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The Kinks — I'm Not Like Everybody Else
Album: Face To Face (2004 remaster)
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Released: 1966
Length: 3:24
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I won't take all that they hand me down
And make out I smile, though I wear a frown
And I'm not gonna take it all lying down
'Cause once I get started, I go to town

'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

And I don't want to ball about like everybody else
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else
'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

But darling, you know that I love you true
And do anything that you want me to
Confess all my sins like you want me to
There's one thing that I will say to you
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else
'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

Like everybody else
Like everybody else
Like everybody else
Like everybody else

If you all want me to settle down
Slow up and stop all my running 'round
Do everything like you want me to
There's one thing that I will say to you
I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else
And I don't want to ball about like everybody else
And I don't want to live my life like everybody else
And I won't say that I feel fine like everybody else
'Cause I'm not like everybody else
I'm not like everybody else

Like everybody else (like everybody else)
Like everybody else (like everybody else)
Like everybody else (like everybody else)
Like everybody else
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Always remember you are unique just like everybody else
Posted 6 months ago by CryLove    [ Reply ]
Just like everybody else, I'm not like everybody else.
Posted 1 year ago by MeAlphaDog    [ Reply ]
Jimmy and the Boys version of this is a cracker.
Posted 2 years ago by snapoutovit    [ Reply ]
In my head, this song is faster and more aggressive and I like it better.  Tried the Camper Van Beethoven version but that wasn't it either. 
Posted 2 years ago by Sloggydog    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:
shhhh!

Life of Brian - You're all individuals


"Yes! we are all different"
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"I'm not...
.
Posted 2 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
 ChuckDaring wrote:

this song reminds me of the time my gramma told me she was a 15th century vampiress..she said"get em while they're fresh buddy boy"..she then began to spit orange seeds from her chair and wailed about magic..good times,thank you gramma and the kinks too I guess.



Scarred for life!
Posted 3 years ago by andre4    [ Reply ]
Can't stand this tune. Not because of the lyrics, which I love, but it's just such a noisy irritating sound.
Posted 4 years ago by Jelani    [ Reply ]
I hope they play this at my funeral....
Posted 4 years ago by sarran1955    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:


westslope wrote:Adolescent anguish.


and...?
 
Nothing really.  It is yet another hormone-influenced stage of life.

Here is the reward.  You survived intact and... I dunno learned a thing along the way.... then you can look back on how much older you were back then and how much younger you are now.    Works for me.  


Is that a h/t or an apology to Bob Dylan?
Posted 4 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
We get it already! 
Posted 4 years ago by costoonces    [ Reply ]
this song reminds me of the time my gramma told me she was a 15th century vampiress..she said"get em while they're fresh buddy boy"..she then began to spit orange seeds from her chair and wailed about magic..good times,thank you gramma and the kinks too I guess.
Posted 4 years ago by ChuckDaring    [ Reply ]
shhhh!

Life of Brian - You're all individuals
Posted 5 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
Was great when they used it for Tony Soprano. Perfect!
Posted 5 years ago by Painter42    [ Reply ]
 yofitofu wrote:
I'm not like everybody else, which is why I wrote this repetitive pop song in 1-4-5.
 
And dressed just like everybody else.
Posted 5 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
I'm not like everybody else, which is why I wrote this repetitive pop song in 1-4-5.
Posted 5 years ago by yofitofu    [ Reply ]
Romantic individualism.
Posted 5 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Well, with your mod hair, beatle boots and attitude ya kinda were like everybody else, no?
Yes.  And I'm glad it's over.

Posted 5 years ago by bruceandjenna    [ Reply ]
Very weak song. Love the Kinks though, ten years ahead of their time.
Posted 5 years ago by MattRudely    [ Reply ]
 Michael_Dean wrote:
It's this kind of "rational" that inspired the stupid murder of John Lennon.
 
What?  By the way,the word you were probably looking for is spelled "rationale".  
Posted 6 years ago by Proclivities    [ Reply ]
 thewiseking wrote:
Well, with your mod hair, beatle boots and attitude ya kinda were like everybody else, no?

