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Queen The Complete Guide

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Contents Articles Overview Queen Awards and nominations

Members

1 1 26 30

Freddie Mercury

30

Brian May

49

John Deacon

63

Roger Taylor

70

Discography Queen discography

82 82

Studio albums

96

Queen

96

Queen II

104

Sheer Heart Attack

114

A Night at the Opera

122

A Day at the Races

132

News of the World

138

Jazz

146

The Game

153

Hot Space

159

The Works

167

A Kind of Magic

175

The Miracle

184

Innuendo

194

Made in Heaven

206

Soundtrack album

218

Flash Gordon

218

Live albums

223

Live Killers

223

Live Magic

226

At the Beeb

229

Live at Wembly '86

231

Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl

235

Queen Rock Montreal

242

Compilation albums

246

Greatest Hits

246

Greatest Hits II

255

Classic Queen

259

The 12" Collection

261

Queen Rocks

262

Greatest Hits III

265

Stone Cold Classics

270

The A–Z of Queen, Volume 1

271

Absolute Greatest

272

Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973–1976)

278


280


282

Box sets

284

The Complete Works

284

Box of Tricks

286

Ultimate Queen

287

The Crown Jewels

288

The Platinum Collection

289

The Singles Collection Volume 1

295


298


300


302

Singles

305

"Keep Yourself Alive"

305

"Liar"

309

"Seven Seas of Rye"

311

"Killer Queen"

313

"Flick of the Wrist"

316

"Now I'm Here"

318

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

320

"You're My Best Friend"

333

"Somebody to Love"

336

"Tie Your Mother Down"

340

"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"

343

"Long Away"

345

"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

347

"We Are the Champions"

349

"We Will Rock You"

354

"Spread Your Wings"

363

"It's Late"

365

"Bicycle Race"

367

"Fat Bottomed Girls"

371

"Don't Stop Me Now"

375

"Mustapha"

378

"Love of My Life"

380

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

382

"Save Me"

387

"Play the Game"

389

"Another One Bites the Dust"

391

"Need Your Loving Tonight"

397

"Flash"

399

"Under Pressure"

401

"Body Language"

411

"Las Palabras de Amor"

413

"Calling All Girls"

415

"Staying Power"

417

"Back Chat"

419

"Radio Ga Ga"

421

"I Want to Break Free"

426

"It's a Hard Life"

433

"Hammer to Fall"

435

"Thank God It's Christmas"

438

"One Vision"

441

"A Kind of Magic"

445

"Princes of the Universe"

448

"Friends Will Be Friends"

450

"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure"

452

"Who Wants to Live Forever"

453

"One Year of Love"

459

"I Want It All"

460

"Breakthru"

464

"The Invisible Man"

467

"Scandal"

469

"The Miracle"

471

"Innuendo"

473

"I'm Going Slightly Mad"

477

"Headlong"

479

"I Can't Live With You"

482

"The Show Must Go On"

485

"These Are the Days of Our Lives"

490

"Heaven for Everyone"

492

"A Winter's Tale"

498

"I Was Born to Love You"

499

"Too Much Love Will Kill You"

502

"Let Me Live"

504

"You Don't Fool Me"

506

"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"

509

Songs

513

List of songs by Queen

513

"C–lebrity"

522

"Say It's Not True"

524

"See What A Fool I've Been"

526

"Stone Cold Crazy"

527

Videography

530

Queen videography

530

We Will Rock You

533

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert

537

Greatest Video Hits 1

540

Queen at Wembley

544


548

We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan

551

Tours

553

Queen live performances

553

Sheer Heart Attack Tour

561

A Night at the Opera Tour

562

Summer Gigs 1976

566

A Day at the Races Tour

568

News of the World Tour

571

Jazz Tour

574

Crazy Tour

578

The Game Tour

581

Hot Space Tour

587

The Works Tour

592

Magic Tour

598

Related articles

601

"Another One Rides the Bus"

601

Jim Beach

603

Deacy Amp

604

Spike Edney

605

"In My Defence"

607

Larry Lurex

609

Let the Cosmos Rock

610

The Mercury Phoenix Trust

610

Mountain Studios

611

A Night at the Hip Hopera

613

The Official International Queen Fan Club

617

The Cross

618

Queen + Paul Rodgers

623

Queen Hyde Park 1976

629

Queen I Tour

630

Queen Live at Golders Green Hippodrome

631

Queen at the Ballet

632

John Reid

633

David Richards

634

SingStar Queen

635

Smile

637

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody

640

We Will Rock You

641

The Cosmos Rocks

656

Five Live

663

Live in Ukraine

668

"You Are the Champion"

671

Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour

672

Rock the Cosmos Tour

678

Concert for Kampuchea

682

Super Live in Japan

685

References Article Sources and Contributors

688

Image Sources, Licenses and Contributors

703

Article Licenses License

707

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Overview Queen Queen

Queen in concert, 1984. John Deacon (far left), Freddie Mercury (centre stage), Brian May (foreground), Roger Taylor (drums) Background information Origin

London, England

Genres

Rock

Years active

1971

Labels

Capitol, Parlophone, EMI, Hollywood, Island, Elektra

Associated acts

Smile, The Cross, Queen + Paul Rodgers, David Bowie, Ibex, Mott the Hoople

Website

[queenonline.com queenonline.com]

[1]

–present

[2]

Members Brian May Roger Taylor Past members Freddie Mercury John Deacon

Queen are a British rock band formed in London in 1971, originally consisting of Freddie Mercury (lead vocals, piano), Brian May (guitar, vocals), John Deacon (bass guitar, guitars, vocals), and Roger Taylor (drums, vocals). Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works, incorporating more diverse and innovative styles in their music. Before joining Queen, Brian May and Roger Taylor had been playing together in a band named Smile with bassist Tim Staffell. Freddie Mercury (then known by his birth name of Farrokh/ Freddie Bulsara) was a fan of Smile, and encouraged them to experiment with more elaborate stage and recording techniques after Staffell's departure in 1970. Mercury himself joined the band shortly thereafter, changed the name of the band to 'Queen', and adopted his familiar stage name. John Deacon was recruited prior to recording their eponymous debut album (1973). Queen enjoyed success in the UK with their debut and its follow-up, Queen II (1974), but it was the release of Sheer Heart Attack (1974) and A Night at the Opera (1975) that gained the band international success. The latter featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", which stayed at number one in the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks; it charted at number

Queen one in several other territories, and gave the band their first top ten hit on the US Billboard Hot 100. Their 1977 album, News of the World, contained two of rock's most recognisable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions". By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world, and their performance at 1985's Live Aid is regarded as one of the greatest in rock history. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. Since then, May and Taylor have infrequently performed together, including a collaboration with Paul Rodgers under the name Queen + Paul Rodgers which ended in May 2009. The band has released a total of 18 number one albums, 18 number one singles, and 10 number one DVDs, and have sold over 150 million albums, with some estimates in excess of 300 million albums, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. They have been honoured with seven Ivor Novello awards and were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

History Early days (1968–1974) In 1968, guitarist Brian May, a student at London's Imperial College, and bassist Tim Staffell decided to form a band. May placed an advertisement on the college notice board for a "Mitch Mitchell/Ginger Baker type" drummer; Roger Taylor, a young dental student, auditioned and got the job. The group called themselves Smile.[3] While attending Ealing Art College, Tim Staffell became friends with Farrokh Bulsara, a fellow student who had assumed the English name of Freddie. Bulsara felt that he and the band had the same tastes and soon became a keen fan of Smile. In late 1970, after Staffell left to join the band Humpy Bong, the remaining Smile members, encouraged by Bulsara, changed their name to "Queen" and continued working together.[4] When asked about the name, Bulsara explained, "I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name, but it's very regal obviously, and it sounds splendid. It's a strong name, very universal and immediate. It had a lot of visual potential and was open to all sorts of interpretations. I was certainly aware of gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it."[4] The band had a number of bass players during this period who did not fit with the band's chemistry. It was not until February 1971 that they settled on John Deacon and began to rehearse for their first album. They recorded four of their own songs, "Liar", "Keep Yourself Alive", "The Night Comes Down" and "Jesus", for a demo tape; no record companies were interested.[5] It was also around this time Freddie changed his surname to 'Mercury', inspired by the line "Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me," in the song My Fairy King.[6] Having attended art college, Mercury also designed Queen's logo, called the Queen crest, shortly before the release of the band's first album.[7] The logo combines the zodiac signs of all four members: two lions for Leo (Deacon and Taylor), a crab for Cancer (May), and two fairies for Virgo (Mercury).[7] The lions embrace a stylised letter Q, the crab rests atop the letter with flames rising directly above it, and the fairies are each sheltering below a lion.[7] There is also a crown inside the Q and the whole logo is over-shadowed by an enormous phoenix. The whole symbol bears a passing resemblance to the Royal coat of arms of the United Kingdom, particularly with the lion supporters.[7] The original logo, as found on the reverse-side of the first album cover, was a simple line drawing but more intricate colour versions were used on later sleeves.[7] [8]

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3 In 1973, after a series of delays, Queen released their eponymous debut album, an effort influenced by the heavy metal and progressive rock of the day.[9] The album was received well by critics; Gordon Fletcher of Rolling Stone said "their debut album is superb",[10] and Chicago's Daily Herald called it an "above average debut".[11] It drew little mainstream attention, and the lead single "Keep Yourself Alive", a Brian May composition, sold poorly. Retrospectively, "Keep Yourself Alive" is cited as the highlight of the album, and in 2008 Rolling Stone ranked it 31st in the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time", describing it as "an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song".[12] The album was certified gold in the UK and the US.[13] [14] Queen II cover with Mick Rock photo later recreated for the Bohemian Rhapsody music video

The group's second LP, Queen II, was released in 1974, and features rock photographer Mick Rock's iconic image of the band on the cover. This image would be used as the basis for the 1975 "Bohemian Rhapsody" [15] [16] music video production. The album reached number five on the British album chart and became the first [13] Queen album to chart in the UK. The Freddie Mercury-written lead single "Seven Seas of Rhye" reached number ten in the UK, giving the band their first hit.[13] The album is the first real testament to the band's distinctive layered sound, and features long complex instrumental passages, fantasy-themed lyrics, and musical virtuosity.[17] [18] Aside from its only single, the album also included the song "The March of the Black Queen", a six-minute epic which lacks a chorus or song structure, bearing similarity to Queen's later work, "Bohemian Rhapsody". The Daily Vault described the number as "menacing".[19] Critical reaction was mixed; the Winnipeg Free Press describing the record as a "monstrosity".[20] Allmusic has described the album as a favourite among the band's hardcore fans,[21] and it is the first of three Queen albums to feature in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[22]

Sheer Heart Attack to A Night at the Opera (1974–1976) After the band's six-night stand at New York's Uris Theatre in May 1974, Brian May collapsed and was diagnosed as having hepatitis.[17] While recuperating, May was initially absent when the band started work on their third album, but he returned midway through the recording process.[23] Released in 1974, Sheer Heart Attack reached number two in the United Kingdom,[24] sold well throughout Europe, and went gold in the United States.[14] It gave the band their first real experience of international success, and was a hit on both sides of the Atlantic.[25] The album experimented with a variety of musical genres, including British music hall, heavy metal, ballads, ragtime, and Caribbean. At this point, Queen started to move away from the progressive tendencies of their first two releases into a more radio-friendly, song-orientated style.[26] [27] Sheer Heart Attack introduced new sound and melody patterns that would be refined on their next album, A Night at the Opera. The single "Killer Queen" reached number two on the British charts,[13] and became their first US hit, reaching number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100.[28] It combines camp, vaudeville, and British music hall with May's guitar virtuosity. The album's second single, "Now I'm Here", a more traditional hard rock composition, was a number eleven hit in Britain, while the high speed rocker "Stone Cold Crazy" featuring May's uptempo riffs is a precursor to speed metal.[23] [29] In recent years, the album has received acclaim from music publications: In 2006, Classic Rock ranked it number 28 in "The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever",[30] and in 2007, Mojo ranked it No.88 in "The 100 Records That Changed the World".[31] It is also the second of three Queen albums to feature in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[22] In 1975, the band left for a world tour with each member in Zandra Rhodes-created costumes and accompanied with banks of lights and effects. They toured the US as headliners, and played in Canada for the first time.[32] [33] While the band toured Japan in April, the band's manager, Jim Beach, successfully negotiated the band out of their Trident Studios contract. One of the options they considered was an offer from Led Zeppelin's manager, Peter Grant. Grant

Queen wanted them to sign with Led Zeppelin's own production company, Swan Song Records. The band found the contract unacceptable and instead contacted Elton John's manager, John Reid, who accepted the position.[34] In late 1975, Queen recorded and released A Night at the Opera, taking its name from the popular Marx Brothers movie. At the time, it was the most expensive album ever produced.[35] Like its predecessor, the album features diverse musical styles and experimentation with stereo sound. In "The Prophet's Song", an eight-minute epic, the middle section is a canon, with simple phrases layered to create a full-choral sound. The Mercury penned ballad, "Love of My Life", featured a harp and overdubbed vocal harmonies.[36] The album was very successful in Britain,[13] and went triple platinum in the United States.[14] The British public voted it the 13th greatest album of all time in a 2004 Channel 4 poll.[37] It has also ranked highly in international polls; in a worldwide Guinness poll, it was voted the 19th greatest of all time,[38] while an ABC poll saw the Australian public vote it the 28th greatest of all time.[39] A Night at the Opera has frequently appeared in "greatest albums" lists reflecting the opinions of critics. Among other accolades, it was ranked number 16 in Q Magazine's "The 50 Best British Albums Ever" in 2004, and number 11 in Rolling Stone's "The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time" as featured in their Mexican edition in 2004.[40] It was also placed at #230 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time" in 2003.[41] A Night at the Opera is the third and final Queen album to be featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.[22] The album also featured the hit single "Bohemian Rhapsody", which was number one in the UK for nine weeks[13] and is the third-best-selling single of all time in the UK, surpassed only by Band Aid's "Do They Know It's Christmas?" and Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997"—making it the best selling commercial single in the UK. It also reached number nine in the United States (a 1992 re-release reached number two on Billboard for five weeks).[28] It is the only single ever to sell a million copies on two separate occasions,[42] and became the Christmas number one twice in the UK, the only single ever to do so. Bohemian Rhapsody has been voted numerous times the greatest song of all time.[43] [44] The band decided to make a video to go with the single; the result is generally considered to have been the first "true" music video ever produced.[45] [46] Although other bands, including The Beatles, had made short promotional films or videos of songs prior to this, generally, those were specifically made to be aired on specific television shows. The second single from the album, "You're My Best Friend", the second song composed by John Deacon, and his first single, peaked at number sixteen in the United States[28] and went on to become a worldwide Top Ten hit.[42] The band's A Night at the Opera Tour began in November 1975, and covered Europe, the United States, Japan, and Australia.[47]

A Day at the Races to Live Killers (1976–1979) By 1976, Queen were back in the studio recording A Day at the Races, which is often regarded as a sequel album to A Night at the Opera.[48] [49] It again borrowed the name of a Marx Brothers movie, and its cover was similar to that of A Night at the Opera, a variation on the same Queen Crest.[50] The most recognizable of the Marx Brothers, Groucho Marx, invited Queen to visit him in his Los Angeles home in March 1977, and the band thanked him in person, and performed "'39" a cappella.[51] Musically, A Day at the Races was by both fans' and critics' standards a strong effort, reaching number one in the UK and Japan, and number five in the US.[13] [50] The major hit on the album was "Somebody to Love", a gospel-inspired song in which Mercury, May, and Taylor multi-tracked their voices to create a 100-voice gospel choir. The song went to number two in the United Kingdom,[13] and number thirteen on the US singles chart.[28] The album also featured one of the band's heaviest songs, Brian May's "Tie Your Mother Down", which became a staple of their live shows.[52] [53] During the same year, Queen played one of their most famous gigs, a 1976 free concert in Hyde Park, London. It set an attendance record, with 150,000 people confirmed in the audience.[54] During the A Day at the Races Tour in 1977, Queen performed sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden, New York, in February, and Earls Court, London, in June.[16] [55] The band's sixth studio album News of the World was released in 1977, which has gone four times platinum in the United States, and twice in the UK.[14] The album contained many songs tailor-made for live performance, including

