| "Itchycoo Park" (Marriott and Lane; EMI Music Publishing Ltd.) [2:45] |
| Recorded at Olympic Studios, London. |
| Released 4 August as Immediate IM 057. Charts 9 August 1967; UK #3. |
| The Small Faces: Steve Marriott (guitar and lead vocal), Ronnie Lane (bass and backing vocals), Kenney Jones (drums), Ian McLagan (keyboards and backing vocals). Recorded at Olympic Studios. |
| Produced by Marriott and Lane. Engineers include Glyn Johns and George Chiantz. |
| Small Faces. 1988. Greatest Hits [1]. London: Castle Classics [CLACD146]. |
| Notes and Quotes |
| Section | Time | Meas. | Description | Text | |
| Intro | 0:00 | 8 | guitar, add bass, drums, and organ | — | |
| verse | part 1 | 0: | 16 | Solo
vocal over ensemble. Organ and bass provide counter melodies. Only statement of the song's title. |
a |
| part 2 | : | 12 | Two-part harmony chorus queries. Soloist answers. | b | |
| refrain | part 1 | : | 16 | Multipart harmony. | c |
| part 2 | : | 18 | Double-tracking
and reverb on entire mix producing phase shift. Drop drums except high hat. Add two measure at end on tom-toms. |
d | |
| verse | part 1 | : | 16 | As in verse part one above except add questioning chorus. | e |
| part 2 | : | 12 | Double-tracked lead vocal. | f | |
| refrain | part 1 | : | 16 | As refrain p1 above. | c |
| part 2 | : | 18 | As in refrain p2 above. | d | |
| refrain | part 1 | : | 18 | As in refrain p1 above with different ending. | c |
| refrain | part 1 | 16+ | Repeat and fade. | c |
| Text | |
| Over
bridge of sighs, to rest my eyes in shades of green. Under dreaming spires, to Itchycoo Park, that's where I've been. |
a |
| (What
did you do there?) I got high. (What did you feel there?) Well I cried. (But why the tears there?) Tell you why. |
b |
| It's all too beautiful. (4x) | c |
| I
feel inclined to blow my mind. Get hung up with the ducks with a bun. They all come out to groove about. Like mice that have fun with the sun. [alt: Be nice and have fun in the sun] |
d |
| I'll
tell you what I'll do. (What will you do?) I'd like to go there now with
you. You can miss out school. (Won't that be cool?) Why go to learn? The world's our school. |
e |
| (What
should we do there?) We'll get high. (What will we touch there?) We'll touch the sky. (But why the tears there?) I'll tell you why. |
f |
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