"Days" is a song by the English rock band the Kinks, written by Ray Davies.

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).

On the original Pye 7N 17573 label, the name of the song is "Day's" owing to a grammatical error.

[5] Though scrapped from the final track listing of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, the label liked the song enough to decide to release it as a non-album single.

[3] The song was an important single for Davies and the Kinks, coming in a year of declining commercial fortunes for the band.

The song had been intended as an album track but after the relative failure of the previous single "Wonderboy" (which only reached No.

36 in the UK), "Days" was rushed out as a single with an old unreleased track "She's Got Everything" (recorded in February 1966 in the same session as "Dedicated Follower of Fashion") as the B-side.

"[9] According to the band researcher Doug Hinman:[10][nb 1] The Kinks Additional musicians Kirsty MacColl covered "Days" on her second studio album Kite (1989).

The video, which features MacColl's friend and songwriting partner Pete Glenister on guitar, was directed by Simon West and produced by Kate Sylvester.

[17] On its release, Music & Media wrote, "A tasteful, folky sing-along tune that many people will know by heart at the end of this summer.

[20] Barbara Ellen of New Musical Express commented, "'Days' isn't one of Kirsty's own but remains a good choice.

"[21] In a retrospective review of Kite, Stewart Mason of AllMusic described MacColl's version of "Days" as a "gorgeous cover" with "thick, lush harmonies".