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{{Primary sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Primary sources|date=August 2011}}
{{Infobox single
{{Infobox song
| Name = Mystery Song
| name = Mystery Song
| Cover =
| cover =
| Cover size =
| alt =
| Border =
| type = single
| Alt =
| artist = [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
| Caption =
| album = [[Blue for You]]
| B-side = Drifting Away
| Artist = [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
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| released = {{start date|1976|7|2|df=yes}}
| Album = [[Blue for You]]
| A-side =
| recorded =
| B-side = Drifting Away
| studio =
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| venue =
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| Released = {{start date|1976|7|2|df=yes}}
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| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[punk metal]]
| Format = 7"
| Recorded =
| length = *6:44 (album version)
*3:58 single version
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| Genre = [[Hard rock]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]]
| Length = 6:44
| label = [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]]
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| writer = [[Rick Parfitt]]<br/>[[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]]
| Label = [[Vertigo Records|Vertigo]]
| producer = Status Quo
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| Writer = [[Rick Parfitt]]<br/>[[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]]
| Producer = Status Quo
| prev_title = [[Rain (Status Quo song)|Rain]]
| Certification =
| prev_year = 1976
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| next_title = [[Wild Side of Life]]
| Chronology =
| next_year = 1976
| Last single = "[[Rain (Status Quo song)|Rain]]"<br/>(1976)
| misc = {{External music video|header=Official audio|{{YouTube|hNGILX80a6I|"Mystery Song"}}}}
| This single = "'''Mystery Song'''"<br/>(1976)
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| Next single = "[[Wild Side of Life]]"<br/>(1976)
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| Misc =
}}
}}


"'''Mystery Song'''" is a single released by the British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] in 1976. It was included on the album ''[[Blue for You]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm |title=Status Quo discography |publisher=statusquo.co.uk |accessdate=2010-01-04 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407015828/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm |archivedate=2010-04-07 |df= }}</ref>
"'''Mystery Song'''" is a single released by the British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] in 1976. It was included on the album ''[[Blue for You]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm |title=Status Quo discography |publisher=statusquo.co.uk |access-date=2010-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100407015828/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm |archive-date=2010-04-07 }}</ref>


The song concerns a young man's encounter with a [[prostitute]]. The [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] was "Drifting Away", from the band's 1974 album ''[[Quo (Status Quo album)|Quo]]''.
The song concerns a young man's encounter with a [[prostitute]]. The [[A-side and B-side|B-side]] was "Drifting Away", from the band's 1974 album ''[[Quo (Status Quo 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 (venue)|Roundhouse]]'' on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by [[BBC Radio 2]] as part of their ''In Concert'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/status-quo/2014/roundhouse-london-england-bccc99e.html|title=Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm|work=setlist.fm|accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/t5RRN4k2Y2dDhcxdtkfjfN/status-quo-acoustic |title=Status Quo - Acoustic |work=Radio 2 In Concert |publisher=bbc.co.uk|date= |accessdate=25 February 2015}}</ref>
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 (venue)|Roundhouse]]'' on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by [[BBC Radio 2]] as part of their ''In Concert'' series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/status-quo/2014/roundhouse-london-england-bccc99e.html|title=Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm|work=setlist.fm|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/t5RRN4k2Y2dDhcxdtkfjfN/status-quo-acoustic |title=Status Quo - Acoustic |work=Radio 2 In Concert |publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=25 February 2015}}</ref>


== Track listing ==
== Track listing ==
* 1976: Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58) / Drifting Away (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05) 45 rpm Vinyl 7" '''Vertigo / 6059 146''' Netherlands
* "Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58) / "Drifting Away" (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05), Vertigo: 6059 146 (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Australia)
* 1976: Mystery Song / Rain 45 rpm '''Vertigo 6059 146''' Italy
* "Mystery Song" / "[[Rain (Status Quo song)|Rain]]", Vertigo: 6059 146 (Italy)


== Charts ==
== Charts ==
{| class="wikitable"
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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!Chart (1976)
!Peak<br/>position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Flanders|21|artist=Status Quo|song=Mystery Song|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}}
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! Chart (1976) !! Position
|-
|-
{{single chart|Wallonia|28|artist=Status Quo|song=Mystery Song|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}}
| [[UK Singles Chart]] || 11
|-
|-
{{single chart|Dutch100|15|artist=Status Quo|song=Mystery Song|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}}
| Holland || 12
|-
|-
{{single chart|Germany|38|artist=Status Quo|song=Mystery Song|rowheader=true|songid=13510|access-date=25 December 2019}}
| Sweden || 13
|-
|-
{{single chart|Sweden|13|artist=Status Quo|song=Mystery Song|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}}
| Belgium || 21
|-
{{single chart|UK|11|date=19761007|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018|refname="uk"}}
|}
|}


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{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
== External links ==
* {{YouTube|ZpC7Dsqd4JU|"Mystery Song"/"Little Lady" (Live)}}
* {{MetroLyrics song|status-quo|mystery-song}}<!-- Licensed lyrics provider -->


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[[Category:Status Quo (band) songs]]
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[[Category:Songs written by Rick Parfitt]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rick Parfitt]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bob Young (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bob Young (musician)]]
[[Category:Songs about prostitutes]]
[[Category:Vertigo Records singles]]


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Latest revision as of 16:40, 8 February 2024

"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)
Official audio
"Mystery Song" on YouTube

"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

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  • "Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58) / "Drifting Away" (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05), Vertigo: 6059 146 (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Australia)
  • "Mystery Song" / "Rain", Vertigo: 6059 146 (Italy)

Charts

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Chart (1976) Peak
position
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[4] 21
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Wallonia)[5] 28
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[6] 15
Germany (GfK)[7] 38
Sweden (Sverigetopplistan)[8] 13
UK Singles (OCC)[9] 11

References

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  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.
  4. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  5. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in French). Ultratop 50. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  6. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in Dutch). Single Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  7. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  8. ^ "Status Quo – Mystery Song". Singles Top 100. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Singles Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.
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