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Years later, Arden admitted to spending ยฃ12,000 on chart fixing to ensure the band's debut song would be a hit. In an interview, Arden denied it was cheating: "I had a saying, you can't polish a turd. In other words, if the record's no good to begin with, it still won't be any good after you've
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released a 7" Flexi-disc (006) for Flexipop magazine, manufactured by Lyntone (LYN 9650). The promotional disc features "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" on the A side and "Stop Your Sobbin'" (The Kinks) on the B
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and recorded an earlier version of the song, which he claimed to love. However, this version was abandoned in favor of a newer rendition recorded at
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recorded a cover version of "Whatcha Gonna Do About It", changing the lyrics from "I want you to know that I
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at number 27 and rose to number 14, just missing the all important Top Ten. Kenney Jones recalled to
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grand finals winner Emma 'Dusty Springfield' Wilkinson released a cover version.
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already had the melody for the song, the inspiration coming from
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According to Marriott, the group had by the end of July entered
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to provide the words for the song. The song entered the
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Single
Small Faces
B-side
Studio
Pye
Genre
Rock
rhythm and blues
Label
Decca
Songwriter(s)
Brian Potter
Ian Samwell
Producer(s)
Small Faces
I've Got Mine

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