The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon (Official Audio)
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Originally released as a single on 3rd June 1966, it stayed at number one on the UK singles chart for two weeks, and peaked at No.14 in the US. The track features on the bands fourth studio album Face To Face, released in October 1966.
Face To Face was a major artistic breakthrough for Kinks’ songwriter Ray Davies, the LP represents the first full flowering of Davies’ use of narrative, observation, and wry social commentary in his songs. It heralded The Kinks’ move away from the hard-driving rock and roll style of 1964-65, which had catapulted the group to international stardom. It was the first Kinks album consisting entirely of Ray Davies compositions, and was their first album recorded over several months, rather than in one concentrated session
Lyrics:
The tax man's taken all my dough,
And left me in my stately home,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
And I can't sail my yacht,
He's taken everything I've got,
All I've got's this sunny afternoon.
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
My girlfriend's run off with my car,
And gone back to her ma and pa,
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
Now I'm sitting here,
Sipping at my ice cold beer,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay.
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime
Ah, save me, save me, save me from this squeeze.
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.
And I love to live so pleasantly,
Live this life of luxury,
Lazing on a sunny afternoon.
In the summertime
In the summertime
In the summertime 
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I will be 80 yrs old next year and it reminds me of when I was young. Thank you for bringing back happy memories.
where are ur kids homeboy?
@@NOOBsoldier2517weirdo
Me too, I remember dancing in front of them at a small gig in Swansea!
Hope you're still with us 😊 friend 😊💯🌹🙏☮️
You’re not far ahead of us - keep on having fun. “They” can’t take our music away from us!
I am listening to this now in 2024. Beautiful as always.
When this was released in 1966, we were at the mercy of great DJs pumping classics like this through our transistor radios. Find a spot we thought no one could see us and pass a joint, hoping for a good track. The Kinks always put a smile on my face.
2024 anyone ?
🖐️
👋
Perfect days
Hi
🥜🗿
I'm listening to this in 2024, brilliant tune.
Great harmonies that's the kinks for you
A few years ago, I was in the ICU at a hospital suffering from Encephalitis and was in a coma. On day 10 my family was advised to say goodbye as my life expectancy was estimated at 2 hours. Wrong - I lived. On day 11 my son visited and played "Sunny Afternoon" to me as he knew I loved this Kinks classic and thought I would recognize it and the familiarity might wake me up. I started to move my eyes and lips and the Nurse who sat by my bed called the Doctor. By the time the Doctor arrived, I had opened my eyes and the next day I was in a Ward watching football on the TV. Thanks to The Kinks. My son and I always will remember and love "Sunny Afternoon".
I'll have to remember to try that next time I am suffering from encephalitis.
Great story. Stay safe...
!
Sons 💗
WOW! Great story❤️
damn!
The Kinks I remember....back starting in 1963 in London.....never forgotten.....was 81 Friday last....live now in Dublin Ireland....
When the Kinks sang this song, I lived with my parents in a four-family tenement house.There was a pretty girl living below us and I was in the school choir.I used to sing this song for fun when I went down to the basement to get coals for our furnace. At one point she opened the door and asked me if we could go for a walk and if I could sing the KINKS song to her again.I was happy but I didn't sing the song to her; I didn't get around to it.Today at over 70 years old I am still learning to play the guitar and I think back to that girl and the time when the Kinks, the girl and I were young.
That's a beautiful memory, Ernst! A hug from Brazil. :)
sus link
@@drowningfish8047 If you write a little more, I'll do a 30° - bow. Thank you !
@@toddblanksI agree with you, memories of something beautiful can hurt, although that is a contradiction!!!!
Often it is the youth that one remembers positively. The sky was open and you yourself were open to everything and you just have such feelings in your youth and later you remember these past times. It's terrible when you didn't have such a beautiful, exciting, wonderful youth.Time can't be turned back.When you're young, everything you live is normal, you don't realise during youth that life is something special.Of course, you get youth for free, you don't have to do anything for it.You only realise the value of our music of that time much later, when this music belongs to "your" long history and then comes the pain of loss.What also hurts me is the brutal present when I see icons of POP ageing. I saw Ray and Dave Davies as they look today.Actually I didn't want that.I wanted to remember them as they look on old record covers.For me the defining years are the 60's when the Kinks and other groups started, for you, it's the '80s.
