"Shout It Out Loud" is a song by the American

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a heavier subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and Distortion (music), distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the Garage rock, garage, Psychedelic rock, psychedelic and blues ...

group

Kiss A kiss is the touching or pressing of one's lips against another person, animal or object. Cultural connotations of kissing vary widely; depending on the culture and context, a kiss can express sentiments of love, passion, romance, sex ...

, originally released on their

1976 Events January * January 2 – The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights enters into force. * January 5 – The Pol Pot regime proclaims a new constitution for Democratic Kampuchea. * January 18 – Full diplomatic ...

album, ''

Destroyer In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, maneuverable, long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy, or carrier battle group and defend them against a wide range of general threats. They were conceived i ...

''. It was released as the lead single off the album, and it proved to be successful, becoming the band's second single to break the

Top 40 In the music industry, the Top 40 is a list of the 40 currently most popular songs in a particular genre. It is the best-selling or most frequently broadcast popular music. Record charts have traditionally consisted of a total of 40 songs. "To ...

, after "

Rock and Roll All Nite "Rock and Roll All Nite" is a song by American rock band Kiss, released in 1975 as the first single from their third studio album '' Dressed to Kill''. The studio version of the song peaked at No. 68 on the ''Billboard'' singles chart, besting ...

". It was also the band's first single to top the charts, as it reached number 1 hit in

Canada Canada is a country in North America. Its Provinces and territories of Canada, ten provinces and three territories extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's List of coun ...

on May 22, 1976.''RPM100'
Singles chart history - May 22, 1976
Retrieved January 6, 2012.

Overview

The title of the song was taken from British beat group

The Hollies The Hollies are an English rock and pop band formed in Manchester in 1962. One of the leading British groups of the 1960s and into the mid-1970s, they are known for their distinctive three-part vocal harmony style. Singer Allan Clarke and ...

' song "We Want to Shout It Out Loud", which

Wicked Lester Wicked Lester was a rock band based in New York City. Two notable members were bassist Chaim Witz (as "Gene Klein") and rhythm guitarist Stanley Eisen. Originally formed in 1970 as Rainbow, the band changed its name to Wicked Lester in 1971 to av ...

(pre-Kiss) recorded for their only unreleased album. The song was edited several times for singles and

compilation album A compilation album comprises Album#Tracks, tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one Performing arts#Performers, performer or by several performers. If the recordings are from ...

s. The live version of the song is 12 seconds shorter than the studio due to the last "Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud" line being excluded. The ''

Alive II ''Alive II'' is the second live album by American hard rock band Kiss, released on October 14, 1977, by Casablanca Records. The band had released three albums (''Destroyer'', '' Rock and Roll Over'', and '' Love Gun'') since the previous live ...

'' single, which was described by ''

Billboard A billboard (also called a hoarding in the UK and many other parts of the world) is a large outdoor advertising structure (a billing board), typically found in high-traffic areas such as alongside busy roads. Billboards present large advertis ...

'' magazine as a "raucous rocker" that "catches the excitement and energy of the live show," is 23 seconds shorter than the album song due to the removal of audience chant "We want Kiss". The '' Killers'' version is the shortest with the duration of 2:35 as a result of the fade-out of the song starting during the first repetition of the "Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud" lyric following

Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; ; born August 25, 1949) also known by his stage persona "The Demon", is an Israeli-born American musician. He was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss, which he co-founded wit ...

' "Oh yeah". The version found on ''

Smashes, Thrashes & Hits ''Smashes, Thrashes & Hits'' is a compilation album by the American hard rock band Kiss. It was the fourth hits album overall but the second hits album released by the band in the United States ('' Killers'' and '' Chikara'' were not released the ...

'' is 16 seconds longer, as the chorus repeats and the song ends with "Shout it!". The studio version was released as a single in 1976, as the band and their record company,

Casablanca Records Casablanca Records is an American record label owned by Universal Music Group and operated under Republic Records. Under its founder Neil Bogart, Casablanca was most successful during the disco era of the mid to late 1970s. The label focuses ...

, were trying to cash in on the success of their previous single, the live version of "Rock and Roll All Nite", by releasing another anthem. While the song would break into the American ''

'' Top 40, peaking at #31, it would prove to not be as successful as its predecessor was but would remain in the band's concert set lists for almost every tour from that point on. In Canada, the single was far more successful, reaching #1 on the ''RPM'' national singles chart on May 22, 1976. The song is also one of few to be sung by both

and

Paul Stanley Paul Stanley (born Stanley Bert Eisen; January 20, 1952) is an American musician who was the co-founder, frontman, rhythm guitarist, and co-lead vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss (band), Kiss from the band's inception in 1973 to their retireme ...

. A music video was made for the live version of the song from the 1996 concert in Tiger Stadium, from the Alive/Worldwide Tour. It was directed by

Wayne Isham Wayne Isham (born December 2, 1958) is an American film director and music video director who has directed films and music videos of many popular artists. Early life and education Isham was born on December 2, 1958 in Vinita, Oklahoma. He at ...

