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font-size: 125%;">"Come Dancing"</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image"><span class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><a href="/wiki/File:Come_Dancing_Cover_Kinks.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/d4/Come_Dancing_Cover_Kinks.jpg/220px-Come_Dancing_Cover_Kinks.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="217" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/d/d4/Come_Dancing_Cover_Kinks.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="267" data-file-height="263" /></a></span><div class="infobox-caption">US 7-inch 45 cover</div></td></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Single_(music)" title="Single (music)">Single</a> by <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">the Kinks</a></th></tr><tr class="description"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/State_of_Confusion" title="State of Confusion">State of Confusion</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Noise"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">19 November 1982<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1982-11-19</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Recorded</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">October 1982</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Recording_studio" title="Recording studio">Studio</a></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><a href="/wiki/Konk_(recording_studio)" title="Konk (recording studio)">Konk</a>, Hornsey, London</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Pop_rock" title="Pop rock">Pop rock</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/New_wave_music" title="New wave music">new wave</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"><span class="duration"><span class="min">3</span>:<span class="s">54</span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Ray_Davies" title="Ray Davies">Ray Davies</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Ray Davies</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a> UK singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Predictable_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Predictable (The Kinks song)">Predictable</a>" <br />(1981) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Come Dancing</b>" <br />(1982) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_to_Dance" title="Don't Forget to Dance">Don't Forget to Dance</a>" <br />(1983) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: khaki"><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">The Kinks</a> US singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="color: inherit; background: transparent; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0">"<a href="/wiki/Better_Things_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Better Things (The Kinks song)">Better Things</a>"<br />(1981) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em">"<b>Come Dancing</b>"<br />(1983) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em">"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_to_Dance" title="Don't Forget to Dance">Don't Forget to Dance</a>"<br />(1983) </td></tr> </tbody></table></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Music video</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRUE0aAI5o8"><span class="plainlinks">"Come Dancing"</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background: khaki">Audio sample</th></tr><tr class="haudio"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="padding-top:1em"><div style="display:inline-block;"><figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-center" typeof="mw:File/Frameless"><span><audio id="mwe_player_0" controls="" preload="none" data-mw-tmh="" class="mw-file-element" width="220" style="width:220px;" data-durationhint="27" data-mwtitle="Kinks_Come_Dancing.ogg" data-mwprovider="local"><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4d/Kinks_Come_Dancing.ogg" type="audio/ogg; codecs="vorbis"" data-width="0" data-height="0" /><source src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/transcoded/4/4d/Kinks_Come_Dancing.ogg/Kinks_Come_Dancing.ogg.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" data-transcodekey="mp3" data-width="0" data-height="0" /></audio></span><figcaption></figcaption></figure></div><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><div class="hlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/File:Kinks_Come_Dancing.ogg" title="File:Kinks Come Dancing.ogg">file</a></li><li><a href="/wiki/Help:Media" title="Help:Media">help</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Come Dancing</b>" is a 1982 song written by <a href="/wiki/Ray_Davies" title="Ray Davies">Ray Davies</a> and performed by <a href="/wiki/British_rock" class="mw-redirect" title="British rock">British rock</a> group <a href="/wiki/The_Kinks" title="The Kinks">the Kinks</a> on their 1983 album <i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Confusion" title="State of Confusion">State of Confusion</a></i>. The song was inspired by Davies' memories of his older sister, Rene, who died of a heart attack while dancing at a dance hall. The lyrics, sung from the perspective of an "<a href="/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End</a> <a href="/wiki/Costermonger" title="Costermonger">barrow boy</a>", are about the boy's sister going on dates at a local <a href="/wiki/Dance_hall" title="Dance hall">Palais dance hall</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-clash_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clash-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>When first released as a single in United Kingdom in November 1982, "Come Dancing" failed to chart. Although <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a> founder <a href="/wiki/Clive_Davis" title="Clive Davis">Clive Davis</a> had reservations about releasing the single in the United States due to the English subject matter of dance halls, the track saw an American single release in April 1983. "Come Dancing" reached number six on the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100">Hot 100</a>, becoming the band's highest US charting single in over a decade and tying with "<a href="/wiki/Tired_of_Waiting_for_You" title="Tired of Waiting for You">Tired of Waiting for You</a>" as the band's highest-charting single ever. This success was achieved largely with the help of a promotional music video directed by <a href="/wiki/Julien_Temple" title="Julien Temple">Julien Temple</a> that saw frequent airing on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a>. As a result of its American success, the single was re-released in Britain. Unlike its first release, the single became a top 20 British hit, reaching number 12. </p><p>In addition to its presence on <i>State of Confusion</i>, "Come Dancing" has appeared on numerous compilations albums since its release. It spawned a successful follow-up single, "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_to_Dance" title="Don't Forget to Dance">Don't Forget to Dance</a>", which became a top 40 hit in the United States. <i>Come Dancing</i>, a musical written by Ray Davies that premiered in 2008, was named after the song. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Come Dancing" is a tribute to Davies' older sister Rene. Living in Canada with her reportedly abusive husband, the 31-year-old Rene was visiting her childhood home in <a href="/wiki/Fortis_Green" title="Fortis Green">Fortis Green</a> in London at the time of Ray Davies' 13th birthday—21 June 1957—on which she surprised him with a gift of the Spanish guitar he had tried to persuade his parents to buy him.<sup id="cite_ref-american_conservative_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-american_conservative-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> That evening, Rene, who had a weak heart as a result of a childhood bout of <a href="/wiki/Rheumatic_fever" title="Rheumatic fever">rheumatic fever</a>, suffered a fatal heart attack while dancing at the <a href="/wiki/Lyceum_Theatre,_London" title="Lyceum Theatre, London">Lyceum</a> ballroom.