Every Little Kiss

"Every Little Kiss"
Single by Bruce Hornsby and the Range
from the album The Way It Is
B-side "The Red Plains"
Released May 27, 1986
March 31, 1987 (reissue)
Recorded 1985
Length 5:48
Label RCA Records
Songwriter(s) Bruce Hornsby
Producer(s) Bruce Hornsby
Elliot Scheiner
Bruce Hornsby and the Range singles chronology
"Every Little Kiss"
(1986)		 "The Way It Is"
(1986)

"Every Little Kiss"
(1986)		 "The Way It Is"
(1986)

"Every Little Kiss" is a song recorded by Bruce Hornsby and the Range. It was released in May 1986 as the lead single from the band's 1986 album The Way It Is.

Background

The song was originally released as their debut single in early 1986. It peaked at number 72 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 and at number 18 and number 37 on the U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks and Adult Contemporary chart, respectively.[1] The track was then re-released in 1987 after the success of The Way It Is and peaked at number 14 on the Hot 100. The introductory passage of the song quotes Charles Ives' work "The Alcotts."

Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)[2] 32
US Billboard Hot 100 72
US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks 18
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart 37
Chart (1987) Peak
position
Canada Top Singles (RPM) 36
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM) 9
US Billboard Hot 100 14
US Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart 3

Covers

In 2000, country singer Sara Evans covered the song on her 2x platinum album Born to Fly.

In 2004, indie singer-songwriter Skott Freedman released a piano version of the song on his album Judge a Book.

References

  1. ↑ Whitburn, Joel (2002). Top Adult Contemporary: 1961-2001. Record Research. p. 118.
  2. ↑ "Nederlandse Top 40 – Bruce Hornsby and the Range" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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