My Mind's Eye (Small Faces song)

"My Mind's Eye" was the sixth single by the successful English rock group Small Faces, released on 11 November 1966. It reached number four on the UK Singles Chart.

Song profile

"My Mind's Eye" was originally intended to be an album track by the band but was released as a single without their knowledge or consent whilst touring in the north of England. Don Arden had been eager for the group to release a song before Christmas and released an unfinished, rough demo copy in his possession. The single was a hit, reaching number 4 on the UK singles chart, but in terms of relations between Arden and Small Faces, it was to signal the end of the band's relationship with both Arden and Decca.

Marriott admitted using part of the popular Christmas song "Gloria in Excelsis Deo" as inspiration for the melody to the chorus.

There were two versions released as a single. One version, following the end of the chorus, had the vocal “In My Mind's Eye.” The other version omitted this vocal.

Notes

Hewitt, Paulo; Kenney Jones (1995). small faces the young mods' forgotten story. Acid Jazz. p. 76. ISBN 0-9523935-0-6.
Hewitt, Paulo; Hellier, John (2004). Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful... Helter Skelter. p. 132. ISBN 1-900924-44-7.

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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

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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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