Kiss You All Over - wikipedia Kiss You All Over 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 2009 ) `` Kiss You All Over '' Single by Exile from the album Mixed Emotions B - side `` Do n't Do It '' ( US ) `` There 's Been A Change '' ( UK ) Released 1978 ( 1978 ) Format 7 '' single Genre Soft rock Length 4 : 57 Label Warner / Curb Records ( US ) RAK Records ( UK ) Songwriter ( s ) Mike Chapman Nicky Chinn Producer ( s ) Mike Chapman `` Kiss You All Over '' is a 1978 song performed by the group Exile. It was written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn. It was included on the band 's album Mixed Emotions, and it featured Jimmy Stokley and guitarist JP Pennington on lead vocals. It was a number one single in the United States, but proved to be Exile 's only big hit in the pop rock market ( they would later have great success on the country music charts ). It held the number one spot on the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks ( starting September 30 ), and Billboard ranked it as the No. 5 song for 1978. In the United Kingdom, the song was released on Mickie Most 's RAK Records, and it peaked at number 6 in the UK Singles Chart. In this song, a string synthesizer is used. In 2010, Billboard ranked the song ninth on its list of `` The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time ''. Lead vocalist on the song Stokley was ousted from the band in 1979, his health declining thereafter until he died at the age of 41 in 1985. The band moved into country music following the synth - pop success of `` Kiss You All Over '' and the 1979 follow - on hit `` You Thrill Me '' ( reaching # 40 ( UK no. 67 ) ) and `` How Could This Go Wrong '', # 88 on the charts. `` Take Me Down '' peaked at # 3 on the Euro Hit 40 in the mid-1980s. Contents 1 No Mercy version 2 Cover versions 3 Appearances in other media 4 References No Mercy version `` Kiss You All Over '' Single by No Mercy Released Genre Europop Songwriter ( s ) Mike Chapman, Nicky Chinn Producer ( s ) Johnny Vicious, Darrin `` Spike '' Friedman No Mercy singles chronology `` Please Do n't Go '' ( 1997 ) `` Kiss You All Over '' ( 1997 ) `` Hello How Are You '' ( 1998 ) `` Please Do n't Go '' ( 1997 ) `` Kiss You All Over '' ( 1997 ) `` Hello How Are You '' ( 1998 ) Music video `` Kiss You All Over '' on YouTube The band No Mercy 's 1997 remixed version by Johnny Vicious and Darrin `` Spike '' Friedman reached # 1 on the Billboard Hot Dance Club Play chart. It also reached # 16 on the UK Singles Chart and # 47 in Australia. Cover versions 1978 : A version by Jim Mundy and Terri Melton made number 87 on the Hot Country Songs charts. 1978 : A Disco version was covered by Broadway 1979 : Along with the track `` So Strange '', Phyllis Hyman covered this song and had a minor disco hit, peaking at number 75. Also in 1979, Millie Jackson covered this song for her album A Moment 's Pleasure and it was released as a single in Europe. 1982 : A lovers rock version by Samantha Rose produced by reggae producer Winston Curtis was recorded in London. 1993 : Tiffany released a version on her Asia - only album Dreams Never Die. The album ( and song ) were re-released in the U.S. in 2005. 2003 : The song was sampled by Live Element for their track Something About You 2003 : Cilla Black covered the song on her last ever studio album, Beginnings : Greatest Hits & New Songs. Her version was later remixed by Tommy Sandhu for the 2009 remix album Cilla All Mixed Up. 2013 : On the album Love Will..., Trace Adkins recorded a cover version with Exile ( J.P. Pennington and Les Taylor ). 2016 : A cover of the song appears on the Information Society album Orders of Magnitude Appearances in other media The song was featured in the films Happy Gilmore, Wild Hogs, Man on the Moon, Employee of the Month, and Zookeeper. It was also used in 2007 on CBC 's Hockey Night In Canada during a montage of Stanley Cup celebrations at the conclusion of the final game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs. The song closes out the finale of the first season of the Amazon Series Red Oaks. The Exiles version of the song also closes episode seven of Netflix series Mindhunter. References Jump up ^ Sendejas Jr., Jesse ( August 7, 2014 ). `` The ' 70s ' Seven Sexiest Soft - Rock Songs ''. Houston Press. Retrieved January 26, 2017. ^ Jump up to : M. Tye Comer, Mariel Concepcion, Monica Herrera, Jessica Letkemann, Evie Nagy and David J. Prince ( February 11, 2010 ). `` The 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time ''. Billboard. Retrieved October 13, 2016. CS1 maint : Uses authors parameter ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Exile - Kiss You All Over / There 's Been A Change - RAK - UK - RAK 279 ''. 45cat.com. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 17. Jump up ^ Whitburn, Joel ( 2004 ). Hot Dance / Disco : 1974 - 2003. Record Research. p. 191. Jump up ^ `` Kiss You All Over : Tiffany : MP3 Downloads ''. Amazon.com. Retrieved 2016 - 07 - 17. Jump up ^ http://www.whosampled.com/sample/102916/Live-Element-Something-About-You-Exile-(Band)-Kiss-You-All-Over/ Preceded by `` Boogie Oogie Oogie '' by A Taste of Honey Billboard Hot 100 number one single ( Exile version ) September 30, 1978 - October 21, 1978 Succeeded by `` Hot Child in the City '' by Nick Gilder Preceded by `` Rivers of Babylon '' by Boney M. New Zealand Singles Chart number one ( Exile version ) 15 October 1978 - 5 November 1978 Succeeded by `` Substitute '' by Clout Preceded by `` Rasputin '' by Boney M. Australian Kent Music Report number one single ( Exile version ) 18 December 1978 Succeeded by `` Y.M.C.A. '' by Village People Preceded by `` Circles '' by Kimara Lovelace Billboard Hot Dance Club Play number - one single ( No Mercy version ) January 31, 1998 Succeeded by `` Together Again '' by Janet Jackson Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kiss_You_All_Over&oldid=813558502 '' Categories : 1978 singles 1997 singles 1998 singles Billboard Hot 100 number - one singles Billboard Dance Club Songs number - one singles Exile ( American band ) songs Number - one singles in New Zealand Number - one singles in Australia Songs written by Mike Chapman Song recordings produced by Frank Farian Song recordings produced by Mike Chapman Songs written by Nicky Chinn RAK Records singles 1978 songs Curb Records singles Warner Bros. 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Question: when did kiss you all over come out
Answer: 1978