Song · Small Faces
“All or Nothing” by Small Faces
From the album From the Beginning (1967)
“All or Nothing” by Small Faces appears on 1 radio countdown from 1 station in 2005. It was first released in 1967 on the album From the Beginning. Its best result is #437 on the Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005). In the combined RockLists rankings it is #6,935 alternative song of all time.
"All or Nothing" was Small Faces at full tilt, a Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane song cut at IBC Studios in London's Portland Place that hit the shops in August 1966 and went all the way to number one in Britain, if only for a week. It later turned up on From the Beginning, the band's 1967 album for Decca.
Who it's about depends on who you ask: Marriott's mother, Kay, tied it to the end of his engagement, while his first wife, Jenny Rylance, said he wrote it for her after she split from Rod Stewart, and both stories are reckoned to be true. After Marriott died in a fire at his home in 1991, it was chosen as the requiem for his funeral. The song has since landed in the 2010 film Made in Dagenham and served as the opening theme of the BBC's 2012 series The Syndicate.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
RockLists rankings
Alternative & Modern Rock
All Rock Formats
All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 437 | Virgin Radio | Virgin Radio Top 500 Songs of All-Time (December 2005) | 500 |
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