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Who'll Be the Next in Line

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Format
  
7" vinyl

Length
  
2:02

Genre
  
Rock

B-side
  
"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"

Released
  
19 March 1965 (UK) 21 July 1965 (US)

Recorded
  
22–23 December 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London

"Who'll Be the Next in Line" is a song by the British rock band The Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies.

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Release

"Who'll Be the Next in Line" was first released as the B-side to "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy", a Kinks single released in Britain. However, upon its relative failure in the UK, Reprise felt that the "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" single was unfit for release in America. The subsequent single, "Set Me Free", was released, but after The Kinks' next proposed single, "See My Friends" was sent to Reprise, they decided to release the "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" single, only with "Who'll Be the Next in Line" as the A-side. The single charted, hitting #34, which was more successful than the following "See My Friends" (which only hit #111.)

"Who'll Be the Next in Line" also appeared as a bonus track on some reissues of the Kinks album Kinda Kinks.

Covers

  • Queens of the Stone Age also covered "Who'll Be the Next in Line" as one of the UK only bonus tracks of their Rated R album.
  • "Who'll Be the Next in Line" was also covered by French singer Françoise Hardy on her 1968 En Anglais album.
  • "Who'll Be the Next in Line" was also covered by Sir Douglas Quintet on their 1981 Border Wave album.

    • This song was also covered by Gary Myrick and The Figures in their self-titled album in 1980.

    References

    Who'll Be the Next in Line Wikipedia
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