Australian singles charts:
Waterloo Sunset entered the Kent charts on 10 June 1967 and peaked at #4. It was the #40 song on the Top 100 of 1967.
Songwriter:
Ray Davies
Producer:
Ray Davies
Record label of Australian release:
Astor
Songfacts:
Written by Kinks lead singer Ray Davies, he called this “a romantic, lyrical song about my older sister’s generation.”
Waterloo Bridge is in London, and the lyrics are about a guy looking out of a window at two lovers meeting at Waterloo Station. Davies used to cross Waterloo Bridge every day when he was a student at Croydon Art School.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-kinks/waterloo-sunset
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