Rock 'n' Roll (Status Quo song)

"Rock 'n' Roll"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Just Supposin'
Released20 November 1981 (1981-11-20)
Genre
Length4:04
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Rossi/Frost
Producer(s)Status Quo and John Eden
Status Quo singles chronology
"Something 'Bout You Baby I Like"
(1981) 		"Rock 'n' Roll"
(1981) 		"Dear John"
(1982)

"Rock 'n' Roll" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1981. It was included on the album Just Supposin'.[2] It was written in Ireland by Francis Rossi and Bernie Frost during a stay in the country, and was not originally intended to be recorded by Status Quo themselves.

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]

  1. ^ "Status Quo | Album Reviews". Adriandenning.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Status Quo discography". Statusquo.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  3. ^ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014". Setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Status Quo - Acoustic : Radio 2 In Concert". Bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.