. ''

Cash Box ''Cashbox'', also known as ''Cash Box'', is an American music industry trade magazine, originally published weekly from July 1942 to November 1996. Ten years after its dissolution, it was revived and continues as ''Cashbox Magazine'', an online ...

'' said that the studio version is "straight ahead rock, complete with power riffs" and that "the vocals are clean and strong." It called the live single version a "show-stopping concert

umber Umber is a natural earth pigment consisting of iron oxide and manganese oxide; it has a brownish color that can vary among shades of yellow, red, and green. Umber is considered one of the oldest pigments known to humans, first used in the Ajant ...

complete with explosion and crazed crowds." ''

Record World ''Record World'' magazine was one of three major weekly music industry trade magazines in the United States, with ''Billboard'' and '' Cashbox''. It was founded in 1946 as ''Music Vendor''. In 1964, it was changed to ''Record World'' under the ...

'' said that the studio version "shows the group becoming more musical without losing any of the raw edge that has become their trademark." ''

'' said of the live version that "The excitement is contagious."

Legacy

"Shout It Out Loud" is widely regarded as one of the band's best songs. In 2014, '' Paste'' ranked the song number five on their list of the 20 greatest Kiss songs, and in 2019, ''

Louder Sound ''Classic Rock'' is a British magazine and website dedicated to rock music, owned and published by Future. It was launched in October 1998 and is based in London. The magazine publishes 13 editions a year, mainly covering rock bands from the 196 ...

'' ranked the song number 11 on their list of the 40 greatest Kiss songs. It was listed as the 27th single of '76 in

.''RPM100'
Top 200 singles of '76
Retrieved January 6, 2012. A 2007 re-recording of the song by the band is featured on the music/rhythm video game ''

Guitar Hero 5 ''Guitar Hero 5'' is a 2009 rhythm game developed by Neversoft and published by Activision. It is the fifth main installment and the ninth overall installment in the Guitar Hero, ''Guitar Hero'' series. The game was released internationally in ...

''. The song is featured in the movie '' Detroit Rock City'' and appears on the soundtrack for the movie. The cast of ''Glee'' covered the song in the episode " Theatricality". The male part of the group (excluding

Kurt Hummel Kurt Elizabeth Hummel is a fictional character from the Fox musical comedy-drama series ''Glee''. Series creators Ryan Murphy, Brad Falchuk and Ian Brennan initially conceived of him as a fashionable gay countertenor who is routinely bullied a ...

) were also dressed as Kiss members. The song was also featured in a ''

What's New, Scooby-Doo? ''What's New, Scooby-Doo?'' is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation for Kids' WB. It is the ninth incarnation of the ''Scooby-Doo'' franchise that began with ''Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!'' and the first ''Scoo ...

'' episode "A Scooby-Doo Halloween". The song was featured in the trailer for the sixth season of the Netflix TV series ''

Cobra Kai ''Cobra Kai'' is an American Martial arts film, martial arts comedy drama television series created by Josh Heald, Jon Hurwitz, and Hayden Schlossberg, and distributed by Sony Pictures Television. It serves as a sequel to the first three ''The K ...

''. The song was covered several times. In 1978 by

James Last James Last (, ; born Hans Last; 17 April 1929 – 9 June 2015) was a German composer and big band leader of the James Last Orchestra. Initially a jazz bassist, his trademark "happy music" made his numerous albums best-sellers in Germany and ...

, in 1998 by

Pretty Boy Floyd Charles Arthur Floyd (February 3, 1904 – October 22, 1934), nicknamed Pretty Boy Floyd, was an American bank robber. He operated in the West and Central states, and his criminal exploits gained widespread press coverage in the 1930s. He was s ...

and Zeke. The all-female band Crucified Barbara covered the song in 2006 and

Stryper Stryper is an American Christian metal and heavy metal music, heavy metal band from La Mirada, California. The group's lineup consists of Michael Sweet (lead vocals, guitar), Oz Fox (guitar), Perry Richardson (bass), and Robert Sweet (musician), ...

released a cover of the song on their 2011 cover album ''

The Covering ''The Covering'' is the thirteenth release and eighth studio album by American Christian heavy metal/hard rock band Stryper, released by Big 3 Records/Sony on February 15, 2011. The album is a collection of twelve cover songs from bands that insp ...

''.

Erik Grönwall Per Erik Magnus Grönwall (born 3 December 1987) is a Swedish hard rock and Heavy metal music, heavy metal singer. In 2009, he won the Swedish ''Idol (Sweden), Idol'' reality television show, receiving several standing ovations from the jury for ...

, the 2009 winner of the '' Swedish Idol'' covered the song on his eponymous debut album. While it was not released as a single, the song charted on

Sverigetopplistan Sverigetopplistan (, lit. "the Sweden top list") is the Swedish national record chart, based on sales data from IFPI Sverige. It was formerly known as Topplistan (1975–1997) and Hitlistan (1998–2007) and has been known by its current name si ...

