Australian Charts:
Roll Over Lay Down entered the Australian singles chart* on 30 July 1975 and peaked at #3. The song was #24 in the Top 100 of 1975.
Songwriters:
Francis Rossi, Bob Young, Alan Lancaster, Rick Parfitt, John Coghlan
Producer:
Status Quo
Record label of Australian release:
Vertigo
The video:
Live at Hordern Pavilion, Sydney
*Kent Music Report / Australian Chart Book. See About.
Songfacts:
Roll Over Lay Down was the A-side of an EP, Quo Live, that was released to celebrate Status Quo’s 13th anniversary. 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 On Trent the following night.
Read more: www.songfacts.com/facts/status-quo/roll-over-lay-down
Lyrics:
When I got home that night early one morning
Seeing the note written in ink pinned to the door
Taking a drink cool from the fridge from the table
I drank a toast you were the most the night before
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