Roll Over Lay Down

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"Roll Over Lay Down"
Single by Status Quo
ReleasedMay 1975 (1975-5)
Genre
Length5:40
Bob Young, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan
Producer(s)Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
"Down Down"
(1974) 		"Roll Over Lay Down"
(1975) 		"Rain"
(1976)

"Roll Over Lay Down" is a song by the British Rock band Status Quo that was first released on the album Hello! in 1973.

It was later released as the A-side of a live EP, Quo Live in 1975. It was released to celebrate the band's 13th anniversary.[1]

All of the tracks were recorded live and were taken from concerts at The Kursaal, Southend on 1 March 1975 and Trentham Gardens in Stoke the following night. The band released the EP against the advice of many people who predicted such a release would be a failure. It featured a picture sleeve that contained sleeve notes by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. The centre of each copy of the record was specially moulded to feature the well known 'four heads' design (drawn by J Ifield) from the sleeve of the Quo album.

All three tracks were included as bonus tracks on the re-release of the On the Level album.

Track listing

Quo Live EP

  1. "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi/Young/Lancaster/Parfitt/Coghlan) – 5:40
  2. "Gerdundula" (Manston James) – 2:45
  3. "Junior's Wailing" (K White/M Pugh) – 3:50

Single

This single was released in France

  1. "Roll Over Lay Down" (live)
  2. "Where I Am"

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australian Singles (Kent Music Report)[2] 2
Germany (GfK)[3] 15
New Zealand (Recorded Music NZ)[4] 33
Norway (VG-lista)[5] 7
UK Singles (OCC)[6]
 9
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[7] 5
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[8] 32
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[9] 2
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[10] 20

Year-end charts

Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[11][12] 23

References

  1. ^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
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  3. ^ "Status Quo – Roll Over Lay Down" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  4. Top 40 Singles
    . Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Status Quo – Roll Over Lay Down". VG-lista. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
  7. ^ "Status Quo – Roll Over Lay Down (Live)" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  8. ^ "Status Quo – Roll Over Lay Down (Live)" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Status Quo – Roll Over Lay Down (Live)" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  10. ^ "Status Quo – Roll Over Lay Down (Live)". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  11. ISBN 0-646-11917-6
    .
  12. ^ "National Top 100 Singles for 1975". Kent Music Report. 29 December 1975. Retrieved 15 January 2022 – via Imgur.


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