Lazy Sunday (song)

Single infobox
Name = Lazy Sunday


Artist = Small Faces
from Album = Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
B-side = "Rollin' Over"
Released = April 5 1968
march 20 (Re-released 1976)
Format = 7"
Recorded = Olympic Studios, London, England 1968
Genre = Beat
London music-hall
Length = 3:06
Label = Immediate
EMI
Writer = Marriott/Lane
Producer = Marriott/Lane
Certification =
Reviews =
Chart position = United Kingdom #2
Last single = "Tin Soldier"
(1967)
This single = "Lazy Sunday"
1968
Next single = "The Universal"
(1968) "Lazy Sunday" is a song by English beat band Small Faces, reaching number two on the UK singles chart in 1968 (see 1968 in music. [cite web
title = The Small Faces - the Band
publisher = BBC
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A4284236
accessdate = 2007-09-12]

Song information

"Lazy Sunday" was written by the Small Faces songwriting duo Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, and appeared on the band's 1968 concept album "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" and preceded the album as a successful single in spite of being released against the band's wishes. The song has a novel, traditional cockney East End of London music-hall sound and Marriott wanted the band to be taken seriously. The song was inspired by Marriott’s feuds with his neighbours [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/release/b3jw/ "Ogden's Nut Gone Flake" review (BBC)] accessed 05/01/08] and is also noticeable for its distinct vocal changes. Marriott sings large parts of the song in a greatly exaggerated cockney accent; he did this partly due to an argument he had with The Hollies, who said that Marriott had never sung in his own accent. [Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful p.168] [cite web
title = The Small Faces - the Band
publisher = BBC
url = http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/alabaster/A4284236
accessdate = 2007-09-12]

"Lazy Sunday" appears as track six on the album, "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake", and is the last track on Side A of the vinyl release.

Music video

The low-budget promotional video for "Lazy Sunday" was filmed at Kenney Jones parents home in Stepney, East London and features his next door neighbour pretending to strangle Marriott.

Covers and inspiration

* It inspired Blur's hit song "Parklife" in 1994, which uses the London accent of actor Phil Daniels narrating throughout the song. [cite web
title = Westminster honours Small Faces and Don Arden with Green Plaque (31/08/2007)
publisher = Westminster City Council.
url = http://www.westminster.gov.uk/councilgovernmentanddemocracy/councils/pressoffice/news/pr-3881.cfm
accessdate = 2007-09-25]

* The song was later covered by the Toy Dollz as on their 1995 album "Orcastrated". [cite web
title = Toy Dollz's "Orcastrated" profile on Discogs.com
url = http://www.discogs.com/release/1163952]

* The London based indie rock/ garage revival band The Libertines covered the song in 2003 as part of the soundtrack to British film "Blackball". It is also available as part of the Blackball OST album.

References

See also

* Small Faces discography