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==Cathy Dennis version== {{Infobox song | name = Waterloo Sunset | cover = Cathy WS single.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = [[Cathy Dennis]] | album = [[Am I the Kinda Girl?]] | B-side = Consolidation | released = 1997 | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = 3:41 | label = [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] | writer = [[Ray Davies]] | producer = * Cathy Dennis * [[Mark Saunders (record producer)|Mark Saunders]] | prev_title = [[West End Pad]] | prev_year = 1996 | next_title = [[When Dreams Turn to Dust]] | next_year = 1997 }} British singer-songwriter [[Cathy Dennis]] recorded a version of the song that was released as the second single from her 1997 album, ''[[Am I the Kinda Girl?]]''. Her version peaked at number 11 on the [[UK Singles Chart]] and number seven in Iceland. Both versions of the [[CD single]] feature a cover of another Kinks song: "[[Sunny Afternoon]]". ===Critical reception=== British magazine ''[[Music Week]]'' rated Dennis' version three out of five. The reviewer wrote, "The approval of [[Ray Davies]] — who appears in the video — will help the cause of this cover which captures the atmosphere and laziness of [[The Kinks]]' original. This could be the hit to kick off the album ''[[Am I the Kinda Girl?|Am I The Kinda Girl?]]''."<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1996/Music-Week-1996-10-05.pdf|first=|last=|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=5 October 1996|page=12|accessdate=6 September 2021}}</ref> In a 1997 review, the magazine gave it two out of five, adding, "Ray Davies's song is given an unremarkable treatment by the former [[Electronic dance music|dance]] chanteuse, but television exposure should help this reach the Top 40."<ref>{{cite magazine|first=|last=|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1997/Music-Week-1997-02-01.pdf|title=Reviews: Singles|magazine=[[Music Week]]|date=1 February 1997|page=27|accessdate=8 May 2022}}</ref> ===Music video=== The accompanying [[music video]] for "Waterloo Sunset" consists of Dennis singing the song whilst travelling alone in a taxi driven by Ray Davies in a cameo role. The scenes visible outside the taxi windows vary between the London of the 1990s and footage of various locations (e.g. driving up [[Piccadilly]] with [[Green Park tube station]] on the left, [[Knightsbridge tube station]] and the small dome<ref>on the corner of [[City Road]] and Tabernacle Street; as of 2020 this listed building is the [[Travelodge]] London Central City Road</ref> north of [[Finsbury Square]]) as they were in the 1960s. ===Track listings=== * '''UK CD1'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Waterloo Sunset|others=[[Cathy Dennis]]|year=1997|type=UK CD1 liner notes|publisher=[[Polydor Records]]|id=575 961 2}}</ref> # "Waterloo Sunset" # "Consolation" # "[[Sunny Afternoon]]" # "I Just Love You" * '''UK CD2'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Waterloo Sunset|others=Cathy Dennis|year=1997|type=UK CD2 liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=575 963-2}}</ref> # "Waterloo Sunset" # "Consolation" # "Sunny Afternoon" # "West End Pad" (Alternative Supple 7-inch) – 3:41 * '''UK cassette single'''<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Waterloo Sunset|others=Cathy Dennis|year=1997|type=UK cassette single sleeve liner notes|publisher=Polydor Records|id=5759604}}</ref> # "Waterloo Sunset" # "Consolation" ===Charts=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}} ====Weekly charts==== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1997) !Peak<br />position |- !scope="row"|Europe ([[European Hot 100 Singles|Eurochart Hot 100]])<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.americanradiohistory.com/UK/Music-and-Media/90s/1997/MM-1997-03-15.pdf|title=Eurochart Hot 100 Singles|magazine=[[Music & Media]]|volume=14|issue=11|page=13|date=15 March 1997|access-date=6 March 2020}}</ref> |51 |- !scope="row"|Iceland ([[Íslenski listinn|Íslenski Listinn Topp 40]])<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2952843#page/n1/mode/2up|title=Íslenski Listinn Topp 40 (27.3. '97 – 2.4. '97)|work=[[DV (newspaper)|Dagblaðið Vísir]]|language=is|page=28|date=26 March 1997|access-date=2 October 2019}}</ref> |7 |- {{single chart|Scotland|9|date=19970301|access-date=21 December 2018|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|UK|11|date=19970301|access-date=10 March 2016|rowheader=true}} |} {{col-2}} ====Year-end charts==== {|class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1997) !Position |- !scope="row"|Iceland (Íslenski Listinn Topp 40)<ref>{{cite news|url=https://timarit.is/page/2963913?iabr=on#page/n15/mode/2up/|title=Árslistinn 1997 – Íslenski Listinn – 100 Vinsælustu Lögin|newspaper=Dagblaðið Vísir|language=is|page=25|date=2 January 1998|access-date=16 February 2020}}</ref> |80 |} {{col-end}}
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