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Status Quo discography
Studio albums 33
Live albums 12
Compilation albums 26
Video albums 31
Music videos 73
Singles 98
Box sets 18

This is the discography of the British rock band Status Quo. They have released around 100 singles and have spent over 400 weeks in the UK Singles Chart.[1] They have spent over 500 weeks in the UK Albums Chart[2] and are one of the most successful bands of all time in the UK. Their most recent album, Backbone, was released in 2019.

For a full list of the band’s songs, see List of songs by Status Quo.

Studio albums[edit]

Live albums[edit]

Compilation albums[edit]

Box sets[edit]

Singles[edit]

1960s–1970s[edit]

1980s–1990s[edit]

2000s–present[edit]

Video albums[edit]

Music videos[edit]

Year Title Media Director
1968 “Ice in the Sun” B&W Film
“Technicolour Dreams” B&W Film
1970 “Down the Dustpipe” Colour Film
“In My Chair” Colour Film
1971 “Tune to the Music” Colour Film
1972 “Paper Plane” Colour Film
1974 “Down Down” Colour Film
1975 “Roll Over Lay Down” Colour VT
1976 “Rain” Colour VT
“Mystery Song” Colour VT
“Wild Side of Life” Colour VT
“Is There a Better Way” Colour VT
1977 “Rockin All Over the World” Colour VT
“Rockers Rollin” Colour Film
1978 “Again and Again” Colour Film
“Someone Show Me Home” Colour Film
“Accident Prone” Colour Film
“Let Me Fly” Colour Film
1979 “Whatever You Want” Colour VT
“Who Asked You” Colour VT
“Living on an Island” Colour VT
“Runaway” Colour VT
1980 “What You’re Proposing” Colour VT
“Lies” Colour VT
“Don’t Drive My Car” Colour VT
1981 “Something ‘Bout You Baby I Like” Colour VT Godley & Creme
“Rock ‘n’ Roll” Colour VT
1982 “Dear John” Colour VT
1983 “Ol Rag Blues” Colour VT
“A Mess of Blues” Colour Film Nigel Dick
“Marguerita Time” Colour Film
1984 “Going Down Town Tonight” Colour Film
“The Wanderer” Colour Film Sebastian Harris
1986 “Rollin’ Home” Colour Film
“Red Sky” Colour Film
“In The Army Now” B&W/ Colour Film
“Dreamin” Colour Film
1988 “Ain’t Complaining” Colour Film Terry Bulley
“Who Gets the Love” Colour Film Mike Brady
“Running All Over the World” Colour Film
“Burning Bridges” Colour Film
1989 “Not at All” Colour Film
“Little Dreamer” Colour Film
1990 “The Anniversary Waltz – Part One” Colour Film
“The Anniversary Waltz – Part Two” Colour Film
1992 “Rock Till You Drop” Colour Film
1994 “Come On You Reds” Colour Film
“I Didn’t Mean It” Colour Film
“Sherri Don’t Fail Me Now” Colour Film
“Restless” B&W/ Colour Film
1995 “When You Walk in the Room” B&W/ Colour Film
1996 “Fun, Fun, Fun” B&W/ Colour VT
“All Around My Hat” Colour VT
1999 “The Way It Goes” Colour Film
2002 “Jam Side Down” Colour Film
2004 “You’ll Come Round” Colour Film
“Thinking of You” Colour Film
2005 “The Party Ain’t Over Yet” Colour Film
“All That Counts Is Love” Colour Film
2007 “Beginning of the End” Colour VT
2008 “Jump That Rock (Whatever You Want)” Colour VT Marc Schölermann
“It’s Christmas Time” Colour VT
2010 “In The Army Now – Reissue” Colour VT
2011 “Rock ‘n’ Roll ‘n’ You” Colour VT
“Two Way Traffic” B&W VT
“Let’s Rock” B&W VT
2013 “Bula Bula Quo” Colour VT
“Looking Out for Caroline” Colour VT
“Go, Go, Go” B&W VT
2014 “Rockin All Over The World – Aquostic Stripped Bare” Colour VT
2016 “That’s a Fact!” Colour VT
2019 “Backbone” Colour VT
“Liberty Lane” Colour VT
  1. ^ Peak position in 2004.
  2. ^ Peak position upon reissue in 2022.
  3. ^ Peak position upon reissue in 2013 as Pictures: The Essential Collection.
  4. ^ a b Peak position in 2011.
  5. ^ a b Chart position is from the official UK “Breakers List”.
  6. ^ “Black Veils of Melancholy” did not enter the Dutch Single Top 20, but did peak at number 18 on the Dutch Top 40.[41]
  7. ^ “Ice in the Sun” did not enter the Dutch Single Top 20, but did peak at number 24 on the Dutch Top 40.[41]
  8. ^ “Railroad” was only released as a single in Germany and Spain.
  9. ^ “Don’t Waste My Time” was only released as a single in the US.
  10. ^ “Just Take Me” was only released as a single in Spain.
  11. ^ “Mad About the Boy” was only released as a single in New Zealand.
  12. ^ “Spinning Wheel Blues” was only released as a single in France.
  13. ^ The double A-side single “Rockers Rollin'” / “Hold You Back” was only released in Continental Europe and Australasia.
  14. ^ “Like a Good Girl” was only released as a single in Spain.
  15. ^ a b Chart peak upon release there in 1985.
  16. ^ “Young Pretender” was only released as a single in the Netherlands.
  17. ^ “Jealousy” was only released as a single in Continental Europe and Ireland.
  18. ^ “I Love Rock and Roll” was only released as a single in Australia.
  19. ^ “The Quo Cake Mix” was the 12″ B-side to “Dreamin'”. It was only released as an A-side in Spain.
  20. ^ “I Know You’re Leaving” was only released as a single in France.

References[edit]

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  2. ^ “Status Quo land 500th week on Official Albums Chart”. OfficialCharts.com.
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  21. ^ “Above the Status Quo” (PDF). Cash Box. 12 December 1975. p. 42.
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  23. ^ “Status Quo: A Dutch “Gold” Sales Award for the Album “On The Level”, November 1975″. Bonhams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
  24. ^ “Status Quo: A Dutch “Gold” Sales Award for the Album “Blue For You”, November 1975″. Bonhams. Archived from the original on 20 December 2020. Retrieved 4 February 2021.
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  42. ^ “Week commencing 10 December 1990”. Retrieved 11 February 2022.
  43. ^ “The 2004 Quo Annual – August 2004”. www.leehawkins.com. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
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