Hard Luck Woman

"Hard Luck Woman" is a song by American hard rock band Kiss and the lead single from their 1976 album, Rock and Roll Over. It was originally written by Paul Stanley as a possible track for Rod Stewart, but after the success of the ballad "Beth", Kiss decided to keep it for themselves as a follow-up.^[1]

Sung by Peter Criss, the single was an attempt to follow the success of the hit single "Beth" released earlier in the year by releasing another love song sung by Criss. It proved to be a Top 20 hit in the US, peaking at #15.

A version of "Hard Luck Woman" appears on Kiss's 1977 Alive II album; however, it was later revealed that the song was recorded in an empty warehouse with an audience overdubbed, rather than an actual live recording.

Chart performance

Weekly charts

Chart (1976–77)	Peak position
Australia KMR^[2]	67
Canada RPM	15
Germany	34
U.S. Billboard Hot 100^[3]	15
U.S. Cash Box Top 100	19

Year-end charts

Chart (1977)	Rank
Canada^[4]	135
U.S. (Joel Whitburn's Pop Annual)^[5]	111

Garth Brooks version

In 1994, country star Garth Brooks recorded the song for the tribute album Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss Regrooved, with Kiss themselves providing the instrumentation. Kiss and Brooks performed the song on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno in promotion of the album.

Chart performance

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[6]	23
Canada Adult Contemporary (RPM)^[7]	31
Canada Country Tracks (RPM)^[8]	59
US Adult Contemporary (Billboard)^[9]	28
US Hot Country Songs (Billboard)^[10]	67
US Mainstream Top 40 (Billboard)^[11]	26

Other versions

X Japan members Toshi, hide and Pata performed a cover at Nissan Power Station on October 18, 1991.
Japanese thrash metal band Rosenfeld covered this song on their 1994 live album In the Garden as a hidden track.
Danish heavy metal band Pretty Maids covered this song on their 1997 album, Spooked.
With Kanako Nakayama, Redd Kross covered this song on the 1998 tribute album, Kiss Tribute in Japan.
Japanese pop singer Maki Nomiya covered this song on her 1999 album, Miss Maki Nomiya Sings.
Ginger of the heavy rock band The Wildhearts covered the song on his 2001 solo live album Grevious Acoustic Behaviour.
Giuliano Palma & The Bluebeaters did a cover version on their 2005 album Long Playing.
The Hold Steady did an electrified cover version on their 2014 covers EP, RAGS.^[12]

Personnel

In popular culture

Episode 24 of the anime series Cowboy Bebop is named "Hard Luck Woman" after the song.

References

↑ Leaf, David and Ken Sharp. KISS: Behind the Mask: The Official Authorized Biography, Warner Books, 2003. ISBN 0-446-53073-5
↑ "Australian Chart Book". Austchartbook.com.au. Retrieved 2016-10-11.
↑ Joel Whitburn's Top Pop Singles 1955-1990 - ISBN 0-89820-089-X
↑ "Top 200 Singles of '77 – Volume 28, No. 11, December 31 1977". RPM. Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved June 25, 2016.
↑ Whitburn, Joel (1999). Pop Annual. Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin: Record Research Inc. ISBN 0-89820-142-X.
↑ "Top RPM Singles: Issue 2592." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Top RPM Adult Contemporary: Issue 2586." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. September 12, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Top RPM Country Tracks: Issue 2611." RPM. Library and Archives Canada. October 3, 1994. Retrieved August 4, 2013.
↑ "Garth Brooks – Chart history" Billboard Adult Contemporary for Garth Brooks.
↑ "Garth Brooks – Chart history" Billboard Hot Country Songs for Garth Brooks.
↑ "Garth Brooks – Chart history" Billboard Pop Songs for Garth Brooks.
↑ "The Hold Steady: The Unified Scene on PledgeMusic". Pledgemusic.com. Retrieved 2016-10-11.