Everyone becomes a grandfather or grandmother one day and that is always connected with nostalgia and, at worst, with the death of the idols.
I'm happy that there is always music that moves me like back then, that I find beautiful, like the Kinks a long time ago. The music of the Kinks will always be current.
@@ernst2225 I'll be 24 soon. It's kind of rude to be asking this question since you are over 70, but I just wanted your advice. How did you feel at 24? Can you remember? Are you still considered young at that age? What do you think of that from this current perspective you have, having lived a long and, I would say, a good life? :)
Probably the most underrated band in history. The amount of talent and creativity alone, just outstanding.
Better than the Stones and the beatles for surr.
They had soooo many hits. Ppl remember the hits but not the band name as much
Spot on!!!! I can't even add more to your great comet....!!!
@@caraculo1077 *sure
And no, they weren't.
They're highly revered and critically acclaimed and have sold millions of records and won tonnes of awards. Explain to us again how they're underrated? 🤔
If your listening to this is 2021 your an absolute legend:)
hopefully 2121
Thank you 😊
Finally someone agrees
It's a constant thing, but thank you!
Then i am
Good music never dies, good people do.
👏👏👏👏
And they live on in the music, so everything is fine.
stuff your cheap comments...pretty vacant
Their music is timeless. This was one of my first albums purchased when I was in the 7th grade. I still have it and I’m going on 72 years old. Still love their music ❤
ME too on that!!
@ 65 I am still rocking to great ol music like this.
@@mbear709 im 20 and rocking
This is amazing
I was in the fifth grade, but I am 70 years old in this year, 2023.
The Kinks, Small Faces, Beatles, Stones, Who. That will do for me. Ray Davies genius.
I thought Faces was a straight up rock band also
Add The Doors, Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin and you have the greatest Bands of all time
You forgot Leapy Lee!
Beach Boys? Queen? Nirvana?
@@valg4510 Those are from different eras and genres, especially Nirvana :|
The Kinks deserved just as much fame as the Beatles imo. They are highly underrated
Anirban Ganguly so true they are so underrated
simmer down,,,,,
So true
Indeed, they sure did!
@K Even more true
Ray Davies and the Kinks Legends absolute legends
Used to listen to 45s of the Kinks over n over
Everything about this tune, from lyrics to musicianship to harmonies and arrangement is distinctive and superb.
This Era of music was easily the best. We are lucky to be able to have the opportunity to listen to great songs like this, among others! Great jam!
Dude.....u must be high....
THIS SONG SOUNDS LIKE MY LIFE KINDA FUNNY BUT TRUE IN THE SUMMER TIME WOW TRIPPY KOOL OLD SCHOOL
u would say that if u weren't around for the 1600s music scene
U 2
I love this song! I was living in Norwalk, Connecticut when I first heard this song. The song is just as fresh today 2023, January 02 as it was then. Good music develops a NEVER ending longevity.
I am in Brooklyn, New York at where I grew on to this music [as a Black male], and I enjoy it on RUclips, as I am 70 years old.
It's 2023 and I'm still rocking to this song!
56 years on and this song still rings true.
Most underated band of all time. A statement, not a question.
way better than the beatles who were forced into front of audiences
Saw them in concert. 👍👍👍
@Dan Dugan nice
@@gobblelevclass3nuclearsubm393 riigghhht. or audiences just loved the beatles way more. beatles sold what, 10xs the amount of albums?
No doubt
God Save the Kinks. Immortality is theirs. They will be the headliners in Heaven
This song takes me back to my teen years; getting stoned at the beach and mellowing out for hours in the sun. Oh the days before all this adult responsibility; how I miss my youth😪
I'm retired now...back to the Beach playing the same music I played before I entered the work world! ...(I just don't jump off the high rocks anymore or drink cheap wine...🍷
This song has aged very well. Even many great songs of this era don’t sound quite as good as they once did.
