| "Caroline" | |||||||||||
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| Single by Status Quo | |||||||||||
| from the album Hello! | |||||||||||
| B-side | Joanne | ||||||||||
| Released | 31 August 1973 | ||||||||||
| Format | 7" | ||||||||||
| Genre | Rock | ||||||||||
| Length | 3:43 | ||||||||||
| Label | Vertigo | ||||||||||
| Writer(s) | Francis Rossi Bob Young |
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| Producer | Status Quo | ||||||||||
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"Caroline" is a single released by the British Rock band Status Quo in 1973. It was included on the album Hello!.[1]
It was written by Bob Young and Francis Rossi on a table napkin in the dining room of a hotel in Perranporth, Cornwall, in 1970. Initially a slower piece, it became their first top 5 hit.
In October 1982 a live version was released. Rossi re-recorded the song for his 2010 solo album One Step at a Time.
Electronic group Apollo 440 used the intro riff of "Caroline" as the main sample in their 1999 single "Stop The Rock".
| Chart (1973) | Position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 5 |
| Sweden | 5 |
| Germany | 36 |
| Belgium | 9 |
| Norway | 12 |
| Ireland | 11 |
| Chart (1982) | Position |
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| UK Singles Chart | 13 |
| Ireland | 12 |