Calling Dr. Love

"Calling Dr. Love"
Single by Kiss
from the album Rock and Roll Over
B-side"Take Me"
ReleasedFebruary 13, 1977 (US)
Recorded1976 at Star Theatre, Nanuet, New York
Genre
Length3:46
LabelCasablanca NB-880 (US)
Songwriter(s)Gene Simmons
Producer(s)Eddie Kramer
Kiss singles chronology
"Hard Luck Woman" / "Mr. Speed"
(1976)
"Calling Dr. Love" / "Take Me"
(1977)
"Christine Sixteen" / "Shock Me"
(1977)

"Calling Dr. Love" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1976 album Rock and Roll Over.

A live version of the song was included on Alive II, released in 1977. Since then, "Calling Dr. Love" has appeared on numerous Kiss compilation albums. In 2003, it appeared on Kiss's fifth live album, Kiss Symphony: Alive IV. "Calling Dr. Love" was also featured in the setlist of the Alive 35 World Tour in 2008.

The Canadian 8-track tape version of the song is extended by about 55 seconds, with a smoothly edited-in repeat of the guitar solo.

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