"Marguerita Time" is a single by the British

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, from their 1983 album '' Back to Back''. The single was also issued in a Christmas double pack that included "Caroline"/"Joanne". "Nobody but Francis '' ossi' wanted to record it," recalled bassist

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. "All it did was advertise that we were a bunch of nerds." 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 for the album at London's Roundhouse on 22 October, broadcast live by

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as part of their ''In Concert'' series.

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covered the song on the B-side of their single "

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". This recording was included on some reissues of the band's '' Too-Rye-Ay'' album.

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# "Marguerita Time" ( Rossi/

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/ Parfitt) (3.46)

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{{authority control Status Quo (band) songs 1983 singles Songs written by Francis Rossi 1983 songs Vertigo Records singles