"Rockin' All Over the World" | ||||
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Single by John Fogerty | ||||
from the album John Fogerty | ||||
B-side | "The Wall" | |||
Released | August 16, 1975 [1] | |||
Genre | Roots rock, rock and roll | |||
Length | 2:56 | |||
Label | Asylum, Warner Bros. | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Fogerty | |||
Producer(s) | John Fogerty | |||
John Fogerty singles chronology | ||||
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"Rockin' All Over the World" is a rock song written by John Fogerty, formerly of Creedence Clearwater Revival. It made its debut on Fogerty's second solo album in 1975. It was also released as a single, spending six weeks in the US top 40, peaking at #27. [2]
Status Quo recorded their own, heavier arrangement of Fogerty's song for their 1977 album Rockin' All Over the World . In July 1985 Status Quo opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with "Rockin' All Over the World". [3]
Rolling Stone critic Dave Marsh considered the song a good choice for the album's lead single, although he claimed that it was "little more than the formulaic CCR sound with the title repeated over and over, like a chant." [4] Billboard exclaimed "Good news for rock and roll fans. John Fogerty is back, capturing all the deceptively simple magic frantic feel that made Creedence a groundbreaking rock group in the '60s," praising the vocals, instrumentals and the title. [5] Cash Box said that "every kid in town should sit up and take note of the simple drive, and cut out all that complicated crud." [6]
"Rockin' All Over the World" | ||||
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Single by Status Quo | ||||
from the album Rockin' All Over the World | ||||
B-side | Ring of a Change [7] | |||
Released | September 30, 1977 [8] | |||
Genre | Boogie rock | |||
Length | 3:33 | |||
Label | Vertigo | |||
Songwriter(s) | John Fogerty | |||
Producer(s) | Pip Williams | |||
Status Quo singles chronology | ||||
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During the recording of Status Quo's music video to the song, bassist Alan Lancaster was living in Australia. He had refused to return to the UK for the recording, so he was replaced by a dummy with a bass guitar in the video. Quo's version was their 8th UK top ten hit, peaking at #3.
At Live Aid, Status Quo began their set (and thus the event itself, being the opening band) with "Rockin' All Over the World" which first became an unofficial anthem for the event when the BBC used it to advertise their TV coverage. Coldplay performed a portion of the song at Live 8, with lead singer Chris Martin singing the chorus during the song "In My Place", after much was made of Status Quo's absence from the concert in the British media.
The song has found widespread usage in the sports world. In 1988, to support Sport Aid, Status Quo re-recorded the song as "Running All Over the World" with slightly amended lyrics. It reached #17 in the UK Singles Chart. In the 21st century, Status Quo's 1977 rendition has become both an anthem of English football and European football more broadly, including as German side Bayer Leverkusen's post-goal track (a song played over the PA system whenever a goal is scored by the home team). [9] The song is played over the PA system after England international matches, to which the crowd sings along. It is also popular as a crowd chant, with both original and modified lyrics, at various clubs around England, including Arsenal [10] (modified, "Saka and Emile Smith Rowe"), Millwall [11] [12] (original) and Wrexham (modified, "Super Ben Foster In Goal"). [13] The song was also adapted by England and Manchester United women's teams fans as "Tooney and Lessi Russo". Following Alessia Russo's transfer to Arsenal, Ella Toone admitted that she was upset to hear the chant modified as "Lotte and Lessi Russo" when Manchester United faced Arsenal. [14] Bolton Wanderers uses the song whenever the home team wins their matches at home.
Another re-recorded version by Status Quo - a cover of the original 1977 record - appeared on their album Riffs in 2003. The song was reprised once again, in 2014, for Status Quo's thirty-first studio album, Aquostic (Stripped Bare) , as an acoustic arrangement. It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's Roundhouse on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series. [15] [16]
Chart (1977–1978) | Peak position |
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Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40) [17] | 22 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders) [18] | 18 |
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [19] | 38 |
French Singles(SNEP) [20] | 32 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [21] | 7 |
Ireland (IRMA) [22] | 1 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [23] | 11 |
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ) [24] | 29 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [25] | 3 |
UK Singles (OCC) [26] | 3 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI) [27] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
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