# Roll Over Lay Down > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roll_Over_Lay_Down > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roll_Over_Lay_Down.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Over_Lay_Down > Source revision: 1333624192 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{short description|1973 single by Status Quo}} {{Infobox song | name = Roll Over Lay Down | cover = | alt = | type = single | artist = [Status Quo](/source/Status_Quo_(band)) | album = | released = {{start date|1975|5|df=yes}} | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = *[Boogie rock](/source/Boogie_rock) *[hard rock](/source/hard_rock) *[blues rock](/source/blues_rock) | length = 5:40 | label = [Vertigo](/source/Vertigo_Records) | writer = [Francis Rossi](/source/Francis_Rossi), [Bob Young](/source/Bob_Young_(artist)), [Alan Lancaster](/source/Alan_Lancaster), [Rick Parfitt](/source/Rick_Parfitt), [John Coghlan](/source/John_Coghlan_(drummer)) | producer = Status Quo | prev_title = [Down Down](/source/Down_Down) | prev_year = 1974 | next_title = [Rain](/source/Rain_(Status_Quo_song)) | next_year = 1976 }} "'''Roll Over Lay Down'''" is a song by the British Rock band [Status Quo](/source/Status_Quo_(band)) that was first released on the album ''[Hello!](/source/Hello!_(album))'' 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.{{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 }} 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](/source/BBC_Radio_1) DJ [John Peel](/source/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](/source/Quo_(Status_Quo_album))'' album. All three tracks were included as bonus tracks on the re-release of the ''[On the Level](/source/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
position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Singles ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report)){{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}} | 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
position |- ! scope="row"| Australia ([Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report)){{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}}{{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/8a2fnGs|title= National Top 100 Singles for 1975|publisher= [Kent Music Report](/source/Kent_Music_Report) |issue= 79 |via= [Imgur](/source/Imgur) |date= 29 December 1975 |access-date= 15 January 2022 }} | 23 |} ==References== {{Reflist}} {{Status Quo}} {{Authority control}} 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 {{1970s-rock-song-stub}} --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roll Over Lay Down](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Over_Lay_Down) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roll_Over_Lay_Down?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.