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Queen two of rock's most recognisable anthems, "We Will Rock You" and the rock ballad "We Are the Champions", both of which became enduring international sports anthems, and the latter reached number four in the United States.[28] [56] Queen commenced the News of the World Tour in October 1977, and Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called this concert tour the band's "most spectacularly staged and finely honed show yet".[57] In 1978, the band released Jazz, which included the hit singles "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "Bicycle Race" on a double-sided record. The album reached number two in the UK and number six on the Billboard 200 in the US.[58] This album was "the target of a bizarre marketing campaign, in which sixty-five naked women were perched atop bicycles rented from Halford's Cycles and sent racing around Wimbledon Stadium."[59] The word "jazz" was not used in a strict sense, and the album was noted by critics for its collection of different Queen in New Haven, Connecticut in 1978. styles, jazz not being one of them.[60] Rolling Stone Magazine criticised it for being "dull", saying "Queen hasn't the imagination to play jazz – Queen hasn't the imagination, for that matter, to play rock & roll."[60] Reviews of the album in recent years have been more favourable.[61] Another notable track from Jazz, "Don't Stop Me Now", provides another example of the band's exuberant vocal harmonies.[62] In 1978, Queen toured the US and Canada, and spent much of 1979 touring in Europe and Japan.[63] They released their first live album, Live Killers, in 1979; it went platinum twice in the United States.[64] Queen also released the very successful single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", a rockabilly inspired song done in the style of Elvis Presley.[65] [66] The song made the top 10 in many countries, topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven consecutive weeks, and was the band's first number one single in the United States where it topped the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks.[28] [67] Having written the song on guitar and played rhythm on the record, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time he ever played guitar in concert.[66] In December 1979, Queen played the opening night at the Concert for the People of Kampuchea in London, having accepted a request by the event's organiser Paul McCartney.[66]

The Game to The Works (1980–1984) Queen began their 1980s career with The Game. It featured the singles "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Another One Bites the Dust", both of which reached number one in the United States.[28] After attending a Queen concert in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson suggested to Mercury backstage that "Another One Bites the Dust" be released as a single, and in October 1980 it spent three weeks at number one.[68] The album topped the Billboard 200 for five weeks,[69] and sold over four million copies in the US.[14] It was also the first appearance of a Queen concert in Drammen, Norway in 1982. synthesiser on a Queen album. Heretofore, their albums featured a distinctive "No Synthesisers!" sleeve note. The note is widely assumed to reflect an anti-synth, pro-"hard"-rock stance by the band,[70] but was later revealed by producer Roy Thomas Baker to be an attempt to clarify that those albums' multi-layered solos were created with guitars, not synths, as record company executives kept assuming at the time.[71] In September 1980, Queen performed three sold-out shows at Madison Square Garden.[16] In 1980, Queen also released the soundtrack they had recorded for Flash Gordon.[72] In 1981, Queen traveled to South America as part of The Game Tour, and became the first major rock band to play in Latin American stadiums.[63] The tour included five shows in Argentina, one of which drew the largest single concert crowd in Argentine history with an audience of 300,000 in Buenos Aires[73] and two concerts at the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo, Brazil, where they played to an audience of more than 131,000 people in the first

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night (then the largest paying audience for a single band anywhere in the world)[74] and more than 120,000 people the following night.[75] In October of the same year, Queen performed for more than 150,000 fans on 9 October at Monterrey (Estadio Universitario) and 17 and 18 at Puebla (Estadio Zaragoza), Mexico.[76] On 24 and 25 November, Queen played two sell out nights at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada.[77] One of Mercury's most notable performances of The Game's final track, "Save Me", took place in Montreal, and the concert is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal.[78] Queen worked with David Bowie on the single "Under Pressure". The first-time collaboration with another artist was spontaneous, as Bowie happened to drop by the studio while Queen were recording.[79] Upon its release, the song was extremely successful, reaching number one in the UK and featuring at number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.[80] Later in 1981, Queen released their first compilation album, entitled Greatest Hits, which showcased the group's highlights from 1974–1981.[81] It is the best-selling album in UK Chart history, and has spent 450 weeks in the UK Album Chart.[82] [83] The album is certified eight times platinum in the United States, and has sold over 25 million copies worldwide.[14] [84] Taylor became the first member of the band to release his own solo album in 1981, entitled Fun in Space. In 1982, the band released the album Hot Space, a departure from their trademark seventies sound, this time being a mixture of rock, pop rock, dance, funk, and R&B.[85] Most of the album was recorded in Munich during the most turbulent period in the band's history, and Taylor and May lamented the new sound, with both being very critical of the influence Mercury's personal manager Paul Prenter had on the singer.[86] May was also scathing of Prenter, who was Mercury's manager from the early 1980s to 1984, for being dismissive of the importance of radio stations, such as the US networks, and their vital connection between the artist and the community, and for denying them access to Mercury.[87] The band stopped touring North America after their Hot Space Tour, as their success there had waned, although they would perform on American television for the only time during the eighth season premiere of Saturday Night Live. Queen left Elektra Records, their label in the United States, Canada, Japan, Australia, and New Zealand, and signed onto EMI/Capitol Records.

Queen live in Frankfurt on 26 September 1984. Compatible with his performance and compositions, Freddie Mercury was also a multi-instrumentalist.

After working steadily for over ten years, Queen decided that they would not perform any live shows in 1983.[88] During this time, they recorded a new album at the Record Plant Studios, Los Angeles and Musicland Studios, Munich, and several members of the band explored side projects and solo work. May released a mini-album entitled Star Fleet Project, on which he collaborated with Eddie Van Halen.[89] In February 1984, Queen released their eleventh studio album, The Works, which included the successful singles "Radio Ga Ga", "Hammer to Fall" and "I Want to Break Free".[90] [91] Despite these hit singles, the album failed to do well in the United States, while in the UK it went triple platinum and remained in the album chart for two years.[92] That year, Queen began The Works Tour, the first tour to feature keyboardist Spike Edney as an extra live musician. The tour featured nine sold-out dates in Bophuthatswana, South Africa, at the arena in Sun City.[93] [94] Upon returning to England, they were the subject of outrage, having played there during the height of apartheid and in violation of worldwide divestment efforts. The band responded to the critics by stating that they were playing music for fans in that country, and they also stressed that the concerts were played before integrated audiences.[95]

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Live Aid and later years (1985–1990) In January 1985, the band headlined two nights of the first Rock in Rio festival at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and played in front of over 300,000 people each night.[96] The Boston Globe described it as a "mesmerising performance".[97] A selection of highlights of both nights was released on VHS with the title Queen: Live in Rio, and was later broadcast on MTV in the US.[97] [98] In April and May 1985, Queen completed the Works Tour with sold-out shows in Australia and Japan.[99] "Queen were absolutely the best band of the day... they just went and smashed one hit after another... it was the perfect stage for Freddie: the whole world" [100]

—Bob Geldof, on Queen's performance at Live Aid.

At Live Aid, held at Wembley on 13 July 1985, in front of the biggest-ever TV audience of 1.9 billion, Queen performed some of their greatest hits, during which the sold-out stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang, and swayed in unison.[101] [102] The show's organiser, Bob Geldof, other musicians such as Elton John and Dave Grohl, and various music journalists commented that Queen stole the show.[101] [103] [104] [105] An industry poll in 2005 named it the greatest rock performance of all time.[103] The band, now revitalised by the response to Live Aid and the ensuing increase in record sales, ended 1985 by releasing the single "One Vision", which was the first time since "Stone Cold Crazy" that all four bandmembers received a writing credit for the one song.[106] [107] Also, a limited-edition boxed set containing all Queen albums to date was released under the title of The Complete Works. The package included previously unreleased material, most notably Queen's non-album single of Christmas 1984, titled "Thank God It's Christmas".[108] In early 1986, Queen recorded the album A Kind of Magic, containing several reworkings of songs written for the Russell Mulcahy film Highlander. The album was very successful, producing a string of hits, including the title track, "A Kind of Magic". Also charting from the album were "Friends Will Be Friends", "Who Wants to Live Forever?" (featuring an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen), and the de facto theme from Highlander, "Princes of the Universe".[109] In summer of 1986, Queen went on their final tour with Freddie Mercury.[110] [111] A sold-out tour in support of A Kind of Magic, once again they hired Spike Edney, leading to him being dubbed the unofficial fifth member.[112] [113] The Magic Tour's highlight was at Wembley Stadium in London and resulted in the live double album, Queen at Wembley, released on CD and as a live concert DVD, which has gone five times platinum in the US and four times platinum in the UK.[14] [114] Queen could not book Wembley for a third night, but they did play at Knebworth Park. The show sold out within two hours and over 120,000 fans packed the park for what was Queen's final live performance with Mercury.[115] During the tour, Queen performed a concert at Slane Castle, Ireland, infront of an audience of 95,000, which broke the venue's attendance record.[116] The band also played behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever held in Eastern Europe.[117] More than one million people saw Queen on the tour—400,000 in the United Kingdom alone, a record at the time.[94] After working on various solo projects during 1988 (including Mercury's collaboration with Montserrat Caballé, Barcelona), the band released The Miracle in 1989. The album continued the direction of A Kind of Magic, using a pop-rock sound mixed with a few heavy numbers. It spawned the European hits "I Want It All", "Breakthru", "The Invisible Man", "Scandal", and "The Miracle".[118] The Miracle also began a change in direction of Queen's songwriting philosophy. Since the band's beginning, nearly all songs had been written by and credited to a single member, with other members adding minimally. With The Miracle, the band's songwriting became more collaborative, and they vowed to credit the final product only to Queen as a group.[119]

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Mercury: illness, death, and tribute (1988–1992) "There was all that time when we knew Freddie was on the way out, we kept our heads down" [120]

—Brian May

After fans noticed Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance in 1988, rumours began to spread that Mercury was suffering from AIDS. Mercury flatly denied this, insisting he was merely "exhausted" and too busy to provide interviews.[121] The band decided to continue making albums, starting with The Miracle in 1989 and continuing with Innuendo in 1991. Despite his deteriorating health, the lead singer continued to contribute. For the last two albums made while Mercury was still alive, the band credited all songs to Queen, rather than specific members of the group, freeing them of internal conflict and differences. In 1990, Mercury made his final public appearance when he joined the rest of Queen to collect the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.[122] [123] Innuendo was released in early 1991 with an eponymous number 1 UK hit[124] and three other charting singles, "I'm Going Slightly Mad", "Headlong", and "The Show Must Go On".[125] Mercury was increasingly ill and could barely walk when the band recorded "The Show Must Go On" in 1990, that May had concerns as to whether he was physically capable of singing it.[126] Recalling Mercury's successful performance May states; "he went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal".[126] The band's second greatest hits compilation, Greatest Hits II, followed in October of the same year, which is the eighth best-selling album of all time in the UK, and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.[127] [128] [129] On 23 November 1991, in a prepared statement made on his deathbed, Mercury confirmed that he had AIDS.[130] Within 24 hours of the statement, he died of bronchial pneumonia, which was brought on as a complication of AIDS.[131] His funeral service on 27 November in Kensal Green, West London was private, and held in accordance with the Zoroastrian religious faith of his family.[132] [133] "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single shortly after Mercury's death, with "These Are the Days of Our Lives" as the double A-side. The music video for "These Are the Days of Our Lives" contain Mercury's final scenes in front of the camera.[134] The single went to number one in the UK, remaining there for five weeks – the only recording to top the Christmas chart twice and the only one to be number one in four different years (1975, 1976, 1991, and 1992).[135] Initial proceeds from the single – approximately £1,000,000 – were donated to the Terrence Higgins Trust.[136] Queen's popularity was stimulated in the United States when "Bohemian Rhapsody" was featured in the 1992 comedy film Wayne's World.[137] Its inclusion helped the song reach number two on the Billboard Hot 100 for five weeks in 1992 (it remained in the Hot 100 for over 40 weeks),[137] and won the band an MTV Award at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards.[138] The compilation album Classic Queen also reached number four on the Billboard 200, and is certified three times platinum in the US.[14] [137] Wayne's World footage was used to make a new music video for "Bohemian Rhapsody", with which the band and management were delighted.[139] On 20 April 1992, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert was held at London's Wembley Stadium to a 72,000-strong crowd.[140] Performers, including Def Leppard, Robert Plant, Guns N' Roses, Elton John, David Bowie, George Michael, Annie Lennox, Extreme, and Metallica performed various Queen songs along with the three remaining Queen members. The concert is listed in the Guinness Book of Records as "The largest rock star benefit concert",[141] as it was televised to over 1.2 billion viewers worldwide,[94] and raised over £20,000,000 for AIDS charities.[136]

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Made in Heaven to 46664 Concert (1995–2003) Queen's last album featuring Mercury, titled Made in Heaven, was finally released in 1995, four years after his death. It was constructed from Mercury's final recordings in 1991, featuring tracks such as "Too Much Love Will Kill You" and "Heaven for Everyone", plus material left over from their previous studio albums. In addition, re-worked material from May, Taylor, and Mercury's solo albums were included. Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death, were completed at the band's studio in Montreux, Switzerland.[142] The album reached No. 1 on the UK charts immediately following its release, and has sold 20 million copies worldwide.[143] [144] On 25 November 1996, a statue of Mercury was unveiled in Montreux overlooking Lake Geneva, almost five years to the day since his death.[142] [145]

Statue of Freddie Mercury overlooking Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland.

"You guys should go out and play again. It must be like having a Ferrari in the garage waiting for a driver" [146]

—Elton John, on Queen being without a lead singer since the death of Freddie Mercury.

In 1997, Queen returned to the studio to record "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)". It was released as a bonus track on the Queen Rocks compilation album later that year. The song was later released as a single, reaching number 13 in the UK chart.[147] In January 1997, Queen performed "The Show Must Go On" live with Elton John and the Berjart Ballet in Paris on a night in which Freddie Mercury was remembered, and it marked the last performance and public appearance of John Deacon, who chose to retire.[148] The Paris concert was only the second time Queen had played live since Mercury's death, and prompted Elton John to urge them to perform again.[146] Brian May and Roger Taylor performed together at several award ceremonies and charity concerts, sharing vocals with various guest singers. During this time, they were billed as Queen + followed by the name of the guest singer. In 1998, the duo appeared at Luciano Pavarotti's benefit concert with Brian performing "Too Much Love Will Kill You" with Pavarotti, later playing "Radio Ga Ga", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" with Zucchero. They again attended and performed in 2003. Several of the guest singers recorded new versions of Queen's hits under the Queen + name, such as Robbie Williams providing vocals for "We Are the Champions" for the soundtrack of A Knight's Tale (2001).[149] In 1999, a Greatest Hits III album was released. This featured, among others, "Queen + Wyclef Jean" on a rap version of "Another One Bites the Dust". A live version of "Somebody to Love" by George Michael and a live version of "The Show Must Go On" with Elton John were also featured in the album.[150] By this point, Queen's vast amount of record sales made them the second best selling artist in the UK of all time, behind The Beatles.[144] In 2002, Queen were awarded the 2,207th star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, which is located at 6358 Hollywood Blvd.[151] [152] On 29 November 2003, May and Taylor Queen's star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, performed at the 46664 Concert hosted by Nelson Mandela at Green located at 6358 Hollywood Blvd. Point Stadium, Cape Town, in order to raise awareness of the spread of HIV/AIDS in South Africa.[153] May and Taylor spent time at Mandela's home, discussing how Africa's problems might be approached, and two years later the band was made ambassadors for the 46664 cause.[153]

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Queen + Paul Rodgers (2004–2009) At the end of 2004, May and Taylor announced that they would reunite and return to touring in 2005 with Paul Rodgers (founder and former lead singer of Free and Bad Company). Brian May's website also stated that Rodgers would be 'featured with' Queen as 'Queen + Paul Rodgers', not replacing Mercury. The retired John Deacon would not be participating.[154] In November 2004, Queen were among the inaugural inductees into the UK Music Hall of Fame, and the award ceremony was the first event at which Rodgers joined May and Taylor as vocalist.[153] [155] Queen performing with Paul Rodgers during their 2005 tour

