Where Have All the Good Times Gone

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{{Infobox song

| name = Where Have All the Good Times Gone

| cover = Where Have All the Good Times Gone cover.jpg

| caption = 1973 UK reissue picture sleeve

| type = single

| artist = the Kinks

| album = The Kink Kontroversy

| A-side = Till the End of the Day

| released = *{{Start date|1965|11|19|df=y}}

| recorded = 3–4 November 1965{{sfn|Hinman|2004|p=70}}

| studio = Pye, London

| genre =

| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=49}}

| label = *Pye (UK)

• Reprise (US)

| writer = Ray Davies

| producer = Shel Talmy

| chronology = The Kinks UK

| prev_title = See My Friends

| prev_year = 1965

| title = Till the End of the Day

| title2 = Where Have All the Good Times Gone

| next_title = Dedicated Follower of Fashion

| next_year = 1966

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = The Kinks US

| type = single

| prev_title = A Well Respected Man

| prev_year = 1965

| title = Till the End of the Day

| title2 = Where Have All the Good Times Gone

| year = 1965

| next_title = Dedicated Follower of Fashion

| next_year = 1966

}}

}}

"Where Have All the Good Times Gone" is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by the Kinks. It was released as the B-side to "Till the End of the Day,"{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/music/what-to-listen-to/kinks-10-greatest-songs/7-have-good-times-gone-1966/|title = Ray Davies and the Kinks: Their 10 greatest songs|newspaper = The Telegraph|location=London|date = 30 December 2016}} and then on their album The Kink Kontroversy (1965 UK, 1966 US).

Cash Box described the single as a "raunchy, shufflin’ emotional tale of despair."{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=March 19, 1966 |page=14 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1966/CB-1966-03-19.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}

Ray Davies said, "We'd been rehearsing 'Where Have All the Good Times Gone' and our tour manager at the time, who was a lot older than us, said, 'That's a song a 40-year-old would write. I don't know where you get that from.' But I was taking inspiration from older people around me. I'd been watching them in the pubs, talking about taxes and job opportunities."{{cite book

| last=Hasted

| first=Nick

| year=2011

| title=You Really Got Me: The Story of The Kinks

| publisher=Omnibus Press

| isbn=978-1-84938-660-9

| url-access=registration

| url=https://archive.org/details/storyofkinksyour0000hast

}}

The song has since gained "classic" status and featured on numerous compilations. Pye Records released the track as a single in November 1973 (Pye 7N 45313 b/w "Lola"). This re-release failed to chart. Although the Kinks had performed the song live on the TV show Ready Steady Go! in 1965, it would not become a staple of their live shows until the 1970s.

The song was covered and released as a single in 1982 by Van Halen for their album Diver Down, reaching 17 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock chart. The song has also been covered by David Bowie.