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Paper Plane (song)

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B-side
  
Softer Ride

Recorded
  
1972

Length
  
3:00

Format
  
7"

Genre
  
Hard rock

Released
  
10 November 1972 (1972-11-10)

"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.

Singles

  • 1972: Paper Plane / Softer Ride [p] 45 rpm Vinyl 7"; Vertigo / 6059 071 United Kingdom
  • 1972: Paper Plane / All the Reasons 45 rpm Vinyl 7"; A&M United States
  • 1972: Paper Plane / Don't Waste My Time 45 rpm Vinyl 7"; Vertigo / SFL-1792 Japan
  • References

    Paper Plane (song) Wikipedia