<sup id="cite_ref-american_conservative_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-american_conservative-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKitts200811–12_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKitts200811–12-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1224211176">.mw-parser-output .quotebox{background-color:#F9F9F9;border:1px solid #aaa;box-sizing:border-box;padding:10px;font-size:88%;max-width:100%}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft{margin:.5em 1.4em .8em 0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright{margin:.5em 0 .8em 1.4em}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.centered{overflow:hidden;position:relative;margin:.5em auto .8em auto}.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatleft span,.mw-parser-output .quotebox.floatright span{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox>blockquote{margin:0;padding:0;border-left:0;font-family:inherit;font-size:inherit}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-title{text-align:center;font-size:110%;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote>:first-child{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote:last-child>:last-child{margin-bottom:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:before{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" “ ";vertical-align:-45%;line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox-quote.quoted:after{font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;font-weight:bold;font-size:large;color:gray;content:" ” ";line-height:0}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .left-aligned{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .right-aligned{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .center-aligned{text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quote-title,.mw-parser-output .quotebox .quotebox-quote{display:block}.mw-parser-output .quotebox cite{display:block;font-style:normal}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .quotebox{width:100%!important;margin:0 0 .8em!important;float:none!important}}</style><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:28%; ; padding:8px;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>[Rene] had died dancing in a ballroom in London in the arms of a stranger. ... Coming back from Canada where she'd emigrated [from the U.K.] to die, really, and again, being a source of inspiration. ... She gave me my first guitar, which was quite a great parting gift. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">– Ray Davies<sup id="cite_ref-npr_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-npr-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>Ray later said that the song was an attempt to return to the "warmer" style they had prior to their transformation to an <a href="/wiki/Arena_rock" title="Arena rock">arena rock</a> act, explaining, "I wanted to regain some of the warmth I thought we'd lost, doing those stadium tours. 'Come Dancing' was an attempt to get back to roots, about my sisters' memories of dancing in the '50s."<sup id="cite_ref-uncut_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uncut-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Davies later said that the song was about a type of petty criminals known as a <a href="/wiki/Spiv" title="Spiv">spiv</a>, saying, "it was about an <a href="/wiki/East_End_of_London" title="East End of London">East End</a> spiv, sung in a London voice. If anybody had lost any faith in us being real people, that record ['Come Dancing'] would restore it."<sup id="cite_ref-uncut_6-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uncut-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davies also said that the song was sung from a street peddler or "<a href="/wiki/Costermonger" title="Costermonger">barrow boy's</a>" point of view, saying, "['Come Dancing'] is sung by an East End barrow boy—I think there's <a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">cockney</a> rhyming slang in it!"<sup id="cite_ref-clash_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-clash-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Writing_and_recording">Writing and recording</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Writing and recording"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Mick_Avory_2013.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A man with gray hair drums behind his drum-set in a faintly lit room." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Mick_Avory_2013.JPG/225px-Mick_Avory_2013.JPG" decoding="async" width="225" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Mick_Avory_2013.JPG/338px-Mick_Avory_2013.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/77/Mick_Avory_2013.JPG/450px-Mick_Avory_2013.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2265" data-file-height="1699" /></a><figcaption>Mick Avory's drum performance on "Come Dancing" has since received praise from Ray Davies.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>In a 1983 interview, Ray Davies said that writing the song was an "easy" and quick process, but the idea for the song had been in his head for a long time.<sup id="cite_ref-mtv_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mtv-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He reportedly began writing the song in March 1982 on a flight home from <a href="/wiki/Tokyo" title="Tokyo">Tokyo</a> using a newly purchased <a href="/wiki/Casio" title="Casio">Casio</a> keyboard.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The song was completed in <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">London</a> that October.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Author Nick Hasted claimed that the song was also written "to reach out to the Kinks' lost British audience."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The opening verse appears to be a development of the first line of <a href="/wiki/Lionel_Bart" title="Lionel Bart">Lionel Bart</a>'s <i><a href="/wiki/Fings_Ain%27t_Wot_They_Used_T%27Be" title="Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be">Fings Ain't Wot They Used T'Be</a></i>: "They changed our local Palais into a bowling alley." </p><p>A demo for the song was created at <a href="/wiki/Konk_Studios" class="mw-redirect" title="Konk Studios">Konk Studios</a>, the recording facility in <a href="/wiki/Hornsey" title="Hornsey">Hornsey</a> that Ray Davies owned, in October 1982.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A master backing track with bass, acoustic guitar, and drums was made during that same month, with overdubs following.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dave Davies later claimed that the recording was completed on the day after an intense argument with brother Ray.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Also completed that month was "<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_to_Dance" title="Don't Forget to Dance">Don't Forget to Dance</a>", which later competed with "Come Dancing" for the A-side of the first single from <i>State of Confusion</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the song, Ray Davies sang in a strong British accent, later claiming that he "tried to retain the Englishness."<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While recording "Come Dancing", he was asked to sing in an American accent, a request he denied: "Back when the Kinks were recording 'Come Dancing,' which was a big hit in the States, the record company actually asked me to sing it in more of an American accent. I just refused."<sup id="cite_ref-ucr_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ucr-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ray has singled out <a href="/wiki/Mick_Avory" title="Mick Avory">Mick Avory</a>'s drum performance on the song, saying, "Just keep Mick Avory nervous, and you'll get great performances from him. He's responsible for some of the great comedy drum parts. His drum roll into 'Come Dancing,' ... it's totally a beat late. It's totally unplanned, and that's what was so magical, when we were rolling."