Australian singles chart:
Shout it Out Loud entered the Kent Music Report on 10 May 1976 and peaked at #45.
Album:
The song is on Destroyer which entered the Kent Music Report album charts on 19 April 1976 and peaked at #6.
Songwriters:
Paul Stanley, Gene Simmons, Bob Ezrin
Producer:
Bob Ezrin
Record label of Australian release:
Casablanca
Songfacts:
Before forming Kiss, Paul Stanley and Gene Simmons had a band called Wicked Lester that included a Hollies song called I Wanna Shout in their set. The chorus goes:
“We wanna shout it out loud
But we can’t let people know”
Wicked Lester recorded the song with the title We Want To Shout it Out Loud, but their version wasn’t released. A few years later, when Kiss were working on their fourth album, Destroyer, Simmons came up with a variation on the lyric, singing, “Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud”. He, Stanley, and their producer, Bob Ezrin, fleshed out the song in about 30 minutes, turning into a wild party tune that became one of Kiss’ anthems.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/kiss/shout-it-out-loud
Lyrics:
Well, the night’s begun and you want some fun
Do you think you’re gonna find it (think you’re gonna find it)?
You got to treat yourself like number one
Do you need to be reminded (need to be reminded)?
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