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"Marguerita Time"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Back to Back
Released2 December 1983 (1983-12-02)
Length3:27
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Rossi/Frost
Producer(s)Status Quo
Status Quo singles chronology
"A Mess of Blues"
(1983)
"Marguerita Time"
(1983)
"Going Down Town Tonight"
(1984)

"Marguerita Time" is a single by the British rock band Status Quo, from their 1983 album Back to Back.[1] The single was also issued in a Christmas double pack that included "Caroline"/"Joanne".

"Nobody but Francis [Rossi] wanted to record it," recalled bassist Alan Lancaster. "All it did was advertise that we were a bunch of nerds."[2]

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 for the album at London's Roundhouse on 22 October, broadcast live by BBC Radio 2 as part of their In Concert series.[3][4]

Dexys Midnight Runners covered the song on the B-side of their single "This is What She's Like". This recording was included on some reissues of the band's Too-Rye-Ay album.

Track listing

  1. "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) (3.27)
  2. "Resurrection" (Bown/Parfitt) (3.46)

Charts

Chart (1983) Position
UK Singles Chart 3
Switzerland 23
Netherlands 35
Germany 52
Ireland 7

References

  1. ^ "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-02-25. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. ^ Ling, Dave (January 2002). "Again again again…". Classic Rock #36. p. 73.
  3. ^ "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
  4. ^ "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.