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▲| Released = {{start date|1974|4|26|df=yes}}
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| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[boogie rock]],{{sfn|Cope|2019|loc=eBook}} [[blues rock]]
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| producer = Status Quo
▲| Writer = [[Francis Rossi]]<br/>[[Rick Parfitt]]<br/>[[Alan Lancaster]]<br/>[[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]]<br/>[[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]]
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"'''Break the Rules'''" is a
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 (Australian band)|the Angels]] in their song "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", for which Status Quo subsequently received royalties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ling |first=Dave |date=30 May 2015 |title=The Angels: "What happened was sad and stupid" |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-angels-what-happened-was-sad-and-stupid |website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
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# "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan) (3.38)
# "Lonely Night" (Parfitt/Lancaster/Rossi/Young/Coghlan) (3.21)
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!scope="row"| French Singles ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 June 2012 |title=Le Détail des Chansons de chaque Artiste – S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Chanson_S.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} ''Select ''Status Quo'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref>
▲! Chart (1974) !! Position
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{{single chart|Germany|18|artist=Status Quo|song=Break the Rules|rowheader=true|songid=41039|access-date=25 December 2019}}
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{{single chart|UK|8|date=19740405|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018|refname="uk"}}
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==Cover
"Break the Rules" was covered by the [[The Western Sizzlers|Western Sizzlers]], on their debut album ''For Ol' Times Sake'' in 2013. The band were put together by Kevin Jennings, ex [[The Georgia Satellites|Georgia Satellites]] Manager, and self-confessed Quo fan.
==References==
{{Reflist}}
===Works cited===
* {{Cite book |last=Cope |first=Andrew L. |author-link= |year=2019 |title=Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock |location=New York City |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-02590-4}}
{{Status Quo}}
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[[Category:Status Quo songs]]▼
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[[Category:1974 singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Francis Rossi]]
[[Category:1974 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rick Parfitt]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bob Young (musician)]]
[[Category:Vertigo Records singles]]
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