case in point the only KISS entry on the list
# 404 of Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Rock Songs of All Time
Kiss, ‘Rock and Roll All Nite’
1975
WRITER(S):GENE SIMMONS, PAUL STANLEY
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After the band’s 1974 album
Hotter Than Hell sold poorly, Casablanca Records head Neil Bogart demanded that Kiss write a bigger, more anthemic hit. Gene Simmons and Paul Stanley obliged with what Stanley called ”a song that could be the rallying cry for all of our fans.” The result was the ultimate Kiss rocker, closing every one of their concerts since 1976. “When I was writing it, naive or not, it was really about celebrating,” Stanley later said. “It wasn’t about getting high or getting stoned or anything like that.”