<sup id="cite_ref-uncut_6-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uncut-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Release">Release</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Release"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1224211176"><div class="quotebox pullquote floatleft" style="width:24%; ; padding:8px;"> <blockquote class="quotebox-quote left-aligned" style=""> <p>Clive Davis didn't want to put it out, because he thought it was too vaudevillian, too English. It was only the video that convinced him. It went on <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> when it first started, and they couldn't stop rotating it. </p> </blockquote> <p style="padding-bottom: 0;"><cite class="left-aligned" style="">– Ray Davies<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></cite></p> </div> <p>When deciding the band's next single, Ray Davies pushed for "Come Dancing" to be released rather than "Don't Forget to Dance", which had been suggested by the record company as the first single from <i>State of Confusion</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The UK branch of <a href="/wiki/Arista_Records" title="Arista Records">Arista Records</a> approved this decision, releasing 7-inch and 12-inch versions of the new single on 19 November 1982 with "Noise" as the B-side.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, <a href="/wiki/Clive_Davis" title="Clive Davis">Clive Davis</a> initially had reservations; Davies recalls that Davis "didn't want to put it [<i>Come Dancing</i>] out because it was too much of an English subject matter."<sup id="cite_ref-WSJ_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WSJ-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davis also thought it was just a "ditty" and did not have enough substance to be a single.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKitts2008_12-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKitts2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The US single of the song was finally released on 21 April 1983 after Davis was convinced by the success of the track's music video and the impressive US sales of import copies of the single.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260–262_13-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260–262-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track's promotional video became a staple of the fledgling <a href="/wiki/MTV" title="MTV">MTV</a> network, which gave the single sufficient momentum to enter the <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a> that May, ascending to the <a href="/wiki/Top_40" title="Top 40">Top 40</a> in June 1983 and peaking at number six on 11 July.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004265–266_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004265–266-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Come Dancing" became the highest charting US single of the band's career, tying "<a href="/wiki/Tired_of_Waiting_for_You" title="Tired of Waiting for You">Tired of Waiting for You</a>" from 1965.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Come Dancing" was re-released during July 1983 in Britain due to its immense popularity in America, thus delaying the UK release of follow-up "Don't Forget to Dance" in the process.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004266_15-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004266-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The track entered the chart at 92 on 24 July, and crept to 65, 43 and 29, before peaking at number 12 on the <a href="/wiki/UK_singles_chart" title="UK singles chart">UK singles chart</a> on 27 August 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> A <i><a href="/wiki/Top_of_the_Pops" title="Top of the Pops">Top of the Pops</a></i> broadcast on 24 September 1983 featured videos of several current US hits including a lip-sync performance of "Come Dancing" by the band and a three-piece horn section, the Kinks' first appearance on the show since 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004267_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004267-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of the appearance, Ray reflected, "We were vindicated, because we showed we were still making good records."<sup id="cite_ref-mojo_17-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mojo-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 27 October 1983, Ray was given the One of the Most Played Songs of 1983 award by <a href="/wiki/American_Society_of_Composers,_Authors_and_Publishers" title="American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers">ASCAP</a> for the song.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004267_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004267-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> "Don't Forget to Dance" was later released as a follow-up single, charting at number 29 in the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-allm_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite the success the single reached, it would be one of the Kinks' final hits in either Britain or America, ending the comeback the band had during the late 1970s and early 1980s. Ray said in 1996, "[I] wanted to quit in 1984, after 'Come Dancing.' I felt that that was the end of an era for the Kinks, and I wanted to stop the treadmill and step back and reappraise the whole thing, but we had another album to deliver. It seemed like we always had another album to deliver."<sup id="cite_ref-notlikeeverybodyelse_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-notlikeeverybodyelse-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Mick Avory left the band in 1984, a year after "Come Dancing" peaked in the USA. He later said, "I think leaving after a world wide hit with 'Come Dancing' was a good note to leave on."<sup id="cite_ref-kok_mick_interview_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-kok_mick_interview-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Following its release, the song became a mainstay in the band's live set-list until the band's break-up.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004270–340_21-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004270–340-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Live versions of the song appeared on both 1988's <i><a href="/wiki/Live:_The_Road" title="Live: The Road">Live: The Road</a></i> and the 1996 US double-album version of <i><a href="/wiki/To_the_Bone_(The_Kinks_album)" title="To the Bone (The Kinks album)">To the Bone</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004340_22-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004340-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The studio version of the song has also appeared on multiple compilations, being used as the namesake for the 1986 greatest-hits package <i><a href="/wiki/Come_Dancing_with_The_Kinks" title="Come Dancing with The Kinks">Come Dancing With the Kinks: The Best of the Kinks 1977–1986</a></i>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Critical_reception">Critical reception</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Critical reception"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"Come Dancing" has generally received positive reviews from music critics. In his review of <i>State of Confusion</i>, <i><a href="/wiki/Rolling_Stone" title="Rolling Stone">Rolling Stone</a></i> critic Parke Puterbaugh said that the song "sums up the bittersweet mood that wafts through [<i>State of Confusion</i>] in calming counterpoint to its more turbulent moments."<sup id="cite_ref-rs_stateofconfusion_23-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rs_stateofconfusion-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> George Kalogerakis, also of <i>Rolling Stone</i>, said in his review of the album <i><a href="/wiki/Live:_The_Road" title="Live: The Road">Live: The Road</a></i> that the song was an "undeniable winner," and that "hearing [the song] in th[is] crackling live version is like running into [an] old friend."<sup id="cite_ref-rs_live:theroad_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rs_live:theroad-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i><a href="/wiki/Cash_Box" class="mw-redirect" title="Cash Box">Cash Box</a></i> said that " while the story may have a touch of sadness, the upbeat presentation makes the song a more joyous experience."<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/AllMusic" title="AllMusic">AllMusic</a></i> writer <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Thomas_Erlewine" title="Stephen Thomas Erlewine">Stephen Thomas Erlewine</a> described the song as one of the "quieter moments" on <i>State of Confusion</i> where the album "came to life," praising its "buoyant nostalgia."<sup id="cite_ref-allmusic_state_of_confusion_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allmusic_state_of_confusion-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On the band's <i>Rolling Stone</i> biography, the song was called "delightfully nostalgic."