Kiss on My List - wikipedia Kiss on My List This article needs additional citations for verification. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2016 ) `` Kiss on My List '' Single by Hall & Oates from the album Voices B - side `` Africa '' Released January 24, 1981 Format Vinyl ( 7 ``, 12 '' ) Recorded 1979 Genre Pop rock blue - eyed soul Length 4 : 25 ( album version ) 3 : 48 ( 45 version ) Label RCA Records Songwriter ( s ) Daryl Hall Janna Allen Producer ( s ) Daryl Hall John Oates Hall & Oates singles chronology `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' ( 1980 ) `` Kiss on My List '' ( 1981 ) `` You Make My Dreams '' ( 1981 ) `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' ( 1980 ) `` Kiss on My List '' ( 1981 ) `` You Make My Dreams '' ( 1981 ) `` Kiss on My List '' is a song by the American duo Hall & Oates. It was written by Daryl Hall and Janna Allen, and produced by the duo. It was the third single release from their ninth studio album, Voices ( 1980 ), and became their second US Billboard Hot 100 number - one single ( after `` Rich Girl '' in 1977 ). It spent three weeks at the top spot. The song was written with the intention of Janna Allen, sister of Hall 's longtime girlfriend Sara Allen, singing it, as she was interested in starting a music career. Hall cut a demo version as a guide for her, but later when his manager found the tape lying around the studio, he insisted that Hall and Oates cut the song themselves. In fact, the production team liked the demo so much that they did n't do a second take, instead adding background vocals and instrumentation to the demo and mixing them together. Hall recalled that 's why the drums sounded so `` dinky '' - the `` drums '' in fact being the early Roland CR - 78 `` drum machine. '' Hall calls it an anti-love song, with the song title being tongue - in - cheek sarcasm in that the kiss is not that important, in that it 's on a list of other things that are just as important. The song was one of the music videos that aired on MTV 's first day of broadcast. The 45 rpm version of the song appears on the compilation albums Rock ' n Soul Part 1 ( 1983 ) and Playlist : The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates ( 2008 ). While two other songs from the album had returned the duo to chart activity, it was the success of `` Kiss on My List '' that confirmed the start of the duo 's sustained run as one of American pop 's top - selling acts, a run that lasted into 1990. Contents 1 Cover versions 2 In Popular Culture 3 Chart performance 3.1 Weekly charts 3.2 Year - end charts 4 Personnel 5 See also 6 References 7 External links Cover versions This section does not cite any sources. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. ( July 2016 ) In 2010, The Bird and the Bee covered the song as well as referenced it in another song, `` Heard It On The Radio '', for their tribute album Interpreting the Masters Volume 1 : A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates. In the 2010 film She 's Out of My League the lead character 's best friend fronts a Hall and Oates cover band and they perform the song during a party scene. In 2014, The Family Crest covered the song for Grey 's Anatomy Season 10, Episode 16 as a part of the Grey 's Anatomy ' 80s cover project. The episode aired on March 20, 2014. In 2015, Matt Dusk and Margaret recorded a version for their album Just the Two of Us. In popular culture The song was featured in the 2010 film You Again and was reprised as the end title music featuring an on screen performance by Daryl Hall and John Oates. Chart performance Weekly charts Chart ( 1981 ) Peak position Australia ( Kent Music Report ) 13 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 7 New Zealand ( Recorded Music NZ ) 33 UK Singles ( Official Charts Company ) 33 US Billboard Hot 100 US Adult Contemporary ( Billboard ) 16 US Mainstream Rock ( Billboard ) 54 Year - end charts Chart ( 1981 ) Rank Australia 83 Canada Top Singles ( RPM ) 32 US Billboard Hot 100 7 Personnel The Band Daryl Hall -- lead vocals, keyboards, synthesizers John Oates -- backing vocals, 6 and 12 - string guitars John Siegler -- bass guitar Jerry Marotta -- drums Additional musicians Jeff Southworth -- lead guitar Mike Klvana -- equipment technician See also List of Hot 100 number - one singles of 1981 ( U.S. ) References ^ Jump up to : Recordings, Legacy ( 2015 - 07 - 28 ). `` 35 Things You Did n't Know About ''. Legacy Recordings. Retrieved 2017 - 06 - 01. Jump up ^ `` Charts.org.nz -- Daryl Hall & John Oates -- Kiss On My List ''. Top 40 Singles. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Daryl Hall & John Oates : Artist Chart History ''. Official Charts Company. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Daryl Hall & John Oates -- Chart history '' Billboard Hot 100 for Daryl Hall & John Oates. Retrieved June 1, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Daryl Hall & John Oates -- Chart history '' Billboard Adult Contemporary for Daryl Hall & John Oates. Retrieved March 30, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Daryl Hall & John Oates -- Chart history ''. Billboard Mainstream Rock for Daryl Hall & John Oates. Retrieved October 17, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Item Display - RPM - Library and Archives Canada ''. Collectionscanada.gc.ca. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 19. Jump up ^ `` Top 100 Hits of 1981 / Top 100 Songs of 1981 ''. Musicoutfitters.com. Retrieved 2016 - 10 - 19. External links Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics Preceded by `` Rapture '' by Blondie Billboard Hot 100 number - one single April 11, 1981 -- April 25, 1981 Succeeded by `` Morning Train ( Nine to Five ) '' by Sheena Easton Daryl Hall & John Oates Daryl Hall John Oates Studio albums Whole Oats ( 1972 ) Abandoned Luncheonette ( 1973 ) War Babies ( 1974 ) Daryl Hall & John Oates ( 1975 ) Bigger Than Both of Us ( 1976 ) Beauty on a Back Street ( 1977 ) Along the Red Ledge ( 1978 ) X-Static ( 1979 ) Voices ( 1980 ) Private Eyes ( 1981 ) H O ( 1982 ) Big Bam Boom ( 1984 ) Ooh Yeah ! ( 1988 ) Change of Season ( 1990 ) Marigold Sky ( 1997 ) Do It for Love ( 2003 ) Our Kind of Soul ( 2004 ) Home for Christmas ( 2006 ) Live albums Livetime ( 1978 ) Live at the Apollo ( 1985 ) Compilation albums No Goodbyes ( 1977 ) Rock ' n Soul Part 1 ( 1983 ) The Atlantic Collection ( 1996 ) Playlist : The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates ( 1998 ) The Very Best of Daryl Hall & John Oates ( 2001 ) VH1 Behind the Music : The Daryl Hall and John Oates Collection ( 2002 ) Ultimate Daryl Hall + John Oates ( 2004 ) The Singles ( 2008 ) Singles `` She 's Gone '' ( 1974 ) `` Sara Smile '' ( 1976 ) `` Rich Girl '' ( 1977 ) `` Wait for Me '' ( 1979 ) `` You 've Lost That Lovin ' Feelin ' '' ( 1980 ) `` Kiss on My List '' ( 1981 ) `` You Make My Dreams '' ( 1981 ) `` Private Eyes '' ( 1981 ) `` I Ca n't Go for That ( No Can Do ) '' ( 1981 ) `` Did It in a Minute '' ( 1982 ) `` Maneater '' ( 1982 ) `` One on One '' ( 1983 ) `` Family Man '' ( 1983 ) `` Jingle Bell Rock '' ( 1983 ) `` Say It Is n't So '' ( 1983 ) `` Adult Education '' ( 1984 ) `` Out of Touch '' ( 1984 ) `` Method of Modern Love '' ( 1985 ) `` A Nite at the Apollo Live ! The Way You Do the Things You Do / My Girl '' ( live ) ( 1985 ) `` Everything Your Heart Desires '' ( 1988 ) `` Love Train '' ( 1989 ) `` So Close '' ( 1990 ) `` Do It for Love '' ( 2002 ) `` Someday We 'll Know '' ( 2003 ) `` Getaway Car '' ( 2003 ) `` I 'll Be Around '' ( 2004 ) `` Without You '' ( 2004 ) `` I Can Dream About You '' ( 2005 ) `` Ooh Child '' ( 2005 ) `` It Came Upon the Midnight Clear '' ( 2006 ) Hall solo albums Sacred Songs ( 1980 ) Three Hearts in the Happy Ending Machine ( 1986 ) Soul Alone ( 1993 ) Ca n't Stop Dreaming ( 1996 ) Laughing Down Crying ( 2011 ) Oates solo albums Phunk Shui ( 2002 ) John Oates : Live at the Historic Wheeler Opera House ( 2004 ) John Oates Solo -- The Album, The Concert ( 2006 ) Related articles Discography Interpreting the Masters Volume 1 : A Tribute to Daryl Hall and John Oates Live from Daryl 's House Book Commons Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiss_on_My_List&oldid=805842650 '' Categories : 1979 songs 1981 singles Hall & Oates songs Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Songs written by Daryl Hall Songs written by Janna Allen RCA Records singles Hidden categories : Articles needing additional references from July 2016 All articles needing additional references Articles with hAudio microformats Singlechart usages for New Zealand Singlechart usages for UKsinglesbyname Singlechart usages for Billboardhot100 Singlechart called without song Singlechart usages for Billboardadultcontemporary Talk Contents About Wikipedia Français Italiano Edit links This page was last edited on 18 October 2017, at 00 : 08. 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Question: who sings your kiss is on my lips
Answer: Hall & Oates