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In 2000, Hobo with a Grin received its first CD release through Harley's own label, Comeuppance Discs. It contained two bonus tracks, the 1974 song "Spaced Out", which was the B-side of " Judy Teen ", and a live version of the 1996 song "That's My Life in Your Hands" from Poetic Justice . [ 18 ]
In 2000, Harley re-recorded "Make Me Smile", with backing vocals by the London Community Gospel Choir, for the British film Best. [21] In a 2000 interview with VH-1, Harley said he was approached by the film's producers and continued, "They wanted a different [version]. They knew my voice had changed and I said I wanted to put a gospel choir on ...
"A Friend for Life" was written during Harley's stay with Cregan at his home in Los Angeles during 2000. Harley wrote the song's lyrics on his return flight back to the UK. In 2015, he recalled, "I was in Los Angeles, staying at Jim's (then) house. We wrote most days and that tune came from one lazy afternoon's messing about.
They commented on Partridge's "strong guitar work", Harley's "good singing" and felt the song was "suited to Top 40 lists". [30] In a review of Hobo with a Grin, G. Brown of The Denver Post commented, "If Harley is due for a hit single, 'Roll the Dice' could fill the bill nicely. Led by a catchy keyboard introduction, the song boasts a great ...
"White, White Dove" was released by EMI Records as a 7-inch single in the UK, Germany, Belgium, Portugal and Australia. [4] [5] Some versions of the single featured an edit of "White, White Dove", which cut the album version down by over a minute.
At the end of the movie, he does the show without all the smoke and the lights, and sits on the edge of the stage, playing guitar and singing "I Cross My Heart", a special love song he has composed for her, which wins Harley's forgiveness, the two hug at the edge of the stage after his performance.
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"Tumbling Down" was written and first performed by Harley during his days of busking in the early 1970s, before Cockney Rebel were formed in late 1972. [3] The song references Ernest Hemingway, who had a big influence on Harley, and mentions the Titanic sailing into Brighton. Harley believes it was at Brighton, aged three, when he contracted polio.