Tin Soldier (song)
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| Single by Small Faces from the album The Autumn Stone |
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| B-side | "I Feel Much Better" | ||||
| Released | December 2, 1967 | ||||
| Format | 7" | ||||
| Recorded | 1967 Olympic Studios, London  |
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| Genre | Rock | ||||
| Length | 3:06 | ||||
| Label | Immediate | ||||
| Writer(s) | Marriott/Lane | ||||
| Producer | Marriott/Lane | ||||
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"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.
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"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.[1]
"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.[2]
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.[3]
| “ | The meaning of the song is about getting into somebody's mind - not their body. It refers to a girl (Jenny Rylance) I used to talk to all the time and she really gave me a buzz. The single was to give her a buzz in return and maybe other people as well. I dig it. There's no great message really and no physical scenes. | ” |
- Steve Marriott
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- ^ Steve Marriott All Too Beautiful Hewitt/Hellier p.160-161
- ^ "Tin Soldier" - 10th best single by Mojo Magazine readers 1997 http://www.makingtime.co.uk/rfr/tinsold.htm Retrieved 22/09/07
- ^ song hyped by Paul Weller and Noel Gallagher http://www.makingtime.co.uk/rfr/tinsold.htm Retrieved 22/09/07
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