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Kiss Me (Sixpence None the Richer song)

{{Short description|1998 single by Sixpence None the Richer}}

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{{Infobox song

| name = Kiss Me

| cover = Kiss me sixpence none the richer shes all that US reissue.png

| alt = cover art

| caption = 1999 US CD re-release

| type = single

| artist = Sixpence None the Richer

| album = Sixpence None the Richer

| B-side =

  • "Sad but True"
  • "Love"
  • "I Can't Catch You"

| released = {{start date|1998|7|14}}

| recorded =

| studio = The White House (Nashville, Tennessee, US)

| genre =

  • Pop{{Cite magazine |last=Evans Price |first=Deborah |date=July 4, 1998 |title=Squint's Sixpence None the Richer Gains Acclaim |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-07-04.pdf |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=27 |pages=11, 86 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604153550/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-07-04.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Chuck |author-link=Chuck Taylor (music journalist) |date=December 12, 1998 |title=Reviews & Previews – New & Noteworthy |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-12-12.pdf |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=50 |page=21 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 10, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010031640/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-12-12.pdf |url-status=live }}
  • alternative rock{{Cite web |title=88 Best Alternative Rock Songs of 1998 |url=https://www.spin.com/featured/best-alternative-rock-songs-1998/ |website=Spin |date=October 25, 2018 |access-date=June 17, 2021 |archive-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210614183317/https://www.spin.com/featured/best-alternative-rock-songs-1998/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|last= Rolling Stone Staff|title= Every Song Sabrina Carpenter Covered During Short n' Sweet Tour|magazine= Rolling Stone |date= November 22, 2024|url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/sabrina-carpenter-best-covers-spin-the-bottle-1235176152/mamma-mia-by-abba-1235176160/|quote=Take Sixpence None the Richer’s “Kiss Me,” the alt-rock stunner...|accessdate= November 29, 2024}}

| length =

  • {{Duration|m=3|s=30}} (album version)
  • {{Duration|m=3|s=19}} (radio version)

| label =

| writer = Matt Slocum

| producer = Steve Taylor

| prev_title = Angeltread

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = There She Goes

| next_year = 1999

| misc =

{{External music video|{{YouTube|v45F0YesdZM|"Kiss Me" ("There She Goes" version)}}}}

{{External music video|header=no|{{YouTube|HJXrQSIaj3o|"Kiss Me" (Paris version)}}}}

}}

"Kiss Me" is a song by American pop rock band Sixpence None the Richer from their self-titled third album (1997). The ballad{{Cite magazine |last=Lorenz |first=Christian |date=May 15, 1999 |title=Kissing Clever with a Song of Sixpence |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-05-15.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=16 |issue=20 |page=11 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=September 28, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210928232526/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-05-15.pdf |url-status=live }} was released to modern rock radio on July 14, 1998, and was issued physically on August 12, 1998, in the United States. It was later issued in international territories the following year. Several music critics compared the song to works by English alternative rock band the Sundays, and it was nominated for a Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocals at the 42nd Grammy Awards.{{Cite web |title=42nd Grammy Award Nominations (2000) |url=https://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/42/nominees.shtml |access-date=August 27, 2020 |website=digitalhit.com |archive-date=August 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200801030825/https://www.digitalhit.com/grammy/42/nominees.shtml |url-status=live }}

"Kiss Me" is the band's highest-charting single in the US, peaking at {{abbr|No.|Number}} 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and becoming the country's sixth-best-selling single of 1999. Worldwide, the song reached No. 1 on the Australian and Canadian charts as well as No. 4 on the UK Singles Chart, entering the top 10 in 16 countries altogether. Three music videos were made for the song, with one paying tribute to French romantic drama film Jules and Jim and two others featuring the band in the park, watching a portable television.

Background

"Kiss Me" originated as a draft of a song written in a Dutch motel.{{Cite magazine |last=Holub |first=Christian |date=January 29, 2019 |title=How 'Kiss Me' became the theme song to 'She's All That' |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/29/behind-the-music-how-kiss-me-became-the-theme-song-to-shes-all-that/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511145535/https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/29/behind-the-music-how-kiss-me-became-the-theme-song-to-shes-all-that/ |url-status=live }} Sixpence None the Richer's lead vocalist Leigh Nash said the band had been in their rooms for about an hour when band member Matt Slocum called to let her know that he had composed a new song. Nash went on to say, "We were on tour over there, and we had a show that night at Flevo Festival. We performed it that night! I went down into his room and learned it. It was an instant hit with fans, but it was still like a year and a half before we recorded it."

