Break the Rules (Status Quo song)
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| "Break the Rules" | ||||
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| Single by Status Quo | ||||
| from the album Quo | ||||
| B-side | "Lonely Night" | |||
| Released | 26 April 1974 | |||
| Genre | Rock, boogie rock,[1] blues rock | |||
| Length | 3:38 | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Francis Rossi, Rick Parfitt, Alan Lancaster, John Coghlan, Bob Young | |||
| Producer(s) | Status Quo | |||
| Status Quo singles chronology | ||||
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"Break the Rules" is a song by British rock band Status Quo from their album Quo (1974).[2] It was the only single released from the album, though it had not been the band's choice, as they wanted the track "Backwater" to be the single.
The B-side of the single was "Lonely Night", which was not on an album until it became a bonus track on the 2005 reissue of Quo. Some copies of the single were mis-pressed with the moulded label for "Lonely Night" on both sides. Two years after release, "Lonely Night" was plagiarised by Australian band the Angels in their song "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", for which Status Quo subsequently received royalties.[3]
- "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan) (3.38)
- "Lonely Night" (Parfitt/Lancaster/Rossi/Young/Coghlan) (3.21)
