# All Day and All of the Night guitar solo > Dave Davies's guitar solo on All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks (1964) starts at 1:11. From the album Kinks-Size. Canonical URL: The Kinks, 1964, from *Kinks-Size*. Solo by *Dave Davies*. Davies follows 'You Really Got Me' with another wild, distorted solo that barely stays on the rails. All Day and All of the Night follows the formula of You Really Got Me, and Dave Davies delivers another wild, distorted solo. His playing is raw and chaotic, barely staying on the rails, with aggressive bends and frantic phrases that match the song's urgent energy. Davies' distorted tone helped pave the way for hard rock and punk. Listen for the rough, crunchy sound and how the solo seems to explode out of the riff, adding excitement and unpredictability, and for the way it keeps the song's momentum high, making the track feel like a burst of teenage rebellion and raw, primal power. All Day and All of the Night by The Kinks is featured in our Rock & Roll (#22) list. The solo is played by Dave Davies and the song was released in 1964. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Rock and Roll Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rock-and-roll/) — #22 - [The Best The Kinks Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-kinks-guitar-solos/) — #2 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1964](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1964/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on All Day and All of the Night? Dave Davies played the solo on The Kinks's All Day and All of the Night (1964). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)