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"Judy Teen" is a song by British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley. The song was released as a non-album single in 1974, and became the band's first hit in the UK, although their previous and debut single "Sebastian" was a hit in continental Europe. "Judy Teen" was written by Harley and produced by both Harley and Alan Parsons. ==Background== The 1973 debut single "Sebastian" had become a big hit within Europe, particularly in countries such as The Netherlands and Belgium, but not in the UK. The band's debut album ''The Human Menagerie'' was released in November 1973 and suffered a similar fate in the UK, to which EMI felt that Harley had yet to record a potential hit single. "Judy Teen" had already been recorded as a demo, but was not recorded for the album. Harley went away to re-work "Judy Teen", with the objective of making it a potential hit single. Harley later recalled ''"When the first album came out, the record company said, 'We don't have a single.' And I said very arrogantly, 'I'll write one, I know how to do it.' That's exactly what I said and exactly what I did. Now I think - what an arrogant young man, fearless! "Judy Teen" was a boy/girl story, a teenage romance, a bit of sex in there, interesting drum rhythm, hooks all over the place - lo and behold big hit! It's a good sexy little teenage love story. When I wrote Judy Teen, I was 18 or 19 when I had the experience that that song came from."''〔 The song was not immediately issued as a single. EMI decided to hold the song back at the beginning of the year whilst "Sebastian" was re-issued on 25 January (originally due to be 11 January), as the third time being released as a single. "Sebastian" did not become a UK hit, and did not make a chart appearance. When "Judy Teen" was released as a single, it became a Top Five hit in the UK, peaking at #5, and staying within the Top 100 for a total of eleven weeks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official Charts Company - Judy Teen by Cockney Rebel Search )〕 It was also a hit in Europe too, peaking at #23 in Belgium and #26 in the Netherlands. ''The Human Menagerie'' album, despite receiving wild reviews and curious sales, continued to exist as a cult album even after "Judy Teen" gave the band a hit single. The song, upon release, was Johnnie Walker's Record Of The Week on BBC Radio One. The single's success opened a wave of popularity for the group, which the band discovered on their UK tour of the time. In the New Musical Express magazine of 29 June 1974, an article on Cockney Rebel featured quotes taken from the band during their tour at the time. The bassist Paul Jeffreys remarked to violinist Jean-Paul Crocker and drummer Stuart Elliott over dinner about the audience reactions on the early stages of the current British tour. Crocker noted ''"The trouble with this tour has been the cock-up because of the single. It went into the charts a week before we started the tour, and it's going up and up and up. It's what? - number five this week. And if it gets any higher by the end of the tour - which is 42 dates - it's going to be a riot. We had riots, literally riots, every night last week. That's why Tony's here (the security guard). We did a gig in York and there were bottlefights - and we had a rough time of it in Newcastle. But when I came off at York I was in tears, because we'd never seen it before. It was the people in the front row who caused all the trouble - because they're the ones who knew the single."'' In 2012, the four disc definitive anthology ''Cavaliers: An Anthology 1973-1974'' was released, combining the two Cockney Rebel albums ''The Human Menagerie'' and ''The Psychomodo'', as well as two discs of demo and live versions. On the release, a previously unreleased early version of "Judy Teen" appeared on disc three. 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「Judy Teen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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