Break the Rules (Status Quo song): Difference between revisions

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{{Infobox song

| name = Break the Rules

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]

| album = [[Quo (Status Quo album)|Quo]]

| B-side = Lonely Night

| released = {{start date|1974|4|26|df=yes}}

| recorded =

| studio =

| venue =

| genre = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[boogie rock]],{{sfn|Cope|2019|loc=eBook}} [[blues rock]]

| length = 3:38

| label = Vertigo

| writer = [[Francis Rossi]], [[Rick Parfitt]], [[Alan Lancaster]], [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]], [[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]]

| producer = Status Quo

| prev_title = [[Caroline (Status Quo song)|Caroline]]

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = [[Down Down]]

| next_year = 1974

"'''Break the Rules'''" is a song by British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] from their album ''[[Quo (Status Quo album)|Quo]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles2.htm |title=Status Quo discography |website=Statusquo.co.uk |access-date=2010-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111012949/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles2.htm |archive-date=2010-01-11 }}</ref> 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 (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>

==Track listing==

==Charts==

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!Chart (1974)

!Peak<br/>position

!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>

| align="center"| 31

{{single chart|Germany|18|artist=Status Quo|song=Break the Rules|rowheader=true|songid=41039|access-date=25 December 2019}}

{{single chart|UK|8|date=19740405|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018|refname="uk"}}

==Cover versions==

"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==

===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}}

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[[Category:Status Quo (band) songs]]

[[Category:1974 songs]]

[[Category:Songs written by Rick Parfitt]]

[[Category:Songs written by Bob Young (musician)]]

[[Category:Vertigo Records singles]]

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