<sup id="cite_ref-rs_bio_27-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-rs_bio-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Author Rob Jovanovic called the song "incredibly catchy" and said that, as the song's title suggested, it "made [him] want to move his feet."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJovanovic20142_28-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJovanovic20142-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Thomas M. Kitts praised its "big band sound" in his book, <i>Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else</i>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEKitts2008_12-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEKitts2008-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Music_video">Music video</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Music video"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Ray_Davies_1_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="A man stands onstage with a guitar strapped across his chest. It hangs limp and unused, as he is focusing on singing into a microphone directly in front of him, which he grasps with his left hand. He wears a black-and-white, vertically striped suit." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ray_Davies_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/145px-Ray_Davies_1_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="145" height="207" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ray_Davies_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/218px-Ray_Davies_1_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b3/Ray_Davies_1_%28cropped%29.jpg/290px-Ray_Davies_1_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2461" data-file-height="3519" /></a><figcaption>Ray Davies starred as the "spiv" in the music video for "Come Dancing".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <p>The promotional <a href="/wiki/Music_video" title="Music video">music video</a> for "Come Dancing" was shot in November 1982 at Ilford Palais in <a href="/wiki/Essex" title="Essex">Essex</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The video was produced by Michael Hamlyn and directed by <a href="/wiki/Julien_Temple" title="Julien Temple">Julien Temple</a>, with choreography done by Jim Cameron.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dave Davies later said of Temple, "Julien was such a posey sod, walking around in a fur coat like he was <a href="/wiki/Orson_Welles" title="Orson Welles">Orson Welles</a>, even though he was only doing a promo video."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014243_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014243-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Local fans of the band appeared as the audience.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The video was first broadcast in Britain in December 1982 on <i><a href="/wiki/The_Tube_(1982_TV_series)" title="The Tube (1982 TV series)">The Tube</a></i>, a show on <a href="/wiki/Channel_4" title="Channel 4">Channel 4</a>, making its American debut on MTV on 25 March 1983.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the video, the lyrics of "Come Dancing" are used as the storyline.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Calling back to his youth, Ray starred as the "spiv" character who took the sister out to dance, and as his younger 13-year old self watching the two, circa the 1950s.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ray's character, according to author <a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rogan" title="Johnny Rogan">Johnny Rogan</a>, was inspired by the Davies brothers' uncle, Frank Willmore, who Dave Davies described as "an old school kind of cockney."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTERogan2015_30-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTERogan2015-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The members of the Kinks were featured as the band performing at the palais at the end of the video, with the older now catatonic spiv character solemnly watching the performance.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Temple said of this scene, "I was standing behind <a href="/wiki/Martin_Scorsese" title="Martin Scorsese">[Martin] Scorsese</a> at a bar, and he was going on about that shot, saying it was one of his favorites ever. There's a <a href="/wiki/Luis_Bu%C3%B1uel" title="Luis Buñuel">[Luis] Buñuel</a> film, <i><a href="/wiki/Simon_of_the_Desert" title="Simon of the Desert">Simon of the Desert</a></i>, where this guy who's been suffering on his pillar in the desert in BC whatever ends up in some weird club in <a href="/wiki/Mexico_City" title="Mexico City">Mexico City</a> in '65. It's a bit like that. [Ray] did it beautifully, the fact he's so still and they're all heaving around him. I think Ray could have been more of an actor. He has a great, deep sense of film."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The band would revisit the spiv character Ray played in the video multiple times, such as in the music videos for "Don't Forget to Dance" and "<a href="/wiki/Do_It_Again_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Do It Again (The Kinks song)">Do It Again</a>".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to Ray, the band's 1986 album <i><a href="/wiki/Think_Visual" title="Think Visual">Think Visual</a></i> was originally going to be a concept album centered on taking the character and putting him in the "environment of a video shop."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004280_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004280-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ilford Palais was demolished in 2007 to make room for luxury flats, meeting a similar fate to the palais described in the lyrics of "Come Dancing".<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Musical">Musical</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Musical"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Ray_Davies#Musicals" title="Ray Davies">Ray Davies § Musicals</a></div> <p>"Come Dancing" served as the title number for a <a href="/wiki/Musical_theatre" title="Musical theatre">stage musical</a> of the same name that Ray Davies had created. Set in a 1950s music hall, <i>Come Dancing</i> premiered at the <a href="/wiki/Theatre_Royal_Stratford_East" title="Theatre Royal Stratford East">Theatre Royal Stratford East</a> on 13 September 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Ray Davies had written the original version of the play in 1997,<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> although he had begun work on it since not long after he had written the original song.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHasted2011_7-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHasted2011-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The final version of <i>Come Dancing</i> featured a book co-written by Davies and Paul Sirett and a score written by Davies that included three Kinks hits (including the title song) and a number of original songs. Davies also appeared as the narrator in the production, which ran until 25 October 2008. <i>Come Dancing</i> was to be revived by director <a href="/wiki/Bill_Kenwright" title="Bill Kenwright">Bill Kenwright</a> in January 2010, but this, to Ray Davies's disappointment, was cancelled.<sup id="cite_ref-come_dancing_cancelled_uncut_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-come_dancing_cancelled_uncut-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Come Dancing</i> received mixed reviews from critics. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a></i> spoke positively of the production, calling it "a winning show that deserves a bright future."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275_32-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i>, however, criticized it for lacking a story-line, saying it was "a ragged and sentimental montage of scenes sorely in need of narrative."