| Royal in the Afternoon | |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | The Whitlams |
| Album: | Torch the Moon |
| Released: | February 2003 |
| Recorded: | 2002 |
| Genre: | Piano rock |
| Length: | 2:58 |
| Label: | Black Yak / Phantom |
| Prev Title: | Best Work |
| Prev Year: | 2002 |
| Next Title: | Don't Believe Anymore |
| Next Year: | 2003 |
"Royal in the Afternoon" is a song by Australian band, The Whitlams. It was released in February 2003 as the third single from their fifth studio album, Torch the Moon. It received moderate success, peaking at number 66 in Australia in February 2003..
The song on Sunrise on 1 August 2008 to promote their latest release Truth, Beauty and a Picture of You.
The Guardian described the song as, "A blokey rock song about leaving behind the life of a hellraiser for domestic bliss. Freedman sounds as if he is having fun as 'the mad king of it all', while Jak Housden provides the bouncy guitar."[1] The Sydney Morning Herald agreed the song was "bouncy" and said it was "sure to be a live singalong favourite".[2]
| Australia (ARIA)[3] | 66 |
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