The Kinks' Chart Positions

U.S. Chart Positions
U.K. Chart Positions
Austria Chart Positions
Australia Chart Positions
New Zealand Chart Positions
Holland Chart Positions
Germany Chart Positions
Belgium Chart Positions
Sweden Chart Positions
Canada Chart Positions

U.S. Chart Positions

(Thanks to Bob Gill for sending this information.)

Singles

Billboard    Cash Box    Record World*
---------    --------    ------------
     7           5             8          You Really Got Me
     7           6             8          All Day And All Of The Night
   129           -             -          Long Tall Sally
     6           5             5          Tired Of Waiting For You/
               129           122            Come On Now
    23          24            21          Set Me Free
    34          40            39          Who'll Be The Next In Line
   111         102           116          See My Friends
    13           9            10          Well Respected Man
    50          43            37          Till The End Of The Day
    36          59            55          Dedicated Follower of Fashion
    14          11            11          Sunny Afternoon
    73          72            72          Dead End Street
    80          64            79          Mr. Pleasant
     -         141             -          Waterloo Sunset
    62          54            64          Victoria
     9           8             7          Lola
    45          39            33          Apeman
     -         127           132          God's Children
   106         113           114          20th Century Man
   111           -           127          Supersonic Rocket Ship
   108           -             -          One Of The Survivors
    48          69            62          Sleepwalker
     -           -            91          Jukebox Music
    30          36            33          Rock And Roll Fantasy
    41          42            55          (Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman
    81           -            83          Lola
    85           -           101          Destroyer
    92           -            91          Better Things
     6          11             -          Come Dancing
    29          34             -          Don't Forget To Dance
    41          50             -          Do It Again
    
    
*Record World folded in mid 1982.

Albums

(second number = weeks on chart) 
Billboard    Cash Box    Record World*
---------    --------    ------------
  29-26        25-22         20-23        You Really Got Me
  13-29        10-24         12-21        Kinks-Size
  60- 9        54- 9         37-10        Kinda Kinks
  47-17        45-16         43-17        Kinkdom
  95-12        72- 9         52-10        Kinks Kontroversy
   9-64        13-21          8-19        The Kinks Greatest Hits
 135- 3        57- 8         47- 8        Face To Face
 162- 4        83- 7         96- 4        The Live Kinks
 153- 2        89- 7           -          Something Else
    -            -             -          Village Green Preservation Society
 105-20        53-14         50-14        Arthur
  35-12        39-14         22-18        Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround
  94-13        72-11         87-11        The Kink Kronikles
 145- 5        78- 9         74-10        The Great Lost Kinks Album
 
 100-14        50-12         48-13        Muswell Hillbillies
  70-14        68-13         47-14        Everybody's in Show-Biz
 177- 6       151- 8        106-12        Preservation Act I
 114-11        79-12        105- 9        Preservation Act II
  51-13        33-14         28-19        Soap Opera
  45-14        64-13         43-13        Schoolboys in Disgrace
 144- 5          -          155- 6        Kinks' Greatest -- Celluloid Heroes
 177- 4          -             -          Second Time Around
 
  21-16        25-17         31-15        Sleepwalker
  40-21        39-22         30-20        Misfits
  11-18        16-19         23-16        Low Budget
  14-33        14-35         17-22        One For The Road
  15-36        22-30         28-25        Give The People What They Want
  12-25        16-29           -          State Of Confusion
  57-20        46-27           -          Word Of Mouth
 159- 4          -             -          Come Dancing With The Kinks
 
  81-19        85-19           -          Think Visual
 110- 7       112-12           -          Live -- The Road
 122- 8       140- 8           -          UK Jive
    -            -             -          Lost & Found
  
 166- 1          -             -          Phobia

Dave Davies' Albums

(second number = weeks on chart) 
Billboard    Cash Box    Record World*
---------    --------    ------------
  42-14        76-11         82- 8        Dave Davies
 152- 8       185- 4        198- 3        Glamour
 202- 3          -             -          Chosen People

Ray Davies' Albums

(second number = weeks on chart) 
Billboard    Cash Box    Record World*
---------    --------    ------------
    -            -             -          Return To Waterloo
    -            -             -          Storyteller
 122- 1          -             -          Other People's Lives
 140- 1          -             -          Working Man's Café


