For the Sinceros song, see 2nd Debut. For the hashing tradition, see Down-down.
1974 single by Status Quo
"Down Down"
Artwork for Dutch vinyl release
Single by Status Quo
from the album On the Level
B-side
"Nightride"
Released
29 November 1974 (1974-11-29)
Genre
Rock[1]
hard rock[2]
boogie rock[2]
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
"Break the Rules" (1974)
"Down Down" (1974)
"Roll Over Lay Down" (1975)
Video
"Down Down" on TopPop on YouTube
"Down Down" is a song by English rock band Status Quo. 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.[3] It was released on 29 November 1974 on the Vertigo label, paired with the B-side song "Nightride". Both songs came from the album On the Level, 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.
^ abStanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Some Kind of Monster: Metal". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 568. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
^Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 309. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
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