Mean Girl
1973 single by Status Quo
"Mean Girl" | ||||
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Single by Status Quo | ||||
from the album Dog of Two Head | ||||
B-side | "Everything" | |||
Released | 1973 (1973) | |||
Recorded | 1971 | |||
Genre | Hard rock, boogie rock[1] | |||
Label | Pye Records | |||
Songwriter(s) | Francis Rossi Bob Young | |||
Producer(s) | John Schroeder | |||
Status Quo singles chronology | ||||
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Music video | ||||
"Mean Girl" on YouTube | ||||
"Mean Girl" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was taken from their November 1971 album Dog of Two Head.[2]
Pye Records released the song more than a year after the album, following the success of the single "Paper Plane", released in November 1972 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 it failed to chart.
The band included the song in the set for their 2009 Glastonbury Festival debut.[3]
Singles
- 1973: "Mean Girl" (Rossi/Young) (3.53) / "Everything" (Rossi/Parfitt) (2.35) Vinyl 7", Pye: 7N 45229, United Kingdom
- 1973: "Mean Girl" / "Tune to the Music", Vinyl 7", Pye: 12 661 AT, Germany
- 1978: "Mean Girl" / "In My Chair", Vinyl 7", Pye: 7N 46095, United Kingdom
- 1986: "Mean Girl" / "Technicolour Dreams", Vinyl 7", BR / 45096, Netherlands
Personnel
- Francis Rossi - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, lead vocals
- Rick Parfitt - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, backing vocals
- Alan Lancaster - bass, guitar
- John Coghlan - drums, percussion
- Bruce Foster - piano
Charts
Chart (1973) | Peak position |
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Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] | 14 |
Germany (Official German Charts)[5] | 40 |
UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 20 |
References
- ^ Cope 2019, eBook.
- ^ "Status Quo discography". Statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ^ "Status Quo make Glastonbury debut". Nme.com. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2016-10-08.
- ^ "Status Quo – Mean Girl" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Status Quo – Mean Girl" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
Works cited
- Cope, Andrew L. (2019). Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock. New York City: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-02590-4.
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Status Quo
- Francis Rossi
- Andy Bown
- John 'Rhino' Edwards
- Leon Cave
- Richie Malone
- Alan Lancaster
- John Coghlan
- Roy Lynes
- Rick Parfitt
- Pete Kircher
- Jeff Rich
- Matt Letley
- Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
- Spare Parts
- Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon
- Dog of Two Head
- Piledriver
- Hello!
- Quo
- On the Level
- Blue for You
- Rockin' All Over the World
- If You Can't Stand the Heat...
- Whatever You Want
- Just Supposin'
- Never Too Late
- 1+9+8+2
- Back to Back
- In the Army Now
- Ain't Complaining
- Perfect Remedy
- Rock 'til You Drop
- Thirsty Work
- Don't Stop
- Under the Influence
- Famous in the Last Century
- Heavy Traffic
- Riffs
- The Party Ain't Over Yet
- In Search of the Fourth Chord
- Quid Pro Quo
- Bula Quo!
- Aquostic
- Aquostic II
- Backbone
- Live!
- Live at the NEC
- Live Alive Quo
- Live at the BBC
- "Pictures of Matchstick Men"
- "Ice in the Sun"
- "Are You Growing Tired of My Love"
- "The Price of Love"
- "Down the Dustpipe"
- "In My Chair"
- "Paper Plane"
- "Mean Girl"
- "Caroline"
- "Break the Rules"
- "Down Down"
- "Roll Over Lay Down"
- "Rain"
- "Mystery Song"
- "The Wild Side of Life"
- "Rockin' All Over the World"
- "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back"
- "Again and Again"
- "Accident Prone"
- "Whatever You Want"
- "Living on an Island"
- "What You're Proposing"
- "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car"
- "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like"
- "Rock 'n' Roll"
- "Dear John"
- "She Don't Fool Me"
- "Ol' Rag Blues"
- "A Mess of Blues"
- "Marguerita Time"
- "Going Down Town Tonight"
- "The Wanderer"
- "Rollin' Home"
- "Red Sky"
- "In the Army Now"
- "Dreamin'"
- "Ain't Complaining"
- "Who Gets the Love?"
- "Running All Over the World"
- "Burning Bridges"
- "Not at All"
- "Little Dreamer"
- "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)"
- "Can't Give You More"
- "Rock 'til You Drop"
- "Roadhouse Medley"
- "Come On You Reds"
- "I Didn't Mean It"
- "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!"
- "Restless"
- "When You Walk in the Room"
- "Fun Fun Fun"
- "Don't Stop"
- "All Around My Hat"
- "The Way It Goes"
- "Little White Lies"
- "Twenty Wild Horses"
- "Mony Mony"
- "Old Time Rock and Roll"
- "Jam Side Down"
- "All Stand Up"
- "You'll Come 'Round"
- "Thinking of You"
- "The Party Ain't Over Yet"
- "All That Counts Is Love"
- "Beginning of the End"
- "It's Christmas Time"
- "Forty Five Hundred Times"
- "Bye Bye Johnny"
- "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
- Discography
- Members
- Bob Young
- Bula Quo!
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