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and scorn for wealthy tourists he encountered on a 1965 vacation. The song served as an important step for the band in pivoting from raucous rock and roll to
Anglocentric character studies. The song has since become one of the Kinks' most successful and best remembered, with critics singling out the
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The encounter prompted Ray to "use words more, and say things" with his songwriting. He described it as "the first time actually stood back from what was", a marked departure from the "boy-girl teenage angst" that had motivated his earlier songwriting. "A Well
Respected Man" was then written as a
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They tried to make me one of them saying, "Come on, play golf with me." I took an instant dislike to them because the establishment draws you in and makes you one of them and that's as far as you can go. You can't break out. People like
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in the United States. Following the success of "Dedicated
Follower of Fashion", "A Well Respected Man" was also released as a single in mainland Europe in March 1966 (although pressed in the UK, it was an export-only issue).
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refused to release "A Well
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Probably one of the greatest blunders in the Kinks' career was the failure to release as a single . The sales of and the radio exposure received by the song, even in competition with "
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1137:"The 20 greatest songs by The Kinks, from Lola to Sunny Afternoon"
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1435:"The Kinks Chart History (Hot 100)"
1414:. Premium Publishing. p. 205.
930:Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else
229:The Kinks US singles chronology
3240:People Take Pictures of Each Other
2582:Where Have All the Good Times Gone
1718:Village Green Preservation Society
1163:"Every AMR Top 100 Single in 1966"
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1528:The Kinks: The Sound and the Fury
1307:The Kinks – A Well Respected Man"
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1181:The Kinks – A Well Respected Man"
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2015:The Kinks Are Well Respected Men
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1290:Nederlandse Top 40 – The Kinks"
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490:described it as a "very catchy
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3352:Give the People What They Want
2634:Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)
1822:Give the People What They Want
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520:The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
494:number with a message lyric."
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1091:. 13 November 1965. p. 8
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3219:All of My Friends Were There
2281:All Day and All of the Night
1489:. New York City: Routledge.
977:Wood, Mikael (24 May 2023).
397:. Indeed, the song offers a
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3128:Love Me Till the Sun Shines
3100:I'm Not Like Everybody Else
2007:Come Dancing with The Kinks
1335:. 30 April 1966. p. 48
395:British class consciousness
97:4 November 1965 (US single)
80:17 September 1965
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2300:Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy
1999:The Great Lost Kinks Album
1530:. London: Elm Tree Books.
1454:"Cash Box Top 100 2/12/66"
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3163:Do You Remember Walter?
2705:A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy
2335:Till the End of the Day
2023:The Ultimate Collection
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2889:Rock 'n' Roll Cities
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2561:One of the Survivors
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1967:Well Respected Kinks
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1694:The Kink Kontroversy
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249:A Well Respected Man
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3310:Sitting in My Hotel
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2058:Unreleased projects
2047:The Essential Kinks
1881:Live at Kelvin Hall
1750:Muswell Hillbillies
1643:Gordon John Edwards
1458:cashboxmagazine.com
1386:"HITS ALLER TIJDEN"
1355:"Hits of the World"
1324:"Hits of the World"
1259:"Hits of the World"
853:Unterberger, Richie
3268:This Time Tomorrow
3254:Mr. Churchill Says
3028:State of Confusion
2955:How Do I Get Close
2143:The Kast Off Kinks
2121:Session performers
1991:The Kink Kronikles
1830:State of Confusion
1774:Preservation Act 2
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1217:. 21 February 1966
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481:Critical reception
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1082:"Singles Reviews"
983:Los Angeles Times
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956:. Omnibus Press.
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1311:Single Top 100
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1172:
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240:See My Friends
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2988:
2984:Other singles
2982:
2975:
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2964:
2961:
2960:
2956:
2952:
2949:
2948:
2946:
2944:(UK & US)
2942:1990s singles
2940:
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2801:Better Things
2798:
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2771:(UK & US)
2769:1980s singles
2767:
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2756:
2753:
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3381:1965 singles
3324:Life Goes On
3317:The Hard Way
3009:Picture Book
2967:Only a Dream
2827:Come Dancing
2622:Preservation
2446:Hold My Hand
2327:
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2129:Bobby Graham
2125:Clem Cattini
2116:Band members
2095:1965 US tour
2090:1965 UK tour
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2031:Picture Book
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1702:Face to Face
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3198:Animal Farm
3142:Two Sisters
3135:David Watts
3050:Other songs
3030:" (Germany)
2986:(non-UK/US)
2896:How Are You
2858:Do It Again
2815:Predictable
2679:Sleepwalker
2594:Money Talks
2453:Plastic Man
2307:Set Me Free
2161:Do It Again
2111:Discography
1940:Kwyet Kinks
1908:(1994/1996)
1905:To the Bone
1873:Live albums
1798:Sleepwalker
1678:Kinda Kinks
1634:Ian Gibbons
1629:Jim Rodford
1614:John Dalton
1609:Pete Quaife
1596:Dave Davies
1202:Ultratop 50
1185:Ultratop 50
1040:Hinman 2004
811:Hinman 2004
799:Hinman 2004
787:Hinman 2004
775:Hinman 2004
615:Ultratop 50
603:Ultratop 50
589:Australia (
559:Pete Quaife
553:Dave Davies
454:in the UK,
452:Kwyet Kinks
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