Paper Plane (song)

{{short description|1972 song by Status Quo}}

{{About|the Status Quo song|similarly titled songs|Paper plane (disambiguation)}}

{{Infobox song

| name = Paper Plane

| cover =

| alt =

| type = single

| artist = Status Quo

| album = Piledriver

| B-side = Softer Ride

| released = {{start date|1972|11|10|df=yes}}

| recorded = 1972

| studio =

| venue =

| genre =

• Hard rock{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Some Kind of Monster: Metal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=568}}
• boogie rock{{cite book|first=Bob |last=Stanley|title=Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop|chapter= Some Kind of Monster: Metal|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9emZAAAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|date=13 September 2013|publisher=Faber & Faber|isbn=978-0-571-28198-5|page=568}}

| length = 3:00

| label = Vertigo

| writer = Francis Rossi
Bob Young

| producer = Status Quo

| prev_title = Tune to the Music

| prev_year = 1971

| next_title = Mean Girl

| next_year = 1973

| misc = {{External music video|header=Official video|{{YouTube|4QTp8lTzqUI|"Paper Plane"}}}}

}}

"Paper Plane" is a rock song originally by Status Quo. It was released as a single on 10 November 1972, reaching number 8 in the UK Singles Chart,{{cite book

| first= David

| last= Roberts

| year= 2006

| title= British Hit Singles & Albums

| edition= 19th

| publisher= Guinness World Records Limited

| location= London

| isbn= 1-904994-10-5

| page= 526}} and appeared on their album, Piledriver. The song was written by Francis Rossi and Bob Young.{{cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Status-Quo-Paper-Plane/release/2679700 |title=Status Quo - Paper Plane (Vinyl) at Discogs |year=1972 |publisher=Discogs.com |access-date=2015-02-21}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.setlist.fm/setlist/status-quo/2014/roundhouse-london-england-bccc99e.html|title=Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm|work=setlist.fm|access-date=25 February 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/profiles/t5RRN4k2Y2dDhcxdtkfjfN/status-quo-acoustic |title=Status Quo - Acoustic |work=Radio 2 In Concert |publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=25 February 2015}}

In 2007 the song was covered by Persephone's Bees.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgqTsy2ulv8 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/fgqTsy2ulv8 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |url-status=live|title=Persephone's Bees - Paper Plane |publisher=YouTube |date=2007-05-24 |access-date=2015-02-21}}{{cbignore}}{{cn|date=January 2020}}