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"Set Me Free" is a song byRay Davies, released first bythe Kinks in 1965. Along with "Tired of Waiting for You", it is one of band's first attempts at a softer, more introspective sound. The song's B-side, "I Need You", makes prominent use ofpowerchords in the style of the Kinks' early "raunchy" sound. "Set Me Free" was heard in theKen Loach-directedUp the Junction, a BBCWednesday Play which aired in November 1965; this marked the first appearance of a Kinks song on a film or TV soundtrack.

Billboard said of the single that "hot on the heels of [the Kinks'] 'Tired of Waiting for You' smash comes this down home blues rhythm material with a good teen lyric."^[3]Cash Box described it as "a snappy tune that’s taken for an engaging disk ride."^[4]

Personnel

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According to band researcher Doug Hinman:^[1]

The Kinks

Ray Davies – lead vocal, rhythm guitar
Dave Davies – backing vocal, lead guitar
Pete Quaife – bass
Mick Avory – drums

Additional musician

Rasa Davies – backing vocal

Charts

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Chart (1965)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)^[5]	54
Canada Top Singles (RPM)^[6]	2
France (IFOP)^[7]	29
Germany (GfK)^[8]	32
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)^[9]	12
Sweden (Tio i Topp)^[10]	11
UK Singles (OCC)^[11]	9
USBillboard Hot 100^[12]	23
USCash Box Top 100^[13]	24

References

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^^a ^b ^cHinman 2004, p. 56.
^Turner 2003, p. 560.
^"Singles Reviews"(PDF).Billboard. 5 June 1965. p. 35. Retrieved12 March 2021.
^"CashBox Record Reviews"(PDF).Cash Box. 5 June 1965. p. 12. Retrieved12 January 2022.
^"Every AMR Top 100 Single in 1965".www.top100singles.net.
^"Top RPM Singles: Issue 5601."RPM.Library and Archives Canada.
^"InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque Artiste commençant par K" (in French). InfoDisc. Select "Kinks" from the artist drop-down menu. Retrieved15 January 2021.
^"The Kinks – Set Me Free" (in German).GfK Entertainment charts.
^"Nederlandse Top 40 – The Kinks" (in Dutch).Dutch Top 40.
^Hallberg, Eric; Henningsson, Ulf (1998).Eric Hallberg, Ulf Henningsson presenterar Tio i topp med de utslagna på försök: 1961 - 74. Premium Publishing. p. 447.ISBN 919727125X.
^"Kinks: Artist Chart History".Official Charts Company.
^"The Kinks Chart History (Hot 100)".Billboard.
^"Cash Box Top 100 7/17/65".cashboxmagazine.com. Retrieved15 January 2021.

Sources

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Hinman, Doug (2004).The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books.ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
Turner, Alwyn W. (2003). "The Kinks". In Buckley, Peter (ed.).The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). London:Rough Guides. pp. 560–561.ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0.

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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	"This Strange Effect" "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"

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