Mr. Mister achieved massive success after introducing a string of notable hit songs, among its widely recognized tracks being “Kyrie.”
In 1985, the American quartet band from Phoenix, Arizona, released the guitar-driven song as part of their second studio album, Welcome to the Real World.
Fronted by Richard Page, the pop-rock band delivered not one but two era-defining hits in one record, making “Kyrie” and “Broken Wings” lasting staples of 1980s radio and music culture.
Forty years ago today, “Kyrie” became a number one hit in the U.S., making it their second single to reach the charts.
Moreover, the spiritually infused pop-rock anthem topped the Billboard Hot 100 rankings for two consecutive weeks. This was months after their first hit song, “Broken Wings,” had also claimed the top spot and established Mr. Mister in the music scene.
The song continued to achieve further global success after debuting at No. 50 on the U.K. Singles Chart, peaking at No. 3 in Switzerland and reaching No. 5 and No. 6 in Austria and Sweden, respectively.
Members of the American pop-rock band Mr. Mister.According to Page, who was the band’s primary composer, he felt a different kind of feeling before releasing the song.
He composed the song along with band member and keyboardist Steve George and Page’s cousin John Lang on the lyrics.
Page described the song as “a kiss of death” and worried that the song’s religious language would cause the listeners to lose interest.
“John said he’d had a dream where he remembered singing ‘Kyrie eleison’ as a kid in church,” he told Rock Candy magazine, adding, “So that was his title for the song. I said, ‘No. That will get us pigeonholed as a Christian band, and that's not what we want to do. But John said, ‘Let’s try it anyway.’ And once that happened, it just morphed into whatever it was, and there was no going back. I remember thinking, ‘This is a kiss of death!’ Because people are going to think that we were proselytising. And it wasn’t like that at all.”
Page was referring to the Greek phrase “Kyrie eleison,” which means “Lord, have mercy.”
Fortunately, the song was a massive hit. Not only did it defy the frontman’s fears but it also became one of their classic hits, with the listeners embracing it far more warmly than he had imagined.
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