I'm Not Like Everybody Else
| "I'm Not Like Everybody Else" | ||||
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UK B-side label | ||||
| Single by the Kinks | ||||
| A-side | "Sunny Afternoon" | |||
| Released | 3 June 1966 | |||
| Recorded | 12 May 1966 | |||
| Studio | Pye, London | |||
| Genre | Rock, proto-punk | |||
| Length | 3:29 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Ray Davies | |||
| Producer(s) | Shel Talmy | |||
| The Kinks singles chronology | ||||
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"I'm Not Like Everybody Else" is a song written by Ray Davies and first recorded by the Kinks in 1966 and released that year as the B-side of "Sunny Afternoon". The lead vocal is sung by Dave Davies, with occasional parts vocalized by his brother Ray, the band's usual lead singer. The song is a defiant anthem of non-conformity. It has been covered by various artists, notably the Chocolate Watchband in their 1968 rendition of the song, and by Australian band Jimmy and the Boys, who covered it as their debut single in 1979.