The Kinks Lyrics
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From the Album
1. Attitude
2. Catch Me Now Im Falling
3. Pressure
4. National Health
5. (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
6. Low Budget
7. In A Space
8. Little Bit Of Emotion
9. A Gallon Of Gas
10. Misery
11. Moving Pictures
From the Single You Really Got Me
Other Songs 20th Century Man (A) Face In The Crowd A Little Bit Of Abuse A Little Bit Of Sunlight A Long Way From Home A Rock N Roll Fantasy A Well Respected Man Act Nice And Gentle Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues Add It Up Afternoon Tea Aggravation Alcohol All Aboard All Day and All of The Night All Night Stand All Of My Friends Were There Americana And I Will Love You Animal Animal Farm Animals In The Zoo Announcements Apeman Are You Ready Girl? Around The Dial Art Lover Arthur Artificial Light Artificial Man Australia Autumn Almanac Babies Baby Face Back To Front Bald Headed Woman Banana Boat Song Beautiful Delilah Berkeley Mews Bernadette Better Things Big Black Smoke Big Sky Black Messiah Brainwashed Bright Lights Brother Cadillac Celluloid Heroes Cliches Of The World Clichés of the World (B Movie) Climb Your Wall Close To The Wire Come Dancing Come On Now Completely Complicated Life Cricket Dancing In The Street Dandy David Watts Daylight Days Dead End Street Dear Margaret Death Of A Clown Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Definite Maybe Demolition Denmark Street Destroyer Did Ya? Did You See His Name? Do It Again Do You Remember Walter? Do You Wish To Be A Man? Dont Dont Ever Change Dont Ever Let Go Dont Ever Let Me Go Dont Forget To Dance Dont You Fret Down All The Days Dreams Drift Away Drivin Ducks On The Wall Education Elevator Man Emptiness End Of The Season Entertainment Eternity Everybodys A Star Everybody's A Star (Starmaker) [Mono Mix; Bonus Track] Everybodys Gonna Be Happy Evrybodys Gonna Be Happy Face in the Crowd Fancy Father Christmas Finale Flashs Confession Flashs Dream Full Moon Funny Face Gallon of Gas Get Back In Line Get Up Give The People What They Want Gods Children Going Solo Good Day Good Golly Miss Molly Good Luck Charm Got Love If You Want It Got My Feet On The Ground Got To Be Free Gotta Get The First Plane Home Groovy Movies Guilty Harry Rag Hatred Have A Cuppa Tea Have Another Drink Hay Fever Headmaster Heart Of Gold Helga Here Come The People In Grey Here Comes Flash Here Comes Yet Another Day Hes Evil Hide and Seek Hide and Seek [BBC; Previously Unreleased Track] Hold My Hand Holiday Holiday In Waikiki Holiday Romance Holloway Jail Hot Potatoes House In The Country How Are You How Do I Get Close I Am Free I Believed In You I Believed You I Bet You Wont Stay I Dont Need You Any More I Don't Need You Anymore I Go To Sleep I Gotta Go Now I Gotta Move I Need You I Took My Baby Home Ill Get Over Ill Remember Im a Hog for You Baby Im a Lover Not a Fighter Im Crying Im In Disgrace Im Not Like Everybody Else Im not like everyone else Im On An Island In a Foreign Land Introduction To Solution It Its All Right Its Alright Its Too Late Ive Been Driving on Bald Mountain Ive Got That Feeling Ive Got Your Number Ive Gotta Go Now Jack The Idiot Dunce Johnny Thunder Juke Box Music Just Cant Go To Sleep Just Friends Kentucky Moon Killers Eyes Killing Time King Kong King Of The Whole Wide World Labour Of Love Ladder Of Success Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains Lavender Hill Lazy Old Sun Life Goes On Life On The Road Lincoln County Listen To Me Little Bit of Sunlight Little Bit of Sunlight [Demo Version; Demo Version; Version] Little Man In A Little Box Little Miss Queen Of Darkness Little Women Live Life Living On A Thin Line Lola Long Distance Long Tall Sally Long Tall Shorty Look A Little On The Sunny Side Look For Me Baby Loony Balloon Lost And Found Louie Louie Love Me Till The Sun Shines Massive Reductions Maximum Consumption Milk Cow Blues Mindless Child Of Motherhood Mirror Of Love Misfits Missing Persons Misty Water Moments Monday Tuesday Wednesday Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man Money Talks Monica Morning Song Most Exclusive