Kiss You Inside Out

"Kiss You Inside Out"
Single by Hedley
from the album Storms
Released	June 12, 2012
Format	Digital download
Recorded	2012
Genre	Pop pop rock
Length	3:36
Label	Universal Island
Writer(s)	Jacob Hoggard Lauren Christy Adrian Newman
Producer(s)	Adrian Newman
Hedley singles chronology
"One Life" (2011) "Kiss You Inside Out" (2012) "Anything" (2013)

"Kiss You Inside Out" is a song recorded by Canadian pop rock band Hedley, featured on a re-issue of their 2012 album Storms. It was released to Canadian iTunes and contemporary hit radio June 12, 2012 as the album's third single.^[1] Featuring prominent pop music influences and suggestive lyrics, the song epitomizes Hedley's musical shift away from the rock and pop punk leanings of their earlier work. Having been certified 3× Platinum in Canada and charting on both the Canadian Hot 100 and Billboard Adult Pop Songs, it is the group's most successful single to date.

A franglais version featuring Canadian singer-songwriter Andee (credited as Andrée-Anne Leclerc) was released June 26, 2012 and appears on Leclerc's debut studio album, Black and White Heart (2015). This version features additional songwriting by Marc Dupré and Brandyn Burnette for the French lyrics.

Background and release

While promoting the pending U.S. release of their Storms album, Hedley began collaborating with pop writers and producers on new material, including The Matrix member Lauren Christy.^[2] The fruit of one of these sessions was "Kiss You Inside Out", which features a more radio-friendly pop feel than much of their earlier work, and which they decided to release as a single. Bolstered by the single's positive reception, the band added "Kiss You Inside Out" to the track listing of the U.S. edition of Storms, and re-issued the album in Canada to include it.

On June 26, 2012 a franglais version of "Kiss You Inside Out" was released to iTunes Canada featuring guest vocals from Francophone singer Andrée-Anne Leclerc.^[3] Some of the lyrics were translated or re-interpreted in French for Leclerc's parts, most evidently the refrain. The "version française" of the song is featured on the deluxe edition of Leclerc's debut studio album, Black and White Heart (2015).^[4]

This song is written in E♭ major.

Chart performance

"Kiss You Inside Out" is the band's second song to chart in the United States, as well as their highest peak (as of June 2015) on the Canadian Hot 100.

Weekly charts Chart (2012) Peak position Canada (Canadian Hot 100)[5] 2 Canada AC (Billboard)[6] 1 Canada CHR/Top 40 (BDS Radio)[7] 7 Canada Hot AC (BDS Radio)[8] 4 US Adult Top 40 (Billboard)[9] 24

Year-end charts Chart (2012) Position Canada Canadian Hot 100[10] 19 Chart (2013) Position Canada Canadian Hot 100[11] 83 Certifications Region Certification Sales/shipments Canada (Music Canada)[12] 3× Platinum 240,000^^ ^*sales figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Kiss You Inside Out - Single by Hedley". iTunes Canada. Apple Inc. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
2. "Bio | Hedley". Island Def Jam. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
3. "Kiss You Inside Out (feat. Andrée-Anne Leclerc) [Version Française] - Single by Hedley". iTunes Canada. Apple Inc. Retrieved 14 September 2013.
4. "Black and White Heart (Deluxe) by Andee". iTunes Store (CA). Apple Inc. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
5. "Hedley – Chart history" Canadian Hot 100 for Hedley.
6. "Hedley – Chart history" Billboard Canada AC for Hedley.
7. "BDSRadio Charts (Canada CHR/Top 40 National Airplay)". BDS Radio. Nielsen N.V. Archived from the original on 3 October 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
8. "BDSRadio Charts (Canada Hot AC National Airplay)". BDS Radio. Nielsen N.V. Archived from the original on 24 August 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
9. "Hedley – Chart history" Billboard Adult Pop Songs for Hedley.
10. "Canadian Hot 100: 2012 Year-End Charts (page 2)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
11. "Canadian Hot 100: 2013 Year-End Charts (page 9)". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
12. "Canadian single certifications – Hedley – Kiss You Inside Out". Music Canada.