External links

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

Kiss

Studio albums

'78 solo albums

Live albums

Alive!
Alive II
Alive III
Kiss Unplugged
You Wanted the Best, You Got the Best!!
Kiss Symphony: Alive IV
Kiss Instant Live
Alive! The Millennium Concert
Kiss Alive 35
Kiss Sonic Boom Over Europe
Kiss Rocks Vegas

Compilations

Box sets

Video albums

Tribute albums

Concert tours

Personnel

Films

Merchandising

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Kiss singles discography

1970s	"Nothin' to Lose" "Kissin' Time" "Strutter" "Let Me Go, Rock 'n' Roll" "Rock and Roll All Nite" "C'mon and Love Me" "Rock and Roll All Nite (Live)" "Shout It Out Loud" "Flaming Youth" "Detroit Rock City" "Beth" "Hard Luck Woman" "Calling Dr. Love" "Christine Sixteen" "Love Gun" "Shout It Out Loud (Live)" "Rocket Ride" "Strutter '78" "Radioactive" (Gene Simmons solo album) "New York Groove" (Ace Frehley solo album) "Hold Me, Touch Me (Think of Me When We're Apart)" (Paul Stanley solo album) "Don't You Let Me Down" "You Matter to Me" (Peter Criss solo album) "I Was Made for Lovin' You" "Sure Know Something"

1980s	"Shandi" "Talk to Me" "Tomorrow" "A World Without Heroes" "I" "I Love It Loud" "Killer" "Creatures of the Night" "Lick It Up" "All Hell's Breakin' Loose" "Heaven's on Fire" "Thrills in the Night" "Tears Are Falling" "Crazy Crazy Nights" "Reason to Live" "Turn on the Night" "Let's Put the 'X' in Sex" "(You Make Me) Rock Hard" "Hide Your Heart"

1990s	"Forever" "Rise to It" "God Gave Rock 'N' Roll to You II" "Unholy" "Domino" "I Just Wanna" "Every Time I Look at You" "I Love It Loud (Live)" "Rock and Roll All Nite (Unplugged)" "Jungle" "Psycho Circus" "We Are One" "I Finally Found My Way" "You Wanted the Best"

2000s	"Modern Day Delilah" "Say Yeah"

2010s	"Never Enough" "Hell or Hallelujah" "Long Way Down" "Yume no Ukiyo ni Saite Mi na"

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Garth Brooks singles

Garth Brooks	"Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" "If Tomorrow Never Comes" "Not Counting You" "The Dance"

No Fences	"Friends in Low Places" "Unanswered Prayers" "Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House" "The Thunder Rolls" "Wild Horses" (released in 2001)

Ropin' the Wind	"Rodeo" "Shameless" "What She's Doing Now" "Papa Loved Mama" "The River"

The Chase	"We Shall Be Free" "Somewhere Other Than the Night" "Learning to Live Again" "That Summer"

In Pieces	"Ain't Goin' Down ('Til the Sun Comes Up)" "American Honky-Tonk Bar Association" "Standing Outside the Fire" "One Night a Day" "Callin' Baton Rouge" "The Red Strokes"

Fresh Horses	"She's Every Woman" "The Fever" "The Beaches of Cheyenne" "The Change" "It's Midnight Cinderella" "That Ol' Wind"

Sevens	"Longneck Bottle" "She's Gonna Make It" "Two Piña Coladas" "You Move Me" "Do What You Gotta Do" (released in 2000)

The Limited Series	"To Make You Feel My Love"

Double Live	"It's Your Song"

Greatest Hits (as Chris Gaines)	"Lost in You" "It Don't Matter to the Sun" "That's the Way I Remember It"

Scarecrow	"When You Come Back to Me Again" (released in 2000) "Wrapped Up in You" "Squeeze Me In" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Thicker Than Blood" "Why Ain't I Running"

The Lost Sessions	"Good Ride Cowboy" "Love Will Always Win" (with Trisha Yearwood) "That Girl Is a Cowboy"

The Ultimate Hits	"More Than a Memory" "Workin' for a Livin'" (with Huey Lewis) "Midnight Sun"

Man Against Machine	"People Loving People" "Mom"

Gunslinger	"Baby, Let's Lay Down and Dance"

Guest singles	"Whatcha Gonna Do with a Cowboy (with Chris LeDoux; uncredited) "In Another's Eyes" (with Trisha Yearwood) "One Heart at a TIme" (charity single) "Burnin the Roadhouse Down" (with Steve Wariner) "Where Your Road Leads" (with Trisha Yearwood) "Katie Wants a Fast One" (with Steve Wariner) "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)" (with George Jones)

Other songs	"Hard Luck Woman" "Santa Looked a Lot Like Daddy" "The Call" (with Trisha Yearwood)

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