"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.
"Down Down" was inspired by T. Rex's debut single " Debora". [5] Originally it was titled "Get Down", but this was changed before release, possibly to avoid confusion with the Gilbert O'Sullivan song of the same name. [6]
Towards the end of his life, DJ John Peel was known for playing "Down Down" as part of his eclectic DJ sets. [7]
In 1986 co-writer Bob Young recorded a country style version of the song to open his solo album In Quo Country. [8]
In July 2012, Status Quo reworked the lyrics to create a three-minute promotional song for the Australian supermarket chain Coles. [9] The chorus chants, "down down, prices are down". This was released on television and YouTube, the most notable of which depicted a mince rally. [10] [11]
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 and recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series. [12] [13]
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [14] | 4 |
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) [15] | 14 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [16] | 1 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [17] | 9 |
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40) [18] | 2 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [19] | 1 |
Norway ( VG-lista) [20] | 8 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 2 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [22] | 1 |
West Germany ( Official German Charts) [23] | 7 |
Chart (1975) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [24] [25] | 15 |
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [26] | 18 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [27] | 13 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [28] | 14 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [29] | 27 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] | 11 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [31] | Silver | 250,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
"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 | ||||
| ||||
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.
"Down Down" was inspired by T. Rex's debut single " Debora". [5] Originally it was titled "Get Down", but this was changed before release, possibly to avoid confusion with the Gilbert O'Sullivan song of the same name. [6]
Towards the end of his life, DJ John Peel was known for playing "Down Down" as part of his eclectic DJ sets. [7]
In 1986 co-writer Bob Young recorded a country style version of the song to open his solo album In Quo Country. [8]
In July 2012, Status Quo reworked the lyrics to create a three-minute promotional song for the Australian supermarket chain Coles. [9] The chorus chants, "down down, prices are down". This was released on television and YouTube, the most notable of which depicted a mince rally. [10] [11]
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 and recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series. [12] [13]
Chart (1975) | Peak position |
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Australia ( Kent Music Report) [14] | 4 |
Austria ( Ö3 Austria Top 40) [15] | 14 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Flanders) [16] | 1 |
Belgium ( Ultratop 50 Wallonia) [17] | 9 |
Netherlands ( Dutch Top 40) [18] | 2 |
Netherlands ( Single Top 100) [19] | 1 |
Norway ( VG-lista) [20] | 8 |
Switzerland ( Schweizer Hitparade) [21] | 2 |
UK Singles ( OCC) [22] | 1 |
West Germany ( Official German Charts) [23] | 7 |
Chart (1975) | Position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report) [24] [25] | 15 |
Belgium (Ultratop Flanders) [26] | 18 |
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) [27] | 13 |
Netherlands (Single Top 100) [28] | 14 |
Germany (Official German Charts) [29] | 27 |
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade) [30] | 11 |
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom ( BPI) [31] | Silver | 250,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |