==Release==
==Release==
“Who’ll Be the Next in Line” was first released as the B-side to “[[Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy]]”, a Kinks single released in Britain. However, that song’s chart performance in the UK was a disappointing #17,<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11246/kinks/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref> breaking a string of top-ten hits for the Kinks. Reprise felt that the “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy” single was unfit for release in America. The subsequent single, “Set Me Free”, was released, but after The Kinks’ next proposed single, “[[See My Friends]]” was sent to Reprise, they decided to release the “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy” single with “Who’ll Be the Next in Line” as the A-side. The single charted, hitting #34, which was more successful than the following “See My Friends”, which only hit #111.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kindakinks.net/charts.html |title=U.S. Chart Positions |website=Kindakinks.net |access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> “Who’ll Be the Next in Line” also appeared as a bonus track on the 1998 CD reissue of ”[[Kinda Kinks]]”.
“Who’ll Be the Next in Line” was first released as the B-side to “[[Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy]]”, a Kinks single released in Britain. However, that song’s chart performance in the UK was a disappointing 17,<ref>{{cite web|title=officialcharts.com|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/11246/kinks/|website=officialcharts.com|accessdate=February 24, 2021}}</ref> breaking a string of top-ten hits for the Kinks. Reprise felt that the “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy” single was unfit for release in America. The subsequent single, “Set Me Free”, was released, but after The Kinks’ next proposed single, “[[See My Friends]]” was sent to Reprise, they decided to release the “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy” single with “Who’ll Be the Next in Line” as the A-side. The single charted, hitting 34, which was more successful than the following “See My Friends”, which only hit 111.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kindakinks.net/charts.html |title=U.S. Chart Positions |website=Kindakinks.net |access-date=2016-09-29}}</ref> “Who’ll Be the Next in Line” also appeared as a bonus track on the 1998 CD reissue of ”[[Kinda Kinks]]”.
”[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]” described the song as a “pulsating funky blues rhythm number which rocks all the way.“<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-11|date=July 31, 1965|page=14|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-07-31.pdf}}</ref> ”[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]” described it as a “fast-moving, rollicking thumper about a fella who has plenty of regrets about his romantic involvements.“<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=July 31, 1965 |page=12 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-07-31.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>
”[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]” described the song as a “pulsating funky blues rhythm number which rocks all the way”<ref name=bb>{{cite news|newspaper=Billboard|accessdate=2021-03-11|date=July 31, 1965|page=14|title=Spotlight Singles|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Billboard/60s/1965/Billboard%201965-07-31.pdf}}</ref> ”[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cashbox]]” described it as a “fast-moving, rollicking thumper about a fella who has plenty of regrets about his romantic involvements”<ref name=cb>{{cite magazine |title=CashBox Record Reviews |date=July 31, 1965 |page=12 |access-date=2022-01-12 |url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-All-Music/Cash-Box/60s/1965/CB-1965-07-31.pdf |magazine=Cash Box}}</ref>
== Personnel ==
== Personnel ==
1965 single by the Kinks
“Who’ll Be the Next in Line” is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by the groups primary songwriter Ray Davies and was released in 1965.
“Who’ll Be the Next in Line” was first released as the B-side to “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy“, a Kinks single released in Britain. However, that song’s chart performance in the UK was a disappointing No. 17,[3] breaking a string of top-ten hits for the Kinks. Reprise felt that the “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy” single was unfit for release in America. The subsequent single, “Set Me Free”, was released, but after The Kinks’ next proposed single, “See My Friends“, was sent to Reprise, they decided to release the “Ev’rybody’s Gonna Be Happy” single with “Who’ll Be the Next in Line” as the A-side. The single charted, hitting No. 34, which was more successful than the following “See My Friends”, which only hit No. 111.[4] “Who’ll Be the Next in Line” also appeared as a bonus track on the 1998 CD reissue of Kinda Kinks.
Billboard described the song as a “pulsating funky blues rhythm number which rocks all the way”.[5] Cashbox described it as a “fast-moving, rollicking thumper about a fella who has plenty of regrets about his romantic involvements”.[6]
According to band researcher Doug Hinman:
The Kinks
- Hinman, Doug (2004). The Kinks: All Day and All of the Night: Day by Day Concerts, Recordings, and Broadcasts, 1961–1996. San Francisco, California: Backbeat Books. ISBN 978-0-87930-765-3.