The song has a more lighthearted, "poppier" sound compared to the band's prior work; thus, the band were reluctant to include it on their self-titled third album until their producer persuaded them to reconsider. Nash said early drafts of the song had "slightly edgier lyrics, with 'silver moon sparkling' originally written as 'cigarettes sparkling.'"

Composition

The song is composed in the key of E-flat major, with a tempo "moderate beat" of 96 bpm, the time signature is {{Music|time signature|4|4}} common time, and the vocal range is B-flat (musical note)–B{{Music|flat}}4, according to Musicnotes.com.{{Cite web |last=Matt |first=Slocum |date=May 20, 2021 |title=Sixpence None the Richer "Kiss Me" Sheet Music in Eb Major |url=https://www.musicnotes.com/sheetmusic/mtd.asp?ppn=MN0233381&srsltid=AfmBOopwsKxQ3ChUa5Q5aTq9CsQivI0XEU3mL22YuzRw1DMyeOqe2ucW |access-date=December 30, 2024 |website=Musicnotes.com |language=en |publication-date=1998}}

Release

In January 1999, Miramax used "Kiss Me" as the main theme song of its teen romantic comedy film She's All That. The film's box office success helped "Kiss Me" to gain widespread mainstream attention and chart success. In Italy, the film was retitled Kiss Me.{{Cite web |last=Blickley |first=Leigh |date=January 29, 2019 |title=The Dance Scene No One Wanted: An Oral History Of The 'She's All That' Prom |url=https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dance-scene-shes-all-that_n_5c424345e4b0a8dbe171585b |website=HuffPost |quote=in Italy it was “Kiss Me.” They used the title of the song as the title of the film. |access-date=November 4, 2019 |archive-date=October 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191013110155/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/dance-scene-shes-all-that_n_5c424345e4b0a8dbe171585b |url-status=live }} The song was also included on Dawson's Creek{{'}}s first soundtrack in April 1999.{{Cite magazine |last=Kaplan |first=Ilana |date=January 20, 2018 |title='Dawson's Creek' Turns 20: Insiders Share Stories Behind the Music, Plot Choices & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dawsons-creek-music-soundtrack-history-interview-8095191/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511184532/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/dawsons-creek-music-soundtrack-history-interview-8095191/ |url-status=live }}

Critical reception

Rick Anderson of AllMusic described the song as "an utterly irresistible slice of swoony guitar pop" adding that "is impossible to shake loose from the brain and could well turn out to be this generation's 'I Wanna Hold Your Hand'."{{Cite web |last=Anderson |first=Rick |title=Sixpence None the Richer – Sixpence None the Richer {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/sixpence-none-the-richer-mw0000029252 |access-date=February 15, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic |archive-date=February 15, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200215191151/https://www.allmusic.com/album/sixpence-none-the-richer-mw0000029252 |url-status=live }} Chuck Taylor and Deborah Evans Price of Billboard magazine compared the song to those recorded by the Sundays. Taylor called the song "admirably well-written" and "brightly produced", further comparing the track to 10,000 Maniacs. British music columnist James Masterton also compared "Kiss Me" to the works of the Sundays, referring to the song as a cross with a mellow Cranberries song, and called it a "wonderful tapestry of jangling guitars".{{Cite web |last=Masterton |first=James |author-link=James Masterton |date=May 23, 1999 |title=Week Ending May 29th 1999 |url=https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1999/week-ending-may-29th-1999 |publisher=Chart Watch UK |access-date=March 12, 2021 |archive-date=April 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210417235302/https://chart-watch.uk/archives/1999/week-ending-may-29th-1999 |url-status=live }} Jim Kerr of Radio & Records magazine wrote that the song is an "amazing piece of alterna-pop" reminiscent of the Sundays.{{Cite magazine |last=Kerr |first=Jim |date=July 3, 1998 |title=On the Radio |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-07-03.pdf |magazine=Radio & Records |issue=1255 |page=92 |access-date=June 16, 2021 |archive-date=March 9, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309122643/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/1990s/1998/RR-1998-07-03.pdf |url-status=live }} Larry Flick of Billboard described "Kiss Me" as a "refreshing summertime tune" with "airy" production and "romantic" imagery.{{Cite magazine |last=Flick |first=Larry |author-link=Larry Flick |date=August 22, 1998 |title=Reviews & Previews – Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-08-22.pdf |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=34 |page=16 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=May 2, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210502012311/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-08-22.pdf |url-status=live }} Daily Record said it is an "excellent pop song."{{Cite magazine |title=Chart Slot |magazine=Daily Record |date=June 4, 1999}}

