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"Mean Girl"

Single by Status Quo

from the album Dog of Two Head

B-side

"Everything"

Released

1973 (1973)

Recorded

1971

Genre

Hard rock, boogie rock^[1]

Label

Pye Records

Songwriters

Francis Rossi
Bob Young

Producer

John Schroeder

Status Quo singles chronology

"Paper Plane"
(1972)

"Mean Girl"
(1973)

"Gerdundula"
(1973)

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

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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

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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

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Chart (1973)	Peak position
Netherlands (Single Top 100)^[4]	14
Germany (GfK)^[5]	40
UK Singles (OCC)^[6]	20

References

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^ 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.
^ "Offizielle Deutsche Charts" (in German). GfK Entertainment charts. To see the peak chart position, click 'TITEL VON', followed by the artist's name. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
^ "Official Singles Chart on 4/14/1973 – Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 20 September 2018.

Works cited

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Cope, Andrew L. (2019). Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock. New York City: Routledge. ISBN 978-1-351-02590-4.

v t e Status Quo
Francis Rossi Andy Bown John 'Rhino' Edwards Leon Cave Richie Malone Alan Lancaster John Coghlan Roy Lynes Rick Parfitt Pete Kircher Jeff Rich Matt Letley
Studio albums	Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo Spare Parts Ma Kelly's Greasy Spoon Dog of Two Head Piledriver Hello! Quo On the Level Blue for You Rockin' All Over the World If You Can't Stand the Heat... Whatever You Want Just Supposin' Never Too Late 1+9+8+2 Back to Back In the Army Now Ain't Complaining Perfect Remedy Rock 'til You Drop Thirsty Work Don't Stop Under the Influence Famous in the Last Century Heavy Traffic Riffs The Party Ain't Over Yet In Search of the Fourth Chord Quid Pro Quo Bula Quo! Aquostic Aquostic II Backbone
Live albums	Live! Live at the NEC Live Alive Quo Live at the BBC
Box sets	From the Makers of...
Compilation albums	12 Gold Bars 12 Gold Bars Vol. 2 Rocking All Over the Years Whatever You Want – The Very Best of Status Quo XS All Areas – The Greatest Hits Pictures – 40 Years of Hits Accept No Substitute! The Definitive Hits
Singles	"Pictures of Matchstick Men" "Ice in the Sun" "Are You Growing Tired of My Love" "The Price of Love" "Down the Dustpipe" "In My Chair" "Paper Plane" "" "Caroline" "Break the Rules" "Down Down" "Roll Over Lay Down" "Rain" "Mystery Song" "The Wild Side of Life" "Rockin' All Over the World" "Rockers Rollin' / Hold You Back" "Again and Again" "Accident Prone" "Whatever You Want" "Living on an Island" "What You're Proposing" "Lies" / "Don't Drive my Car" "Something 'Bout You Baby I Like" "Rock 'n' Roll" "Dear John" "She Don't Fool Me" "Ol' Rag Blues" "A Mess of Blues" "Marguerita Time" "Going Down Town Tonight" "The Wanderer" "Rollin' Home" "Red Sky" "In the Army Now" "Dreamin'" "Ain't Complaining" "Who Gets the Love?" "Running All Over the World" "Burning Bridges" "Not at All" "Little Dreamer" "The Anniversary Waltz (Parts One and Two)" "Can't Give You More" "Rock 'til You Drop" "Roadhouse Medley" "Come On You Reds" "I Didn't Mean It" "Sherri, Don't Fail Me Now!" "Restless" "When You Walk in the Room" "Fun Fun Fun" "Don't Stop" "All Around My Hat" "The Way It Goes" "Little White Lies" "Twenty Wild Horses" "Mony Mony" "Old Time Rock and Roll" "Jam Side Down" "All Stand Up" "You'll Come 'Round" "Thinking of You" "The Party Ain't Over Yet" "All That Counts Is Love" "Beginning of the End" "It's Christmas Time"
Other songs	"Forty Five Hundred Times" "Bye Bye Johnny" "Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)"
See also	Discography Members Bob Young Bula Quo!

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