Between 2005 and 2006, Queen + Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour, which was the first time Queen toured since their last tour with [156] Freddie Mercury in 1986. The band's drummer Roger Taylor commented; "We never thought we would tour again, Paul [Rodgers] came along by chance and we seemed to have a chemistry. Paul is just such a great singer. He's not trying to be Freddie."[156] The first leg was in Europe, the second in Japan, and the third in the US in 2006.[157] Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, on 25 May 2006.[157] The Foo Fighters paid homage to the band in performing "Tie Your Mother Down" to open the ceremony before being joined on stage by May, Taylor, and Paul Rodgers, who played a selection of Queen hits.[158] On 15 August 2006, Brian May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a "secret location".[159] Queen + Paul Rodgers performed at the Nelson Mandela 90th Birthday Tribute held in Hyde Park, London on 27 June 2008, to commemorate Mandela's ninetieth birthday, and again promote awareness of the HIV/AIDS pandemic.[160] The first Queen + Paul Rodgers album, titled The Cosmos Rocks, was released in Europe on 12 September 2008 and in the United States on 28 October 2008.[143] Queen + Paul Rodgers concert in Kharkiv's Following the release of the album, the band again went on a tour Freedom Square, Ukraine, 12 September 2008. through Europe, opening on Kharkiv's Freedom Square in front of 350,000 Ukrainian fans.[161] The 12 September concert in Ukraine was later released on DVD.[161] The tour then moved to Russia, and the band performed two sold-out shows at the Moscow Arena.[162] Having completed the first leg of its extensive European tour, which saw the band play 15 sold-out dates across nine countries, the UK leg of the tour sold out within 90 minutes of going on sale and included three London dates, the first of which was The O2 Arena on 13 October.[163] The last leg of the tour took place in South America, and included a sold-out concert at the Estadio José Amalfitani, Buenos Aires.[162] Queen and Paul Rodgers officially split up without animosity on 12 May 2009.[164] Rodgers stated: "My arrangement with [Queen] was similar to my arrangement with Jimmy [Page] in The Firm in that it was never meant to be a permanent arrangement".[164] Rodgers did not rule out the possibility of working with Queen again.[165] [166]

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Departure from EMI, 40th Anniversary (2009–present) On 20 May 2009, May and Taylor performed "We Are the Champions" live on the season finale of American Idol with winner Kris Allen and runner-up Adam Lambert providing a vocal duet.[167] In mid-2009, after the split of Queen + Paul Rodgers, the Queen online website announced a new Greatest Hits compilation named Absolute Greatest. The album was released on 16 November and peaked at number 3 in the official UK Chart.[168] The album contains 20 of Queen's biggest hits spanning their entire career and was released in four different formats: single disc, double disc (with commentary), double disc with feature book, and a vinyl record. Prior to its release, a competition was run by Queen online to guess the track listing as a promotion for the album.[169] On 30 October 2009, May wrote a fanclub letter on his website stating that Queen had no intentions to tour in 2010 but that there was a possibility of a performance.[170] He was quoted as saying, "The greatest debate, though, is always about when we will next play together as Queen. At the moment, in spite of the many rumours that are out there, we do not have plans to tour in 2010. The good news, though, is that Roger and I have a much closer mutual understanding these days—privately and professionally ... and all ideas are carefully considered. Music is never far away from us. As I write, there is an important one-off performance on offer, in the USA, and it remains to be decided whether we will take up this particular challenge. Every day, doors seem to open, and every day, we interact, perhaps more than ever before, with the world outside. It is a time of exciting transition in Rock music and in 'The Business'. It's good that the pulse still beats".[170] On 15 November 2009, May and Taylor performed "Bohemian Rhapsody" live on the British TV show The X Factor alongside the finalists.[171] "Many of you will have read bits and pieces on the internet about Queen changing record companies and so I wanted to confirm to you that the band have signed a new contract with Universal Music...we would like to thank the EMI team for all their hard work over the years, the many successes and the fond memories, and of course we look forward to continuing to work with EMI Music Publishing who take care of our songwriting affairs. Next year we start working with our new record company to celebrate Queen's 40th anniversary and we will be announcing full details of the plans over the next 3 months. As Brian has already said Queen's next moves will involve 'studio work, computers and live work" —Jim Beach, Queen's Manager, on the change of record label.

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On 7 May 2010, May and Taylor announced that they were quitting their record label, EMI, after almost 40 years.[173] On 20 August 2010, Queen's manager Jim Beach put out a Newsletter stating that the band had signed a new contract with Universal Music.[172] During an interview for Hardtalk on the BBC on 22 September, May confirmed that the band's new deal was with Island Records, a subsidiary of Universal.[174] [175] For the first time since the late 1980s, Queen's catalogue will have the same distributor worldwide, as their US home, Hollywood Records, is currently distributed by Universal (for a time in the late 1980s, Queen was on EMI-owned Capitol Records in the US). On 14 March 2011, which marked the band's 40th anniversary, Queen's first five albums were re-released in the UK and some other territories as remastered deluxe editions (the US versions were released on 17 May).[176] The second five albums of Queen's back catalogue were released worldwide on 27 June, with the exception of the US and Canada (27 September).[177] [178] The final five are scheduled for release in the UK on 5 September.[179] In May 2011, Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell noted that Queen are currently scouting their once former and current live bassist Chris Chaney to join the band. Farrell stated: "I have to keep Chris away from Queen, who want him and they're not gonna get him unless we're not doing anything. Then they can have him."[180] In the same month, Paul Rodgers stated he may tour with Queen again in the near future.[181] At the 2011 Broadcast Music, Incorporated (BMI) Awards held in London on 4 October, Queen received the BMI Icon Award in recognition for their airplay success in the US.[182] [183] At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards on 6 November, Queen received the Global Icon Award, which Katy Perry presented to Brian May.[184] Queen closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".[184] In October 2011, it was announced that Queen will be recording a new album featuring lost demos of Mercury on vocals.[185] Brian May confirmed that he and Taylor are working their way through the band's old material to

Queen compile a selection of unreleased songs for the forthcoming album.[185] May also revealed that a series of duets that Mercury recorded with Michael Jackson are to be released in 2012.[186]

Artistry Musical style The band drew artistic influence from many other British rock acts at the time, such as The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Who, Black Sabbath, Slade, Deep Purple and David Bowie.[187] Queen composed music that drew inspiration from many different genres of music, often with a tongue-in-cheek attitude.[188] The genres they have been associated with include progressive rock,[187] heavy metal,[187] glam rock,[187] hard rock,[187] pop rock,[187] dance/disco,[189] blues rock and psychedelic rock.[190] Queen also wrote songs that were inspired by genres that are not typically associated with rock, such as ragtime, opera, gospel, vaudeville, and folk. In 1963, the teenage Brian May and his father custom-built his signature guitar Red Special, which was purposely designed to feedback.[191] [192] Sonic experimentation figured heavily in Queen's songs. A distinctive characteristic of Queen's music are the vocal harmonies which are usually Brian May playing his custom made Red composed of the voices of May, Mercury, and Taylor best heard on the Special in 1975. studio albums A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races. Some of the ground work for the development of this sound can be attributed to their former producer Roy Thomas Baker, and their engineer Mike Stone.[193] [194] Besides vocal harmonies, Queen were also known for multi-tracking voices to imitate the sound of a large choir through overdubs. For instance, according to Brian May, there are over 180 vocal overdubs in "Bohemian Rhapsody".[195] Many Queen songs were also written with audience participation in mind, such as "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions".[196] [197]

Influence Queen have been recognised as having made significant contributions to such genres as hard rock,[198] and heavy metal,[199] amongst others. Hence, the band has been cited as an influence by many other musicians. Moreover, like their music, the bands and artists that have claimed to be influenced by Queen are diverse and span different generations, countries, and genres. Some of the musicians that have cited the band as an influence include Anthrax,[200] Nirvana,[201] Def Leppard,[202] Dream Theater,[203] Extreme,[204] Trivium,[205] Foo Fighters,[206] Franz Ferdinand,[207] George Michael,[208] Green Day,[209] Guns N' Roses,[210] Iron Maiden,[211] [212] Journey,[213] Kansas,[214] Katy Perry,[215] Keane,[216] Lady Gaga,[217] Manic Street Preachers,[218] Meat Loaf,[219] Metallica,[220] Mika,[221] Muse,[222] My Chemical Romance,[223] Panic at the Disco,[224] Queensrÿche,[225] Radiohead,[226] Robbie Williams,[227] Trent Reznor,[228] Steve Vai,[229] Sum 41,[230] Styx,[231] The Flaming Lips,[232] The Killers, and The Smashing Pumpkins.[233] [234] Queen have been cited as a major influence on the "neo-classical metal" genre by Swedish guitarist Yngwie Malmsteen.[235] Metallica recorded a cover version of "Stone Cold Crazy", which first appeared on the Rubáiyát: Elektra's 40th Anniversary album in 1990, and won their first Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 1991. In the early 70s, Queen helped spur the heavy metal genre's evolution by discarding much of its blues influence;[199] [211] the New Wave of British Heavy Metal in addition, they fused the music genre with a punk rock sensibility and an increasing emphasis on speed.

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Legacy In 2002, Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted "the UK's favourite hit of all time"[236] in a poll conducted by the Guinness World Records British Hit Singles Book, and in 2004 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[237] Acclaimed for their stadium rock, in 2005 an industry poll ranked Queen's performance at Live Aid in 1985 as the best live act in history.[26] [196] [238] In 2007, they were also voted the greatest British band in history by BBC Radio 2 listeners.[239] As of 2005, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, Queen albums have spent a total of 1,322 weeks (twenty-six years) on the UK Album Charts, more time than any other musical act.[81] [83] Also in 2005, with the release of their live album with Paul Rodgers, Queen moved into third place on the list of acts with the most aggregate time spent on the British record charts.[240] In 2006, the Greatest Hits album was the all-time best-selling album in UK Chart history, with sales upwards of 5,407,587 copies, over 604,295 more copies than its nearest competitor, The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.[82] Their Greatest Hits II album is the eighth best seller, with sales upwards of 3,746,404 copies.[127] [241]

The band has released a total of eighteen number one albums, eighteen number one singles, and ten number one DVDs worldwide, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. Queen have sold over 150 million albums, with some estimates in excess of 300 million albums worldwide,[196] [242] [243] [244] including 32.5 million in the United States alone as of 2004.[245] Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, the band is also the only group in which every member has composed more than one chart-topping single, and all four members of Queen were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.[246] [247] In 2009, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame,[248] [249] and the latter was voted the world's favourite song in a global music poll.[250] Queen are one of the most bootlegged bands ever, according to Nick Weymouth, who manages the band's official website.[251] A 2001 survey discovered the existence of 12,225 websites dedicated to Queen bootlegs, the highest number for any band.[252] Bootleg recordings have contributed to the band's popularity in certain countries where Western music is censored, such as Iran.[253] In a project called Queen: The Top 100 Bootlegs, many of these have been made officially available to download for a nominal fee from Queen's website, with profits going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust.[251] Rolling Stone ranked Queen at number 52 on its list of the "100 Greatest Artists of All Time",[254] while ranking Mercury the 18th greatest singer,[126] and May the 39th greatest guitarist.[255] Queen were named 13th on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock list,[256] and in 2010 were ranked 17th on VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time list.[257]

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In other media Musical theatre In May 2002, a musical or "rock theatrical" based on the songs of Queen, titled We Will Rock You, opened at the Dominion Theatre on London's West End.[196] The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Brian May and Roger Taylor, and produced by Robert De Niro. It has since been staged in many cities around the world.[196] Following the Las Vegas premiere on 8 September 2004, Queen were inducted into the Hollywood RockWalk in Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles.[258] The original London production was scheduled to close on Saturday, 7 October 2006, at the Dominion Theatre, but due to public demand, the show has now been extended indefinitely. We Will Rock You has become the longest running musical ever to run at this prime London theatre, overtaking the previous record holder, the Grease musical.[259] Brian May has confirmed that they are considering writing a sequel to the musical.[260] The musical toured around the UK in 2009, playing at Manchester Palace Theatre, Sunderland Empire, Birmingham Hippodrome, Bristol Hippodrome, and Edinburgh Playhouse.

Statue of Mercury at the West End's Dominion Theatre where Queen and Ben Elton's musical We Will Rock You has been performed since May 2002.

The launch of the musical coincided with Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee. As part of the Jubilee celebrations, Brian May performed a guitar solo of "God Save the Queen",[261] as featured on Queen's A Night at the Opera, from the roof of Buckingham Palace. The recording of this performance was used as video for the same song on the 30th Anniversary DVD edition of A Night at the Opera.[262] [263] Sean Bovim created "Queen at the Ballet", a tribute to Freddie Mercury, which uses Queen's music as a soundtrack for the show's dancers, who interpret the stories behind tracks such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Radio Ga Ga", and "Killer Queen".[264] Queen's music also appears in the Off-Broadway production Power Balladz, most notably the song "We Are the Champions", with the show's two performers believing the song was "the apex of artistic achievement in its day".[265]

Digital realm In conjunction with Electronic Arts, Queen released the computer game Queen: The eYe in 1998.[266] The music itself—tracks from Queen's vast catalogue, in many cases remixed into new instrumental versions—was by and large well received, but the game experience was hampered by poor game play. Adding to the problem was an extremely long development time, resulting in graphic elements that already seemed outdated by the time of release.[267] Under the supervision of May and Taylor, numerous restoration projects have been under way involving Queen's lengthy audio and video catalogue. DVD releases of their 1986 Wembley concert (titled Live At Wembley Stadium), 1982 Milton Keynes concert (Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl), and two Greatest Video Hits (Volumes 1 and 2, spanning the 1970s and 1980s) have seen the band's music remixed into 5.1 and DTS surround sound. So far, only two of the band's albums, A Night at the Opera and The Game, have been fully remixed into high-resolution multichannel surround on DVD-Audio. A Night at the Opera was re-released with some revised 5.1 mixes and accompanying videos in 2005 for the 30th anniversary of the album's original release (CD+DVD-Video set). In 2007, a Blu-ray edition of Queen's previously released concerts, Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid, was released, marking their first project in 1080p HD.[268]

Queen Queen have been featured multiple times in the Guitar Hero franchise: a cover of "Killer Queen" in the original Guitar Hero, "We Are The Champions", "Fat Bottomed Girls," and the Paul Rodgers collaboration "C-lebrity" in a track pack for Guitar Hero World Tour, "Under Pressure" with David Bowie in Guitar Hero 5,[269] "I Want It All" in Guitar Hero: Van Halen,[270] "Stone Cold Crazy" in Guitar Hero: Metallica,[271] and "Bohemian Rhapsody" in Guitar Hero: Warriors of Rock.[272] On 13 October 2009, Brian May revealed there was "talk" going on "behind the scenes" about a dedicated Queen Rock Band game.[273] Queen have also been featured multiple times in the Rock Band franchise: a track pack of 10 songs which are compatible with Rock Band, Rock Band 2, and Rock Band 3 (three of those are also compatible with Lego Rock Band). Their hit "Bohemian Rhapsody" was featured in Rock Band 3 with full harmony and keys support. The band also appeared in the video game Lego Rock Band as playable Lego avatars.[274] In March 2009, Sony Computer Entertainment released a Queen branded version of the company's karaoke franchise, SingStar. The game, which is available on PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3, is titled SingStar Queen and has 25 songs on the PS3 and 20 on the PS2.[275] "We Will Rock You" and other songs by Queen also appear in DJ Hero.[276]

Film and television Queen contributed music directly to the movies Flash Gordon (1980, directed by Mike Hodges) and Highlander (the original 1986 film, directed by Russell Mulcahy). The songs, "A Kind of Magic", "One Year of Love", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Hammer to Fall", and the theme "Princes of the Universe" can be heard in the latter film. It was also used in the Highlander TV series (1992–1998).[277] In the United States, "Bohemian Rhapsody" was re-released as a single in 1992 after appearing in the comedy film Wayne's World.[137] The single subsequently reached number two on the Billboard Hot 100 (with "The Show Must Go On" as the first track on the single) and helped rekindle the band's popularity in North America.[137] [278] Several films have featured their songs performed by other artists. A version of "Somebody to Love" was done by Anne Hathaway in the 2004 film Ella Enchanted.[279] In 2006, Brittany Murphy also recorded a cover of the same song for the 2006 movie Happy Feet.[280] In 2001, a version of "The Show Must Go On" was performed by Jim Broadbent and Nicole Kidman in the movie musical Moulin Rouge!.[281] The closing credits of A Knight's Tale, released in 2001, has a version of "We Are the Champions" performed by Robbie Williams and Queen; the introduction to the same movie features We Will Rock You played by the medieval audience. "We Are the Champions" also features in The Mighty Ducks trilogy, Chicken Little (2005), and the 2008 film What Happens in Vegas. In 1992, the film Gladiator featured snippets of "We Will Rock You" performed by Warrant whereas their full version was released as a single. In 2004, "Don't Stop Me Now" was featured in the bar fight scene in the cult movie Shaun of the Dead, and "You're My Best Friend" played during the end credits, as well as during the 2006 Jennifer Aniston romantic comedy The Break-Up.[282] In May 2004, the Japanese live-action version of Sailor Moon, called Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, during Act 29, "Minako's Rival, Mio Kuroki, is a Transfer Student?", used "I Was Born To Love You" in a volleyball game scene featuring the show's hero Usagi Tsukino/Sailor Moon. "I Was Born to Love You" was used as the theme song of the Japanese television drama Pride on Fuji Television in 2004, starring Takuya Kimura and Yūko Takeuchi. The show's soundtrack also contained other songs by Queen, including "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", and "Bohemian Rhapsody".[283] Since featuring in Grosse Pointe Blank in 1997, "Under Pressure" has appeared in a number of comedies, such as 40 Days and 40 Nights in 2002 and Ben Stiller's 2007 film The Heartbreak Kid.[284] "Don't Stop Me Now" has featured in the BBC television show Top Gear, and in 2005 the song was voted as "The Greatest Driving Song Ever" by the shows viewers.[285] The song was also featured in Fox's cartoon series American Dad! during the first season episode "Roger 'n' Me" on Fox on 23 April 2006. This was the first of three appearances of Queen songs, the second being "Another One Bites the Dust" in 42-Year-Old Virgin and "Bicycle Race" in Jack's

