Single by The Status Quo
from the album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo
B-side "Gentleman Joe's Sidewalk Café"
Released 5 January 1968
Genre: Psychedelic rock, psychedelic pop
Length 3:09
Label Pye (UK), Cadet Concept (United States)
Songwriter Francis Rossi
Producer John Schroeder
The "matchstick men" reference is to the paintings of Salford artist L. S. Lowry
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