Indie folk rock duo Wye Oak performed a version of the song in May 2010 for The A. A cover by Feist was released on the CD included with the DVD of her documentary Look at What the Light Did Now. A cover of the song recorded live by Norah Jones was included as a bonus track on the deluxe edition of her 2009 album The Fall. Although never released as a single, it has remained popular with fans to this day, especially after it was used in the 2007 Wes Anderson film The Darjeeling Limited (along with two other album tracks written by Ray Davies, 'This Time Tomorrow' and 'Powerman'). He has said that the song is about an old school friend who died of a drug overdose.
'Strangers' is one of two tracks written by Dave Davies on the album, the other being 'Rats'. It was released in November 1970 on the Kinks' LP record album Lola Versus Powerman and the Moneygoround, Part One, which is best known for producing the hit single 'Lola'. 'Strangers' is a song written by Dave Davies and performed by British rock group the Kinks.
