Lazy Sunday (Small Faces song)



"Lazy Sunday" is a song by the English band Small Faces, reaching number two on the UK Singles Chart in 1968. 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 and preceded the album as a successful single, despite being released against the band's wishes.

Song information
"Lazy Sunday" has a traditional cockney East End of London music-hall sound. The song was inspired by Marriott's feuds with his neighbours and is also noticeable for its distinct vocal changes. Marriott sings large parts of the song in a greatly exaggerated cockney accent; he did this partly due to an argument he had with the Hollies, who said that Marriott had never sung in his own accent. In the final bridge and the last two choruses, he reverts to his usual transatlantic (singing) accent.

The backing melody quotes "Colonel Bogey March" by F. J. Ricketts and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" by the Rolling Stones played on kazoo. At the end of the song the tune dissolves into birdsong.

"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.

The song was featured in the 2009 British comedy film The Boat That Rocked.

Music video
The low-budget promotional video for "Lazy Sunday" was filmed at Kenney Jones' parents' home on Havering Street in Stepney, east London and features his next door neighbour pretending to strangle Marriott.

Covers and inspiration

 * The song was later covered by the Toy Dolls as on their 1995 album Orcastrated.
 * The London-based indie rock/garage revival band The Libertines covered the song in 2003 as part of the soundtrack to British film Blackball. It is also available as part of the Blackball OST album.
 * Leeds-based indie rock band Kaiser Chiefs covered the song on French radio in 2008.
 * Jack Wild recorded a version of this song for his first studio album The Jack Wild Album.