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"All Day and All of the Night" 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....
 from 1964. It reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 and #7 on the United States Charts. Like their previous hit "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....
", the song relies on a simple sliding power chord riff, although this song's riff is slightly more complicated, incorporating a B Flat after the chords F and G. Otherwise, the recordings are similar in beat and structure, with similar background vocals, progressions, and guitar solos.






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"All Day and All of the Night" 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....
 from 1964. It reached #2 on the UK Singles Chart
UK Singles Chart

The UK Singles Chart is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company on behalf of the British record industry. The chart week runs from Sunday to Saturday, with the chart being printed in Music Week magazine , ChartsPlus , and published online on various sites ....
 and #7 on the United States Charts. Like their previous hit "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....
", the song relies on a simple sliding power chord riff, although this song's riff is slightly more complicated, incorporating a B Flat after the chords F and G. Otherwise, the recordings are similar in beat and structure, with similar background vocals, progressions, and guitar solos. In 2003 it appeared as #57 on Pure Pop's list of The 100 Best Singles of All Time.

E.P. Track listing

The song was also the title track of an extended play single in some territories and was not included on an album at the time of its release. In the UK, it was included on the Kinksize Hits EP. The tracklisting for the European EP was as follows:

Side 1
  1. All Day and All of the Night
  2. I'm a Lover Not a Fighter


Side 2
  1. I Gotta Move
  2. Long Tall Shorty


Cover versions

  • The Stranglers
    The Stranglers

    The Stranglers are an England Rock and roll group, formed on 11 September 1974 in Guildford, Surrey.Scoring a string of UK top ten hits, including "Golden Brown", "No More Heroes " and "Peaches " and UK top forty hits spanning four decades, the Stranglers originally built a following alongside the mid-'70s pub rock scene....
     made a cover in 1988, reaching #7 in the UK singles charts.
  • The Remains
    The Remains

    The Remains were a mid-1960s rock group from Boston, Massachusetts, led by Barry Tashian. They are best known for being one of the opening acts of The Beatles' final US tour in 1966....
     also did a cover of the song. It can be found on their album, "A Session with The Remains".
  • It was covered by Evermore
    Evermore

    Evermore is an indie rock/alternative rock band originally from Feilding, New Zealand, New Zealand, now based in Melbourne, Australia. The band consists of the Hume brothers ? Jon Hume , Peter Hume and Dann Hume ....
     on the single Light Surrounding You
    Light Surrounding You

    "Light Surrounding You" is the second single released by Evermore from their 2006 album, Real Life . It was written by Dann Hume, the drummer....
    .
  • Andy Timmons
    Andy Timmons

    Andy Timmons is an American guitarist who has played in the bands Danger Danger, Pawn Kings, and Andy Timmons Band . He has also released several solo albums and has worked as a session guitarist....
    , Paul Gilbert
    Paul Gilbert

    Paul Brandon Gilbert is an United States musician. He is well known for his guitar work with Racer X and Mr. Big , as well as many solo albums....
     and Steve Vai
    Steve Vai

    Steven "Steve" Siro Vai is an United States instrumental rock guitarist, songwriter, vocalist, record producer, and actor. After starting his professional career as a music transcriptionist for Frank Zappa, Vai would also record and tour in Zappa's backing band starting in 1980....
     covered it for the 90th Anniversary Ibanez
    Ibanez

    Ibanez is a guitar brand owned by Hoshino Gakki and based in Nagoya, Aichi, Japan. Hoshino Gakki were one of the first Japanese musical instrument companies to gain a significant foothold in the United States and Europe....
     concert.


  • the Zodiacs
    The Zodiacs

    Maurice Williams & the Zodiacs was a singing band , active in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Originally The Charms, the band changed its name to The Gladiolas in 1957 and The Excellos in 1958, before finally settling on The Zodiacs in 1959....
     (1965)
  • I ragazzi del sole (1966)
  • Dick Bright & His Sounds of Delight & Little Roger & The Goosebumps (1976)
  • Praying Mantis
    Praying Mantis (band)

    Praying Mantis are an English Rock band. Though very much a part of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal scene, they pursued a musical direction more melodic and album-oriented rock-sounding than their contemporaries....
     (1981)
  • The Purple Helmets (November 1988)
  • Quiet Riot
    Quiet Riot

    Quiet Riot was an United States Heavy metal music band whose 1983 US Festival appearance helped to solidify metal's image. They are best known for their hit singles "Cum on Feel the Noize" and "Metal Health ." They were founded in 1973 by guitarist Randy Rhoads and bassist Kelly Garni, under the name Mach 1....
     covered the song on their album "Down to the Bone"
    Down to the Bone (album)

    Down to the Bone is a Quiet Riot album recorded at Ocean Studios, Burbank Calif., The Track House, Van Nuys, Calif., and Paramount Studios, Hollywood, California....
     (1995)
  • Megajam 5 (1997)
  • Cactus Jack
    Cactus Jack (band)

    Cactus Jack is a Serbia hard rock band....
     (2002)
  • Status Quo
    Status Quo

    Status Quo, also known as The Quo or just Quo, are an England rock music band whose music is characterized by the twelve-bar blues....
     (November 17, 2003)
  • Flunk
    Flunk

    Flunk is a Norway electronic music band consisting of producer Ulf Nygaard, guitarist Jo Bakke, drummer Erik Ruud, and vocalist Anja Oyen Vister....
     (May 2, 2005)
  • Slowfeet (October 26, 2007)
  • WaveGroup Sound
    WaveGroup Sound

    WaveGroup Sound is a music production studio located in Fremont, CA specializing in audio post production and design. The primary notability of the studio is its work on many of the currently popular music games for the various major video game platforms....
     (2007)
  • Trooper
  • Recorded in Spanish by Latin Group Los Yakis as "De Dia y de Noche" in the 1960's
  • The melody was essentially plagiarized by The Doors on their song "Hello, I Love You."


Use in pop culture


"All Day and All of the Night" was featured in television advertisments for Starburst
Starburst

Starburst may refer to:*starburst , a generic term to describe a region of space with a much higher than normal star formation*Starburst galaxy...
 candy in 1998 and 1999.

The Wavegroup Sound cover of "All Day and All of the Night" is featured in the video game Guitar Hero: Aerosmith
Guitar Hero: Aerosmith

Guitar Hero: Aerosmith is a music video game developed by Neversoft and distributed by Activision. The game was released on the Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 consoles, with a Wii version developed by Vicarious Visions, a PlayStation 2 version by Budcat Creations and with a Personal computer and Mac version by Aspyr Media....
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"All Day and All of the Night" is playable in the video game Battlefield Vietnam
Battlefield Vietnam

Battlefield Vietnam is the second computer game in Electronic Arts' Battlefield after Battlefield 1942. The game was developed by the Swedish company Digital Illusions and published by Electronic Arts on March 15, 2004 in North America and days later in other parts of the world....
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