Rockin' All Over the World (song)

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“Rockin' All Over the World”
album cover
Single by John Fogerty from the album John Fogerty
B-side	"The Wall"
Released	1975
Format	7", 45rpm
Writer(s)	John Fogerty
John Fogerty singles chronology
"Money" "Rockin' All Over the World" (1975) "Almost Saturday Night" (1975)

“Rockin' All Over the World”
Single by Status Quo from the album Rockin' All Over the World
B-side	"Ring of a Change"[1]
Released	September 1977
Format	7", 45rpm
Label	Vertigo 6059184
Writer(s)	John Fogerty
Status Quo singles chronology
"Wild Side of Life" (1976) "Rockin' All Over the World" (1977) "Mean Girl" (1978)

"Rockin' All Over the World" is a rock song by John Fogerty of Creedence Clearwater Revival. It made its debut on Fogerty's second solo album (see John Fogerty) in 1975. Status Quo recorded their own, heavier arrangement of Fogerty's song for their 1977 album Rockin' All Over the World. It is this version which is best known and most played worldwide.

During the recording of Quo's music video to the song, bassist Alan Lancaster was living in Australia. He had refused to return to the UK for the recording, so he was infamously replaced by a dummy with a bass guitar in the video.

At Live Aid, Status Quo began their set (and thus the event itself, being the opening band) with "Rockin' All Over the World" which first became an unofficial anthem for the event when the BBC used it to advertise their TV coverage. Coldplay performed a portion of the song at Live 8, with lead singer Chris Martin singing the chorus during the song "In My Place", after much was made of Status Quo's absence from the concert in the British media.

In 1988, to support Sport Aid Quo re-recorded the song as "Running All Over The World" with slightly amended lyrics, and another re-recorded version appeared on their album "Riffs" in 2003.

"Rockin' All Over the World" has been included on most of John Fogerty compilation albums, marking its popularity and place among his greatest ever work. Other versions of this song have been recorded for example by The Georgia Satellites and Bon Jovi, but also by regional artists such as Dutch Bertus Staigerpaip, German Wolfgang Petry and Spanish Platero y tú (outro of "Si tú te vas" song).

This song is now a Southend United FC anthem after they began singing "Shrimping All Over The World" to the tune of "Rockin' All Over The World" after the 2004 LDV vans throphy final.

The song is also the goalmusic of the german football club Bayer Leverkusen.

The song has an opening guitar riff similar to Gimme Three Steps by Lynyrd Skynyrd.

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