eleven seconds down to 4 minutes and 16 seconds. Like the 1979 edit, the beginning measures of the song are reduced from four to two and the harmonizing following the guitar solo is halved.
The music video of “I Was Made for Lovin’ You” was filmed on June 20, 1979, in the Savannah Civic Center in Savannah, Georgia, and was directed by John Goodhue.[10] After the show was canceled, it was decided to use the already completed stage to film two videos. A promotional video was shot featuring the song performed on the Dynasty stage set, consisting simply of the band performing the song. It was not included in the “Kissology” DVD series.
“I Was Made for Lovin’ You” was the band’s second gold single, selling over 1 million copies. The single was certified gold in the U.S. on August 16, 1979, and in Canada on August 1, 1979. The song was one of the band’s few singles to chart in the UK in the 1970s, peaking at No. 50.
Although drummer Peter Criss appeared in the video and on the album cover, he did not actually play on the track – session player Anton Fig took his place on the recording.
The song has become a permanent staple in Kiss’s live performances. The band’s performance of the song at their 30th anniversary show in Melbourne, Australia, was accompanied by the Melbourne Symphony Orchestra, who wore Kiss-style makeup with their tuxedos. At first Desmond Child said, “Paul wanted to write a good disco song and I decided to help him with that. Paul started to write lyrics and chords then I played the song on the guitar and said ‘OK, we’ll do something to improve this and make it really a good song.'”
“I Was Made for Lovin’ You” – Single by Kiss from the album Dynasty
Released 1979
Songwriters Paul Stanley, Vini Poncia, Desmond Child.
Charted No.11 in US, No.50 in UK, No.2 in West Germany, No.1 in New Zealand, No.1 in Belgium, No.1 in Canada, No.1 in Netherlands , No.2 in Australia.
Paul Stanley said that he wrote it after visiting Studio 54 and hearing disco, thinking to himself that he could create his own take on the genre.