Chart performance

"Kiss Me" debuted on the US Billboard Hot 100 at number 90 on the issue of November 28, 1998, but it fell out of the top 100 the following week.{{Cite magazine |title=The Hot 100: Week of November 28, 1998 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1998-11-28?rank=90 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=April 8, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408231241/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1998-11-28/?rank=90 |url-status=live }} On February 13, 1999, it re-entered the listing at number 91,{{Cite magazine |title=The Hot 100: Week of February 13, 1999 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1999-02-13?rank=91 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 27, 2020}} then took another 11 weeks to reach its peak of number two on May 1, where it stayed for a single week.{{Cite magazine |title=The Hot 100: Week of May 1, 1999 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1999-05-01?rank=2 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=September 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210929021501/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-100/1999-05-01?rank=2 |url-status=live }} It stayed in the top 100 for 33 weeks, ending 1999 as the United States' sixth-most-successful song of the year. The single additionally peaked atop the Billboard Mainstream Top 40 chart and reached number two on the Adult Contemporary and Adult Top 40 charts. In Canada, "Kiss Me" debuted at number 45 on the RPM Top Singles chart on March 22 and rose to number one on May 10,{{Cite magazine |url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7350&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.7350.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7350 |title=RPM 100 Hit Tracks – March 22, 1999 |magazine=RPM |publisher=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=October 13, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201013060423/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.7350&URLjpg=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f4/nlc008388.7350.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.7350 |url-status=live }} becoming Canada's 11th-best-performing hit of 1999. It topped the RPM Adult Contemporary chart as well.

The track reached number one in Australia, where it stayed for three weeks in June 1999 following a four-week climb up the ARIA Singles Chart. It appeared at number 19 on the Australian year-end chart of 1999. In New Zealand, "Kiss Me" debuted at number 16 in May and rose to its peak of number four on July 18, spending 15 weeks in the top 50 and ending the year at number 44 on the RIANZ year-end chart. The song became a hit in several European countries, reaching the top 10 in Austria, Flanders, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Norway, Switzerland, and the United Kingdom. It peaked within the top 20 in Iceland, the Netherlands, Sweden, and Wallonia, attaining a peak of number 15 on the Eurochart Hot 100. In France, it rose to number 32 in September 1999. "Kiss Me" has earned several certifications, receiving a double-platinum award in the UK and US, a platinum disc in Australia, and gold discs in Belgium and New Zealand.

Music videos

The original music video, directed by producer Steve Taylor and filmed in Paris, France, pays tribute to French filmmaker François Truffaut and his film Jules and Jim, made in black and white and recreating many of the classic scenes from the film.{{Cite magazine |last=Evans Price |first=Deborah |date=July 4, 1998 |title=Sixpence Lenses a Truffaut Tribute |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-07-04.pdf |magazine=Billboard |volume=110 |issue=27 |page=86 |access-date=August 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200604153550/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1998/BB-1998-07-04.pdf |url-status=live }} Two alternate versions of the video were also released later, which featured the band sitting on a park bench, performing and watching scenes from either She's All That or Dawson's Creek on a portable television or projected on an outdoor screen. Freddie Prinze Jr. and Rachael Leigh Cook appeared in the She's All That version of the video.{{Cite web |date=September 7, 2010 |title=Sixpence None the Richer - Kiss Me (Movie Version - Official Music Video HD) |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwkhn35Szk |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=YouTube |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511184531/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yFwkhn35Szk |url-status=live }} The Dawson's Creek version of the video became VH1's number-one video for the entire month of May 1999.{{Cite magazine |last=Taylor |first=Chuck |date=August 14, 1999 |title=Sixpence None the Richer Has Another Go At Radio With Sparkling La's Cover |volume=111 |issue=33 |pages=98 |magazine=Billboard |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98 |access-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-date=November 3, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221103235843/https://books.google.com/books?id=mggEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA98 |url-status=live }}

