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"One Tin Soldier" is a 1960s counterculture era anti-war song written by Dennis Lambert and Brian Potter. Canadian pop group The Original Caste (consisting of Dixie Lee Innes, Bruce Innes, Graham Bruce, Joseph Cavender and Bliss Mackie) first recorded it in 1969 for both the TA label and its parent Bell label.
Tin Soldier reached number nine in the UK Singles Chart and remains one of Small Faces' best known songs. Talking about the song, and the influence of his wife Jenny, Marriott stated: The meaning of the song is about getting into somebody's mind—not their body. It refers to a girl I used to talk to all the time and she really gave me a buzz.
Shawn Phillips's 1964 song "Little Tin Soldier" is also based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale and was covered by Donovan in 1965. The Small Faces 1967 song "Tin Soldier" opens with the lyric "I am a little tin soldier that wants to jump into your fire", and appears to have been influenced by the Andersen story.
Tin soldiers portraying a military band Tin soldiers being cast in German molds from the early 20th century. The two mold halves are clamped together, and the metal (an alloy of tin and lead, heated to approx. 300 °C) is poured into the mold. When the metal has solidified, the mold is cracked open.
2. The Chicks, "Travelin' Soldier" The Chicks covered the Bruce Robison classic "Travelin' Soldier" and made it their own courtesy of their signature harmonies.The heartbreaking song tells of a ...
The songs employ the use of strings, horns, and organ which adds a swinging, pop-friendly sound. "One Tin Soldier" was a hit in Canada and reached No. 34 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1970. [3] The follow-up single, "Mr. Monday", was a big hit in Japan and Canada but not in the United States. The two singles combined, worldwide, sold ...
The tale of a little girl being gifted a nutcracker for Christmas (who then comes to life and defends her honor from a giant mouse no less!) reinforced the enduring link between the toy soldier ...
The lyrics help evoke the turbulent mood of horror, outrage, and shock in the wake of the shootings, especially the line "four dead in Ohio", repeated throughout the song. "Tin soldiers and Nixon coming" refers to the Kent State shootings, where Ohio National Guard officers shot and killed four students during a protest against the Vietnam War ...