U.K. Chart Positions

RR = Record Retailer, which is the one that's considered sort of the official one today. However, it hadn't attained that status in the '60s, though it was probably just as authoritative as the others. I believe it went up to #50 throughout this period.
MM = Melody Maker. It seems to me that this one carried more weight in the '60s. It went up to #50 until sometime in 1967, when it cut back to #30. That means it missed a few of the Kinks' marginal hits, like Wonderboy.
NME = New Musical Express. This one was about equal in clout to MM, I think. It was only a top 30, never any more.
D = Disc, also called Disc and Music Echo for part of this time. It carried a top 30 until April 1966, when it expanded to a top 50. In mid-1967 it ceased compiling its own charts and used the MM charts instead, so I stopped it at that point.

Mark Haley adds these comments: Although I'm a bit young to remember, I do know plenty of people who were active in the music business at the time. They'll all tell you the same story. In the 60's the chart was NME. It really changed when Top Of The Pops got established which used the Record Retailer chart. Whichever, You Really Got Me was a # 1 classic.

Singles

 RR   MM  NME    D
 -----------------
  /  #42    /    /   Long Tall Sally
 #1   #1   #1   #2   You Really Got Me
 #2   #2   #3   #2   All Day and All of the Night
 #1   #1   #1   #1   Tired of Waiting for You
#17  #20  #19  #18   Everybody's Gonna Be Happy
 #9   #8   #9   #9   Set Me Free
#10  #11  #15  #13   See My Friends
 #8   #6   #8   #6   Till the End of the Day
 #4   #2   #4   #4   Dedicated Follower of Fashion
 #1   #2   #1   #1   Sunny Afternoon
 #5   #6   #8   #5   Dead End Street
 #2   #2   #2   #2   Waterloo Sunset
 #3   #3   #4   #4   Death of a Clown
 #3   #5   #5   ..   Autumn Almanac
#20    /  #20   ..   Susannah's Still Alive
#36    /  #28   ..   Wonderboy
#12  #10  #14   ..   Days
#31  #28  #28   ..   Plastic Man
#33    /  #30   ..   Victoria
 #2   #2   #1   ..   Lola
 #5   #6   #5   ..   Apeman
#16  #16  #23   ..   Supersonic Rocket Ship
#46   ..   ..   ..   Better Things (on 27.06.81)
#12   ..   ..   ..   Come Dancing (on 06.08.83)
#58   ..   ..   ..   Don't Forget To Dance (on 15.10.83)
#47   ..   ..   ..   You Really Got Me (re-issue) (on 15.10.83)

Albums

For albums the list is much shorter. No new Kinks album cracked the charts after Something Else, partly because the album charts in Melody Maker and New Musical Express included only the top 10. (NME expanded to a top 15 in late 1966, but too late to pick up Face to Face.) Record Retailer expanded to a top 50 at some point, which accounts for Something Else's high position. Disc didn't carry album charts until April 1966, and then only the top 10.

 RR   MM  NME
 ------------
 #3   #4   #5   The Kinks
 #3   #3   #2   Kinda Kinks
 #9   #7  #10   Kinks Kontroversy
 #5   #6   #4   Well Respected Kinks (compilation)
#12   #8    /   Face to Face
 #9   #9  #10   Sunny Afternoon (compilation)
#35    /    /   Something Else

Austria Chart Positions

 

Date (day/month/year)    Title                   #/(weeks #1)   weeks on charts

05.07.66                 Sunny Afternoon               8               16
05.11.66                 Dandy                         5               16
02.02.67                 Dead End Street              12                5
05.07.67                 Waterloo Sunset              11                8
30.11.67                 Autumn Almanac                9                1
24.04.69                 Plastic Man                  12                2
02.08.70                 Lola                          2               17
                         Lola (Oe3)                    2               17
03.01.71                 Apeman                        1/(2)           10
                         Apeman (Oe3)                  1/(5)           10
20.11.83                 Don't Forget To Dance (Oe3)   4               12


Since the 70ies the Oe3-Hitlist is the most popular in Austria. (Oe3 = Radiostation from ORF). Lola and Apeman were rated in both the "old" list and Oe3.