Legacy

=Covers and samples=

As a solo artist, the lead vocalist of the band, Leigh Nash recorded a cover of the song for her 2018 Limited Edition EP and sings it as part of her live sets. The song has been covered by Avril Lavigne,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n-_b53UqrwI |title=Avril Lavigne at fifteen doing a cover of Kiss Me in a video by RomanLine Ent. |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/n-_b53UqrwI |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} UK R&B singer Nathan, Lava Lava on their album Tour Demo, and New Found Glory on their 2007 album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. The New Found Glory version has been released as a single with a music video.{{Cite magazine |date=April 28, 2020 |title=The 50 Greatest Minivan Rock Songs |url=https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/minivan-rock-50-greatest-songs-9364720/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |magazine=Billboard |quote=11. Sixpence None the Richer, “Kiss Me” (1999) |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511184532/https://www.billboard.com/media/lists/minivan-rock-50-greatest-songs-9364720/ |url-status=live }} "Kiss Me" has also been covered by Singaporean Olivia Ong on her 2006 album A Girl Meets Bossa Nova 2.{{Cite web |title=Cover versions by Kiss Me {{!}} SecondHandSongs |url=https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/35076 |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=secondhandsongs.com |archive-date=May 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511102159/https://secondhandsongs.com/performance/35076 |url-status=live }} A cover by Debbie Scott appeared in the 2004 game Pump It Up: Exceed. A cover of the song was put in the 2003 game Karaoke Revolution.

The song was covered on the eighth season of The X Factor UK in 2011 by Janet Devlin in Week 7. In 2019, SZA performed a cover version as part of her set at the III Points Festival.{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2019 |title=SZA Covers Sixpence None The Richer's "Kiss Me": Watch |url=https://www.stereogum.com/2032491/sza-sixpence-none-the-richer-kiss-me/news/ |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=Stereogum |language=en |archive-date=June 6, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230606052958/https://www.stereogum.com/2032491/sza-sixpence-none-the-richer-kiss-me/news/ |url-status=live }} In August 2021, Cyn recorded a cover version of the song for the soundtrack to the Netflix film, He's All That.{{Cite web |last=Mamo |first=Heran |date=August 4, 2021 |title=Cyn Covers Sixpence None the Richer's 'Kiss Me' for 'He's All That' Soundtrack: Listen |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/9610453/cyn-sixpence-none-the-richer-kiss-me-cover-hes-all-that-netflix-film |access-date=August 5, 2021 |publisher=Billboard |archive-date=October 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211018061340/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/movies/9610453/cyn-sixpence-none-the-richer-kiss-me-cover-hes-all-that-netflix-film |url-status=live }} In a 2022 season 1 episode of the CBS TV series Ghosts, "Attic Girl", Sam Arondekar (Rose McIver) and Jay Arondekar (Utkarsh Ambudkar) throw a prom for the ghosts. The episode ends with Sam walking down the stairs in an homage to She's All That, a reference mentioned by Jay. The song was also covered by Australian singer Ruel on June 27, 2024, for his EP, Adaptations, which also features multiple covers of other songs.{{Cite web |date=June 30, 2024 |title=Ruel Covers Sixpence None the Richer's "Kiss Me" |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ruel-sixpence-none-the-richers-kiss-me-cover-62574/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |website=Rolling Stone Australia |language=en-AU}}{{Cite magazine |last=Eggertsen |first=Chris |date=June 25, 2024 |title=Signed: 'Painkiller' Singer Ruel Signs With Giant Music & More |url=https://www.billboard.com/pro/ruel-signs-giant-music-artist-signings/ |access-date=November 10, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}

Thai singer Lisa of K-pop girl group Blackpink interpolated the song's chorus in her single "Moonlit Floor (Kiss Me)" from her album Alter Ego in October 2024, transforming the alternative rock ballad into a more upbeat nu-disco dance-pop track.{{Cite magazine |last=Iasimone |first=Ashley |date=September 29, 2024 |title=LISA of BLACKPINK Debuts New Song 'Moonlit Floor' at Global Citizen Fest 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/lisa-moonlit-floor-global-citizen-festival-2024-1235787991/ |access-date=September 29, 2024 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}{{Cite magazine|last=Williams|first=Aaron|title=Lisa Channels Sixpence None The Richer On Her Funky New Single, 'Moonlit Floor'|url=https://uproxx.com/pop/lisa-moonlit-floor-sixpence-none-the-richer/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241009050908/https://uproxx.com/pop/lisa-moonlit-floor-sixpence-none-the-richer/|date=October 4, 2024|archive-date=October 9, 2024|access-date=October 15, 2024|magazine=UPROXX}}

