15 tracks
Side one "The Village Green Preservation Society" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Picture Book" "Johnny Thunder" "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" "Big Sky" "Sitting by the Riverside" Side two "Animal Farm" "Village Green" "Starstruck" "Phenomenal Cat" "All of My Friends Were There" "Wicked Annabella" "Monica" "People Take Pictures of Each Other"

15 tracks
Side one "The Village Green Preservation Society" "Do You Remember Walter?" "Picture Book" "Johnny Thunder" "Last of the Steam-Powered Trains" "Big Sky" "Sitting by the Riverside" Side two "Animal Farm" "Village Green" "Starstruck" "Phenomenal Cat" "All of My Friends Were There" "Wicked Annabella" "Monica" "People Take Pictures of Each Other"

"Monica" is a song by English rock band The Kinks, appearing on their 1968 album The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. The song was written by the band's main songwriter, Ray Davies.

In the lyrics of "Monica", the singer praises his love Monica, the village prostitute. He says that he "shall die" without Monica, and that "people may try, but they can't buy Monica, [his] love." Ray Davies said of the song, "I like the way I did 'Monica.' I didn't actually say she was a prostitute .... if you say somebody is a prostitute or a hooker you're restricted."

"Monica" has a calypso style, one that had previously appeared in songs such as "I'm on an Island" from The Kink Kontroversy and their 1970s singles "Apeman" and "Supersonic Rocket Ship".

"Monica" was recorded for the BBC twice (on July 1 and July 9 of 1968), despite its suggestive lyrics. "It's about a prostitute and the BBC has played it," Ray Davies said to Melody Maker around the time of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society. The key differences between the studio version and these performances is a non-fadeout ending and a bass fluff by Pete Quaife. The second performance was released on the album BBC Sessions 1964-1977.

From the beginning, Ray Davies was insistent in adding "Monica" to The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, as the song appeared in both the 12-track and 15-track versions of The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society as well as the intended but scrapped U.S. album Four More Respected Gentlemen. It was not released as a single.

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