Best songs of 60 aged well thab a lot of hits of 00s
Facts
Ear wax?
Timeless
I agree. And early Kinks still sound good.
The superb Kinks who make quirky, funny songs did not dissapoint with this 1966 song. I had the record as a kid!
2023 and still loving the kinks
Hey you should look up a band called The Doublejumps if you like The Kinks
2024 here! ❤🎉
if only i could go back to the old times, i hate it now.
What a tremendous song from 66. Wonderful lyrics and a well played! Ray Davies was a genius!
Hope you heard this dad didn't know that was your favourite song miss you dad ❤
It just jumped into my head as I woke up...at 7 AM...after not hearing it since it was released and I was a kid. 72 yrs now. It's in my Playlist now. Lol. Great lyrics....Fun to hear.
Elegant, ironic and melancholic eternal Song. One of the half 60s Masterpiece from a fantastic english band, Ray Davies was an Amazing poet and Singer..Oh wow
Still 🎹🎵🎼
Grew up with Kinks, think they're so underated. I'm guilty I appreciate them now more than ever
This song takes me right back to the late sixties... Long live the Kinks! 😀
I was almost 10yrs old when this was first released and, unlike me, it has never got old. I LOVE it!
Love ur attitude. amazing. you go girl.
I`m the same .Born in `57. Where did the time go? Better days , then , with a lot less than weve got now. Good luck and good health .
I am currently 14 years old.
I was 16 and met my one and only love sitting outside on a big lawn with her.
@@royshalom7675 same nice music taste 🤭
Their best song, hands down. Puts me in a summer mood.
Waterloo Sunset beats it imo
So many to choose from ...
Apeman s pretty damn rad
Pure bullshit. Waterloo sunset pisses all over this
I see you on the dark side of the moon
I was 14 the following month, when of course England would win the World Cup. Am not English, so could not really celebrate as others did. However being a teenager during the 1960s was, and still is, something to celebrate. At this time, I began to notice girls and what a combination - girls on a sunny afternoons in the summer time listening to, Kinks, Beatles, Who, Beach Boys, Stones, Sandy, Lulu, Dusty, Cher - Now where's that time machine???
Another 50yrs time, I'd still listen to this.
My favorite Kinks song. There's nothing like it. And Ray is an underrated genius. I saw him twice solo in a small club and he didn't disappoint. A brush with greatness!
I've seen ray also.brilliant
my favorite song from them is "This time tomorrow" but love this one too.
You are so right.. Brilliant writing...
ODO Yipper this really influenced the gorillas. The vocals on this song and feel good inc are super similar
the best thing about Florida, endless sunny afternoons!
#norain #sunnyday
A great song. Never gets old it's 2022 now.
This song just soothes the soul..The feeling it puts me into never gets old, My mind is the same, it's my body that is old, shrunk and painful ..but the music ....It's the magical fountain of youth....
Early in morning, surprised O had a good night's sleep for once. Found myself humminghis tune out of recesses of my mind. As always, attributed it to Beatles. UTube set me straight. Thank you Kinks!
Ah... memories! When you get to our age, it's probably all we have (that makes any sense, anyway!) :D
One of the bands with the best lyrics… such storytellers. No wonder they made a musical from their songs
The Kinks are one of those bands that could have come out in the 90s or even today and still get big.
I think that's probably true. I also think they are later bands that could go back in time and make it big.
So true.
All you can really try to measure this by is musical ability. Their music would not be the same if they were born at a later time (and still all somehow met up with one another, lol). And as for contemporary artists going back in time and still being successful..that's even trickier to speculate about - who would their influences be? It would be impossible for them to have the exact same catologue of songs
@@Talisman09 I mean they could have written some of their songs at any time and still get big: Wicked Annabella, You Really Got Me, Sitting By The Riverside, Picture Book... etc
@@ThePowerpointMaster I love those songs but they sound like their era. If they were released today they would be called 60s throwback songs, and the market just wouldn't be anywhere near as big for them. Have you heard what most of the kids are listening to today?
