Burning Bridges (Status Quo song)

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1988. It was included on the album Ain't Complaining.[1] The tune is based on the traditional English folk song "Darby Kelly".[2]

"Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)"
Artwork for UK vinyl releases
Single by Status Quo
from the album Ain't Complaining
B-side"Whatever You Want"
"Marguerita Time" (12-inch only)
Released21 November 1988 (1988-11-21)
GenreRock
Length3:51
LabelVertigo
Songwriter(s)Rossi / Bown
Producer(s)Pip Williams
Status Quo singles chronology
"Rocking All Over the World"
(1988)		 "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)"
(1988)		 "Not at All"
(1989)

In 1994 Manchester United F.C. used the song as the basis for their FA Cup song "Come On You Reds", which reached number one in the UK Singles Chart in May 1994.

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.[3][4]

Track listing

7 inch vinyl
  1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Rossi/Bown) (3.51)
  2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.01)

12 inch vinyl
  1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
  2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)
  3. "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) (3.27)

CD
  1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
  2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)

CD Video
(Not released until April 1989)
  1. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Extended Version) (Rossi/Bown) (5.29)
  2. "Whatever You Want" (Parfitt/Bown) (4.03)
  3. "Marguerita Time" (Rossi/Frost) (3.27)
  4. "Who Gets The Love?" (P Williams /J Goodison) (5.32)
  5. "Burning Bridges (On and Off and On Again)" (Video track)

Charts
Chart (1988)Position
UK Singles Chart5
Germany26
Ireland8

Covers

English Rock Band Muse use the riff of the song.

In 2017, the Irish duo Foster and Allen and the Irish country singer Nathan Carter released a collaborative version of the song accompanied by a music video.

References
  1. "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Archived from the original on 2010-02-12. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
  2. "'Whatever you want: The Andrew Bown Story'".
  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.
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