Sunny Afternoon

"Sunny Afternoon" is a 1966 song by British band The Kinks and was included on their fourth studio album Face to Face as well as being the title track to their compilation album Sunny Afternoon. It went to number 1 in Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom, number 2 in Sweden and New Zealand, number 3 in Denmark, number 5 in Austria, number 7 in Germany, number 10 in Spain, number 11 in France, number 12 in Italy, number 13 in Australia, number 14 in Belgium and the United States and number 15 in South Africa.

"Sunny Afternoon"
Single by the Kinks
from Face to Face"
B-side"I'm Not Like Everybody Else"
Released3 June 1966 (1966-06-03)
Recorded13 May 1966[1]
StudioPye, London
Genre
Length3:36
Label
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies[3]
Producer(s)Shel Talmy[3]
The Kinks UK & US singles chronology
""Dedicated Follower of Fashion"
(1966)
Sunny Afternoon ""Dead End Street"
(1966)

References

  1. Hinman 2004, p. 83.
  2. "The Kinks Album Guide". Rolling Stone Magazine. 20 June 2019.
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 102. ISBN 0-85112-250-7.