Apeman (song)

"Apeman"
"Apeman"
Single by the Kinks
from the album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One
B-side	"Rats"
Released	27 November 1970
Recorded	August–September 1970
Studio	Morgan, London
Genre	Rock; calypso;
Length	3:54
Label	Pye (UK); Reprise (US);
Songwriter(s)	Ray Davies
Producer(s)	Ray Davies
The Kinks singles chronology

"Apeman" is a 1970 song by British band The Kinks and appears on their eighth studio album "Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One". It went to number 5 in the United Kingdom, number 45 in the United States, number 8 in Germany, number 19 in Canada and number 12 in South Africa.

References[change | change source]

↑ For the US single, Ray rerecorded the lyric "fuckin'" as "foggin'" on 16–18 November 1970.^[1]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Hinman 2004, p. 147.
↑ Shoemaker 2002, p. 174.
↑ Hinman 2004, p. 148.
↑ Kitts, Thomas M. (2007). "Waterloo Sunset: The Romantic Imagination". Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Abindgon-on-Thames: Routledge. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-415-97769-2. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

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[2] For the US single, Ray rerecorded the lyric "fuckin'" as "foggin'" on 16–18 November 1970.^[1]

[FOOTNOTEHinman2004147-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 Hinman 2004, p. 147.

[FOOTNOTEShoemaker2002174-3] Shoemaker 2002, p. 174.

[FOOTNOTEHinman2004148-4] Hinman 2004, p. 148.

[Kitts-5] Kitts, Thomas M. (2007). "Waterloo Sunset: The Romantic Imagination". Ray Davies: Not Like Everybody Else. Abindgon-on-Thames: Routledge. p. 96. ISBN 978-0-415-97769-2. Retrieved 17 January 2023.

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v t e The Kinks singles discography
1960s singles (UK & US)	1964 "Long Tall Sally" "You Still Want Me" "You Really Got Me" "All Day and All of the Night" 1965 "Tired of Waiting for You" "Ev'rybody's Gonna Be Happy" "Set Me Free" "See My Friends" "Who'll Be the Next in Line" "A Well Respected Man" "Till the End of the Day" 1966 "Dedicated Follower of Fashion" "Sunny Afternoon" "Dead End Street" 1967 "Mister Pleasant" "Waterloo Sunset" "Death of a Clown" (Dave Davies solo) "Autumn Almanac" "Susannah's Still Alive" (Dave Davies solo) 1968 "Wonderboy" "Days" "Lincoln County" (Dave Davies solo) 1969 "Starstruck" "Hold My Hand" (Dave Davies solo) "Plastic Man" "Drivin'" "The Village Green Preservation Society" "Shangri-La" "Victoria"
1970s singles (UK & US)	1970 "Lola" "Apeman" 1971 "God's Children" "20th Century Man" 1972 "Supersonic Rocket Ship" "Celluloid Heroes" 1973 "One of the Survivors" "Sitting in the Midday Sun" "Sweet Lady Genevieve" "Where Have All the Good Times Gone" 1974 "Money Talks" "Mirror of Love" "Mirror of Love" (band version) "Holiday Romance" "Preservation" 1975 "Everybody's a Star (Starmaker)" "Ducks on the Wall" "You Can't Stop the Music" 1976 "I'm in Disgrace" "No More Looking Back" 1977 "Sleepwalker" "Juke Box Music" "Father Christmas" 1978 "A Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" "Live Life" "Black Messiah" 1979 "(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman" "A Gallon of Gas" "Catch Me Now I'm Falling" "Moving Pictures" "Pressure"
1980s singles (UK & US)	1980 "Lola" (live) "You Really Got Me" (live) 1981 "Better Things" "Destroyer" "Predictable" 1982 "Come Dancing" 1983 "Don't Forget to Dance" 1984 "Good Day" "Do It Again" 1985 "Living on a Thin Line" (radio promo only) "Summer's Gone" 1986 "Rock 'n' Roll Cities" "How Are You" 1987 "Lost and Found" 1988 "The Road" 1989 "Down All the Days (Till 1992)"
1990s singles (UK & US)	1990 "How Do I Get Close" 1993 "Only a Dream" "Scattered"
Other singles (non-UK/US)	1966 "Dandy" (Europe) 1969 "Picture Book" (Australia) "Australia" (Australia) 1983 "State of Confusion" (Germany) 1991 "Did Ya" (Europe)
Other songs	"So Mystifying" "Bald Headed Woman" "Stop Your Sobbing" "Dancing in the Street" "I Need You" "I Go to Sleep" "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" "Big Black Smoke" "Party Line" "Rosy Won't You Please Come Home" "Love Me Till the Sun Shines" "David Watts" "Two Sisters" "Polly" "She's Got Everything" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Johnny Thunder" "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" "Big Sky" "Sitting by the Riverside" "Animal Farm" "Village Green" "Phenomenal Cat" "All of My Friends Were There" "Wicked Annabella" "Monica" "People Take Pictures of Each Other" "Berkeley Mews" "Mr. Churchill Says" "Strangers" "This Time Tomorrow" "Rats" "Got to Be Free" "Have a Cuppa Tea" "Oklahoma U.S.A." "Muswell Hillbilly" "Sitting in My Hotel" "The Hard Way" "Life Goes On" "Misfits" "Attitude" "Low Budget" "Give the People What They Want" "Heart of Gold"