Where Have All the Good Times Gone
1965 single by the Kinks
| "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" | ||||
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 1973 UK reissue picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by the Kinks | ||||
| from the album The Kink Kontroversy | ||||
| A-side | "Till the End of the Day" | |||
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| Recorded | 3–4 November 1965[1] | |||
| Studio | Pye, London | |||
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| Length | 2:49 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ray Davies | |||
| Producer(s) | Shel Talmy | |||
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"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."[3]
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."[4]
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.
Personnel
According to band researcher Doug Hinman:[1]
The Kinks
- Ray Davies – lead vocal, acoustic guitar
- Dave Davies – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar
- Pete Quaife – bass
- Mick Avory – drums
Additional musician
- Nicky Hopkins – piano
References
- ^ a b Hinman 2004, p. 70.
- ^ "Ray Davies and the Kinks: Their 10 greatest songs". The Telegraph. London. 30 December 2016.
- ^ "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 19 March 1966. p. 14. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
- ^ Hasted, Nick (2011). You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks. Omnibus Press. ISBN 978-1-84938-660-9.
Sources
- Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
External links
- Song review on Allmusic
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- Kinks (1964)
- Kinks-Size (1965; US-only)
- Kinda Kinks (1965)
- Kinkdom (1965; US-only)
- The Kink Kontroversy (1965)
- Face to Face (1966)
- Something Else (1967)
- Village Green Preservation Society (1968)
- Arthur (1969)
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- Muswell Hillbillies (1971)
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- Sleepwalker (1977)
- Misfits (1978)
- Low Budget (1979)
- Give the People What They Want (1981)
- State of Confusion (1983)
- Word of Mouth (1984)
- Think Visual (1986)
- UK Jive (1989)
- Phobia (1993)
- Live at Kelvin Hall (1968)
- One for the Road (1980)
- Live: The Road (1988)
- To the Bone (1994/1996)
- BBC Sessions: 1964–1977 (2001)
- Kinksize Session (1964)
- Kwyet Kinks (1965)
- The Kinks Greatest Hits! (1966)
- Well Respected Kinks (1966)
- Sunny Afternoon (1967)
- Then Now and Inbetween (1969)
- The Kink Kronikles (1972)
- The Great Lost Kinks Album (1973)
- Come Dancing with The Kinks (1986)
- The Kinks Are Well Respected Men (1987)
- Lost & Found (1986–1989) (1991)
- The Ultimate Collection (2002)
- Picture Book (2008)
- Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies (2012)
- The Essential Kinks (2014)
- Four More Respected Gentlemen
- A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)
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- Session performers: Clem Cattini, Bobby Graham, Nicky Hopkins
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- Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks
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