The Kinks discography
The Kinks were active for over three decades between 1964 and 1997, releasing 24 studio and 4 live albums.[1] The first 2 albums are differently released in UK and US partly due to the difference in popularity of the extended play format (the UK market liked it, the US market didn't, so US albums had the EP releases bundled onto them), and partly due to the US albums including the hit singles, and the UK albums not; after The Kink Kontroversy in 1965 the albums were the same.[2] There have been somewhere between 100 and 200 compilation albums released worldwide.[3][4][5]
The Kinks discography | |
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The Kinks in Stockholm in 1965 | |
Studio albums | 24 |
Live albums | 4 |
Compilation albums | 32 |
EPs | 10 |
Singles | 78 |
Their hit singles included three UK number-one singles, starting in 1964 with "You Really Got Me"; plus 18 Top 40 singles in the 1960s alone and further Top 40 hits in the 1970s and 1980s. The Kinks had five Top 10 singles on the US Billboard chart. Nine of their albums charted in the Top 40.[6] In the UK, the group had seventeen Top 20 singles along with five Top 10 albums.[7] The RIAA has certified four of the Kinks' albums as gold records. Greatest Hits!, released in 1965, was certified gold for sales of 1,000,000 on 28 November 1968—six days after the release of The Kinks Are The Village Green Preservation Society, which failed to chart worldwide.[8] The group would not receive another gold record award until 1979's Low Budget. The 1980 live album One For The Road was certified gold on 8 December 1980. Give The People What They Want, released in 1981, received its certification on 25 January 1982, for sales of 500,000 copies.[9] ASCAP, the performing-rights group, presented the Kinks with an award for "One of the Most Played Songs Of 1983" for the hit single "Come Dancing".[10]
Albums
Studio albums
Year[11] | Title[11] | Peak chart positions | Certification | ||
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UK[12] | US | GER[13] | |||
1964 | Kinks | 3 | 29 | 7 | |
1965 | Kinda Kinks | 3 | 60 | 12 | |
The Kink Kontroversy | 9 | 95 | 8 | ||
1966 | Face to Face | 12 | 47 | 12 | |
1967 | Something Else by the Kinks | 35 | 153 | 31 | |
1968 | The Village Green Preservation Society [B] | 47 | 118 | 84 | |
1969 | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) | — | 105 | — | |
1970 | Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One | — | 35 | — | |
1971 | Percy | — | — | — | |
Muswell Hillbillies | — | 100 | — | ||
1972 | Everybody's in Show-Biz | — | 111 | — | |
1973 | Preservation Act 1 | — | 177 | — | |
1974 | Preservation Act 2 | — | 114 | — | |
1975 | The Kinks Present a Soap Opera | — | 51 | — | |
The Kinks Present Schoolboys in Disgrace | — | 45 | — | ||
1977 | Sleepwalker | — | 21 | — | |
1978 | Misfits | — | 40 | — | |
1979 | Low Budget | — | 11 | — |
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1981 | Give the People What They Want | — | 15 | — |
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1983 | State of Confusion | — | 12 | 55 | |
1984 | Word of Mouth | — | 57 | — | |
1986 | Think Visual | — | 81 | — | |
1989 | UK Jive | — | 122 | — | |
1993 | Phobia | — | 166 | 92 | |
Live albums
Year[11] | Title[11] | Peak chart positions | Certification | ||
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UK[12] | US | GER[15] | |||
1968 | Live at Kelvin Hall | — | 162 | — | |
1980 | One for the Road | — | 14 | 49 |
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1988 | The Road | — | 110 | — | |
1994 | To the Bone | — | — | — | |
Compilations
Year[16] | Title[16] | Peak chart positions | Certification | |
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UK[12] | US | |||
1965 | Kinks-Size [B] | ≈ | 13 | |
1965 | Kinkdom [C] | ≈ | 47 | |
1966 | The Kinks
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1966 | The Kinks Greatest Hits | ≈ | 9 |
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1966 | Well Respected Kinks | 5 | — | |
1967 | Sunny Afternoon | 9 | — | |
1970 | The Kinks
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1971 | Golden Hour | 21 | — | |
1972 | The Kink Kronikles | — | 94 | |
1973 | The Great Lost Kinks Album | — | 145 | |
1976 | The Kinks' Greatest: Celluloid Heroes | — | — | |
1978 | 20 Golden Greats | 19 | — | |
1980 | Second Time Around | — | — | |
1983 | Dead End Street - Greatest Hits | 96 | — | |
1984 | Compleat Collection | — | 209 | |
