Break the Rules (Status Quo song)

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"Break the Rules"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Quo
B-side "Lonely Night"
Released26 April 1974 (1974-04-26)
Genre Rock, boogie rock, [1] blues rock
Length3:38
Label Vertigo
Songwriter(s) Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bob Young
Producer(s) Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
"Caroline"
(1973)		"Break the Rules"
(1974)		"Down Down"
(1974)

"Break the Rules" is a song by British rock band Status Quo from their album Quo (1974). [2] It was the only single released from the album, though it had not been the band's choice, as they wanted the track "Backwater" to be the single.

Contents

The B-side of the single was "Lonely Night", which was not on an album until it became a bonus track on the 2005 reissue of Quo. Some copies of the single were mis-pressed with the moulded label for "Lonely Night" on both sides. Two years after release, "Lonely Night" was plagiarised by Australian band the Angels in their song "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", for which Status Quo subsequently received royalties. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan) (3.38)
  2. "Lonely Night" (Parfitt/Lancaster/Rossi/Young/Coghlan) (3.21)

Charts

Chart (1974)Peak
position
French Singles (SNEP) [4] 31
Germany (Official German Charts) [5] 18
UK Singles (OCC) [6] 8

Cover versions

"Break the Rules" was covered by the Western Sizzlers, on their debut album For Ol' Times Sake in 2013. The band were put together by Kevin Jennings, ex Georgia Satellites Manager, and self-confessed Quo fan.

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References

  1. ↑ Cope 2019, eBook.
  2. ↑ "Status Quo discography". Statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  3. ↑ Ling, Dave (30 May 2015). "The Angels: "What happened was sad and stupid"". Classic Rock . Retrieved 6 December 2022.
  4. ↑ "Le Détail des Chansons de chaque Artiste – S". Infodisc.fr (in French). Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 9 June 2012.Select Status Quo from the menu, then press OK.
  5. ↑ "Status Quo – Break the Rules" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

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