 
No.
Posted 6 years ago by owchita    [ Reply ]
Nostalgia rules here, great B Side.
Great to hear this track again, thanks RP
Hector 
Posted 6 years ago by HectorB    [ Reply ]
 NickDanger wrote:
Thanks! This song was running through my mind just 2 days ago. Nice to hear it here on RP.

 
Happens to me all the time too. {#Bananajam}
Posted 7 years ago by nomnol    [ Reply ]
Well, with your mod hair, beatle boots and attitude ya kinda were like everybody else, no?
Posted 7 years ago by thewiseking    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:
Who's singing for most of this? Because when Ray chimes in a few times right at the end, it's a blessed relief.  

 
That's his brother, Dave. His singing is OK by me on this.
Posted 7 years ago by olivertwist    [ Reply ]
Reminds of that Sopranos episode that featured this song.
Posted 7 years ago by nutrod42    [ Reply ]
Thanks! This song was running through my mind just 2 days ago. Nice to hear it here on RP.
Posted 7 years ago by NickDanger    [ Reply ]
Great Kinks tune. All those who thought 1976 was the birth of Punk should take a listen to this biting Kinks classic. There is however a far superior live version of this track on YouTube that has all the anger and emotion that this version lacks.
Posted 8 years ago by Redpoint    [ Reply ]
Who's singing for most of this? Because when Ray chimes in a few times right at the end, it's a blessed relief.  
Posted 8 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
This is great, but for me the Chocolate Watch Band's version is better. Would love to hear that on RP.
Posted 8 years ago by Siriusblue    [ Reply ]
{#Music} Incredible! Such a good song from the year when my parents wasn't even planning having a child... :))
Posted 8 years ago by johnybladex    [ Reply ]
Love the Kinks {#Hearteyes}

I doesn't sound 50 years old, does it?
Posted 8 years ago by markybx    [ Reply ]
The reason I love this song (besides because it's the Kinks) is because we all think we're not like everybody else. They go about trying to exclaim it, but in doing so they are really showing that we all are like everybody else.   
Posted 8 years ago by the1theyblame    [ Reply ]
{#Dancingbanana} My anthem!
Posted 8 years ago by gatorade    [ Reply ]
Does any other single song capture so well the implicit drive to conform of the 60s counter culture?
Posted 8 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
 Michael_Dean wrote:
It's this kind of "rational" that inspired the stupid murder of John Lennon.

 
YOU F.in WHAT?
please explain.
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.
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In looking for the Camper Van Beethoven version (cause i'd never heard it) i found this live version by The Kinks -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFkYoT5Gezo

The Camper Van Beethoven version can be found here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t3rmEa64pGU
(but it didn't really get me)

Posted 8 years ago by springof63    [ Reply ]
It's this kind of "rational" that inspired the stupid murder of John Lennon.
Posted 9 years ago by Michael_Dean    [ Reply ]
the tune for disc №3 or 4 in the imaginary "Kinks Greatest Hits".5.
Posted 9 years ago by whomhow    [ Reply ]
I repeat myself like everybody else...
Posted 9 years ago by otaznick    [ Reply ]
This song would sound cool with a punk rock treatment.
Posted 9 years ago by bluedot    [ Reply ]
Not the Kinks most shining of moments in song craft. A solid 2.
Posted 9 years ago by stegokitty    [ Reply ]
 Caturman wrote:
I kinda like this, thank god i'm not like everybody else ;)
 
scene from "Life of Brian": "You don't need to follow anybody! You're all different!" "We're all different!"


Posted 9 years ago by kcar    [ Reply ]
1966
I love seeing the year
Amazing
Much respect 
Posted 9 years ago by coding_to_music    [ Reply ]
 FatPants wrote:
Camper Van did a good remake of this tune.

 
Agreed.
Posted 9 years ago by somli    [ Reply ]
"Whoso would be a man, must be a nonconformist."