=In popular culture=

In 2006, the song garnered renewed popularity in the Philippines because of a viral performance from actress and former Viva Hot Babes member Alyssa Alano. The viral video, which was uploaded on YouTube, featured a mondegreened version of the performance, with karaoke subtitles of her accented lyrics, which, among other things, rendered the title of the song as "Keys Me."{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBiL-EzvFn0 |title=Keys Me by Alyssa Alano |date=June 10, 2006 |access-date=October 26, 2024|via=YouTube}}{{Cite web|date=June 23, 2006|title=Sexy star amused by "Keys me" video – Babelmachine – Blogs – CNET Asia|url=http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/blog/babelmachine/0,39055810,39370014,00.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070609231127/http://asia.cnet.com/reviews/blog/babelmachine/0,39055810,39370014,00.htm|archive-date=June 9, 2007|access-date=October 26, 2024}}

In the 2003 romantic comedy How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days starring Kate Hudson and Matthew McConaughey, "Kiss Me" plays during a kiss-cam scene when their characters Andie Anderson and Benjamin Barry attend a New York Knicks basketball game at Madison Square Garden. The song also appears in the movie's soundtrack album.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0251127/soundtrack/ |title=How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days (2003) - Soundtracks - IMDb |language=en-US |access-date=December 4, 2024 |via=www.imdb.com}}

In an interview with Vogue, Taylor Swift said that "Kiss Me" was the first song that she learned to play on guitar, when she was 12 years old.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XnbCSboujF4 |title=73 Questions With Taylor Swift |date=April 19, 2016 |access-date=May 6, 2019 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211221/XnbCSboujF4 |archive-date=December 21, 2021 |url-status=live |via=YouTube |work=Vogue}}{{cbignore}} The NHL also used the song in a Stanley Cup Playoffs commercial in 2023.{{Cite AV media |title= 2023 Stanley Cup Playoffs TV Spot {{!}} "Kiss Me" |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bymHFD3yMJU |access-date=August 26, 2024 |via=YouTube}}

Track listings

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US Christian retail single{{Cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/kiss-me-mw0000381014 |title=Sixpence None the Richer – Kiss Me |publisher=AllMusic |access-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=June 23, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210623032049/https://www.allmusic.com/album/kiss-me-mw0000381014 |url-status=live }}

  1. "Kiss Me" (radio remix) – 3:21
  2. "Kiss Me" (album edit) – 3:02
  3. "Sad but True" – 3:59
  4. "Kiss Me" (live in Hollywood 2.12.98) – 3:29

US cassette single{{cite AV media notes |title=Kiss Me |others=Sixpence None the Richer |year=1998 |type=US cassette single sleeve |publisher=Columbia Records, Squint Entertainment |id=38T 79101}}

  1. "Kiss Me"
  2. "Love"

UK CD single{{cite AV media notes |title=Kiss Me |others=Sixpence None the Richer |year=1999 |type=UK CD single liner notes |publisher=Elektra Records, Squint Entertainment |id=E3750CD}}

  1. "Kiss Me" (radio remix) – 3:18
  2. "Sad but True" – 3:57
  3. "Kiss Me" (live in Hollywood 2.12.98) – 3:28

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UK cassette single{{cite AV media notes |title=Kiss Me |others=Sixpence None the Richer |year=1999 |type=UK cassette single sleeve |publisher=Elektra Records, Squint Entertainment |id=E3750C}}

  1. "Kiss Me" (radio remix) – 3:18
  2. "Sad but True" – 3:57

Japanese CD single{{cite AV media notes |title=Kiss Me |others=Sixpence None the Richer |year=2000 |type=Japanese CD single liner notes |publisher=EastWest Records Japan, Squint Entertainment |id=AMCY-7123}}

  1. "Kiss Me" (Japanese version) – 3:17
  2. "Kiss Me" (LP version) – 3:27
  3. "Kiss Me" (acoustic version) – 3:16
  4. "I Can't Catch You" (Ben Grosse Remix) – 3:36
  5. "Love" (Ben Grosse Remix) – 3:53
  6. "Kiss Me" (instrumental edit) – 3:18

