"directed by Stuart St. Paul, produced by Tim Major and was released in cinemas on 5 July 2013. The film was accompanied by a soundtrack album of the same name, the band's 30th studio album, released on 10 June. It featured nine new songs and ten re-records and live tracks, and debuted in the UK chart at number 10. On 9 July 2012, the band released the single ""The Winner"" for the 2012 Summer Olympics. In July 2012 Coles, an Australian national supermarket chain, signed Status Quo to record a version of ""Down Down"" using Coles' tag line 'Down, down,"
"Quo (Status Quo album) Quo is the seventh studio album by Status Quo. Issued in May 1974, it features Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan, and reached #2 in the UK. Like its predecessor ""Hello!"", it consisted entirely of songs written or cowritten by the group. The only guest musicians were Bob Young and Tom Parker, who played harmonica and piano respectively on ""Break the Rules"". The band believed the opening ""Backwater"" to be the most suitable candidate for a single. However, the only track released as a single was ""Break the Rules"", in April 1974. It"
"British artist Dave Field. Quo (Status Quo album) Quo is the seventh studio album by Status Quo. Issued in May 1974, it features Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan, and reached #2 in the UK. Like its predecessor ""Hello!"", it consisted entirely of songs written or cowritten by the group. The only guest musicians were Bob Young and Tom Parker, who played harmonica and piano respectively on ""Break the Rules"". The band believed the opening ""Backwater"" to be the most suitable candidate for a single. However, the only track released as a single was ""Break the Rules"","
"Ain't Complaining Ain't Complaining is the eighteenth studio album by British rock band Status Quo. Initially released on the Vertigo label on 13 June 1988, it was the group's first album on that label to fall short of the UK Top 10, reaching no higher than its entry position of No. 12. It spawned three singles: the title track, the ballad ""Who Gets the Love?"" and the only Top 10 hit among them, the jaunty ""Burning Bridges"", which essentially replicated the melody of the traditional folk song ""Darby Kelly"" within its distinctive instrumental breaks, without crediting it as such. John"
"to credit them as ""the"" Status Quo. Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the debut studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in September 1968. It features a large number of covers, including ""Green Tambourine"" by The Lemon Pipers. The album's lead single was originally intended to be ""Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café"", with the original Francis Rossi composition ""Pictures of Matchstick Men"" as the b-side, but these songs were eventually swapped round. It reached #7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the"
"On the Level On the Level is the eighth studio album of English rock band Status Quo. It features Francis Rossi, Richard Parfitt, Alan Lancaster and John Coghlan. The album's cover art features band members in an Ames room, and on the original vinyl release, the inner gatefold sleeve consisted of informal photos members of the group had taken of each other. In November 1974 the band released the only single from the album, an edited version of a Rossi/Young song entitled ""Down Down"". The single gave the band their only #1 hit to date. Its b-side was the Parfitt/Young"
"Status Quo (band) Status Quo are an English rock band who play boogie rock. The group originated in The Spectres, founded by schoolboys Francis Rossi and Alan Lancaster in 1962. After a number of lineup changes, which included the introduction of Rick Parfitt in 1967, the band became The Status Quo in 1967 and Status Quo in 1969. They have had over 60 chart hits in the UK, more than any other rock band, including ""Pictures of Matchstick Men"" in 1968, ""Whatever You Want"" in 1979 and ""In the Army Now"" in 1986 and 2010. Twenty-two of these reached the"
"the World <li>Don’t Waste My Time <li>Bye Bye Johnny Status Quo: Additional personnel: Ain't Complaining Ain't Complaining is the eighteenth studio album by British rock band Status Quo. Initially released on the Vertigo label on 13 June 1988, it was the group's first album on that label to fall short of the UK Top 10, reaching no higher than its entry position of No. 12. It spawned three singles: the title track, the ballad ""Who Gets the Love?"" and the only Top 10 hit among them, the jaunty ""Burning Bridges"", which essentially replicated the melody of the traditional folk song"
