ON THIS DATE (47 YEARS AGO) December 2, 1967 - Small Faces: Tin Soldier b/w I Feel Much Better (Immediate IM 062) 45 single is released in the UK. Tin Soldier is a song written by Steve Marriott (credited to Marriott/Lane), and was released on December 2 1967, by the Small Faces. The song peaked at #9 in the UK singles chart. Tin Soldier was originally written by Steve Marriott for singer PP Arnold, but Marriott liked it so much he kept it himself. It was a song that he wrote to his first wife, Jenny Rylance. PP Arnold can be heard singing backing vocals on the song. The song signaled a return to the bands R&B roots after their previous forays into psychedelic rock and other musical experiments. When Tin Soldier 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 someones mind - not their body. \ Small Faces Steve Marriott
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