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Credits and personnel

Credits are lifted from the Sixpence None the Richer album booklet.{{cite AV media notes |title=Sixpence None the Richer |title-link=Sixpence None the Richer (album) |others=Sixpence None the Richer |year=1997 |type=US CD album booklet |publisher=Squint Entertainment |id=7017032616}}

Studios

  • Recorded at The White House (Nashville, Tennessee, US)
  • Additional recording and mix at The Carport (Nashville, Tennessee, US)
  • Mastered at Gateway Mastering (Portland, Maine, US)

Personnel

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Charts

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=Weekly charts=

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!Chart (1998–1999)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Australia|1|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true|refname="aus"}}
{{single chart|Austria|7|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Flanders|7|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Wallonia|12|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|1|chartid=8138|rowheader=true|refname="can"}}
{{single chart|Canadaadultcontemporary|1|chartid=8130|rowheader=true|refname="canac"}}
scope="row"|Czech Republic (IFPI){{cite web|url=http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|title=Hitparada radia - 34/1999|publisher=IFPI CR|language=cs|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19990829142859/http://www.ifpicr.cz/radio.htm|archive-date=August 29, 1999|access-date=February 6, 2021}}

|10

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{Cite magazine |date=September 18, 1999 |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-09-18.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=16 |issue=38 |page=13 |access-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104095403/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-09-18.pdf |url-status=live }}

|15

{{single chart|France|32|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true|refname="fra"}}
{{single chart|Germany|7|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|songid=3979|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Greece (IFPI Greece){{Cite magazine |date=August 7, 1999 |title=Top National Sellers |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-08-07.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=16 |issue=32 |page=8 |access-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104095403/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-08-07.pdf |url-status=live }}

|7

scope="row"|Hungary (Mahasz){{Cite magazine |date=August 28, 1999 |title=Top National Sellers |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-08-28.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=16 |issue=35 |page=10 |access-date=March 4, 2020 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609115527/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-08-28.pdf |url-status=live }}

|4

scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40){{Cite news |date=June 4, 1999 |title=Íslenski Listinn (3.6–10.6. 1999) |language=is |page=10 |work=Dagblaðið Vísir |url=https://timarit.is/page/2985319#page/n9/mode/2up |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-date=June 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200609020339/https://timarit.is/page/2985319#page/n9/mode/2up |url-status=live }}

|17

{{single chart|Ireland2|6|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true|refname="ire"}}
scope="row"|Italy (Musica e dischi){{Cite magazine |date=October 9, 1999 |title=Top National Sellers |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-10-09.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=16 |issue=41 |page=14 |access-date=November 28, 2019 |archive-date=April 20, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210420184707/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-10-09.pdf |url-status=live }}

|7

{{single chart|Dutch40|12|year=1999|week=30|rowheader=true|refname="d40"}}
{{single chart|Dutch100|27|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|New Zealand|4|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true|refname="nz"}}
{{single chart|Norway|8|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true}}
scope="row"|Poland (Music & Media){{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-06-26.pdf|title=Major Market Airplay – Week 26/1999|magazine=Music & Media|volume=16|issue=26|page=19|date=June 26, 1999|access-date=February 16, 2023|archive-date=February 23, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230223070644/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1999/MM-1999-06-26.pdf|url-status=live}}

|4

{{single chart|Scotland|2|date=19990605|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018}}
{{single chart|Sweden|13|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|Switzerland|6|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|song=Kiss Me|rowheader=true}}
{{single chart|UK|4|date=19990529|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018|refname="uk"}}
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|2|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|refname="hot100"}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultalternativesongs|17|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|access-date=June 26, 2019}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultcontemporary|2|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018|refname="usac"}}
{{single chart|Billboardadultpopsongs|2|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018|refname="usaps"}}
{{single chart|Billboardpopsongs|1|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|rowheader=true|access-date=February 27, 2018|refname="usps"}}

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!Chart (2016)

!Peak
position

{{single chart|Poland|75|year=2016|chartid=1886|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2016}}

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=Year-end charts=

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!Chart (1999)