1986 | Come Dancing with The Kinks: The Best of 1977-1986
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— | 159 | |
1987 | The Kinks Are Well Respected Men
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— | ? | |
1989 | Greatest Hits
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The Ultimate Collection
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35 | — | ||
1991 | Lost & Found 1986-89
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1993 | The Definitive Collection
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18 | — | |
1993 | A Portrait of the Kinks
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? | ? | |
1996 | The Definitive Collection
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51 | — | |
1997 | You Really Got Me: The Very Best of The Kinks
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42 | — | |
1997 | The Singles Collection
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96 | — | |
2001 | The Singles Collection
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81 | — | |
2002 | The Ultimate Collection
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32 | — | |
2008 | Picture Book (6-CD box set)
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2011 | The Singles Collection
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39 | — | |
2012 | Waterloo Sunset: The Very Best of The Kinks & Ray Davies
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14 | — | |
2014 | The Essential Kinks
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2014 | The Anthology 1964–1971 (5-CD box set)
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2015 | Sunny Afternoon: The Very Best of The Kinks
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- B^ US-only Reprise compilation that combined the UK EP "Kinksize Session", the singles "All Day and All of the Night" and "Tired of Waiting for You", with two tracks that had been dropped from US version of the début album.[17]
- C^ US-only Reprise compilation that combined the UK EP "Kwyet Kinks" plus other tracks.[18]
Extended plays
Year | EP details | UK EPs Chart [19] |
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1964 | Kinksize Session
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1965 | Kwyet Kinks
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Singles
1960s
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1964 | "Long Tall Sally" b-side "I Took My Baby Home" |
B-side appears on début album Kinks | 42 [nb 1] | – | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release[21] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"You Still Want Me" b-side "You Do Something To Me" |
— | – | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release[22] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"You Really Got Me" b-side "It's All Right" (non-album track) |
1 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 39 | 23 | — | Kinks[23] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"All Day and All of the Night" b-side "I Gotta Move" |
2 | 7 | 14 | 12 | 22 | 9 | — | Non-album release[24] Included on Kinks-Size in US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1965 | "Tired of Waiting for You" b-side "Come On Now" |
1 | 6 | 29 | 3 | 13 | 18 | — | Kinda Kinks[25]
Included on Kinks-Size in US | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" [nb 2] b/w "Who'll Be The Next In Line" |
17 | — | — | — | 29 | 28 | — | Non-album release[26] Included on Kinda Kinks in US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Set Me Free" b-side "I Need You" |
9 | 23 | 54 | 2 | 32 | 12 | — | Non-album release[27] Included on Kinda Kinks in US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"See My Friends" b-side "Never Met A Girl Like You Before" |
10 | – | — | — | 36 | 26 | — | Non-album release[28] Included on Kinkdom in US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Who'll Be the Next in Line" b-side "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" |
— | 34 | — | 25 | — | — | — | Non-album release[29] Included on Kinkdom in US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"A Well Respected Man" [nb 3] b-side "Such a Shame" |
≈ | 13 | 11 | — | — | 6 | — | Non-album release[30]/Kwyet Kinks Included on Kinkdom in US | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Till the End of the Day" b-side "Where Have All The Good Times Gone" |
6 | 50 | 63 | 34 | 19 | 6 | — | The Kink Kontroversy[31] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1966 | "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" b-side "Sittin' On My Sofa" |
