Caroline (Status Quo song)
"Caroline" | ||||||||||
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Single by Status Quo | ||||||||||
from the album Hello! | ||||||||||
B-side | Joanne | |||||||||
Released | 31 August 1973 | |||||||||
Format | 7" | |||||||||
Genre | Rock, hard rock, boogie rock, rock and roll | |||||||||
Length | 3:43 | |||||||||
Label | Vertigo | |||||||||
Writer(s) | Francis Rossi, Bob Young | |||||||||
Producer(s) | Status Quo | |||||||||
Status Quo singles chronology | ||||||||||
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"Caroline" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was included on the album Hello!.[1]
It was written by Bob Young and Francis Rossi on a table napkin in the dining room of a hotel in Perranporth, Cornwall, in 1970.
It was the second song Status Quo played at their Live Aid gig in 1985.
The song inspired Apollo 440's 1999 single "Stop the Rock".[2]
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]
Singles
- 1973: "Caroline" (Rossi/Young) (3.43) / "Joanne" (Lancaster) (4.06) 45 rpm Vinyl 7", Vertigo / 6059 085 Germany, United Kingdom
- 1985: "Caroline" / "Down Down" 45 rpm Vinyl 7", Old Gold / OG 9566 United Kingdom
Charts
Chart (1973) | Position |
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UK Singles Chart | 5 |
Sweden | 5 |
Germany | 36 |
Belgium | 9 |
Norway | 12 |
Ireland | 11 |
Chart (1982) | Position |
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UK Singles Chart | 13 |
Ireland | 12 |
References
- ↑ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
- ↑ Warwick, Kutner & Brown (2004, p. 75)
- ↑ "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.
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