Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Live 1973) “Waterloo Sunset” is a song by English rock band the Kinks. It was released as a single on 5 May 1967 and featured on the album Something Else by the Kinks later that year. Written and produced by Kinks frontman Ray Davies, “Waterloo Sunset” is one of the band’s best-known and most acclaimed songs, and was ranked number 14 on the 2021 edition of Rolling Stone’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. It was also their first single that was available in true stere

Waterloo Sunset is one of the most beloved and critically acclaimed songs in British rock history. It marked a sharp departure from The Kinks' earlier R&B/Hard Rock hits, showcasing the band's shift towards narrative songwriting, which was highly poetic and focused on English society. The song is about a lonely narrator looking out their window and watching the young couple, Terry and Julie, meeting at Waterloo Station as the sun sets over the River Thames. The combination of its gentle, melanch

#OnThisDay May 5, 1967: The Kinks release ‘Waterloo Sunset’, one of their most beloved singles. Peaking at No. 2 in the UK charts, it also cracked the Top 10 in in Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe. Check out this terrific live version from 1973. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIlxLO-XjX0 | Spotlight - Sony Music UK