Working with the Kinks, there always seemed to be some kind of automatic process at work. Ray and I had this telepathy happening for a long time, where one of us always knew what the other could do with something.

The band arranged other financial support to cut the single which became a massive hit topping the charts in the UK and reaching #7 in the U. The group left MCA and struggled to find a record label that would accept them.

In 2003 Davies was ranked 88th in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".