Residence For Sale Motorway Mountain Woman Mr. Big Man Mr. Churchill Says Mr. Pleasant Mr. Reporter Mr. Shoemakers Daughter Mr. Songbird Mr. Wonderful Muswell Hillbillies Muswell Hillbilly My Diary Naggin Woman Natural Gift Never Met A Girl Like You Before New World Nine To Five No More Looking Back No Return Nobody Gives Nobodys Fool Noise Nothin In The World Can Stop Me Worryin Bout That Girl Nothing Lasts Forever Nothing To Say Now And Then Oh! What A Day Its Gonna Be Oh Where Oh Where Is Love? Oklahoma U.S.A. On The Outside Once A Thief One Fine Day One Of The Survivors Only A Dream Oobadiooba Ordinary People Out Of The Wardrobe Over The Edge Party Line People Take Pictures Of Each Other Perfect Strangers Permanent Waves Phenomenal Cat Phobia Picture Book Pictures In The Sand Plastic Man Powerman Predictable Preservation Pretty Polly Prince Of The Punks Property Rainy Day In June Rats Repetition Revenge Ring The Bell Ring The Bells Road Rock N Roll Cities Rosemary Rose Rosy Wont You Please Come Home Running Round Town Rush Hour Blues Salvation Road Sand On My Shoes Scattered Schooldays Scrapheap City Scum Of The Earth Second-Hand Car Spiv See my friend See My Friends Session Man Set Me Free Shangri La Shangri-la Shepherds Of The Nation Shes Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina She's Got Everything [Bonus Track] Shes My Girl Sittin On My Sofa Sitting By The Riverside Sitting In My Hotel Sitting In The Midday Sun Sitting On My Sofa Situation Vacant Skin And Bone Skin & Bone Sleepless Night Sleepwalker Slum Kids So Long So Mystifying Sold Me Out Some Mothers Son Somebody Stole My Car Something Better Beginning Starstruck State Of Confusion Still Searching Stop Your Sobbing Stormy Sky Strangers Such A Shame Summers Gone Sunny Afternoon Supersonic Rocket Ship Surviving Susannah's Still Alive Suzannahs Still Alive Sweet Lady Genevieve Tell Me Now So Ill Know The Contenders The First Time We Fall In Love The Hard Way The Informer The Last Assembly The Million-Pound-Semi-Detached The Moneygoround The Poseur The Road The Shirt The Video Shop The Village Green Preservation Society The Way Love Used To Be The World Keeps Going Around The World Keeps Going Round There Is No Life Without Love Theres A Change In The Weather Theres A New World Just Opening For Me Things Are Getting Better Think Visual This I Know This Is Where I Belong This Man He Weeps Tonight This Strange Effect This Time Tomorrow Till Death Do Us Part Till The End Of The Day Time Will Tell Tin Soldier Man Tired of waiting Tired Of Waiting For You To The Bone Tokyo Too Hot Too Much Monkey Business Too Much On My Mind Top Of The Pops Toymaker Trust Your Heart Two Sisters UK Jive Uncle Son Underneath The Neon Sign Unfinished Business Unreal Reality Victoria Village Green Village Green Preservation Society Wait Till The Summer Comes Along Wall Of Fire War Is Over Waterloo Sunset Welcome To Sleazy Town Well Respected Man What Are We Doing Whats In Store For Me When A Solution Comes When I See That Girl Of Mine When I Turn Off The Living Room Light When The Wind Blows When Work Is Over When You Were A Child Where Are They Now? Where Did My Spring Go? Where Have All The Good Times Gone Whip Lady Wholl Be The Next In Line Wicked Annabella Willesden Green Wonder Boy Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight Word Of Mouth Working At The Factory Yes Sir No Sir Yo You Cant Stop The Music You Cant Win You Do Something to Me You Dont Know My Name You Make It All Worthwhile You Shouldnt Be Sad You Still Want Me Young And Innocent Days Young Conservatives Youre Lookin Fine Youre Looking Fine Yours Truly Confused N10 Yo-Yo
From the Single You Really Got Me
