While the song would break into the American Billboard Top 40, peaking at #31, it would prove to not be as successful as its predecessor was but would remain in the band's concert set lists for almost every tour from that point on. Released as a single in 1976, the band and their record company, Casablanca Records, were trying to cash in on the success of their previous single, the live version of 'Rock and Roll All Nite', by releasing another anthem. The version found on Smashes, Thrashes & Hits is 16 seconds longer, as the chorus repeats and the song ends with 'Shout it!'. The Killers version is the shortest with the duration of 2:35 as a result of the fade-out of the song starting during the first repetition of the 'Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud' lyric following Gene Simmons' 'Oh yeah'. The Alive II single, which was described by Billboard magazine as a 'raucous rocker' that 'catches the excitement and energy of the live show,' is 23 seconds shorter than the album song due to the removal of audience chant 'We want Kiss'. The single version of the song is 12 seconds shorter than the studio due to the last 'Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud' line being excluded.

The song was edited several times for singles and compilation albums. The title of the song was taken from British beat group The Hollies' song 'We Want to Shout It Out Loud', which Wicked Lester (pre-Kiss) recorded for their only unreleased album. The song was performed on almost every tour for many years, and is one of the most played songs in the Kiss catalog, having been played over 1,700 times as of June 2022. It was also the band's first single to top the charts, as it reached number 1 hit in Canada on May 22, 1976.

It was released as the lead single off the album, and it proved to be successful, becoming the band's second single to break the Top 40, after ' Rock and Roll All Nite'. ' Shout It Out Loud' is a song by the American hard rock group Kiss, originally released on their 1976 album, Destroyer. ' Rocket Ride (Edit)' / 'Tomorrow and Tonight (live)' 'Shout It Out Loud (Live)' / ' Nothin' to Lose (Live)'

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