Tin Soldier (song)

Infobox Single
Name = Tin Soldier


Cover size =
Caption =
Artist = Small Faces
from Album = The Autumn Stone
A-side =
B-side = "I Feel Much Better"
Released = December 2 1967
Format = 7"
Recorded = 1967 Olympic Studios, London flagicon|England
Genre = Rock
Length = 3:06
Label = Immediate
Writer = Marriott/Lane
Producer = Marriott/Lane
Certification =
Reviews =
Chart position = United Kingdom #9
Last single = "Itchycoo Park"
(1967)
This single = "Tin Soldier"
(1967)
Next single = "Lazy Sunday"
(1968)
Misc =

"Tin Soldier" is a rock ballad written by Steve Marriott (credited to Marriott/Lane). It was released on December 2, 1967, by the popular English band Small Faces. The song peaked at number nine in the UK singles chart.

ong profile

"Tin Soldier" was originally written for singer P. P. Arnold, but Steve Marriott liked it so much he kept it himself. It was a song that he wrote to woo his first wife, Jenny Rylance. P. P. Arnold can be heard singing backing vocals on the song.

The song signaled a return to the band's R&B roots after their previous forays into psychedelic rock and other musical experiments.

When the song was released the BBC informed the band that the last line of the song had to be removed from all TV and radio broadcasts, mistakenly believing that Marriott sang "sleep with you", when in fact the lyric is "sit with you". Marriott explained that the song was about getting into someone's mind - not their body. [Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful Hewitt/Hellier p.160-161]

"Tin Soldier" reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart and remains one of the Small Faces' best known songs.

In 1997, some thirty years after the song's original release, British music publication "Mojo", in a readers' poll, voted "Tin Soldier" the 10th best single of all time. The poll placed it ahead of anything by The Who or The Rolling Stones. ["Tin Soldier" - 10th best single by Mojo Magazine readers 1997" http://www.makingtime.co.uk/rfr/tinsold.htm Retrieved 22/09/07]

The song has also been much mentioned over the years by Paul Weller and featured in Noel Gallagher's personal all time top ten song list. ["song hyped by Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher" http://www.makingtime.co.uk/rfr/tinsold.htm Retrieved 22/09/07]

:Steve Marriott

ee also

*Small Faces discography

Notes

External links

* [http://www.thesmallfaces.com/ The Small Faces Official website]