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Line 8: \| B-side = "[[Deuce (song)\|Deuce]]" \| released = {{start date\|1988\|12\|}} \| recorded = 1988 \| studio = [[Right Track]], New York City \| venue = \| genre = [[Glam metal]] \| length = 3:26 \| label = [[Mercury Records\|Mercury]] <small>(US)</small> Line 23: }} "'''(You Make Me) Rock Hard'''" is a song by the American rock band [[Kiss (band)\|Kiss]] from their 1988 [[greatest hits]] album ''[[Smashes, Thrashes & Hits]]''. The song is the album's second track<ref name="Weiss2017">{{cite book\|author=Brett Weiss\|title=Encyclopedia of KISS: Music, Personnel, Events and Related Subjects\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qEwzDAAAQBAJ~~&pg=PA208~~&dq=%22(You+Make+Me)+Rock+Hard%22&pg=PA208\|date=2017-07-24\|publisher=McFarland\|isbn=978-1-4766-2540-9\|pages=208–}}</ref> and was released as its second [[single (music)\|single]]. == Background and writing == "(You Make Me) Rock Hard" is one of two new songs on the Kiss [[greatest hits]] album ''[[Smashes, Thrashes & Hits]]'' released in 1988, the other being "[[Let's Put the X in Sex]]". Both songs are about sex.<ref name="Weiss2017" /><ref name="Ball">{{cite book\|author=Canon Ball\|title=CAMION BLANC: KISS MANIA KISS par un fan\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SgnTCQAAQBAJ~~&pg=PT34~~&dq=%22(You+Make+Me)+Rock+Hard%22&pg=PT34\|publisher=CAMION BLANC\|isbn=978-2-35779-351-4\|pages=34–}}</ref> The song was written by [[Paul Stanley]], [[Desmond Child]] and [[Diane Warren]].<ref name="Weiss2017" /> Line 32: It was recorded by Paul Stanley on his own in July 1988 at New York's Right Track Studios. According to ''The Official Price Guide to Kiss Collectibles'' by Ingo Floren, "Let's Put the X in Sex" and "(You Make Me) Rock Hard" "let some fans wonder about the new musical direction of the band" because they "were produced with lots of keyboards over a dance-orientated beat".<ref name="Floren2004" /> The song was released in the United States as a [[cassette single]] in December 1988.<ref name="Floren2004">{{cite book\|author=Ingo Floren\|title=The Official Price Guide to Kiss Collectibles\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_BdXSpHghlQC~~&pg=PT209~~&dq=%22(You+Make+Me)+Rock+Hard%22&pg=PT209\|year=2004\|publisher=Ingo Floren\|isbn=978-1-4000-5029-1\|pages=209–}}</ref> ==Music video== Line 38: == Personnel == [[Paul Stanley]] -– vocals, rhythm guitar, bass [[Bruce Kulick]] -– lead guitar, backing vocals [[Eric Carr]] -– drums, percussion, backing vocals [[Phil Ashley]] -– keyboards == References == Line 47: == External links == * {{MetroLyrics song\|kiss\|you-make-me-rock-hard}} * [https://www.discogs.com/Kiss-You-Make-Me-Rock-Hard/master/554980 "(You Make Me) Rock Hard"] at Discogs * <!--<ref name="X2016">-->{{cite book\|author=Anthony X\|title=Kiss My Black Ass!: This Is My Black Kiss-Story\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=nReADQAAQBAJ~~&pg=PT206~~&dq=%22(You+Make+Me)+Rock+Hard%22&pg=PT206\|date=2016-11-09\|publisher=AuthorHouse\|isbn=978-1-5246-4942-5\|pages=206–}}<!--</ref>--> {{Kiss}} Line 64 ⟶ 63: [[Category:Songs written by Desmond Child]] [[Category:Songs written by Diane Warren]] ~~[[Category:Songs about sexuality]]~~

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