Days (The Kinks song)

"Days" is a song by The Kinks, written by lead singer Ray Davies, released as a single in 1968. It also appeared on an early version of the album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (released only in continental Europe and New Zealand), and now appears as a bonus track of the remastered CD. On the original Pye 7N 17573 label, the name of the song is "Day's" due to a grammatical error.

Release and reception

The song was an important single for Davies and the Kinks, coming in a year of declining commercial fortunes for the band. The song had been intended as an album track but after the relative failure of the previous single "Wonderboy" (which only reached No. 36 in the UK), "Days" was rushed out as a single with an old unreleased track "She's Got Everything" (recorded in February 1966 in the same session as "Dedicated Follower of Fashion") as the B-side. It reached No. 12 on the UK chart,^[1] but failed to chart in the U.S. This did not help future releases however as the next four Kinks singles failed to reach the top 30 (two of them failing to chart altogether) in the UK.

The song appeared on an advertisement for the Volkswagen Golf Cabriolet in 2011 and, in the 2013 comedy film, The Harry Hill Movie when Hill saves Abu the Hamster from being killed by a crazy vet.

Charts

UK: No. 12^[2]
Bel: No. 17
Ger: No. 28
NL: No. 7
NZ: No. 11

Kirsty MacColl version

"Days"

Single by Kirsty MacColl

from the album Kite

A-side

Days

B-side

Happy

Released

June 1989

Format

7", 10" and 12" vinyl, 3" CD, cassette, CD in kite-shaped box ^[3]

Recorded

1988

Pop

Kirsty MacColl singles chronology

"Free World"
(1989)

"Days"
(1989)

"Innocence"
(1989)

Kirsty MacColl covered "Days" on her 1989 album Kite. It was released as a single and reached No. 12 on the UK singles chart, the same position achieved by The Kinks in 1968. It was re-released in 1995, charting much lower, only reaching No. 42 in the UK. It was one of MacColl's most popular singles.^[4]

Music video

The video features MacColl in old fashioned clothing sitting on a meadow and riding in a boat whilst encountering animated animals.

Track listing

"Days"
"Happy"
"El Paso"
"Still Life"
"Please Help Me, I'm Falling"

The single was released in multiple formats. Each featured "Days" and "Happy", and all bar the 7" and cassette featured "Still Life". Both CD formats (the standard case and the Kite-shaped case) had "Please Help Me, I'm Falling", whilst "El Paso" was only available on the 10".^[5]

Other versions

The song was covered by a number of artists at the time including Petula Clark on her 1968 album Petula, The Hillsiders as a B-side to their 1969 single "Kentucky Woman" (RCA 1804) and James Last in an instrumental version on Non-Stop Dancing No. 7 (also 1969).

It was also covered by Luke Kelly of The Dubliners.

A version of the song recorded by Elvis Costello appeared on the soundtrack of the 1991 Wim Wenders film, Until the End of the World. It is also featured on his 1995 covers album Kojak Variety.

"Days/This Time Tomorrow" - Ray Davies and Mumford & Sons is featured on Ray Davies solo album See My Friends.

The song was also covered by Flo & Eddie on the album "Flo & Eddie," which was originally released in 1974 and was re-released in 2008 as a double CD with "The Phlorescent Leech and Eddie," which was originally released in 1972.

It is covered by Colin Meloy on Colin Meloy Sings The Kinks (2013).

References

↑ "Ray Davies". Raydavies.info. Retrieved 2016-10-01.
↑ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. pp. 303/4. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
↑ "Full Discography - Kirsty MacColl". Kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
↑ "freeworld - Kirsty MacColl: singles". Kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 2014-10-30.
↑ "freeworld - Kirsty MacColl: Official Releases". Kirstymaccoll.com. Retrieved 2008-03-24.

The Kinks

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Studio albums	Kinks Kinda Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Face to Face Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies Everybody's in Show-Biz Preservation Act 1 Preservation Act 2 Soap Opera Schoolboys in Disgrace Sleepwalker Misfits Low Budget Give the People What They Want State of Confusion Word of Mouth Think Visual UK Jive Phobia

Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall One for the Road Live: The Road To the Bone

EPs	Kinksize Session Kwyet Kinks

Compilations	Kinks-Size Kinkdom Greatest Hits! Well Respected Kinks Sunny Afternoon The Kink Kronikles The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Lost & Found (1986–1989) The Ultimate Collection Picture Book

Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)

Stage	Sunny Afternoon (musical)

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The Kinks singles discography

UK and US singles 1960s	1964 "Long Tall Sally" "You Still Want Me" "You Really Got Me" "All Day and All of the Night" 1965 "Tired of Waiting for You" "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" "Set Me Free" "See My Friends" "Who'll Be the Next in Line" "A Well Respected Man" "Till the End of the Day" 1966 "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" "Sunny Afternoon" "Dead End Street" 1967 "Mister Pleasant" "Waterloo Sunset" "Death of a Clown" (Dave Davies solo) "Autumn Almanac" "Susannah's Still Alive" (Dave Davies solo) 1968 "Wonderboy" "Days" "Lincoln County" (Dave Davies solo) 1969 "Starstruck" "Hold My Hand" (Dave Davies solo) "Plastic Man" "Drivin'" "The Village Green Preservation Society" "Shangri-La" "Victoria"

