All Day and All of the Night
The follow-up to You Really Got Me, built on the same power chord riff.
The Kinks (1964)
- Written by
- Ray Davies
- Released
- 1964
Like "You Really Got Me", the song rests on a power chord riff, and the two share a beat, structure, background vocals and guitar solo layout. It was a single in 1964 and reached number two in Britain and number seven on the US Hot 100 in 1965. It appeared on the Kinksize Hits EP in Britain and on the American album Kinks-Size.
Dave Davies said it was where he found his voice, and he preferred its guitar sound. Hinman and Sandoval list Bobby Graham on drums, Perry Ford on piano and Mick Avory on tambourine. People have pointed out similarities to the Doors' "Hello, I Love You", and Ray Davies said his publisher wanted to sue but he was unwilling. Praying Mantis covered it in 1981 and the Stranglers took it to number seven in Britain in 1987. Setlist.fm logs 476 performances.
Covers and versions
- The Stranglers (1987) Reached number 7 in the UK.
- Praying Mantis (1981)
More songs by The Kinks
You Really Got Me, Sunny Afternoon, Waterloo Sunset, Lola, Days, Come Dancing, Celluloid Heroes, Victoria
Sources
- All Day and All of the Night, Wikipedia
- The Kinks song statistics, setlist.fm