<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275_32-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEJovanovic2014275-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Davies would later premiere another musical, <i><a href="/wiki/Sunny_Afternoon_(musical)" title="Sunny Afternoon (musical)">Sunny Afternoon</a></i> (named after <a href="/wiki/Sunny_Afternoon" title="Sunny Afternoon">the 1966 Kinks song of the same name</a>), in 2014, which he had written in 2005 after finding out that <i>Come Dancing</i> would not be staged.<sup id="cite_ref-telegraph_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-telegraph-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Personnel">Personnel</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Personnel"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Personnel per Doug Hinman.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260_9-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEHinman2004260-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><b>The Kinks</b> </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Davies" title="Ray Davies">Ray Davies</a> –  lead vocal, acoustic guitar</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dave_Davies" title="Dave Davies">Dave Davies</a> –  electric guitar, backing vocal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mick_Avory" title="Mick Avory">Mick Avory</a> –  drums</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jim_Rodford" title="Jim Rodford">Jim Rodford</a> –  bass guitar, backing vocal</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gibbons_(musician)" title="Ian Gibbons (musician)">Ian Gibbons</a> –  keyboard</li></ul> <p><b>Other musicians</b> </p> <ul><li>John Beecham –  trombone</li> <li>Noel Morris –  trumpet</li> <li>Andy Hamilton –  tenor saxophone</li> <li>Alan Holmes –  baritone saxophone</li> <li>Kate Williams –  spoken voice</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Chart_performance">Chart performance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Chart performance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1216972533">.mw-parser-output .col-begin{border-collapse:collapse;padding:0;color:inherit;width:100%;border:0;margin:0}.mw-parser-output .col-begin-small{font-size:90%}.mw-parser-output .col-break{vertical-align:top;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .col-break-2{width:50%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-3{width:33.3%}.mw-parser-output .col-break-4{width:25%}.mw-parser-output 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id="cite_ref-sc_Australia_The_Kinks_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Australia_The_Kinks-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">36 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Flanders_The_Kinks_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Flanders_The_Kinks-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">18 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada <a href="/wiki/RPM_(magazine)" title="RPM (magazine)"><i>RPM</i> Singles</a><sup id="cite_ref-canada_37-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-canada-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada <i>RPM</i> Adult Contemporary<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">3 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Top_40" title="Dutch Top 40">Dutch Top 40</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch40_39-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch40_-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">25 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_The_Kinks_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_The_Kinks-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">29 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Ireland (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Singles_Chart" title="Irish Singles Chart">IRMA</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Ireland2_The_Kinks_41-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Ireland2_The_Kinks-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">4 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Switzerland (<a href="/wiki/Swiss_Hitparade" title="Swiss Hitparade">Schweizer Hitparade</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Switzerland_The_Kinks_42-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Switzerland_The_Kinks-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">UK Singles (<a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">Official Charts Company</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-uk_charts_43-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk_charts-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">12 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Billboard_Hot_100" title="Billboard Hot 100"><i>Billboard</i> Hot 100</a><sup id="cite_ref-allm_18-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-allm-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">6 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> <a href="/wiki/Adult_Contemporary_(chart)" title="Adult Contemporary (chart)">Adult Contemporary</a><sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">16 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <a href="/wiki/Cashbox_(magazine)" title="Cashbox (magazine)"><i>Cash Box</i></a> Top 100<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td align="center">11 </td></tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td class="col-break col-break-2"> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Year-end_charts">Year-end charts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Year-end charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable plainrowheaders"> <tbody><tr> <th align="left">Chart (1983) </th> <th style="text-align:center;">Rank </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Canada <i>RPM</i> Singles<sup id="cite_ref-EOY_Canada_46-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EOY_Canada-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">38 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Billboard</i> Hot 100<sup id="cite_ref-End_of_Year_US_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-End_of_Year_US-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">63 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">US <i>Cash Box</i> <sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">77 </td></tr> </tbody></table> <p>  </p> </td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><b>Citations</b> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/rpm/028020-119.01-e.php?&file_num=nlc008388.6300&type=1&interval=20&PHPSESSID=bbgph7b192vbua7jp3mbpmjrc3">the original</a> on 5 May 2015<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Backbeat Books. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-87930-765-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-87930-765-3"><bdi>978-0-87930-765-3</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=The+Kinks%3A+All+Day+and+All+of+the+Night%3A+Day+by+Day+Concerts%2C+Recordings%2C+and+Broadcasts%2C+1961%E2%80%931996&rft.pub=Backbeat+Books&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-87930-765-3&rft.aulast=Hinman&rft.aufirst=Doug&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACome+Dancing+%28song%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFKitts2008" class="citation book cs1">Kitts, Thomas (2008). <span class="id-lock-registration" title="Free registration required"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/raydaviesnotlike0000kitt"><i>Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else</i></a></span>. Routledge. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-203-93563-7" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-203-93563-7"><bdi>978-0-203-93563-7</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ray+Davies%3A+Not+Like+Everybody+Else&rft.pub=Routledge&rft.date=2008&rft.isbn=978-0-203-93563-7&rft.aulast=Kitts&rft.aufirst=Thomas&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Farchive.org%2Fdetails%2Fraydaviesnotlike0000kitt&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACome+Dancing+%28song%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFJovanovic2014" class="citation book cs1">Jovanovic, Rob (2014). <i>God Save The Kinks: A Biography</i>. Aurum Press Ltd. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-78131-164-6" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-78131-164-6"><bdi>978-1-78131-164-6</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=God+Save+The+Kinks%3A+A+Biography&rft.pub=Aurum+Press+Ltd.