UK and US singles 1970s	1970 "Lola" "Apeman" 1971 "God's Children" "20th Century Man" 1972 "Supersonic Rocket Ship" "Celluloid Heroes" 1973 "One of the Survivors" "Sitting in the Midday Sun" "Sweet Lady Genevieve" "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" 1974 "Money Talks" "Mirror of Love" "Mirror of Love" (Band Version) "Holiday Romance" "Preservation" 1975 "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" "Ducks on the Wall" "You Can't Stop the Music" 1976 "I'm in Disgrace" "No More Looking Back" 1977 "Sleepwalker" "Juke Box Music" "Father Christmas" 1978 "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" "Live Life" "Black Messiah" 1979 "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" "A Gallon of Gas" "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" "Moving Pictures" "Pressure"

UK and US singles 1980s	1980 "Lola" (live) "You Really Got Me" (live) 1981 "Better Things" "Destroyer" "Predictable" 1982 "Come Dancing" 1983 "Don't Forget to Dance" 1984 "Good Day" "Do It Again" 1985 "Living on a Thin Line" (Radio Promo only) "Summer's Gone" 1986 "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" "How Are You" 1987 "Lost and Found" 1988 "The Road" 1989 "Down All the Days (Till 1992)"

UK and US singles 1990s	1990 "How Do I Get Close" 1993 "Only a Dream" "Scattered"

Notable Non-UK/US Singles	1966 "Dandy" (Europe) 1969 "Picture Book" (Australia) "Australia" (Australia) 1983 "State of Confusion" (Germany) 1991 "Did Ya" (Europe)

Other Selected Songs	"Bald Headed Woman" "Stop Your Sobbing" "I Need You" "I Go to Sleep" "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" "Big Black Smoke" "Party Line" "Rosie Won't You Please Come Home" "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" "David Watts" "Two Sisters" "Polly" "She's Got Everything" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Johnny Thunder" "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" "Big Sky" "Sitting by the Riverside" "Animal Farm" "Village Green" "Phenomenal Cat" "All of My Friends Were There" "Wicked Annabella" "Monica" "People Take Pictures of Each Other" "Berkeley Mews" "Mr. Churchill Says" "Strangers" "This Time Tomorrow" "Rats" "Got to Be Free" "Have a Cuppa Tea" "Oklahoma U.S.A." "Muswell Hillbilly" "Sitting in My Hotel" "The Hard Way" "Life Goes On" "Misfits" "Attitude" "Low Budget" "Give the People What They Want" "Heart of Gold" "Long Distance"

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

15-track version

Side one	"The Village Green Preservation Society" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Picture Book" "Johnny Thunder" "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" "Big Sky" "Sitting by the Riverside"

Side two	"Animal Farm" "Village Green" "Starstruck" "Phenomenal Cat" "All of My Friends Were There" "Wicked Annabella" "Monica" "People Take Pictures of Each Other"

12-track version

Side one	"The Village Green Preservation Society" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Picture Book" "Johnny Thunder" "Monica" "Days"

Side two	"Village Green" "Mr. Songbird" "Wicked Annabella" "Starstruck" "Phenomenal Cat" "People Take Pictures of Each Other"

Unreleased Four More Respected Gentlemen

Side one	"She's Got Everything" "Monica" "Mr. Songbird" "Johnny Thunder" "Polly" "Days"

Side two	"Animal Farm" "Berkeley Mews" "Picture Book" "Phenomenal Cat" "Misty Water"

Other songs

"Wonderboy"
"Easy Come, There You Went"
"Did You See His Name"
"Mick Avory's Underpants"
"Lavender Hill"
"Rosemary Rose"
"Spotty Grotty Anna"
"Where Did My Spring Go"
"Groovy Movies"
"Creeping Jean"
"King Kong"

Kirsty MacColl

Studio albums	Desperate Character Kirsty MacColl Kite Electric Landlady Titanic Days Tropical Brainstorm

Compilations	Galore

Notable singles	"They Don't Know" "Keep Your Hands Off My Baby" "There's a Guy Works Down the Chip Shop Swears He's Elvis" "See That Girl" "You Still Believe in Me" "Berlin" "Terry" "A New England" "He's On The Beach" "Free World" "Days" "Innocence" "Don't Come The Cowboy With Me Sonny Jim!" "Walking Down Madison" "My Affair" "All I Ever Wanted" "Soho Square" "Angel" "Titanic Days" "Caroline" "Perfect Day" "Mambo de la Luna" "In These Shoes" "Sun On The Water"

With The Pogues	"Fairytale of New York" "Miss Otis Regrets/Just One of Those Things"

Related articles	Ewan MacColl Steve Lillywhite Billy Bragg The Pogues

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