Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy

"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" is a song by Ray Davies, released as a UK single by the Kinks in 1965. As the follow-up to the number-one hit "Tired of Waiting for You", and having their previous three singles all chart among the top two, it was less successful, reaching number 17. It broke a run of what would have been thirteen consecutive top-ten singles in the UK.

"Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
Dutch picture sleeve
Single by the Kinks
from the album Kinda Kinks (US edition)
A-side"Who'll Be the Next in Line" (US)
B-side"Who'll Be the Next in Line" (UK)
Released19 March 1965
Recorded22–23 December 1964
StudioPye, London
Genre
  • Rock
  • beat
  • rhythm and blues
Label
  • Pye (UK)
  • Reprise (US)
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Shel Talmy
The Kinks UK singles chronology
"Tired of Waiting for You"
(1965)		 "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
(1965)		 "Set Me Free"
(1965)
The Kinks US singles chronology
"Set Me Free"
(1965)		 "Who'll Be the Next in Line" / "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy"
(1965)		 "See My Friends"
(1965)

The song was written as a musical experiment, rather than as an intended single, according to Davies in an interview, where he also claimed that the demo became the master version of it.

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