David Watts (song)

"David Watts"
B-side label of US single
Single by the Kinks
from the album Something Else by the Kinks
A-side"Autumn Almanac"
Released29 November 1967 (1967-11-29)[1]
RecordedFebruary 1967[2]
StudioPye, London
GenreRock[3][4]
Length2:27
LabelReprise
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Ray Davies
The Kinks US singles chronology
"Waterloo Sunset"
(1967)
"Autumn Almanac" / "David Watts"
(1967)
"Wonderboy"
(1968)

"David Watts" is a song written by Ray Davies that originally appeared on the Kinks' 1967 album Something Else by the Kinks.[5] It was also the American and Continental Europe B-side to "Autumn Almanac". It has been included on several compilation albums, including The Kink Kronikles (1972) and a live version recorded at Landmark Theatre in Syracuse, New York, 4 March 1980 was included on One for the Road (The Kinks album), a double live album released June 1980.

  1. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 105, 107.
  2. ^ Hinman 2004, pp. 94–95, 105.
  3. ^ Segretto, Mike (2022). 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute - A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 138-139. ISBN 9781493064601.
  4. ^ Masley, Ed (30 May 2017). "Sgt. Pepper and beyond: A look back at 20 great albums released in 1967". azcentral. Retrieved 3 November 2023. ...And "David Watts"...is one of rock's great lead-off tracks...
  5. ^ "Kinks Song List". Kindakinks.net. Retrieved 13 June 2014.