4 | 36 | 36 | 11 | 11 | 1 | 1 | Non-album release[32] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Wonder Where My Baby Is Tonight" b-side "I Need You" |
≈ | – | — | — | — | — | — | The Kink Kontroversy[33] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Sunny Afternoon" b-side "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" (non-album tracks) |
1 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 2 | Face to Face[34] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Dandy" b-side "Party Line" |
≈ | – | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | Face to Face[35] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Dead End Street" b-side "Big Black Smoke" |
5 | 73 | 62 | 28 | 5 | 4 | 4 | Non-album release[36] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967 | "Mister Pleasant" b-side "Harry Rag" (US) "This Is Where I Belong" (Europe) |
B-side "Harry Rag" appears on Something Else by The Kinks | ≈ | 80 | 35 | 79 | 12 | 2 | — | Non-album release[37] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Waterloo Sunset" b-side "Act Nice and Gentle" (non-album track) (UK) "Two Sisters" (US) |
2 | — | 4 | — | 7 | 1 | 7 | Something Else by The Kinks[38] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Death of a Clown" b-side "Love Me Till The Sun Shines" (non-album D. Davies track) |
Labelled as Dave Davies solo | 3 | — | 31 | 68 | 3 | 2 | — | Something Else by The Kinks[39] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Autumn Almanac" b-side "Mr. Pleasant" |
"David Watts" used as b-side in non-UK regions | 3 | — | 73 | 13 | 5 | 17 | — | Non-album release[40] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Susannah's Still Alive" b-side "Funny Face" |
Labelled as Dave Davies solo | 20 | — | — | — | 27 | 10 | — | Non-album release[41] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1968 | "Wonderboy" b-side "Polly" |
36 | — | — | — | 29 | 4 | — | Non-album release[42] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Days" b-side "She's Got Everything" |
12 | — | 77 | — | 28 | 6 | 11 | Non-album release[43] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Lincoln County" b-side "There Is No Life Without Love" |
Labelled as Dave Davies solo | — | – | — | — | — | 15 | — | Non-album release[44] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969 | "Starstruck" | ≈ | — | — | — | — | 13 | — | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society[45] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Picture Book" | Australia only | ≈ | – | 36 | — | — | — | — | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society[46] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Hold My Hand" b-side "Creeping Jean" |
Labelled as Dave Davies solo | — | ± | — | — | — | — | — | Non-album release[47] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Plastic Man" b-side "King Kong" |
31 | – | 97 | — | 34 | 16 | — | Non-album release[48] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Drivin'" b-side "Mindless Child of Motherhood" (non-album track) |
— | – | — | — | — | — | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[49] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"The Village Green Preservation Society" b-side "Do You Remember Walter?" |
≈ | — | — | — | — | — | — | The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society[50] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Shangri-La" b-side "This Man, He Weeps Tonight" (non-album track) |
— | – | — | — | — | 24 | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[51] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Australia" b-side "She Bought a Hat Like Princess Marina" |
Australia only | ≈ | – | — | — | — | — | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[52] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
"Victoria" b-side "Mr. Churchill Says (UK) "Brainwashed" (US) |
33 | 62 | 57 | 33 | — | — | — | Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)[53] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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1970s
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1970 | "Lola" b/w "Berkeley Mews" (non-album track) (UK) "Mindless Child Of Motherhood" (US) |
2 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One | ||||||||||
"Apeman" b/w "Rats" |
5 | 45 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 9 | 5 | ||||||||||||
1971 | "God's Children" b/w "Moments" |
