Single by Sixpence None the Richer from the album Sixpence None the Richer Released August 11, 1998 (US) April 23, 1999 (UK) Format CD single Genre Alternative rock, pop rock Length 3:19 (single version) 3:30 (album version) Label Squint/Columbia Writer(s) Matt Slocum Sixpence None the Richer singles chronology "Angeltread" (1995) "Kiss Me" (1998) "There She Goes" (1999)
"Kiss Me" is a song recorded by Sixpence None the Richer and released on their self-titled album in 1997. The single reached #2 on the Billboard US Hot 100. It became the main theme song for the teen film She's All That starring Rachael Leigh Cook.
The song was a worldwide success; it reached number four on both the UK Singles Chart and the Canadian Singles Chart and number one on the Australian singles chart, making it the group's highest-charting single across the world.
The song is also the group's best-selling single in the United States. The song remained at the number two position for six weeks, stuck behind Cher's "Believe", TLC's "No Scrubs", and Ricky Martin's "Livin' la Vida Loca". Even though it only reached second place, the song did have great longevity on the chart, spending 24 weeks in the Top Ten and 35 weeks on the chart. At the end of 1999, Billboard ranked the song as the sixth best-selling single of 1999, ahead of a number of other #1 hits and the second highest rank for a song that didn't make it to the top, behind Whitney Houston, Faith Evans, and Kelly Price's "Heartbreak Hotel", which ranked at #4.
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Kiss Me, Sixpence None The Richer
"Kiss Me"
Kiss me out of the bearded barley Nightly, beside the green, green grass Swing, swing, swing the spinning step You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress.
[Chorus:] Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight Lead me out on the moonlit floor Lift your open hand Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance Silver moon's sparkling So kiss me
Kiss me down by the broken tree house Swing me upon its hanging tire Bring, bring, bring your flowered hat We'll take the trail marked on your father's map