I Gotta Move

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Kassner Music Co. Ltd

Chord file

Lyrics:

I don't wanna get left behind
Gonna love my baby all the time
If I don't wanna get left alone
I gotta move on down my baby's home
And if my baby isn't there
I'm gonna fill my gap and comb my hair
Gotta move, gotta move
Gotta move, gotta move

All my life I've had to move
Always failed to stay in school
As I move down this very long road
Sometimes I wished I'd stayed at home
Where I'm going no one knows
Only know I gotta go
You gotta move, gotta move
Gotta move, gotta move

I don't wanna get left behind
Gonna love my baby all the time
If I don't wanna get left alone
I gotta move on down my baby's home
And if baby isn't there
I'm gonna brush my boots and comb my hair
I gotta move, gotta move
I gotta move, gotta move

This song can be found on the following releases:

mono mix (2:24), recorded 17, 18, 24, 25 Aug 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
All Day and All of the Night/I Gotta Move 23 Oct, 1964 UK Pye 7N 15714 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM
All Day And All Of The Night/I Gotta Move Dec 1964 Denmark Pye 7N 15714 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM
All Day And All Of The Night/I Gotta Move Dec 1964 Sweden/Norway Pye 7N 15714 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM
All Day and All of the Night/I Gotta Move 9 Dec, 1964 USA Reprise 0334 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM
All Day and All of the Night/I Gotta Move Dec 1964 USA Reprise 0334 7" vinyl single, 45 RPM
Kinksize Hits 15 Jan, 1965 UK Pye NEP 24203 7" vinyl EP, 45 RPM
Kinks-Size 17? Mar, 1965 USA Reprise R 6158 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Well Respected Kinks 2 Sep, 1966 UK Marble Arch MAL 612 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Well Respected Kinks ca. 1966 Australia Astor AMT 5005 Reel-to-reel tape, 3 3/4 ips
A Complete Collection 9 Feb, 1984 USA Complete CPL2-2001 12" vinyl 2-LP set (double album), 33 1/3 RPM
All Day And All Of The Night/I Gotta Move 2 Nov, 1984 UK PRT KINKP 20 7" vinyl picture disc, 45 RPM
The Kinks Are Well Respected Men 28 Sep, 1987 UK PRT PYL 7001 12" vinyl 2-LP set (double album), 33 1/3 RPM
The Kinks Are Well Respected Men Apr 1988 UK PRT PYC 7001 2 CD set
Kinks-Size 27 Sep, 1988 USA Rhino R1 70317 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Kinda Kinks 27 Sep, 1988 USA Rhino R2 70316 CD
The Best Of The Kinks 1964-65 15 May, 1989 UK Pickwick SHM 3265 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Best Of The Kinks 1964-65 15 May, 1989 UK Pickwick PWKS 527 CD
The EP Collection Jun 1990 UK See For Miles SEECD 295 CD
The EP Collection 18 Jun, 1990 UK See For Miles SEE 295 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Fab Forty - The Singles Collection 1964-1970 Feb 1991 EEC Decal CDLIK D 74 2 CD set
60 Rock Shots Mar 1994 France Castle Communications/Une Musique PKF 563301 3 CD set
The Kinks Remastered 28 Mar, 1995 UK Castle Communications ESB CD 268 3 CD set
Kinks 30 Mar, 1998 UK Essential/Castle Communications ESM CD 482 CD
The EP Collection 9 Nov, 1998 UK Castle ESFCD 667 Multi CD box set
The Marble Arch Years 18 Jul, 2001 UK Essential/Castle/Sanctuary CMGBX318 Multi CD box set
The Ultimate Collection 27 May, 2002 UK Sanctuary Records Group RTV0023 2 CD set
Kinks 26 Apr, 2004 UK Sanctuary Midline SMRCD025 CD
Picture Book 8 Dec, 2008 UK Universal/Sanctuary 5313049 Multi CD box set
Kinks (Deluxe Edition) 28 Mar, 2011 UK Sanctuary Records/Universal Music 275 627-4 2 CD set
The Kinks In Mono 21 Nov, 2011 UK Sanctuary/Universal Music 602527769448 Multi CD box set
The Anthology - 1964-1971 17 Nov 2014 UK Sony/Legacy/BMG 88875021542 Multi CD box set

simulated stereo (2:24), recorded 17, 18, 24, 25 Aug 1964 at Pye Studios (No. 2), London
Kinks-Size 17? Mar, 1965 USA Reprise RS 6158 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Well Respected Kinks 2 Sep, 1966 UK Marble Arch MALS 612 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Kinks Greatest Hits 1971 Canada Marble Arch MALS 1403 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
Golden Hour Of The Kinks, Vol. 2 5 Oct, 1973 UK Pye/Golden Hour GH 558 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
The Pye History Of British Pop Music-The Kinks Nov 1975 USA Pye 505 12" vinyl LP (album), 33 1/3 RPM
A Golden Hour Of The Kinks May 1991 UK Knight KGHCD 146 CD

live, stereo mix, by Eleanor Rigby, recorded 1985
Eleanor Rigby & Co. Sing The Kinks Jul 1998 UK Future Legend Records FLEG.17CD CD

live, stereo mix, recorded 1 Jul, 1987 at Mann Music Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Did Ya 24 Oct, 1991 USA Columbia 44K 74050 CD EP

stereo mix, by The Psychomatics, recorded 1988?
Eleanor Rigby & Co. Sing The Kinks Jul 1998 UK Future Legend Records FLEG.17CD CD

stereo mix, by Yurow, recorded 2001
2KINKY2 - Yurow Apr 2001 Holland L-E Records CD

stereo mix, live, by The Kast Off Kinks, recorded 29 Jan 2010 at The Brook, Southampton, UK
Live At The Brook Feb 2010 UK CD

stereo mix, by the Sunny Afternoon original London cast, recorded Aug-Sep 2014 at Konk Studios, North London
Sunny Afternoon - Original Cast Recording 27 Oct 2014 UK BMG Chrysalis 538002812 CD


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