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Band members Current members • Brian May – guitars, keyboards, vocals (1970–present) • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals (1970–present) Former members • Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, guitar (1970–1991) • John Deacon – bass guitar (1971–1997)

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Discography • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Queen (1973) Queen II (1974) Sheer Heart Attack (1974) A Night at the Opera (1975) A Day at the Races (1976) News of the World (1977) Jazz (1978) Live Killers (1979) The Game (1980) Flash Gordon (1980) Hot Space (1982) The Works (1984) A Kind of Magic (1986) Live Magic (1986) The Miracle (1989) Innuendo (1991)

• Made in Heaven (1995)

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Further reading • Brooks, Greg (1995). Queen Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780711948143. • Dawson, Mike (2008). Freddie & Me. London: Jonathan Cape. ISBN 9780224081931. • Dean, Ken; Charlesworth, Chris (1991). Queen: The New Visual Documentary. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780711928282. • Goodall, Nigel; Lewry, Peter (1998). The Ultimate Queen. London: Simon & Schuster. ISBN 9780684821498. • Gunn, Jacky; Jenkins, Jim (1992). Queen: As It Began. London: Sidgwick & Jackson. ISBN 9780330332590. • Hodkinson, Mark (2005). Queen: The Early Years. London: Music Sales Limited. ISBN 9780711960121. • Hogan, Peter (1994). The Complete Guide to the Music of Queen. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780711935266. • Jackson, Laura (2002). Queen: The Definitive Biography. London: Piatkus. ISBN 9780749923174. • Michael, Mick (1992). Queen, In Their Own Words. London: Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780711930148. • Nester, Daniel (2003). God Save My Queen: A Tribute. Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press. ISBN 9781887128278. • Nester, Daniel (2004). God Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On. Brooklyn, NY: Soft Skull Press. ISBN 9781932360516. • Purvis, Georg (2006). Queen: Complete Works. Richmond: Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 9781905287338. • Sutcliffe, Phil; Hince, Peter; Mack, Reinhold (2009). Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock. London: Voyageur Press. ISBN 0760337195.

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External links • Official website (http://www.queenonline.com/home) • Queen band logo (http://www.famouslogos.us/queen-logo) as explained on Famous Logos • Queen (http://www.dmoz.org/Arts/Music/Bands_and_Artists/Q/Queen/) at the Open Directory Project

Awards and nominations The following is a list of awards and nominations received by Queen.

Accolades Inductions • • • •

2001 - The band was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, Ohio.[1] 2002 - The band was given a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.[2] 2003 - The band became the first band, rather than individual, to be inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.[3] 2004 - The band was inducted into the UK Music Hall of Fame.[4]

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2004 - "Bohemian Rhapsody" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5] 2004 - The band was inducted into the RockWalk of Fame (at Guitar Center on Hollywood's Sunset Boulevard)[6] 2006 - The band was the first inducted into the VH1 Rock Honors.[7] 2009 - "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" are inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[5]

Awards • 1974 • Sounds: 3rd Best New British Band, 9th Best International Band • Disc: 10th Brightest Hope • NME: 2nd Most Promising New Name • 1975 • Melody Maker: 'Band of the Year'[8] • Record Mirror: 2nd Best British Newcomer, 2nd Best Single ("Killer Queen"), 9th International Group • NME: 8th Best British Group, 7th Best Stage Band, 4th Most Promising Group In The World, 3rd Most Promising New Name, 17th Best World Group • Disc: Top Live Band, Top International Group, Top British Group, Top Single ("Killer Queen"), 3rd Best Album (Sheer Heart Attack), 5th Best Album (Queen II) • Ivor Novello Award to Mercury for "Killer Queen"[9] • Golden Lion Award (Belgium) to Mercury for "Killer Queen" • Carl Allen Award for contribution to the Ballroom Dancing Industry • 1976 • NME: 1st British Stage Band, 2nd Group, 5th World Group, 3rd World Stage Band, Mercury: 7th World Singer, May: 3rd Top Guitarist, 1st British Single ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), 2nd Album ("A Night at the Opera") • Record Mirror / Disc: 1st Best British Group, 1st World Group, No. 1 Single ("Bohemian Rhapsody"), No. 6 Album ("A Night at the Opera"), Mercury: 5th British Singer, 6th World Singer, 4th British Songwriter, 5th World Songwriter, May: 4th British Musician, 4th World Musician • Sound: Best Band, Best Album (A Night at the Opera), Best Single ("Bohemian Rhapsody")[10]

Awards and nominations • Ivor Novello Award to Mercury for "Bohemian Rhapsody"[9] • 1977 • The BRIT Awards: Best British Single of the Last 25 Years ("Bohemian Rhapsody")[11] • Europe One Radio: Most Potential Rock Band • Daily Mail: Best Group • 1979 • Music Life, Japan: Top Group, Top Album (Jazz), Top Single, Top Singer, Top Guitarist, Top Drummer, Top Bass Player • 1980 • Juno Awards, Canada: Best Group, Best International Single ("Another One Bites the Dust"), Best International Album (The Game) • Record World USA: Top Male Group, Top Producer, Top Disco Crossover (All awarded for "Another One Bites the Dust") • Dick Clark Awards USA: Best Band • Circus Magazine USA: 2nd Best Group, 1st Live Show, No. 1 Album (The Game), No. 1 Single ("Another One Bites the Dust"), No.3 Single ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love"), Mercury: 2nd Male Vocalist, 3rd Best Songwriter, 3rd Best Keyboard Player; 3rd Best Guitarist, 3rd Best Bassist, 3rd Best Drummer • 1981 • American Music Awards: 'Favorite Pop/Rock Single' ("Another One Bites the Dust")[8] • Music Life, Japan: Best Group, Best Vocalist, Best Bass Player, 2nd Best Guitarist, 2nd Drummer • NARM Award USA: Biggest Selling Single of 1980 ("Another One Bites the Dust") • 1984 • Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Silver Clef Award: Outstanding Contribution to British Music • UK Video Awards: Highly Commended in Best Compilation Category for The Works EP. Best Video award for "Radio Ga Ga" • 1986 • Daily Mirror Reader's Poll: Top British Group, Top Male Vocalist, 5th Best Album (A Kind of Magic) • Daily Express: Best Album Cover Award (A Kind of Magic) • British Video Awards: Top Music Video Award (Live In Rio) • Worldwide Music Awards: Best Worldwide Group • 1987 • • • •

Sun: Best Male Vocalist for Mercury Capital Radio London: Best Group Ivor Novello Award: for Outstanding Contribution to British Music British Video Awards: Best Video, Music category for "Live In Budapest"

• 1988 • Golden Rose Festival, Montreux: International Music Media Conference: Best Long Form Video worldwide (The Magic Years) • Festerio, Rio De Janiero: Best video documentary (The Magic Years) • 1989 • Independent Television Awards: Best Band of the Eighties • US Film & Video Festival: Silver Screen Award (The Magic Years) • Diamond Awards, Antwerp: Best Special Effects Award ("The Invisible Man") • 1990

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Awards and nominations • The BRIT Awards: Outstanding Contribution to Music[9] • 1991 • American Film & Video Festival, Chicago: Innuendo won 1st Prize, I'm Going Slightly Mad won 3rd Prize for Creative Excellence in the Art Culture and Performing Arts category • Monitor Awards (International Teleproduction Society), New York City: Best Achievement in Music Video ("Innuendo") • 1992 • The BRIT Awards: Mercury received a posthumous Outstanding Contribution To Music Award, Best Single Award ("These Are the Days of Our Lives";).[12] • Ivor Novello Award: Best Single ("These Are the Days of Our Lives"), May received a Best TV Commercial Music Award ("Driven By You") • Golden Giraffe Award: Greatest Hits II (Award given by the Association of Hungarian Record Producers) • MTV Awards: Best Video From A Movie (Wayne's World) • US Film & Video Festival, Chicago: Gold Camera Awards (The Freddie Mercury Tribute), (Greatest Flix II), ("The Show Must Go On") ("These Are the Days of Our Lives") • 1993 • Ivor Novello Award: to Mercury ("Living on My Own") (posthumous) • American Society Of Composers, Authors & Publishers: Mercury posthumously awarded for "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the Most Played Record in the U.S. of 1993 • Monitor Awards, Hollywood: "Red Couch" Awards (Greatest Flix II and "I'm Going Slightly Mad") • 1997 • Ivor Novello Award: Best Song Lyrically & Musically ("Too Much Love Will Kill You") • 2001 • Golden Rose Film Festival, Montreux: Prix de la Presse (The Freddie Mercury Untold Story) • 2002 • New York Film Festival: Gold World Medal for the Best Television and Entertainment Program (Variety Special Section), Gold World Medal for the Best Home Video (Music Video Section) for The Freddie Mercury Untold Story • Capital FM Awards: Outstanding Contribution to Music • Guinness World Records: UK’s best single of the past 50 years ("Bohemian Rhapsody") • Annual DVD Awards: Best DVD-Audio/Non Video (A Night at the Opera) • Surround Music Awards: "Most Adventurous Mix" and "Listener's Choice" (A Night at the Opera) • 2003 • • • • •

Annual DVD Awards: Best DVD-Audio (The Game) DVD Awards At The Universal Sheraton: DVD-Audio Of The Year (The Game) Capital Legends Awards: Legendary Group European Music DVD-Award: Best Live DVD (Live At Wembley Stadium) Surround Music Award: "Best Mix: Non-Orchestral" (The Game)

• 2008 • New York City radio station Q104.3 FM WAXQ names Queen's "Bohemian Rhapsody" number 13 in their 2008 Top 1,043 Songs Of All Time listener-generated countdown. • 2011 • At the MTV Europe Music Awards Queen received the Global Icon award.

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Polls • 1999 - The band was voted the 2nd greatest band in music history.[13] • 2005 - The band's performance at Live Aid is voted two times by a large selection of musicians and critics to be the greatest live show of all time.[14] • 2007 - The band was voted the 'Best British Band Of All Time.'[15] • 2008 - The band enters the Grammy Hall of Fame.

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Mercury performing in New Haven, Connecticut, in 1978 with Queen Background information Birth name

Farrokh Bulsara

Born

5 September 1946 Stone Town, Zanzibar

Origin

[1] London, England, UK

Died

24 November 1991 (aged 45) Kensington, London, England, United Kingdom

Genres

Rock, hard rock, glam rock

Occupations

Musician, singer-songwriter, record producer

Instruments

Vocals, piano, keyboards, guitar

Years active

1969–1991

Labels

Columbia, Polydor, EMI, Parlophone, Hollywood Records

Associated acts Queen, Wreckage/Ibex, Montserrat Caballé

Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara (Gujarati: ફારોખ બલ્સારા), 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991)[2] [3] was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range.[4] [5] [6] As a songwriter, Mercury composed many hits for Queen, including "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "We Are the Champions". In addition to his work with Queen, he led a solo career, penning hits such as "Barcelona", "I Was Born to Love You" and "Living on My Own". Mercury also occasionally served as a producer and guest musician (piano or vocals) for other artists. He died of bronchopneumonia brought on

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by AIDS on 24 November 1991, only one day after publicly acknowledging he had the disease. Mercury was a Parsi born in Zanzibar and grew up there and in India until his mid-teens. He has been referred to as "Britain's first Asian rock star".[7] In 2006, Time Asia named him one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years,[8] and he continues to be voted one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music. In 2005, a poll organised by Blender and MTV2 saw Mercury voted the greatest male singer of all time.[9] In 2008, Rolling Stone editors ranked him number 18 on their list of the 100 greatest singers of all time.[6] In 2009, a Classic Rock poll saw him voted the greatest rock singer of all time.[10] Allmusic has characterised Mercury as "one of rock's greatest all-time entertainers", who possessed "one of the greatest voices in all of music".[11]

Early life Mercury was born in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, East Africa (now part of Tanzania). His parents, Bomi and Jer Bulsara,[a] were Parsis from the Gujarat region of the then province of Bombay Presidency in British India.[12] [b] The family surname is derived from the town of Bulsar (also known as Valsad) in southern Gujarat. As Parsis, Mercury and his family practised the Zoroastrian religion.[13] The Bulsara family had moved to Zanzibar so that his father could continue his job as a cashier at the British Colonial Office. He had a younger sister, Kashmira.[14] Mercury spent the bulk of his childhood in India and began taking piano lessons at the age of seven.[15] In 1954, at the age of eight, Mercury was sent to study at St. Peter's School, a British-style boarding school for boys in Panchgani near Bombay (now Mumbai), India.[16] Aged 12, he formed a school band, The Hectics, and covered artists such as Cliff Richard and Little Richard.[17] A friend from the time recalls that he had "an uncanny ability to listen to the radio and replay what he heard on piano".[18] It was also at St. Peter's where he began to call himself "Freddie". Mercury remained in India, living with his grandmother and aunt until he completed his education at St. Mary's School, Bombay.[19] At the age of 17, Mercury and his family fled from Zanzibar for safety reasons due to the 1964 Zanzibar Revolution.[7] The family moved into a small house in Feltham, Middlesex, England. Mercury enrolled at Isleworth Polytechnic (now West Thames College) in West London where he studied art. He ultimately earned a Diploma in Art and Graphic Design at Ealing Art College, later using these skills to design the Queen crest. Mercury remained a British citizen for the rest of his life.

