Kickstart My Heart
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| "Kickstart My Heart" | ||
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| Single by Mötley Crüe | ||
| from the album Dr. Feelgood | ||
| Released | November 20, 1989 | |
| Length | 4:48 | |
| Writer(s) | Nikki Sixx | |
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| Mötley Crüe singles chronology | ||
| "Dr. Feelgood" (1989) |
"Kickstart My Heart" (1989) |
"Without You" (1990) |
"Kickstart My Heart" is a song by the American hard rock band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. The song was written by Nikki Sixx about his famous overdose in which he was declared clinically dead before being revived by two adrenaline shots to the heart. The video clip was shot in the Whisky-A-Go-Go during the Mötley Crüe's warm up show before embarking on the Dr. Feelgood Tour. For the 'Carnival of Sins' tour 2005, "Kickstart My Heart" was used as the band's closing song of a concert.
Released as a single in 1989, "Kickstart My Heart" reached #27 on the Billboard Hot 100 charts in the United States.[1] The introduction is a classic example of a Floyd Rose bridge trick, in which Mick Mars drops 3 consecutive strings resulting in sound similar to a car shifting gears.
[edit] Other Media
- Featured in the 2006 film Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby.
- The progressive metalcore/mathcore band Between the Buried and Me covered the song for their all-cover album The Anatomy Of. Another cover by Australian Ska band The Porkers was featured on the Ska Tribute To Heavy Metal compilation.
- Featured in many commercials and the E3 trailer towards the 2006 video game Scarface: The World is Yours
- Featured on an episode of The Office where Dwight Schrute rocks out to this song in the car to prepare for the sales meeting.
- Featured in the Playstation 2 game, Gran Turismo 3.
[edit] Personnel
- Vince Neil - vocals
- Mick Mars - guitar
- Nikki Sixx - bass
- Tommy Lee - drums
[edit] References
- ^ Whitburn, Joel. The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits, 6th ed, Billboard Publications, Inc. 1996. ISBN 0-8230-7632-6
| Mötley Crüe |
| Vince Neil | Mick Mars | Nikki Sixx | Tommy Lee |
| John Corabi | Randy Castillo | Samantha Maloney |
| Discography |
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| Studio Albums: Too Fast for Love | Shout at the Devil | Theatre of Pain | Girls, Girls, Girls Dr. Feelgood | Mötley Crüe | Generation Swine | New Tattoo |
| Compilations and Extended Plays: Decade of Decadence | Quaternary | Greatest Hits | Supersonic and Demonic Relics | Loud as F*@k | Red, White & Crüe |
| Live albums: Live: Entertainment or Death | Carnival of Sins Live |
| Related articles |
| Brides of Destruction | Methods of Mayhem |
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