Just an absolute classic . Perfect song in every possible way.
They are arguing that they shouldn't have to put effort into the relationships they themselves choose to cultivate. Perfect? Sure, if you're a self asshole or a Boomer.
So true even in 2020
@@nickagriesti6708 , it's satire. You can read what Ray Davies says about it in the Wikipedia entry about the song.
@@bobtaylor170 there is a difference between satire and flippant framings of gender relations. This is the latter.
@@bobtaylor170 it's a tone running through the entirety of Boomer culture. None of you seem capable of respecting the nature of relationships. All you do is joke about how your husbands are worthless losers that you can't use, or how your wives are nagging harpies who won't let you do whatever the fuck you want. No wonder 50 percent of your marriages have failed. You're a bunch of selfhish, self-centered shitbags.
12.00 MID-DAY 7th JUNE 2023 AND STILL LISTENING TO THIS MASTERPIECE FROM THE KINKS. PEACE TO YOU ALL MY FRIEND'S. 🙏✌️😎🏴
65 years and still a rock n rolla - this makes me smile!
Listening to it now on June 23rd 2023. It’s a gloomy, rainy day so this brightens it a bit!
No doubt one of the best hits during 60's,!!
I grew up with The Kinks music in the 60s. Love them! Those halcyon days are sadly long gone!
If you’re watching this in 2022 you have exceptional taste in music
Toujours dans le top 🔝 💖 10 des meilleures chansons des golden sixties
I agree that The Kinks were absolute legendary!! So many amazing tunes.....what groovy memories!!!
2024 and I am still listening
More and more people discovering the kinks every day, In my opinion their music is more enduring than the other bands of their era.
Today‘s the 58th birthday of this song! 🎉
I remember kicking it by the pool in ...67? 68? listening to this with my friends...the 60s were such a great time to grow up! Magical!!
One of the most profound lyricists in Rock.
If your listening to this in 2024, you’re a legend
I’m a legend for sure!
Listening as I read your reply!
Yes, I am
The kinks are the best❤
Thank you
Love "Sunny Afternoon" still listening to it in '23 & will continue to listen to it in future years to come. 🌞
Mum and Dad loved this song, even though they were the rock n roll generation. Still remember Dad chortling when it came on the radio. Miss you Dad!
This song gets me through miserable wet windy cold winters days !!😎
My favourite song in the world, this is the song of my life.
I grew up with you guys in the '60s. THANKS FOR ALL YOUR GREAT MUSIC AND MEMORIES!!
My favorite kick back and relax song since 1966. It has never aged or dated an iota. Pure class.
You forget how great this song is until you hear it again 👌
I've never forgot how great this tune is
Agreed, Ms Barringer. After 1st listen, it became 1 of my very favorite songs ever.
Such a cool song. Ray is a genius. Love the lyrics. Hilarious. A really great, underrated band.
Great song. Happy Birthday today(June 21) to Ray Davies. Cheers!
The Kinks are the most underrated band in history and Ray Davies is a genius. This is a masterpiece of songwriting!
One of the greatest songwriters in music history, Vincent, was named Michael Brown for the group THE LEFT BANKE -check them out!!
when i was a sophomore at yale in 1962 i took a music theory class. all idid was to write out the music of this song. on paper.. great song
the kinks will never be forgotten magic times
Except...
They were never remembered...
The Kinks never fail to disappoint! Love this band, and I hate that what they did for rock is basically never discussed
I love this song. My mother and l sang along with the Kinks when this came on the radio. Good memories.
I was 11 years old when it came out and loved the sound of it ever since
2024... Still Takes Me Away !!! ✌️✔️
I never understood why the kinks had lesser fame than the beatles or the stones. They deserve still more attention!!!
Some believe the Kinks may have missed their window of opportunity to be a huge act in the midst of the British Invasion because of that Dave Davies-Mick Avory tussle that sent the latter to jail for a brief spell. The band at the time had difficulty obtaining a work visa for a U.S. tour because of that. By the time they could tour the States a couple years later, it was too late what with psychedelic rock being the latest craze in pop.