!Position

scope="row"|Australia (ARIA){{Cite web |title=ARIA Top 100 Singles for 1999 |url=https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1999/singles-chart |access-date=August 27, 2020 |publisher=ARIA |archive-date=May 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190512013243/https://www.ariacharts.com.au/annual-charts/1999/singles-chart |url-status=live }}

|19

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders){{Cite web |title=Jaaroverzichten 1999 |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1999 |access-date=June 26, 2019 |publisher=Ultratop |language=nl |archive-date=July 1, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701015855/https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1999 |url-status=live }}

|47

scope="row"|Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia){{Cite web |title=Rapports annuels 1999 |url=https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1999 |access-date=June 26, 2019 |publisher=Ultratop |language=fr |archive-date=May 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190520065546/https://www.ultratop.be/fr/annual.asp?year=1999 |url-status=live }}

|61

scope="row" |Brazil (Crowley){{cite web|url=https://maistocadas.mus.br/1999/|title=Brazilian Top 100 Year-End 1999|date=April 3, 2018|publisher=Crowley Broadcast Analysis|accessdate=January 30, 2022}}

|74

scope="row"|Canada Top Singles (RPM){{Cite magazine |title=RPM 1999 Top 100 Hit Tracks |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9952&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9952.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9952 |magazine=RPM |via=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=June 1, 2018 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329151600/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9952&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9952.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9952 |url-status=live }}

|11

scope="row"|Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM){{Cite magazine |title=RPM 1999 Top 100 Adult Contemporary |url=http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9964&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9964.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9964 |magazine=RPM |via=Library and Archives Canada |access-date=June 1, 2018 |archive-date=March 29, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329152553/https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.9964&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.9964.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.9964 |url-status=live }}

|6

scope="row"|Europe (Eurochart Hot 100){{Cite magazine |date=January 1, 2000 |title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles 1999 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-01-01.pdf |magazine=Music & Media |volume=17 |issue=1 |page=11 |access-date=January 26, 2020 |archive-date=January 4, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190104095403/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/00s/2000/MM-2000-01-01.pdf |url-status=live }}

|56

scope="row"|Germany (Media Control){{Cite web |title=Top 100 Single–Jahrescharts 1999 |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1999 |access-date=April 21, 2018 |publisher=GfK Entertainment |language=de |archive-date=July 19, 2015 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150719040412/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1999 |url-status=live }}

|53

scope="row"|Netherlands (Dutch Top 40){{Cite web |title=Top 100–Jaaroverzicht van 1999 |url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1999 |access-date=March 13, 2020 |publisher=Dutch Top 40 |archive-date=December 9, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191209143349/https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1999 |url-status=live }}

|75

scope="row"|New Zealand (RIANZ){{Cite web |title=End of Year Top 50 Singles 1999 |url=https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1999-12-31 |access-date=November 28, 2019 |publisher=Recorded Music NZ |archive-date=February 21, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250221191016/https://aotearoamusiccharts.co.nz/archive/annual-singles/1999-12-31 |url-status=live }}

|44

scope="row"|Sweden (Hitlistan){{Cite web |title=Årslista Singlar, 1999 |url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1999&dspp=1 |access-date=March 4, 2020 |publisher=Sverigetopplistan |language=sv |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605154831/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/43?dspy=1999&dspp=1 |url-status=live }}

|89

scope="row"|Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade){{Cite web |title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1999 |url=http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1999 |access-date=June 1, 2018 |language=de |archive-date=August 19, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140819084203/http://swisscharts.com/charts/jahreshitparade/1999 |url-status=live }}

|42

scope="row"|UK Singles (OCC){{Cite magazine |title=Best Sellers of 1999: Singles Top 100 |magazine=Music Week |page=27 |date=January 22, 2000}}

|63

scope="row"|UK Airplay (Music Week){{Cite web |title=Most Broadcast of 1999: Airplay Top 50 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-01-22.pdf#page=53 |access-date=April 24, 2022 |magazine=Music Week |page=31 |date=January 22, 2000 |archive-date=July 29, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210729070503/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/2000/Music-Week-2000-01-22.pdf#page=53 |url-status=live }}

|2

scope="row"|US Billboard Hot 100{{Cite web |title=Billboard Top 100 – 1999 |url=http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090709044506/http://longboredsurfer.com/charts.php?year=1999 |archive-date=July 9, 2009 |access-date=August 28, 2010}}

|6

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{Cite magazine |date=December 25, 1999 |title=1999 – The Year in Music: Hot Adult Contemporary Tracks |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf |magazine=Billboard |volume=111 |issue=52 |page=YE-99 |access-date=September 27, 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726232701/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf |url-status=live }}