Ralph Waldo Emerson
Posted 9 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
Camper Van did a good remake of this tune.
Posted 9 years ago by FatPants    [ Reply ]
Not a great tune but a '60s classic nonetheless. It's angry but pointed. It's a Well-Respected Man with a bad attitude. 
Posted 10 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
Love this song!  {#Good-vibes}
Posted 10 years ago by Nenelena    [ Reply ]
After the 20th time Ray sang he's not like everybody else, I got it.  Didn't need the last 10.
Posted 10 years ago by jettondude    [ Reply ]
Not my favorite Kinks song but a refreshing break from You Really Got Me, Waterloo Sunset and all the other Kinks' klassics 
Posted 10 years ago by Emwolb    [ Reply ]
Freedom Rock?

Posted 10 years ago by zepher    [ Reply ]
Please stop screeching. Your sickening adolescent voice make me want to put on some steel toe shoes and kick the hell out of my speakers.
Posted 10 years ago by Utopia_Bold    [ Reply ]
I had to put my hand over the speaker.
Posted 11 years ago by erikakay    [ Reply ]
What goes around, comes around.
Song is very contemporary.
Dig it. 
Posted 11 years ago by MirageRF    [ Reply ]
I kinda like this, thank god i'm not like everybody else ;)
Posted 11 years ago by Caturman    [ Reply ]
PRE PUNK PERFECT{#Ass}
Posted 11 years ago by oldfart48    [ Reply ]
who said so - just you ninny head. 
gadly wrote:
Sounds like a bratty self-centred high school kid shouting into the mic. I clicked STOP when this came on.

 


Posted 11 years ago by michaelc    [ Reply ]
You really don't got me. 
This sounds like it was recorded in a submerged phone booth.
Still, it's a nice curio, an echo of the free-spirit era. Glad it's in the rotation, it keeps the memories of those days alive.  
Posted 11 years ago by kingart    [ Reply ]
 Geecheeboy wrote:
I think everybody feels like that.

 
I don't.
Posted 11 years ago by Bleyfusz    [ Reply ]
I think everybody feels like that.
Posted 11 years ago by Geecheeboy    [ Reply ]
 gadly wrote:
Sounds like a bratty self-centred high school kid shouting into the mic. I clicked STOP when this came on.
 
Thats what i mean!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Like the Kinks, but this is so bad arrangement and the sound is terrible!
Posted 11 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
you ain't all that special either
Posted 11 years ago by testpilot    [ Reply ]
Sounds like a bratty self-centred high school kid shouting into the mic. I clicked STOP when this came on.
Posted 12 years ago by gadly    [ Reply ]
 rdo wrote:


{#Clap}
 
{#Notworthy}
Posted 12 years ago by Shmelo    [ Reply ]
 rcsmiles wrote:
my comment is i dont  want this program all i want is to listen to music not purchase anything so delete m i would myself if i new how
 
 

{#Clap}
Posted 12 years ago by rdo    [ Reply ]
my comment is i dont  want this program all i want is to listen to music not purchase anything so delete m i would myself if i new how
 
Posted 12 years ago by rcsmiles    [ Reply ]
 dw wrote:
Doesn't someone else sing this?  I think I heard a version that I like more than this one.
 
camper van beethoven
Posted 12 years ago by juicymouth    [ Reply ]
Doesn't someone else sing this?  I think I heard a version that I like more than this one.
Posted 12 years ago by dw    [ Reply ]
So many good Kinks songs to choose from . . .

And this??

And people complain about They Might Be Giants?

Oy!
Posted 12 years ago by mikec09    [ Reply ]
10!
Posted 12 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
Umm, well wrong actually.........
Posted 13 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
https://youtu.be/DJ69kSzms1w
Posted 13 years ago by Wittgenstein    [ Reply ]
 The_Enemy wrote:
Brian: "Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me... 
You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!" 

Crowd: "Yes! We're all individuals!" 

Brian: "You're all different!" 

Crowd: "Yes! We're all different!" 

Man: "I'm not." 

Crowd: "Shhh!"
 

perfect...{#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by SinisterDexter    [ Reply ]
Kinks = 8
This song = 2
Rating= 5

Posted 13 years ago by Wilmshurst    [ Reply ]
Brian: "Look, you've got it all wrong! You don't need to follow me... 
You've got to think for yourselves! You're all individuals!" 

Crowd: "Yes! We're all individuals!" 

Brian: "You're all different!" 

Crowd: "Yes! We're all different!" 

Man: "I'm not." 

