| "Lazy Sunday" | ||||
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| Single bySmall Faces | ||||
| from the albumOgdens' Nut Gone Flake | ||||
| B-side | "Rollin' Over" | |||
| Released | 5 April 1968 | |||
| Recorded | February–March 1968[1] | |||
| Studio | Olympic, London | |||
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| Length | 3:06 | |||
| Label | EMI,Immediate | |||
| Songwriters | Steve Marriott,Ronnie Lane | |||
| Producers | Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane | |||
| Small Faces singles chronology | ||||
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"Lazy Sunday" is a song by the English bandSmall Faces, which reached number two on theUK Singles Chart, number one inThe Netherlands, number five inAustralia and number 42 inCanada.[5][6] It was written by the Small Faces songwriting duoSteve Marriott andRonnie Lane, and appeared on the band's 1968concept albumOgdens' Nut Gone Flake. Against the band's wishes, it preceded the album as a single release.
"Lazy Sunday" mixes pop with a traditionalcockneyEast End of Londonmusic-hall sound. The song was inspired by Marriott's feuds with hisneighbours[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 withthe 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 theSex Pistols, and evidence of Marriott's influence on him can be found in this song.
According to Small Faces keyboardistIan McLagan, Lane's "rooty dooty di" vocal lines were in imitation of a member ofthe Who's road crew; the two bands had recently toured Australia together.[9]
At 51 seconds, the vocal backing quotes the "Colonel Bogey March" byF. J. Ricketts[citation needed] and, at 1 minute 45 seconds, "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" bythe 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 albumOgdens' 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 filmThe Boat That Rocked.[11]
The low-budget promotional video for "Lazy Sunday" was filmed at various locations, includingKenney Jones's parents' home on Havering Street inStepney, east London.[12]