All or Nothing (Small Faces song)

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"All Or Nothing"
All or Nothing by Small Faces.jpg
West German picture sleeve
Single by Small Faces
B-side "Understanding"
Released5 August 1966 [1]
Recorded25 July 1966 [2]
Studio IBC, London
Genre
Length3:04
Label Decca [4]
(US RCA Victor)
Songwriters Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane [4]
Producer Don Arden
Small Faces singles chronology
"Hey Girl"
(1966)		"All Or Nothing"
(1966)		"My Mind's Eye"
(1966)
"All or Nothing"
Song by Small Faces
from the album The Autumn Stone
Released14 November 1969
Recorded18 November 1968
Venue Newcastle City Hall, Newcastle upon Tyne
Genre
Length3:41
Label Immediate
Songwriters
  • Marriott
  • Lane
Producers

"All or Nothing" is a song by the English rock band Small Faces. Written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane, it was released as a single in 1966. [4]

Contents

The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart on 15 September 1966. [5]

The song was also a major hit in both the Netherlands, where it reached number two and Ireland, where it reached number three. It was also the first song by the Small Faces to chart in Ireland, as "Whatcha Gonna Do About It", "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" and "Hey Girl" all failed to do so.

Song information

According to Kay Marriott, Steve's mother, Steve wrote this song about his split with ex-fiancée Sue Oliver, though first wife Jenny Rylance states that Marriott told her he wrote the song for her as a result of her split with Rod Stewart. Both statements are said to be correct. [6]

The song was recorded at IBC Studios in Portland Place, London. It appears on the Decca album From the Beginning. A live version is found on the BBC Sessions album.

Following Marriott's death in a house fire in 1991, the song was played as the requiem at his funeral. [7]

The song appeared in the soundtrack for the 2010 film Made in Dagenham , Nigel Cole's film about the 1968 Ford sewing machinists strike at Ford Dagenham, where female workers protested against sexual discrimination and for equal pay.

The song is used as the theme tune (over the opening credits) on the 2012 BBC UK TV series, The Syndicate , about a group of lottery winners. Swedish pop band Tages did one of the earliest versions of the B-Side "Understanding", which appears on their 1966 album Extra Extra. The hard rock band UFO covered the song as a bonus track on their album No Heavy Petting . The punk rock band X also covered the song on their 1985 album Ain't Love Grand! .

Personnel

Charts

Weekly chart performance for "All or Nothing"
Chart (1966)Peak

position

Denmark (DR Top 20) [8] 17
Ireland (RTÉ) [9] 3
Malaysia (Radio Malaysia) [10] 6
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [11] 2
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [12] 2
New Zealand ( Listener ) [13] 15
Norway (VG-lista) [14] 10
Sweden (Kvällstoppen) [15] 15
Sweden ( Tio i Topp ) [16] 5
UK (Disc and Music Echo) [17] 1
UK ( Melody Maker ) [18] 1
UK ( New Musical Express ) [19] 1
UK ( Record Retailer ) [5] 1
West Germany (Media Control) [20] 17

See also

References

Citations

  1. ↑ Valentine, Penny (6 August 1966). "Penny Picks the Pops: This Is the Best Beatle Song Ever!". Disc and Music Echo . p. 15.
  2. ↑ Tracy 1993, p. 5.
  3. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Small Faces - From the Beginning (1967) Review at AllMusic. Retrieved November 28, 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 Rice, Jo (1982). The Guinness Book of 500 Number One Hits (1st ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Superlatives Ltd. p. 103. ISBN   0-85112-250-7.
  5. 1 2 "All or Nothing by Small Faces". Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 7 December 2024. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  6. ↑ Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful... p.121
  7. ↑ "Steve Marriott". Making Time 1995–2007. Retrieved 7 August 2007.
  8. ↑ "All or Nothing - The Small Faces". Danske Hitlister (in Danish). Danmarks Radio. Archived from the original on 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  9. ↑ Gogan, Larry. "All or Nothing". Irish Singles Chart. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  10. ↑ Anon. (5 November 1966). "Hits Of The World" (PDF). Billboard . p. 48. Archived (PDF) from the original on 20 December 2024. Retrieved 19 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  11. ↑ "All or Nothing - Small Faces" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Archived from the original on 17 July 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  12. ↑ "Small Faces - All or Nothing" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Archived from the original on 12 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  13. ↑ Kohler, Steve (2 December 1966). "The N.Z. Hit Parade". Flavour of New Zealand. New Zealand Listener. Archived from the original on 9 February 2021. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  14. ↑ "Small Faces - All or Nothing (song)" (in Norwegian). VG-Lista. Archived from the original on 26 July 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2025.
  15. ↑ Hallberg 1993, p. 103.
  16. ↑ Hallberg & Henningsson 2012, p. 452.
  17. ↑ Anon. (17 September 1966). "Top 50" (PDF). Disc and Music Echo . p. 3. Archived (PDF) from the original on 21 December 2024. Retrieved 18 December 2025– via WorldRadioHistory.
  18. ↑ Anon. (10 September 1966). "Melody Maker Pop 50". Melody Maker . p. 2.
  19. ↑ Anon. (10 September 1966). "NME Top Thirty". New Musical Express . p. 5.
  20. ↑ "All or Nothing" (in German). Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Archived from the original on 18 December 2025. Retrieved 18 December 2025.

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