"Strangers" is a song written by
Dave Davies
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and performed by British
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group
the Kinks
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. It was released in November 1970 on the Kinks'
LP record album ''
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'', which is best known for producing the hit single "
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". "Strangers" is one of two tracks written by Dave Davies on the album, the other being "
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". He has said that the song is about an old school friend who died of a drug overdose.
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Although never released as a single, it has remained popular with fans to this day, especially after it was used in the 2007 Wes Anderson
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film ''The Darjeeling Limited
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'' (along with two other album tracks written by Ray Davies
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, " This Time Tomorrow" and "Powerman").
A cover of the song recorded live by Norah Jones
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was included as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of her 2009 album '' The Fall''. A cover by Feist was released on the CD included with the DVD of her documentary ''Look at What the Light Did Now
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''. Indie folk rock duo Wye Oak performed a version of the song in May 2010 for ''The A.V. Clubs A.V. Undercover series.alternative rock
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supergroup Golden Smog
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on their album ''Another Fine Day
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'', Indie rock
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band Piebald
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, folk
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band Crooked Fingers
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singer Ben Weasel
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on his first solo album ''Fidatevi
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Weasel has said that the lyrics on the album "Are based on experien ...
'', folk pop band Lucius
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on the extended edition of their 2016 album ''Good Grief'', and by Black Pumas
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on the 2021 "Expanded Deluxe Edition" of their self-titled album.
References
The Kinks songs
Songs written by Dave Davies
1970 songs
Song recordings produced by Ray Davies
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