In 2011 Mötley Crüe made a new video for the song which included multiple clips from their U.S. Sam Kinison is featured at the start of the video chauffeuring the band to the Whisky in a 1946 Buick ambulance.Īs part of their cross-promotion with the Mötley Crüe Final Tour and to celebrate the song's 25th anniversary in 2014, Dodge remixed the music video, replacing some of the action scenes with footage of Dodge's performance cars on the track. The video clip was shot at the Whisky a Go Go on Octoduring Mötley Crüe's warm-up show before embarking on the Dr. The song's ending features a prominent example of talkbox effects. The introduction is a classic example of a Floyd Rose bridge trick, in which Mick Mars drops three consecutive strings resulting in sound similar to a motorcycle shifting gears. The phrase "kickstart my heart" supposedly refers to Sixx's overdose incident where a paramedic injected his heart with adrenaline Guns N' Roses drummer Steven Adler disputes the accuracy of the story, saying he revived Sixx before the paramedics arrived. Sixx was reluctant, but eventually did show the band and the track came together quickly. When the group’s former manager read the words, he encouraged Sixx to share it with the rest of the band.
Sixx was playing acoustic guitar in his house while scribbling words on a piece of paper.
In a 2015 interview, Mötley Crüe bassist Nikki Sixx related the origins of "Kickstart My Heart,” which he wrote while the band was already working on Dr.
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