Wiktionary
n. (context idiomatic UK English) mouth-to-mouth resuscitation.
WordNet
n. an emergency procedure consisting of external cardiac massage and artificial respiration; the first treatment for a person who has collapsed and has no pulse and has stopped breathing; attempts to restore circulation of the blood and prevent death or brain damage due to lack of oxygen [syn: cardiopulmonary resuscitation, CPR, cardiac resuscitation, mouth-to-mouth resuscitation]
Wikipedia
"Kiss of Life" is the third single from the English group Sade's fourth studio album, Love Deluxe (1992). The single was released in May 1993 and became a minor hit in the United States, peaking at number 78 on the Billboard Hot 100 and then went on to become Sade's seventh top 10 hit on the R&B chart peaking at #10. It also got significant airplay on smooth jazz radio stations.
In the lyrics, the singer believes that her finding love was heavenly inspired. "There must have been an angel by my side. Someone led me to you. He built a bridge to your heart."
"Kiss of Life" is a song by the band Supergrass. It was released as a single from the compilation album, Supergrass is 10. It was a new song, recorded for the compilation and was released in May 2004, reaching #23 in the UK Singles Chart. B-side "We Dream of This" was built around "Kiss of Life" played backwards. CD2 was an Enhanced CD with the video for "Kiss of Life" and "Rob's Guide To Responsible Flying", a small section of footage from the Supergrass Is 10 documentary (released with the DVD version of the compilation), showing keyboard player Rob Coombes smoking illegally in an aeroplane toilet.
Performed live the band play a notably different arrangement of the song, one example of which can be found as a b-side to the St. Petersburg single.
Kiss of Life may refer to:
- another term for mouth-to-mouth resuscitation
- "Kiss of Life", a Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken by Rocco Morabito
- Kiss of Life, a 1989 album by the Gothic rock band Gene Loves Jezebel
- Kiss of Life (film), a 2003 British drama
- Kiss of Life, a 2009 zombie novel, the sequel to Generation Dead
"Kiss of Life" is a single by Friendly Fires, released on 11 August 2009. The song premiered on Zane Lowe's BBC Radio 1 show as his "Hottest Record in the World" on 13 July 2009 and is the first single taken from the band's deluxe, re-released version of their self-titled debut album Friendly Fires, released 31 August 2009.
A related remix EP was released on 30 August 2009, in The UK and other European countries. The remixes have not been released in any North American countries. On the deluxe, re-released edition of the self-titled album, Friendly Fires, a live performance was released, along with the music video. The live performance is only available on the CD/ DVD release, not on the digital download release. To hype up the release of Kiss of Life, the band, on their website, released a preview of the music video before it aired on TV, plus "behind the scenes" videos of making the single, and the music video. The accompanying video premiered on Channel 4 on 23 July 2009, was shot in Ibiza, and directed by Chris Cottam.
The song has been used in more movies and TV shows than any other single the band released. Most recently, the song was featured on an episode of Melrose Place on October 20, 2009, in the United States. "Kiss of Life" has had more exposure to the public than their previous singles, making it one of Friendly Fires' more popular releases.
"Kiss of Life" is the thirteenth single to be released by Japanese singer Ken Hirai. It was released on May 16, 2001. The single's title song was the theme song to the drama Love Revolution.
The song sold a total of 650,000 copies and reached number 2 on the Oricon weekly chart, remaining in the chart for a total of 29 weeks. It remained Hirai's most successful single until August 2002, when he released his first #1 single, , a cover of My Grandfather's Clock.
Kiss of Life is a 2003 British drama film directed by Emily Young. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2003 Cannes Film Festival.
Usage examples of "kiss of life".
He pried apart the boy's cold lips with his fingers, and gave Emmond the kiss of life, and agait and again, until the sea cam«.
A Child of the Dead Seed bears the visible truth of death's kiss of life - proof of the Reward itself.
And for an elated moment, I thought Id solved the riddlethat it was to be a kiss of life, as in the childrens story.
While she was retching Pendel stooped to Mickie and remembered Spider again and giving him the kiss of life knowing that no amount of kissing was going to enliven him in any way, however much the guilty warders shouted at Pendel to bloody try harder, son.
He pried apart the boy's cold lips with his fingers, and gave Emmond the kiss of life, and again and again, until the sea came [garbled] from his mouth.