Other Songs 20th Century Man (A) Face In The Crowd A Little Bit Of Abuse A Little Bit Of Sunlight A Long Way From Home A Rock N Roll Fantasy A Well Respected Man Act Nice And Gentle Acute Schizophrenia Paranoia Blues Add It Up Afternoon Tea Aggravation Alcohol All Aboard All Day and All of The Night All Night Stand All Of My Friends Were There Americana And I Will Love You Animal Animal Farm Animals In The Zoo Announcements Apeman Are You Ready Girl? Around The Dial Art Lover Arthur Artificial Light Artificial Man Australia Autumn Almanac Babies Baby Face Back To Front Bald Headed Woman Banana Boat Song Beautiful Delilah Berkeley Mews Bernadette Better Things Big Black Smoke Big Sky Black Messiah Brainwashed Bright Lights Brother Cadillac Celluloid Heroes Cliches Of The World Clichés of the World (B Movie) Climb Your Wall Close To The Wire Come Dancing Come On Now Completely Complicated Life Cricket Dancing In The Street Dandy David Watts Daylight Days Dead End Street Dear Margaret Death Of A Clown Dedicated Follower Of Fashion Definite Maybe Demolition Denmark Street Destroyer Did Ya? Did You See His Name? Do It Again Do You Remember Walter? Do You Wish To Be A Man? Dont Dont Ever Change Dont Ever Let Go Dont Ever Let Me Go Dont Forget To Dance Dont You Fret Down All The Days Dreams Drift Away Drivin Ducks On The Wall Education Elevator Man Emptiness End Of The Season Entertainment Eternity Everybodys A Star Everybody's A Star (Starmaker) [Mono Mix; Bonus Track] Everybodys Gonna Be Happy Evrybodys Gonna Be Happy Face in the Crowd Fancy Father Christmas Finale Flashs Confession Flashs Dream Full Moon Funny Face Gallon of Gas Get Back In Line Get Up Give The People What They Want Gods Children Going Solo Good Day Good Golly Miss Molly Good Luck Charm Got Love If You Want It Got My Feet On The Ground Got To Be Free Gotta Get The First Plane Home Groovy Movies Guilty Harry Rag Hatred Have A Cuppa Tea Have Another Drink Hay Fever Headmaster Heart Of Gold Helga Here Come The People In Grey Here Comes Flash Here Comes Yet Another Day Hes Evil Hide and Seek Hide and Seek [BBC; Previously Unreleased Track] Hold My Hand Holiday Holiday In Waikiki Holiday Romance Holloway Jail Hot Potatoes House In The Country How Are You How Do I Get Close I Am Free I Believed In You I Believed You I Bet You Wont Stay I Dont Need You Any More I Don't Need You Anymore I Go To Sleep I Gotta Go Now I Gotta Move I Need You I Took My Baby Home Ill Get Over Ill Remember Im a Hog for You Baby Im a Lover Not a Fighter Im Crying Im In Disgrace Im Not Like Everybody Else Im not like everyone else Im On An Island In a Foreign Land Introduction To Solution It Its All Right Its Alright Its Too Late Ive Been Driving on Bald Mountain Ive Got That Feeling Ive Got Your Number Ive Gotta Go Now Jack The Idiot Dunce Johnny Thunder Juke Box Music Just Cant Go To Sleep Just Friends Kentucky Moon Killers Eyes Killing Time King Kong King Of The Whole Wide World Labour Of Love Ladder Of Success Last Of The Steam-Powered Trains Lavender Hill Lazy Old Sun Life Goes On Life On The Road Lincoln County Listen To Me Little Bit of Sunlight Little Bit of Sunlight [Demo Version; Demo Version; Version] Little Man In A Little Box Little Miss Queen Of Darkness Little Women Live Life Living On A Thin Line Lola Long Distance Long Tall Sally Long Tall Shorty Look A Little On The Sunny Side Look For Me Baby Loony Balloon Lost And Found Louie Louie Love Me Till The Sun Shines Massive Reductions Maximum Consumption Milk Cow Blues Mindless Child Of Motherhood Mirror Of Love Misfits Missing Persons Misty Water Moments Monday Tuesday Wednesday Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man Money and Corruption / I Am Your Man Money Talks Monica Morning Song Most Exclusive Residence For Sale Motorway Mountain Woman Mr. Big Man Mr. Churchill Says Mr. Pleasant Mr. Reporter Mr. Shoemakers Daughter Mr. Songbird Mr. Wonderful Muswell Hillbillies Muswell Hillbilly My Diary Naggin Woman Natural Gift Never Met A Girl Like You Before New World Nine To Five No More Looking Back No Return Nobody Gives Nobodys Fool Noise Nothin In The World Can Stop Me Worryin Bout That Girl Nothing Lasts Forever Nothing To Say Now And Then Oh! What A Day Its Gonna Be Oh Where Oh Where Is Love? Oklahoma U.S.A. On The Outside Once A Thief One Fine Day One Of The Survivors Only A Dream Oobadiooba Ordinary People Out Of The Wardrobe Over The Edge Party Line People Take Pictures Of Each Other Perfect Strangers Permanent Waves Phenomenal Cat Phobia Picture Book Pictures In The Sand Plastic Man Powerman Predictable Preservation