Accident Prone (song)

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"Accident Prone"
Single by Status Quo
from the album If You Can't Stand the Heat
Released17 November 1978 (1978-11-17)
Length4:08 (7 inch edit) 5:04 (album version)
Label Vertigo
Songwriter(s) Williams/Hutchins
Producer(s) Pip Williams
Status Quo singles chronology
"Again and Again"
(1978)
"Accident Prone"
(1978)
"Whatever You Want"
(1979)

"Accident Prone" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1978. It was included on the album If You Can't Stand the Heat . [1] The title was rather prophetic, for it was their only official single of the 1970s in Britain to fail to reach the Top 30.

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Track listing

  1. "Accident Prone" (Williams/Hutchins) (4.08)
  2. "Let Me Fly" (Rossi/Frost) (4.20)

Charts

Chart (1978)Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [2] 15
Germany (Official German Charts) [3] 19
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [4] 10
UK Singles (OCC) [5] 36

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References

  1. "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. "Status Quo – Accident Prone" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  3. "Status Quo – Accident Prone" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. "Status Quo – Accident Prone" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.