"Pictures of Matchstick Men ""Pictures of Matchstick Men"" is the first hit single by Status Quo, released on 5 January 1968. The song reached number seven in the British charts, number eight in Canada, and number 12 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming their only hit single in the United States. Francis Rossi confirmed on DVD2 of the Pictures set that it was originally intended to be a B-side to ""Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Cafe"", but it was decided to swap the B-side and the A-side of the single. There are two versions of the song, a stereo and mono version,"
"Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo is the debut studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, released in September 1968. It features a large number of covers, including ""Green Tambourine"" by The Lemon Pipers. The album's lead single was originally intended to be ""Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café"", with the original Francis Rossi composition ""Pictures of Matchstick Men"" as the b-side, but these songs were eventually swapped round. It reached #7 in the UK, and remains the band's only major hit single in the US, where it reached #12. It also"
"1973, and failed to chart. The B-side to this single was Rossi and Parfitt's ""Lakky Lady"", taken from the band's previous album ""Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon"". AllMusic largely praised the album's unusual stylistics in their retrospective review, commenting that Status Quo ""were going to find their characteristic sound in their posterior effort, ""Piledriver"", but never again were they going to sound as innovative and inventive as they sound here."" Dog of Two Head Dog of Two Head is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Status Quo released by Pye Records. At the time of recording, the band"
"charts. By 1967, the group had discovered psychedelia and named themselves Traffic, but were soon forced to change it to ""Traffic Jam"" to avoid confusion with Steve Winwood's Traffic, following an argument over who had registered the name first. The band secured an appearance on BBC Radio's Saturday Club, but in June their next single, ""Almost But Not Quite There"", underperformed. The following month saw Parfitt, at the request of manager Pat Barlow, joining the band as rhythm guitarist and vocalist. Shortly after Parfitt's recruitment, in August 1967, the band officially became The Status Quo. In January 1968 the group"
"Rising, which is backed by a remix instrumental of Pictures of Matchstick Men. In 2012, the song featured in Men in Black 3. In 2013, Mickey Avalon heavily sampled the song over rap in his single ""I Get Even."" Pictures of Matchstick Men ""Pictures of Matchstick Men"" is the first hit single by Status Quo, released on 5 January 1968. The song reached number seven in the British charts, number eight in Canada, and number 12 on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100, becoming their only hit single in the United States. Francis Rossi confirmed on DVD2 of the Pictures set that"
"released the psychedelic-flavoured ""Pictures of Matchstick Men"". Rick Parfitt was invited to join the band just as the song hit the UK Singles Chart, reaching number seven; ""Matchstick Men"" additionally became the group's only Top 40 hit in the United States, peaking at number twelve on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Although Status Quo's albums have been released in the United States throughout their career, they never achieved the same level of success as they have in their home country. Though the follow-up was the unsuccessful single, ""Black Veils of Melancholy"", they had a hit again the same year with a"
"Mean Girl ""Mean Girl"" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was taken from their 1971 album ""Dog of Two Head"". Pye Records released the old song after the success of the single ""Paper Plane"" on the Vertigo label. It became a UK Top 20 hit - previously only three of the ten Pye singles had made the Top 20. They tried this again with the single ""Gerdundula"", another track from the same album, but this failed to chart. The band included the song in the set for their 2009 debut at the"
"Quo (Quo album) Quo is the self-titled and only album released by hip hop group Quo, released on October 25, 1994, through Michael Jackson and Epic Records' MJJ Music. The album itself did not make it to any of the ""Billboard"" charts, but two singles did—""Blowin' Up (Don't Stop the Music)"" made it to #25 on the Hot Rap Singles and #90 on the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, while ""Quo Funk"" made it #2 on the Bubbling Under R&B/Hip-Hop Singles. ""Lost in the Night"" was used as background music in the 1995 science fiction film ""Strange Days"", while ""Who Gets"
