"I Love It Loud" is a song by the American hard rock band KISS released on their 1982 album, Creatures of the Night. The song was written by bassist/vocalist Gene Simmons and guitarist Vincent Cusano. Cusano (who would later be known as Vinnie Vincent after officially joining KISS later in 82) had been working with songwriter Adam Mitchell when he discovered that Mitchell had connections to KISS, and Cusano made it a point to meet Simmons through Mitchell. After meeting and exchanging phone numbers with Simmons, the two got together and wrote "I Love It Loud" and another song that appeared on the Creatures... album called "Killer" during the same writing session.

Released as a single in 1982, it was only the second KISS single to feature a picture sleeve and marked the final KISS single released on the Casablanca label.KISS singles information As a single, the song did not fare well, failing to crack the Billboard Hot 100, although it did "bubble under" at #102.International Chart History

The video was directed by Paul Davey and produced by John Weaver for Keefco.KISS video Information It also marked the final video for which KISS wore their famous make-up before unmasking in 1983.

Trivia

• The Creatures of the Night album credits the song as written by Paul Stanley and Vincent Cusano, despite the fact that it should be credited as being written by Gene Simmons and Vincent Cusano. This is true for all prints of the album, including the reprints.

• A remixed version of the track appears on KISS's Smashes, Thrashes & Hits album that features a weaker drum sound and is missing the fade out in the middle of the song.

• Also appears on the 1993 release Alive III and on the 2001 KISS Box set.

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