Pretty Polly Prince Of The Punks Property Rainy Day In June Rats Repetition Revenge Ring The Bell Ring The Bells Road Rock N Roll Cities Rosemary Rose Rosy Wont You Please Come Home Running Round Town Rush Hour Blues Salvation Road Sand On My Shoes Scattered Schooldays Scrapheap City Scum Of The Earth Second-Hand Car Spiv See my friend See My Friends Session Man Set Me Free Shangri La Shangri-la Shepherds Of The Nation Shes Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina She's Got Everything [Bonus Track] Shes My Girl Sittin On My Sofa Sitting By The Riverside Sitting In My Hotel Sitting In The Midday Sun Sitting On My Sofa Situation Vacant Skin And Bone Skin & Bone Sleepless Night Sleepwalker Slum Kids So Long So Mystifying Sold Me Out Some Mothers Son Somebody Stole My Car Something Better Beginning Starstruck State Of Confusion Still Searching Stop Your Sobbing Stormy Sky Strangers Such A Shame Summers Gone Sunny Afternoon Supersonic Rocket Ship Surviving Susannah's Still Alive Suzannahs Still Alive Sweet Lady Genevieve Tell Me Now So Ill Know The Contenders The First Time We Fall In Love The Hard Way The Informer The Last Assembly The Million-Pound-Semi-Detached The Moneygoround The Poseur The Road The Shirt The Video Shop The Village Green Preservation Society The Way Love Used To Be The World Keeps Going Around The World Keeps Going Round There Is No Life Without Love Theres A Change In The Weather Theres A New World Just Opening For Me Things Are Getting Better Think Visual This I Know This Is Where I Belong This Man He Weeps Tonight This Strange Effect This Time Tomorrow Till Death Do Us Part Till The End Of The Day Time Will Tell Tin Soldier Man Tired of waiting Tired Of Waiting For You To The Bone Tokyo Too Hot Too Much Monkey Business Too Much On My Mind Top Of The Pops Toymaker Trust Your Heart Two Sisters UK Jive Uncle Son Underneath The Neon Sign Unfinished Business Unreal Reality Victoria Village Green Village Green Preservation Society Wait Till The Summer Comes Along Wall Of Fire War Is Over Waterloo Sunset Welcome To Sleazy Town Well Respected Man What Are We Doing Whats In Store For Me When A Solution Comes When I See That Girl Of Mine When I Turn Off The Living Room Light When The Wind Blows When Work Is Over When You Were A Child Where Are They Now? Where Did My Spring Go? Where Have All The Good Times Gone Whip Lady Wholl Be The Next In Line Wicked Annabella Willesden Green Wonder Boy Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight Word Of Mouth Working At The Factory Yes Sir No Sir Yo You Cant Stop The Music You Cant Win You Do Something to Me You Dont Know My Name You Make It All Worthwhile You Shouldnt Be Sad You Still Want Me Young And Innocent Days Young Conservatives Youre Lookin Fine Youre Looking Fine Yours Truly Confused N10 Yo-Yo
The Kinks were an English rock band formed in London in 1963 by brothers Ray and Dave Davies. The band emerged during the height of British rhythm and blues and Merseybeat, and were briefly part of the British Invasion of the United States until their touring ban in 1965. Their third single, the Ray Davies-penned "You Really Got Me", became an international hit, topping the charts in the United Kingdom and reaching the top 10 in the United States.
The Kinks' music drew from a wide range of influences, including American R&B and rock and roll initially, and later adopting British music hall, folk, and country. The band gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' observational and satirical writing style, and made apparent in albums such as Face to Face (1966), Something Else (1967), The Village Green Preservation Society (1968), Arthur (1969), Lola Versus Powerman (1970), and Muswell Hillbillies (1971), along with their accompanying singles including the transatlantic hit "Lola" (1970). After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the band experienced a revival with their albums Sleepwalker (1977), Misfits (1978), Low Budget (1979), Give the People What They Want (1981) and State of Confusion (1983), the last of which produced one of the band's most successful US hits, "Come Dancing".