"Glastonbury Festival. Mean Girl ""Mean Girl"" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was taken from their 1971 album ""Dog of Two Head"". Pye Records released the old song after the success of the single ""Paper Plane"" on the Vertigo label. It became a UK Top 20 hit - previously only three of the ten Pye singles had made the Top 20. They tried this again with the single ""Gerdundula"", another track from the same album, but this failed to chart. The band included the song in the set for their 2009 debut"
"Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song) ""Rock 'n' Roll"" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1981. It was included on the album ""Just Supposin'"". It was written in Ireland by Francis Rossi and Bernie Frost during a stay in the country, and was not originally intended to be recorded by Status Quo themselves. The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album ""Aquostic (Stripped Bare)"". 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"
"Caroline (Status Quo song) ""Caroline"" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was included on the band's 1973 album ""Hello!"" The song was written by band leader Francis Rossi and roadie / harmonica player Bob Young on a table napkin in the dining room of a hotel in Perranporth, Cornwall, in 1971. A demo was cut with Rossi playing guitar and bass, with Terry Williams on drums. The group changed the arrangement from a slow blues song, doubling the tempo, and recorded it mostly live using their stage gear and amplifiers. On the"
"Don't Stop (Status Quo album) Don't Stop is the twenty-second studio album by English rock band Status Quo. The album of cover versions includes guest appearances from Tessa Niles on tracks 6 and 14, The Beach Boys on track 1, Brian May of Queen on track 7 and Maddy Prior of Steeleye Span on track 15. Fun, Fun, Fun, When You Walk In The Room, Don't Stop and All Around My Hat were all released as singles, although only the first of these reached the British Top 30. However the album entered the chart at No 2 in the first"
"deluxe edition of the 2011 studio album ""Quid Pro Quo"" and t Beginning of the End (Status Quo song) ""Beginning of the End"" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 2007. It was included on the album ""In Search of the Fourth Chord"". It reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2007. ""Beginning of the End"" is the sole single from ""In Search of the Fourth Chord"". Much heavier than most of its recent predecessors (thereby signalling a move back towards a harder rock sound), it has gained distinction as being one"
"been banned by the BBC and became a top 20 hit single in the UK; making it to no. 16. As with the 'penguin' theme started with the previous ""Whatever You Want"" single, the first 100,000 copies of ""Living on an Island"" were issued with a picture sleeve featuring several penguins enjoying Antarctic conditions. In addition, the music video features footage of penguins interspersed with footage of the band miming the song on a soundstage. Living on an Island ""Living on an Island"" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1979. It was included on"
"and only single released by British band The Go-Go's. The song was released in December 1964 and distributed through Oriole Records, but did not make the UK Singles Chart. The first single about the show to make the UK Singles Chart was ""Dr. Who"" by Mankind. The track was based on the ""Doctor Who"" theme music in a disco style and was Mankind's first and only charting single(follow up 'Chain Reaction'was a flop). Released by Pinnacle in 1978, the song peaked at Number 25 in the UK Singles Chart. In 1985, charity ensemble Who Cares? released a single protesting at"
"Status Quo and Peter Gabriel. Although the film fared badly, the soundtrack album charted in the UK and US. The album included Elton John's version of ""Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds"", which had been issued in 1974, and Rod Stewart's version of ""Get Back"" which became a UK hit single. The film also includes a Will Malone & Reizner cover of ""You Never Give Me Your Money"". Reizner went on to produce the music to the 1977 film ""Black Joy"" featuring Gladys Knight and the Pips, Aretha Franklin, The Drifters and The O'Jays. He was still working prolifically, when"
