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| - %22Calling Dr. Love%22 is a song by American hard rock band Kiss, originally released on their 1976 album Rock and Roll Over. It was written by bassist/lead vocalist Gene Simmons at a Holiday Inn in Evansville, Indiana. The song's title came from Simmons' recollection of The Three Stooges film Men in Black, which contained a hospital intercom announcement, %22Calling Doctor Howard, Doctor Fine, Doctor Howard.%22 The song was the second single released from the album, and the band's fourth US Top 20 single, reaching #16 in Billboard. In Canada, the song reached number two, and is ranked as the 54th biggest Canadian hit of 1977.A live version of the song was included on Alive II, released later in 1977. Since then, %22Calling Dr. Love%22 has appeared on numerous Kiss compilation albums. In 2003, it appeared on Kiss's fifth live album, Kiss Symphony: Alive IV.
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