"I Was Made For Lovin' You" Record Description:
1979. KISS on a 7" single, and suddenly the room feels like it has a mirror ball—even if you don't own one and would never admit you want one. "I Was Made For Lovin' You" backed with "Hard Times" is one of those releases that still makes people argue at record fairs, usually with a straight face and zero self-awareness. I love it for that alone.
A-side: The groove that picked a fight with the old KISS image and somehow won.
It doesn't creep in. It struts. Paul Stanley wrote it with Desmond Child and Vini Poncia, and you can hear the intent: make it move, make it stick, make it impossible to ignore. In the U.S. it only climbed to No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, which is funny because it never sounds like a No. 11 record. It sounds like something that lives on the radio whether you like it or not. {index=6}
The best part is the attitude. It's not begging disco for approval. It's KISS, borrowing the dancefloor like they're borrowing your lighter—then keeping it. I remember thinking it was a sellout for about five minutes. Then the chorus hit again and my principles quietly left the building.
B-side: The snap-back. Less glitter, more knuckles.
Flip it over and "Hard Times" drags you back to the curb. Ace Frehley wrote it, and on Dynasty he handles the lead vocal and the instruments on the track, which explains why it feels so direct—like one guy locking the door and turning the amp up. It's not subtle, and it doesn't need to be.
This is why the single works: the A-side chases the crowd, the B-side reminds you what they smell like when the makeup is sweating under hot lights. Keep both. Anyone who tells you they only like one side is either lying or trying to impress someone who doesn't collect records.
KISS - Dressed to Kill 
