Burning Bridges (Status Quo song) explained

Type:	single
Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)
Artist:	Status Quo
Album:	Ain't Complaining
B-Side:	"Whatever You Want" "Marguerita Time" (12-inch only)
Genre:	Rock^[1]
Length:	3:51
Label:	Vertigo
Producer:	Pip Williams
Prev Title:	Rocking All Over the World
Prev Year:	1988
Next Title:	Not at All
Next Year:	1989

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1988. It was included on the album Ain't Complaining.^[2] The tune is based on the traditional English folk song "Darby Kelly".^[3]

In 1994 Manchester United F.C. used the song as the basis for their FA Cup song "Come On You Reds", which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in May 1994.

The song was reprised, in 2014, for the band's thirty-first studio album Aquostic (Stripped Bare). It was featured in the ninety-minute launch performance of the album at London's Roundhouse on 22 October, the concert being recorded and broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.^{[4] [5]}

Track listing

7 inch vinyl

1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Rossi/Bown) (3.51)
2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.01)

12 inch vinyl

1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)
3. "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) (3.27)

CD

1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)

CD Video

(Not released until April 1989)

1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)
3. "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) (3.27)
4. "Who Gets The Love?" (P Williams /J Goodison) (5.32)
5. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Video track)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Status Quo's 10 greatest songs, ranked. Goldradiouk.com.
2. Web site: Status Quo discography . Statusquo.co.uk . 2010-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100212154231/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles6.htm . 2010-02-12 .
3. Web site: Exclusive Magazine. 'Whatever you want: The Andrew Bown Story'. https://web.archive.org/web/20110925222036/https://www.annecarlini.com/ex_interviews.php?id=1175. 25 September 2011. dead. 15 November 2023.
4. Web site: Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014. Setlist.fm. 25 February 2015.
5. Web site: Status Quo - Acoustic : Radio 2 In Concert . Bbc.co.uk. 25 February 2015.