Status Quo – Ice in the Sun

This song was on the band’s debut album Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo. I’m just learning about them but they started off with a psychedelic phase with this album. I really admire their career…their discography reads like War and Peace. They released their last album Backbone in 2019. This album was before their shift to boogie music of the 1970s.

Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status QuoIce in the Sun peaked at #8 in the UK, #29 in Canada, and #70 on the Billboard 100. It charted well in the rest of the world. The song was written by Marty Wilde (a popular British rock and roll singer in the 50s) and Ronnie Scott (a British pop promoter). It’s a cool blend of psychedelic pop and rock. I really love the 1965-1968 era in rock because you had psychedelic, pop, rock, hard rock, folk, Americana, country, and a little bit of everything.

When Pictures of Matchstick Men hit the American charts, the group made the decision to remain in Europe, focusing their efforts on the UK market…they would regret this later on. It paid off in the UK as Status Quo became one of the most popular bands in Britain, charting over 60 singles but they missed out in America. Their only other chart entry here was Ice In The Sun.

The album received positive, especially for its single Pictures of Matchstick Men, which peaked at #7 on the UK Singles Chart and #12 on the Billboard 100. Ice in the Sun has stuck in their live repertoire through the years.

Status Quo

I’m not a little boyI’ve lived alone and loved so many moreBut when she touches me I’m on the wayI’m underneath the floor

Like ice in the sun I melt awayWhenever she comes I melt awayLike ice in the sun I melt away

I sit down in a chair andRead a book as if I couldn’t thereBut she is in a room andI must look I see her everywhere

Like ice in the sun I melt awayWhenever she comes I melt awayLike ice in the sun I melt away

She opens up her eyes as if to speakShe looks at me and I am weakHer eyes they seem much bigger than beforeI cannot think anymore

Like ice in the sun I melt awayWhenever she comes I melt awayLike ice in the sun I melt away

Like ice in the sun I melt awayWhenever she comes I melt awayLike ice in the sun I melt away

Like ice in the sun I melt awayWhenever she comes I melt awayLike ice in the sun

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Author: Badfinger (Max)

Power Pop fan, Baseball, Beatles, Alternative music, old movies, and tv show fan. Also anything to do with pop culture in the 60s and 70s... I'm also a songwriter, bass and guitar player. Not the slightest bit interested in politics at all.

26 thoughts on “Status Quo – Ice in the Sun”

  1. I rather like that one, though I don’t think I’ve heard it before. Definitely has that ‘Matchstick Men’ sound to it. A little ahead of their time with the video to boot

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    1. I know…I like the song of course but the video was different….I liked it.
      It’s too bad they didn’t come to America at this time….

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