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{{Infobox song
| name       = Break the Rules
| cover      =
| alt        =
| type       = single
| artist     = [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]]
| album      = [[Quo (Status Quo album)|Quo]]
| B-side     = Lonely Night
| released   = {{start date|1974|4|26|df=yes}}
| recorded   =
| studio     =
| venue      =
| genre      = [[Rock music|Rock]], [[boogie rock]],{{sfn|Cope|2019|loc=eBook}} [[blues rock]]
| length     = 3:38
| label      = Vertigo
| writer     = [[Francis Rossi]], [[Rick Parfitt]], [[Alan Lancaster]], [[John Coghlan (drummer)|John Coghlan]], [[Bob Young (artist)|Bob Young]]
| producer   = Status Quo
| prev_title = [[Caroline (Status Quo song)|Caroline]]
| prev_year  = 1973
| next_title = [[Down Down]]
| next_year  = 1974
}}
"'''Break the Rules'''" is a song by British [[rock music|rock]] band [[Status Quo (band)|Status Quo]] from their album ''[[Quo (Status Quo album)|Quo]]'' (1974).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles2.htm |title=Status Quo discography |website=Statusquo.co.uk |access-date=2010-01-04 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100111012949/http://www.statusquo.co.uk/records/singles2.htm |archive-date=2010-01-11 }}</ref> It was the only single released from the album, though it had not been the band's choice, as they wanted the track "Backwater" to be the single.
The B-side of the single was "Lonely Night", which was not on an album until it became a bonus track on the 2005 reissue of ''Quo''. Some copies of the single were mis-pressed with the moulded label for "Lonely Night" on both sides. Two years after release, "Lonely Night" was plagiarised by Australian band [[The Angels (Australian band)|the Angels]] in their song "Am I Ever Gonna See Your Face Again", for which Status Quo subsequently received royalties.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ling |first=Dave |date=30 May 2015 |title=The Angels: "What happened was sad and stupid" |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-angels-what-happened-was-sad-and-stupid |website=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |access-date=6 December 2022}}</ref>
==Track listing==
# "Break the Rules" (Rossi/Young/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan) (3.38)
# "Lonely Night" (Parfitt/Lancaster/Rossi/Young/Coghlan) (3.21)
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
!Chart (1974)
!Peak<br/>position
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!scope="row"| French Singles ([[Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique|SNEP]])<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.infodisc.fr/Album_S.php |website =Infodisc.fr |language=fr |access-date=9 June 2012 |title=Le Détail des Chansons de chaque Artiste – S |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141022124902/http://infodisc.fr/Chanson_S.php |archive-date=22 October 2014 }} ''Select ''Status Quo'' from the menu, then press ''OK''.''</ref>
| align="center"| 31
|-
{{single chart|Germany|18|artist=Status Quo|song=Break the Rules|rowheader=true|songid=41039|access-date=25 December 2019}}
|-
{{single chart|UK|8|date=19740405|rowheader=true|access-date=20 September 2018|refname="uk"}}
|}
==Cover versions==
"Break the Rules" was covered by the [[The Western Sizzlers|Western Sizzlers]], on their debut album ''For Ol' Times Sake'' in 2013.  The band were put together by Kevin Jennings, ex [[The Georgia Satellites|Georgia Satellites]] Manager, and self-confessed Quo fan.
==References==
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===Works cited===
* {{Cite book |last=Cope |first=Andrew L. |author-link= |year=2019 |title=Status Quo: Mighty Innovators of 70s Rock |location=New York City |publisher=Routledge |isbn=978-1-351-02590-4}}
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[[Category:Status Quo (band) songs]]
[[Category:1974 singles]]
[[Category:Songs written by Francis Rossi]]
[[Category:1974 songs]]
[[Category:Songs written by Rick Parfitt]]
[[Category:Songs written by Bob Young (musician)]]
[[Category:Vertigo Records singles]]
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