Break the Rules (Status Quo song)

"Break the Rules"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Quo
B-side "Lonely Night"
Released 26 April 1974 (1974-04-26)
Format 7"
Genre Rock
Length 3:38
Label Vertigo
Writer(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 single by British rock band Status Quo in 1974. It was included on the album Quo.[1]

The song was not the band's choice of single. Some copies of this single were mispressed with the moulded label for the track "Lonely Night" on both sides.

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
UK Singles Chart 8
Norway 16
Belgium 12
Germany 18

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.

References

  1. "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
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