Sunny Afternoon
original song written and composed by Ray Davies; first recorded by The Kinks
"Sunny Afternoon" is a 1966 song by British band The Kinks and was included on their fourth studio album Face to Face as well as being the title track to their compilation album Sunny Afternoon. It went to number 1 in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, number 2 in Sweden and New Zealand, number 3 in Denmark, number 5 in Austria, number 7 in Germany, number 10 in Spain, number 11 in France, number 12 in Italy, number 13 in Australia, number 14 in Belgium and the United States and number 15 in South Africa.
| "Sunny Afternoon" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by the Kinks | ||||
| from the album Face to Face | ||||
| B-side | "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" | |||
| Released | 3 June 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 13 May 1966[1] | |||
| Studio | Pye, London | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:36 | |||
| Label | ||||
| Songwriter(s) | Ray Davies[3] | |||
| Producer(s) | Shel Talmy[3] | |||
| The Kinks UK & US singles chronology | ||||
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References
change- ↑ Hinman 2004, p. 83.
- ↑ "The Kinks Album Guide". Rolling Stone Magazine. 20 June 2019.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.
