Ol' Rag Blues

"Ol' Rag Blues"
"Ol' Rag Blues"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Back to Back
Released	2 September 1983
Genre	Rock
Length	2:51
Label	Vertigo
Songwriter(s)	Lancaster/Lamb
Producer(s)	Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology

"Ol' Rag Blues" is a song recorded by the British rock band Status Quo. It was included on the album Back to Back in 1983, and also released as a single.^[1] It was the only top 10 single the band never played live.^[2]

"Ol' Rag Blues" originally had a lead vocal by Alan Lancaster; however, the final recording used for this single featured a lead vocal performance by Francis Rossi. Lancaster wrote the song with Keith Lamb, lead singer of British bands The Kase, Sleepy Talk and Mr. Toad, and founder and lead singer of Australian glam rock band Hush.

Track listing[]

7-inch[]

"Ol' Rag Blues" (Lancaster/Lamb) (2.51)
"Stay The Night" (Rossi/Miller/Frost) (3.20)

12-inch[]

"Ol' Rag Blues" (extended remix) (Lancaster/Lamb) (4.50)
"Stay The Night" (Rossi/Miller/Frost) (3.20)
"Whatever You Want (Live At The N.E.C.)" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.21)

Charts[]

Chart (1983)	Position
UK Singles Chart	9
Switzerland	17
Netherlands	20
Sweden	18
Germany	47
Belgium	15
Norway	22
Ireland	7

References[]

^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
^ "Status Quo Tour Statistics | setlist.fm".

External links[]

Lyrics of this song at MetroLyrics

[1] "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-04.

[2] "Status Quo Tour Statistics | setlist.fm".

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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