| 词条 | Sylvia (Focus song) |
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| name = Sylvia | cover = Focus – Sylvia.jpg | alt = | type = single | artist = Focus | album = Focus 3 | B-side = Love Remembered | released = January 1973 | format = 7" single | recorded = 1972 Olympic Studios | studio = | venue = | genre = Progressive rock | length = {{Duration|m=3|s=32}} | label = | writer = Thijs van Leer | producer = Mike Vernon | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Audio sample | type = single | file = Sylvia - Focus.ogg | description = "Sylvia" }} }} "Sylvia" is a 1972 song by Dutch rock band Focus. It was released on their 1972 album Focus 3 and as a single on 27 January 1973.[1] The single became the band's biggest international hit.[2] BackgroundThe song was released on the album Focus 3 in July 1972. On 12 December, the band recorded a session for the BBC's Old Grey Whistle Test, including "Sylvia" segueing into "Hocus Pocus".[3] Aside from Thijs van Leer's short section of yodeling, the song is instrumental.[4] ReceptionThe Rough Guide to Rock describes Akkerman's guitar melody as "exuberant".[5] The band's Christmas 1972 appearance on the Old Grey Whistle Test, along with a number of UK gigs in late 1972,[3][6] has been crediting with exposing the band and helping the single reach number 4 in the UK Singles Chart.[7][1] The programme's presenter, Bob Harris, is quoted as saying that the band's appearance was so well received by the audience that the pressing plant for the single was overwhelmed and only produced copies of "Sylvia" for the following week to cater for the demand.[4] Dave Thompson, writing for AllMusic, said that aside from the studio recording, the band's best version of the song was the one included on the At the Rainbow live album.[4] He compared the relatively short length of the song to the band's longer compositions, describing Akkerman's playing as an "exercise in economics".[4]In the US, the song peaked at #89.[4] Personnel
References1. ^1 {{cite book|last1=Roberts|first1=David|title=British Hit Singles and Albums|date=2004|publisher=Guinness world records|location=London|isbn=0-85112-199-3|page=207|edition=17th}} {{Focus |state=expanded}}2. ^{{cite book|last1=Fowles|first1=Paul|last2=Wade|first2=Graham|title=Concise History of Rock Music|date=2012|publisher=Mel Bay Publications|location=Pacific, MO|isbn=1619110164|page=152}} 3. ^1 {{cite web|title=The Sky Will Fall Over London Tonight|url=http://prrp-music.org/prrp027/index.htm|website=Progressive Rock Remaster Project|accessdate=4 August 2014}} 4. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|last1=Thompson|first1=Dave|title=Sylvia – Focus|url=http://www.allmusic.com/song/sylvia-mt0039681099|website=AllMusic|accessdate=4 August 2014}} 5. ^{{cite book|last1=Buckley|first1=Peter|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|date=2003|publisher=Rough Guides|location=London|isbn=1843531054|page=384|edition=3rd}} 6. ^{{cite web|title=HISTORICAL GIGLIST|url=http://www.focustheband.com/gighistory.htm|website=Focus|accessdate=4 August 2014}} 7. ^{{cite book|last1=Larkin|first1=Colin|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|date=2011|publisher=Omnibus Press, in association with Muze|location=London|isbn=0857125958|page=2128|edition=5th concise}} 4 : 1973 singles|Focus (band) songs|1972 songs|Song recordings produced by Mike Vernon (record producer) |
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