{{Distinguish|Mean Girls}} {{More citations needed|date=October 2016}} {{Infobox song | name = Mean Girl | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Status Quo | album = Dog of Two Head | B-side = Everything | released = {{start date|1973}} | recorded = 1971 | studio = | venue = | genre = Hard rock, boogie rock{{sfn|Cope|2019|loc=eBook}} | length = | label = Pye Records | writer = Francis Rossi<br/>Bob Young | producer = John Schroeder | prev_title = Paper Plane | prev_year = 1972 | next_title = Gerdundula | next_year = 1973 | misc = {{External music video|header=Music video|{{YouTube|XIs7c3_VwtA|"Mean Girl"}}}} }}
"'''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''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles2.htm |title=Status Quo discography |website=Statusquo.co.uk |access-date=2010-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111012949/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles2.htm |archive-date=2010-01-11 }}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/status-quo/45694 |title=Status Quo make Glastonbury debut |website=Nme.com |date=2009-06-28 |access-date=2016-10-08}}</ref>
==Singles== * 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== * 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== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1973) !Peak<br/>position |- {{single chart|Dutch100|14|artist=Status Quo|song=Mean Girl|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Germany|40|artist=Status Quo|song=Mean Girl|rowheader=true|songid=91265|access-date=25 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|UK|20|date=19731404|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018|refname="uk"}} |}
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===Works cited=== * {{Cite book |last=Cope |first=Andrew L. |author-link= |year=2019 |title=Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock |location=New York City |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-02590-4}}
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Category:Status Quo (band) songs Category:1973 singles Category:Songs written by Francis Rossi Category:Songs written by Bob Young (musician) Category:1971 songs Category:Pye Records singles Category:Song recordings produced by John Schroeder (musician) Category:British hard rock songs
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