Mean Girl

"Mean Girl"
"Mean Girl"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Dog of Two Head
B-side	"Everything"
Released	22 February 1973
Recorded	1971
Genre	Hard rock
Label	Pye Records
Songwriter(s)	Francis Rossi; Bob Young
Producer(s)	John Schroeder
Status Quo singles chronology
Music video
	"Mean Girl" on YouTube

"Mean Girl" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo on 22 February 1973. It was taken from their November 1971 album Dog of Two Head.^[1]

Pye Records released the song more than a year after the album, following the success of the single "Paper Plane", released in November 1972 on the Vertigo label. It became a UK Top 20 hit – previously only three of the ten Pye singles had made the Top 20. They tried this again with the single "Gerdundula", another track from the same album, but it failed to chart.

The band included the song in the set for their 2009 Glastonbury Festival debut.^[2]

Singles[]

1973: "Mean Girl" (Rossi/Young) (3.53) / "Everything" (Rossi/Parfitt) (2.35) Vinyl 7", Pye: 7N 45229, United Kingdom
1973: "Mean Girl" / "Tune to the Music", Vinyl 7", Pye: 12 661 AT, Germany
1978: "Mean Girl" / "In My Chair", Vinyl 7", Pye: 7N 46095, United Kingdom
1986: "Mean Girl" / "Technicolour Dreams", Vinyl 7", BR / 45096, Netherlands

Personnel[]

Francis Rossi - lead guitar, acoustic guitar, lead vocals
Rick Parfitt - rhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, backing vocals
Alan Lancaster - bass, guitar
John Coghlan - drums, percussion
Bruce Foster - piano

Charts[]

Chart (1973)	Position
UK Singles Chart	20
Holland	14
Germany	40
Norway	12

References[]

^ "Status Quo discography". Statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
^ "Status Quo make Glastonbury debut". Nme.com. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

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[1] "Status Quo discography". Statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

[2] "Status Quo make Glastonbury debut". Nme.com. 2009-06-28. Retrieved 2016-10-08.

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v t Status Quo
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 Bula Quo!