They remind me of the Beatles alot honestly
Timing and management. Look what happened to the Fab Four after Epstein killed himself… accidentally.
@@noikloi
I’ll put Ray Davies up against
George Harrison, John Lennon, & Paul McCartney,
any day as equal if not better, at least in many of his outstanding lyrics and musical compositions !
WITHOUT A DOUBT !
Mumble rappers are the same and generally have bigger fame than singers or bands who actually sound good, but we won't let that stop us
When I was little, the radio station would play this song, and it would always be on a Sunday afternoon. Good times.😊
this is like my fave kinks song my ex and my best friend Seth loved this song
My favorite Kink's song. Since 1966.
The Kinks have been one of my favorite bands since 1964...they still are.
The kinks are so underrated! I wish more people liked them
I’m teaching my 6 yr old grandson some of the Kinks sounds! I was at a dance in Swansea in the mid sixties dancing in front of them! Still dancing to them at 80!
I think this is really one of the best songs ever.
Absulutly!!!
Their lyrics are timeless and always and relevant. Dead end street could be made yesterday referring to the situation in Britain. This one in 2008. 😊
My favorite Kinks song!!! I'm Dingle.
1967 , I was driving my pride & joy , a 1958 Mk 2 Ford Zodiac , this song was playing on the car stereo , when I wrote the car off ..! It was still playing with me sitting in the wreckage...So nostalgic...
The kinks are very underrated.
I always love to hear that song I already used to listen in 1966, always bringing sun in my heart, even when it was raining.
My Father Mr . Michael Bell , introduced me to all my favourite songs, this takes me to his childhood whilst at school in Nairobi Kenya
I still know all the f ING words! A mark of reaching goddess state!
Even today I cannot believe why Kinks did not become so famous and powerful as Rolling Stones and Beatles. They lived in the same epoch and had the same powerful energy. What a talent!
Agreed
Probably to do with management, remember the brilliant manager the Beatles had?
@@worldorthoorthopaedicsurge6147 Brian Epstein. Not so intelligent, he committed suicide in their apogee.
Better luck was reserved to Col. Parker, that made the truckdriver Elvis Presley the king of Rocn.n.roll.
So smart a guy, he knew how to dissipate and survive the British Invasion. One thing is sure: after Epstein's death and the inauguration of Apple, things darkened. They needed Brian E., they lost their financial control. So, it came Yoko Ono and... Kinks manouvered much farther than they.
ah sang this tae ma maw when she was very unwell, next day was a good day, tells ye all ye need tae know xxxxx
Take it your scottish spelling mum maw sorry for your loss
Greatest kinks song written
"Sunny Afternoon" is another song I will enjoy, as well as Lola. "Sunny Afternoon" is my new and favorite song.
I'm 6 month old 300 pound midget and I love this song in like 2018 and whatnot!!
Joe Young it's even in your name
Happy birthday
I love this comment 😂
Joe Young you fat fucking midget
Your a obese midget holy shit
I was 8 years old when this was released. Sometimes when you're a kid there are things that you know will be with you your whole life. This was one of those things for me.
1976 is the year of my birth still love this tune
1976, year of my birth also
Too many great kinks songs for me to have a favourite... but this one is definitely in my Top 10.
My daughter is 23..and was raised on 60's music...The Kinks are her favorite band from that time
Virginia Wiseman no one cares
i care
I care also. My kids and grand kids also know and appreciate the 60's music. As well as their own stuff.
@William Fairfield not really lol. I know a couple of girls who like the new stuff and all the old stuff. No one really makes fun of you, only if its country music, I guess.
Well done Virginia
The original PUNK band. "Give me 2 good reasons why I oughta stay..." Brilliant stuff!
This is one of the very best songs by the Kinks.
Eine echte super Gruppe
LG 🌺✨🫲
Yet another brilliant song by Ray Davies. 🎸💕