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“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... Read on...