Australia Chart Positions

The Kinks' Australian Singles Top 40 Chart History

Single
Entered Chart
Position of Entry
Highest Postition
Weeks On Chart
You Really Got Me (Astor AP-1070
10.7.64
30
2
14
All Day And All Of The Night (Astor AP-1080)
12.2.64
35
18
13
Tired Of Waiting For Your (Astor AP-1099)
3.24.65
37
24
8
A Well Respected Man (Astor AP-1179)
2.2.66
27
18
5
Sunny Afternoon (Astor AP-1261)
8.3.66
29
12
12
Waterloo Sunset (Astor AP-1369)
6.21.67
31
6
9
Death Of A Clown (Astor AP1401)*
9.13.67
39
31
4
Lola (Astor AP-1725)
12.4.70
29
2
16
Apeman (Astor AP-1748)
6.28.71
34
9
12

*Listed as Dave Davies solo

SOURCE: "The Book - Top 40 Research (5th Edition) 1956 - 1999" by Jim Barnes & Stephen Scanes. Available from www.timewarp.com.au or Barscan Music Research, PO Box 59, Berowra, NSW, 2081, Australia. Price: $70 (Australian which is aprox. $37 US or 25 UK Pounds plus postage).



More Australian Chart Positions

These are from the book "Australian Chart Book 1970-1992" by David Kent, Australian Chart Book, St Ives NSW, Australia. Kent based his figures on the top 100 charts that came into being around 1970 in Australia. Barnes and Scanes based their figures on the Sydney radio charts and the Australian Music Report as accurate charts didn't really exist before 1970. Thanks to Michael Hayne for sending these in.

SingleEntered
Chart		Highest
Position		Weeks On
Chart
Victoria16 Feb 1970577
Lola21 Sep 1970430
Apeman25 Jan 1971516
God's Children14 Jun 1971534
20th Century Man13 Mar 1972893
(Wish I Could Fly Like) Superman14 May 19797110
Lola10 Nov 19806922
Come Dancing4 Jul 19833613

AlbumEntered
Chart		Highest
Position		Weeks On
Chart
Lola vs Powerman and the Moneygoround8 Mar 1971247
Anthology of Recorded Events21 Jun 1971402
Muswell Hillbillies28 Feb 1972367
Everybody's in Showbiz8 Jan 19733814
Preservation Act I1 Jul 1974923
Misfits31 Jul 1978796
Low Budget8 Oct 1979855
One for the Road22 Sep 19807110
State of Confusion25 Jul 1983963
The Kinks Top 2014 Nov 19835213
Think Visual9 Feb 1987971
The Ultimate Collection29 Jan 19903418

 

New Zealand Chart Positions

(Thanks to Michael Hayne for sending in this information.)

Single
Entered Chart
Peak Postition
(Weeks at that position)
Weeks On Chart
Dedicated Follower of Fashion
20 May 1966
1 (3)
7
Sunny Afternoon
26 Aug 1966
2 (1)
7
Dead End Street
27 Jan 1967
4
7
Waterloo Sunset
4 Aug 1967
7
8
Autumn Almanac
26 Jan 1968
17
1
Days
20 Sep 1968
11
5
Lola
18 Sep 1970
1 (6)
14
Apeman
26 Feb 1971
5
9
God's Children
17 Sep 1971
21
0
Don't Forget To Dance
14 Oct 1983
38
4

Album
Entered Chart
Peak Postition
Weeks On Chart
One For The Road
11 Jul 1980
31
3
State Of Confusion
21 Oct 1983
44
1
Ultimate Collection
7 Sep 1990
46
1

The single positions cames from the book:
Scapolo, Dean (1997), "New Zealand Music Charts 1966-1996: Singles", IPL Books, NZ.
while the album positions are from the book:
Scapolo, Dean (2001) "New Zealand Music Charts 1975-2000: Albums", IPL Books, NZ.

Some information about NZ music charts:
New Zealand charts began in 1966 when the first New Zealand Top 20 came into being as printed in the "New Zealand Listener" under the name of the "pop-o-meter". It was based on the results of a poll in which readers voted for their top five songs. The polls were eventually replaced in April 1970 with sales figures, which were reasonably accurate. In 1975, a national top 40 was established along with a top 40 album chart, based on nationwide sales throughout the many record stores. In 1979 these charts became top 50.

Holland Chart Positions

(Thanks to Peter Weenink for sending in this information.)

There was only one official national chart here since 1965 (veronica top 40), until 1969, but since then not many hits followed, so I don't notice other charts. About albums: there wasn't an official album chart till '69. It was first top 20, later top 50, but none of the Kinks-albums did made an entry, which the exception of "One for the Road", which went to #10 in early 1981 (as a result of the big hit the "Lola"-live single about that time).

