Mystery Song

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"Mystery Song"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Blue for You
B-side"Drifting Away"
Released2 July 1976 (1976-07-02)
GenreHard rock, heavy metal, punk metal
Length
  • 6:44 (album version)
  • 3:58 single version
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Rick Parfitt
Bob Young
Producer(s)Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
"Rain"
(1976) 		"Mystery Song"
(1976) 		"Wild Side of Life"
(1976)

"Mystery Song" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1976. It was included on the album Blue for You.[1]

The song concerns a young man's encounter with a prostitute. The B-side was "Drifting Away", from the band's 1974 album Quo.

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.[2][3]

Track listing[]

  • 1976: Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58) / Drifting Away (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05) 45 rpm Vinyl 7" Vertigo / 6059 146 Netherlands
  • 1976: Mystery Song / Rain 45 rpm Vertigo 6059 146 Italy

Charts[]

Chart (1976) Position
UK Singles Chart 11
Holland 12
Sweden 13
Belgium 21

References[]

  1. ^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-04-07. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ^ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  3. ^ "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.

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