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This song is performed by Kiss and appears on the album Destroyer (1976).

This song also appears…

on the live album Alive II (1977)
on the album Double Platinum (1978)
on the compilation album Killers (1982)
on the compilation album Smashes, Thrashes And Hits (1988)
on the live album Alive III (1993)
on the compilation album Greatest Kiss (1997)
on the soundtrack Detroit Rock City (Music From The Motion Picture) (1999)
on the compilation box set Kiss Box Set (2001)
on the compilation album The Very Best Of Kiss (2002)
on the album 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection: The Best Of Kiss (2003)
on the live album Kiss Symphony: Alive IV (2003)
on the re-recorded compilation album Jigoku-Retsuden (2008)
on the compilation box set Ikons (2008)
on the compilation album Kiss 40 (2014)

This song has been covered by…
Angel City Outcasts under the title "La Rock City" HammerFall under the title "Detroit Rock City (KISS Cover)" The Mighty Mighty Bosstones under the title "Detroit Rock City"

This song is featured in the video games Rock Band and Rock Revolution.

This song is available as a downloadable track for the video games Guitar Hero: Warriors Of Rock and Rocksmith 2014.

This song is featured in the movie Paul Blart: Mall Cop.

Original video

Song of the Day

November 07, 2008

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Detroit Rock City

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I feel up tight on a Saturday night
Nine o'clock, the radio's the only light
I hear my song and it pulls me through
Comes on strong, tells me what I gotta do
I got to

(Get up!)
Everybody's gonna move their feet
(Get down!)
Everybody's gonna leave their seat
You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City
(Get up!)
Everybody's gonna move their feet
(Get down!)
Everybody's gonna leave their seat

Getting late, I just can't wait
Ten o'clock and I know I gotta hit the road
First I drink, then I smoke
Start the car and I try to make the midnight show

(Get up!)
Everybody's gonna move their feet
(Get down!)
Everybody's gonna leave their seat

Movin' fast, down 95
Hit top speed but I'm still movin' much too slow
I feel so good, I'm so alive
I hear my song playin' on the radio
It goes

(Get up!)
Everybody's gonna move their feet
(Get down!)
Everybody's gonna leave their seat

You gotta lose your mind in Detroit Rock City

Twelve o'clock, I gotta rock
There's a truck ahead, lights starin' at my eyes
Oh my god, no time to turn
I got to laugh 'cause I know I'm gonna die!
Why?

(Get up!)
Everybody's gonna move their feet
(Get down!)

(Get up!)
Everybody's gonna leave their seat
(Get down!)

Written by:

Bob Ezrin / Paul Stanley
Piano: Bob Ezrin

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