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🔘Cindy Incidentally – Single: Feb. 1973

  • Writer: Faces
    Faces
  • Feb 14, 1973
  • 3 min read

Faces’ final great single: swaggering, melodic, and unexpectedly their biggest UK hit.


🔘 – OVERVIEW

Released on 9 February 1973 by Warner Bros. Records (K 16247), Cindy Incidentally served as the lead single from Faces’ final studio album, Ooh La La. Written by Rod Stewart, Ronnie Wood, and Ian McLagan, and produced by Glyn Johns, the track captures the band’s late‑era chemistry — loose, soulful, and effortlessly tuneful.


The single became Faces’ most successful UK hit, peaking at No. 2 and spending nine weeks on the Official Singles Chart. AllMusic later praised it as “one of their best.” In the US, the song achieved moderate success on the Billboard Hot 100.


The UK 7" was backed with “Skewiff (Mend The Fuse)”, written by Wood, Lane, McLagan, and Jones. Some UK copies included a 6¼" × 6¼" lyric insert, while all were issued in a Warner Bros. company sleeve rather than a picture sleeve.


🔘 – TRACK LIST

A: Cindy Incidentally — Stewart, Wood, McLagan (Prod. Glyn Johns)

B: Skewiff (Mend The Fuse) — Wood, Lane, McLagan, Jones (Prod. Glyn Johns)


🔘 – VARIANTS

Argentina · Music Hall – 32.069 · 7" Single / Promo · 1973

Australia · Warner Bros. – WB 7681 · 7" Single · 1973

Canada · Warner Bros. – WB 7681 · 7" Single · 1973

France · Warner Bros. – 16247 · 7" Single · 1973

Germany · Warner Bros. – WB 16 247 / K 16 247 · 7" Single / Promo · 1973

Greece · Warner Bros. – K 16247 / 32093 · 7" Single · 1973

Italy · Warner Bros. – K 16247 · 7" Single · 1973

Japan · Warner Bros. – P‑1207W · 7" Single / Promo · 1973

Lebanon · SLD – WB 057 / WB 7681 · 7" Single · 1973

Netherlands · Warner Bros. – WB 16247 · 7" Single · 1973

New Zealand · Warner Bros. – B.16247 · 7" Single · 1973

Portugal · Warner Bros. – N‑S‑63‑33 · 7" Single · 1973

Scandinavia · Warner Bros. – WB 16247 · 7" Single (Push‑Out / Solid) · 1973

South Africa · Warner Bros. – KNS 401 · 7" Single · 1973

Spain · Hispavox – HS 921 · 7" Single · 1973

UK · Warner Bros. – K 16247 · 7" Single (Solid / Push‑Out / Promo / Acetate) · 1973

USA · Warner Bros. – WB 7681 · 7" Single (Styrene / Promo / Mono–Stereo) · 1973

Yugoslavia · Warner Bros. – K 16247 / 16247 · 7" Single ·


🔘 – CHART PERFORMANCE

UK — Peak No. 2 · 9 Weeks on Chart


→ February 17, 1973 — No. 17

↑ February 24, 1973 — No. 5

← March 3, 1973 — No. 5

↑ March 10, 1973 — No. 2

↓ March 17, 1973 — No. 5

↓ March 24, 1973 — No. 9

↓ March 31, 1973 — No. 18

↓ April 7, 1973 — No. 31

↓ April 14, 1973 — No. 49


Arrow key:

→ debut

↑ rise

↓ fall

← hold


🔘 – CONTEXT & NOTES

• Lead single from Ooh La La, Faces’ final studio album.

• Written by Stewart, Wood, and McLagan; produced by Glyn Johns.

• UK issues came in a company sleeve; most international editions used picture sleeves.

• Some UK copies included a printed lyric insert.

• The B‑side, “Skewiff (Mend The Fuse),” features writing contributions from Ronnie Lane.

• The single’s success marked one of the last major chart moments for Faces before the group dissolved.


🔘 – VISUAL ARCHIVE

The 1973 picture sleeve for "Cindy Incidentally" released by Warner Bros. Records in Germany, under the Warner Bros. label, with the catalogue number WB 16 247.


🔘 – RELATED MATERIAL

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🔘 – DISCOGRAPHY

Era‑related releases:

Stay With Me — 1971

Cindy Incidentally — 1973

Ooh La La — 1973


🔘 – MINI‑TIMELINE

✦ Feb 1973 — Cindy Incidentally released as lead single

✦ Mar 1973 — Peaks at No. 2 on UK chart

✦ Apr 1973 — Concludes nine‑week chart run


🔘 – GLAM FLASHBACK

There’s a bittersweet glow to Cindy Incidentally — a band on the edge of splintering still managing to deliver something effortlessly melodic and unmistakably theirs. Stewart’s vocal swagger, Wood’s guitar charm, and McLagan’s warm keys collide in a way that feels both casual and magical. It’s the sound of Faces catching lightning one last time.


🔘 – CLOSING NOTES

A late‑era triumph, Cindy Incidentally stands as Faces’ biggest UK hit and one of their most enduring recordings — a final spark before the band’s dissolution.


🔘 – SOURCES & COPYRIGHT

Primary reference sources: Discogs, 45cat, Wikipedia, BBC Official Charts.

All original text and images remain the copyright of their respective publishers and creators.

This post is presented for historical, educational, and archival purposes only.




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