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"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a 1995 single by U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 from the Batman Forever
Batman Forever

Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Joel Schumacher directed the film, which stars Val Kilmer as Batman, as well as Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman and Chris O'Donnell....
 soundtrack album. It reached number two on the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
, number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
, and number one on the Modern Rock
Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
 and Mainstream Rock
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
 charts. The song, which has a glam rock
Glam rock

Glam rock , is a sub-genre of rock music that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant lyrics, costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a camp , theatrical blend of nostalgia references t...
 sound to it, was a worldwide hit, being nominated for an MTV Movie Award
MTV Movie Awards 1996

The MTV Movie Awards 1996 were hosted by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.The show featured four movie parodies:* Twister : Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo are racing Jay Leno to the awards in order to secure their host position....
.

tarted life as a track during the Zooropa
Zooropa

Zooropa is the eighth studio album by the Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Originally intended as an Extended play, it was recorded between legs of the Zoo TV Tour and released on 6 July 1993 by Island Records as a full-length album....
 sessions and was played to BP Fallon
BP Fallon

BP Fallon is an Irish DJ, author, and photographer.Fallon was the publicist for Led Zeppelin during the band's heyday in the 1970s., and also for T.Rex, Thin Lizzy and others....
 who wrote about it in his book "U2 Faraway So Close".






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"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a 1995 single by U2
U2

U2 are a rock music band from Dublin, Republic of Ireland. The band consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton and Larry Mullen, Jr. .The band formed in 1976 when the members were teenagers with limited musical proficiency....
 from the Batman Forever
Batman Forever

Batman Forever is a 1995 superhero film based on the DC Comics character Batman. Joel Schumacher directed the film, which stars Val Kilmer as Batman, as well as Tommy Lee Jones, Jim Carrey, Nicole Kidman and Chris O'Donnell....
 soundtrack album. It reached number two on the UK singles chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
, number sixteen on the Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
, and number one on the Modern Rock
Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
 and Mainstream Rock
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
 charts. The song, which has a glam rock
Glam rock

Glam rock , is a sub-genre of rock music that developed in the UK in the post-hippie early 1970s which was "performed by singers and musicians wearing outrageous clothes, makeup, hairstyles, and platform-soled boots." The flamboyant lyrics, costumes, and visual styles of glam performers were a camp , theatrical blend of nostalgia references t...
 sound to it, was a worldwide hit, being nominated for an MTV Movie Award
MTV Movie Awards 1996

The MTV Movie Awards 1996 were hosted by Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo.The show featured four movie parodies:* Twister : Ben Stiller and Janeane Garofalo are racing Jay Leno to the awards in order to secure their host position....
.

History

It started life as a track during the Zooropa
Zooropa

Zooropa is the eighth studio album by the Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Originally intended as an Extended play, it was recorded between legs of the Zoo TV Tour and released on 6 July 1993 by Island Records as a full-length album....
 sessions and was played to BP Fallon
BP Fallon

BP Fallon is an Irish DJ, author, and photographer.Fallon was the publicist for Led Zeppelin during the band's heyday in the 1970s., and also for T.Rex, Thin Lizzy and others....
 who wrote about it in his book "U2 Faraway So Close". The song's title comes from a play on the classic song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me
Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me

"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me" is a popular song written by Harry Noble in 1952. It was a hit in 2 different decades and is considered a classic of the early Rock/Pop era....
." The song was played on every show of the PopMart Tour
Popmart Tour

The PopMart Tour, often referred to as simply PopMart, was a worldwide concert tour by the Republic of Ireland Rock music band U2. Launched in support of the group's 1997 album, Pop , the tour's concerts were performed in stadiums from 1997 through 1998....
 as part of the encore, and has not been played live since.

Music video

The animated music video
Music video

A music video is a short film or video that accompanies a complete piece of music, most commonly a pop music or rock music song with lyrics. Modern music videos are primarily made and used as a marketing device intended to promote the sale of music recordings....
 to the song (interspersed with clips from the film) featured the band performing in Gotham City
Gotham City

Gotham City is a fictional city appearing in DC Comics, and is best known as the home of Batman. Batman's place of residence was first identified as Gotham City in Batman #4 ....
, with Bono battling between two of his alter-egos from the Zoo TV Tour
Zoo TV Tour

The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged worldwide concert tour by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Launched in support of the album Achtung Baby, the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 1992 through 1993....
: "The Fly
Zoo TV Tour

The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged worldwide concert tour by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Launched in support of the album Achtung Baby, the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 1992 through 1993....
" and "MacPhisto
Zoo TV Tour

The Zoo TV Tour was an elaborately-staged worldwide concert tour by Republic of Ireland rock music band U2. Launched in support of the album Achtung Baby, the tour visited arenas and stadiums from 1992 through 1993....
". This was intended to parallel the conflict between Bruce Wayne's ordinary playboy persona and his crime-fighting Batman
Batman

Batman is a Character , a comic book superhero co-created by artist Bob Kane and writer Bill Finger , appearing in publications by DC Comics. The character first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939....
 persona. The band also chases the Batwing
Batwing

Batwing can mean:...
, using a yellow supercar and their guitars as flamethrower
Flamethrower

A flamethrower is a mechanical device designed to project a long controllable stream of fire.Some flamethrowers project a stream of ignited liquid fuel; some project a long Liquefied petroleum gas flame....
s.

