Australian singles charts:
Apeman entered the Kent charts on 25 January 1971 and peaked at #5. The song was #46 on the Top 100 of 1971.
Album:
The song is on Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One which entered the Kent album charts on 8 May 1971 and peaked at #24.
Songwriter:
Ray Davies
Producer:
Ray Davies
Record label of Australian release:
Astor
Wikipedia:
The Kinks caused some controversy, because in the line “…the air pollution is a-foggin’ up my eyes…”, the word “a-foggin'” sounded too much like “a-f**king'”. Like the band’s previous single Lola where Ray Davies had to change “Coca-Cola” to “cherry cola”, he again had to fly back to London to re-record this line, dubbing over with a more clear “a-foggin'” prior to its single release, in turn causing a delay in the US single release of the song.
Read more: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apeman_(song)
Songfacts:
Ray Davies wrote this song about a man who is unhappy with the modern world. Looking to escape the problems caused by his fellow humans, he plans a journey away from home, where he can live like an “apeman.” Escape from modern-day society is a theme prevalent in many of Ray Davies’ other songs, both solo and with The Kinks.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/the-kinks/apeman
Lyrics:
I think I’m sophisticated
‘Cause I’m living my life like a good homo sapien
But all around me everybody’s multiplying
‘Til they’re walking ’round like flies man
So I’m no better than the animals sitting in their cages
In the zoo man
‘Cause compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees
I am an ape man
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