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"Kiss Me"
Single by Sixpence None the Richer
from the album Sixpence None the Richer
Released	August 11, 1998 May 25, 1999 March 28, 2000
Format	CD single
Genre	Pop rock, Adult Alternative
Length	3:16 (Single Version) 3:32 (Album Version)
Label	Squint Entertainment
Writer(s)	Matt Slocum
Sixpence None the Richer singles chronology
"Angeltread" (1995) "Kiss Me" (1999) "There She Goes" (1999)
Alternate covers US Commercial Single European Commercial Single

"Kiss Me" is also a song by the German duo E-Rotic

"Kiss Me" is a song recorded by Sixpence None the Richer and released on the 1997 album Sixpence None the Richer. It reached number two on the U.S. Hot 100 and number four on both the UK Singles Chart and the Canadian Singles Chart and number one on the Australian singles chart, making it the group's highest-charting single across the world.

Single release

A year after the release of the album Sixpence None the Richer, the teen movie She's All That and the popular teen soap Dawson's Creek played "Kiss Me" (with tie-in videos), which went on to be a hit single off the album and the band's most recognizable song.

The song was released as a single in 1999, propelling Sixpence into the US pop spotlight. The Grammy-nominated song became a top airplay hit in over 10 countries including Canada, the UK, Japan (later, the band re-recorded "Kiss Me" in Japanese), Israel, Italy, Netherlands and Australia.

Matt Slocum wrote the song for his wife, although it is performed by a female singer.

Track listing

US Christian Retail Single

1. "Kiss Me" (Radio Remix)
2. "Kiss Me" (Album Edit)
3. "Sad But True"
4. "Kiss Me" (Live In Hollywood)

US Mainstream Retail Single

1. "Kiss Me" (Radio Remix)
2. "Love"

UK CD Single

1. "Kiss Me"(Radio Remix)
2. "Sad But True"
3. "Kiss Me"(Live In Hollywood)

Japanese CD Single

1. "Kiss Me (Japanese Version)
2. "Kiss Me (LP Version)
3. "Kiss Me (Acoustic Version)
4. "I Can't Catch You (Ben Grosse Remix)
5. "Love (Ben Grosse Remix)
6. "Kiss Me (Instrumental Edit)

Music Videos

The original music video pays tribute to French filmmaker François Truffaut and his film Jules et Jim, made in black and white and recreating many of the classic scenes from the film. Two alternate versions of the video was also released later, which featured the band sitting on a park bench, performing and watching scenes from 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.

The Dawson's Creek version of the video became VH1's number-one video for the entire month of May, 1999.

Charts

Popular culture

• "Kiss Me" has been featured in a number of motion pictures (She's All That, Not Another Teen Movie - during a scene that parodied its use in She's All That, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, Be Cool) and TV shows (Dawson's Creek, Saturday Night Live, MTV's The Real World, The Young and the Restless, Days of our Lives, 7th Heaven, Daria in Episode 304, "Daria Dance Party" at the dance, Verliebt in Berlin in final of the season 1 for the wedding of Lisa and many other TV shows).
• In June 1999, "Kiss Me" was featured during the BBC's worldwide broadcast of Prince Edward's wedding ceremonies, at the request of Britain's royal family.
• A heavily accented cover of the song performed by Filipino actress Alyssa Alano on a GMA Network program became an internet meme in the country after a parody was posted on YouTube containing mondegreens such as "Keys Me".
• On the fourth season of Canadian Idol, Steffi DiDomenicantonio performed the song during the Top 14 week.
• An instrumental version of the song (with the lyrical riffs being hummed and/or replaced with the words "la la") has been featured in commercials for Frito-Lay's Sun Chips.
• An excerpt from the song features in the song 'Medley' by indie duo Garfunkel and Oates with members Kate Micucci and Riki Lindhome failing o understand the lyrics
• On the ninth season of American Idol, Lacey Brown performed the song during the Top 20 week.

Covers

The song has been covered by Adam Levine, UK R&B singer, Nathan, Lava Lava on their album "Tour Demo", and New Found Glory on their album From the Screen to Your Stereo Part II. The New Found Glory version has been released as a single with a music video.^[1] It has also been covered by Canadian Avril Lavigne, Singaporean Olivia Ong on her album A Girl Meets Bossa Nova 2, and by American Jewel^{[citation needed]}. Natalie Imbruglia has also done a cover of "Kiss Me", though it was not released. A cover by Debbie Scott appeared in the game Pump It Up! A cover of the song was put in the game Karaoke Revolution.

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