The house in Zanzibar where Mercury lived in his early years

Following graduation, Mercury joined a series of bands and sold second-hand clothes in the Kensington Market in London. He also held a job at Heathrow Airport. Friends from the time remember him as a quiet and shy young man who showed a great deal of interest in music.[20] In 1969 he joined the band Ibex, later renamed Wreckage. When this band failed to take off, he joined a second band called Sour Milk Sea. However, by early 1970 this group broke up as well.[21] In April 1970, Mercury joined guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor who had previously been in a band called Smile. Despite reservations from the other members, Mercury chose the name "Queen" for the new band. He later said about the band's name, "I was certainly aware of the gay connotations, but that was just one facet of it".[1] At about the same time, he changed his surname, Bulsara, to Mercury.[22]

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Career Singer

Freddie Mercury in 1978

Although Mercury's speaking voice naturally fell in the baritone range, he delivered most songs in the tenor range.[23] His vocal range extended from bass low F (F2) to soprano high F (F6).[24] He could belt up to tenor high F (F5).[24] Biographer David Bret described his voice as "escalating within a few bars from a deep, throaty rock-growl to tender, vibrant tenor, then on to a high-pitched, perfect coloratura, pure and crystalline in the upper reaches".[25] Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, with whom Mercury recorded an album, expressed her opinion that "the difference between Freddie and almost all the other rock stars was that he was selling the voice".[26] She adds, "His technique was astonishing. No problem of tempo, he sung with an incisive sense of rhythm, his vocal placement was very good and he was able to glide effortlessly from a register to another. He also had a great musicality. His phrasing was subtle, delicate and sweet or energetic and slamming. He was able to find the right colouring or expressive nuance for each word."[24] As Queen's career progressed, he would increasingly alter the highest notes of their songs when live, often harmonising with seconds, thirds or fifths instead. Mercury was said to have "the rawest vocal fold nodules" and claimed never to have had any formal vocal training.[27]

Songwriter Freddie Mercury's vocal range

Mercury wrote 10 of the 17 songs on Queen's Greatest Hits album: "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Somebody to Love", "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Bicycle Race", "Don't Stop Me Now", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Play the Game". The most notable aspect of his songwriting involved the wide range of genres that he used, which included, among other styles, rockabilly, progressive rock, heavy metal, gospel and disco. As he explained in a 1986 interview, "I hate doing the same thing again and again and again. I like to see what's happening now in music, film and theatre and incorporate all of those things."[28] Compared to many popular songwriters, Mercury also tended to write musically complex material. For example, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is acyclic in structure and comprises dozens of chords.[29] [30] He also wrote six songs from Queen II which deal with multiple key changes and complex material. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", on the other hand, contains only a few chords. Despite the fact that Mercury often wrote very intricate harmonies, he also claimed that he could barely read music.[31] He wrote most of his songs on the piano and used a wide variety of different key signatures.[29]

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Live performer Mercury was noted for his live performances, which were often delivered to stadium audiences around the world. He displayed a highly theatrical style that often evoked a great deal of participation from the crowd. A writer for The Spectator described him as "a performer out to tease, shock and ultimately charm his audience with various extravagant versions of himself".[32] David Bowie, who performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and recorded the song "Under Pressure" with Queen, praised Mercury's performance style, saying: "Of all the more theatrical rock performers, Freddie took it further than the rest... he took it over the edge. And of course, I always admired a man who wears tights. I only saw him in concert once and as they say, he was definitely a man who could hold an audience in the palm of his hand."[33] One of Mercury's most notable performances with Queen took place at Live Aid in 1985, during which the entire stadium audience of 72,000 people clapped, sang and swayed in unison. Queen's performance at the event has since been voted by a group of music executives as the greatest live performance in the history of rock music. The results were aired on a television program called "The World's Greatest Gigs".[34] [35] In reviewing Live Aid in 2005, one critic wrote, "Those who compile lists of Great Rock Frontmen and award the top spots to Mick Jagger, Robert Plant, etc all are guilty of a terrible oversight. Freddie, as evidenced by his Dionysian Live Aid performance, was easily the most godlike of them all."[36]

Mercury, performing live in 1979, with his bottomless microphone stand

Over the course of his career, Mercury performed an estimated 700 concerts in countries around the world with Queen. A notable aspect of Queen concerts was the large scale involved.[28] He once explained, "We're the Cecil B. DeMille of rock and roll, always wanting to do things bigger and better."[28] The band were the first ever to play in South American stadiums, breaking worldwide records for concert attendance in the Morumbi Stadium in São Paulo in 1981.[37] In 1986, Queen also played behind the Iron Curtain when they performed to a crowd of 80,000 in Budapest, in what was one of the biggest rock concerts ever held in Eastern Europe.[38] Mercury's final live performance with Queen took place on 9 August 1986 at Knebworth Park in England and drew an attendance estimated as high as 300,000.[39]

Mercury performing live in 1984

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Instrumentalist As a young boy in India, Mercury received formal piano training up to the age of nine. Later on, while living in London, he learned guitar. Much of the music he liked was guitar-oriented: his favourite artists at the time were The Who, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, and Led Zeppelin. He was often self-deprecating about his own skills on both instruments and from the early 1980s onward began extensively using guest keyboardists for both Queen and his solo career. Most notably, he enlisted Fred Mandel (a Canadian musician who also worked for Pink Floyd, Elton John and Supertramp) for his first solo project, and from 1985 onward collaborated with Mike Moran (in the studio) and Spike Edney (in concert), leaving most of the keyboard work exclusively to them.

Freddie Mercury playing guitar during a live concert with Queen in Frankfurt, Germany, 1984.

Mercury played the piano in many of Queen's most popular songs, including "Killer Queen", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy", "We Are the Champions", "Somebody To Love" and "Don't Stop Me Now". He used concert grand pianos and, occasionally, other keyboard instruments such as the harpsichord. From 1980 onward, he also made frequent use of synthesisers in the studio. Queen guitarist Brian May claims that Mercury was unimpressed with his own abilities at the piano and used the instrument less over time because he wanted to walk around onstage and entertain the audience.[40] Although he wrote many lines for the guitar, Mercury possessed only rudimentary skills on the instrument. Songs like "Ogre Battle" and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" were composed on the guitar; the latter featured Mercury playing acoustic guitar both on stage and in the studio.[41]

Solo career In addition to his work with Queen, Mercury put out two solo albums and several singles. Although his solo work was not as commercially successful as most Queen albums, the two off-Queen albums and several of the singles debuted in the top 10 of the UK Album Charts. His first solo effort involved his contribution to the Richard "Wolfie" Wolf mix of Love Kills on the 1984 album (the song also used as the end title theme for National Lampoon's "Loaded Weapon") and new soundtrack to the 1926 Fritz Lang film Metropolis. The song, produced by Giorgio Moroder, debuted at the number 10 position in the UK charts.[42] Mercury's two full albums outside the band were Mr. Bad Guy (1985) and Barcelona (1988). The former is a pop-oriented album that emphasises disco and dance music. "Barcelona" was recorded and performed with the opera singer Montserrat Caballé, whom he had long admired. Mr. Bad Guy debuted in the top ten of the UK Album Charts.[42] In 1993, a remix of "Living on My Own", a single from the album, reached the No.1 position on the UK Singles Charts.[43] The song also garnered Mercury a posthumous Ivor Novello Award. Allmusic critic Eduardo Rivadavia describes Mr. Bad Guy as "outstanding from start to finish" and expressed his view that Mercury "did a commendable job of stretching into uncharted territory".[44] In particular, the album is heavily synthesiser-driven in a way that is not characteristic of previous Queen albums. Barcelona, recorded with Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, combines elements of popular music and opera. Many critics were uncertain what to make of the album; one referred to it as "the most bizarre CD of the year".[45] The album was a commercial success,[46] and the album's title track debuted at the No.8 position in the UK charts and was a hit in Spain.[47] The title track received massive air play as the official hymn of the 1992 Summer Olympics (held in Barcelona one year after Mercury's death). Caballé sang it live at the opening of the Olympics with Mercury's part played on a screen, and again prior to the start of the 1999 UEFA Champions League Final in Barcelona.[48]

Freddie Mercury In addition to the two solo albums, Mercury released several singles, including his own version of the hit The Great Pretender by The Platters, which debuted at number five in the UK in 1987.[42] In September 2006, a compilation album featuring Mercury's solo work was released in the UK in honour of what would have been his 60th birthday. The album debuted in the top 10 of the UK Album Charts.[49] In 1981–1983, Mercury recorded several tracks with Michael Jackson, including a demo of "State of Shock", "Victory" and "There Must Be More to Life Than This".[50] None of these collaborations were officially released, although bootleg recordings exist. Jackson went on to record the single "State of Shock" with Mick Jagger for The Jacksons's album Victory.[51] Mercury included the solo version of "There Must Be More To Life Than This" on his Mr. Bad Guy album.[52] In November 2011, Brian May announced that a series of duets that Mercury recorded with Jackson are to be released in 2012.[53] [54]

Personal life Relationships In the early 1970s Mercury had a long-term relationship with Mary Austin, whom he had met through guitarist Brian May. He lived with Austin for several years in West Kensington. By the mid-1970s, however, the singer had begun an affair with a male American record executive at Elektra Records, which ultimately resulted in the end of his relationship with Austin.[55] Mercury and Austin nevertheless remained close friends through the years, with Mercury often referring to her as his only true friend. In a 1985 interview, Mercury said of Austin, "All my lovers asked me why they couldn't replace Mary Freddie Mercury signature [Austin], but it's simply impossible. The only friend I've got is Mary and I don't want anybody else. To me, she was my common-law wife. To me, it was a marriage. We believe in each other, that's enough for me."[56] He also wrote several songs about Austin, the most notable of which is "Love of My Life". In his will, Mercury left his London home to Austin, rather than his then partner Jim Hutton, saying "you would have been my wife and it would have been yours anyway".[57] Mercury was also the godfather of Mary's oldest son, Richard.[40] During the early-to-mid-80s, he was romantically involved with Barbara Valentin, an Austrian actress,[58] who is featured in the video for "It's a Hard Life".[59] By 1985, he began another long-term relationship with a hairdresser named Jim Hutton. Hutton, who himself was tested HIV-positive in 1990,[60] lived with Mercury for the last six years of his life, nursed him during his illness and was present at his bedside when he died. Hutton claimed that Mercury died wearing a wedding band that Hutton had given him.[60] Hutton died from cancer on 1 January 2010.[61]

Sexual orientation Mercury was an acknowledged bisexual.[17] [62] [63] While some critics claimed he hid his sexual orientation from the public,[7] [26] [64] others claimed he was "openly gay".[8] [65] In December 1974, when asked directly "So how about being bent? " by the New Musical Express, Mercury replied "You're a crafty cow. Let's put it this way, there were times when I was young and green. It's a thing schoolboys go through. I've had my share of schoolboy pranks. I'm not going to elaborate further." Homosexuality was legalised in the United Kingdom in 1967, only seven years earlier. In the 1980s, he would often distance himself from his partner, Jim Hutton, during public events.[60] In 1992, John Marshall of Gay Times expressed the following opinion: "[Mercury] was a 'scene-queen', not afraid to publicly express his gayness but unwilling to analyse or justify his 'lifestyle' ... It was as if Freddie Mercury was saying to the world, "I am what I am. So what?" And that in itself for some was a statement."[66] A writer for a gay

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Personality Although he cultivated a flamboyant stage personality, Mercury was a very shy and retiring man in person, particularly around people he did not know well.[18] [26] [68] He also granted very few interviews. Mercury once said of himself: "When I'm performing I'm an extrovert, yet inside I'm a completely different man."[69] While on stage, Mercury basked in the love from the audience, which was famously noted by Kurt Cobain, in his suicide note, when he wrote of how he both admired and envied Mercury for being able to do so.[70]

Criticism and controversy HIV Mercury hid his HIV status from the public for several years, and it has been suggested that he could have raised a great deal of money and awareness earlier by speaking truthfully about his situation and his fight against the disease.[71] [72]

Other controversies Queen were widely criticised when they broke a United Nations cultural boycott in 1984 by performing a series of shows at Sun City, an entertainment complex in Bophuthatswana, a homeland of (then) apartheid South Africa. As a result of these shows, Queen was placed on a United Nations list of artists who broke the boycott and was widely criticised in magazines such as the NME.[36] A further controversy ensued in August 2006, when an organisation calling itself the Islamic Mobilization and Propagation petitioned the Zanzibar government's culture ministry, demanding that a large-scale celebration of what would have been Mercury's sixtieth birthday be cancelled. The organisation issued several complaints about the planned celebrations, including that Mercury was not a true Zanzibari and that he was gay, which is not in accordance with their interpretation of sharia. The organisation claimed that "associating Mercury with Zanzibar degrades our island as a place of Islam".[65] The planned celebration was cancelled.

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Illness and death According to his partner Jim Hutton, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS shortly after Easter of 1987.[73] Around that time, Mercury claimed in an interview to have tested negative for HIV.[26] Despite the denials, the British press pursued the rampant rumours over the next few years, fuelled by Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance, Queen's absence from touring, and reports from former lovers to various tabloid journals - by 1990 the rumours about Mercury's health were rife.[74] Towards the end of his life, he was routinely stalked by photographers, while the daily tabloid newspaper The Sun featured a series of articles claiming that he was seriously ill; notably in an article from November 1990 which featured an image of a haggard looking Mercury on the front page accompanied by the headline "It's official Freddie is seriously ill".[75] However, Mercury and his inner circle of colleagues and friends, The front cover of The Sun the day after whom he felt he could trust, continually denied the stories, even after Mercury's death. one front page article published on 29 April 1991, which showed Mercury appearing very haggard in what was now a rare public appearance.[76] Brian May confirmed in a 1993 interview that Mercury had informed the band of his illness much earlier.[77] Filmed in May 1991, the music video for "These Are the Days of Our Lives" features a painfully thin Mercury, which are his final scenes in front of the camera.[78] After the conclusion of his work with Queen in June 1991, Mercury retired to his home in Kensington. His former partner, Mary Austin, had been a particular comfort in his final years, and in the last few weeks of his life made regular visits to his home to look after him.[79] Near the end of his life, Mercury was starting to lose his sight, and his deterioration was so overpowering he couldn't get out of bed.[79] Due to his worsening condition, Mercury decided to quicken his death by refusing to take his medication.[79] On 22 November 1991, Mercury called Queen's manager Jim Beach over to his Kensington home, to discuss a public statement. The next day, 23 November, the following announcement was made to the press on behalf of Mercury:[80] Following the enormous conjecture in the press over the last two weeks, I wish to confirm that I have been tested HIV positive and have AIDS. I felt it correct to keep this information private to date to protect the privacy of those around me. However, the time has come now for my friends and fans around the world to know the truth and I hope that everyone will join with me, my doctors, and all those worldwide in the fight against this terrible disease. My privacy has always been very special to me and I am famous for my lack of interviews. Please understand this policy will continue. A little over 24 hours after issuing that statement, Mercury died on the evening of 24 November 1991 at the age of 45, at his home in Kensington.[62] The official cause of death was bronchial pneumonia resulting from AIDS.[81] The news of his death had reached newspaper and television crews by the early hours of 25 November.[82] On 27 November, Mercury's funeral service was conducted by a Zoroastrian priest. An intensely private man, Mercury's service was for 35 of his close friends and family, with Elton John and the remaining members of Queen among those in attendance.[83] [84] Mercury was cremated at Kensal Green Cemetery, West London, with the whereabouts of his ashes believed to be known only to Mary Austin.[85] In his will, Mercury left the vast majority of his wealth, including his home and recording royalties, to Mary Austin, and the remainder to his parents and sister. He further left £500,000 to his chef Joe Fanelli, £500,000 to his personal assistant Peter Freestone, £100,000 to his driver Terry Giddings, and £500,000 to Jim Hutton.[86] Mary Austin

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Legacy Continued popularity The extent to which Mercury's death may have enhanced Queen's popularity is not clear. In the United States, where Queen's popularity had lagged in the 1980s, sales of Queen albums went up dramatically in 1992, the year following his death.[87] In 1992 one American critic noted, "what cynics call the 'dead star' factor had come into play—Queen is in the middle of a major resurgence".[88] The movie Wayne's World, which featured "Bohemian Rhapsody", also came out in 1992. According to the Recording Industry Association of America, Queen have sold 32.5 million albums in the United States, about half of which have been sold since Mercury's death in 1991.[89] Estimates of Queen's total worldwide record sales to date have been set as high as 300 million.[90] In the UK, Queen have now spent more collective weeks on the UK Album Charts than any other musical act (including The Beatles),[91] and Queen's Greatest Hits is the highest selling album of all time in the UK.[92] Two of Mercury's songs, "We Are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", have also each been voted as the greatest song of all time in major polls by Sony Ericsson[93] and Guinness World Records,[94] respectively. The former poll was an attempt to determine the world's favourite song, while the Guinness poll took place in the UK. In October 2007, the video for "Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted the greatest of all time by readers of Q magazine.[95] Consistently rated as one of the greatest singers in the history of popular music, Mercury was voted second to Mariah Carey in MTV's 22 Greatest Voices in Music.[8] Additionally, in January 2009, Mercury was voted second to Robert Plant in a poll of the greatest voices in rock, on the digital radio station Planet Rock.[96] In May 2009, Classic Rock magazine voted Freddie Mercury as the greatest singer in rock.[10] In 2011, NME magazine readers voted Mercury second to Michael Jackson in the Greatest Singers Ever poll.[97] In 2011, a Rolling Stone readers' pick placed Mercury in second place of the magazine's "Best Lead Singers of All Time".[70]

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Tributes A statue in Montreux, Switzerland (by sculptor Irena Sedlecka) has been erected as a tribute to Mercury.[98] It stands 3 metres high overlooking Lake Geneva and was unveiled on 25 November 1996 by Freddie's father and Montserrat Caballé.[99] Beginning in 2003, fans from around the world gather in Switzerland annually to pay tribute to the singer as part of the "Freddie Mercury Montreux Memorial Day" on the first weekend of September and the Bearpark And Esh Colliery Band played at the Freddie Mercury statue on 1 June 2010.[100] In 1999, a Royal Mail stamp with the image of Mercury on stage was issued in his honour as part of the Millennium Stamp series.[101] [102]

Statue of Freddie Mercury overlooking Lake Geneva in Montreux, Switzerland.

