I'll Save You All My Kisses

The picture sleeve for the fourth single from Mad, Bad And Dangerous To Kow, “I’ll Save You All My Kisses”, originally featured Pete Burns with a metal “Sex” belt buckle in front of his lips, but Epic Records covered up the word “Sex” with a sticker that said “Kiss” after retailers objected and refused to display the single. The music video was banned by MTV because of its overtly gay content, which depicted Burns in black tights and a leather jacket singing the song from a baseball diamond while a number of men, some of them shirtless, clung to a fence and ogled him. However, despite these setbacks, the band continued to have chart success in Australia, Europe and (particularly) Japan, where they had reached superstar status with nine #1 singles up to 1988. In the US the 12″ single peaked at #48 on the Billboard Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart.