| "Down Down" | ||||
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 Artwork for Dutch vinyl release | ||||
| Single by Status Quo | ||||
| from the album On the Level | ||||
| B-side | "Nightride" | |||
| Released | 29 November 1974 | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 3:49 (single version) 5:24 (album version) | |||
| Label | Vertigo | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Francis Rossi Bob Young | |||
| Producer(s) | Status Quo | |||
| Status Quo singles chronology | ||||
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| Video | ||||
| "Down Down" on TopPop on YouTube | ||||
"Down Down" is a song by English rock band Status Quo, released by Vertigo Records on 29 November 1974.[3] Written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young and produced by Status Quo, "Down Down" was Status Quo's only number one single on the UK Singles Chart. The single spent a week at the top of the chart in January 1975.[4] Both "Down Down" and its B-side "Nightride" were taken from the album On the Level (1975), which had yet to be released. The album version lasts 5 minutes and 24 seconds, whilst the single version is 3 minutes and 49 seconds.
- ^ "Status Quo's 10 greatest songs, ranked". Goldradiouk.com.
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- ^ "News". Melody Maker. 16 November 1974. p. 51.
- ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 309. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.