"Sunny Afternoon" (Ray Davies) |
| The Kinks with Nicky Hopkins (piano & melodica) & Rasa Davies (backing vocal). |
| Produced by Shel Talmy with Alan MacKenzie (balance engineer). |
| Recorded Pye Studios, London, 12-13 May 1966. |
| UK release as Pye 7N 17125, 3 June 1966; charts 9 June 1966: RR #1 (July 1966). |
| US release as Reprise 0497, 6 July 1966: BB #14 (October 1966). |
| Notes & Quotes |
| Structure | |||
| Introduction | Descending guitar & bass riff from refrain, joined by drums | c | |
| A | Verse Part A | Solo vocal over backing vocals | a |
| B | Verse Part B | b | |
| C | Refrain | c | |
| A | Verse Part A | d | |
| B | Verse Part B | e | |
| C | Refrain | c | |
| B | Verse Part B | b | |
| C | Refrain | c | |
| C' | Coda | Repeat end of refrain | c |
| Lyrics | |
| The tax man's taken all my dough and left me in my stately home, Lazin' on a sunny afternoon. And I can't sail my yacht, he's taken everything I got, all I've got's this sunny afternoon. |
a |
| Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze. I got a big fat mama trying to break me. | b |
| And I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury. Lazin' on a sunny afternoon, in the summertime, in the summertime, in the summertime. |
c |
| My girlfriend's run off with my car and gone back to her ma and pa, Telling tails of drunkenness and cruelty. Now I'm sitting here, sippin' at my ice cold beer, lazing on a sunny afternoon. |
d |
| Help me, help me, help me sail away. Well give me two good reasons why I oughta stay. | e |