"Mean Girl" is a single released by the British

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band

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in 1973. It was taken from their November 1971 album ''

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''.

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released the song more than a year after the album, following the success of the single " Paper Plane", released in November 1972 on the

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label. It became a UK Top 20 hit – previously only three of the ten Pye singles had made the Top 20. They tried this again with the single " Gerdundula", another track from the same album, but it failed to chart. The band included the song in the set for their 2009

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debut.

Singles

* 1973: "Mean Girl" (Rossi/Young) (3.53) / "Everything" (Rossi/ Parfitt) (2.35) Vinyl 7", Pye: 7N 45229, United Kingdom * 1973: "Mean Girl" / "Tune to the Music", Vinyl 7", Pye: 12 661 AT, Germany * 1978: "Mean Girl" / "In My Chair", Vinyl 7", Pye: 7N 46095, United Kingdom * 1986: "Mean Girl" / "Technicolour Dreams", Vinyl 7", BR / 45096, Netherlands

Personnel

Francis Rossi Francis Dominic Nicholas Michael Rossi, (born 29 May 1949) is an English musician. He is the co-founder, lead singer, lead guitarist and the sole continuous member of the rock band Status Quo. Early life Rossi was born on 29 May 1949 in Fo ...

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Rick Parfitt Richard John Parfitt, (12 October 1948 24 December 2016) was an English musician, best known as a rhythm guitarist, singer and songwriter with rock band Status Quo (band), Status Quo. Parfitt began his career in the early 1960s, playing in p ...

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, acoustic guitar,

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, backing vocals *

Alan Lancaster Alan Charles Lancaster (7 February 1949 – 26 September 2021) was an English musician, best known as a founding member and bassist of the rock band Status Quo, playing with the band from 1967 to 1985, with brief reunions in 2013 and 2014. As wel ...

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* John Coghlan -

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* Bruce Foster - piano

Charts

References

Works cited

* Status Quo (band) songs 1973 singles Songs written by Francis Rossi Songs written by Bob Young (musician) 1971 songs Pye Records singles Song recordings produced by John Schroeder (musician) British hard rock songs {{1970s-single-stub