"Days" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by Ray Davies. It was released as a non-album single in June 1968. It also appeared on an early version of the album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society (released only in continental Europe and New Zealand). It now appears as a bonus track of the remastered CD. On the original Pye 7N 17573 label (and on related European releases), the name of the song is printed as "Day's" owing to a grammatical error.
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In a 2018 interview, Ray Davies claimed that the song was inspired by his sister Rosie moving to Australia, a topic that inspired other Kinks works such as 1966's "Rosy Won't You Please Come Home" and 1969's Arthur. He explained, "My sister Rosie had gone to Australia, and we didn't have communication — no Internet in those days. She left and said, 'Say goodbye, my loving brother,' and I said, 'Thank you for being my sister.' So the song's for her, really, and her generation."
