Set Me Free (The Kinks song)
"Set Me Free" is a song by Ray Davies, released first by the Kinks in 1965. Along with "Tired of Waiting for You", it is one of band's first attempts at a softer, more introspective sound. The song's B-side, "I Need You", makes prominent use of powerchords in the style of the Kinks' early, "raunchy" sound. "Set Me Free" was heard in the Ken Loach-directed Up the Junction, a BBC Wednesday Play which aired in November 1965; this marked the first appearance of a Kinks song on a film or TV soundtrack.
| "Set Me Free" | ||||
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| Single by the Kinks | ||||
| from the album Kinda Kinks (US) | ||||
| B-side | "I Need You" | |||
| Released | 21 May 1965 (UK) 26 May 1965 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 13-14 April 1965 at Pye Studios (No. 1), London | |||
| Genre | Rock, beat | |||
| Length | 2:12 | |||
| Label | Pye 7N 15854 (UK) Reprise 0379 (US) | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Ray Davies | |||
| Producer(s) | Shel Talmy | |||
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Chart positions
- #9 (UK)[1]
- #23 (US)
- #2 (Canada)
- #12(Netherlands)
References
- The Kinks in the UK Charts, The Official Charts. Retrieved 3 August 2011.
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