Talk to You
{{Short description|1967 song by Small Faces}}
{{Use British English|date = September 2019}}
{{Use dmy dates|date = June 2014}}
{{Infobox song
| name = Talk to You
| cover = Small-faces-talk-to-you-immediate.jpg
| alt =
| caption = UK single B-side
| type = single
| artist = Small Faces
| album = Small Faces
| A-side = Here Come the Nice
| released = {{Start date|1967|06|02|df=y}}{{sfn|Hewitt|Hellier|2004|p=147}}
| recorded = 16 January 1967Here Comes The Nice: Immediate Years box set 1967-69, liner notes, page 51
| studio = Olympic, London
| venue =
| genre =
| length = {{Duration|m=2|s=09}}
| label = Immediate
| writer =
| producer =
- Steve Marriott
- Ronnie Lane
| prev_title =Patterns
| prev_year =1967
| title = Here Come the Nice
| title2 = Talk to You
| year = 1967
| next_title =Itchycoo Park
| next_year =1967
}}
"Talk to You" is a song by English rock band Small Faces. It was recorded in 1967 and issued as the B-side of "Here Come the Nice" that peaked at number 12 on the UK Singles Chart.{{Cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/14499/faces/|title=FACES {{!}} full Official Chart History {{!}} Official Charts Company|website=www.officialcharts.com|access-date=2019-09-09}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JI4LHXgz7YEC&q=%22Here+Come+the+Nice%22+Small+Faces&pg=PA92|title=Gallagher, Marriott, Derringer & Trower: their lives and music|author=Muise|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|year=2002|page=92|isbn=9780634029561}}{{Cite book|last=Neill|first=Andy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmaVCwAAQBAJ&q=%22talk+to+you%22&pg=PT133|title=Had Me a Real Good Time: The Faces Before During and After|date=2011-03-31|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-1-78323-619-0|language=en}}
Song profile
The song "Talk to you" is a song written and composed by the band's primary songwriters Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane. Initially, the track was released as the B-side of "Here Come the Nice", the band's eighth official single, and their first on Immediate, whom they signed and transferred to from previous label Decca in 1967.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/small-faces-mn0000423267/biography|title=Small Faces {{!}} Biography & History|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-09-09}}{{Cite book|last=Schmitt|first=Roland|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1d6aAwAAQBAJ&q=%22talk+to+you%22&pg=PT348|title=The Small Faces & Other Stories|date=2011-08-01|publisher=Bobcat Books|isbn=978-0-85712-451-7|language=en}} However, it was not intended to be the B-Side, that instead being "Green Circles". For unknown reasons however, this was cancelled.{{Cite book|last=Neill|first=Andy|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cmaVCwAAQBAJ&q=%22talk+to+you%22+%22small+Faces%22&pg=PT133|title=Had Me a Real Good Time: The Faces Before During and After|date=2011-03-31|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=978-1-78323-619-0|language=en}}
Three weeks later, the song was issued on the group's eponymous second studio album (not to be confused with the Small Faces' debut album of the same name) on 23 June 1967.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/small-faces-immediate-mw0001959030|title=Small Faces [Immediate] - Small Faces {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|website=AllMusic|language=en-us|access-date=2019-11-06}} Furthermore, the song was included on the group's belatedly released US album There Are But Four Small Faces on 17 March 1968.Here Comes The Nice: Immediate Years box set 1967-69, liner notes, page 68 It was the opening track for an Immediate Records boxset.
It is based on a distorted guitar riff played by Marriott and could be classified as hard rock; a genre the band would further experiment with during their later years, most notably on the single "Tin Soldier", and "Song of a Baker", a track from the 1968 album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. As with many other songs by the band, it was recorded at Olympic Studios in London. The song’s subject matter sounds as if it was inspired by Marriott’s relationship with model, Chrissie Shrimpton.{{Sfn|Hewitt|Hellier|2004|p=149}}{{Cite book|last1=Heatley|first1=Michael|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bsC_CAAAQBAJ&q=%22yesterday%27s+papers%22|title=The Girl in the Song: The Real Stories Behind 50 Rock Classics|last2=Hopkinson|first2=Frank|date=2014-11-24|publisher=Pavilion Books|isbn=978-1-909396-88-3|language=en}}
{{Quote|text=Yeah, "Talk to You" is a great song, they're all great songs. All those songs are great. When you've got great material, you can really play great, really do something to it. When you've got songs that are just ordinary, you've got to really search yourself to find something to do with it. It should be natural.|sign=Kenney Jones|source=Small Faces Talk To You: The story of the Small Faces in their own words{{Cite web|url=http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/songs.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041019234703/http://www.ianmclagan.com/sf/songs.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=2004-10-19|title=IanMcLagan.com - The Story of the Small Faces in Their Own Words: The Songs|date=2004-10-19|access-date=2019-11-06}} }}
In the song, the singer wants to talk to his girl but such is her fame he can’t get past the doorman outside her flat who mistakes him for a fan. Marriott created a contagious groove for these words and then inserted several shouts and chants to lend the song a distinct sexuality.{{Sfn|Hewitt|Hellier|2004|p=149}}
Personnel
- Steve Marriott - electric guitar, lead vocals
- Ronnie Lane - bass guitar, backing vocals
- Ian McLagan - hammond organ, piano, backing vocals
- Kenney Jones - drums, percussion
References/Notes
= Notes =
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= References =
- {{Cite book|title=Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful...|last1=Hewitt|first1=Paolo|last2=Hellier|first2=John|publisher=Helter Skelter Publishing|year=2004|isbn=1-900924-44-7}}
{{Small Faces}}
Category:Songs written by Steve Marriott