Exile ~ Kiss You All Over 1978 Disco Purrfection Version

The song "Kiss You All Over" was written by Mike Chapman and Nicky Chinn, who were known for writing memorable songs during the glam rock fad with Sweet's "Little Willy" the best known. Chapman went on to produce and in the late 70's he was the King!
He was repsonsible for breakout records for groups like Blondie "Heart Of Glass" (#1, 1979) The Knack's "My Sharona" (#1, 1979), Nick Gilder "Hot Child In The City" (#1, 1978) and Exile's take on "Kiss You All Over" which touched me so much, I felt cheap. Exile was #1 for four weeks in the fall of 1978 and when Nick Gilder took the top spot, Chapman joined the very elite in chart acheivements, replacing himself at #1.
Exile was the new name for a country rock group who got their start in Richmond, Kentucky. The Madison Central High School provided teenagers guitarist James Pennington, keyboardist Buzz Cornelison and singer Jimmy Stokely with a common interest and they formed a successful band named Fascinations who played the school dances.
In 1965, still in high school, they changed their names to the Exiles and started working the pub route with a decidedly biker rock group persona underlined by their long hair. Dick Clark found them and invited them to join his "Caravan Of Stars" touring show that led to their meeting 60's heartthrob vocalist Tommy Roe and Tommy James of Shondells who got RCA to take a chance for a single release in 1969 that did not chart.
Another session with RCA led to the band deciding to write and produce their own music on their own dime and approach the west coast labels with demo tapes. By this time they added three more members, Marlon Hargis (keyboards) Steve Goetzman (drums) and bassist Sonny Lemaire.
It was one of those demo tapes that made it to Mike Chapman, who had relocated to southern California and was looking for a group to produce. He agreed to come see the band live at the opening of a new apartment building in Lexington. While the sound was crappy, Chapman realized he had found his group.
He had the band shorten their name to Exile gave them their first Hot100 hit "Try It On" peaked on the chart at #97. With that success, inspired by Barry White's "It's Ecstasy When You Lay Down Next To Me", he wrote and produced a demo version of "Kiss You All Over" that used a primitive drum machine, three guitars and Mike's vocal and gave it to the band telling them "to improvise with it" and left them to it.
They came up with this funky country disco thing that Chapman added atmosphere to and he said about it "that was very much about music in the US is all about in 1978. Americans are big lyric listeners and listen to every word. In Europe, listeners are more into the atmosphere of a record and then they listen to the lyrics". The song has since been designated by Billboard to be the #9 of the top 50 Sexiest Songs Of All Time.
While Exile never reached that height of popularity again on the pop charts, they did successfully transition to country where they earned 10 #1 Country hits with their last charting hit in 1991. James Pennington is the only original member left in Exile as of today.

[@MrWebernunes]

Dat song is amazing...

[@fob1xxl]

I was 32 in '78. Best time of my life ! The young foolish side of me was gone and the adult man was in charge. Everything was coming together. New job, new love that lasted for 40 years. Don't regret one minute ! Thanks for the flashback !

[@louisehills5480]

I was 28 in 1978, giving birth to my daughter. I remember dancing to this song & nearly falling when I tried to do a dip shimmy with a guy in the club. Way too much belly to think I could sashay. Fun memory though

[@edgarcia4794]

In 78 I was eighteen. in my first Apt taking home $175.00 more than my dad every week thinking I had it all figured out. Cheers to us.

[@EduardoJimenez-rk8nw]

SEVENTEEN IN 78 ! WHAT A TIME IT WAS !!! THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC ECHOED THE GREAT PEOPLE OF THE ERA !!! MANY ARE GONE BUT THE MEMORIES WILL LIVE ETERNALLY !!!! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@carlafunk7729]

Me too, I was also 12 yo when this song came out & I was mesmerized by the beats & hot 🔥 lyrics!! CLASSIC

[@bonniepacheco1]

I was 4 years old in 78!!My parents were a huge influence on my music 🎵 today!!! But absolutely LOVE ❤this song!! I'm 49 today!! 😊The 70s made some beautiful music 🎵🎵🎵❤❤ Most music today is crap!!! 🫤

[@TomByron-h7s]

Exile was a very good group

[@straightshootersmith1885]

I was 17 and in love for the first time. Every time I hear this song it takes me back to 78! Thanks for the memories

[@debilombard1435]

Disco anyone...loved this from day one! Thanks!!!!! ☮️💓🎸🎶🎶

[@johnspencer4635]

????? THIS is disco?

