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    "Pictures of Matchstick Men" is the first hit single by British rock band The Status Quo. It was released on 5 January 1968.[citation needed] The song...
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  • Matchstick Men is a 2003 black comedy film directed by Ridley Scott and based on Eric Garcia's 2002 novel of the same name. The film stars Nicolas Cage...
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  • Sidewalk Café", with the original Francis Rossi composition "Pictures of Matchstick Men" as the B-side, but these songs were eventually swapped. It reached...
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    chart hits in the UK – more than any other band – including "Pictures of Matchstick Men", "Down Down", "Rockin' All Over the World", "Whatever You Want"...
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    albums and enjoyed chart success with their 1989 cover of Status Quo's "Pictures of Matchstick Men", a number one hit on Billboard Magazine's Modern Rock...
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  • for Segel. Fichter played only on the tracks "Opening Theme", "Pictures of Matchstick Men" and "Flowers," although she sings harmony vocals on a few other...
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    Type O Negative discography (category Discographies of American artists)
    media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link) Pictures of Matchstick Men (track listing). Ozzy Osbourne with Type O Negative. Warner Bros...
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  • Night of the Proms, Antwerp 1999) "Pictures of Matchstick Men 1999" (Francis Rossi) 3:25 (Re-recorded version) [B-Side of "Little White Lies"] The original...
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  • "Shape of Things to Come" - Max Frost and the Troopers "No Time" - The Guess Who "Living in the U.S.A." - Steve Miller Band "Pictures of Matchstick Men" -...
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  • performances. In 2018, October Noir released two singles both covers: "Pictures of Matchstick Men (RIPeter)", a Status Quo/Type O Negative track, on April 14, 2018...
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    This list is of Billboard magazine's Top Hot 100 songs of 1968. The Top 100, as revealed in the edition of Billboard dated January 11, 1969 is based on...
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    Last Summer. As a result of Howard Stern being a self-professed fan, Private Parts: The Album contains "Pictures of Matchstick Men" with the band playing...
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  • Man" by the Velvet Underground, "Strange Brew" by Cream, and "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo. MIB 3 grossed $179 million in the US and Canada...
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  • Muddy Waters. The label had a Top 20 hit in 1968 with the single "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by the British band Status Quo through a licensing arrangent...
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    Rockprodaktiones) (1982) - "Poshboy's Cock", "Right Side Of My Mind", "Pictures of Matchstick Men" Annoy Your Neighbor With This Tape! cassette (Chainsaw...
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  • SINGLES AND STAGE CLASSICS in historical order", starting with "Pictures of Matchstick Men". Each title is accompanied by an appropriate picture. The final...
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  • Blizzard of Ozz is the debut studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne, released on 12 September 1980 in the UK and on 27 March 1981 in...
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  • and Gerry Goffin. "Scorpio Rising" takes its main riff from "Pictures of Matchstick Men" by Status Quo, and is co-credited to songwriter Francis Rossi...
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  • Diary of a Madman is the second studio album by English heavy metal singer Ozzy Osbourne. It was released in October 1981, and re-issued on CD on 22 August...
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    Anger's film. It also borrowed extensively from Status Quo's "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The matter was settled once again with Francis Rossi receiving...
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  • Aimee Osbourne (category Actors from the City of Westminster)
    daughter of Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne. Her father Ozzy also has two older children from his previous 11-year marriage to his first wife Thelma Riley, one of whom...
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  • Blizzard of Ozz (1980). The song was written by Osbourne, Randy Rhoads, and Bob Daisley. The lyrics deal with the subject of the Cold War and the fear of annihilation...
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    urban landscapes peopled with human figures, often referred to as "matchstick men". He painted mysterious unpopulated landscapes, brooding portraits and...
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    John Coghlan (drummer) (category English people of Scottish descent)
    Their break through as Status Quo came in 1968 with the song "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The song went to number 7 in the UK, and number 12 in the US...
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    ground. Lowry appreciated football as a significant aspect of working men's culture in the North of England. Lowry acknowledged that the 16th-century Netherlandish...
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  • contains live versions of the songs "Mr. Crowley" and "Suicide Solution", originally released on the 1980 studio album Blizzard of Ozz, as well as the previously...
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    in the band. Early successes came with the Rossi-penned hit "Pictures of Matchstick Men". The single became the group's only Top 40 hit in the United...
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  • Daisley since Bark at the Moon. No Rest for the Wicked is the recording debut of lead guitarist Zakk Wylde. After firing lead guitarist Jake E. Lee in 1987...
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    Francis Rossi (category Officers of the Order of the British Empire)
    called "Pictures of Matchstick Men", which hit the charts in both the UK and the US in 1968, launching their hit-making career. After some years of minor...
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  • Quo". Qobuz (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2023. Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men, retrieved 5 December 2022 "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – Aquostic...
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