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"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 band The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
, originally released on the UK EP Kwyet Kinks
Kwyet Kinks

Kwyet Kinks is the third Gramophone record by The Kinks, released in September 1965. Unlike most of their other EPs, it contained all exclusive tracks and all were orignal compositions....
 in September 1965 (see 1965 in music
1965 in music

Events*January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million.*January 12 - Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. The first show included performances by the New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein introduces The Zombies and Gerry & The Pacemak...
). It was released as a single in the US in October and reached #13. Musically, it marked the beginning of an expansion in the Kinks' inspirations, drawing much from British music hall
Music hall

Music hall is a form of British theatrical entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960. The term can refer to# A particular form of variety show entertainment involving a mixture of popular song, comedy and #Speciality Acts....
 traditions, as well as from American rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
 used later in songs such as "Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Dedicated Follower of Fashion

"Dedicated Follower of Fashion" is a 1966 in music single by British band The Kinks. It lampoons the contemporary British fashion scene and Mod culture in general....
". Following the success of that single, "A Well Respected Man" was also released as a single in mainland Europe in March 1966 (although pressed in the UK, it was an export only issue).

It was one of three Kinks songs included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll along with You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me

"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released as the group's third single , in August 1964, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the following month, staying there for two weeks....
 and Lola
Lola (song)

"Lola" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks which details a romantic encounter between a young man and a transvestite he meets in a Soho, London club....
.

Davies composed the song based on a negative experience with upper class guests at a luxury resort where he was staying in 1965.






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"A Well Respected Man" is a song by the British
United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom , the UK or Britain,is a sovereign state located off the northwestern coast of continental Europe....
 band The Kinks
The Kinks

The Kinks are an England rock music group formed in 1963, and categorised in the US as a British Invasion band. The Kinks have been cited as one of the most important and influential rock bands of all time....
, originally released on the UK EP Kwyet Kinks
Kwyet Kinks

Kwyet Kinks is the third Gramophone record by The Kinks, released in September 1965. Unlike most of their other EPs, it contained all exclusive tracks and all were orignal compositions....
 in September 1965 (see 1965 in music
1965 in music

Events*January 4 - Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is sold to CBS for $13 million.*January 12 - Hullabaloo premieres on NBC. The first show included performances by the New Christy Minstrels, comedian Woody Allen, actress Joey Heatherton and a segment from London in which Brian Epstein introduces The Zombies and Gerry & The Pacemak...
). It was released as a single in the US in October and reached #13. Musically, it marked the beginning of an expansion in the Kinks' inspirations, drawing much from British music hall
Music hall

Music hall is a form of British theatrical entertainment which was popular between 1850 and 1960. The term can refer to# A particular form of variety show entertainment involving a mixture of popular song, comedy and #Speciality Acts....
 traditions, as well as from American rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues

Rhythm and blues is the name given to a wide-ranging genre of popular music first created by African Americans in the late 1940s and early 1950s....
 used later in songs such as "Dedicated Follower of Fashion
Dedicated Follower of Fashion

"Dedicated Follower of Fashion" is a 1966 in music single by British band The Kinks. It lampoons the contemporary British fashion scene and Mod culture in general....
". Following the success of that single, "A Well Respected Man" was also released as a single in mainland Europe in March 1966 (although pressed in the UK, it was an export only issue).

It was one of three Kinks songs included on The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's list of the 500 Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll along with You Really Got Me
You Really Got Me

"You Really Got Me" is a rock song written by Ray Davies and performed by his band, The Kinks. It was released as the group's third single , in August 1964, and reached Number 1 on the UK singles chart the following month, staying there for two weeks....
 and Lola
Lola (song)

"Lola" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks which details a romantic encounter between a young man and a transvestite he meets in a Soho, London club....
.

Davies composed the song based on a negative experience with upper class guests at a luxury resort where he was staying in 1965. He crafted the song to mock what he perceived as their condescension and self-satisfaction.

In Popular Culture

  • The song was featured in the 2007 film Juno
    Juno (film)

    Juno is a 2007 in film Cinema of Canada-Cinema of the United States comedy-drama directed by Jason Reitman and written by Diablo Cody. Ellen Page stars as the title character, an independent-minded teenager confronting an unplanned pregnancy and the subsequent events that put pressures of adult life onto her....
     and its award-winning soundtrack
    Juno (soundtrack)

    Music from the Motion Picture Juno, released on January 8, 2008, is the Grammy Award winning soundtrack that accompanies the Academy Award 2007 in film Juno ....
    .
  • The song can be heard during the end credits of the 2004 film The Life and Death of Peter Sellers
    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

    The Life and Death of Peter Sellers is a 2004 in film about the life of British comic actor Peter Sellers, based on Roger Lewis's The Life and Death of Peter Sellers ....
    .
  • The song can also be heard in the Criminal Minds
    Criminal Minds

    Criminal Minds is an American police procedural that premiered September 22, 2005 on CBS. The show is produced by The Mark Gordon Company in association with ABC Studios and CBS Paramount Network Television....
     episode, "Normal"

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