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Release. "Life Goes On" was released as the ninth and final track on The Kinks' 1977 album Sleepwalker. Following the album release, the song was released as the B-side to the American version of Sleepwalker 's second single, "Juke Box Music", in May of that year (in the U.K. and Germany, the song "Sleepless Night" was used instead.)
– Ray Davies "You Really Got Me" was written by Ray Davies, the Kinks' vocalist and main songwriter, sometime between 9 and 12 March 1964. Created on the piano in the front room of the Davies' home, the song was stylistically very different from the finished product, being much lighter and somewhat jazz-oriented. Ray said of the song's writing, "When I came up with ['You Really Got Me'] I ...
Background. "Living on a Thin Line" is one of two songs on Word of Mouth written by Dave Davies (the other being "Guilty"). In his biography Kink, Davies said that the track was influenced by The Kinks ' long and difficult career, along with his hatred of politicians. [1] The song was also influenced by the deterioration of English identity in ...
The Kinks singles chronology. "Dedicated Follower of Fashion". (1966) "Sunny Afternoon" / " I'm Not Like Everybody Else ". (1966) "Dead End Street". (1966) " I'm Not Like Everybody Else " is a song written by Ray Davies and first recorded by the Kinks in 1966 and released that year as the B-side of "Sunny Afternoon".
The song was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 12 June 1970, while in the United States it was released on 28 June 1970. Commercially, "Lola" reached number two on the UK Singles Chart [7] and number nine on the Billboard Hot 100. [8] The track has since become one of the Kinks' most popular songs and was ranked number 386 on ...
The Village Green Preservation Society. " The Village Green Preservation Society"[nb 1] is a song by the English rock band the Kinks from their 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. Written and sung by the band's principal songwriter Ray Davies, the song is a nostalgic reflection where the band state their intention ...
Where Have All the Good Times Gone. " Where Have All the Good Times Gone " is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by the Kinks. It was released as the B-side to " Till the End of the Day," [2] and then on their album The Kink Kontroversy (1965 UK, 1966 US). Cash Box described the single as a "raunchy, shufflin’ emotional tale of despair."
The Kinks singles chronology. "How Are You". (1986) " Lost and Found ". (1987) "The Road". (1988) " Lost and Found " is a song by the Kinks, released as the second single (third in the US) from their 1986 album Think Visual. It was written by the Kinks' primary songwriter, Ray Davies.