The band's original line-up comprised Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals), Mick Avory (drums, percussion) and Pete Quaife (bass). The Davies brothers remained with the band throughout its history. Quaife briefly left the band in 1966 and was replaced by John Dalton, though Quaife returned by the end of that year before leaving permanently in 1969, once again being replaced by Dalton. Keyboardist John Gosling was added in 1970 (prior to this, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins played on many of their recordings). After Dalton's 1976 departure, Andy Pyle briefly served as the band's bassist before being replaced by Argent bassist Jim Rodford in 1978. Gosling quit in 1978 and was first replaced by ex-Pretty Things member Gordon John Edwards, then more permanently by Ian Gibbons in 1979. Avory left the group in 1984 and was replaced by another Argent member, Bob Henrit. The band gave its last public performance in 1996 and broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers.
The Kinks have had five top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Nine of their albums charted in the top 40 of the Billboard 200. In the UK, they have had seventeen top 20 singles and five top 10 albums. Four Kinks albums have been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the band has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music". They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. In 1990, the original four members of the Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In addition, groups such as Van Halen, the Jam, the Knack, the Pretenders and the Romantics covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 1990s, Britpop acts such as Blur and Oasis cited the band as a major influence.
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The Kinks' music drew from a wide range of influences, including American R&B and rock and roll initially, and later adopting British music hall, folk, and country. The band gained a reputation for reflecting English culture and lifestyle, fuelled by Ray Davies' observational and satirical writing style, and made apparent in albums such as Face to Face (1966), Something Else (1967), The Village Green Preservation Society (1968), Arthur (1969), Lola Versus Powerman (1970), and Muswell Hillbillies (1971), along with their accompanying singles including the transatlantic hit "Lola" (1970). After a fallow period in the mid-1970s, the band experienced a revival with their albums Sleepwalker (1977), Misfits (1978), Low Budget (1979), Give the People What They Want (1981) and State of Confusion (1983), the last of which produced one of the band's most successful US hits, "Come Dancing".
The band's original line-up comprised Ray Davies (lead vocals, rhythm guitar), Dave Davies (lead guitar, vocals), Mick Avory (drums, percussion) and Pete Quaife (bass). The Davies brothers remained with the band throughout its history. Quaife briefly left the band in 1966 and was replaced by John Dalton, though Quaife returned by the end of that year before leaving permanently in 1969, once again being replaced by Dalton. Keyboardist John Gosling was added in 1970 (prior to this, session keyboardist Nicky Hopkins played on many of their recordings). After Dalton's 1976 departure, Andy Pyle briefly served as the band's bassist before being replaced by Argent bassist Jim Rodford in 1978. Gosling quit in 1978 and was first replaced by ex-Pretty Things member Gordon John Edwards, then more permanently by Ian Gibbons in 1979. Avory left the group in 1984 and was replaced by another Argent member, Bob Henrit. The band gave its last public performance in 1996 and broke up in 1997 as a result of creative tension between the Davies brothers.
The Kinks have had five top 10 singles on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Nine of their albums charted in the top 40 of the Billboard 200. In the UK, they have had seventeen top 20 singles and five top 10 albums. Four Kinks albums have been certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), and the band has sold over 50 million records worldwide. Among numerous honours, they received the Ivor Novello Award for "Outstanding Service to British Music". They are regarded as one of the most influential rock bands of the 1960s. In 1990, the original four members of the Kinks were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, as well as the UK Music Hall of Fame in 2005. In addition, groups such as Van Halen, the Jam, the Knack, the Pretenders and the Romantics covered their songs, helping to boost the Kinks' record sales. In the 1990s, Britpop acts such as Blur and Oasis cited the band as a major influence.
Ray Davies - lead and backing vocals, rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica (1963-1996)
Dave Davies - lead guitar, backing and lead vocals, occasional keyboards (1963-1996)
Mick Avory - drums, percussion (1963-1984)
Pete Quaife - bass, backing vocals (1963-1966, 1966-1969; died 2010)
John Dalton - bass, backing vocals (1966, 1969-1976)
Andy Pyle - bass (1976-1978)
Jim Rodford - bass, backing vocals (1978-1996; died 2018)
John Gosling - keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1970-1978; died 2023)
Gordon John Edwards - keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1978-1979; died 2003)
Ian Gibbons - keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1979-1989, 1993-1996; died 2019)
Mark Haley - keyboards, piano, backing vocals (1989-1993)
Bob Henrit - drums, percussion (1984-1996)
From: London, England
Genre(s): Rock, pop
Active From: 1963-1996