Song Instead of a Kiss

"Song Instead of a Kiss"
Single by Alannah Myles
from the album Rockinghorse
B-side	"Rockinghorse"
Released	18 October 1992 (1992-10-18)
Genre	Rock
Length	5:04 (LP version) 3:57 (edit)
Label	Atlantic
Songwriter(s)	Alannah Myles Robert Priest Nancy Simmonds
Producer(s)	David Tyson
Alannah Myles singles chronology
"Lover of Mine" (1990) "Song Instead of a Kiss" (1992) "Tumbleweed" (1992)
Music video
"Song Instead of a Kiss" on YouTube

"Song Instead of a Kiss" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Alannah Myles, released as the first single from her second album, Rockinghorse (1992). The power ballad became her first and only number-one single in Canada, topping the RPM 100 Hit Tracks chart for four weeks and ending 1992 as Canada's third-most-successful single. It also became a top-20 hit in Finland but charted weakly in other countries.