[@wilfredorojas5276]

Tenía 18 años cuando la escuché 1979 prestando el servicio militar OBLIGATORIO QUE BELLEZA DE MOMENTOS

[@tanyaclements212]

This one ought to be in hall of Fame

[@tonyp3475]

What a Time to have grown up to this song. I was 13. just me minding my own. A Vietnamese family moved into the neighborhood and we all embraced them. I remember the first time I saw "Natalie" Voung. She and I were the same age, and I thought she was the prettiest girl I had ever set my eyes on. The first date we had this was playing on the car radio while our parents drive all of us to a local restaurant. She and I held hands in the backseat of the car. Unbeknownst to them. I remember her fondly. But I remember her through this song that came over the radio in the car. I wish I could return to then and tell her that I loved her.

[@elenaarman-tang7811]

Such a beautiful story 😊 Your kindness, love and acceptance definitely had a positive impact on her life. I bet she still thinks about you, as well 🥰

[@deniseguzzi0714]

Yeahhhhhhh!

[@janetthompson9472]

Miss you Jimmy until we meet again ❤

[@stevenchristie9474]

Classic ~ Thanks for the Memories!

[@wordsofhis1799]

At 16 years old, I had no idea the intense passion of this song...

[@b.k.r.doggielover5449]

So very true. Have you heard another passionate song by them called, "You Thrill Me?" Look it up on KZbin. They have it. This song is the best though.👍

[@b.k.r.doggielover5449]

@Jingle Nuts Thank you for your comment. I had all their albums back in the '80's, as I was a young teenager. I wish I still had them. And I had their cassettes too. You can still find cassettes at thrift stores and garage sales. But, if you find any of Exile, they will be pricey. I've seen some cassettes from '80's artists for $10.00 at an Exchange Shop by me.

[@Kielforreal]

Same age here...not until later respect the sensuality of this song for loving.

[@Donna777]

I did... at age 14-15. 😉 T.F. 😍🔥

[@bennybluerock6565]

Very very good Song ... I listened in March-April 1979 ... May God Bless ... @

[@marknordgard1916]

Im born 68 but first time listening to this masterpiece now😅

[@lineshaftrestorations7903]

This one got incredible radio airplay to the point of nausium. It and anything bee gees prompted disco free days. 😂

[@teodorgiorgos3357]

Nice. Super disco muzika.

[@richardd.7914]

kiss you all over version really has nice sound background wish the ole days come back

[@raykeiperiii]

I was born in 74.. and really love this song. Good beat to

[@dwightpickens2895]

One of the best love songs

[@RandallRedman-td4eh]

Not into me - Awesome

[@crouchhill]

Chinn/Chapman used to rule the seventies pop charts 😊

[@daviddennis808]

I I was a punk rocker and used to be embarrassed that I really loved this song. 40 some odd years later I don’t give a shit who knows! Thanks for posting!

[@marcopetroni2162]

Young DiscoMan✨

[@edsonnogueira2522]

Very very special song!!!!

[@fabricio4794]

Good Song when you are on Earth s Orbit...Patrolling the Space

[@TheBurr75]

This is a belter so so catchy

[@JonathanKine]

Thank you.. Music helps

[@misternick2771]

Ein Wunderschönes Lied 😅unvergessen

[@thomastarwater6035]

Thank you Disco Cat for extending "Kiss You All Over" and making it sound like Exile went back into the studio and made this longer jam. James P. Pennington ought to check out this superb mix. He would enjoy it. I sure do. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

[@dinaobando8291]

Gracias por continuar con este disco y parecer q estuvieran presentes con este disco que alegria sentir como si estuvieran con nosotros Graciàs Que alegriaaaa

[@ptrck99]

The gems I am finding on this channel are priceless.

[@jriver64]

I was 14 years of age when I heard this song! Wow!

[@play4u67]

I was almost 12 yrs old when this song came out and I can still remember where I was and who I was with when I heard it for the first time. I had a "boyfriend" at the time that was in my class and I thought I was so mature and grown up about it, that it was never gonna end...the whole nine yards of an "adult relationship" when in fact it was just all puppy love (lol). Hey, I had the whole I'm almost a teenager mentality thing going on then, what did I really know about adult relationships (LoL). Now that I am an adult (just turned 57), been married twice, divorced from the first marriage and my 2nd husband of 21 yrs just recently passed away, I wish I still had that 12 yr old's innocents again.

[@ker4all]

Awesome as awesome can get!

[@crwalston]

Dadgum Son! You sure nailed this one ... uplifting the cheesiest and best parts! Beautiful track!

[@marcomostertz7142]

Very nice maxi Single ❤❤❤❤❤

[@shawnengle6801]

This song was recorded in my hometown of Cold Spring, KY.

[@sharonkutz8272]

So lucky

[@therealbronxbull]

one if the few songs that I can tell you exactly where I was when I first heard it. RIP Jimmy Stokley

[@tobiasbracknagel4998]

Oh my god! What a song, what a time back then to be alive. Lovin it. Thank you DiscoCat for your newest time machine.

[@shaunsheep116]

This screams 1978, love this song.

[@lucasr2030]

Best channel on KZbin!

