Format 7" single | Genre Rock, garage rock | |
A-side "Till the End of the Day" (1965-1966 release) B-side "Lola (live version) (1973 release) Released 19 November 1965 (UK)
2 March 1966 (USA) Recorded 23–30 October 1965 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London | ||
"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed with The Kinks. It was first released as the B-side to "Till the End of the Day," and was then included on their album The Kink Kontroversy in 1965 (1966 in the US).
Ray Davies said, "We'd been rehearsing 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone' and our tour manager at the time, who was a lot older than us, said, 'That's a song a 40-year-old would write. I don't know where you get that from.' But I was taking inspiration from older people around me. I'd been watching them in the pubs, talking about taxes and job opportunities."
The song has since gained "classic" status and featured on numerous compilations. Pye Records released the track as a single in November 1973 (Pye 7N 45313 b/w "Lola"). This re-release failed to chart.