Date
 Title
Highest
position

Weeks on
chart
03 Oct '64
 You really got me
23
?
02 Jan '65
 All day & all of the night
17
8
27 Feb '65
 Tired of waiting for you
18
8
24 Apr '65
 Everybody's gonna be happy
28
3
19 Jun '65
 Set me free
12
10
28 Aug '65
 See my friend
26
6
06 Nov '65
 A well respected man
8
16
25 Dec '65
 Till the end of the day
4
14
19 Mar '66
 Dedicated followed of fashion
1
15
02 Jul '66
 Sunny afternoon
1
12
29 Oct '66
 Dandy
3
12
03 Dec '66
 Dead-end street
5
10
29 Apr '67
 Mr. Pleasant
2
12
27 May '67
 Waterloo sunset
1
12
29 Jul '67
 Death of a clown*
2
13
04 Nov '67
 Autumn almanac
6
9
30 Dec '67
 Susanna's still alive*
10
8
27 Apr '68
 Wonder boy
6
9
06 Jul '68
 Lincoln county*
15
7
20 Jul '68
 Days
7
9
16 Nov '68
 Starstruck
13
8
19 Apr '69
 Plastic man
17
5
18 Oct '69
 Shangri-la
27
4
01 Aug '70
 Lola
1
17
19 Dec '70
 Apeman
14
8
24 Jun '72
 Supersonic rocketship
29
3
29 Nov '80
 Lola (live)
1
13
07 May '83
 Come dancing
25
4

* = as by Dave Davies
This information: from the book "Top 40 - Hit Dossier"

Germany Chart Positions

(Thanks to Dieter Ziuber for sending in this information.)

Single
Entry Date
Highest Postition
Weeks On Chart
You Really Got Me
5 Dec 1964
39
4
All Day And All Of The Night
16 Jan 1965
22
8
Tired Of Waiting For You
20 Mar 1965
27
6
Dedicated Follower Of Fashion
14 May 1966
11
9
Sunny Afternoon
6 Aug 1966
7
16
Dandy
5 Nov 1966
1
20
Dead End Street
4 Feb 1967
5
11
Mr. Pleasant
10 Jun 1967
12
8
Waterloo Sunset
8 Jul 1967
7
12
Death Of A Clown (Dave Davies)
9 Sep 1967
3
14
Autumn Almanac
2 Dec 1967
13
6
Susannah's Still Alive (Dave Davies)
13 Jan 1968
27
6
Wonder Boy
15 Jun 1968
29
6
Days
28 Aug 1968
28
9
Lola
15 Aug 1970
2
20
Apeman
4 Jan 1971
9
14

 

Album
Entry Date
Highest Postition
Weeks On Chart
The Kinks
15 Feb 1965
7
40
Kinda Kinks
15 May 1965
12
24
Kinks In Germany
15 Dec 1965
22
6
The Kink Kontroversy
15 Apr 1966
8
16
Face To Face
15 Oct 1966
12
24
Something Else By The Kinks
15 Dec 1967
31
8
IHRE 20 GRÖßTEN HITS
5 Mar 1979
4
7
One For The Road
28 Jul 1980
49
6
State Of Confusion
11 Jul 1983
55
7
Phobia
26 Apr 1993
92
3

 

The chart positions are from the books HIT BILANZ DEUTSCHE CHART
SINGLES 1956-2000 and HIT BILANZ DEUTSCHE CHART LPs 1962-2000.

Belgium Chart Positions

(Thanks to Raf Mostien for sending in this information.)

Kinks Belgium hitparade 60s

Single
Label
Date
Highest Position
Set me free / I need you
Pye
08/65
---
A well respected man / Milkcow blues
Pye
12/65
20
Till the end of the day / Where have all the good times gone
Pye
03/66
25
Dedicated follower of fashion / Sittin' on my sofa
Pye
05/66
13
Sunny afternoon / I'm not like everybody else
Pye
07/66
14
Dandy / Party line
Pye
11/66
02
Dead end street / Big black smoke
Pye
01/67
11
Mr. Pleasant / This is where i belong
Pye
05/67
03
Waterloo sunset / Act nice and gentle
Pye
07/67
08
Autumn almanac / David Watts
Pye
12/67
05
Days / She's got everything
Pye
08/68
17
Lola
Pye
za 5 September 1970
3
Apeman
Pye
za 30 Januari 1971
14
Lola (Live)
Arista
za 17 Januari 1981
2
Come Dancing
Arista
za 4 Juni 1983
18


