Jungle (Kiss song)

"Jungle"
Song by Kiss
from the album Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions
A-side "Jungle" (Radio Edit)
B-side "Jungle" (LP Version)
Released 1997
Format CD single (promo)
Label Mercury (US)
Songwriter(s) Paul Stanley, Bruce Kulick, Curtis Cuomo
Producer(s) Toby Wright and Gene Simmons/Paul Stanley
Kiss singles chronology
"Rock and Roll All Nite (Unplugged)"
(1996)		 "Jungle"
(1997)		 "Psycho Circus"
(1998)

"Jungle" is a song by the American rock band Kiss from their 1997 studio album Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions.[1] It was also released as the album's promotional single.

Background and writing

"Jungle" is the sixth track on the band's 1997 studio album Carnival of Souls: The Final Sessions.[1]

The song was written by Paul Stanley together with Bruce Kulick and Curtis Cuomo.[1]

Composition

Brett Weiss' Encyclopedia of KISS says that the song

has a "semi-funky grunge-lite riff" that "recalls Collective Soul's U.S. hit "Shine".[1]

Personnel

Commercial performance

The song reached number 8 on the Billboard "Mainstream Rock Tracks" chart.

Charts

Chart (1997) Peak
position
US Mainstream Rock (Billboard)[2] 8

Awards

"Jungle" won the 1997 Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Song of the Year.[3]

Year Nominee/work Award Result
1997 "Jungle" Metal Edge Readers' Choice Award for Song of the Year[3] Won

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Brett Weiss (2017-07-24). Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. McFarland. pp. 90–. ISBN 978-1-4766-2540-9.
  2. ↑ "Kiss Chart History (Mainstream Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved October 19, 2017.
  3. 1 2 Brett Weiss (2017-07-24). Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects. McFarland. pp. 30–. ISBN 978-1-4766-2540-9.
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