"Lies (Status Quo song) ""Lies"" / ""Don't Drive My Car"" is a double A-side single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1980. ""Lies"" was considered to be the most commercial of the two. Both songs were included on the album ""Just Supposin'"". 250,000 copies were issued with a picture sleeve; the first 100,000 printed in colour, the rest were printed in black and white. ""Don't Drive My Car"" was mispressed twice - once as ""Don't Drive My CAF"" (French pressing) and once as ""Don't Drive MYICAR"" (later UK pressing). The song was reprised, in 2014, for the"
"Beginning of the End (Status Quo song) ""Beginning of the End"" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 2007. It was included on the album ""In Search of the Fourth Chord"". It reached number 48 on the UK Singles Chart in September 2007. ""Beginning of the End"" is the sole single from ""In Search of the Fourth Chord"". Much heavier than most of its recent predecessors (thereby signalling a move back towards a harder rock sound), it has gained distinction as being one of the few ""newer"" songs to survive in the live set and"
"Break the Rules (Status Quo song) ""Break the Rules"" is a single by British rock band Status Quo in 1974. It was included on the album ""Quo"". The song was not the band's choice of single as they wanted the track ""Backwater"" to be the single instead. Some copies of this single were mis-pressed with the moulded label for the track ""Lonely Night"" on both sides. ""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"
"predecessor of Status Quo) in 1967. (We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet ""(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"" is a song by the American rock band Blues Magoos, released in October 1966. It was a chart hit in the United States in February 1967. It was written by Ron Gilbert, Ralph Scala and Mike Esposito. The Vox Continental organ riff was closely based on guitarist James Burton's riff to Ricky Nelson's 1962 rock recording of the old George Gershwin standard ""Summertime"", which also inspired Deep Purple's 1970 hit song ""Black Night"". ""(We Ain't Got) Nothin' Yet"" is a single released by the"
"fan. Break the Rules (Status Quo song) ""Break the Rules"" is a single by British rock band Status Quo in 1974. It was included on the album ""Quo"". The song was not the band's choice of single as they wanted the track ""Backwater"" to be the single instead. Some copies of this single were mis-pressed with the moulded label for the track ""Lonely Night"" on both sides. ""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"
"Charlie, 'O.K., release it. I bet it does nothing.'"" ""You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"" debuted at number 65 on September 21, 1974 and shot to the top of the Hot 100 seven weeks later. It was the only US number 1 single in BTO's history. (While in The Guess Who, Randy had penned only one other chart-topper, ""American Woman"", which hit number 1 in 1970.) ""You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet"" also holds the record for falling farthest on the chart before returning to the Top 10. After falling to number 34 two weeks after being in the number 1 spot,"
"Released in April 1969 it reached no. 46 in UK singles charts. The album was released in September 1969 but wasn't a commercial success. Following the disappointment of the album, the band released a non-album single - the Everly Brothers' ""The Price of Love"", also released in September 1969, with the Francis Rossi and Rick Parfitt composition ""Little Miss Nothing"" as the B-side. Spare Parts (album) Spare Parts is the second studio album by the English rock band Status Quo, and the final one in the psychedelic vein. It is also the first in which the group's roadie Bob Young"
"Hello! (album) Hello! is the sixth studio album by the British rock band Status Quo. Released in September 1973, it was the first of four Quo albums to top the UK Albums Chart. It was also the first Quo album on which drummer John Coghlan was credited with songwriting. Keyboard player Andy Bown and saxophonist Stewart Blandamer both played on ""Forty-Five Hundred Times"". This was Bown's first appearance on a Status Quo album, although he would guest on most subsequent releases, and become a permanent member of the line-up a few years later. 1973 started for Status Quo with the"
"Top 10 in the UK Singles Chart. In July 1985 the band opened Live Aid at Wembley Stadium with ""Rockin' All Over the World"". In 1991, Status Quo received a Brit Award for Outstanding Contribution to Music. Status Quo starred in their first feature film, ""Bula Quo!"", which was released to cinemas in July 2013. The film coincided with the release of the soundtrack album ""Bula Quo!"", which peaked at number 10 in the UK Albums Chart. The first single from the album, ""Bula Bula Quo"" was released in June 2013, and is Status Quo's one hundredth single release. Status"