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{{Infobox song
| name          = All Day and All of the Night
| cover         = All Day and All of the Night West German picture sleeve.jpg
| alt           = 
| caption       = West German picture sleeve
| type          = single
| artist        = [[the Kinks]]
| B-side        = I Gotta Move
| released      = 23 October 1964{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=38}}
| recorded      = 23 or 24 September 1964{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=38}}
| studio        = [[Pye Studios|Pye]], London
| genre         = *[[Garage rock]]<ref>{{cite web|title= Ray Davies In Conversation at BFI Southbank |date= May 2011 |publisher= [[British Film Institute]] |access-date= 17 July 2014 |url= http://www.focalint.org/assets/files/2011_06_bfi-raydavies.pdf}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|first= Bonnie |last= Stiernberg |title= The 50 Best Garage Rock Songs of All Time |magazine= [[Paste (magazine)|Paste]] |access-date= 15 May 2016 |url= https://www.pastemagazine.com/blogs/lists/2014/08/the-50-best-garage-rock-songs-of-all-time.html?a=1}}</ref>
*[[hard rock]]<ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Brackett |title= Interpreting Popular Music |year= 2000 |page= [https://archive.org/details/interpretingpopu00brac/page/1 1] |publisher= [[University of California Press]] |url= https://archive.org/details/interpretingpopu00brac |url-access= registration |isbn= 978-0-5202-2541-1}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first=Joel|last=McIver|editor-first=Robert|editor-last=Dimery|year= 2015|title= 1001 Songs You Must Hear Before You Die|chapter=The Kinks - Sunny Afternoon|publisher=[[Rizzoli Libri|Universe]]|location=New York|page=174}}</ref>
*[[proto-punk]]<ref>{{cite news|first= Barry |last= Gewen |title= Ray Davies, Rock Poet? |newspaper= [[The New York Times]] |url= http://artsbeat.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/03/05/ray-davies-rock-poet/ |date= 5 March 2008 |access-date= 17 July 2014}}</ref>
*[[power pop]]{{sfn|Borack|2007|p=59}}
| length        = 2:22
| label         = *[[Pye Records|Pye]] (UK)
*[[Reprise Records|Reprise]] (US)
| writer        = [[Ray Davies]]
| producer      = [[Shel Talmy]]
| prev_title    = [[You Really Got Me]]
| prev_year     = 1964
| next_title    = [[Tired of Waiting for You]]
| next_year     = 1965
}}

"'''All Day and All of the Night'''" is a song by the English [[rock music|rock]] band [[the Kinks]] from 1964. Released as a single, it reached No. 2 in the UK on the ''[[Record Retailer]]'' chart<ref name="UK"/> and No. 7 on the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] chart in 1965.<ref name="US"/> The song was included on the ''Kinksize Hits'' EP in the UK and the Kinks' second American  album, ''[[Kinks-Size]]'' (1965).

==Background==
Like their previous hit "[[You Really Got Me]]", the song is based on a [[power chord]] [[riff]]. Both songs are similar in beat and structure, with similar background vocals, progressions, and [[guitar solo]]s.

[[Dave Davies]] claimed that the song was where he "found his voice":
{{blockquote|I liked the guitar sound on "All Day And All of the Night", the second single we had. When they tried to develop amplifiers that had pre-gain and all, I thought it wasn't quite right, and I struggled with the sound for a while. I never liked [[Marshall Amplification|Marshalls]], because they sounded like everybody else. Then in the mid '70s I started using [[Peavey Electronics|Peavey]], and people said, "Nobody uses Peavey{{snd}}[[Country music|country]] and western bands use them" [laughs]. I used to blow them up every night. I used two Peavey Maces together, and it was brilliant.<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Matt |last= Resnicoff |title= Dave Davies – Out of the Survivors |date= March 1990 |magazine= [[Guitar Player]] |url= http://www.davedavies.com/articles/gp_0390.htm |access-date= 28 March 2015 |url-status= dead |archive-date= 23 September 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212828/http://www.davedavies.com/articles/gp_0390.htm}}</ref>}}

