A Well Respected Man

"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British band the Kinks, written by the group's lead singer and rhythm guitarist Ray Davies, and originally released in the United Kingdom on the EP Kwyet Kinks in September 1965. It was also released as a single in the US and Continental Europe.

For the Defiance episode, see A Well Respected Man (Defiance).

"A Well Respected Man"
Dutch picture sleeve
Single by the Kinks
B-side"Such a Shame"
Released
  • 17 September 1965 (1965-09-17) (UK Kwyet Kinks EP)
  • 4 November 1965 (US single)
Recordedc. 5 August 1965
StudioPye, London
Genre
Length2:41
Label
  • Pye (UK)
  • Reprise (US)
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Kinks US singles chronology
"See My Friends"
(1965)		 "A Well Respected Man"
(1965)		 "Till the End of the Day"
(1966)

Written as a satire on the British upper class, the song was inspired by Ray Davies's interest in music hall 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 song for its influence and lyrical wit.

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