Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me

Single infobox
Name = Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me


Artist = U2
from Album = Batman Forever Soundtrack
B-side = "Theme from Batman Forever" / "Tell Me Now"
Released = June 5/6, 1995
Format = 7" vinyl, CD, cassette
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 4:47
Label = Island / Atlantic
Producer = Nellee Hooper, Bono and The Edge
Last single = "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)" (1993)
This single = "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (1995)
Next single = "Miss Sarajevo" (1995)
Misc = Extra album cover
Upper caption = Alternate Cover
Background = khaki


Lower caption = Gift bag release cover (U.S.)Extra tracklisting
Album = The Best of 1990-2000
Type = compilation
prev_track = "Discothèque"
prev_no = 12
this_track = "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me"
track_no = 13
next_track = "Staring at the Sun"
next_no = 14"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" is a 1995 single by U2 from the "Batman Forever" soundtrack album. It reached #2 on the UK singles chart, #16 on the Billboard Hot 100, and #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song, which has glam rock sound to it, was a worldwide hit, being nominated for an MTV Movie Award.

History

It started life as a track during the "Zooropa" sessions and was played to BP Fallon who wrote about it in his book "U2 Faraway So Close". [http://forum.interference.com/a93038.html] The song's title comes from a play on the classic song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me." The song was played on every show of the PopMart Tour as part of the encore, and has not been played live since. The song was parodied by "Weird Al" Yankovic on his 1996 album "Bad Hair Day". The song, titled "Cavity Search," changed the original song's titular lyrics to "Numb me, drill me, floss me, bill me."

Music video

The animated music video to the song (interspersed with clips from the film) featured the band performing in Gotham City, with Bono battling between two of his alter-egos from the Zoo TV Tour: "The Fly" and "MacPhisto". This was intended to parallel the conflict between Bruce Wayne's ordinary playboy persona and his crime-fighting Batman persona.Fact|date=February 2008 The band also chases the Batwing, using a yellow supercar and their guitars as flamethrowers.

At one brief point of the video, a neon sign can be seen that reads "Mister Pussey's". An edited version of the video from Universal Music Group uses the words "Mister Swampy's" for the same sign. [ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=31bd0bNI-jA U2 - Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me: Video] ] 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 video ends with an orchestra of Batmen playing the outro on strings. It was directed by Kevin Godley and Maurice Linnane. [http://www.mvdbase.com/video.php?id=28659]

Track listing

The song featured singles with three different track listings. Note that that the B-sides on the first two singles are non-U2 songs.

Version 1

#"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47
#"Themes from Batman Forever" by Elliot Goldenthal – 3:39

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

Version 2

#"Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me" (Single Version) by U2 – 4:47
#"Themes from Batman Forever" by Elliot Goldenthal – 3:39
#"Tell Me Now" by Mazzy Star – 4:17

This was the track listing for the CD release in the UK, Germany, and Japan only.

Version 3

#"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 as part of a "Batman Forever" gift bag, along with a collectible comic book, trading card, and pogs.

Cover versions

* Serbian hard rock band Cactus Jack recorded a version on their live cover album DisCover in 2002.

Chart positions

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