What You're Proposing

"What You're Proposing" is a single released by the British rock band Status Quo in 1980. It was included on their album Just Supposin'.[1]

"What You're Proposing"
Single by Status Quo
from the album Just Supposin'
Released	3 October 1980
Genre	Rock
Length	4:13
Label	Vertigo
Songwriter(s)	Francis Rossi, Bernie Frost
Producer(s)	Status Quo and John Eden
Status Quo singles chronology
"Living on an Island" (1979) "What You're Proposing" (1980) "Lies" (1980)

The B-side is "A B Blues", a non-album instrumental studio jam. Some later pressings of this single mis-credited Andy Bown as Andy Brown on the B-side composer's credit. The initial pressing run of 75,000 copies of this single were issued with a colour picture sleeve.

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.[2][3]

Track listing

1. "What You're Proposing" (Rossi/Frost) (4.13)
2. "A B Blues" (Rossi/Parfitt/Lancaster/Coghlan/Bown) (4.33)

Charts

Chart (1980)	Peak position
Australia (Kent Music Report)[4]	62
Austria (Ö3 Austria Top 40)[5]	4
Belgium (Ultratop 50 Flanders)[6]	7
France (IFOP)[7]	34
Germany (Official German Charts)[8]	7
Ireland (IRMA)[9]	2
Netherlands (Dutch Top 40)	7
Netherlands (Single Top 100)[10]	4
Spain (AFYVE)[11]	3
Switzerland (Schweizer Hitparade)[12]	2
UK Singles (OCC)[13]	2
Zimbabwe (ZIMA) [14]	14

References

1. "Status Quo discography". statusquo.co.uk. Retrieved 2010-01-04.
2. "Status Quo Concert Setlist at Roundhouse, London on October 22, 2014 - setlist.fm". setlist.fm. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
3. "Status Quo - Acoustic". Radio 2 In Concert. bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 25 February 2015.
4. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
5. "Austriancharts.at – Status Quo – What You're Proposing" (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40.
6. "Ultratop.be – Status Quo – What You're Proposing" (in Dutch). Ultratop 50.
7. "InfoDisc : Les Tubes de chaque artiste commençant par S". Infodisc.fr. Retrieved 2020-10-29.
8. "Offiziellecharts.de – Status Quo – What You're Proposing". GfK Entertainment Charts.
9. "The Irish Charts – Search Results – What You're Proposing". Irish Singles Chart.
10. "Dutchcharts.nl – {{{artist}}} – What You're Proposing" (in Dutch). Single Top 100.
11. "Listas de superventas: 1980". 29 October 2020.
12. "Swisscharts.com – {{{artist}}} – What You're Proposing". Swiss Singles Chart.
13. "Status Quo: Artist Chart History". Official Charts Company.
14. "World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries: STATUS QUO". World singles charts and sales TOP 50 in 58 countries. Retrieved 2020-10-29.