Give the People What They Want (The Kinks song)

"Give the People What They Want"
Song by The Kinks from the album Give the People What They Want
Released 15 August 1981 (US)
January 1982 (UK)
Recorded May 1979 – June 1981 at Konk Studios, London
Genre Rock
Length 3:45
Label Arista Records
Writer Ray Davies
Producer Ray Davies
Give the People What They Want track listing

"Around the Dial"
(1)		 "Give the People What They Want"
(2)		 "Killer's Eyes"
(3)

"Give the People What They Want" is a song by the British rock band, The Kinks. Released on their 1981 album Give the People What They Want, the song was written by the band's main singer and core songwriter, Ray Davies.

Background

The origins of "Give the People What They Want" are found during the sessions from Low Budget, where it was included in early running orders of the album.[1] "Give the People What They Want", however, would be held from the final line-up of Low Budget.

Release

"Give the People What They Want" was released as the second track on The Kinks' 1981 album Give the People What They Want. It wasn't released as a single in any countries. The song appeared in live form on two of the band's live albums, Live: The Road in 1988 (this rendition of the song appeared on the compilation album Lost & Found (1986-1989) and the American release of To the Bone in 1996. It has since appeared on multiple compilation albums, including You Really Got Me: The Very Best of the Kinks and the box set The Arista Years.

Reception

AllMusic critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine said that "there's a certain charm in ... his pure cynicism on ['Give the People What They Want']" and went on to cited the track as a highlight from the Give the People What They Want album.[2] "Give the People What They Want" was called misanthropic by music critic Robert Christgau.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Hinman, Doug. All Day and All of the Night. p. 230.
  2. ↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Kinks: Give the People What They Want > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 13 November 2011.
  3. ↑ Christgau, Robert. "The Kinks". RobertChristgau.com. Retrieved 13 November 2011.

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