Lazy Sunday (Small Faces song)

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"Lazy Sunday"
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European picture sleeve
Single by Small Faces
from the album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake
B-side "Rollin' Over"
Released5 April 1968
RecordedFebruary–March 1968 [1]
Studio Olympic, London
Genre
Length3:06
Label EMI, Immediate
Songwriter(s) Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane
Producer(s) Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane
Small Faces singles chronology
"Tin Soldier"
(1967)
"Lazy Sunday"
(1968)
"The Universal"
(1968)

"Lazy Sunday" is a song by the English band Small Faces, which reached number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1968 and number 42 in Canada. [5] [6] It 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 . Against the band's wishes, it preceded the album as a single release.

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Song information

"Lazy Sunday" mixes pop with a traditional cockney East End of London music-hall sound. The song was inspired by Marriott's feuds with his neighbours [7] and is also noticeable for its distinct vocal changes. Marriott sings large parts of the song in a greatly exaggerated cockney accent, partly due to an argument he had with the Hollies, who said that Marriott had never sung in his own accent. [8] [5] In the final bridge and the last two choruses, he reverts to his usual transatlantic (singing) accent. John Lydon cited the Small Faces as one of his few influences as vocalist for the Sex Pistols, and evidence of Marriott's influence on him can be found in this song.

According to Small Faces keyboardist Ian McLagan, Lane's "rooty dooty di" vocal lines were in imitation of a member of the Who's road crew; the two bands had recently toured Australia together. [9]

At 51 seconds, the vocal backing quotes the "Colonel Bogey March" by F. J. Ricketts [ citation needed ] and, at 1 minute 45 seconds, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones.[ citation needed ] At the end of the song the tune dissolves into birdsong and church bells.

"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. Despite its success, the single was released against the band's wishes, and this contributed to Marriott's departure. [10]

The song was used in the 2009 British comedy film The Boat That Rocked . [11]

Music video

The low-budget promotional video for "Lazy Sunday" was filmed at various locations, including Kenney Jones's parents' home on Havering Street in Stepney, east London. [12]

Covers and inspiration

See also

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