The Kinks: Top 10 Songs (x3)

Cutting your list down to a top 10? Good freakin' luck, this is The Kinks we're talking about. 24 albums. Dozens of singles. Some of the greatest songs ever written. Yet this was the task that was required of us. So we grudgingly did it.

You Really Got Me, All Day and All of the Night, Where Have All the Good Times Gone, Waterloo Sunset, Village Green, Victoria, Lola, Apeman, Come Dancing, Father Christmas and many, many others were considered.

What made the cut?

Watch the video and then leave your top 10s in the comments.

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[kevinmcardle]

1. Days
2. David Watts
3. Tired of Waiting for You
4. Predictable
5. All Day and All of the Night
6. A Well Respected Man
7. Picture Book
8. Victoria
9. Dandy
10. Set Me Free
11. Sunny Afternoon
12. Strangers
13. Better Things
14. Nothin' in the World Can Stop Me Worryin' 'Bout That Girl (because of Rushmore)
15. Waterloo Sunset
16. Come Dancing
17. Do It Again
18. Dead End Street
19. Destroyer
20. Dedicated Follower of Fashion

[jbellinger]

There are so many good songs - thank you for helping me discover the Kinks - i never really paid that much attention to their discography, but they are so good. Much appreciated.!!

[Sir_Eyeball]

My Top 10 Kinks song list:

(Honourable Mentions: I’ll Remember, Wonderboy, Johnny Thunder, Monica, Muswell Hillbilly, Destroyer)

1. Animal Farm
2. Village Green
3. Waterloo Sunset
4. Some Mother’s Son
5. Lola
6. Sunny Afternoon
7. Sitting By The Riverside
8. She’s Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina
9. Shangri-La
10. The Last of the Steam Powered Trains



Songs I share with Joe (5): Shangri-La, Lola, Animal Farm, Village Green, Waterloo Sunset

Songs I share with Kramzer (1): Lola

Songs I share with Jason (1): Waterloo Sunset

[MarwinEthel-Mollusk]

Great non album songs or singles are "I'm not like everybody' else", "Dead end street", "Days", "Father christmas"...and one song that I love and that I can listen to endlessly, "Berkeley mews". Great mellotron parts.

[drdavid]

10 All Day and All of The Night - Joe 10
9 Tired of Waiting For You - Jason 4
8 Apeman
7 Lola - Joe 5 Kramzer 2
6 Dedicated Follower of Fashion
5 You Really Got Me
4 Days
3 Waterloo Sunset - Joe 1 Jason 5
2 Sunny Afternoon
ONE: AUTUMN ALMANAC

[johnlefsky]

Tough list to make.And when an album flows as well as Village Green it's hard to pull individual songs out. So, my list for today.
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. Days
3. I'm Not Like Everybody Else
4. See My Friends
5. This Time Tomorrow
6. A Long Way From Home. Those two songs, from Lola, are so well sequenced that I can't think of one wothout the other.
7. Well Respected Man
8. Death Of A Clown
9.Animal Farm
10. Victoria
11. Set Me Free
12. Village Green
13. Dead End Street
14. Fancy
15. Tired Of Waiting
16. This Strange Effect
17. Strangers
18. Get Back In Line
19. David Watts
20. Wicked Annabella

And everyone should check out Dave Davies-Hidden Treasures. It's an attempt to piece together what Dave Davies first solo album may have sounded like. Some of these songs also appeared as extra tracks on Kinks reissues. For a hodgepodge of disparate elements it holds together as a stand alone album.

[rubygreta]

Just reading the lists of the posters, the song selection for Top 10 or Top 20 is all over the place. Amazing band!

[roberthardin]

like the Who, the Kinks had such a wealth of great songs in the late 60s, that many great Kinks songs aren't on any studio albums, such as "Berkeley Mews, " "Autumn Almanac, " "Wonder Boy, " "King Kong, " "Mr.Pleasant, " "Big Black Smoke, " "Susannah's Still Alive, " "Mindless Child of Motherhood." 2 studio tracks that I didn't see on anyone's list that are big favs of mine are "David Watts, " and "Mr. Churchill Says."