''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' described the song as a "potent entry," stating that the "raw, gutsy delivery is maintained along with raunchy guitar sound."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Singles Reviews |magazine= [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |page= 39 |date= 19 December 1964 |access-date= 2 April 2021 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1964/Billboard%201964-12-19.pdf}}</ref> ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' described it as a "raunchy-rock'er that should flip the teeners," similar to "You Really Got Me."<ref>{{cite magazine|title= Record Reviews > Pick of the Week |magazine= Cash Box |volume= XXVI |issue= 15 |page= 8 |date= 19 December 1964 |access-date= 12 January 2022 |url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1964/CB-1964-12-19.pdf}}</ref>

=="Hello, I Love You" controversies==
Similarities between the song and [[the Doors]]' 1968 song, "[[Hello, I Love You]]" have been pointed out. Ray Davies said on the topic: "My publisher wanted to sue. I was unwilling to do that. I think they cut a deal somewhere, but I don't know the details."<ref>{{cite magazine|first= Andy |last= Greene |title= Ray Davies: 'If We Do a Kinks Show, We're the Kinks' |url= https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/ray-davies-if-we-do-a-kinks-show-were-the-kinks-20141127 |magazine= [[Rolling Stone]] |date= 27 November 2014 |access-date= 29 March 2015}}</ref> Dave Davies added: "That one is the most irritating of all of them{{nbsp}}... I did a show where I played 'All Day and All of the Night' and stuck in a piece of 'Hello, I Love You'. There was some response, there were a few smiles. But I've never understood why nobody's ever said anything about it. You can't say anything about the Doors. You're not allowed to."<ref>{{cite news|first= Buddy |last= Resnicoff |title= Loyal Pains: The Davies Boys Are Still at It |newspaper= [[Los Angeles Times]] |url= http://www.davedavies.com/articles/lat_0497-01.htm |date= 30 April 1997 |access-date= 29 March 2015 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150923212829/http://www.davedavies.com/articles/lat_0497-01.htm |archive-date= 23 September 2015 |url-status= dead}}</ref>

In the liner notes to the Doors Box set, [[Robby Krieger]] has denied the allegations that the song's musical structure was stolen from Ray Davies. Instead, he said the song's vibe was taken from [[Cream (band)|Cream]]'s song "[[Sunshine of Your Love]]".  According to the Doors biography ''[[No One Here Gets Out Alive]]'', courts in the UK determined in favour of Davies and any royalties for the song are paid to him.<ref>{{cite news|first= Adrian |last= Deevoy |title= The Kinks' Ray Davies: Brexit is 'bigger than the Berlin Wall' |newspaper= [[The Guardian]] |date= 11 May 2017 |access-date= 1 August 2020 |url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/may/11/the-kinks-ray-davies-brexit-is-bigger-than-the-berlin-wall}}</ref> It is unlikely that Davies was behind the lawsuit, given what little return awaited him under his publishing arrangement.

== Personnel ==

According to band researcher Doug Hinman:{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=38}}

'''The Kinks'''
*[[Ray Davies]]{{snd}} lead vocal, rhythm guitar
*[[Dave Davies]]{{snd}} backing vocal, lead guitar
*[[Pete Quaife]]{{snd}} backing vocal, bass

'''Additional musicians'''
*[[Perry Ford]]{{snd}} piano
*[[Bobby Graham (musician)|Bobby Graham]]{{snd}} drums
*[[John Goodison (musician)|Johnny B. Great]]{{snd}} backing vocal

