Kiss – Lick It Up

About The Song

Lick It Up is the eleventh studio album by American rock band Kiss. Before its 1983 release, the band members appeared on MTV without their trademark make-up. It was the first public appearance without make-up by the band, and their first for Mercury Records, where they had been signed following their departure from Casablanca Records. The album was certified platinum by the RIAA for selling over a million units in the US.

As soon as the Creatures of the Night Tour/10th Anniversary Tour wrapped up in June, the band immediately went back into the studio to begin work on their next album, which was recorded over the next two months. Lick It Up built upon the harder sound Kiss had displayed on 1982’s Creatures of the Night. While Vinnie Vincent contributed lead guitar to six songs on Creatures of the Night as a session player, by the time Lick It Up was released and for all the public knew, he was officially the guitarist in Kiss and played all the lead guitar on the album. For the first time, Vincent appeared on the cover art for the album, whereas Ace Frehley had appeared on the Creatures of the Night cover, despite having already left the band and not being involved in the recording of the album. The opening track (co-written by Vincent) features a solo from Rick Derringer.

“Lick It Up” and “All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose” were released as singles from the album. They were accompanied by a pair of similarly themed, tongue-in-cheek videos featuring the band (along with many scantily clad women) in desolate, post-apocalyptic settings. “All Hell’s Breakin’ Loose” is one of three songs in the history of the band in which all four (current at the time) members share songwriting credit, the others being “Love Theme from Kiss” from their debut album and “Back to the Stone Age” from Monster.

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Lyrics

Yeah! Yeah!
Don’t wanna wait ’til you know me better
Let’s just be glad for the time together
Life’s such a treat and it’s time you taste it
There ain’t a reason on earth to waste it
It ain’t a crime to be good to yourself
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
It’s only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Woo yeah
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Come on, come on
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Don’t need to wait for an invitation
You gotta live like you’re on vacation
There’s something sweet you can’t buy with money
Lick it up (woah!) lick it up
It’s all you need, so believe me honey
It ain’t a crime to be good to yourself
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
It’s only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Woo yeah
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Come on, come on
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
C’mon
It’s only right now
It’s only right now
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah!
Ooh yeah, ooh yeah!
Yeah, yeah!
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
It’s only right now
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Come on, come on
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Wooh!
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
Yeah (yeah), yeah (yeah)
Lick it up, lick it up, oh, oh, oh!
C’mon, c’mon, c’mon, c’mon