At one brief point of the video, a neon sign
Neon sign

Neon signs are luminous-tube signs that contain neon or other inert gases at a low pressure. Applying a high voltage makes the gas glow brightly....
 can be seen that reads "Mister Pussey's". An edited version of the video from Universal Music Group
Universal Music Group

Universal Music Group is the largest business group and family of record labels in the Record industry. With a 25.5% market share, it is one of the Music industry....
 uses the words "Mister Swampy's" for the same sign. In another scene, the band is walking down the street when Bono is run over by a car (driven by Elvis) while reading C.S. Lewis' The Screwtape Letters
The Screwtape Letters

The Screwtape Letters is a work of Christianity satire by C. S. Lewis first published in book form in 1942. The story takes the form of a epistolary novel from a senior demon, Screwtape, to his nephew, a junior tempter named Wormwood, so as to advise him on methods of securing the Damnation#Religious of an earthly man, known only as "the...
. The video ends with an orchestra of Batmen playing the outro on strings. It was directed by Kevin Godley
Kevin Godley

Kevin Godley is a United Kingdom musician and music video director.He was born in a family of Jewish descent, and went to North Cestrian Grammar School in Altrincham....
 and Maurice Linnane.

Track listings

The song featured singles with three different track listings. Note that that the B-sides
A-side and B-side

A-side and B-side originally referred to the two sides of 7 inch vinyl records on which single s were released beginning in the 1950s. The terms have come to refer to the types of song conventionally placed on each side of the record, with the A-side being the featured song , while the B-side, or flipside, is a secondary song that ofte...
 on the first two singles are non-U2 songs. CD single
  1. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47
  2. "Themes from Batman Forever" by Elliot Goldenthal
    Elliot Goldenthal

    Elliot Goldenthal is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning United States composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways....
     – 3:39


This was the common track listing for the CD, cassette, and 7" vinyl singles.

CD maxi
  1. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47
  2. "Themes from Batman Forever" by Elliot Goldenthal
    Elliot Goldenthal

    Elliot Goldenthal is an Academy Award and Golden Globe winning United States composer of contemporary classical music. He was a student of Aaron Copland and John Corigliano, and is best known for his distinctive style and ability to blend various musical styles and techniques in original and inventive ways....
     – 3:39
  3. "Tell Me Now" by Mazzy Star
    Mazzy Star

    Mazzy Star was an Music of the United States alternative rock band formed in 1989 from the group Opal , a collaboration of guitarist David Roback and bassist Kendra Smith....
     – 4:17


This was the track listing for the CD release in the UK
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
, and Japan
Japan

Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, People's Republic of China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south....
 only.

CD single
  1. "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47


There was a single-track CD distributed in the U.S
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
 as part of a Batman Forever gift bag, along with a collectible comic book
Comic book

A comic book is a magazine or book of narrative artwork and dialog and descriptive prose. The style was introduced in 1934. Despite the term, comic books do not necessarily feature humorous subject-matter; in fact, it is often serious and action-oriented....
, trading card
Trading card

A trading card is a small card, usually made out of cardboard or thick paper, which usually contains an image of a certain person and a short description of the picture, along with other text ....
, and pogs
Pogs

Pogs is a game that was popular from the early to late 1990s. The word "pog" also refers to the discs used to play the game. The name originates from POG , a brand of juice made from passionfruit, orange and guava; the use of the POG bottle caps to play the game pre-dated the game's commercialization....
.

Certifications

CountryCertificationDateSales certified
FranceSilverNovember 7, 1995125,000
UKGoldAugust 1, 1995400,000


Charts

Chart (1995)Peak
position
Australian ARIA Singles Chart1
Austrian Singles Chart3
Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart15
Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart4
Dutch Mega Top 1007
Finnish Singles Chart4
French SNEP Singles Chart10
German Singles Chart8
Irish Singles Chart1
Latvian Airplay Chart1
New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart1
Norwegian Singles Chart1
Swedish Singles Chart2
Swiss Singles Chart5
UK Singles Chart2
U.S. Billboard Hot 10016
U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks1
U.S. Billboard Modern Rock tracks1
U.S. Billboard Top 40 Mainstream23
End of year chart (1995)Position
French Singles Chart35



See also

  • List of covers of U2 songs - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me