&rft.date=2014&rft.isbn=978-1-78131-164-6&rft.aulast=Jovanovic&rft.aufirst=Rob&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACome+Dancing+%28song%29" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFRogan2015" class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rogan" title="Johnny Rogan">Rogan, Johnny</a> (2015). <i>Ray Davies: A Complicated Life</i>. Random House. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-1-84792-331-8" title="Special:BookSources/978-1-84792-331-8"><bdi>978-1-84792-331-8</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ray+Davies%3A+A+Complicated+Life&rft.pub=Random+House&rft.date=2015&rft.isbn=978-1-84792-331-8&rft.aulast=Rogan&rft.aufirst=Johnny&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACome+Dancing+%28song%29" class="Z3988"></span></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Further_reading">Further reading</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Come_Dancing_(song)&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Further reading"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation book cs1"><a href="/wiki/Johnny_Rogan" title="Johnny Rogan">Rogan, Johnny</a> (1998). <i>The Complete Guide to the Music of the Kinks</i>. 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title="Jim Rodford">Jim Rodford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ian_Gibbons_(musician)" title="Ian Gibbons (musician)">Ian Gibbons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Henrit" title="Bob Henrit">Bob Henrit</a></li> <li>Gordon John Edwards</li> <li>Mark Haley</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Studio albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinks_(album)" title="Kinks (album)">Kinks</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinks-Size" title="Kinks-Size">Kinks-Size</a></i> (1965; US-only)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinda_Kinks" title="Kinda Kinks">Kinda Kinks</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinkdom" title="Kinkdom">Kinkdom</a></i> (1965; US-only)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kink_Kontroversy" title="The Kink Kontroversy">The Kink Kontroversy</a></i> (1965)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Face_to_Face_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Face to Face (The Kinks album)">Face to Face</a></i> (1966)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Something_Else_by_the_Kinks" title="Something Else by the Kinks">Something Else</a></i> (1967)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/The_Kinks_Are_the_Village_Green_Preservation_Society" title="The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society">Village Green Preservation Society</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Arthur_(Or_the_Decline_and_Fall_of_the_British_Empire)" title="Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)">Arthur</a></i> (1969)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Lola_Versus_Powerman_and_the_Moneygoround,_Part_One" title="Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One">Lola Versus Powerman</a></i> (1970)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Percy_(soundtrack_album)" title="Percy (soundtrack album)">Percy</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hillbillies" title="Muswell Hillbillies">Muswell Hillbillies</a></i> (1971)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_in_Show-Biz" title="Everybody's in Show-Biz">Everybody's in Show-Biz</a></i> (1972)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Act_1" title="Preservation Act 1">Preservation Act 1</a></i> (1973)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Preservation_Act_2" title="Preservation Act 2">Preservation Act 2</a></i> (1974)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Soap_Opera_(album)" title="Soap Opera (album)">Soap Opera</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Schoolboys_in_Disgrace" title="Schoolboys in Disgrace">Schoolboys in Disgrace</a></i> (1975)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Sleepwalker_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Sleepwalker (The Kinks album)">Sleepwalker</a></i> (1977)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Misfits_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Misfits (The Kinks album)">Misfits</a></i> (1978)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Low_Budget_(album)" title="Low Budget (album)">Low Budget</a></i> (1979)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Give_the_People_What_They_Want_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Give the People What They Want (The Kinks album)">Give the People What They Want</a></i> (1981)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/State_of_Confusion" title="State of Confusion">State of Confusion</a></i> (1983)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Word_of_Mouth_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Word of Mouth (The Kinks album)">Word of Mouth</a></i> (1984)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Think_Visual" title="Think Visual">Think Visual</a></i> (1986)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/UK_Jive" title="UK Jive">UK Jive</a></i> (1989)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Phobia_(The_Kinks_album)" title="Phobia (The Kinks album)">Phobia</a></i> (1993)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_Kelvin_Hall" title="Live at Kelvin Hall">Live at Kelvin Hall</a></i> (1968)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/One_for_the_Road_(The_Kinks_album)" title="One for the Road (The Kinks album)">One for the Road</a></i> (1980)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live:_The_Road" title="Live: The Road">Live: The Road</a></i> (1988)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/To_the_Bone_(The_Kinks_album)" title="To the Bone (The Kinks album)">To the Bone</a></i> (1994/1996)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/BBC_Sessions:_1964%E2%80%931977" title="BBC Sessions: 1964–1977">BBC Sessions: 1964–1977</a></i> (2001)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">EPs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Kinksize_Session" title="Kinksize Session">Kinksize Session</a></i> (1964)</li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Kwyet_Kinks" title="Kwyet Kinks">Kwyet Kinks</a></i> (1965)</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilations</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a 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Really Got Me</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/All_Day_and_All_of_the_Night" title="All Day and All of the Night">All Day and All of the Night</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1965</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Tired_of_Waiting_for_You" title="Tired of Waiting for You">Tired of Waiting for You</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Ev%27rybody%27s_Gonna_Be_Happy" title="Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy">Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Set_Me_Free_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Set Me Free (The Kinks song)">Set Me Free</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/See_My_Friends" title="See My Friends">See My Friends</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Who%27ll_Be_the_Next_in_Line" title="Who'll Be the Next in Line">Who'll Be the Next in Line</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/A_Well_Respected_Man" title="A Well Respected Man">A Well Respected Man</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Till_the_End_of_the_Day" title="Till the End of the Day">Till the End of the Day</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1966</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Dedicated_Follower_of_Fashion" title="Dedicated Follower of Fashion">Dedicated Follower of Fashion</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Sunny_Afternoon" title="Sunny Afternoon">Sunny Afternoon</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Dead_End_Street_(song)" title="Dead End Street (song)">Dead End Street</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1967</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Mister_Pleasant" title="Mister Pleasant">Mister Pleasant</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Waterloo_Sunset" title="Waterloo Sunset">Waterloo Sunset</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Death_of_a_Clown" title="Death