KISS' most popular "soft" song. This was written by drummer Peter Criss long before he joined the band under the title "Beck," and was later revised for their fifth album, Destroyer. Destroyer was a precarious point in KISS' career; Their breakthrough live album, Alive! had followed three studio flops and the pressure was on to create a record that would cement their position on the charts and generate revenue from sources besides touring. Destroyer departed sonically from their formulaic metal from the previous albums and set them up for their rise to popularity in the late seventies.

"Beth," the seventh track on the album, was one of the major contributors to the new sound KISS had discovered. It had an orchestral backing and Peter Criss' soulful singing (instead of Simmons' growl or Stanley's shriek) which would later be compared to Rod Stewart.

Until the band's final tour in 2000, "Beth" was typically one of their encores, and was performed A Cappella with Peter Criss alone on stage. It was followed almost invariably by the crowd-pleaser anthem "Rock & Roll All Night."

Title: Beth
Album: Destroyer
Artist: KISS
Written by: Peter Criss