She's Got Everything (The Kinks song)

"She's Got Everything" is a song written by Ray Davies and released by The Kinks. It first appeared as the B-side of The Kinks' 1968 single, "Days".

The track was covered by The Romantics on their self-titled debut album.

Background

"She's Got Everything" was recorded in February 1966 (with possible overdubs on the song done in 1968) during the Face to Face sessions.^[1] However, the song was not used for said album (or its follow-up, Something Else by The Kinks), and was left unreleased. However, two years later in 1968, The Kinks were forced to rush-release another single, "Days" (originally intended to be an album track on The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society), after their previous single, "Wonderboy", under-performed. "She's Got Everything" was then salvaged from their previously unreleased tracks to be used as the B-side. The track was also to be the opening track of the unreleased Four More Respected Gentlemen U.S. album.

In his 33 and 1/3 book, Andy Miller stated, "Ray Davies' [sic] decision to release it when and how he did is interesting. In the summer of 1968, despite having many more recent Kinks tracks to choose from, he selected a song that, even when it was recorded, must have sounded old-fashioned. The track listing for The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society was still in flux, and it is clear that Davies did not want to waste any potential candidates for the finished album as b-sides."^[1]

Lyrics and music

"She's Got Everything" sees the singer saying that he's " got a girl who's oh, so good," saying that "she's got everything." He says that "all other guys just stand and stare" and that he "ain't got a dime but she don't care" (however, he also mentions "I don't need money 'cause I got everything that I could want"). "And I can't live without her love," he also says.

The track is sung by Ray Davies, with backing vocals from other members of the band. The song also features a guitar solo by lead guitarist Dave Davies described by Miller as "both timeless and utterly ridiculous."^[1]

"She's Got Everything" is more closely related to The Kinks' early garage rock, with its guitar driven style and simple lyrics. Miller called the track a "knowing pastiche of the sound formerly made by the group."^[1]

Other appearances

"She's Got Everything" has appeared in multiple other Kinks releases aside from the "Days" single. it first appeared in album format on The Kink Kronikles, a 1972 compilation album that varied from hits to rarities. Other compilation albums the track appeared on include The Ultimate Collection and Picture Book. It also appeared as a bonus track on reissues of Face to Face. An early 1966 session version with different lyrics and a French horn appeared on the 2014 50th anniversary box set, The Anthology 1964-1971.

Reception

"She's Got Everything" received mixed reviews. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called the track a highlight from the compilation album The Kink Kronikles.^[2] Andrew Hickey said in his book, Preservation: The Kinks' Music 1964 - 1974 that the track was "uninspired".^[3]

References

1 2 3 4 Miller, Andy. Kinks' The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society.
↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "AllMusic 'The Kinks Kronikles'".
↑ Hickey, Andrew. Preservation: The Kinks Music 1964 - 1974.

The Kinks

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Studio albums	Kinks Kinda Kinks The Kink Kontroversy Face to Face Something Else by The Kinks The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire) Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One Muswell Hillbillies Everybody's in Show-Biz Preservation Act 1 Preservation Act 2 Soap Opera Schoolboys in Disgrace Sleepwalker Misfits Low Budget Give the People What They Want State of Confusion Word of Mouth Think Visual UK Jive Phobia

Live albums	Live at Kelvin Hall One for the Road Live: The Road To the Bone

EPs	Kinksize Session Kwyet Kinks

Compilations	Kinks-Size Kinkdom Greatest Hits! Well Respected Kinks Sunny Afternoon The Kink Kronikles The Great Lost Kinks Album The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Lost & Found (1986–1989) The Ultimate Collection Picture Book

Unreleased projects	Four More Respected Gentlemen A Hole in the Sock of (Dave Davies)

Stage	Sunny Afternoon (musical)

Related articles	Discography Band members Konk The Kast Off Kinks Argent X-Ray Percy Do It Again Give the People What We Want: Songs of The Kinks

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The Kinks singles discography

UK and US singles 1960s	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"

UK and US singles 1970s	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"

UK and US singles 1980s	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)"

UK and US singles 1990s	1990 "How Do I Get Close" 1993 "Only a Dream" "Scattered"

Notable Non-UK/US Singles	1966 "Dandy" (Europe) 1969 "Picture Book" (Australia) "Australia" (Australia) 1983 "State of Confusion" (Germany) 1991 "Did Ya" (Europe)

Other Selected Songs	"Bald Headed Woman" "Stop Your Sobbing" "I Need You" "I Go to Sleep" "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" "Big Black Smoke" "Party Line" "Rosie 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" "Long Distance"

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society

15-track version

Side one	"The Village Green Preservation Society" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Picture Book" "Johnny Thunder" "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" "Big Sky" "Sitting by the Riverside"

Side two	"Animal Farm" "Village Green" "Starstruck" "Phenomenal Cat" "All of My Friends Were There" "Wicked Annabella" "Monica" "People Take Pictures of Each Other"

12-track version

Side one	"The Village Green Preservation Society" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Picture Book" "Johnny Thunder" "Monica" "Days"

Side two	"Village Green" "Mr. Songbird" "Wicked Annabella" "Starstruck" "Phenomenal Cat" "People Take Pictures of Each Other"

Unreleased Four More Respected Gentlemen

Side one	"She's Got Everything" "Monica" "Mr. Songbird" "Johnny Thunder" "Polly" "Days"

Side two	"Animal Farm" "Berkeley Mews" "Picture Book" "Phenomenal Cat" "Misty Water"

Other songs

"Wonderboy"
"Easy Come, There You Went"
"Did You See His Name"
"Mick Avory's Underpants"
"Lavender Hill"
"Rosemary Rose"
"Spotty Grotty Anna"
"Where Did My Spring Go"
"Groovy Movies"
"Creeping Jean"
"King Kong"

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