Detroit Rock City: Difference between revisions

On the original 7" version, Thethe song was heavily edited; Thethe intro was cut and the car crash ending the album version was inserted within the song itself, with the song fading out on the first bridge.

During the ''Rock And Roll Over'' tour, Stanley changed the lyric, "I know I'm gonna die, why?" to "I know I'm gonna die, and I don't care!" The song was ranked at number six on VH1's 40 Greatest Metal Songs and is featured on the album ''Heavy Metal{{snd}}The First 20 Years''. "Detroit Rock City" was based on an earlier song that Kiss performed only in concert called "Acrobat". In 2014, ''[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]'' ranked the song number three on their list of the 20 greatest Kiss songs,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/music/the-20-best-kiss-songs/#3-detroit-rock-city-|title=The 20 Best KISS Songs|first=Mark|last=Lore|work=[[Paste (magazine)|Paste]]|date=June 26, 2014|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}</ref> and in 2019, ''[[Metal Hammer|Louder Sound]]'' ranked the song number one on their list of the 40 greatest Kiss songs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-40-greatest-kiss-songs-as-voted-for-by-you/4|title=The 40 best Kiss songs of all time|work=[[Metal Hammer|Louder Sound]]|date=July 15, 2019|accessdate=April 5, 2022}}</ref>