In 2009, a plaque was unveiled in Feltham where Mercury and his family moved upon arriving in England in 1964. The star in memory of Mercury's achievements was unveiled in Feltham High Street by his mother Jer Bulsara and Queen bandmate Brian May.[103] A tribute to Queen has been on display at the Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas throughout 2009 on its video canopy.[104] In December 2009 a large model of Mercury wearing tartan was put on display in the centre of Edinburgh as publicity for the run of We Will Rock You at the Playhouse Theatre.[105] A statue of Mercury stands over the entrance to the Dominion Theatre in London's West End since May 2002, where the main show has been Queen and Ben Elton's musical We Will Rock You.[106] [107] For Mercury's 65th birthday, Google dedicated their Google Doodle to him.[108] It included an animation set to the Mercury penned song, "Don't Stop Me Now".[109]

Importance in AIDS history

Freddie Mercury statue above the West End's Dominion Theatre.

As the first major rock star to die of AIDS, Mercury's death represented a very important event in the disease's history.[110] In April 1992, the remaining members of Queen founded The Mercury Phoenix Trust and organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury and raise money for AIDS research, which took place on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992.[111] The Mercury Phoenix Trust has since raised millions of pounds for various AIDS charities. The tribute concert, which took place at Wembley Stadium for an audience of 72,000, featured a wide variety of guests including; Robert Plant (of Led Zeppelin), Roger Daltrey (of

Freddie Mercury The Who), Extreme, Elton John, Metallica, David Bowie, Annie Lennox, Tony Iommi (of Black Sabbath), Guns N' Roses, Elizabeth Taylor, George Michael, Def Leppard, Seal, Liza Minnelli (and also U2 via Satellite). Elizabeth Taylor spoke of Mercury as "an extraordinary rock star who rushed across our cultural landscape like a comet shooting across the sky".[112] The concert was broadcast live to 76 countries and had an estimated viewing audience of 1 billion people.[113]

Appearances in lists of influential individuals Several popularity polls conducted over the past decade indicate that Freddie Mercury's reputation may in fact have been enhanced since his death. For instance, in a 2002 vote to determine whom the UK public considers the greatest British people in history, Mercury was ranked number 58 in the list of the "100 Greatest Britons", broadcast by the BBC.[114] He was further listed at the 52nd spot in a 2007 Japanese national survey of the 100 most "influential heroes".[115] Despite the fact that he had been criticised by gay activists for hiding his HIV status, author Paul Russell included Mercury in his book "The Gay 100: A Ranking of the Most Influential Gay Men and Lesbians, Past and Present."[116] Other entertainers on Russell's list included Liberace and Rock Hudson. In 2006, Time Asia magazine named him as one of the most influential Asian heroes of the past 60 years: The article credited Mercury with having "duplicated in popular music what other Indians—such as Salman Rushdie and Vikram Seth – have done in literature: taking the coloniser's art form and representing it in a manner richer and more dazzling than many Anglophones thought possible."[8] In 2008, Rolling Stone' magazine ranked Mercury No.18 in its list of the "Top 100 Singers Of All Time".[6]

Portrayal on stage On 24 November 1997, a monodrama about Freddie Mercury's life titled Mercury: The Afterlife and Times of a Rock God opened in New York City.[117] It presented Freddie Mercury in the hereafter; examining his life, seeking redemption and searching for his true self [118] The play was written and directed by Charles Messina and the part of Mercury was played by Khalid Gonçalves (né Paul Gonçalves) and then later, Amir Darvish.[119] Billy Squier opened one of the shows with an acoustic performance of a song he had written about Mercury titled I Have Watched You Fly.[120]

Portrayal in film Brian May announced in a September 2010 BBC interview[121] that Sacha Baron Cohen, previously best known for his comedic characters Borat, Ali G and Brüno, had been chosen to play Mercury in a film about his life. TIME commented with approval on his singing ability and visual similarity to Mercury.[122] The motion picture is being written by Peter Morgan, who had been nominated for Oscars for his screenplays The Queen and Frost/Nixon. The film, which is being co-produced by Robert De Niro's TriBeCa Productions, will focus on Queen's formative years and the period leading up to the celebrated performance at the 1985 Live Aid concert. Filming is due to begin sometime in 2011.[123] In April 2011, Brian May confirmed that a lot of work was still being done in preparation for the film. He said that after holding back for a long time due to mixed feelings, the band had approved a team to start filming later in 2011, and Baron Cohen's eagerness had been the key to progress.[124]

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Notes a) On Mercury's birth certificate,[12] his parents defined themselves with "Nationality: British Indian" and "Race: Parsi". The Parsis are an originally Persian ethnic group of the Indian subcontinent who follow Zoroastrianism. b) The Bulsara family gets its name from Bulsar, a city and district that is now in the Indian state of Gujarat and is today officially known as Valsad. In the 17th century, Bulsar was one of the five centres of the Zoroastrian religion (the other four were also in what is today Gujarat) and consequently "Bulsara" is a relatively common name amongst Zoroastrians. c) Mercury is portrayed in the manga and anime series Cromartie High School as the character Freddie (and as the minor character Mercury), and as himself in the British Channel 4 show House of Rock along with Marc Bolan, John Lennon, Notorious BIG, John Denver and Kurt Cobain.

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May in 2011 Background information Birth name

Brian Harold May

Born

19 July 1947 Hampton, London, England, UK

Genres

Rock

Occupations

Musician, songwriter, producer, astrophysicist, author, contributor (The Sky at Night)

Instruments

Guitar, vocals, piano

Years active

1965–present

Labels

Hollywood, Parlophone

Associated acts Smile, Queen, Phenomena, G3, Queen + Paul Rodgers, Kerry Ellis, Lady Gaga Website

[brianmay.com brianmay.com] Notable instruments

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Red Special Fender Telecaster

Brian Harold May, CBE (born 19 July 1947) is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen. As a guitarist he uses his home-built guitar, "Red Special", and has composed hits such as "Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You", and "Fat Bottomed Girls". He was made Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for "services to the music industry".[1] May earned a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College in 2007 and is currently the Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University.[2] May currently resides in Surrey.[3] In 2005, a Planet Rock poll saw May voted the 7th greatest guitarist of all time.[4] He was ranked at #39 on the Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time".[5]

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Early life Brian May, the only child of Harold and Ruth May, was born in Hampton, London and attended Hampton Grammar School (now Hampton School).[6] During this time he formed his first band with vocalist and bassist Tim Staffell, named Nineteen Eighty-Four after George Orwell's novel of the same name.[7] He left Hampton Grammar School with ten GCE Ordinary Levels and three Advanced Levels in Physics, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics.[7]

Career Smile Brian May formed the band Smile in 1968. The group included Tim Staffell as singer and bassist, and later, drummer Roger Taylor, who also went on to play for Queen. The band lasted for only two years from 1968 to 1970, as Staffell left in 1970, leaving the band with a catalogue of only nine songs. Smile would reunite for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band The Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play "Earth" and "If I Were a Carpenter".[8] May also performed several other songs that night.

Queen In Queen's three-part vocal harmonies, May's was generally the lower-range backing vocal. On some of his songs he sings the lead vocal, most notably the first verse of "Who Wants to Live Forever", the bridge on "I Want It All" and "Flash's Theme", and full lead vocals on "Some Day One Day", "She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)", "'39", "Good Company", "Long Away", "All Dead, All Dead", "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" and "Sail Away Sweet Sister". Queen in 1979.

Throughout Queen's career May frequently wrote songs for the band and has composed many significant songs such as the worldwide hit "We Will Rock You", as well as "Tie Your Mother Down", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Hammer to Fall", "Save Me", "Fat Bottomed Girls" and "I Want It All". Typically, either Freddie Mercury or May wrote the most songs on every Queen album. After the famous Live Aid concert in summer 1985, Mercury rang his bandmates and proposed writing a song together. The result was "One Vision", which was basically May on music (the Magic Years documentary shows how he came up with the opening section and the basic guitar riff) and Roger Taylor on lyrics, with Freddie Mercury being more a producer and arranger than a proper co-writer, and John Deacon mostly absent. For their 1989 release album, The Miracle, the band had decided that all of the tracks would be credited to the entire band, no matter who had been the main writer. Still, interviews and musical analyses tend to help identify the input of each member on each track. May composed "I Want It All" for that album, as well as "Scandal" (based on his personal problems with the British press). For the rest of the album he did not contribute so much creatively, although he helped in building the basis of "Party" and "Was It All Worth It" (both being predominantly Mercury's pieces) and created the guitar riff of "Chinese Torture". Queen's subsequent album was Innuendo, on which May's contributions increased, although more in arrangements than actual writing in most cases; for the title track he did some of the arrangement for the heavy solo, then he added vocal harmonies to "I'm Going Slightly Mad" and composed the solo of "These Are the Days of Our Lives", a song for which the four of them decided the keyboard parts together. He changed the tempo and key of Mercury's song "The Hitman" and took it under his wing, even singing guide vocal in the demo. May also co-wrote some of the

Brian May guitar lines in "Bijou". Two songs that May had composed for his first solo album, "Headlong" and "I Can't Live With You", eventually ended up in the Queen project. His other composition was "The Show Must Go On", a group effort in which he was the coordinator and primary composer, but in which they all had input, Deacon and Taylor with the famous chord sequence. In recent years, he has overseen the remastering of Queen albums and various DVD and greatest hits releases. In 2004, he announced that he and drummer Roger Taylor were going on tour for the first time in 18 years as "Queen", along with Free/Bad Company vocalist Paul Rodgers. Billed as "Queen + Paul Rodgers", the band has played throughout 2005 and 2006 in South Africa, Europe, Aruba, Japan, and North America and released a new album with Paul Rodgers in 2008, entitled The Cosmos Rocks. This album was supported by a major tour.

Solo work and The Brian May Band During 1983, several members of Queen explored side projects. On 21 and 22 April in Los Angeles, May recorded his first solo work, a mini-album entitled Star Fleet Project, on which he collaborated with Eddie Van Halen.[9] He worked with his second wife Anita Dobson on her first album, in which she sang vocals to the EastEnders theme tune. In this form the tune became the song "Anyone Can Fall in Love".[10] May himself produced the song, which reached #4 in the UK Singles Chart in August 1986. Following the death of Freddie Mercury in November 1991, May chose to deal with his grief by committing himself as fully as possible to work, first by finishing his solo album, Back to the Light, and then touring worldwide to promote it. He frequently remarked in press interviews that this was the only form of self-prescribed therapy he could think of.[11] May playing his Red Special In late 1992, the Brian May Band was officially formed. An early version of the band was loosely formed for 19 October 1991, when May took part in the Guitar Legends guitar festival in Seville, Spain. The line-up for his performance was May (Lead Vocals & Lead Guitar), Cozy Powell (Drums & Percussion), Mike Moran (Keyboards), Rick Wakeman (Keyboards), Maggie Ryder (Backing vocals), Miriam Stockley (Backing vocals) and Chris Thompson (Backing vocals).

The original line-up was Brian May (Lead Vocals and Lead Guitar), Cozy Powell (Drums and Percussion), Mike Caswell (Guitar), Neil Murray (Bass), Maggie Ryder (Backing vocals), Miriam Stockley (Backing vocals) and Chris Thompson (Backing vocals). This version of the band lasted only during the South American support tour (supporting The B-52's and Joe Cocker) on only five dates. In Spain, a Catalan band called Sweet Sister supported the tour. Afterwards, May made significant changes, feeling the group never quite gelled. Most significantly, May brought guitarist Jamie Moses on board to replace Mike Caswell. May considered Moses a perfect fit to the band. The other change made was in the backing vocal department. Ryder, Stockley and Thompson were replaced with Catherine Porter and Shelley Preston. On 23 February 1993, this new line-up of The Brian May Band began its world tour in the US, both supporting Guns N' Roses and headlining a few dates. The tour would take them through North America, Europe (support act: Valentine) and Japan.

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Brian May After the tour ended on 18 December 1993, May returned to the studio with fellow surviving Queen band members Roger Taylor and John Deacon to work on tracks that became Made in Heaven, the final Queen studio album. The band took Mercury's solo album demos and last recordings, which he managed to perform in the studio after the album Innuendo was finished, and completed them with their additions both musically and vocally. Work on the album after Mercury's death originally began in 1992 by Deacon and May, but was left until a later date due to other commitments. In 1995, May began working towards a new solo album of covers tentatively named Heroes, in addition to working on various film and television projects and other collaborations. May subsequently changed the approach of his second album from covers to focus on those collaborations and on new material. The songs recorded for that album, Another World, would feature mainly Spike Edney, Cozy Powell, Neil Murray and Jamie Moses, who had become his core support/collaborative team. On 5 April 1998, Cozy Powell was killed in a car accident on the M4 motorway near Bristol, England. This caused a huge, unexpected disruption to the upcoming tour for The Brian May Band, with a new drummer being needed at short notice. Steve Ferrone was brought on to help May finish recording drums for the title track "Another World" and to join the band for the early stage promotional tour of five dates in Europe before the world tour. The line-up was then May (lead vocals & lead guitar), Edney (keyboards), Murray (bass), Moses (guitar), Ferrone (drums & percussion), Susie Webb (backing vocals) and Zoe Nicholas (Bbacking vocals). Following the early promotional tour, Eric Singer replaced Steve Ferrone for the full 1998 world tour.

Later solo work From his last solo release in 1998 May has been performing as a solo artist, as part of an ensemble, and infrequently as Queen with Roger Taylor. On 22 October 2000, Brian May made a guest appearance at the Motörhead 25th Anniversary show at Brixton Academy along with Eddie Clarke (former Motörhead guitarist) for the encore song "Overkill". In the Queen's birthday honours list of 2005, he was made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire "for services to the music industry".[12] May is a friend of singer and musician Phil Collins and was a special guest at the Genesis reunion concert at Twickenham Stadium in 2007. On 17 November 2007, Brian May was appointed Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University,[13] taking over from Cherie Blair, and installed in 2008.[14] May worked extensively with stage actress and singer Kerry Ellis after he cast her in the musical We Will Rock You. He produced and arranged her debut studio album Anthems (2010), a follow-up to her extended play Wicked in Rock (2008), as well as appeared with Ellis at many public performances – playing guitar alongside her. He also contributed a guitar solo to Meat Loaf's Hang Cool, Teddy Bear album in exchange for the use of drummer John Miceli. Along with Elena Vidal, Brian May released a historical book in 2009 entitled A Village Lost and Found: Scenes in Our Village. The book is an annotated collection of stereoscopic photographs taken by the Victorian era photographer T. R. Williams and it is sold with a focussing stereoscope. May became an enthusiast of stereoscope photographs as a child, and first encountered the work of Williams during the late 1960s. In 2003 May announced a search in order to identify the actual location of the Scenes in Our Village images. In 2004 May reported that he had identified the location as the village of Hinton Waldrist in Oxfordshire. In November 2009, May appeared on the popular reality TV show The X Factor with band mate Roger Taylor as Queen mentoring the contestants, then later performing "Bohemian Rhapsody". In April 2010, May founded the "Save Me" 2010 project to work against any proposed repeal of the British fox-hunting ban, and also to promote animal rights in Britain.[15] In February 2011 it was announced that May would tour with Kerry Ellis, playing 12 dates across the UK in May 2011. On 18 April 2011 Lady Gaga confirmed that May would play guitar on her track "You and I" from her latest album Born This Way, released on 23 May 2011.[16] On 26 August, May performed "We Will Rock You" and "Welcome To The Black Parade" with American rock band My Chemical Romance at the Reading Festival.[17] On 28 August, May performed "You and I" live with Lady Gaga at the 2011 MTV Video Music Awards at the Nokia Theatre, Los Angeles.[18]

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Queen + Paul Rodgers At the end of 2004, May and Taylor announced that they would reunite and return to touring in 2005, with Paul Rodgers (founder and former lead singer of Free and Bad Company). Brian May's website also stated that Rodgers would be "featured with" Queen as Queen + Paul Rodgers, not replacing the late Freddie Mercury. The retired John Deacon would not be participating.[19] Between 2005 and 2006 Queen and Paul Rodgers embarked on a world tour, the first leg being Europe and the second, Japan and the US in 2006.[20] On 25 May 2006, Queen received the inaugural VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada, and May and Taylor were joined on stage with the Foo Fighters to perform a selection of Queen songs.[20] [21] On 15 August 2006, May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a "secret location".[22] The album, titled The Cosmos Rocks, was released in Europe on 12 September 2008 and in the United States on 28 October 2008. Following the album the band again embarked on a tour through Europe and parts of the US, opening on Kharkov's freedom square in front of 350,000 Ukrainian fans.[23] The show in Ukraine was later released on DVD.[23] Queen and Paul Rodgers officially split up on 12 May 2009. Rodgers does not rule out the possibility of working together again.[24] [25]

