♫ All Day And All Of The Night ♫

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It was initially my intention to start a new ___________________ Week series today.  No, I’m not telling you who is in the blank … you’ll find out soon enough!  But, as fate would have it, our friend rawgod reminded me yesterday that I had promised to play either something by The Kinks or The Who, and had not as yet fulfilled that promise.  Now, I’m one who takes promises seriously, so … I’ve postponed the ___________________ Week posts for just a bit.

In light of my promise, I went in search of.  First I looked at The Who’s songs, and could not find a single one that I liked!  So I switched to The Kinks, and found a couple, one of which, You Really Got Me, I had already played back in 2021, but I thought reduxing that one might not fulfill my promise, so instead I chose this one!  This one’s for you, J.M. aka rawgod!!!

This song sounds very similar to the aforementioned You Really Got Me, and it turns out it is actually based on that song.  It was written by The Kinks’ frontman Ray Davies and produced by the group’s manager, Shel Talmy.

There isn’t a lot of background information about the song, which was released in 1964, but I found this tidbit on Wikipedia interesting …

Similarities between the song and the Doors’ 1968 song, “Hello, I Love You” have been pointed out. Ray Davies said on the topic: “My publisher wanted to sue. I was unwilling to do that. I think they cut a deal somewhere, but I don’t know the details.” Dave Davies added: “That one is the most irritating of all of them… I did a show where I played All Day and All of the Night and stuck in a piece of Hello, I Love You. There was some response, there were a few smiles. But I’ve never understood why nobody’s ever said anything about it. You can’t say anything about the Doors. You’re not allowed to.”

In the liner notes to the Doors Box set, Robby Krieger has denied the allegations that the song’s musical structure was stolen from Ray Davies. Instead, he said the song’s vibe was taken from Cream’s song “Sunshine of Your Love”. According to the Doors biography No One Here Gets Out Alive, courts in the UK determined in favour of Davies and any royalties for the song are paid to him.

🤷  Confused yet?  I am.  If Davies didn’t let The Kinks sue The Doors, then why would royalties from The Doors song be paid to Davies?  Ah well … too much for my mind to absorb at 2:30 in the morning for sure!!!

This song did well, charting at #2 in the UK, #7 in the U.S., and #12 in Canada.

All Day And All Of The Night

The Kinks

I’m not content to be with you in the day time
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and night time yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night

Oh, come on

I believe that you and me last forever
Oh yeah, all day and night time yours, leave me never
The only time I feel alright is by your side
Girl, I want to be with you all of the time
All day and all of the night
All day and all of the night (time)
All day and all of the night

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Ray Davies

All Day and All of the Night lyrics © Broadway Music Corporation, Kassner Associated Publishers Ltd

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30 thoughts on “♫ All Day And All Of The Night ♫”

  1. Pingback: ♫ All Day And All Of The Night ♫ – moulik dizital

  2. The Who have had a very bad reputation in Cincinnati since the end of 1979. Maybe the Cincinnati seeping in. I like the whole Who catalog, I hope the Cincinnati is not seeping out.

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  3. I love The Kinks, and I love to dance to this very song. I remember playing this one time in the 80’s, and someone thought it was new-kinda punky-ish. Thanks!
    I have to admit I love The Who; they picked me up with the Pinball Wizard opera (which I do not have memorized, I just know it and of it, pre- and post-movie.) I branched out and like all of their music though I love the faster rockers better than most of the ballads. And Roger Daltrey has a better rearend than Robert Plant (whose voice I also love,) any day. (I know that tidbit will only be of interest to some of the readers here. You’re all also supposed to smile at that.) Anyway, what a cool Monday music post!

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  5. Jill, great song. The Kinks had spunk. This is a good example of their work. “Lola” may be their magnum opus, but they had many good songs. Keith

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  8. Thank you, Jill. Promise fulfilled. Clive and Pete both said a bunch of good stuff, so if anyone doesn’t know much about the Kinks, or has forgotten everything they ever knew about them, here is a post I found that samples The Kinks from across their history. It is not definitive, but it is representative. http://thenewvinylvillain.com/2023/08/28/an-imaginary-compilation-album-350-the-kinks/
    As for The Who, they too have a lot to choose from. I won’t rven mention their 60s theme song, My Generation, because everyone knows that, but to add to the list Pete and Clive started I would like to mention a very misunderstood song from slightly later in their career, off their 5th studio album, Who’s Next. It starts like a lament from a psychotic sociopath, but moves into a form of plea not to let the character become that person. Bascally it is a gut wrencher, but to ne it is a song about redemption before the fact: Behind Blue Eyes.
    Again, thank you.

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    • BTW, I never heard about the “non-law suit,” and really never thought there was a similarity between the songs you mentioned — they came from such different eras and bands. But the similarity is huge. I just don’t agree with law suits — there are only so many notes and chords and rhythns available. But if “subconcious plagiarism” seems to be a thing in the music world, why aren’t black musicians and their descendants suing the hell out of white rockers who openly stole lyrics and music from old blues artists? I liked that Ray Davies didn’t want to sue. But obviously someone did something…

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    • I did check out thenewvinylvillian and he has quite a collection of work … will dig deeper as time permits, but thanks for pointing me in his direction! I’ve duly noted your other two mentions … we’ll see, but frankly I’m just finding nothing to love about The Who thus far!

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      • That’s up to you, my friend. I guess I’ll just have to put some on my blog. (You can skip those posts. You’ll know when they come.) Msybe it will be a new theme: Songs we seldom here anymore…

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          • Probably won’t happen till Gail is better, and not even then. I gave s big project coming up I have to get to work on. Also reviving Tecumseh and Ftirbds — it’s taken a big hit, unfortunarely. Bad timing.
            Speaking of which, Gail and I are off to the city tomorrow to go see her surgeon, weather permitting. Her leg is not healing properly. The swelling at the site is not going down at all. The knee is getting stronger (or easier to use, I guess) but something else might be happening. We just don’t know yet. Hopefully we will be home Friday.

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            • I wondered … I hadn’t heard from you (apart from here on WP) for a while now and was wondering how Gail was doing. I’m really sorry that she isn’t healing as she should be! Please give her a big hug for me. And how about you? Are you feeling better or still under the weather?

              Speaking of Tecumseh … we really need to get something up there, so I’ll see what I can come up with in the next day or so. I’m sorry I haven’t contributed more … just so many hours in a day. Sigh. Good luck to you and Gail tomorrow!

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  9. A classic! I had them all back in the day, loved the band and still do. If you’re looking for more reflective songs by them, I recommend Waterloo Sunset and Celluloid Heroes. As for the Who, there are so many great songs, especially from their peak 60s period. Try Happy Jack and Pictures Of Lily if you don’t want them too heavy.

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  10. I had all the Kinks’ singles at the time, and really liked that song.
    In the early days of The Who, they had a big hit with this song in the UK. It was before they started to take themselves so seriously, and is still my favourite one of their records.

    Best wishes, Pete.

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