Psycho Circus (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Psycho Circus

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Artist = Kiss
from Album = Psycho Circus
Released = November, 1998 (US)
Format = CD Single
Recorded = A&M Studios & One On One Studios,
Los Angeles: 1998
Genre = Hard Rock
Length = 5 min 30 sec
Label = Mercury/PolyGram MECP-449 (US)
Producer(s) = Bruce Fairbairn
Chart position =

• #22 (Auz)
• #10 (Canada)
• #98 (Holland)
• #8 (Norway)
• #4 (Sweden)

Reviews =
Last single = "Jungle (radio edit)" / "Jungle (full version)"
(1997)
This single = "Psycho Circus" / "In Your Face"
(1998)
Next single = "We Are One" / "Psycho Circus"
(1998) |

"Psycho Circus" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss. It is the title track from the 1998 album with the same name. The b-side is the non-album track "In Your Face", a song written by Kiss bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and sung by lead guitarist Ace Frehley.

"Psycho Circus" was written by guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley and collaborator Curt Cuomo specifically to fit the theme of the Psycho Circus Tour and album. According to producer Bruce Fairbairn, "We didn't have an opener for the record. We didn't have anything that was going to start things off. And [Paul] just looked at me and said, 'check this. This is it...' We both sat there and looked at each other and started to laugh. Because that was it" [KISS Online w/ Bruce Fairbairn]

A video was made to promote the single, which was made in the same 3-D theme as the album and tour, and was directed by James Hurlburt and produced by Doc McGhee and Eddie Vasker. [ [http://www.kissfaq.com/video/concept.html KISSfaq Video information] ] The video was generally ignored by MTV.

As a single, while the song did not make an appearance in the Billboard Hot 100 it did become the band's first number one hit on the Mainstream Rock chart, while also proving to be a Top Ten hit in other countries in the world, including Canada and Norway. [ [http://www.kissfaq.com/charts/scharts.html International Chart Info] ]

The song would open sets for the band on the Psycho Circus Tour to support the album, and was performed on Kiss's live album "" in 2003.

"Psycho Circus" was nominated for a Grammy Award in 1999 for best Hard Rock Performance, although they lost out to Jimmy Page and Robert Plant as their track "Most High" got the award. [ [http://www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/specials/1999/grammys/bigpicture.html List of the 1999 Grammy Award Winners and Nominations] ]

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