Motley Crue – Kickstart My Heart

About The Song

“Kickstart My Heart” is a song by American heavy metal band Mötley Crüe, originally released on their 1989 album, Dr. Feelgood. Released as the album’s second single in 1989, “Kickstart My Heart” reached number 27 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in the United States in early 1990.

In a 2015 interview, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx related the origins of “Kickstart My Heart”, which he wrote while the band was already working on Dr. Feelgood. Sixx was playing acoustic guitar in his house while scribbling words on a piece of paper. When the group’s former manager read the words, he encouraged Sixx to share it with the rest of the band. Sixx was reluctant, but eventually did show the band and the track came together quickly. The phrase “kickstart my heart” supposedly refers to Sixx’s overdose incident where a paramedic injected his heart with adrenaline; Guns N’ Roses drummer Steven Adler disputes the accuracy of the story, saying he revived Sixx before the paramedics arrived.

The video clip was shot at the Whisky a Go Go on October 5, 1989, during Mötley Crüe’s warm-up show before embarking on the Dr. Feelgood world tour. Sam Kinison is featured at the start of the video chauffeuring the band to the Whisky in a 1946 Buick ambulance.

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Lyrics

When i get high
I get high on speed
Top fuel funny car’s
A drug for me
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart
Always got the cops
Coming after me
Custom built bike doing 103
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart

(pre-chorus)
Ooh, are you ready girls?
Ooh, are you ready now?

(chorus)
Ooh, yeh
Kickstart my heart
Give it a start
Ooh, yeh, baby
Ooh, yeh
Kickstart my heart
Hope it never stops
Ooh, yeh, baby

Skydive naked
From an aeroplane
Or a lady with a
Body from outerspace
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart

Say i got trouble
Trouble in my eyes
I’m just looking for
Another good time
My heart, my heart
Kickstart my heart

(pre-chorus)

(chorus)

When we started this band
All we needed, needed was a laugh
Years gone by…i’d say we’ve kicked some ass
When i’m enraged
Or hittin’ the stage
Adrenalin rushing
Through my veins
And i’d say we’re still kickin’ ass

Ooo, ahh, kickstart my heart
I hope it never stops
And to think, we did all of this…
To rock

(chorus)

(solo)

(chorus)

Ok boys, let’s rock the house

Kickstart my heart