Hey Girl (Small Faces song)

"Hey Girl" was released on 6 May 1966 with the B-side "Almost Grown". The song was written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane and was a compromise between the band and their manager, Don Arden, as Arden wanted a very commercial sounding song. A week later the group's debut album on Decca Small Faces hit the UK charts reaching number 3.

After the success of "Hey Girl" an employee of Robert Stigwood's management company contacted the band to see where they stood. When Don Arden found out, he, along with four "heavies," visited Stigwood's London offices and Arden hung Stigwood by his legs from a balcony window and threatened violence if he interfered with his bands ever again. The story would become common knowledge around the music industry, cementing Arden's tough man reputation.

Personnel

Small Faces

Steve Marriott – lead and backing vocals, electric guitar
Ronnie Lane – bass guitar, backing vocals
Ian McLagan – Hammond organ, backing vocals
Kenney Jones – drums

References

Steve Marriott, All Too Beautiful, p.114

External links

The Official Small Faces Site

From the Beginning

Songs

Side one	"Runaway" "My Mind's Eye" "Yesterday, Today And Tomorrow" "That Man" "My Way of Giving" "Hey Girl" "(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?"
Side two	"Come Back And Take This Hurt Off Me" "All or Nothing" "Baby Don't You Do It" "Plum Nellie" "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" "Whatcha Gonna Do About It"

Non-album single

"Patterns"

Small Faces discography

v t e Small Faces
Kenney Jones Ronnie Lane Steve Marriott Ian McLagan Jimmy Winston Rick Wills Jimmy McCulloch
Studio albums	Small Faces (1966) Small Faces (1967) There Are But Four Small Faces Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake Playmates 78 in the Shade
Compilation albums	From the Beginning In Memoriam The Autumn Stone The BBC Sessions
Singles	"Whatcha Gonna Do About It" "I've Got Mine" "Sha-La-La-La-Lee" "Hey Girl" "All or Nothing" "My Mind's Eye" "I Can't Make It" "Patterns" "Here Come the Nice" "Itchycoo Park" "Tin Soldier" "Lazy Sunday" "The Universal" "Afterglow of Your Love"
Songs	"Shake" "You Need Loving" "Runaway" "My Way of Giving" "(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?" "Baby Don't You Do It" "Plum Nellie" "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" "Talk to You" "Green Circles" "Get Yourself Together" "Up the Wooden Hills to Bedfordshire" "Every Little Bit Hurts" "If I Were a Carpenter"
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