[@wowdanalise]

Certainly one of them!

[@tsxdude2012]

Hands down, the best for legendary music.

[@lindajamison7220]

I'm with you Lucas!!

[@ingogeorgi]

Super Muke von für euch ingo

[@ingogeorgi]

@@lindajamison7220 echt geil von ingo

[@hopefischer]

I can’t get enough of this! awesome mixing 👸🏻

[@ryanjackson846]

Love love love this!!!!!

[@blitzmuzzetto8129]

I was a teenager. And I think 78-86 were the best years. The year Blondie came out to the public.

[@dianagentile7636]

‼️WE ALL WANT 2 GO BACK 2 1978‼️‼️ LETS GO....🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 Thank You 🙏🏽 DJ 4 KEEPING IT IN LOVE ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️‼️ I WAS 29 = 11 WOW‼️

[@crock3062]

26 here, lovin it!

[@johnmilbourn8876]

Unfortunately we can't do that

[@johnmilbourn8876]

My love is strong for music

[@dianagentile7636]

@@johnmilbourn8876 Guess U Just DONT GET IT‼️🤫 IM ALREADY THERE‼️❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️ Guess there R different Levels of LOVE ❤️🔥❤️ OF MUSIC‼️🎵🎶🎵🎶

[@debbieblaylock9997]

I was Sr in High School I love this song

[@robbello1000]

Excellent Song !!!!

[@heinzrenhack6366]

Hammer 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@StephenSatterfieldTheSLSway]

Such a wonderful Chapman and Chinn hit now remixed !!!!

[@CEGasaurus]

Mike ❤️

[@djrxmx]

Wow, so 70s! Pop + rock + disco, can't go wrong with that

[@heinzrenhack6366]

Einfach nur mega geil 🎉

[@victoriacope6800]

I'm 66 n love this. My baby is 44 , I used to sing this to her n dance with her. Great memories... thanks!

[@USMC-Veteran73-77]

1978, a great time to be 23 years old. Send me back.

[@camarada6456]

I would say better 18 or 20 years. It would be fantastic

[@dianagentile7636]

@@camarada6456 Please Count Me IN‼️ ❤️🔥❤️

[@MermaidMoney]

I was 10. And i agree with you!!!! The Sun was different then.. it felt warmer.. 🌞😎

[@kaceyrhiannon9321]

...I was 13 years old then. Part of a certain group of music I'd hear from the radio or blasted by the restaurant at the beach where I'd go swimming in summer. Yet it's toward the end of the time of freer love, expression and such that started in 60's. Also around the time of my first crush. Always thought I needed to have been born 5-10 years earlier. The thought of all that societal progress and where it's all at today sometimes really makes me a bit depressed. Awesome mix tho.

[@scottcummings8602]

I was born in 1978, so, I'd want to be a little older than that...so I can get in on some of the action too

[@joemontemurro4210]

A Masterpiece. So worthy of this Extended Disco Mix. Thank you DJDiscoCat. You're Brilliant. ❤️

[@Veronica-kz5dq]

1978 yo tenía 18 años y escuchábamos éste temazo.

[@Loco1958]

20 1er año de la universidad Qué pasada

[@stevechabalik6985]

This song's been crying in agony for a remix for decades, because it's THE PERFECT SLEAZE TRACK to be played at 5 AM at that Saint At Large party in your mind.

[@DJDiscoCat]

I learned about the Saint from Peter Shapiro's book "Turn The Beat Around, The Secret History of Disco" very informative book...

[@stevechabalik6985]

@@DJDiscoCat I was too young for that whole scene, but if I could go back in time (after knocking off Hitler and magically preventing the existence of AIDS),, I'd love to experience what it was like at The Loft, The Garage, The Saint, The Gallery...

[@floordoctor]

Yeah, surprised it never got a proper 12" release with at least an extended mix. I tried to get the stems awhile back, bc I thought it needed a dub version. Never happened, but yeah I always thought it worked well in a club....it was just too short. Larry played a reel edit of it a few times @ the Garage, but I'd never heard it, or any other version since. I guess Exile going the country music direction after Jimmy Stokely left the band - kept them kind of isolated from anything related to the clubs. Too bad they didn't do a few more jams like this....Jimmy def had the sleaze rock thing down.

[@slojinPA]

I need to be in Roseland Ballroom with Michael Fierman at the helm. He for sure rocked this in his sleaze morning sets.

