{{for multi|the Sinceros song|2nd Debut|the hashing tradition|Down-down}} {{Infobox song | name = Down Down | cover = DownDownNL.jpg | alt = | caption = Artwork for Dutch vinyl release | type = single | artist = Status Quo | album = On the Level | B-side = Nightride | released = {{start date|1974|11|29|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | genre = * Rock<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldradiouk.com/features/song-lists/status-quo-songs-best-ranked/|title=Status Quo's 10 greatest songs, ranked|website=Goldradiouk.com}}</ref> * hard rock<ref name="Stanley 2013">{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Some Kind of Monster: Metal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=568}}</ref> * boogie rock<ref name="Stanley 2013"/> | length = 3:49 (single version)<br/>5:24 (album version) | label = Vertigo | writer = Francis Rossi<br/>Bob Young | producer = Status Quo | prev_title = Break the Rules | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Roll Over Lay Down | next_year = 1975 | misc = {{External music video|header=Video|{{YouTube|BIEw1vhtXCQ|"Down Down" on ''TopPop''}}}} }}
"'''Down Down'''" is a song by English rock band Status Quo, released by Vertigo Records on 29 November 1974.<ref>{{cite magazine |title=News |magazine=Melody Maker |page=51 |date=16 November 1974}}</ref> 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.<ref name="British Hit Singles & Albums">{{cite book | first= David | last= Roberts | year= 2006 | title= British Hit Singles & Albums | edition= 19th | publisher= Guinness World Records Limited | location= London | isbn= 1-904994-10-5 | page= 309}}</ref> 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.
==Song information== "Down Down" was inspired by T. Rex's debut single "Debora".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/stories/status-quo-facts-8-essential-things-you-need-to-know/|title=Status Quo Facts: 8 Essential Things You Need To Know|last=Forbes|first=Sorrell|date=31 May 2019|website=uDiscover Music|language=en-US|access-date=29 August 2019}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=28 August 2007 |title=Norfolk's Status Quo top 10 songs |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/norfolk/content/articles/2007/08/28/local_radio_status_quo_list_20070828_feature.shtml |access-date=29 May 2019 |website= |publisher=BBC Norfolk}}</ref>
Towards the end of his life, DJ John Peel was known for playing "Down Down" as part of his eclectic DJ sets.<ref>{{cite news |last=Mugan |first=Chris |date=7 December 2002 |title=John Peel's comments on playing 'Down Down' |work=The Guardian |location=London |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2002/dec/07/artsfeatures.popandrock1 |access-date=1 May 2010}}</ref>
In 1986 co-writer Bob Young recorded a country style version of the song to open his solo album ''In Quo Country''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Back In Quo Country: Expanded Edition |url=http://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/back-in-quo-country-expanded-edition/ |access-date=22 January 2017 |publisher=Cherry Red Records}}</ref>
In July 2012, Status Quo reworked the lyrics to create a three-minute promotional song for the Australian supermarket chain Coles.<ref>{{cite web |author=Alex Hayes |date=11 July 2012 |title=Status Quo rock for Coles commercial |url=http://www.bandt.com.au/news/advertising/status-quo-rock-for-coles-commercial |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407201028/http://www.bandt.com.au/news/advertising/status-quo-rock-for-coles-commercial |archive-date=7 April 2014 |access-date=27 March 2014 |publisher=B&T}}</ref> The chorus chants, "down down, prices are down". This was released on television and YouTube, the most notable of which depicted a mince rally.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pniH2-r6dZU |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130724105528/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pniH2-r6dZU&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=2013-07-24 |url-status=dead|title=Coles Mince is Staying Down with Status Quo - Coles TV Ad |publisher=YouTube |date=23 July 2013 |access-date=22 July 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Hicks |first=Robin |date=11 July 2012 |title=Brit rockers Status Quo perform 'Down, deeper and down' for Coles |publisher=Mumbrella |location=Australia |url=http://mumbrella.com.au/brit-rockers-status-quo-perform-prices-are-down-for-coles-102552}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web |date=October 22, 2014 |title=Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London |url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/status-quo/2014/roundhouse-london-england-bccc99e.html |access-date=25 February 2015 |work=setlist.fm}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Status Quo - Acoustic |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/t5RRN4k2Y2dDhcxdtkfjfN/status-quo-acoustic |access-date=25 February 2015 |work=Radio 2 In Concert |publisher=BBC Online}}</ref>
==Charts==
===Weekly charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- ! Chart (1975) ! Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6}}</ref> | 4 |- {{single chart|Austria|14|artist=Status Quo|song=Down, Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|1|artist=Status Quo|song=Down, Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|9|artist=Status Quo|song=Down, Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Dutch40|2|year=1975|week=11|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|1|artist=Status Quo|song=Down, Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Norway|8|artist=Status Quo|song=Down, Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|Switzerland|2|artist=Status Quo|song=Down, Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |- {{single chart|UK|1|date=19750112|rowheader=true}} |- {{single chart|West Germany|7|songid=340|artist=Status Quo|song=Down, Down|rowheader=true|access-date=14 August 2021}} |}
===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" ! Chart (1975) ! Position |- ! scope="row"| Australia (Kent Music Report)<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=427}}</ref><ref name="aus75">{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1975|publisher= Kent Music Report |issue= 79 |via= Imgur |date= 29 December 1975 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }}</ref> | 15 |- ! scope="row"| Belgium (Ultratop Flanders)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/annual.asp?year=1975|title=Jaaroverzichten 1975|publisher=Ultratop|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> | 18 |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.top40.nl/bijzondere-lijsten/top-100-jaaroverzichten/1975|title=Top 100-Jaaroverzicht van 1975|publisher=Dutch Top 40|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> | 13 |- ! scope="row"| Netherlands (Single Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/jaaroverzichten.asp?year=1975&cat=s|title=Jaaroverzichten – Single 1975|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> | 14 |- ! scope="row"| Germany (Official German Charts)<ref>{{cite web |title=Top 100 Single-Jahrescharts |url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/charts/single-jahr/for-date-1975 |access-date=14 August 2021 |work=GfK Entertainment |publisher=Offizielle Deutsche Charts |language=German}}</ref> | 27 |- ! scope="row"| Switzerland ({{Lang|de|Schweizer Hitparade|italic=no}})<ref>{{cite web|url=https://hitparade.ch/charts/jahreshitparade/1975|title=Schweizer Jahreshitparade 1975|website=hitparade.ch|access-date=14 August 2021}}</ref> | 11 |}
==Certifications== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry | type = single| region = United Kingdom | artist = Status Quo| title = Down Down| award = Silver| certyear = 1975 | relyear = 1974 | access-date = 28 October 2016 | refname = UK certification|id=1926-1538-1}} {{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{youtube|IA3WBxzjbfI|Down Down (Live At Wembley) - The Frantic Four}}
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