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Lyrics: When I get home, babe Gonna wrap my arms around you
I don’t what I’d do without you, babe Ev’rytime I’m with you, baby You can see it in my eyes I wanna kiss you all over Stay with me, lay with me So show me, show me ev’rything you do I wanna kiss you all over Till the night closes in
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Today on Dances with Bass Radio, we’re getting groovy with porn ‘staches, seductive eyes, tight pants, riding boots, and possibly, the world’s prototypical mullet.* And all this came from a band hailing from Kentucky, where tight pants and porn ‘staches ain’t street legal. Exile’s monster 1978 hit, Kiss You All Over, was written by UK glam rock writer Mike Chapman, who had previously penned songs for Sweet and Suzi Quatro. Chapman discovered the band—touring as The Exile at the time—while listening to demo tapes. The Exile had scored a minor hit with Tommy James’s Church Street Soul Revival in 1970 but had not found serious mainstream success. With just a tiny dash of disco, sultry vocals, and big guitar riff, Kiss You all Over hit number 5 on the Billboard charts where it stayed for several groovy weeks.  Sadly, lead singer—and wearer of riding boots and pants so tight you know what religion he is—Jimmy Stokely, left the band in 1979 amid serious health problems and alcohol abuse. He died of hepatitis in 1985 in Kentucky. Before his death, Stokely’s former bandmates played a benefit to help raise money to cover his medical costs. Exile would continue making music into the 1980s, though it switched to a country rock sound, which was closer to its Kentucky roots, and scored several top 40 country hits. Along the way, band members came and went, and at its farewell concert in Lexington, Kentucky in 1993, 21 members—past and present—gathered on stage to perform. In the end, Exile’s final lineup did not contain a single original member. In 1995, original members—and backbone of the group—J.P. Pennington and Les Taylor, reformed the band and they have continued to perform into the 2000s. In all, there have been 34 members of the band, which almost equals the number of band members playing in Santana on any given tour. So, get yourself all primped up. Put on those tight pants. Get your bedroom eyes on. And when I get home, babe, I’m gonna light your fire. (Said in my best come-hither voice. Groooowwwllll.) * For said prototypical mullet, see the keyboardist. Video: Get schmoozy groovy, my babies, with this piece of 1978 musical brilliance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovqpvtJ_MfA And proving that disco rock and country go together like peas and carrots, here is Trace Adkins covering Kiss You all Over: You Might Also Like:
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