Crowd: "Shhh!"
Posted 13 years ago by The_Enemy    [ Reply ]
 Rotterdam wrote:

Well yeah, but to be honest, this is exactly how my mind worked when I was a teenager. So maybe this is a good song for people who are at that time of life or can remember being like this.
 
I get that and I am sure my current age is why I can't deal with the song now...

Posted 13 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
well, I for one, I'm glad to be like  everybody else who's happy that this song is over! {#Lol}
Posted 13 years ago by juanos    [ Reply ]
 sbegf wrote:

Obviously you really, really like the kinks, but how many times can one person hear the same line "I'm not like everybody else" over and over again.  Especially when that person has already heard the same song way too many times.

I appreciate the kinks, but this song just gets under my skin because of its repetitiveness
 
Well yeah, but to be honest, this is exactly how my mind worked when I was a teenager. So maybe this is a good song for people who are at that time of life or can remember being like this.
Posted 13 years ago by Rotterdam    [ Reply ]
Seriously at a loss for lyrics and an good melody, but other than that... no

Posted 13 years ago by tphord    [ Reply ]
 contractor07 wrote:
ok he is not like everybody else, I GOT IT, NO NEED TO POUND IT IN MY HEAD {#Mrgreen}
 
Ha, yea...Exactly! 

Posted 13 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
 Stingray wrote:


Wishes to MONGOLIA - please do not come visiting!
BUM!
 
Obviously you really, really like the kinks, but how many times can one person hear the same line "I'm not like everybody else" over and over again.  Especially when that person has already heard the same song way too many times.

I appreciate the kinks, but this song just gets under my skin because of its repetitiveness

Posted 13 years ago by sbegf    [ Reply ]
ok he is not like everybody else, I GOT IT, NO NEED TO POUND IT IN MY HEAD {#Mrgreen}
Posted 13 years ago by contractor07    [ Reply ]
Anyone out there notice how many bad internet radio stations are out there?  Feel free to rate this song. 6 for me.{#Bananajam}
Posted 13 years ago by cohifi    [ Reply ]
 sirdroseph wrote:
I really don't like the Kinks, but I do like a few of their songs ok and this is one of them.
 

Wishes to MONGOLIA - please do not come visiting!
BUM!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 westslope wrote:
Adolescent anguish.
 

and...?
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 whtahtefcuk wrote:
I do not like this one!   mute
 

Here is my Christmas-present for you!

"TASTE"
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
"10" - no question!
Posted 13 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 xtalman wrote:
I generally like the Kinks, this not so much.
 
Roger that. And this recording stinks.
Posted 13 years ago by jagdriver    [ Reply ]
My theme song.
Posted 13 years ago by cc_rider    [ Reply ]
{#Moon}
Posted 13 years ago by Happy_Monday    [ Reply ]
 tonypf wrote:


Ahh....no.
 

Uhhhh, yes. This band is the posterchild for overrated. They are an ok sixties band, nothing more, nothing less.
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
 tonypf wrote:

Yeah... these guys are pretty overrated.
 

tzzzzz...!

Some people are simple "too much" 
...like everybody else!

Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
I generally like the Kinks, this not so much.
Posted 14 years ago by xtalman    [ Reply ]
I do not like this one!   mute
Posted 14 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]

NOT DIFFICULT TO UNDERSTAND
WHY I LOVE THIS SONG...!
"9"


Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 whtahtefcuk wrote:
not good
 

yea, the last comment I made was hearing this song for the first time in many years, hearing it twice in a couple of months has corrected my opinion!{#Lol}  Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present THE most overrated band in history.........The Kinks!{#Clap}
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]
not good
Posted 14 years ago by whtahtefcuk    [ Reply ]
If they would have continued in this vein, they'd have been like almost everybody else who was in a band.  Not famous. This song sucks so hard I can hear the amp sound cones vibrating in reverse. Listen closely, you'll hear it, too! {#Yes}
Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
 daveesh wrote:
this might just be the first punk rock song ever.
 

You'd have to go futher back than this gem. Start with "Tear it Up" by the Rock and Roll Trio (with Johnny Burnette) from 1956.
Posted 14 years ago by akousa    [ Reply ]
 Excelsior wrote:


Yeah... these guys are pretty overrated.
 