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1964–1965)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australia ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=167}}</ref>
|14
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|40|artist=The Kinks|song=All Day and All of the Night|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{single chart|Canadatopsingles|12|chartid=5612|rowheader=true}}
|-
!scope="row"|France (''[[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]]'')<ref>{{Cite web |title=InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par K |url=https://infodisc.fr/Tubes_Artistes_K.php |access-date=2022-05-06 |website=infodisc.fr}}</ref>
| style="text-align:center;" |12
|-
{{single chart|Dutch40|17|year=1965|week=1|rowheader=true|access-date=18 January 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|9|artist=The Kinks|song=All Day and All of the Night|rowheader=true|access-date=11 June 2013}}
|-
!scope="row"|New Zealand ([[New Zealand Listener|Lever Hit Parade]])<ref>{{Cite web|title=flavour of new zealand - search lever|url=http://www.flavourofnz.co.nz/index.php?qpageID=search%20lever&qartistid=489#n_view_location|access-date=2021-03-17|website=www.flavourofnz.co.nz}}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden ([[Kvällstoppen]])<ref name=":5">{{Cite book|last=Hallberg|first=Eric|title=Eric Hallberg presenterar Kvällstoppen i P 3: Sveriges radios topplista över veckans 20 mest sålda skivor 10. 7. 1962 - 19. 8. 1975|publisher=Drift Musik|year=193|isbn=9163021404|location=|pages=}}</ref>
|18
|-
!scope="row"|Sweden (''[[Tio i Topp]]'')<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hallberg |first=Eric |title=Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74 |last2=Henningsson |first2=Ulf |publisher=Premium Publishing |year=1998 |isbn=919727125X |location= |pages=447}}</ref>
|10
|-
{{single chart|UK|2|date=19641121|rowheader=true|access-date=11 June 2013|refname="UK"}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardhot100|7|artist=The Kinks|rowheader=true|refname="US"}}
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' Top 100<ref>{{cite magazine|title=100 Top Pops|date= 13 February 1965 |magazine= [[Record World]] | page= 3 | url= https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Record-World/60s/65/RW-1965-02-13.pdf }}</ref>
|5
|-
!scope="row"|US ''[[Record World]]'' 100 Top Pops<ref>{{cite magazine|title= CASH BOX Top 100 Singles – Week ending DECEMBER 5, 1964 |date= 5 December 1964 |magazine= [[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |url= http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19641205.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121006203509/http://cashboxmagazine.com/archives/60s_files/19641205.html |archive-date= 6 October 2012}}</ref>
|8
|-
{{single chart|West Germany|22|artist=The Kinks|song=All Day and All of the Night|songid=12226|rowheader=true|access-date=11 June 2013}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=single|artist=Kinks|title=All Day and All of the Night|award=Gold|relyear=2005|certyear=2023|id=15424-1446-1|access-date=29 September 2023}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true|noshipments=true|streaming=true}}

==Cover versions==
* English heavy metal band [[Praying Mantis (band)|Praying Mantis]] recorded a cover for their 1981 debut album ''[[Time Tells No Lies]]''. It was released as the album's second and final single, reaching No. 106 on the UK ''[[Record Business]]'' Singles chart in April 1981.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Singles Top 100 - Ones to Watch |magazine=[[Record Business]] |date=6 April 1981 |volume=4 |issue=3 |page=11 |issn=0144-0691}}</ref>
* [[The Stranglers]] recorded a cover in 1987, reaching No. 7 in the [[UK Singles Chart]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=26 December 1987 |title=Xmas News |magazine=[[Record Mirror]] |page=9 |issn=0144-5804}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|first= David |last= Roberts |title= [[British Hit Singles & Albums]] |year= 2006 |page= 535 |edition= 19th |publisher= Guinness World Records Limited |location= London |isbn= 1-904994-10-5}}</ref>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

=== Sources ===
{{Refbegin}}
* {{cite book |editor1-last=Borack |editor1-first=John M. |title=Shake Some Action: The Ultimate Guide To Power Pop |date=2007 |publisher=Not Lame Recording Company |location=Fort Collins, Colorado |isbn=978-0-9797714-0-8 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=pqtGTJgE4rEC |language=en}}
* {{cite book |last1=Hinman |first1=Doug |title=The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day-by-Day Concerts, Recordings and Broadcasts, 1961–1996 |date=2004 |publisher=Backbeat Books |location=San Francisco, California |isbn=978-0-87930-765-3}}
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