— | — | — | 53 | — | — | 21 | Percy | ||||||||||
"20th Century Man" b/w "Skin and Bone" |
106 | — | ≈ | 89 | — | — | — | Muswell Hillbillies | |||||||||||
1972 | "Supersonic Rocket Ship" b/w "You Don't Know My Name" |
16 | 111 | 16 | — | — | 25 | — | Everybody's in Show-Biz | ||||||||||
"Celluloid Heroes" b/w "Hot Potatoes" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
1973 | "One of the Survivors" b/w "Scrapheap City" |
108 | — | ≈ | — | — | — | — | Preservation Act 1 | ||||||||||
"Sitting in the Midday Sun" b/w "One Of The Surviviors" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Sweet Lady Genevieve" b/w "Sitting In My Hotel" (UK) "Sitting In The Midday Sun" (US) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" b/w "Lola" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
1974 | "Money Talks" b/w "Here Comes Flash" |
— | — | ≈ | — | — | — | — | Preservation Act 2 | ||||||||||
"Mirror of Love" b/w "He's Evil" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Mirror of Love"(Band Version) b/w "He's Evil" |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Holiday Romance" b/w "Shepherds Of The Nation" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | Soap Opera | |||||||||||
"Preservation" b/w "Salvation Road" (from Preservation Act 2) |
— | — | ≈ | — | — | — | — | Non-album single | |||||||||||
1975 | "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" b/w "Ordinary People" |
— | — | ≈ | — | — | — | — | Soap Opera | ||||||||||
"Ducks on the Wall" b/w "Rush Hour Blues" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"You Can't Stop the Music" b/w "Have Another Drink" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
1976 | "I'm in Disgrace" b/w "The Hard Way" |
— | — | ≈ | — | — | — | — | Schoolboys in Disgrace | ||||||||||
"No More Looking Back" b/w "Jack The Idiot Dunce"/"The Hard Way" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
1977 | "Sleepwalker" b/w "Full Moon" |
– | 48 | — | — | 54 | — | — | Sleepwalker | ||||||||||
"Juke Box Music" b/w "Sleepless Night" (UK) "Life Goes On" (US) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Father Christmas" b/w "Prince Of The Punks" |
— | — | — | — | — | Misfits | |||||||||||||
1978 | "A Rock 'N' Roll Fantasy" b/w "Artificial Light" (non-album track) (US) "Live Life" (US) "Get Up" (US 2nd pressings) |
– | 30 | — | — | 30 | — | — | |||||||||||
"Live Life" b/w "In A Foreign Land" (UK) "Black Messiah" (US) |
— | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Black Messiah" b/w "Misfits" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
1979 | "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" b/w "Low Budget" |
– | 41 | — | 71 | 43 | — | — | Low Budget | ||||||||||
"A Gallon of Gas" b/w "Low Budget" |
— | — | ≈ | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Catch Me Now I'm Falling" b/w "Low Budget" |
— | — | ≈ | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Moving Pictures" b/w "In A Space" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"Pressure" b/w "National Health" |
± | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||||||||
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK |
1980s
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK | US | US Main |
AUS | CAN | GER | NED | NZ | ||||
1980 | "Celluloid Heroes" (live) b/w "Lola" (live) |
— | 80 | — | 69 | — | — | 1 | — | One for the Road | |
1981 | "Better Things" b/w "Massive Reductions" (UK) b/w "Yo-yo" (US) |
46 | 90 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | Give the People What They Want | |
"Destroyer" b/w "Back To Front" |
80 | 3 | — | 35 | — | — | — | ||||
1982 | "Come Dancing" b/w "Noise" |
12 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 6 | — | 29 | State of Confusion | ||
1983 | "You Really Got Me" b/w "Medley (You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night)" b/w "Misty Water" |
Picture-sleeve reissue of original 1964 version | 47 | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | Non-album release | |
"Don't Forget to Dance" b/w "Bernadette" |
58 | 29 | 16 | — | 20 | — | — | 38 | State of Confusion | ||
"State of Confusion" b/w "Labour of Love" |
— | — | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1984 | "Do It Again" b/w "Guilty" |
— | 41 | 4 | — | 91 | — | — | — | Word of Mouth | |
1985 | "Summer's Gone" b/w "Going Solo" |
Only a release in US | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
1985 | "Living on a Thin Line" b/w "Sold Me Out" |
