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"Mr. Soft" is a song by British rock band Cockney Rebel, fronted by Steve Harley. The song was released as a single in 1974 from the band's second studio album ''The Psychomodo''. It became the band's second hit single in the UK, following on from the Top 5 success of "Judy Teen". "Mr. Soft" was written by Harley and produced by Harley and Alan Parsons. ==Background== Although not the album's lead single, "Mr. Soft" was the first UK single release from the album. The album's title track "Psychomodo" had been released on 17 May 1974 but was quickly withdrawn from sale, and therefore did not chart. "Mr. Soft" soon followed in July, and peaked at #8 in the UK, lasting within the Top 100 for nine weeks in total.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Official Charts Company - Mr Soft by Cockney Rebel Search )〕 The song was not a charting success in many of the European countries it was released in, however it did also reach #16 in Ireland. "Mr. Soft" was the final single to be released by Cockney Rebel as they split during the song's chart run - in August 1974. Harley later formed the Steve Harley & Cockney Rebel band, a new line-up, and continued to record and perform live. The backing vocals for the song were performed by the Mike Sammes Singers, who also contributed vocals on other tracks on ''The Psychomodo'' album. In the booklet for compilation album ''Cavaliers: An Anthology 1973-1974'', Harley recalled: ''"The Mike Sammes Singers, practically resident on the BBC Light Programme, came in to sing backing vocals, all those "boom-boom-boom, boom"s and bassy "mmmmms"s on Mr Soft."''〔Booklet of 2012 compilation album Cavaliers: An Anthology 1973-1974〕 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, an alternate version of "Mr. Soft" appeared on disc three, and a live version from a John Peel Session on disc four. The English alternative rock band Elbow called themselves "Mr Soft" during the early 1990s. In a 2013 interview with Harley for the ''Birmingham Post'', this influence was mentioned within the topic of modern day influences. Harley revealed, "I kind of secretly hear and imagine the possibility that I might be an influence, and my wife will see it, but, I don't want to go there and find out that they've never heard of me! I don't need that kudos. I'm a great fatalist. Elbow's first group name was Mr Soft, and I've spoken quite a lot to Guy Garvey about it. It's nice. But mostly you don't want to think about it." 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「Mr. Soft」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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