Pictures of Matchstick Men

"Pictures of Matchstick Men" is a 1968 song by British band Status Quo. It is the debut single from their debut studio album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo. It went to number 12 in the United States, number 7 in the United Kingdom and Germany, number 18 in Belgium and Austria, number 19 in Australia, number 3 in the Netherlands and number 5 in Switzerland.

"Pictures of Matchstick Men"
Single by The Status Quo
from Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo"
B-side"Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café"
Released5 January 1968 (1968-01-05)
StudioPye, London[1]
Genre
Length3:09
LabelPye (UK)
Cadet Concept (United States)
Songwriter(s)Francis Rossi
Producer(s)John Schroeder[1]
The Status Quo singles chronology
""Almost but Not Quite There"
(1967)
Pictures of Matchstick Men ""Black Veils of Melancholy"
(1968)
"Pictures of Matchstick Men" (Mono Version) at YouTube

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "BI's Chart Fax" (PDF). Beat Instrumental (4): 17. April 1968.
  2. DeRogatis, Jim (2003). "Ten Great Psychedelic Rock Songs". Turn On Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 162. ISBN 0-634-05548-8.
  3. Prown, Pete; Newquist, Harvey P. (1997). Legends of Rock Guitar: The Essential Reference of Rock's Greatest Guitarists (4th ed.). Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 113. ISBN 0-7935-4042-9.