Sunny Afternoon
Sunny Afternoon is the title of a published by the British rock group the Kinks in 1966 hits.
Genesis
Since June 1965 Ray Davies was the view that the management of the group and the music publisher would earn more to the Kinks than the group itself Thereupon he had in November 1965 a contract with the music publisher Belinda Music Ltd.. signed, although he was still legally connected with Kassner Music. This sued him for breach of contract, so his Autorentantiemen initially flowed into an escrow account, where they remained blocked until the end of the dispute in November 1970. Then in 1965 documents were filed in the Court on September 2, which ultimately led to the termination of the contract with manager Larry Page. On November 10, 1965 Kassner Music reached a judicial ban on the intended for publication on November 27, 1965 ' Till The End of the Day. Pye Records decided shortly to publish the single counter- judgment even on 19 November 1965. On June 5, 1967 court decision ended in process against Denmark Productions Boscobel Productions management contract with the Kinks. Parallel ran a lawsuit by Ray Davies against his music publishing Ed Kassner Music due to low Autorentantiemen.
This accumulation of litigation, the intensive tour program and to Ray Davies oppressive high pressure as a composer led him to a nervous breakdown early in March 1966, which even made him bedridden from 7 March 1966. In the forthcoming Belgium and France tour (the latter began on March 17, 1966) Ray Davies was replaced by Mick Grace. During his forced break, he wrote two songs, I'm Not Like Everybody Else and Sunny Afternoon. Despite the nervous problems to Davies was in his most productive and lyrically distinctive phase.
Sunny Afternoon in the morning was completed quickly during an atmospheric session with the much sought-after session musician Nicky Hopkins on piano and a Hohner Melodica the solo part. While Ray Davies at the piano rounded out his composition, said producer Shel Talmy to Nicky Hopkins: "Do ' exactly what makes Ray"; the next morning, May 13, 1966 at Pye recording studio # 2, Hopkins played in two or three takes the piano part perfectly. By borne by the melodica melody of the song is ultimately a catchy tune. The bass line of the intro consists of the chords D- minor, and A7, the entire song is kept in D Minor.
The satirical text is about a rich young man of the establishment, who complained about the tax policy of the government because the tax office he confiscated all the assets, but it can be mansion left. He can no longer sail his yacht, his girlfriend ran off with his car and told her parents fairy tale about booze and atrocities. In the chorus he wishes to be exempted from this need of money because he has a mighty mother, who is just waiting to squelch him. The predominantly negative impression text is balanced by the chorus again, because of the so tormented protagonist loves the life of luxury, sipping on a sunny afternoon lounging on the ice cold beer. Sunny Afternoon is the ironic masterpiece of the Kinks.
Publication and success
The single Sunny Afternoon / I'm Not Like Everybody Else ( Pye 7N 17125 ) was born on June 3, 1966 on the market. Upon release, they supplanted the Beatles Paperback Writer hit the top spot in the UK. When the single reached the first rank of the British singles chart for two weeks on July 7, 1966 just found the group matches of the Football World Cup 1966 with England rather than on a sunny afternoon. Sunny Afternoon was the last number one hit of the Kinks. In the U.S. charts the reception was with a rank of 14, however small.
The album Face to Face was taken from April 1966 after recovering from Ray Davies. So because this album is filled with lyrics about financial difficulties, especially in the auction Drama Most Exclusive Residence for Sale, A House in the Country and Sunny Afternoon, the last big hit of the group for many years. These songs have the lyrical texts on the repertoire of the Kinks, the author Ray Davies could ascend to the group of great pop composers.
Sunny Afternoon was rarely gecovert, according Cover Info 21 times. These include versions of the Stereophonics, Standells (1967 ), Bob Geldof (1992 ), Jimmy Buffett (1994 ), Brian Bennett (2000 ) and Wolfgang Ambros ' German version Herumlieg'n were in the Sunn ( 2004).