Dave Davies

Death of a clown / Love me till the sun shines
Pye
09/67
05
Susannah’s still alive / Funny face
Pye
02/68
18


Dave Berry

This strange effect / Now
Decca
09/65
01


Sources: Song-Parade/Jukebox/Humo Found on : http://www.rock-ola.be/

 

Sweden Chart Positions

(Thanks to Erik Alm for sending this information.)

I have included information from three charts:

Tio i topp (Ten in top) was a very influential voting chart during the period 1962-73.
Every week, five new songs competed against the ten on the chart
x in my list means tested but did not make the chart
The information comes from a book by Eric Hallberg and Ulf Henningson

Kvällstoppen was the sales chart during the period 1962-75. It included both singles and albums in the same chart
No Kinks album did however make it to Kvällstoppen.
The information comes from a book by Eric Hallberg

Topplistan was (and is) the sales chart from 1975 onwards, most of the time with 20 singles and 50 albums.
The information comes from a book by Wille Wendt (in English!)

The books Tio i topp and Topplistan could be acquired from http://www.premiumpublishing.com/
The book Kvällstoppen could maybe be acquired from the author at eric.hallberg@swipnet.se

 

Kinks singles

 
Tio i topp
  
Kvällstoppen/Topplistan
 
Entry date
Highest position
Number of weeks
Entry date
Highest position
Number of weeks
You really got me
26.09.64
8
1
22.09.64
11
5
All day and all of the night
12.12.64
10
1
22.12.64
18
1
Tired of waiting for you
06.03.65
3
4
09.03.65
6
6
Everybody's gonna be happy
08.05.64
x
0
Set me free
24.07.65
x
0
See my friend
07.09.65
19
1
A well respected man
01.01.66
1
9
25.01.66
5
8
Till the end of the day
01.01.66
1
9
11.01.66
3
10
Wonder where my baby is tonight
26.03.66
4
5
05.04.66
7
6
Dedicated follower of fashion
02.04.66
5
7
12.04.66
6
7
Sunny afternoon
02.07.66
2
9
28.06.66
2
11
Dead end street
07.01.67
4
5
03.01.67
12
8
Waterloo sunset
15.07.67
4
3
25.07.67
14
2
Wonderboy
15.06.68
x
0
Days
31.08.68
x
0
Victoria
17.01.70
8
3
Lola
19.09.70
2
9
29.09.70
5
10
Apeman
27.02.71
10
1
Come dancing
08.03.83
18
2

 

Dave Davies singles

 
Tio i topp
  
Kvällstoppen/Topplistan
 
Entry date
Highest position
Number of weeks
Entry date
Highest position
Number of weeks
Susannah's still alive        
08.03.83
18
2

 

Kinks albums

 
Tio i topp
  
Kvällstoppen/Topplistan
 
Entry date
Highest position
Number of weeks
Entry date
Highest position
Number of weeks
Sleepwalker        
77.03.11
29
4
Misfits        
78.07.28
34
2
Low budget        
79.08.10
46
4
Give the people what they want        
81.09.25
23
4
Word of mouth        
84.12.21
50
2

 

 

Canada Chart Positions

(Thanks to Nelson for sending this information.)

TitleEntry datePeak positionWeeks in Top 40
YOU REALLY GOT ME12/7/6446
ALL DAY AND ALL OF THE NIGHT1/25/65124
TIRED OF WAITING4/26/6535
SET ME FREE8/2/6526
WHO'LL BE THE NEXT IN LINE9/27/65254
TILL THE END OF THE DAY5/16/66344
DEDICATED FOLLOWER OF FASHION6/27/66114
SUNNY AFTERNOON9/26/661(1)8
DEADEND STREET2/4/67282
VICTORIA4/11/70334
LOLA10/31/7029
APEMAN2/20/71196
ROCK 'N' ROLL FANTASY9/30/78304
(I WISH I COULD FLY LIKE) SUPERMAN7/7/7943-
DESTROYER11/28/81354
COME DANCING7/18/83613
DON'T FORGET TO DANCE10/31/83208

 

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