[@analogsynthplayer]

Thanks for a great mix/edit to a cleverly crafted song, the synth strings are old school analog with a flanger effect, i had one 70's/80's miss that old gear

[@koolertrek]

1977 I was a senior in high school. This was my first real girlfriend’s song!! 😜

[@jbrad4899]

brilliant remix love it

[@ManxAndy]

Such a great track.....Thankyou👍😎

[@heinzrenhack6366]

Immernoch mega 🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@christineterry3079]

Great song back then

[@bijoubijou6446]

I don't know what I'd do without you, Cat Don't know where I'd be You're not just another DJ No, you're everything to me.... 💜

[@amorc2007]

This is a great song The best ❤Love from Sweden 🇸🇪 Disco cat

[@gerhardthiel4948]

Thank You for this *TOP* Version🎇‼️ I love it💥👍💙👏🤗

[@michelecrum5434]

🎼 Great remix 🥂 I was a kid when this came out...wouldn't trade this music 🎶 for today's music.. old school here 💯✌🏽

[@Josephine-kd2px]

Love exile so much what a beautful song 😁😁😁😁

[@dflxbox427]

This is real this is Life ☝️

[@stevelinwood8362]

Summer of 78. Luv this song 🎉🎉

[@nelbcn2244]

I was 16 in '78.Sweet years for a twin nearly going start dancing to the disco.80's for ever.I didn,t know this song but i like it much.!We living in a sad,pandemic,and cruel 20's .🥵🙄😥

[@romeo82587]

78 the year we were married this was our song still listening in Sept 2024 brings back so many loving memories now 78 my wife the same age we listen 2 music everyday after dinner I feel it keeps us young at heart & mind

[@lizzy66125]

excellent remix❤❤

[@vilmavioletamanriquecustod2834]

Cada vez que escucho esta canción me hace retroceder e l tiempo No me canso de escucharla ❤❤❤

[@ForeignerFan74]

Great Song!

[@robertlawrence8873]

Fantastic!

[@symphonyxXx]

Wow! Great job on extending this fantastic song!

[@vigeram6041]

Thank you d j cat are fantastically memory

[@rolandorodriguez5498]

Una poesia una obra de arte ,simplemente unica

[@johnnyheffernan1591]

Thank you! Thank you for creating these masterpiece remixes. They are helping me get thru 2020. Love from Albany NY

[@anderssamuelsson5232]

Hifi and stereo delight.

[@caroljakeman9628]

Hi everyone i absolutely love this song it's a brilliant blast from the past and definitely one of the most sexiest songs ever, it's evoked some wonderful memories for me and I'm still listening to it today in Nottingham UK in 2022 xx ❤

[@janforaker3127]

Beautiful music, real music and yes it takes me back!❤❤🎉

[@magbo7779]

Wow thx 🎶❤️👍 yes yes yes

[@ivanaw.5445]

Was für ein schönes Lied. Ich habe lange danach gesucht, ich wusste nur den Titel. Jetzt habe ihn endlich gefunden 😁🤗👍❤

[@stevie5443]

I think country disco songs need a resurgence or resurrection 🧡💚💙.

[@annekerutjens2920]

Zeventiger jaren muziek❤

[@johnwelch3896]

Best version ever Thank you Mr Cat

[@rolandorodriguez5498]

La cancion k te muestra el verdadero significado del amor k bonita epoca los 70 s

[@tanyawebber8867]

❤❤

[@trihalogen]

Thank you for your collection of memorys to my Parents when they make Party ......big Hug ! With tears in in my eyes greatings from Stuttgart !

[@ulabanda7248]

Wauuu temazo de a fines de los 70.

[@petrascheiblich6191]

Thank's DJDiscoCat for this great Song from Exile, my fantastic young years 1978👍😍I love 💕this Song

[@timdowns7921]

Well darling thank you for your comments I was born January 12th 1970 darling and I still play these songs darling and God bless you for your comments I'm 51 to this day darling and God bless you

[@jennifercoggins1324]

Thank You 💕

[@annaritaranalli1791]

Bass ,piano and synths are 👌 togheter too

[@vladvampirelord8910]

Thank you for this Christmas gift!!!!

[@dinaobando8291]

Hermosa creacion de Remises del salon de la fama de este grupo musical con estupendos integrantes Gracias

[@aemocaosoltanoarlive]

AMAZINGGGG ONLY THE BEST MUSIC PLAYING IN THE WORLD

[@rolandorodriguez5498]

Tu recuerdo vivira por siempre Jimmy lo k se hace bien no se olvida

[@brownbalak4641]

Love this channel

[@artietheman3294]

Just Awsome Sound/ Music , and VocaLs 🤗👍🎤🕺🏻🎷🎸🎵🎙closing my eyes and wishing i waz there at that time ...my unclês and older coisinz werê there " i remember their hair' dos/ bell bottöms 😁🤓👍

[@efrainhernandez645]

This cool cat always rocks em tracks!!!Good stuff 👨 man!!!!!

[@patriciacasey3037]

Reminds me of Vietnam and my old man, he was going through Hell!❤ I loved him so much 😭 We talked, he was so angry but yet so sweet! Jesus was holding on to him 😢 🙏 😞

[@marcello1211]

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