Mystery Song Explained

Mystery Song
Type:	single
Artist:	Status Quo
Album:	Blue for You
B-Side:	Drifting Away
Genre:	Hard rock, heavy metal, punk metal
Length:	6:44 (album version) 3:58 single version
Label:	Vertigo
Producer:	Status Quo
Prev Title:	Rain
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Wild Side of Life
Next Year:	1976

"Mystery Song" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1976. It was included on the album Blue for You.^[1]

The song concerns a young man's encounter with a prostitute. The B-side was "Drifting Away", from the band's 1974 album Quo.

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.^{[2] [3]}

Track listing

• "Mystery Song" (Parfitt/Young) (3.58) / "Drifting Away" (Parfitt/Lancaster) (5.05), Vertigo: 6059 146 (UK, Netherlands, Germany, Ireland, Australia)
• "Mystery Song" / "Rain", Vertigo: 6059 146 (Italy)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Status Quo discography . statusquo.co.uk . 2010-01-04 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100407015828/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles3.htm . 2010-04-07 .
2. Web site: Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm. setlist.fm. 25 February 2015.
3. Web site: Status Quo - Acoustic . Radio 2 In Concert . bbc.co.uk. 25 February 2015.