"The Kids Are Back" is a song by American heavy metal band Twisted Sister, released in 1983 as the second single from their second studio album, You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll.

questioned whether You Can't Stop Rock 'n' Roll had another track with "the necessary rock/pop blend" to provide Twisted Sister with another chart hit following "I Am (I'm Me)".

He said "The Kids Are Back" was a "logical" choice as a "chantalong rocker which draws on Judas Priestish commercial values for effect".

"[3] Sunie of Number One believed it was "undoubtedly another hit" but added, "Seems a shame though, that the cheeky parody of their presentation doesn't come across on their records – shut your eyes and this could be any bunch of tame heavy metal plodders.

'We've got a lion in our hearts,' bellows Dee Snider – and a lemming in our brains, no doubt.