"Paper Plane" | ||||
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Single by Status Quo | ||||
from the album Piledriver | ||||
B-side | "Softer Ride" | |||
Released | 10 November 1972 | |||
Format | 7" | |||
Recorded | 1972 | |||
Genre | Hard rock | |||
Length | 3:00 | |||
Label | Vertigo | |||
Songwriter(s) |
Francis Rossi Bob Young |
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Producer(s) | Status Quo | |||
Status Quo singles chronology | ||||
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"Paper Plane" is a rock song originally by Status Quo. It was released as a single on November 10th, 1972 reaching number 8 in the UK Singles Chart, and appeared on their album, Piledriver. The song was written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young.
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.
In 2007 the song covered by Persephone's Bees.