Strutter

"Strutter"
"Strutter"
Single by Kiss
from the album Kiss
Released	August 10, 1974 (US)
Recorded	1973
Studio	Bell Sound (New York City)
Genre	Hard rock; glam rock;
Length	3:10
Label	Casablanca; Warner Bros. (US) NB-9001;
Songwriter(s)	Gene Simmons; Paul Stanley;
Producer(s)	Kenny Kerner; Richie Wise;
Kiss singles chronology

"Strutter" is a song by the American rock band Kiss, released in 1974 on their self-titled debut album, Kiss. It was the third single released from the album and failed to chart.

"Strutter" is one of the few Kiss songs written by Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley together. Stanley wrote new lyrics to "Stanley the Parrot", a song whose music was composed by Simmons.^[4] Stanley's lyrics display his Bob Dylan influence.^[5] The song was featured in the video games Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas and Guitar Hero 2.

^ "KISS - Strutter - Reviews - Album of the Year". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 10, 2024.
^ Philo, Simon (2018). Glam Rock: Music in Sound and Vision. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-44227-148-7.
^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Strutter - Kiss | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2019.
^ Stanley, Paul. The Kiss Box Set liner notes, The Island Def Jam Music Group, 2001. ISBN 0-446-53073-5
^ Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography, Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5

[1] "KISS - Strutter - Reviews - Album of the Year". Album of the Year. Retrieved August 10, 2024.

[2] Philo, Simon (2018). Glam Rock: Music in Sound and Vision. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 130. ISBN 978-1-44227-148-7.

[3] Guarisco, Donald A. "Strutter - Kiss | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved August 17, 2019.

[4] Stanley, Paul. The Kiss Box Set liner notes, The Island Def Jam Music Group, 2001. ISBN 0-446-53073-5

[leaf-5] Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography, Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5

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