Highlights Brian May began composing in 1968/1969, and through the years he has collaborated with other songwriters, including Frank Musker, with whom he wrote "Too Much Love Will Kill You", and with Elizabeth Lamers, whose music won the Ivor Novello Award for Best Song Musically & Lyrically in 1996.[26] A meticulous arranger, he focuses on multi-part harmonies, often more contrapuntal than parallel — a relative rarity for rock guitar. Examples are found in Queen's albums A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, where he arranged a jazz band for guitar mini-orchestra ("Good Company"), a vocal canon ("The Prophet's Song") and guitar and vocal counterpoints ("Teo Torriatte"). May explored a wide variety of styles in guitar, including sweep picking ("Was It All Worth It", "Chinese Torture"), tremolo ("Brighton Rock", "Stone Cold Crazy", "Death on Two Legs", "Sweet Lady", "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Get Down Make Love", "Dragon Attack"), tapping ("Bijou", "It's Late", "Resurrection", "Cyborg", "Rain Must Brian May in 1975 Fall", "Business", "China Belle", "I Was Born To Love You"), slide guitar ("Drowse", "Tie Your Mother Down"), Hendrix sounding licks ("Liar", "Brighton Rock"), tape-delay ("Brighton Rock", "White Man") and melodic sequences ("Bohemian

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Brian May Rhapsody", "Killer Queen", "These Are the Days of Our Lives"). Some of his solos and orchestral parts were composed by Freddie Mercury, who then asked May to bring them to life ("Bicycle Race", "Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon", "Killer Queen", "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy"). May also performed notable acoustic works, including the acoustic guitar live version of "Love of My Life" from 1975's A Night at the Opera, the finger-picked solo of "White Queen" and the skiffle-influenced "'39". In January 2007, the readers of Guitar World voted May's guitar solos "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Brighton Rock" into the top 100 Greatest Guitar Solos of all time ("Bohemian Rhapsody" was voted #20 and "Brighton Rock" was voted #41). Aided by the uniqueness of his guitar — the Red Special — May was often able to create strange and unusual sound effects. For example, he was able to imitate an orchestra in the song "Procession"; in "Get Down, Make Love" he was able to create sound effects with his guitar that were so unusual that many thought a synthesiser was being used; in "Good Company" he used his guitar to mimic a trombone, a piccolo and several other instruments for the song's Dixieland jazz band feel. Queen used a "No synthesizers were used on this album" sleeve note on their early albums to make this clear to the listeners.

Other instruments The first instrument Brian May learned to play was the banjolele, which he then played on Queen's song "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" (live and in the studio). For "Good Company", he used a regular baritone ukelele which he had bought in Hawaii on a holiday. Occasionally, May would also record on other string instruments such as harp (one chord per take, then copied and pasted by the engineer to make it sound like a continuous performance) and bass (on some demos and many songs in his solo career, and the Queen + Paul Rodgers album). As a child, he was also trained on classical piano. Although Freddie Mercury was the band's main pianist, Brian would occasionally step in (such as on Save Me. From 1979 onwards, he also played synthesisers, organ ("Wedding March") and programmed drum-machines for both Queen and outside projects (such as producing other artists and his own solo records). May is also an accomplished singer.[27] From Queen's Queen II to The Game, May contributed lead vocals to at least one song per album. May co-composed a mini-opera with Lee Holdridge, Il Colosso, for Steve Barron's 1996 film, The Adventures of Pinocchio. May performed the opera with Jerry Hadley, Sissel Kyrkjebo, and Just William. On-screen, it was performed entirely by puppets.

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Musician "He's a class act from head to toe, and it shows in his playing. I can listen to any player and pantomime their sound, but I can't do Brian May. He's just walking on higher ground." —Steve Vai.

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Brian May has been referred to as a virtuoso guitarist by many publications and musicians.[29] [30] [31] [32] [33] Former Van Halen vocalist Sammy Hagar stated, "I thought Queen were really innovative and made some great sounding records.. I like the rockin' stuff. I think Brian May has one of the great guitar tones on the planet, and I really, really love his guitar work."[33] May has used a range of guitars, most often the "Red Special", which he designed when he was only 16 years old.[34] It was built with wood from an 18th century fireplace. His comments on this instrument, from Queen In Their Own Words (ed. Mick St. Michael, Omnibus Press, 1992, p. 62) are: May tapping.

I like a big neck – thick, flat and wide. I lacquered the fingerboard with Rustin's Plastic Coating. The tremolo is interesting in that the arm's made from an old bicycle saddle bag carrier, the knob at the end's off a knitting needle and the springs are valve springs from an old motorbike. —Brian May In addition to using his home-made guitar he prefers to use coins (especially a sixpence from the farewell proof set of 1970), instead of a more traditional plastic plectrum, on the basis that their rigidity gives him more control in playing. He is known to carry coins in his pockets specifically for this purpose. May's early heroes were Cliff Richard and The Shadows, who he says were "the most metallic thing(s) out at the time." Many years later he gained his opportunity to play on separate occasions with both Cliff Richard and Shadows lead guitarist Hank Marvin. He has collaborated with Cliff Richard on a re-recording of the Cliff Richard and The Shadows (then known as The Drifters) 1958 hit "Move It" on the Cliff Richard duets album Two's Company which was released on 6 November 2006. On Queen For An Hour 1989 Interview on BBC Radio 1 May listed Jimi Hendrix, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton as his guitar heroes. In a 1991 interview for Guitar World magazine, May referred to The Who as "my inspiration", and on seeing Led Zeppelin stated, "We used to look at those guys and think, "That's the way it should be done."[35] During the time in which Brian May and his father were building the Red Special, May also produced plans to build a second guitar. However, so successful was the Red Special, that May simply had no need to build another guitar. These plans were eventually given to guitar luthier Andrew Guyton in around 2004/05, some slight modifications were made and the guitar was built. It was named "The Spade", as the shape of the body resembled the form shown on playing cards. However the guitar also came to be known as "The Guitar That Time Forgot". As yet, this guitar has not been used in any recordings and remains in May's possession.

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Equipment Most of May's electric guitar work live and in the studio was done on the Red Special, which he built with his father during his teenage years.[36] [37] [38] From 1975 onwards, he has also had some replicas made, some of which were also used for live and recording purposes, others were mainly spares. The most famous replicas were made by John Birch (in 1975—May actually smashed it during a concert in the States in 1982), Greco BM90 (featured in the promo video of "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" in 1977), Guild (back-up from 1984 to 1993) and Fryers (1997–1998, used both live and in the studio). On stage, Brian used to carry at least one back-up guitar (in case he broke a string) and occasionally would use others for certain songs or parts. Currently, May has his own company which makes guitars whose design is modelled after the original Red Special guitar. • July 1973 – May 1974: Fender Stratocaster Pre-CBS • October 1974 – May 1975: Gibson Les Paul Deluxe, and the Stratocaster from the previous tour. • November 1975 – May 1976: Same two guitars as before, plus a natural finish John Birch replica of the Red Special.

Brian May performing with the Greg Fryer Red Special replica in Warsaw, Poland, 1998.

• September 1976: Same three as before, plus a Martin D-18 acoustic for "'39". • January 1977 – August 1979: Just the Birch replica plus an Ovation Pacemaker 12-string acoustic on some numbers ("'39", "Love of My Life", "Dreamer's Ball").

• November 1979 – June 1982: Birch replica (back-up), Fender Telecaster ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 2nd verse, middle-eight and solo), Ovation (acoustic numbers). • July – November 1982: Added a Gibson Flying V as second back-up. On 9 August 1982 Brian smashed the Birch guitar, so the Flying V became the only spare. • August to October 1984: The Flying V became a second back-up again as his main spare was the Guild replica. He also used Roger Taylor's Gibson Chet-Atkins Classical Electric. • July 1985 – August 1986: Gibson Flying V no longer used. The rest remained the same. Some of the non-RS electric guitars he used in the studio included: • Burns Double Six on "Long Away" (1976) and "Under Pressure" (1981). • Fender Broadcaster on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1979). It was used for the video (but not the recordings) of "Back Chat" (1982). • Gibson Firebird on "Hammer to Fall" and "Tear It Up" (album versions only, not on stage). • Ibanez JS on "Nothing But Blue" (1991). • Parker Fly on "Mother Love" (1993–1995). For acoustic, he favoured Ovation, Martin, Tōkai Hummingbird, Godin and Guild. On a couple of videos he also used some different electric guitars: a Stratocaster copy on "Play the Game" (1980) and a Washburn RR2V on "Princes of the Universe" (1986). In 1984 Guild released the first official Red Special replica for mass production, and made some prototypes specifically for May. However the solid body construction (the original RS has hollow cavities in the body) and the pick-ups (DiMarzio) that were not an exact replica of the Burns TriSonic did not make May happy, so the production stopped after just 300 guitars. In 1993 Guild made a second replica of the RS, made in just 1000 copies, of which

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May has some and used as a backup. At the moment, he uses the two guitars made by Greg Fryer—the luthier who restored the Old Lady in 1998—as backup. They are almost identical to the original, except for the Fryer logo on the headstock (May's original one has a sixpence). In the studio, May used Yamaha DX7 synths for the opening sequence of "One Vision" and the backgrounds of "Who Wants to Live Forever" (also on stage), "Scandal" and "The Show Must Go On". He mostly used Freddie Mercury's 1972 Steinway piano and reportedly now owns the instrument in question. May was keen on using some toys as instruments as well. He used a Yamaha plastic piano in "Teo Torriatte", a "genuine George Formby Ukulele-Banjo" in "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" and in "Good Company", and a toy mini koto in "The Prophet's Song". May has used Vox AC30 amplifiers almost exclusively since a meeting with his long time hero Rory Gallagher at a gig in London during the late '60s/early '70s.[39] His choice is the model AC30TBX, the top-boost version with Blue Alnico speakers, and he runs the amp at full volume on the Normal channel. He also customises his amps by removing the circuitry for the Brilliant and Vib-trem channels (leaving only the circuitry for the Normal), and this alters the tone slightly, with a gain addition of 6–7 dB. He always used a treble booster built by John Deacon which, along with the AC30, went a long way in helping to create many of his signature guitar tones. He used the Dallas Rangemaster for the first Queen albums, up to A Day at the Races. Effects guru Pete Cornish built for him the TB-83 (32 dB of gain) that was used for all the remaining Queen albums. He switched in 2000 to the Fryer's booster, which actually gives less boost than the TB-83. Live, he uses banks of Vox AC30 amplifiers keeping some amps with only guitar and others with all effects such as delay, flanger and chorus. He has a rack of 14 AC30s, which are grouped as Normal, Chorus, Delay 1, Delay 2. On his pedal board, May has a custom switch unit made by Cornish and subsequently modified by Fryer that allows him to choose which amps are active. He uses a BOSS pedal from the '70s, the Chorus Ensemble CE-1, which can be heard in In The Lap of The Gods (Live at Wembley '86) or Hammer to Fall (slow version played live with P. Rodgers). Next in the chain, he uses a Foxx Foot Phaser (We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions, Keep Yourself Alive, etc.), and two delay machines to play his trademark solo in Brighton Rock.

May's lead vocals in Queen •

"Keep Yourself Alive" – Vocal bridge with Taylor, rest sung by Mercury (1973)

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"Flash" – with Freddie Mercury (1980)

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"Some Day, One Day" (1974)

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"Put Out the Fire" - lead on falsetto lines.

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"She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes)" (1974)

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"Las Palabras de Amor" – Lead harmony vocals on chorus (1982)

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"'39" (1975)

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"I Go Crazy" – Lead Bridge Vocals (1984)

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"Good Company" (1975)

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"Who Wants to Live Forever" – First verse, harmony and other lines throughout (1986)

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"Long Away" (1976)

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"I Want It All" – with Mercury (1989)

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"All Dead, All Dead" (1977)

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"Lost Opportunity" (1991)

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"Sleeping on the Sidewalk" (1977)

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"Mother Love" – Lead vocals on final verse (1995)

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"Fat Bottomed Girls" – Chorus lead vocals (1978)

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"Let Me Live" – Lead vocals on third verse (1995)

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"Leaving Home Ain't Easy" (1978)

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"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" – with Taylor (1997)

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"Sail Away Sweet Sister" – Mercury sings the bridge (1980)

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Personal life From 1974 to 1988, May was married to Chrissie Mullen, who is the mother of his three children: Jimmy, who was born on 15 June 1978; Louisa, who was born on 22 May 1981 and Emily Ruth, who was born on 17 February 1987. Chrissie and Brian separated in 1988. Their separation and eventual divorce was highly publicised by British tabloid newspapers following reports that he had an affair with Eastenders actress Anita Dobson, whom he met in 1986, and who gained fame in the 1980s as Angie Watts. After many years together they married on December 18, 2000. He has stated in interviews that he suffered from severe depression in the late 1980s and early 1990s, even to the point of contemplating suicide,[40] for reasons having to do with his troubled first marriage, his perceived failure as a husband and a father, his father Harold's death, and Freddie Mercury's illness and eventual death.[41] May's father Harold worked as a draughtsman at the Ministry of Aviation and had been a long-time cigarette-smoker. As a result, May dislikes smoking,[42] even to the point where he has prohibited smoking indoors at his more recent concerts.[43] According to The Sunday Times Rich List he is worth £85 million as of 2011.[44]

Astrophysics May studied physics and mathematics at Imperial College London, graduating with a BSc (Hons) degree and ARCS in physics with Upper Second-Class Honours. He then proceeded to study for a PhD degree, also at the Imperial College London departments of Physics and Mathematics, and was part way through this PhD programme, studying reflected light from interplanetary dust and the velocity of dust in the plane of the Solar System. When Queen became successful he abandoned his physics doctorate but did co-author two scientific research papers: MgI Emission in the Night-Sky Spectrum (1972)[45] and An Investigation of the Motion of Zodiacal Dust Particles (Part I) (1973),[46] which were based on his observations at the Teide Observatory in Tenerife. He is the co-author of Bang! – The Complete History of the Universe with Sir Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott, which was published in October 2006.[47] In October 2007, more than 30 years after he started his research, he completed his PhD thesis in astrophysics,[48] entitled A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud,[49] passed his viva voce, and performed the required corrections.[50] [51] [52] [53] He officially graduated at the postgraduate awards ceremony held in the Royal Albert Hall, on the afternoon of Wednesday 14 May 2008. On 17 November 2007, May was appointed Chancellor of Liverpool John Moores University,[13] taking over from Cherie Blair, and installed in 2008.[14] Asteroid 52665 Brianmay was named in his honour on 18 June 2008 on the suggestion of Sir Patrick Moore (probably influenced by the asteroid's provisional designation of 1998 BM30).[34] [54] May appeared on the 700th episode of The Sky at Night hosted by Sir Patrick Moore, along with Dr. Chris Lintott, Jon Culshaw, Prof. Brian Cox, and the Astronomer Royal Martin Rees who on leaving the panel told Brian May, who was joining it, "I don't know any scientist who looks as much as like Isaac Newton as you do". May replied that "that could be my after dinner comment, thank you very much".

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Activist Brian May has formed a group to promote animal welfare. Though a Conservative Party voter most of his life,[55] he has stated that their policy on fox hunting and the culling of badgers turned him off voting for them. His group, Save Me (named after the song that he wrote), is a campaign group for the protection of all animals against unnecessary, cruel and degrading treatment; with a particular emphasis on preventing hunting of foxes and the culling of badgers.[56] The group's primary concern is to ensure that the Hunting Act 2004 and other laws protecting animals are kept in place.[15] In a September 2010 interview with Stephen Sackur for the BBC’s HARDtalk program, May said that he would rather be remembered for his animal rights work than for his music or science.[57]

Stereophotography May has had a lifelong interest in collecting Victorian stereophotography. In 2009, with co-author Elena Vidal, he published his second book, A Village Lost and Found, on the work of English stereophotography innovator TR Williams.[58]

Discography Albums Studio albums Year

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Star Fleet Project

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Back to the Light

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1998

Another World

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Bibliography • May, Brian; Moore, Patrick; Lintott, Chris (2006). Bang! The Complete History of the Universe. Carlton. ISBN 1-84442-552-5. • May, Brian Harold (2008) (PhD thesis). A Survey of Radial Velocities in the Zodiacal Dust Cloud. New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-77705-4. • May, Brian; Vidal, Elena (book with stereoscopic viewer). A Village Lost and Found [60]. Frances Lincoln. ISBN 978-0-7112-3039-2.

