So tonight for the first time I heard a song, and I started singing a long. About a few seconds of singing into it, I realized it was Prince's, "Kiss." But it was Tom Jones?!?!?!?

Apparently it was released in 1989, and it is by The Art Of Noise / Tom Jones.

Did this remake chart? Anyone else heard it???

man this song was all over mtv when it was released

such an awful cover. one of the art of noise's worst.

Oh it charted. It fuckin charted.....

Vanilli said:

Many people have heard it.

It reached number 5 in the UK charts:

I think I have it on the 'Now 13' compilation.

soulyacolia said:

Tom Jones version of Kiss got sampled during the early 90's. It was popular when it was out. The video should be somewhere on TubeYou. *Disclaimer* I ain't about to post the link.

Tom Jones did a good job with it too!

Tom Jones covering a Prince classic. What could possibly go wrong?

squirrelgrease said:

Tom Jones, Prince, Dave Navarro and me.. all born on June7!!!


Tom Jones: covers Prince song

Dave Navorro: dates Prince protege/discovery/former gf - Carmen Elektra

June7: moderates prince.org

Coincidence? I think not!

June7 said:

Six Degrees Of June7

squirrelgrease said:

Listen here ya freakazoid-...Tom Jones happens to be a friend of mine and my grandmother's so, blood brothers are thicker than water. Love, Black Betty.
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I was in a ladies dress shop last week and it was playing. I can vaguely remember hearing about it but this was the first time hearing it. Tom Jones shouldn't do that!

The first time I heard it was during the begining of "My Stepmother is an Alien"".

squirrelgrease said:

You'd be surprised how many are amazed when they are told the Tom Jones version is a cover!

Some of you should try living here in the UK, where many a person has asked me "when did Prince do a cover of that Tom Jones song?"

I swear, I was ready to kill someone at the O2 on 12th September if I was asked that.

Vanilli said:

Fucking hell, you live in a box dont you.

alxndrstff said:

Exactly thats what I normally encounter, frustrating. I'm a Cyndi Lauper fan and also get with her, did she cover Roy Orbison's I Drove All Night when no she sang it first.

langebleu said:

It pains me to say that Tom Jones' version charted higher in the UK, Prince only got to number six in March 1986.

Which is the worst cover of Kiss? The Tom Jones version or the one by The Age of Chance?
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Yeah he did

and my Dad thought he sang it first, then Prince released itt ¬_¬

Didn't Tom Jones sing it first?

..Oh.

to be fair, that is understandable, i would have also thought the same, being as roy orbison has such a wealth of classics.

funny that someone with Milli Vanilli in the avatar complains about kiss being covered by a real musician (how good or bad the job was)

dualboot said:

He didn't complain. He was just asking about it.

coolcat said:

my bad... makes sense

Tame said:

Well, Mr. Jones apparently has Prince beat in the wang department.

June7 said:

I saw Tom Jones in Ephesus, Turkey, over 20 years ago. Don't underestimate his talent. He isn't my generation, but he was in his 50's and HOT! His band was young and the experience memorable. He's a respected singer, and he gave Prince added publicity.
From Wikipedia:
"In 1967 he performed for the first time in Las Vegas, at the Flamingo. In 1968, starting at New York's Copacabana night club, women would swoon and scream, and some would throw their knickers on stage. Soon after, he began to play Las Vegas and began recording less, choosing to concentrate on his lucrative club performances. At Caesar's Palace his shows were traditionally a knicker-hurling frenzy of raw sexual tension and good-time entertainment. There, they started throwing hotel room keys."
He was also knighted, by Queen Elizabeth.....

Hey! Prince will be 70 one of these days. And the youth will wonder what was so appealing about him.....
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I thought that was the worst song I ever heard