|7

scope="row"|US Adult Top 40 (Billboard){{Cite magazine |date=December 25, 1999 |title=1999 – The Year in Music: Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf |magazine=Billboard |volume=111 |issue=52 |page=YE-100 |access-date=April 2, 2020 |archive-date=July 26, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200726232701/https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1999/BB-1999-12-25.pdf |url-status=live }}

|2

scope="row"|US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard){{Cite magazine |date=December 24, 1999 |title=Most Played Mainstream Top 40 Songs of 1999 |magazine=Airplay Monitor |volume=7 |issue=52 |page=54}}

|8

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!Chart (2000)

!Position

scope="row"|US Adult Contemporary (Billboard){{Cite magazine |date=December 22, 2000 |title=The Best of 2000: Most Played Adult Contemporary Songs |magazine=Airplay Monitor |volume=8 |issue=51 |page=50}}

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Certifications

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|title=|artist=|type=single|award=Platinum|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|refname="auscert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Belgium|title=|artist=|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|refname="belcert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Denmark|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|title=Kiss Me|type=single|award=Gold|id=13329|certyear=2023|access-date=December 31, 2023}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Italy|title=|artist=|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=2021|note=sales since 2009|accessdate=June 28, 2021|id=8613}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|title=|artist=|type=single|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2015|certmonth=8|digital=true|note=digital 2005 release|accessdate=May 20, 2021}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=New Zealand|type=single|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|title=Kiss Me|award=Gold|relyear=1999|certyear=1999|id=1999-10-15|source=newchart|access-date=November 20, 2024|refname="nzcert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|title=Kiss Me|award=Platinum|number=2|relyear=1999|certyear=2024|id=3666-1174-1|access-date=February 2, 2024|refname="ukcert"}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|artist=Sixpence None the Richer|title=Kiss Me|type=single|award=Platinum|number=3|relyear=2003|certyear=2024|access-date=July 29, 2024|refname="RIAA"}}

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Release history

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scope="row" rowspan="4"|United States

|July 14, 1998

|Modern rock radio

|rowspan="4"|{{hlist|Columbia|Squint}}

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August 1998

|Modern AC radio

August 12, 1998

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

December 8, 1998

|Top 40 radio

|align="center"|{{Cite magazine |date=December 4, 1998 |title=Sixpence None the Richer |magazine=Radio & Records |issue=1277 |page=40}}

scope="row"|Germany

|rowspan="2"|May 17, 1999

|CD

|rowspan="2"|{{hlist|Elektra|Squint}}

|align="center"|{{Cite web |title=Kiss Me By Sixpence None The Richer (1999-05-17) |url=https://www.amazon.de/Kiss-Sixpence-None-Richer-1999-05-17/dp/B014I37UZC |publisher=Amazon |access-date=June 16, 2021}}

scope="row"|United Kingdom

|{{hlist|CD|cassette}}

|align="center"|{{Cite magazine |date=May 15, 1999 |title=New Releases – For Week Starting 17 May, 1999: Singles |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-05-15.pdf |magazine=Music Week |page=23 |access-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-date=July 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210719203930/https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1999/Music-Week-1999-05-15.pdf |url-status=live }}

scope="row"|Japan

|February 9, 2000

|CD

|{{hlist|EastWest Japan|Squint}}

|align="center"|{{Cite web |title=キス・ミー(ジャパニーズ・ヴァージョン) {{!}} シックスペンス・ノン・ザ・リッチャー |trans-title=Kiss Me (Japanese Version) {{!}} Sixpence None the Richer |url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/76290/products/39535/1/ |publisher=Oricon |language=ja |access-date=September 4, 2023 |archive-date=September 4, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230904172600/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/76290/products/39535/1/ |url-status=live }}

References

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Category:Songs about kissing

Category:1990s ballads

Category:1997 songs

Category:1998 singles

Category:1999 singles

Category:2007 singles

Category:Black-and-white music videos

Category:Columbia Records singles

Category:Elektra Records singles

Category:New Found Glory songs

Category:Number-one singles in Australia

Category:Pop ballads

Category:RPM Top Singles number-one singles

Category:Sixpence None the Richer songs

Category:Comedy television theme songs

Category:Alternative rock ballads

Category:Music videos shot in France