The Kinks close Everybody's in Show-Biz, in which they examined the difference between Hollywood stereotypes and American reality, with this number about movie stars and the Walk of Fame. Kinks frontman Ray Davies wrote the song; when he visited Los Angeles, he would stay at a hotel near the Walk of Fame, and was intrigued by how it represented success alongside failure.
The song was released as the second single from Everybody's in Show-Biz, but failed to chart. However, the track received consistent airplay on AOR radio stations in the US into the 1980s and it remains a song that is often played when these stations mark the passing of a Hollywood star.
Ray Davies sings here about his desire to be a movie star - not the actor, but the character portrayed on screen, since those characters are immortal and invulnerable. This view reflects his rise to fame as a rock star, which while glamourous, could also be exhausting and aggravating for Davies.
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