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Who'll Be the Next in Line
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Wikipedia article
"'Who'll Be the Next in Line'" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks. It was written by Ray Davies.
Release
"Who'll Be the Next in Line" was first released as the B-side to "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy", a Kinks single released in Britain. However, that song's chart performance in the UK was a disappointing #17, breaking a string of top-ten hits for the Kinks. Reprise felt that the "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" single was unfit for release in America. The subsequent single, "Set Me Free", was released, but after The Kinks' next proposed single, "See My Friends" was sent to Reprise, they decided to release the "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" single with "Who'll Be the Next in Line" as the A-side. The single charted, hitting #34, which was more successful than the following "See My Friends", which only hit #111. "Who'll Be the Next in Line" also appeared as a bonus track on some reissues of the Kinks' album 'Kinda Kinks'.
'Billboard' described the song as a "pulsating funky blues rhythm number which rocks all the way." 'Cash Box' described it as a "fast-moving, rollicking thumper about a fella who has plenty of regrets about his romantic involvements."
Covers
*"Who'll Be the Next in Line" was covered by French singer Franoise Hardy on her 1968 'En Anglais' album.
*The song was covered by Gary Myrick and The Figures on their self-titled album in 1980.
*"Who'll Be the Next in Line" was also covered by Sir Douglas Quintet on their 1981 'Border Wave' album.
*Queens of the Stone Age covered "Who'll Be the Next in Line" on their 'Rated R' 2000 album, as one of its UK only bonus tracks. It was also included on disc two of the 2010 reissue of 'Rated R'.
* The song was covered by Mudhoney for the tribute album 'Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks', a compilation released by SubPop in 2001.
References
Category:1965 singles
Category:The Kinks songs
Category:Song recordings produced by Shel Talmy
Category:Songs written by Ray Davies
Category:Pye Records singles
Category:1965 songs
Category:Reprise Records singles
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