"Pictures of Matchstick Men'' by Status Quo Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Editions it spent eight weeks in

it spent eight weeks in the UK Singles Chart

John and Allen Toussaint

but when he sang that song — that was the sign we had hit on something

"It was a fantasy about my sister going off with her boyfriend to a new world and they were going to emigrate and go to another country

"Pictures of Matchstick Men'' by Status Quo Limited Edition Prints of Original Painting Editions it spent eight weeks inPictures of Matchstick Men is the first hit single by Status Quo, released in November 1967. It reached number seven in the UK charts and number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming their only hit single in the United States. The song opens with a single guitar repeatedly playing a simple four note riff before the rhythm guitar comes in with chords and the drums and lyrics begin. Francis Rossi said about the song: I wrote it on the bog. I'd gone