"Say Yeah" is a song by the American

hard rock Hard rock or heavy rock is a loosely defined subgenre of rock music typified by aggressive vocals and distorted electric guitars. Hard rock began in the mid-1960s with the garage, psychedelic and blues rock movements. Some of the earliest hard ...

band Kiss. It was released on their nineteenth album '' Sonic Boom'' in 2009. It was released as a single on December 8, 2009. The song is the last featured on the album. Kiss played the song for the first time October 26 in Atlanta, Georgia.

Background

Paul Stanley, the sole writer of the song, said about it: "It was a song I knew was going to be great... I knew what this song was and its turned out exactly the way I had hoped, and really better. The band has four great voices so when we do a chorus together it sounds like the world singing." The song is about how we shouldn't be wasting time and over-thinking things. "Say Yeah" was announced December 5 to be the second single from '' Sonic Boom'' and was officially released on December 8Kiss released second single off Sonic Boom
/ref> but in Argentina it was released the second week of January 2010. Like Sonic Boom, the song was recorded at Conway Recording Studios in Hollywood, California. It was written by Paul Stanley and

Gene Simmons Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; he, חיים ויץ, ; born August 25, 1949) is an Israeli-American musician. Also known by his stage persona The Demon, he is the bassist and co-lead singer of Kiss, the hard rock band he co-founded with Paul ...

. After peaking #11 in its first week, "Say Yeah" topped the charts in Russia.

Live performances

"Say Yeah" was first performed on October 26, 2009 in Atlanta, Georgia during the North American leg in support of Sonic Boom on Kiss Alive/35 World Tour.

Personnel

* Paul Stanley –

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, backing vocals * Tommy Thayer – lead guitar, backing vocals * Eric Singer –

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, backing vocals

Charts

References

{{Kiss singles Kiss (band) songs 2009 singles Songs written by Paul Stanley Songs written by Gene Simmons 2009 songs Roadrunner Records singles