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1976 single by Status Quo

"Mystery Song"

Single by Status Quo
from the album  Blue for You
B-side| "Drifting Away"
Released| 2 July 1976 (1976-07-02)
Genre|

* Hard rock
* proto-metal

Length|

* 6:44 (album version)
* 3:58 single version

Label| Vertigo
Songwriter(s)| Rick Parfitt
Bob Young
Producer(s)| Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
| "Rain"
(1976)  | "Mystery Song"
(1976)  | "Wild Side of Life"
(1976)

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Official audio
"Mystery Song" on YouTube

"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.

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 Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.[2][3]

## Track listing

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* "Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58) / "Drifting Away" (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05), Vertigo: 6059 146 (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Australia)
* "Mystery Song" / "Rain", Vertigo: 6059 146 (Italy)

## Charts

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Chart (1976)  | Peak
position

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Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] | 21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] | 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] | 15
Germany (GfK)[7] | 38
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] | 13
UK Singles (OCC)[9] | 11

## References

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1. ^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
2. ^ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
3. ^ "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
4. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
5. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
6. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
7. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
8. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

## External links

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* "Mystery Song"/"Little Lady" (Live) on YouTube

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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

Studio albums|

* 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 albums|

* Live!
* Live at the NEC
* Live Alive Quo
* Live at the BBC

Box sets|

* From the Makers of...

Compilation albums|

* 12 Gold Bars
* 12 Gold Bars Vol. 2
* Rocking All Over the Years
* Whatever You Want – The Very Best of Status Quo
* XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits
* Pictures – 40 Years of Hits
* Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits

Singles|

* "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"

Other songs|

* "Forty Five Hundred Times"
* "Bye Bye Johnny"
* "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"

See also|

* Discography
* Members
* Bob Young
* Bula Quo!

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