"Thrills in the Night" is a song by the American hard rock band Kiss

KISS (band)

Kiss is an American rock band formed in New York City in January 1973. Well-known for its members' face paint and flamboyant stage outfits, the group rose to prominence in the mid to late 1970s on the basis of their elaborate live performances, which featured fire breathing, blood spitting,...

 featured on their 1984

1984 in music

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 album Animalize

Animalize

Animalize is the 12th studio album by the American band Kiss. In a continuation of the commercial resurgence begun with Lick It Up, Animalize was certified platinum by the RIAA on December 12, 1984. It was the biggest-selling Kiss album since 1977's Alive II.The album marked the only appearance by...

, and released as a single in 1985

1985 in music

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. The song was written by Kiss guitarist/vocalist Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley

Stanley Harvey Eisen , better known by his stage name Paul Stanley, is an American hard rock guitarist, singer, musician, painter and songwriter best known for being the rhythm guitarist and primary lead vocalist of the rock band Kiss. He is the writer or co-writer of many of the band's...

 and ex-Plasmatics

Plasmatics

The Plasmatics were an American heavy metal and punk band formed by Yale University art school graduate Rod Swenson with Wendy O. Williams. The band was a controversial group known for wild live shows that broke countless taboos...

 bassist Jean Beauvoir

Jean Beauvoir

Jean Beauvoir is an American singer bassist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist.Beauvoir was born in Chicago to parents of Haitian background. He played drums as a child and switched to bass as a teenager. He was Gary U.S. Bonds's musical director at age 13; following this he sang in the doo wop...

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Two videos were made to promote the song, but only one was commercially released which featured the band playing in front of a live audience. The video would be the first with Kiss guitarist Bruce Kulick

Bruce Kulick

Bruce Howard Kulick is an American guitarist, musician and a member of the band Grand Funk Railroad. Previously, Kulick had been a longtime member of the band Kiss....

, who replaced the departed Mark St. John

Mark St. John

Mark Leslie Norton , better known as Mark St. John, was a guitarist known for his brief work with the rock band Kiss.-Prior to Kiss:...

earlier in 1984.

The song is about a woman who works a 9 to 5 job in a "professional" work environment, and also fulfills promiscuous sexual desires at night, secretly from the life she is known for during the days.