Wikipedia: ""Kiss" started as a short acoustic demo consisting of a single 12-bar blues verse. Prince gave the song to the funk band Mazarati for their debut album. Mazarati and producer David Z drastically reworked the song, giving it a stripped-down minimalist sound.

When Mazarati (Mark Brown, Marvin Brown and Tony Christian) delivered the song to Prince, he was amazed at their work and decided to keep the song. Prince replaced their lead vocal, added the guitar break in the chorus and edited the production. Mazarati were credited for their backing vocals. Prince (Nelson) and The Revolution gave us the chart topping "Kiss" from the album "Parade" in 1986. Rolling Stone voted this the top single of the year.

The Art of Noise (details elsewhere in this blog) featuring Tom Jones (Thomas Woodward) cover of "Kiss" hit the top twenty on the Dance chart, top thirty pop and number five on the U.K. singles chart.