Roll Over Lay Down

"Roll Over Lay Down" is a song by the British Rock band Status Quo that was first released on the album Hello! in 1973.

"Roll Over Lay Down"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Hello!
Released13 May 1975 (1975-05-13)
GenreHard rock
Length5:40
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Francis Rossi, Bob Young, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan
Producer(s)Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
"Down Down"
(1974)		 "Roll Over Lay Down"
(1975)		 "Rain"
(1976)

It was later released as the A-side of a live EP, Quo Live in 1975. It was released to celebrate the band's 13th anniversary.[1]

All of the tracks were recorded live and were taken from concerts at The Kursaal, Southend on 1 March 1975 and Trentham Gardens in Stoke the following night. The band released the EP against the advice of many people who predicted such a release would be a failure. It featured a picture sleeve that contained sleeve notes by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. The centre of each copy of the record was specially moulded to feature the well known 'four heads' design (drawn by J Ifield) from the sleeve of the Quo album.

All three tracks were included as bonus tracks on the re-release of the On the Level album.

Track listing

Quo Live EP
  1. "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi/Young/Lancaster/Parfitt/Coghlan) – 5:40
  2. "Gerdundula" (Manston James) – 2:45
  3. "Junior's Wailing" (K White/M Pugh) – 3:50

Single
  • "Roll Over Lay Down" / "Where I Am" [p] 45 rpm, live vinyl 7" (Vertigo / 6059 126, France, 1975)

Charts
Chart (1975)Position
UK Singles Chart9
The Netherlands2
Sweden20
Austria6
Germany15
Belgium5
Norway7
Australia2
New Zealand25

Year-end charts
Chart (1975) Peak
position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[2] 23

References
  1. "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-01-11. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 427. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.


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