Tin Tin's debut album initially sold poorly, and they issued a second single, "[[Toast and Marmalade for Tea]]" (written by Groves,)<ref name="APRA Toast">{{cite web | publisher = [[Australasian Performing Right Association]] (APRA) | title = 'Toast and Marmalade for Tea' at APRA search engine | url = http://www.apra-amcos.com.au/worksearch.axd?q=Toast%20and%20Marmalade%20for%20Tea | accessdate = 9 June 2013 }}</ref>) in 1970.<ref name="McFarlane"/> In May 1971 Vallins joined the line-up.<ref name="McFarlane"/> In June "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" became a No. 10 hit on the ''[[Go-Set#Go-Set Australian National Charts|Go-Set]]'' National Top 40, where it remained on the charts for 15 weeks and on the Australian [[Kent Music Report]] Singles Chart.<ref name="GoSetToast">{{cite web | url = http://www.poparchives.com.au/gosetcharts/1971/19710911.html | last1 = Nimmervoll | first1 = Ed | authorlink1 = Ed Nimmervoll | work = [[Go-Set]] | title = National Top 40 | publisher = Waverley Press | date = 11 September 1971 | accessdate = 9 June 2013 }} Note: Single is listed as "Toast and {{Sic|Marmelade|expected=Marmalade}} for Tea".</ref><ref name="Kent">{{Cite book | title = [[Kent Music Report|Australian Chart Book 1970–1992]] | last1 = Kent | first1 = David | authorlink1 = David Kent (historian) | publisher = Australian Chart Book Ltd | location = [[St Ives, New South Wales|St Ives, NSW]] | year = 1993 | isbn = 0-646-11917-6 }} Note: Used for Australian Singles and Albums charting from 1974 until [[Australian Recording Industry Association]] (ARIA) created their own [[ARIA Charts|charts]] in mid-1988. In 1992, Kent back calculated chart positions for 1970–1974.</ref> The dreamy ballad with lead vocals by Kipner, was belatedly released as a single in mid-1971 in the US, which reach No. 20 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="BillboardChart">{{cite web | url = {{Allmusic | pure_url=yes | class=album/awards | id=r51230 }} | title=''Tin Tin'' – Tin Tin: Awards | publisher = [[Allmusic]] | accessdate = 9 June 2013 }}</ref> The song featured just eight lines of [[nursery rhyme]]-like lyrics<ref>[http://www.tsrocks.com/t/tin_tin_texts/toast_and_marmalade_for_tea.html "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" lyrics]</ref> repeated over distorted [[piano]] and [[electric guitar]] backing. The song gradually builds in intensity adding [[Steel-string acoustic guitar|acoustic guitar]], [[bass guitar]], [[Drum kit|drums]], a [[string orchestra]], and finally [[brass instrument]]s, and is now Tin Tin's best-remembered song. The album appeared on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]].<ref name="BillboardChart"/> "Toast and Marmalade for Tea", while seldom played on oldies radio today, is regarded by some critics as one of the finest and most ambitious singles by a [[one hit wonder]], and a late [[psychedelic]] classic.
