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"Mystery Song" Single by Status Quo from the album Blue for You B-side Drifting Away Released 2 July 1976 Format 7" Genre Heavy metal Length 3:58 Label Vertigo Writer(s) Rick Parfitt
Bob YoungProducer Status Quo Status Quo singles chronology "Rain"
(1976)"Mystery Song"
(1976)"Wild Side of Life"
(1976)"Mystery Song" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1976. It was included on the album Blue for You.[1]
The song concerns a young man's encounter with a prostitute. The b-side was "Drifting Away", from the band's 1974 album Quo.
It is one of the band's heaviest songs.
Track listing
- "Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58)
- "Drifting Away" (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05)
Charts
Chart (1976) Position UK Singles Chart 11 Holland 12 Sweden 13 Belgium 21 References
- ^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
Francis Rossi • Rick Parfitt • Andy Bown • John 'Rhino' Edwards • Matt Letley
John Coghlan • Alan Lancaster • Pete Kircher • Jeff Rich • Roy LynesStudio albums (UK) 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 QuoUK Top 20 singles "Pictures of Matchstick Men" • "Ice in the Sun" • "Down the Dustpipe" • "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" • "Again and Again" • "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" • "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" • "Running All Over the World" • "Burning Bridges" • "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" • "Come on You Reds" • "Jam Side Down" • "You'll Come 'Round" • "The Party Ain't Over Yet"Other singles "Black Veils of Melancholy" • "Make Me Stay a Bit Longer" • "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" • "The Price of Love" • "In My Chair" • "Tune to the Music" • "Gerdundula" • "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" • "Accident Prone" • "She Don't Fool Me" • "Who Gets the Love?" • "Not at All" • "Little Dreamer" • "Can't Give You More" • "Rock 'til You Drop" • "Roadhouse Medley" • "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" • "All Stand Up" • "Thinking of You" • "All That Counts Is Love" • "Beginning of the End" • "It's Christmas Time" • "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"See also 
BookCategories:- Status Quo songs
- 1976 singles
- Songs written by Rick Parfitt
- Songs written by Bob Young
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