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Revision as of 04:52, 6 February 2022

"Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
Single by the Kinks
from the album The Kink Kontroversy
A-side"Till the End of the Day"
Released
  • 19 November 1965 (1965-11-19) (UK)
  • 2 March 1966 (US)
Recorded23–30 October 1965
StudioPye (No. 2), London
Genre
Length2:49
Label
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Kinks UK singles chronology
"See My Friends"
(1965) 		"Till the End of the Day" / "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
(1965) 		"Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
(1966)
The Kinks US singles chronology
"A Well Respected Man"
(1965) 		"Till the End of the Day" / "Where Have All the Good Times Gone"
(1965) 		"Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
(1966)

"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,"[1] 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."[2]

Ray Davies said, "We'd been rehearsing 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone' and our tour manager at the time, who was a lot older than us, said, 'That's a song a 40-year-old would write. I don't know where you get that from.' But I was taking inspiration from older people around me. I'd been watching them in the pubs, talking about taxes and job opportunities."[3]

The song has since gained "classic" status and featured on numerous compilations. Pye Records released the track as a single in November 1973 (Pye 7N 45313 b/w "Lola"). This re-release failed to chart. Although the Kinks had performed the song live on the TV show 'Ready Steady Go' in 1965, it would not become a staple of their live shows until the 1970s. The song was covered and released as a single in 1982 by Van Halen for their album Diver Down, reaching 17 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. The song has also been covered by David Bowie.

References

  1. ^ "Ray Davies and the Kinks: Their 10 greatest songs". The Telegraph. London. 30 December 2016.
  2. ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 March 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  3. ^ Hasted, Nick (2011). You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84938-660-9.
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