Hide Your Heart (song)

"Hide Your Heart"
"Hide Your Heart"
Single by Kiss
from the album Hot in the Shade
Released	October 17, 1989
Recorded	August 1989
Genre	Hard rock, glam metal
Length	4:25
Label	Mercury; Vertigo (Europe)
Songwriter(s)	Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight
Producer(s)	Gene Simmons & ; Paul Stanley
Kiss singles chronology

"Hide Your Heart"
"Hide Your Heart"
	Artwork for UK/European single releases (CD edition pictured)
Single by Bonnie Tyler
from the album Hide Your Heart
B-side	"I'm Not Foolin'"
Released	May 9, 1988
Recorded	1987–1988
Genre	Rock
Length	4:25
Label	Columbia
Songwriter(s)	Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight
Producer(s)	Desmond Child
Bonnie Tyler singles chronology

Hide Your Heart is a song by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, released on her 1988 album Hide Your Heart. The song is written by Kiss' rhythm guitarist and vocalist Paul Stanley, Desmond Child and Holly Knight. Although the song failed to chart (except in Finland), it has appeared on several compilations.

Background[]

Written by Paul Stanley, Desmond Child, Holly Knight, "Hide Your Heart" was originally rejected for Kiss' 1987 album Crazy Nights.^[1] Stanley offered the song to other artists, with Bonnie Tyler recording it first for her album Hide Your Heart. The song later appeared on Hot in the Shade, the same month Ace Frehley's Trouble Walkin' album was released which also features a cover of "Hide Your Heart".

Appearances[]

"Hide Your Heart" appears on following Bonnie Tyler albums:

Hide Your Heart
The Very Best of Bonnie Tyler
The Best (French version)
Power & Passion – The Very Best Of Bonnie Tyler
Total Eclipse Anthology
Ravishing: The Best of Bonnie Tyler
Holding Out for a Hero – The Very Best Of Bonnie Tyler
Best Of 3 CD
Bonnie Tyler: The Collection
All the Hits

Kiss version[]

Kiss' version of "Hide Your Heart" is the third of four versions released in 1989. The first version was by Molly Hatchet on their album Lightning Strikes Twice, released on September 6. The second version was by former Kiss guitarist Ace Frehley, featured on his fourth studio album Trouble Walkin' which was released only four days before Kiss' Hot in the Shade. The last version of the song was by Robin Beck, released on November 9 on her album Trouble Or Nothin'. A music video was filmed on top of the Hotel Royale in Los Angeles.^[2] The song wasn't a big success on radio, charting its highest number 59 in the United Kingdom and reaching number 22 on the U.S. album rock charts. It was however a very popular music video on MTV. Paul Stanley performed the song during his 2006 solo tour in support of his album Live to Win and appears on his live album/DVD One Live Kiss. It was also played live during the band's 40th anniversary tour and "End of the Road" tour.

Kiss personnel[]

Paul Stanley – rhythm guitar, lead vocals,
Gene Simmons – bass guitar, backing vocals
Eric Carr – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Bruce Kulick – lead guitar, backing vocals
Phil Ashley – keyboards

Ace Frehley personnel[]

Ace Frehley – lead guitar, lead vocals
Richie Scarlet – rhythm guitar, backing vocals
John Regan – bass guitar, synthesizer
Anton Fig – drums
Peter Criss – percussion, backing vocals
Peppi Castro – backing vocals

Appearances[]

"Hide Your Heart" appears on following Kiss albums:

Hot in the Shade
The Best of Kiss, Volume 2: The Millennium Collection
The Box Set

Charts[]

Chart (1989)	Peak position
Australian Singles Chart	76
UK Singles Chart	59
US Billboard Hot 100	66
US Billboard Album Rock Tracks	22

Other versions[]

Molly Hatchet – Lightning Strikes Twice
Ace Frehley – Trouble Walkin'
Robin Beck – Trouble or Nothin'

References[]

^ "Info about 'Hide Your Heart'". Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2011.
^ "Music video for Kiss' Hide Your Heart". Retrieved April 10, 2011.

[1] "Info about 'Hide Your Heart'". Archived from the original on September 3, 2012. Retrieved April 10, 2011.

[2] "Music video for Kiss' Hide Your Heart". Retrieved April 10, 2011.

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Discography
The World Starts Tonight	"Lost in France" "More Than a Lover"
Natural Force	"It's a Heartache" "Living for the City" "Heaven" "(You Make Me Feel Like) A Natural Woman" "Here Am I"
Diamond Cut	"My Guns Are Loaded"
Goodbye to the Island	"Sometimes When We Touch" "A Whiter Shade of Pale" "Sitting on the Edge of the Ocean" "I Believe in Your Sweet Love"
Faster Than the Speed of Night	"Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" "Faster Than the Speed of Night" "Total Eclipse of the Heart" "Straight from the Heart"
Secret Dreams and Forbidden Fire	"If You Were a Woman (And I Was a Man)" "Loving You's a Dirty Job but Somebody's Gotta Do It" "Band of Gold" "Holding Out for a Hero"
Hide Your Heart	"Hide Your Heart" "Don't Turn Around" "Save Up All Your Tears" "To Love Somebody" "The Best"
Bitterblue	"Against the Wind" "Bitterblue"
Angel Heart	"Fools Lullaby"
Silhouette in Red	"You Are So Beautiful"
Free Spirit	"You're the One" "Making Love Out of Nothing at All" "Bridge over Troubled Water" "Two Out of Three Ain't Bad"
All in One Voice	"Angel of the Morning" "I Put a Spell on You" "The Rose" "He's the King" "Silent Night"
Heart Strings	"Human Touch" "Everybody Hurts" "Amazed" "Against All Odds (Take a Look at Me Now)" "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" "Lean on Me" "In My Life" "Learning to Fly" "Right Here Waiting" "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" "I Can't Make You Love Me" "Need Your Love So Bad" "It's Over"
Simply Believe	"Si demain... (Turn Around)" "Si tout s'arrête (It's a Heartache) "Darlin'"
Rocks and Honey	"Believe in Me" "What You Need from Me" "Mom"
Collaborations	"A Rockin' Good Way (to Mess Around and Fall in Love)" "Islands" "Vergiß Es (Forget It)" "Amour Éternel (Eternal Flame)"
Other songs	"Here She Comes" "I Don't Know How to Love Him"