This Strange Effect

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“This Strange Effect”
Single by Dave Berry
B-side "Now"
Released 2 July 1965 (UK)
Sep 1965 (U.S.)
Format 7"
Recorded June 1965 at Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London
Genre Pop music
Label Decca F12188 (UK)
London 45-9781 (U.S.)
Writer(s) Ray Davies
Producer Mike Smith
Dave Berry singles chronology
"Little Things"
(1965)
"This Strange Effect"
(1965)
"I'm Gonna Take You There"
(1965)

"This Strange Effect" is a song written by Ray Davies and released first by Dave Berry in July 1965. It reached #1 in Holland and Belgium.

A studio recording was never officially released by The Kinks, but live recordings exist. An in-studio BBC recording by the Kinks from August 1965 was released on the 2001 The Songs We Sang For Auntie - BBC Sessions 1964-1977.

Former Rolling Stones bassist, Bill Wyman, covered the track for his 1992 album Stuff. It can also be found on A Stone Alone: The Solo Anthology 1974-2002.

Belgian band, Hooverphonic, covered the song in 1998 for their album, Blue Wonder Power Milk.