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style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;">from the album <i> <a href="/wiki/Blue_for_You" title="Blue for You">Blue for You</a> </i></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">"Drifting Away"</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Released</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist">2 July 1976<span style="display:none"> (<span class="bday dtstart published updated itvstart">1976-07-02</span>)</span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Music_genre" title="Music genre">Genre</a></th><td class="infobox-data category hlist"><a href="/wiki/Hard_rock" title="Hard rock">Hard rock</a>, <a href="/wiki/Heavy_metal_music" title="Heavy metal music">heavy metal</a>, <a href="/wiki/Punk_metal" class="mw-redirect" title="Punk metal">punk metal</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Length</th><td class="infobox-data plainlist"> <ul><li><span class="duration"><span class="min">6</span>:<span class="s">44</span></span> (album version)</li> <li>3:58 single version</li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Record_label" title="Record label">Label</a></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Vertigo_Records" title="Vertigo Records">Vertigo</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Songwriter" title="Songwriter">Songwriter(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist"><a href="/wiki/Rick_Parfitt" title="Rick Parfitt">Rick Parfitt</a><br /><a href="/wiki/Bob_Young_(artist)" class="mw-redirect" title="Bob Young (artist)">Bob Young</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/Record_producer" title="Record producer">Producer(s)</a></span></th><td class="infobox-data hlist">Status Quo</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header description" style="color: #202122;background-color: khaki;"><a href="/wiki/Status_Quo_(band)" title="Status Quo (band)">Status Quo</a> singles chronology</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"> <table style="background: transparent; color: inherit; width: 100%; min-width: 100%; border-collapse: collapse; display: inline-table;"> <tbody><tr style="line-height: 1.4em;"> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em .1em .2em 0;">"<a href="/wiki/Rain_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Rain (Status Quo song)">Rain</a>" <br />(1976) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding:.2em .1em;">"<b>Mystery Song</b>" <br />(1976) </td> <td style="width: 33%; text-align: center; vertical-align: top; padding: .2em 0 .2em .1em;">"<a href="/wiki/Wild_Side_of_Life" class="mw-redirect" title="Wild Side of Life">Wild Side of Life</a>" <br />(1976) </td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background:khaki">Official audio</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hNGILX80a6I"><span class="plainlinks">"Mystery Song"</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>"<b>Mystery Song</b>" is a single released by the British <a href="/wiki/Rock_music" title="Rock music">rock</a> band <a href="/wiki/Status_Quo_(band)" title="Status Quo (band)">Status Quo</a> in 1976. It was included on the album <i><a href="/wiki/Blue_for_You" title="Blue for You">Blue for You</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The song concerns a young man's encounter with a <a href="/wiki/Prostitute" class="mw-redirect" title="Prostitute">prostitute</a>. The <a href="/wiki/A-side_and_B-side" title="A-side and B-side">B-side</a> was "Drifting Away", from the band's 1974 album <i><a href="/wiki/Quo_(Status_Quo_album)" title="Quo (Status Quo album)">Quo</a></i>. </p><p>The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album <i><a href="/wiki/Aquostic_%E2%80%93_Stripped_Bare" title="Aquostic – Stripped Bare">Aquostic – Stripped Bare</a></i>. It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's <i><a href="/wiki/Roundhouse_(venue)" title="Roundhouse (venue)">Roundhouse</a></i> on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_2" title="BBC Radio 2">BBC Radio 2</a> as part of their <i>In Concert</i> series.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Track_listing">Track listing</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mystery_Song&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Track listing"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li>"Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58) / "Drifting Away" (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05), Vertigo: 6059 146 (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Australia)</li> <li>"Mystery Song" / "<a href="/wiki/Rain_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Rain (Status Quo song)">Rain</a>", Vertigo: 6059 146 (Italy)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Charts">Charts</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mystery_Song&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Charts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"> <tbody><tr> <th>Chart (1976) </th> <th>Peak<br />position </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Flanders)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Flanders_Status_Quo_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Flanders_Status_Quo-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">21 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Belgium (<a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a> Wallonia)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Wallonia_Status_Quo_5-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Wallonia_Status_Quo-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">28 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Netherlands (<a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Status_Quo_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Status_Quo-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">15 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Germany (<a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Germany_Status_Quo_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Germany_Status_Quo-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">38 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Sweden (<a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Sverigetopplistan</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-sc_Sweden_Status_Quo_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sc_Sweden_Status_Quo-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">13 </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/UK_Singles_Chart" class="mw-redirect" title="UK Singles Chart">UK Singles</a> (<a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">OCC</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-uk_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-uk-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </th> <td style="text-align:center;">11 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20100407015828/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm">"Status Quo discography"</a>. statusquo.co.uk. