Roll Over Lay Down

{{short description|1973 single by Status Quo}} {{Infobox song | name = Roll Over Lay Down | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = Status Quo | album = | released = {{start date|1975|5|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = *Boogie rock *hard rock *blues rock | length = 5:40 | label = Vertigo | writer = Francis Rossi, Bob Young, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan | producer = Status Quo | prev_title = Down Down | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = Rain | next_year = 1976 }}

"'''Roll Over Lay Down'''" is a song by the British Rock band Status Quo that was first released on the album ''Hello!'' in 1973.

It was later released as the A-side of a live EP, '''''Quo Live''''' in 1975. It was released to celebrate the band's 13th anniversary.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles2.htm |title=Status Quo discography |publisher=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>

All of the tracks were recorded live and were taken from concerts at The Kursaal, Southend on 1 March 1975 and Trentham Gardens in Stoke the following night. The band released the EP against the advice of many people who predicted such a release would be a failure. It featured a picture sleeve that contained sleeve notes by BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel. The centre of each copy of the record was specially moulded to feature the well known 'four heads' design (drawn by Dave Field) from the sleeve of the ''Quo'' album.

All three tracks were included as bonus tracks on the re-release of the ''On the Level'' album.

==Track listing== ===''Quo Live'' EP=== # "Roll Over Lay Down" (Rossi/Young/Lancaster/Parfitt/Coghlan) – 5:40 # "Gerdundula" (Manston James) – 2:45 # "Junior's Wailing" (K White/M Pugh) – 3:50

===Single=== This single was released in France # "Roll Over Lay Down" (live) # "Where I Am"

==Charts== ===Weekly charts=== {|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" !Chart (1975) !Peak<br/>position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Singles (Kent Music Report)<ref name=AUS>{{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> | align="center"| 2 |- {{single chart|Germany|15|artist=Status Quo|song=Roll Over Lay Down|rowheader=true|songid=41213|access-date=25 December 2019}} |- {{single chart|New Zealand|33|artist=Status Quo|song=Roll Over Lay Down|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Norway|7|artist=Status Quo|song=Roll Over Lay Down|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|UK|9|date=19751705|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018|refname="uk"}} |- {{single chart|Flanders|5|artist=Status Quo|song=Roll Over Lay Down (Live)|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Wallonia|32|artist=Status Quo|song=Roll Over Lay Down (Live)|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Dutch100|2|artist=Status Quo|song=Roll Over Lay Down (Live)|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |- {{single chart|Sweden|20|artist=Status Quo|song=Roll Over Lay Down (Live)|rowheader=true|access-date=16 February 2021}} |}

===Year-end charts=== {| class="wikitable 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|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> | 23 |}

==References== {{Reflist}}

Category:Status Quo (band) songs Category:1975 singles Category:Songs written by Francis Rossi Category:Songs written by Bob Young (musician) Category:Songs written by Rick Parfitt