Editing Waterloo Sunset (section)

{{short description|1967 single by the Kinks}}
{{about|the song by the Kinks|the album by Barb Jungr|Waterloo Sunset (album)}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2020}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2020}}
{{Infobox song
| name       = Waterloo Sunset
| cover      = Waterloo Sunset West German picture sleeve.jpg
| caption    = West German picture sleeve
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[the Kinks]]
| album      = [[Something Else by the Kinks]]
| B-side     = *"Act Nice and Gentle" (UK)
* "[[Two Sisters (The Kinks song)|Two Sisters]]" (US)
| released   = {{start date|1967|05|05|df=y}}
| recorded   = 3, 10 and {{nowrap|13 April 1967}}{{sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=96, 98, 99}}
| studio     = [[Pye Studios|Pye]], London{{sfn|Hinman|2004|pp=96, 98, 99}}
| venue      =
| genre      = *[[Pop music|Pop]]<ref>{{harvnb|Bennett|1997|p=23}}; {{harvnb|Harris|2003|p=87}}.</ref>
* [[Rock music|rock]]{{sfn|Luhrssen|Larson|2017|p=197}}
* [[Psychedelic music|psychedelia]]{{sfn|Matijas-Mecca|2020|p=104}}
| length     = {{duration|m=3|s=16}}
| label      = *[[Pye Records|Pye]] (UK)
* [[Reprise Records|Reprise]] (US)
| writer     = [[Ray Davies]]
| producer   = Ray Davies
| chronology = The Kinks UK
| prev_title = [[Dead End Street (song)|Dead End Street]]
| prev_year  = 1966
| title      = Waterloo Sunset
| year       = 1967
| next_title = [[Autumn Almanac]]
| next_year  = 1967
| misc       = {{extra chronology
 | artist     = The Kinks US
 | type       = single
| prev_title = [[Mister Pleasant]]
| prev_year  = 1967
 | title      = Waterloo Sunset
 | year       = 1967
| next_title = [[Autumn Almanac]]
| next_year  = 1967
}} {{Audio sample
 | type = single
 | file = Kinks_-_Waterloo_Sunset.ogg
}}
}}

"'''Waterloo Sunset'''" is a song by English [[Rock music|rock]] band [[the Kinks]]. It was released as a single on 5 May{{nbsp}}1967 and featured on the album ''[[Something Else by the Kinks]]'' later that year. Written and produced by Kinks frontman [[Ray Davies]], "Waterloo Sunset" is one of the band's best-known and most acclaimed songs, and was ranked number 14 on the 2021 edition of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time|''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time]] list. It was also their first single that was available in true [[Stereophonic sound|stereo]].

"Waterloo Sunset" reached number 2 on the British charts in mid-1967. It was a top 10 hit in Australia, New Zealand and most of Europe. It was also released as a single in North America, but failed to chart there.