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"Itchycoo Park" is a psychedelic pop song written by Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane of the group Small Faces The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart 1967.

Song profile

"Itchycoo Park" was released by mod (subculture) band The Small Faces in August, 1967. Together with "Lazy Sunday (song) , "Tin Soldier (song) and "All or Nothing (Small Faces song) , the song is one of the bands biggest hits and has become a classic of its time. lt;/ref> The song reached number 16 in the American Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1968 in music lt;/ref> Long running British music magazine NME cites readers poll voting "Itchycoo Park" number 62 out of the top 100 singles of all time. lt;/ref> "Itchycoo Park" climbed to the top of the charts again when it was re-released on 13 December 1975. lt;/ref> It is one of a number of songs from the late sixties to feature phasing (the audio effect).

Inspiration

The song was first thought of by Ronnie Lane, who had been reading a leaflet on the virtues of Oxford which mentioned its dreaming spires Oxfords Bridge of Sighs is also mentioned. lt;/ref> A number of sources claim the songs name is derived from the nickname of Little Ilford Park, on Church Road in the London suburb of Manor Park, London where Small Faces singer and song-writer Steve Marriott grew up. The "itchycoo" nickname is, in turn, attributed to the stinging nettles which grew there. Other sources cite nearby Wanstead Flats (Manor Park end) as the inspiration for the song. lt;/ref> File:Wanstead flats.jpg Marriott and Small Faces manager Tony Calder came up with the well-known story when Marriott was told the BBC had banned the song for its overt drug references, Calder confirms:
"We scammed the story together, we told the BBC that Itchycoo Parkwas a piece of waste ground in the East End that the band had played on as kids - we put the story out at ten and by lunchtime we were told the ban was off." - Tony Calder (Manager) Steve Marriott, All Too Beautiful p.154
Ronnie Lane on the true location of Itchycoo Park:
"Its a place we used to go to in Ilford years ago. Some bloke we know suggested it to us because it full of nettles and you keep scratching". - Ronnie Lane
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Other possible etymologies

Another local park, in the nearby town of Ilford called Valentines Park was also often referred to as Itchycoo Park. Itchy Park is located in the East End of London and dates back to the Victorian era.http://books.google.com/books?idjE89AAAAIAAJ&pgPA184&lpgPA184&dqitchy+park&sourceweb&otshRJB3-u_Oy&sigqSJ2id0AQxTy45MHxsbGSnxhE0A&hlen&saX&oibook_result&resnum6&ctresult#PPA185,M1 Itchy Park Retrieved September 16 2008 The hairy seeds from the Rose hip (or wild Dog Rose) were called "Itchycoos" by English children in the 1950sThe seeds could be broken out of the berry and dropped down someones collar between shirt and back to cause itching. lt;/ref>

Uses and cover versions

*1984: covered by progressive rock band The Enid *1993: Blue Murder (band) cover on the album, [[Nothin But Trouble]] *1993: Heavy metal music band Quiet Riot covered on the album [[Terrified]] *1995: electronic dance music band M People covered the song for their album [[Bizarre Fruit II]] *1996: covered by Ben Lee for the [[I Shot Andy Warhol]]soundtrack *1996: Tasmin Archer covered the song as a bonus track to the Japanese edition of her album, Bloom *1999: Itchycoo Park 1999 was a "Pre- Bonnaroo like music festival in Manchester, Tennessee the same place in which Bonnaroo is today. The festival was successful its first year but did not fulfill its plans to return in 2000. *1999: The song can be heard in the marijuana documentary [[Grass (1999 film)|Grass]] *2005: The song was performed by the British rock band Thunder (band) at their 2005 Christmas show at Nottingham Rock City. *2006: The original version is heard in the opening scenes of the British film [[Severance (film)|Severance]]starring Danny Dyer "Itchycoo Park, soundtrack to Severance film 2006 http://www.calendarlive.com/movies/reviews/cl-et-severance25may25,0,288807.story Retrieved 22/09/07 *2007: [[Zero Punctuation]] used the track as opening music for the review of [[The Orange Box]]. *2009: Used in soundtrack for the movie The_Men_Who_Stare_at_Goats|The Men Who Stare At Goats]] starring [[George Clooney]], [[Ewan McGregor]] & [[Jeff Bridges]]. ==Notes== Notes: {{reflist|1}} eferences: {{Refbegin}} *Paolo Hewitt John Hellier (2004). [[Steve Marriott - All Too Beautiful...]] . Helter Skelter Publishing ISBN 1-900924-44-7. *Paolo Hewitt/Kenney Jones (1995) small faces the young mods forgotten story - Acid Jazz ISBN 0-9523935-0-6 *http://www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart575] CHUM Charts (Canada)

External links

*http://www.thesmallfaces.com/ The Small Faces Official Site] *http://uk.youtube.com/watch?vkDH0H-tos9A youtube:Small Faces - Itchychoo Park] Category:1967 singles Category:1999 singles Category:Small Faces songs Category:Psychedelic songs Category:Parks and open spaces in Newham Category:Songs about London Category:Songs written by Steve Marriott Category:Songs written by Ronnie Lane Category:Drug-related songs

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