Burning Bridges (Status Quo song)

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)"
"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)"
	Artwork for UK vinyl releases
Single by Status Quo
from the album Ain't Complaining
B-side	"Whatever You Want"; "Marguerita Time" (12-inch only)
Released	21 November 1988
Genre	Rock
Length	3:51
Label	Vertigo
Songwriter(s)	Rossi / Bown
Producer(s)	Pip Williams
Status Quo singles chronology

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1988. It was included on the album Ain't Complaining.^[1] The tune is based on the traditional English folk song "Darby Kelly".^[2]

In 1994 Manchester United F.C. used the song as the basis for their FA Cup song "Come On You Reds", which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in May 1994.

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.^[3]^[4]

Track listing[]

7 inch vinyl[]

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Rossi/Bown) (3.51)
"Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.01)

12 inch vinyl[]

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
"Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)
"Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) (3.27)

CD[]

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
"Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)

CD Video[]

(Not released until April 1989)

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
"Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)
"Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) (3.27)
"Who Gets The Love?" (P Williams /J Goodison) (5.32)
"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Video track)

Charts[]

Chart (1988)	Position
UK Singles Chart	5
Germany	26
Ireland	8

Covers[]

English Rock Band Muse use the riff of the song.

In 2017, the Irish duo Foster and Allen and the Irish country singer Nathan Carter released a collaborative version of the song accompanied by a music video.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
^ "'Whatever you want: The Andrew Bown Story'".
^ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
^ "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

External links[]

[1] "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

[2] "'Whatever you want: The Andrew Bown Story'".

[3] "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

[4] "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Rick Parfitt Alan Lancaster John Coghlan Jess Jaworski Alan Key Pete Kircher Matt Letley Roy Lynes Jeff Rich
Studio albums (UK)	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 (Stripped Bare) Aquostic II: That's a Fact! Backbone
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" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)" "Backbone"
Other songs	"Don't Waste My Time" "Forty Five Hundred Times"
Live albums	Live! Live at the N.E.C. Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC
See also	Discography Members Bob Young