Afterglow of Your Love

Small Faces

About Afterglow of Your Love

"Afterglow of Your Love" is the unauthorized final single released in 1969 by the English rock group Small Faces. The song managed to reach No. 36 in the UK Singles Charts. The song was originally simply titled "Afterglow" on the album on which it first appeared in May 1968, Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. In March 1969 the Small Faces officially broke up, with Steve Marriott going on to form Humble Pie with Peter Frampton and Greg Ridley. Andrew Loog Oldham almost immediately released "Afterglow" as an unauthorized final single by the group. Now called "Afterglow of Your Love", this soulful power ballad appeared in a noticeably different, slightly sped-up mix from the version that originally appeared on Ogdens, removing the song's acoustic introduction and adding a longer instrumental coda. It was coupled with a contrasting hard rock number on the B-side, which was mis-titled on both cover and label as "Wham Bam Thank You Man" (the song's actual title is "Wham Bam Thank You Mam" - or, even more correctly - "Ma'am"). To this day, some of the less well-researched Small Faces reissues still carry this incorrect title for the song. One of the final few tracks the Small Faces completed in late 1968, the hard-rocking sound of "Wham Bam Thank You Ma'am" strongly indicated the musical direction Marriott would continue to pursue with Humble Pie. Three years later, David Bowie borrowed the title of the track for a line called out at the climax of his rock high-life anthem Suffragette City. 


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I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your...

Love,love is all around me
Everywhere
Love has come to touch my soul
With someone who really cares
No one can deny us
People who once passed me by
Will turn their heads 'round

I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do, yeah
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your love

You
Yes you have always been here
Feeling deep inside
A feeling that I could not see
Or touch, or try to hide
My love is in and around you
I bless the day that I found you
So listen up baby

I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do, yeah
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your love

Love is like a voice in my head
Keeps turning 'round the things that we said

I'm happy just to be with you
And loving you the way I do, yeah
It's everything I need to know
Just resting in the afterglow of your love

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Small Faces

Small Faces were an English rock and roll band from London. The group was founded in 1965 by members Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston, although by 1966 Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan as the band's keyboardist. more »

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10 facts about this song

Creation
"Afterglow of Your Love" was a song crafted by the British rock band Small Faces, first released in 1969.
Album
The song is a track from the album "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake", the fourth studio album by the Small Faces.
Chart Performance
The single reached number 36 in the UK Singles Chart in 1969, proving to be the band's last charting single during their existence.
Song Composition
The music for the song was composed by all members of the Small Faces, while the lyrics were written solely by lead vocalist Steve Marriott.
Last Single
It was the final single that Small Faces released before their disbandment.
Reissue
In 2012, the song was reissued as part of Record Store Day.
Posthumous Release
"Afterglow of Your Love" was released posthumously after the band broke up.
Theme
Like many other tracks on the "Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake" album, "Afterglow of Your Love" also carries the theme of love.
Vocal Performance
Steve Marriott's passionate, soulful vocal performance on the song is often appreciated by critics and fans alike.
Legacy
The song is widely considered as one of the strongest tracks from the band's repertoire and continues to have a strong fan base even after decades of its initial release.

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