, reaching number 49.''

'
Albums and singles chart history - Erik Grönwall
Retrieved January 6, 2012. Grönwall also performed the song on ''Swedish Idol''. It was covered by

The Yellow Monkey The Yellow Monkey, sometimes abbreviated as , is a Japanese rock band originally active from 1988 to 2001, before officially disbanding in 2004. They announced their reformation in 2016. The band's name was derived from the ethnic slur that Ja ...

for the album in 1998,

Lemmy Ian Fraser Kilmister (24 December 1945 – 28 December 2015), better known as Lemmy Kilmister or simply Lemmy, was a British musician. He was the founder, lead vocalist, bassist and primary songwriter of the metal band Motörhead, of which he ...

's cover appears on 2004's '' Spin the Bottle: An All-Star Tribute to Kiss'', Sack Trick with

Iron Maiden Iron Maiden are an English Heavy metal music, heavy metal band formed in Leyton, East London, in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris (musician), Steve Harris. Although fluid in the early years of the band, the line-up for most ...

Bruce Dickinson Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer who is best known as the lead vocalist of the heavy metal band Iron Maiden. Dickinson has performed in the band across two stints, from 1981 to 1993 and from 1999 to the present d ...

covered the song for the 2005 ''Sheep in KISS Make Up'' album, and Keri Kelli's cover appears on '' Lick It Up – A Millennium Tribute to Kiss'' from 2008. A biopic film of the same name is set for a 2024 release on

Netflix Netflix is an American subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service. The service primarily distributes original and acquired films and television shows from various genres, and it is available internationally in multiple lang ...

. The number 1 KISS podcast, Shout It Out Loudcast, takes its name from the song as well. The hosts were going to name the podcast after Shandi, but decided to go with Shout It Out Loud instead.

Appearances

"Shout It Out Loud" has appeared on following Kiss albums: *''

'' - studio version *''

'' - live version *'' Killers'' - edited studio version *''

'' - remixed & edited studio version *'' Alive III'' - live video version *'' You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!'' - ''Alive II'' version *'' Greatest Kiss'' - live version *'' The Box Set'' - ''Greatest Kiss'' version *'' The Very Best of Kiss'' - studio version *'' Kiss Symphony: Alive IV'' - live version *'' Kiss Instant Live'' - live version *''

Gold Gold is a chemical element; it has chemical symbol Au (from Latin ) and atomic number 79. In its pure form, it is a brightness, bright, slightly orange-yellow, dense, soft, malleable, and ductile metal. Chemically, gold is a transition metal ...

'' - studio version *'' Kiss Alive! 1975–2000'' - ''Alive II'' version and ''

Alive! The Millennium Concert ''Alive! The Millennium Concert'' is a Album#Live, live album by the United States, American hard rock Band (rock and pop), band Kiss (band), Kiss. It was released on November 21, 2006, as part of the ''Kiss Alive! 1975–2000'' box set. Album i ...

'' *'' Kiss Alive 35'' - live version *'' Jigoku-Retsuden'' - re-recorded studio version *'' Kiss Sonic Boom Over Europe'' - live version

Personnel

rhythm guitar In music performances, rhythm guitar is a guitar technique and role that performs a combination of two functions: to provide all or part of the rhythmic pulse (music), pulse in conjunction with other instruments from the rhythm section (e.g., d ...

, co-lead vocals *

bass guitar The bass guitar (), also known as the electric bass guitar, electric bass, or simply the bass, is the lowest-pitched member of the guitar family. It is similar in appearance and construction to an Electric guitar, electric but with a longer nec ...

, co-lead vocals *

Ace Frehley Paul Daniel "Ace" Frehley (, ; born April 27, 1951) is an American musician who was the original lead guitarist, occasional lead vocalist and founding member of the rock band Kiss (band), Kiss. He invented the persona of The Spaceman (a.k.a. ...

lead guitar Lead guitar (also known as solo guitar) is a musical part for a guitar in which the guitarist plays melody lines, instrumental fill passages, guitar solos, and occasionally, some riffs and chords within a song structure. The lead is the featur ...

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are us ...

Peter Criss George Peter John Criscuola (born December 20, 1945), better known by his stage name Peter Criss, is an American musician, best known as a co-founder, original drummer, and an occasional vocalist of the hard rock band Kiss. Criss established th ...

drums The drum is a member of the percussion instrument, percussion group of musical instruments. In the Hornbostel–Sachs classification system, it is a membranophones, membranophone. Drums consist of at least one Acoustic membrane, membrane, c ...

, backing vocals

Charts

Shout It Out Loud

Weekly Charts

Year-End Charts

Shout It Out Loud (Live)

References

External links

* (studio) * (live) {{DEFAULTSORT:Shout It Out Loud (Kiss Song) 1976 songs 1976 singles Kiss (band) songs Casablanca Records singles Song recordings produced by Bob Ezrin Songs written by Bob Ezrin Songs written by Gene Simmons Songs written by Paul Stanley RPM Top Singles number-one singles American pop rock songs