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"Pictures of Matchstick Men"
A-side label of the UK vinyl release
Single by the Status Quo
from the album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
B-side"Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café"
Released5 January 1968 (1968-01-05)
StudioPye, London[1]
Genre
  • Psychedelic rock[2][3]
  • psychedelic pop[4]
Length3:09
LabelPye
Songwriter(s)Francis Rossi
Producer(s)John Schroeder[1]
The Status Quo singles chronology
"Almost but Not Quite There"
(1967)
"Pictures of Matchstick Men"
(1968)
"Black Veils of Melancholy"
(1968)
Official audio
"Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Mono Version) on YouTube

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" is the first hit single by British rock band The Status Quo. It was released on 5 January 1968.[citation needed]

  1. ^ a b "BI's Chart Fax" (PDF). Beat Instrumental (4): 17. April 1968.
  2. ^ DeRogatis, Jim (2003). "Ten Great Psychedelic Rock Songs". Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 162. ISBN 0-634-05548-8.
  3. ^ https://www.goldradiouk.com/features/song-lists/status-quo-songs-best-ranked/
  4. ^ Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists (4th ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 113. ISBN 0-7935-4042-9.

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