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Supersonic Rocket Ship

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"Supersonic Rocket Ship"
Single by The Kinks
from the album Everybody's in Show-Biz
B-side"You Don't Know My Name" (Dave Davies)
Released5 May 1972 (UK)
September 1972 (US)
RecordedMarch 1972 at Morgan Studios, Willesden, London
Genre
Length3:32
LabelRCA 2211 (UK), 74-0807 (US)
Songwriter(s)Ray Davies
Producer(s)Ray Davies
The Kinks singles chronology
"20th Century Man"
(1971)
"Supersonic Rocket Ship"
(1972)
"Celluloid Heroes"
(1972)

"Supersonic Rocket Ship" is a 1972 song by British band The Kinks and was taken from their eleventh studio album Everybody's in Show-Biz. It went to number 16 in the United Kingdom and number 111 in the United States. It was a minor hit along with Celluloid Heroes.

References

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  1. Segretto, Mike (2022). "1972". 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Minute – A Critical Trip Through the Rock LP Era, 1955–1999. Backbeat. p. 272. ISBN 978-1-4930-6460-1.