of a Clown">Death of a Clown</a>" (Dave Davies solo)</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Autumn_Almanac" title="Autumn Almanac">Autumn Almanac</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Susannah%27s_Still_Alive" title="Susannah's Still Alive">Susannah's Still Alive</a>" (Dave Davies solo)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1968</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Wonderboy_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Wonderboy (The Kinks song)">Wonderboy</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Days_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Days (The Kinks song)">Days</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Lincoln_County_(song)" title="Lincoln County (song)">Lincoln County</a>" (Dave Davies solo)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1969</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Starstruck_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Starstruck (The Kinks song)">Starstruck</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Hold_My_Hand_(Dave_Davies_song)" title="Hold My Hand (Dave Davies song)">Hold My Hand</a>" (Dave Davies solo)</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Plastic_Man_(song)" title="Plastic Man (song)">Plastic Man</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Drivin%27_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Drivin' (The Kinks song)">Drivin'</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/The_Village_Green_Preservation_Society" title="The Village Green Preservation Society">The Village Green Preservation Society</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Shangri-La_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Shangri-La (The Kinks song)">Shangri-La</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Victoria_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Victoria (The Kinks song)">Victoria</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1970s singles<br />(UK & US)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1970</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Lola_(song)" title="Lola (song)">Lola</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Apeman_(song)" title="Apeman (song)">Apeman</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1971</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/God%27s_Children_(The_Kinks_song)" title="God's Children (The Kinks song)">God's Children</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/20th_Century_Man" title="20th Century Man">20th Century Man</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1972</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Supersonic_Rocket_Ship" title="Supersonic Rocket Ship">Supersonic Rocket Ship</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Celluloid_Heroes" title="Celluloid Heroes">Celluloid Heroes</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1973</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/One_of_the_Survivors" title="One of the Survivors">One of the Survivors</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Sitting_in_the_Midday_Sun" title="Sitting in the Midday Sun">Sitting in the Midday Sun</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Sweet_Lady_Genevieve" title="Sweet Lady Genevieve">Sweet Lady Genevieve</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Where_Have_All_the_Good_Times_Gone" title="Where Have All the Good Times Gone">Where Have All the Good Times Gone</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1974</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Money_Talks_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Money Talks (The Kinks song)">Money Talks</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Mirror_of_Love" title="Mirror of Love">Mirror of Love</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Mirror_of_Love#Band_Version" title="Mirror of Love">Mirror of Love</a>" (band version)</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Holiday_Romance" class="mw-redirect" title="Holiday Romance">Holiday Romance</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Preservation_(song)" title="Preservation (song)">Preservation</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1975</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Everybody%27s_a_Star_(Starmaker)" title="Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)">Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Ducks_on_the_Wall" title="Ducks on the Wall">Ducks on the Wall</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/You_Can%27t_Stop_the_Music" title="You Can't Stop the Music">You Can't Stop the Music</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1976</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_in_Disgrace" title="I'm in Disgrace">I'm in Disgrace</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/No_More_Looking_Back" title="No More Looking Back">No More Looking Back</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1977</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Sleepwalker_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Sleepwalker (The Kinks song)">Sleepwalker</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Juke_Box_Music" title="Juke Box Music">Juke Box Music</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Father_Christmas_(song)" title="Father Christmas (song)">Father Christmas</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1978</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/A_Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Fantasy" title="A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy">A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Live_Life" title="Live Life">Live Life</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Black_Messiah_(song)" title="Black Messiah (song)">Black Messiah</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1979</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/(Wish_I_Could_Fly_Like)_Superman" title="(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman">(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/A_Gallon_of_Gas" title="A Gallon of Gas">A Gallon of Gas</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Catch_Me_Now_I%27m_Falling" title="Catch Me Now I'm Falling">Catch Me Now I'm Falling</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Moving_Pictures_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Moving Pictures (The Kinks song)">Moving Pictures</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Pressure_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Pressure (The Kinks song)">Pressure</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1980s singles<br />(UK & US)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1980</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Lola_(song)" title="Lola (song)">Lola</a>" (live)</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/You_Really_Got_Me" title="You Really Got Me">You Really Got Me</a>" (live)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1981</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Better_Things_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Better Things (The Kinks song)">Better Things</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Destroyer_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Destroyer (The Kinks song)">Destroyer</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Predictable_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Predictable (The Kinks song)">Predictable</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1982</dt> <dd>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Come Dancing</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1983</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Don%27t_Forget_to_Dance" title="Don't Forget to Dance">Don't Forget to Dance</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1984</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Good_Day_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Good Day (The Kinks song)">Good Day</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Do_It_Again_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Do It Again (The Kinks song)">Do It Again</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1985</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Living_on_a_Thin_Line" title="Living on a Thin Line">Living on a Thin Line</a>" (radio promo