| Rules and Regulations | |
| Cover: | RulesAndRegulations.jpeg |
| Type: | single |
| Artist: | Rufus Wainwright |
| Album: | Release the Stars |
| Released: | July 30, 2007 (UK) |
| Genre: | Baroque pop, pop |
| Length: | 4:05 |
| Label: | Geffen |
| Producer: | Rufus Wainwright |
| Prev Title: | Going to a Town |
| Prev Year: | 2007 |
| Next Title: | Tiergarten |
| Next Year: | 2007 |
"Rules and Regulations" is a song written and performed by Canadian-American singer-songwriter Rufus Wainwright. It was the second single from Wainwright's fifth studio album, Release the Stars, released digitally via iTunes in the UK on July 30, 2007.
Despite the success of Release the Stars, which reached No. 2 on the UK Albums Chart,[1] and the performance of "Going to a Town", the first single from the album that reached #54 on the UK Singles Chart,[2] "Rules and Regulations" failed to chart in any nation. A music video, directed by Petro Papahadjopoulos, was also created to promote the single.
Petro Papahadjopoulos directed the music video for "Rules and Regulations", which features a group of men performing a choreographed dance around a long john-wearing Wainwright inside a London mansion.[3]