 Status Quo's version was a number seven hit in the UK and a number three hit in Ireland in 1984; it was later included on the 2006 reissue of "Back to Back".Eddie Rabbitt's version was a number one hit on "Billboard"'s Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in mid-1988.The Portuguese version by Renato e Seus Blue Caps & Erasmo Carlos was a huge hit in Brazil in the 1960s, changing the title to "O Lobo Mau" (which translates as "The Big Bad Wolf").