only)</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Summer%27s_Gone" title="Summer's Gone">Summer's Gone</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1986</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_Cities" title="Rock 'n' Roll Cities">Rock 'n' Roll Cities</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/How_Are_You" title="How Are You">How Are You</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1987</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Lost_and_Found_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Lost and Found (The Kinks song)">Lost and Found</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1988</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/The_Road_(song)" title="The Road (song)">The Road</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1989</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Down_All_the_Days_(Till_1992)" class="mw-redirect" title="Down All the Days (Till 1992)">Down All the Days (Till 1992)</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">1990s singles<br />(UK & US)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1990</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/How_Do_I_Get_Close" title="How Do I Get Close">How Do I Get Close</a>"</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1993</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Only_a_Dream_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Only a Dream (The Kinks song)">Only a Dream</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Scattered_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Scattered (The Kinks song)">Scattered</a>"</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other singles<br />(non-UK/US)</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dt>1966</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Dandy_(song)" title="Dandy (song)">Dandy</a>" (Europe)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1969</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Picture_Book_(song)" title="Picture Book (song)">Picture Book</a>" (Australia)</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Australia_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Australia (The Kinks song)">Australia</a>" (Australia)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1983</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/State_of_Confusion_(song)" title="State of Confusion (song)">State of Confusion</a>" (Germany)</dd></dl> <dl><dt>1991</dt> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Did_Ya" title="Did Ya">Did Ya</a>" (Europe)</dd></dl> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <dl><dd>"<a href="/wiki/So_Mystifying" title="So Mystifying">So Mystifying</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Bald_Headed_Woman" title="Bald Headed Woman">Bald Headed Woman</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Stop_Your_Sobbing" title="Stop Your Sobbing">Stop Your Sobbing</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Dancing_in_the_Street#The_Kinks_version" title="Dancing in the Street">Dancing in the Street</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I_Need_You_(The_Kinks_song)" title="I Need You (The Kinks song)">I Need You</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I_Go_to_Sleep" title="I Go to Sleep">I Go to Sleep</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/I%27m_Not_Like_Everybody_Else" title="I'm Not Like Everybody Else">I'm Not Like Everybody Else</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Black_Smoke" title="Big Black Smoke">Big Black Smoke</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Party_Line_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Party Line (The Kinks song)">Party Line</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rosy_Won%27t_You_Please_Come_Home" title="Rosy Won't You Please Come Home">Rosy Won't You Please Come Home</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Love_Me_Till_the_Sun_Shines" title="Love Me Till the Sun Shines">Love Me Till the Sun Shines</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/David_Watts_(song)" title="David Watts (song)">David Watts</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Two_Sisters_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Two Sisters (The Kinks song)">Two Sisters</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Polly_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Polly (The Kinks song)">Polly</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/She%27s_Got_Everything_(song)" title="She's Got Everything (song)">She's Got Everything</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Do_You_Remember_Walter%3F" title="Do You Remember Walter?">Do You Remember Walter?</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Johnny_Thunder_(song)" title="Johnny Thunder (song)">Johnny Thunder</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Last_of_the_Steam-Powered_Trains" title="Last of the Steam-Powered Trains">Last of the Steam-Powered Trains</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Big_Sky_(song)" title="Big Sky (song)">Big Sky</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Sitting_by_the_Riverside" title="Sitting by the Riverside">Sitting by the Riverside</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Animal_Farm_(song)" title="Animal Farm (song)">Animal Farm</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Village_Green_(song)" title="Village Green (song)">Village Green</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Phenomenal_Cat" title="Phenomenal Cat">Phenomenal Cat</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/All_of_My_Friends_Were_There" title="All of My Friends Were There">All of My Friends Were There</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Wicked_Annabella" title="Wicked Annabella">Wicked Annabella</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Monica_(song)" title="Monica (song)">Monica</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/People_Take_Pictures_of_Each_Other" title="People Take Pictures of Each Other">People Take Pictures of Each Other</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Berkeley_Mews" title="Berkeley Mews">Berkeley Mews</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Mr._Churchill_Says" title="Mr. Churchill Says">Mr. Churchill Says</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Strangers_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Strangers (The Kinks song)">Strangers</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/This_Time_Tomorrow_(song)" title="This Time Tomorrow (song)">This Time Tomorrow</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Rats_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Rats (The Kinks song)">Rats</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Got_to_Be_Free" title="Got to Be Free">Got to Be Free</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Have_a_Cuppa_Tea" title="Have a Cuppa Tea">Have a Cuppa Tea</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Oklahoma_U.S.A." title="Oklahoma U.S.A.">Oklahoma U.S.A.</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Muswell_Hillbilly" title="Muswell Hillbilly">Muswell Hillbilly</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Sitting_in_My_Hotel" title="Sitting in My Hotel">Sitting in My Hotel</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/The_Hard_Way_(The_Kinks_song)" title="The Hard Way (The Kinks song)">The Hard Way</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Life_Goes_On_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Life Goes On (The Kinks song)">Life Goes On</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Misfits_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Misfits (The Kinks song)">Misfits</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Attitude_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Attitude (The Kinks song)">Attitude</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Low_Budget_(song)" title="Low Budget (song)">Low Budget</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Give_the_People_What_They_Want_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Give the People What They Want (The Kinks song)">Give the People What They Want</a>"</dd> <dd>"<a href="/wiki/Heart_of_Gold_(The_Kinks_song)" title="Heart of Gold (The Kinks song)">Heart of Gold</a>"</dd></dl> 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