Hey Girl (Small Faces song)

Single infobox
Name = Hey Girl


Artist = Small Faces
from Album = The Autumn Stone
B-side = "Almost Grown"
Released = May 6 1966
Format = 7"
Recorded = Pye Studios, London flagicon|England
Genre = R&B, Beat, British Invasion
Length = 2:18
Label = Decca Records
Writer = Steve Marriott
Ronnie Lane
Producer =
Certification =
Reviews =
Chart position = * #10 (United Kingdom)
Last single = "Sha-La-La-La-Lee"
(1966)
This single = "Hey Girl"
(1966)
Next single = "All or Nothing"
(1966)"Hey Girl" was the fourth song release by popular British R&B group Small Faces. The song reached number ten on the UK Singles Charts, 1966.

ong profile

"Hey Girl" was released on Friday 6th May with the B-side "Almost Grown". The song was written by Marriott and Lane and was a compromise between the band and Don Arden as Arden wanted a very commercial sounding song. A week later the groups' debut album on Decca "Small Faces" hit the UK charts reaching number 3.

After the success of "Hey Girl" an employee of Robert Stigwood's management company contacted the band to see where they stood, when Don Arden found out, he, along with four "heavies" visited Stigwood's London offices and Arden hung Stigwood by his legs from a balcony window [ [http://www.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/femail/article.html?in_article_id=471446&in_page_id=1879 Don Arden Interview, Daily Mail] ] and threatened violence if he interfered with his bands ever again; the story would become common knowledge around the music industry, cementing Arden's tough man reputation. [Steve Marriott, "All Too Beautiful", p.114]

ee also

* Small Faces discography

References

External links

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