Sunny Afternoon

Sunny Afternoon

Infobox Single
Name = Sunny Afternoon


Artist = The Kinks
from Album = Face to Face
B-side = "I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
Released = 3 June, 1966 (UK)
July, 1966 (US)
Recorded = 13 May, 1966; Pye Studios (No.2), London
Format = 7" single (45 RPM)
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:36
Label = Pye 7N 17125 (UK)
Reprise 0497 (US)
Writer = Ray Davies
Producer = Shel Talmy
Chart position = * #1 UK Singles Chart
* #14 US Pop Singles
Last single = "A Well Respected Man"
(1966)
This single = "Sunny Afternoon"
(1966)
Next single = "Dead End Street"
(1966)"Sunny Afternoon" is a song by The Kinks, written by chief songwriter Ray Davies [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/news/20061004_ray.shtml Interview with Ray Davies] on the BBC website] . The track later featured on the "Face to Face" album. Its strong Music Hall flavour and lyrical focus was a stylistic departure for the band, who had risen to fame in 1964-65 with a series of hard-driving, power-chord rock hits. Ray Davies' songwriting interests for the next 3-4 years would remain broadly in the vein of this song, a period which most critics and fans regard as the band's most creative and artistically successful.

Released as a single in 3 June, 1966, it went to number 1 on the UK charts on 7 July 1966, remaining there for two weeks. The track also went to number 1 in Ireland on 18 July 1966. In America, it peaked at number fourteen. "Sunny Afternoon" was placed at #200 on Pitchfork Media's list of The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s. [ [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/feature/37886-the-200-greatest-songs-of-the-1960s The 200 Greatest Songs of the 1960s] ]

The promotional video for the single ironically featured the band performing in a cold, snowy environment.

The song was also recently used on adverts for Bulmers Irish Cider (Magners).

Cover versions

The song has been covered a number of performers, including by the Stereophonics on their live DVD, "Live at Morfa Stadium", by former Space singer Tommy Scott on "Reload", by Jimmy Buffett on his 1994 album "Fruitcakes".

References


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