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"Black or White" is a single by British rock band Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel, released as the lead single from the band's forthcoming 1976 album ''Timeless Flight'' in 1975. On occasions, the song has been titled "Black or White (And Step on It)". ==Background== "Black or White" was written and produced solely by Harley. Despite the previous single "Mr. Raffles (Man It Was Mean)" managing to enter the top 15 in the UK chart, "Black or White" failed to make an appearance in the UK Top 100 Chart at all, which in turn gave the UK's music press the chance to predict Harley's commercial eclipse. In the Record Mirror & Disc issue of 7 February 1976, an article based on the ''Timeless Flight'' album, and an interview with Harley, spoke of the song, stating ''"Over to side two and "Black Or White", the controversial single that came out before Christmas and failed to penetrate the charts. Some people have said that it's a load of self - indulgent rubbish, a minority love it, but Steve says: "I knew it was either going to be massive - top three - or a complete stiff. It turned out to be a stiff."'' In the Observer Magazine of 11 April 1976, the article spoke of the song's influence, stating ''"For in his songs the influences come and go, talking of Michelangelo (to echo T. S. Eliot). Eliot is his big hero. He volunteers the information that he nicked the form of his song "Black or White" from "The Hollow Men"."''〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Meet Rock Crusader - magazine article )〕 The song, like the entire ''Timeless Flight'' album, was remixed and cut at EMI Studios, Abbey Road, London. The track features a backing choir. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Black or White (Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel song)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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