[chasingthebeat]

1. Waterloo Sunset
2. Autumn Almanac
3. Shangri-La
4. Days
5. Tired of Waiting for You
6. Sunny Afternoon
7. Village Green Preservation Society
8. Misty Water
9. Lola
10. Dead End Street
HMs: A Well-Respected Man, Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Victoria, David Watts, I Go To Sleep,

[realCaptainSanta]

10. Apeman
9. Picture Book
8. Around the Dial
7. All Day and All of the Night
6. Destroyer
5. Come Dancing
4. Father Christmas
3. Long Distance
2. You Really Got Me
1. The Village Green Preservation Society

[joshzach]

I really enjoyed this. The Kinks and The Zombies are my two all-time favorite groups. Two songs I love, both of which are very deep cuts, are Good Day from Word of Mouth and Art Lover from Give the People What They Want. I would love for the three of you to do The Zombies. I think you’ll be surprised by how amazing their catalog of work was.

[catsofsherman]

1. Shangri-la
2. Waterloo Sunset
3. Celluloid Heroes
4. Picture Book
5. Get Back in Line
6. Til the End of the Day
7. Days
8. Dead End Street
9. Some Mother's Son
10. Polly
That's just ten that came to mind. So many great songs it's hard to narrow it down.
Honorable mentions: Big Sky, Village Green, Victoria, All Day and All of the Night, Lola, Come Dancing, Australia, Young and Innocent Days, Sunny Afternoon, Fancy, Do You Remember Walter?, Have You Seen His Name?, Love Me til the Sun Shines, God's Children, Apeman, Power man, Strangers, Father Christmas, Living on a thin line, Better Days, and so many more.
The Kinks didn't sing as well or make records that sounded as good as The Beatles, but during their classic period I think their songs were just as good and sometimes even better.

[chrisdelisle]

10) Tired of Waiting
09) Animal Farm
08) Picture Book
07) You Really Got Me
06) Lola
05) All Of My Friends Were There
04) Do You Remember Walter
03) People Take Pictures of Each Other
02) Strangers
01) This Is Where I Belong

Honorable Mention (11-26 in no particular order): All Day And All of the Night, I'll Remember, Days, Mr. Songbird, Sitting By The Riverside, Come Dancing, Get Back In Line, The World Keeps Going Round, See My Friends, Where Have All The Good Times Gone, Susannah's Still Alive, Waterloo Sunset, I Need You, Celluloid Heroes, Victoria, Big Sky

[rubygreta]

The fact that you have just a couple of the same Top 10 songs in your lists says a lot about the breadth of The Kinks.

[nicholasrosebush]

10) Days
9) 20th Century Man
8) Strangers
7) Waterloo Sunset
6) Better Things
5) Dont forget to dance
4) Muswell Hillbillies
3) Misfits
2) Rock and Roll Fantasy
1) Celluloid Heroes

Honorable mentions: Living on a thin line, Sunny afternoon, Alcohol, Superman, Village green preservation society, picture book, schooldays, Nothing in this world stop me worrying bout that girl.

[ursula]

Ray is one of the GOATs of songwriting, he probably has 50 top 10 worthy songs. However my top 3 would be:
1. Waterloo Sunset
2. Days
3. Autumn Almanac (that's a song with an all time great bridge)

[furaco]

Sunny Afternoon, Do You Remember Walter, Where Have All The Good Times gone, David Watts, Autumn Almanac, Dedicated Follower Of Fashion, Death Of A Clown, Big Black Smoke, I'm Not Like Everybody Else, and the list goes on and on...

[davidellis]

My Top 10 Kinks Songs # 10 Tired Of Waiting For You # 9 David Watts # 8 Dedicated Follower Of Fashion # 7 Till The End Of The Day # 6 Victoria # 5 Sunny 🌞 Afternoon # 4 Hardway # 3 All Day & All Of The Night # 2 Lola & .. # 1 Celluloid Heroes. Awesome Band ! 🇬🇧

[jorgerobles]

It's really hard to choose only ten songs, The Kinks have at least 50 great songs. My list:
10- Autumn Almanac
9- Mr Pleasant
8- You really got me
7- Do you remember Walter
6- Sunny Afternoon
5- Around the Dial
4- Picture Book
3- Lola
2- Waterloo Sunset
1- Celluloid Heroes

[stampede]

Thanks for making playlists for these. You make hearing new music easy and abundant.