Set_Me_Free_(Kinks_song)

Set Me Free (The Kinks song)

Set Me Free (The Kinks song)

1965 single by the Kinks

"Set Me Free" is a song by Ray Davies, released first by the Kinks in 1965. Along with "Tired of Waiting for You", it is one of band's first attempts at a softer, more introspective sound. The song's B-side, "I Need You", makes prominent use of powerchords in the style of the Kinks' early, "raunchy" sound. "Set Me Free" was heard in the Ken Loach-directed Up the Junction, a BBC Wednesday Play which aired in November 1965; this marked the first appearance of a Kinks song on a film or TV soundtrack.

Quick Facts Single by the Kinks, from the album Kinda Kinks (US edition) ...

Billboard said of the single that "hot on the heels of [the Kinks'] 'Tired of Waiting for You' smash comes this down home blues rhythm material with a good teen lyric."[3] Cash Box described it as "a snappy tune that’s taken for an engaging disk ride."[4]

Personnel

According to band researcher Doug Hinman:[1]

The Kinks

Additional musician

  • Rasa Davies – backing vocal

Charts

More information Chart (1965), Peak position ...

References

  1. [1]
    Hinman 2004, p. 56.
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    Turner 2003, p. 560.
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    "Singles Reviews" (PDF). Billboard. 5 June 1965. p. 35. Retrieved 12 March 2021.
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    "CashBox Record Reviews" (PDF). Cash Box. 5 June 1965. p. 12. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
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    "Every AMR Top 100 Single in 1965". www.top100singles.net.
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    "Top RPM Singles: Issue 5601." RPM. Library and Archives Canada.
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    "CHUM Hit Parade, week of July 12, 1965". 12 July 1968. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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    "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par K" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Kinks" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
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    "The Kinks – Set Me Free" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts.
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    "Nederlandse Top 40 – The Kinks" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40.
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    Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (1998). Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74. Premium Publishing. p. 447. ISBN 919727125X.
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    "Kinks: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
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    "The Kinks Chart History (Hot 100)". Billboard.
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    "Cash Box Top 100 7/17/65". cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved 15 January 2021.

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