Ahh....no.
Posted 14 years ago by tonypf    [ Reply ]
the sticker on my laptop says:
"Remember you are unique...
                                                just like everybody else....
Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
WONDERFUL....!

PURE SIXTIES!
Posted 14 years ago by Stingray    [ Reply ]
 dboseman wrote:
One of my favorite Kinks songs, but why can't I buy it?  I've been trying for years but it's not available on Itunes.  Do they want us to steal?  I want to PAY for it.
 
you could try the library system?

Posted 14 years ago by Giselle62    [ Reply ]
Adolescent anguish.
Posted 14 years ago by westslope    [ Reply ]
this might just be the first punk rock song ever.
Posted 14 years ago by daveesh    [ Reply ]
One of my favorite Kinks songs, but why can't I buy it?  I've been trying for years but it's not available on Itunes.  Do they want us to steal?  I want to PAY for it.
Posted 14 years ago by dboseman    [ Reply ]
I really don't like the Kinks, but I do like a few of their songs ok and this is one of them.
Posted 14 years ago by sirdroseph    [ Reply ]

Yup — I am glad we are not like everybody else then - I agree... {#Wall}

 crockydile wrote:

Yeah, a bit more singing and less screaming would help.

 


Posted 14 years ago by MM_Oz    [ Reply ]
 suebee3 wrote:
Just plain horrible IMHO
 
Yeah, a bit more singing and less screaming would help.

Posted 14 years ago by crockydile    [ Reply ]
Just plain horrible IMHO
Posted 14 years ago by suebee3    [ Reply ]
Awful sound! Needs to become released!
Posted 15 years ago by helgigermany    [ Reply ]
Some of the early Stones stuff sounds pretty nasty sound quality wise also so it wasn't just the Kinks. I do think the Kinks were trying for a certain amount of grunge in songs like this however. Doesn't make me like the song any less but better sound quality would be nice on some of their stuff.
Posted 15 years ago by DaveInSaoMiguel    [ Reply ]
 copymonkey wrote:


Good post kcar. That's one of the things that always frustrated me about The Kinks, even their more ambitious records sound really crappy. If Ray and Dave were doing it on purpose, that would be one thing, but it just always seemed kind of lazy to me. If you're going to take the time to write great songs—which they did—why not put a little more effort into making them sound better?
 
A band whose live stuff is usually better than it's studio output.  Rare actually. 

Back in the day, Dave shredded his amp speakers to get the distortion that he wanted.  The alledged originator of Heavy Metal guitar with the track You Really Got Me.

Posted 15 years ago by kurtster    [ Reply ]
 kcar wrote:


I've read that the Kinks often recorded in the studio with less than ideal equipment, which lead to an inferior sound and in the long run, less long-term fame. Their records sound more dated than their contemporaries.

All the above could be quite wrong, but the Kinks deserve more recognition and airplay these days...
 

Good post kcar. That's one of the things that always frustrated me about The Kinks, even their more ambitious records sound really crappy. If Ray and Dave were doing it on purpose, that would be one thing, but it just always seemed kind of lazy to me. If you're going to take the time to write great songs—which they did—why not put a little more effort into making them sound better?
Posted 15 years ago by copymonkey    [ Reply ]
 stkman wrote:
lol allways liked Rays songs but am I to assume since he's not like everybody else that everybody else is the same?
 

No, the logic does not follow. If everyone is unique, then no one is like everybody else, however, that is wishing for too much.
Posted 15 years ago by SmackDaddy    [ Reply ]
tis true

we are unique

Just like everybody else
Posted 15 years ago by pope183    [ Reply ]
Cali came to London, or was it the other way 'round?
Posted 15 years ago by nigelr    [ Reply ]
Everybody says that.

Posted 15 years ago by Stefen    [ Reply ]
lol allways liked Rays songs but am I to assume since he's not like everybody else that everybody else is the same?
Posted 15 years ago by stkman    [ Reply ]
Oh wow. A new theme song. I love it. Thanks Bill for turning me on to this one.
Posted 16 years ago by bugleboy624    [ Reply ]