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm">the original</a> on 2010-04-07<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2010-01-04</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Status+Quo+discography&rft.pub=statusquo.co.uk&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.statusquo.co.uk%2Frecords%2Fsingles3.htm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMystery+Song" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/status-quo/2014/roundhouse-london-england-bccc99e.html">"Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm"</a>. <i>setlist.fm</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=setlist.fm&rft.atitle=Status+Quo+Concert+Setlist+at+Roundhouse%2C+London+on+October+22%2C+2014+-+setlist.fm&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.setlist.fm%2Fsetlist%2Fstatus-quo%2F2014%2Froundhouse-london-england-bccc99e.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMystery+Song" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/t5RRN4k2Y2dDhcxdtkfjfN/status-quo-acoustic">"Status Quo - Acoustic"</a>. <i>Radio 2 In Concert</i>. bbc.co.uk<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">25 February</span> 2015</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Radio+2+In+Concert&rft.atitle=Status+Quo+-+Acoustic&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.co.uk%2Fprogrammes%2Fprofiles%2Ft5RRN4k2Y2dDhcxdtkfjfN%2Fstatus-quo-acoustic&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMystery+Song" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Flanders_Status_Quo-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Flanders_Status_Quo_4-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Status+Quo&titel=Mystery+Song&cat=s">Status Quo – Mystery Song"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a>. Retrieved 16 February 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Wallonia_Status_Quo-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Wallonia_Status_Quo_5-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.ultratop.be/fr/showitem.asp?interpret=Status+Quo&titel=Mystery+Song&cat=s">Status Quo – Mystery Song"</a> (in French). <a href="/wiki/Ultratop" title="Ultratop">Ultratop 50</a>. Retrieved 16 February 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Dutch100_Status_Quo-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Dutch100_Status_Quo_6-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dutchcharts.nl/showitem.asp?interpret=Status+Quo&titel=Mystery+Song&cat=s">Status Quo – Mystery Song"</a> (in Dutch). <a href="/wiki/Dutch_Single_Top_100" title="Dutch Single Top 100">Single Top 100</a>. Retrieved 16 February 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Germany_Status_Quo-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Germany_Status_Quo_7-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.offiziellecharts.de/titel-details-13510">Status Quo – Mystery Song"</a> (in German). <a href="/wiki/GfK_Entertainment_charts" title="GfK Entertainment charts">GfK Entertainment charts</a>. Retrieved 25 December 2019. </span> </li> <li id="cite_note-sc_Sweden_Status_Quo-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-sc_Sweden_Status_Quo_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">"<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://swedishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Status+Quo&titel=Mystery+Song&cat=s">Status Quo – Mystery Song"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Sverigetopplistan" title="Sverigetopplistan">Singles Top 100</a>. Retrieved 16 February 2021.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-uk-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-uk_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.officialcharts.com/charts/singles-chart/19761007/7501/">"Official Singles Chart Top 100"</a>. <a href="/wiki/Official_Charts_Company" title="Official Charts Company">Official Charts Company</a>. Retrieved 20 September 2018.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mystery_Song&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZpC7Dsqd4JU"><span class="plainlinks">"Mystery Song"/"Little Lady" (Live)</span></a> on <a href="/wiki/YouTube_video_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="YouTube video (identifier)">YouTube</a></li></ul> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236075235">.mw-parser-output .navbox{box-sizing:border-box;border:1px solid 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(album)">Bula Quo!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aquostic_%E2%80%93_Stripped_Bare" title="Aquostic – Stripped Bare">Aquostic</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Aquostic_II_%E2%80%93_That%27s_a_Fact!" title="Aquostic II – That's a Fact!">Aquostic II</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Backbone_(Status_Quo_album)" title="Backbone (Status Quo album)">Backbone</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Live albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/Live!_(Status_Quo_album)" title="Live! (Status Quo album)">Live!</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_N.E.C." title="Live at the N.E.C.">Live at the NEC</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_Alive_Quo" title="Live Alive Quo">Live Alive Quo</a></i></li> <li><i><a href="/wiki/Live_at_the_BBC_(Status_Quo_album)" title="Live at the BBC (Status Quo album)">Live at the BBC</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Box sets</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/From_the_Makers_of..." title="From the Makers of...">From the Makers of...</a></i></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Compilation albums</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><i><a href="/wiki/12_Gold_Bars" title="12 Gold Bars">12 Gold Bars</a></i></li> <li><i><a 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Men">Pictures of Matchstick Men</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ice_in_the_Sun" title="Ice in the Sun">Ice in the Sun</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Are_You_Growing_Tired_of_My_Love" title="Are You Growing Tired of My Love">Are You Growing Tired of My Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Price_of_Love#Status_Quo_cover_version" title="The Price of Love">The Price of Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Down_the_Dustpipe" title="Down the Dustpipe">Down the Dustpipe</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_My_Chair" title="In My Chair">In My Chair</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Paper_Plane_(song)" title="Paper Plane (song)">Paper Plane</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Mean_Girl" title="Mean Girl">Mean