Mean Girl
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| "Mean Girl" | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single by Status Quo | ||||
| from the album Dog of Two Head | ||||
| B-side | "Everything" | |||
| Released | 1973 | |||
| Recorded | 1971 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, boogie rock[1] | |||
| Label | Pye Records | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Francis Rossi Bob Young | |||
| Producer(s) | John Schroeder | |||
| Status Quo singles chronology | ||||
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| Music video | ||||
| "Mean Girl" on YouTube | ||||
"Mean Girl" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was taken from their November 1971 album Dog of Two Head.[2]
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.[3]
Singles[edit]
- 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[edit]
- 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[edit]
| Chart (1973) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Netherlands (Single Top 100)[4] | 14 |
| Germany (Official German Charts)[5] | 40 |
| UK Singles (OCC)[6] | 20 |
References[edit]
- ^ Cope 2019, eBook.
- ^ "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.
- ^ "Status Quo – Mean Girl" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Status Quo – Mean Girl" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
- ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
Works cited[edit]
- Cope, Andrew L. (2019). Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock. New York City: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-02590-4.
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