Only a 12-inch promotional release in US | — | — | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | |
1986 | "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" b/w "Sleazy Town" |
— | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | Think Visual | |
1987 | "How Are You" b/w "Killing Time" (UK) b/w "Working at the Factory" (US) |
86 | — | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
"Lost and Found" b/w "Killing Time" |
— | — | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | |||
1988 | "The Road" b/w "Art Lover" |
— | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | Live: The Road | |
1990s
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK | US | US Main |
AUS | ||||
1990 | "How Do I Get Close" | — | — | 21 | — | UK Jive | |
1991 | "Did Ya" (CD EP)[56] |
|
— | — | 48 | 48 | Non-album release |
1993 | "Only a Dream" | 79 | — | — | — | Phobia | |
"Hatred (A Duet)" | — | — | 19 | — | |||
"Scattered"(CD single) | — | — | — | — | |||
"Still Searching[57] |
|
— | — | — | — | ||
1994 | "Waterloo Sunset '94 EP" (CD EP)[58] |
|
— | — | — | — | Non-album release |
1996 | "The Days EP" (CD EP)[59] |
|
32 | — | — | — | Non-album release |
"To The Bone" (Radio edits)[60] |
|
— | — | — | — | To the Bone | |
"To The Bone" (Promo)[61] |
|
— | — | — | — | To the Bone | |
1997 | You Really Got Me (Live) [62] | — | — | — | — | To the Bone | |
"≈" = not released as a single in the UK | |||||||
2000s
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK | |||||||||||
2004 | "You Really Got Me"[nb 4] b/w "It's All Right" |
|
42 | Non-album release | |||||||
2007 | "Waterloo Sunset"[nb 5] b/w "Act Nice And Gentle" |
|
47 [nb 6] | Non-album release | |||||||
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK | |||||||||||
2010s
Year | Title | Notes | Peak chart positions | Album | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UK | |||||||||||
2017 | "Rock 'N' Roll Cowboys (Ray Davies solo)"[nb 7] b/w "Oklahoma U.S.A (The Kinks)" |
|
- | Americana (Ray Davies solo Album) | |||||||
"All Day And All Of The Night"[nb 8] b/w "I'm A Lover Not A Fighter" b/w "I Gotta Move" b/w "Long Tall Shorty" |
|
- | Non-album release | ||||||||
"Got Love If You Want It"[nb 9] b/w "I Took My Baby Home" b/w "Cadillac" b/w "Beautiful Delilah" |
|
- | Non-album release | ||||||||
2018 | "Time Song"[nb 10] b/w "The Village Green Preservation Society (Preservation Version)" |
|
- | Village Green Preservation Society 50TH Super Deluxe Box Set | |||||||
"Days"[nb 11] b/w "She's Got Everything" |
|
- | |||||||||
"Starstruck"[nb 12] b/w "Picture Book" |
|
- | |||||||||
"The Village Green Preservation Society"[nb 13] b/w "Do You Remember Walter?" |
|
- | |||||||||
2019 | "Australia (Mono)"[nb 14] b/w "She's Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina (Mono)" |
|
- | Arthur 50 Anniversary Deluxe Box Set | |||||||
"Drivin' (Mono)"[nb 15] b/w "Mindless Child Of Motherhood (Mono)" |
|
- | |||||||||
"Shangri-La (Mono))"[nb 16] b/w "This Man He Weeps Tonight (Mono)" |
|
- | |||||||||
"Victoria (Stereo)"[nb 17] b/w "Mr. Churchill Says (Stereo)" |
|
- | |||||||||
"Arthur (Mono)"[nb 18] b/w "Brainwashed (Mono)" |
|
- | Non-album release | ||||||||
"±" = not released as a single in the US; "≈" = not released as a single in the UK | |||||||||||
Music videos
Year | Title | Media | Director |
---|---|---|---|
1966 | "Sunny Afternoon" | B&W Film | |
1966 | "Dead End Street" | B&W Film | Paul O'Dell |
1968 | "Wonderboy" | B&W Film | |
1968 | "Days" | B&W Film | |
1968 | "Starstruck" | B&W Film | |
1970 | "Apeman" | Colour Film | |
1972 | "Supersonic Rocket Ship" | B&W Film | Laurie Lewis |
1973 | "Sitting in the Midday Sun" | Colour Film | |
1977 | "Father Christmas" | Colour Film | |
1981 | "Give the People What They Want" | Colour VT | |
1981 | "Predictable" | Colour Film | Julien Temple |
1982 | "Come Dancing" | Colour Film | |
1983 | "Don't Forget to Dance" | Colour Film | |
1983 | "State of Confusion" | Colour Film | |
1984 | "Do it Again" | Colour Film | |
1986 | "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" | Colour Film | |
1986 | "How Are You" | Colour Film | |
1987 | "Lost and Found" | Colour Film | |
1988 | "The Road" | Colour VT/ Film | Ray Davies |
1989 | "Down All the Days (Till 1992)" | Colour Film | |
1989 | "How Do I Get Close" | Colour Film | |
1993 | "Only A Dream" | B&W Film | |
1993 | "Scattered" | Colour Film | |
1997 | "To the Bone" | Colour Film | |
2018 | "Time Song" | Lyric Video | Lucy Dawkins and Tom Readdy |
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