Girl</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Caroline_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Caroline (Status Quo song)">Caroline</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Break_the_Rules_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Break the Rules (Status Quo song)">Break the Rules</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Down_Down" title="Down Down">Down Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Roll_Over_Lay_Down" title="Roll Over Lay Down">Roll Over Lay Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rain_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Rain (Status Quo song)">Rain</a>"</li> <li>"<a class="mw-selflink selflink">Mystery Song</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wild_Side_of_Life" title="The Wild Side of Life">The Wild Side of Life</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_All_Over_the_World" title="Rockin' All Over the World">Rockin' All Over the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockers_Rollin%27_/_Hold_You_Back" title="Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back">Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Again_and_Again_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Again and Again (Status Quo song)">Again and Again</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Accident_Prone_(song)" title="Accident Prone (song)">Accident Prone</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Whatever_You_Want_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Whatever You Want (Status Quo song)">Whatever You Want</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Living_on_an_Island" title="Living on an Island">Living on an Island</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/What_You%27re_Proposing" title="What You're Proposing">What You're Proposing</a>"</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lies_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Lies (Status Quo song)">"Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car"</a></li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Something_%27Bout_You_Baby_I_Like" class="mw-redirect" title="Something 'Bout You Baby I Like">Something 'Bout You Baby I Like</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_%27n%27_Roll_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song)">Rock 'n' Roll</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dear_John_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Dear John (Status Quo song)">Dear John</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/She_Don%27t_Fool_Me" title="She Don't Fool Me">She Don't Fool Me</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ol%27_Rag_Blues" title="Ol' Rag Blues">Ol' Rag Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/A_Mess_of_Blues" title="A Mess of Blues">A Mess of Blues</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Marguerita_Time" title="Marguerita Time">Marguerita Time</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Going_Down_Town_Tonight" title="Going Down Town Tonight">Going Down Town Tonight</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Wanderer_(Dion_song)#Cover_versions" title="The Wanderer (Dion song)">The Wanderer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rollin%27_Home" title="Rollin' Home">Rollin' Home</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Red_Sky_(song)" title="Red Sky (song)">Red Sky</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/In_the_Army_Now_(song)" title="In the Army Now (song)">In the Army Now</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Dreamin%27_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Dreamin' (Status Quo song)">Dreamin'</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Ain%27t_Complaining_(song)" title="Ain't Complaining (song)">Ain't Complaining</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Who_Gets_the_Love%3F" title="Who Gets the Love?">Who Gets the Love?</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rockin%27_All_Over_the_World" title="Rockin' All Over the World">Running All Over the World</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Burning_Bridges_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Burning Bridges (Status Quo song)">Burning Bridges</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Not_at_All" title="Not at All">Not at All</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Little_Dreamer_(song)" title="Little Dreamer (song)">Little Dreamer</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Anniversary_Waltz_(Status_Quo_song)" title="The Anniversary Waltz (Status Quo song)">The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Can%27t_Give_You_More" title="Can't Give You More">Can't Give You More</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Rock_%27til_You_Drop_(song)" title="Rock 'til You Drop (song)">Rock 'til You Drop</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Roadhouse_Medley" title="Roadhouse Medley">Roadhouse Medley</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Come_On_You_Reds" title="Come On You Reds">Come On You Reds</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/I_Didn%27t_Mean_It" title="I Didn't Mean It">I Didn't Mean It</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Sherri,_Don%27t_Fail_Me_Now!" title="Sherri, 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title="Old Time Rock and Roll">Old Time Rock and Roll</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Jam_Side_Down" title="Jam Side Down">Jam Side Down</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_Stand_Up" class="mw-redirect" title="All Stand Up">All Stand Up</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/You%27ll_Come_%27Round" title="You'll Come 'Round">You'll Come 'Round</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Thinking_of_You_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Thinking of You (Status Quo song)">Thinking of You</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/The_Party_Ain%27t_Over_Yet_(song)" title="The Party Ain't Over Yet (song)">The Party Ain't Over Yet</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/All_That_Counts_Is_Love" title="All That Counts Is Love">All That Counts Is Love</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Beginning_of_the_End_(Status_Quo_song)" title="Beginning of the End (Status Quo song)">Beginning of the End</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/It%27s_Christmas_Time_(Status_Quo_song)" title="It's Christmas Time (Status Quo song)">It's Christmas Time</a>"</li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other songs</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li>"<a href="/wiki/Forty_Five_Hundred_Times" title="Forty Five Hundred Times">Forty Five Hundred Times</a>"</li> <li>"<a href="/wiki/Johnny_B._Goode" title="Johnny B. 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