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Deacon on stage in Dublin, 1979 Background information Birth name

John Richard Deacon

Born

19 August 1951 Oadby, Leicestershire England

Genres

Rock, pop

Occupations

Musician, songwriter

Instruments

Bass

Years active

1965–1997

Associated acts

Queen

Notable instruments Fender Precision Bass Music Man StingRay Fender Telecaster

John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is a retired English multi-instrumentalist and song writer, best known as the bassist for the rock band Queen. Of the four members of the band, he was the last to join and also the youngest, being only 19 years old when he was recruited by the other members of the band. Deacon wrote a number of Queen's hit singles, including "You're My Best Friend", "Spread Your Wings", "Back Chat", "I Want to Break Free", and the band's biggest selling single in the United States, "Another One Bites the Dust", as well as a number of album tracks. He also played electric and acoustic guitars on several albums as well as keyboards, synthesizers, programming and drums. He occasionally provided backing vocals during live shows. Following The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, Deacon's sole performance with the remaining members of Queen was a one-off rendition of "The Show Must Go On" in 1997 with Mercury's friend Elton John (who had sung the track with the band at Mercury's tribute). He contributed to the final Queen song, "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" – released that year on the Queen Rocks compilation – after which he retired from the music industry. He chose not to participate with guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor in the Queen + Paul

John Deacon Rodgers collaboration, but did give them his support. Deacon was also absent from Queen's induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.

Early life John Deacon grew up in Oadby with father Arthur, mother Lilian and younger sister Julie. His father worked for the Norwich Union insurance company, but died of a heart attack in 1962, when John was eleven. Deacon was known to friends as 'Deaks' and attended Linden Junior School in Leicester, and Gartree High School and Beauchamp Grammar School in Oadby and achieved 8 GCE O level and 3 A level passes, all at grade A.

Career It was in Leicester that he formed his first band, The Opposition, in 1965 at the age of fourteen. He played rhythm guitar, bought with money borrowed from one of the other band members. He became the bassist after the original bassist was fired for not being of the same quality as the rest of the band. As well as a dedicated musician, Deacon also was the band's archivist, taking clippings from newspapers of even the advertisements featuring The Opposition. After being in the band for four years, Deacon played his final concert with the band (then called The Art) in August 1969. He left as he had been accepted to study at Chelsea College. Although he left his bass and amplifier at home in Oadby after less than a year in London where he went on to achieve a First Class Honours Degree in electronics at Chelsea College, now part of King's College London, he decided he wanted to join a band. By this time Queen had already been formed by Brian May, Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor, and Deacon even saw them in October 1970. In early 1971 he was introduced to Taylor and May by a friend at a disco who told him that they were in a band that had just lost its bassist. A couple of days later he auditioned in a lecture room at Imperial College London and became the last member of Queen to join the band. Since the band's last bassist drew attention away from Mercury, Deacon was selected for his musical talent, his quiet demeanour and his electrical skills. A persistent legend claims Deacon was the seventh bassist auditioned. According to various sources, prior bassists with the band included Mike Grose, Barry Mitchell and Doug Ewood. On Queen's first album he was credited as "Deacon John".[1] Not long after its release, he requested that he be referred to by his proper name. Deacon's first writing credit did not come until Queen's third album, Sheer Heart Attack. It was on the song "Stone Cold Crazy", but it was also credited to the other band members. The first song Deacon wrote on his own was "Misfire" from the same album, a Caribbean-themed song that garnered little attention. He would achieve much greater success with his second song, "You're My Best Friend", which was featured on the group's fourth album, A Night at the Opera, and went on to be an international hit.

Personal life He was the 'quiet' member of the band, and the others said that he was in charge of most of the finances. His last public appearance with the band was at an AIDS charity event in 1997, and his last direct involvement with Queen was with the recording of "No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)". He lives in Putney in South West London with his wife Veronica Tetzlaff. Married since 18 January 1975, she was already two months pregnant with their first child when they got married.[2] The two have six children: Robert (18 July 1975), Michael (3 February 1978), Laura (25 June 1979), Joshua (13 December 1983), Luke (5 December 1992), and Cameron (7 November 1993). According to The Sunday Times Rich List, Deacon is worth £50 million as of 2009.[3] As a trained electronics engineer, he often used to build equipment for the band. His most famous creation is the "Deacy Amp", used by Deacon and May.

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As a performer

Deacon on stage at the New Haven Coliseum, New Haven, Connecticut in 1978

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Deacon played guitar in addition to bass, taking over rhythm parts in many albums, as well as several acoustic performances. Some of the guitar work on Hot Space (the clean Fender Telecaster single-coil sound) is his work. He would occasionally play synthesizers on his own compositions and often composed at the piano, playing an electric one on his top ten hit "You're My Best Friend". He can also be seen playing the grand piano in the music video to "Spread Your Wings", although on the actual recording the piano was played by Mercury.

Highlights Mostly, Deacon's compositions varied from pop rock to funk. He has been responsible for some of Queen's biggest hits such as "You're My Best Friend" (from A Night at the Opera), "Another One Bites the Dust" (from The Game) and "I Want to Break Free" (from The Works). He also co-wrote "Friends Will Be Friends" with Mercury and developed the chord arrangement for "The Miracle" with Mercury. Both went on the Greatest Hits II album. He also wrote two other popular songs, ("Spread Your Wings" and "Back Chat"), and created the riff for "Under Pressure". As a bass guitarist, Deacon's notable works include "Another One Bites the Dust", "Father to Son", "Liar", "Dragon Attack", "Brighton Rock", "The March of the Black Queen", "You're My Best Friend", "The Millionaire Waltz", "We Are the Champions", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Body Language", and "Under Pressure". As a guitarist, he did some rhythm-playing in songs like "Staying Power" (both live and in the studio) and "Back Chat", as well as lead parts in "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Misfire" and Spanish acoustic fills in "Who Needs You". He also played double bass, notably on May's 1975 song "'39". May had asked him to play upright bass as a joke but a couple of days later he found Deacon in the studio with the instrument, and he had already learned to play it.[5] Deacon's contributions in keyboards were mostly just background chords; his most notable work is in his composition "You're My Best Friend", which was the first song he wrote on the electric piano. Deacon also played

John Deacon triangle in live versions of "Killer Queen" (it hung off his microphone) and some piano (notably on "Another One Bites the Dust"). He can also be seen playing the drums on the video for "One Vision". This is perhaps a visual trick, although he did play drums on certain tracks on "Hot Space".

Style Deacon used the bass as a lead and rhythm instrument. Some of his basslines, such as "The Millionaire Waltz", "I'm Going Slightly Mad" and "You're My Best Friend", granted his technique an affinity with Motown's lead style basslines. Some of Queen's songs, such as "Dragon Attack", "Another One Bites the Dust", "Body Language", and "A Kind of Magic", feature the bass as the main instrument. When performing with Queen, Deacon delivered a highly technical style, with numerous runs, walking basslines and tight quick note changes. Deacon mainly used his fingers, though sometimes he did use a pick. He generally did not play with a floating thumb and occasionally played with his thumb itself. His basslines are notable on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Another One Bites the Dust", "Liar", "Brighton Rock", "Under Pressure", "'39", "You're My Best Friend", "I Want to Break Free", and "One Year of Love". A trademark of Deacon's playing are his bass runs. In a 1975 review of Sheer Heart Attack, the reviewer wrote: "Only at the end would a new initiate to Queen recognise John Deacon's unmistakable trademark: the bass runs under the fade are a fast and facile as any to be heard. The least well known musician in Queen is one of his rock generation's most able."[6]

Singer Deacon is the only member of Queen never to sing any lead vocals on any of their tracks. He even admitted in interviews that he was incapable of competing with the three strong vocalists in the group. Deacon is not credited as a vocalist on any Queen album. In live shows, Deacon did not receive his own microphone until the band's first headlining tour in support of their "Sheer Heart Attack" album. Despite this promising development, the main purpose of this was to play one note on the triangle in "Killer Queen". Before this, he had sung backing vocals during "Liar" into Mercury's microphone. There have been occasions where his microphone was turned up to a point where his voice can be heard, such as a 1977 Earls Court bootleg, where his voice was clearly heard on "Somebody to Love" and "In The Lap of the Gods Revisited". He is also credited as backing vocalist on the closing credits of the band's first live video, "Queen at the Rainbow" (shot live in November 1974 and released on The Box of Tricks). Despite this, Deacon is almost always shown to be singing in Queen's music videos, such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "You're My Best Friend", "Somebody To Love", "Tie Your Mother Down", and "Don't Stop Me Now", among others.

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Gear Deacon's first bass was an Eko, and he later acquired a Rickenbacker 4001, which was used for his audition for Queen, the very first concerts and the recording sessions at De Lane Lea in 1971. When the band began recording at Trident, he had problems with it and acquired a Fender Precision 1962 model with the silver 1964 transition logo and sunburst finish, which became his main instrument for the last concerts in 1972 and all 1973–1975 tours. As a backup he had another one of the same model, but with the black 1967 transition logo. Before the beginning of the 'Night at the Opera' sessions he stripped the paint from both, left them with a natural finish and switched them; from then on the black logo one would be his main guitar for most tours and recordings. In early 1977, Deacon got two new basses: a Fender Precision Fretless, which he used for "'39" (emulating the double bass he used in the original recording) and Deacon performing with Queen in "My Melancholy Blues" on stage, and a Music Man StingRay which he used as 1979. main for the "Day at the Races" tour and some videos. From the 'News of the World' tour up until 'The Works' tour in 1985, the Music Man would remain for just specific numbers ("Sheer Heart Attack", "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Back Chat"), and used sometimes in the studio as well. The fretless type kept being used for "'39" and "My Melancholy Blues" live until the end of the decade. During late 1977, at the beginnings of "News of the World" tour in the US, Deacon tried another Fender P-Bass, a sunburst 1954 model with the original single-coil pickup,[7] but eventually gave it up and returned to the black logo '67 model. The old Fender kept being used occasionally as a backup, in the recordings of "Coming Soon" (1979) and in the video of "Back Chat" (1982). In 1980, Kramer made him a custom bass, which he used as a backup for some tours and in videos (e.g. "Play the Game", "Las Palabras De Amor"). Next year, Fender gave him a special prototype model which he used for recording "Under Pressure" for "Hot Space" and performing it during the 1981–1985 period. A new Fender P-Bass came to his hands: a red Elite 1, which he used for mimed performances, some videos and recordings (e.g. "One Vision"), part of the Leiden 1986 gig, the entire Marbella and Knebworth 1986 gigs and "Radio Ga Ga" at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. In 1986, Deacon got a Warwick Buzzard, used for some videos and mimed performances, but not on recordings. Before the Magic Tour, he refurbished and spray-painted his Precision bass black and continued using it as his main instrument for several gigs (e.g. The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"). For other instruments, Deacon mostly used Telecaster and Stratocaster guitars; his main was a custom Tele which he used on stage. In the recordings of "Misfire" he demonstrated he too could play guitar harmonies. For acoustic he mostly used Martin D-18 and Ovation. The piano he played in "Another One Bites the Dust" was a Bösendorfer, and in "You're My Best Friend", a Wurlitzer Electric Piano (though May has stated that it was a Fender Rhodes). For synths, he used Oberheim OB-X, Roland Jupiter 8 and Yamaha DX7.

Retirement After playing live with Queen twice more — at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness on 20 April 1992, and at the opening of the Bejart Ballet in Paris on 17 January 1997, performing only "The Show Must Go On" with Elton John on lead vocals — he made the decision to retire from music, re-appearing only briefly by joining his ex-band mates in October 1997 for the recording of the final Queen song "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", included in the Queen Rocks album released a month later. Deacon has reportedly spoken out about the May/Taylor/Robbie Williams cover of "We Are the Champions", recorded for A Knight's Tale. In an interview with The Sun about the collaboration he said, "It is one of the greatest

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John Deacon songs ever written but I think they've ruined it ... I don't want to be nasty but let's just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury. Freddie can never be replaced – and certainly not by him".[8] He chose not to be present at Queen's induction into The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 2001, or join in the collaboration with Paul Rodgers. On the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration album The Cosmos Rocks which featured new material from the trio, he was listed in the Thanks Notes on the CD.

Discography Queen songs John Deacon wrote that were released as singles: • • • • • •

"You're My Best Friend" from A Night at the Opera "Spread Your Wings" from News of the World "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Need Your Loving Tonight" from The Game "Back Chat" from Hot Space "I Want to Break Free" from The Works "Friends Will Be Friends", "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (both cowritten with Freddie Mercury) and "One Year of Love" from A Kind of Magic • " The Miracle" from The Miracle (cowritten with Freddie Mercury.) Selected Queen album tracks: • • • • • • • •

"Misfire" from Sheer Heart Attack "You and I" from A Day at the Races "Who Needs You" from News of the World "If You Can't Beat Them" and "In Only Seven Days" from Jazz "Execution Of Flash" and "Arboria" from Flash Gordon "Cool Cat" from Hot Space (co-written with Freddie Mercury) "Rain Must Fall" from The Miracle "My Life Has Been Saved" (two versions, the first in 1989 as a non-album single B-side, then re-recorded between 1993 and 1995 for the 1995 album Made in Heaven)

Selected solo efforts: • Jive Junior And Man Friday: "Picking Up Sounds" (7" single, 1983) • The Immortals: "No Turning Back" (single from Biggles: Adventures in Time soundtrack) (1986)

Collaborations • 1975: All four members of Queen helped produce a session with the soul band Trax. Nothing was ever released. • 1983: "Picking Up Sounds" by Man Friday and Jive Junior – co-wrote, produced and played bass guitar on this single. • 1984: "It's An Illusion" by Roger Taylor – bass guitar on this track from the album Strange Frontier. • 1984: "I Cry For You" by Roger Taylor – bass guitar on the remixed version of this song, on the single Strange Frontier. • 1985: "Too Young" by Elton John – bass guitar on this song from the LP Ice On Fire. • 1985: Strawberry Switchblade – produced self-titled first album. • 1986: "Angeline" by Elton John – bass guitar on this song from the LP Leather Jackets. • 1986: "This Is Your Time" by Errol Brown – co-wrote and bass guitar on this track, which was never released. • 1987: "I Dream Of Christmas" by Anita Dobson – bass guitar on this track from the album Talkin' Of Love. • 1988: "Roulette" by Minako Honda – co-wrote this song (in fact "No Turning Back" remake with other lyrics) from the album Cancel. John did not participate in the Minako Honda recording, although his bandmate May wrote and produced two songs for this album.

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John Deacon • 1988: "How Can I Go On" by Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballe – bass guitar on this single from the album Barcelona. • 1988: Stutter Rap (No Sleep Til Bedtime) by `Morris Minor and the Majors John makes an appearance, wearing a blue wig and playing guitar. • 1989: "Who Wants to Live Forever" by Ian & Belinda – bass on this charity record, produced by Brian May, also featuring May and Roger Taylor. • 1992: "Nothin' But Blue" by Brian May – plays bass on this track from Back To The Light. • 1992: "Somewhere In Time" by Cozy Powell – plays bass on this instrumental version of "Nothin' But Blue" from Cozy Powell's album The Drums Are Back. • 1994: "Bushfire" by Steve Gregory – plays bass on this track from the eponymous album. • 1997: "That's The Way God Planned It" by SAS Band – plays bass on this track from their début (and only studio) album. Roger Taylor sings a verse as well on this cover track, originally recorded by Billy Preston.

Quotations about Deacon • "When I was five years old my hero was John Deacon, who used to do the most incredible upper-register work and those melodic, tight groove parts." – Richie Edwards[9] • "Grossly underrated. His bass parts are like little stories, yet he never gets in anyone's way. With all the guitars and vocals going on, he finds the spaces and plays basically what he wants. He's loose, fluid, and quite busy at times, but I can't find one song where he stepped on the vocal or guitar parts." – Danny Miranda[10]

References [1] Queen, 1973, sleeve notes [2] " Queen Biography 1975 (http:/ / www. queenzone. com/ queenzone/ bio_view. aspx?q=7)." queenzone.com. [3] "Search the Sunday Times Rich List 2009" (http:/ / business. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ business/ specials/ rich_list/ rich_list_search/ ?l=17& list_name=Rich+ List+ 2009& advsearch=1& t=1& x=33& y=3& i=Music). The Times (London). . [4] Rolling Stone – Issue 149 – 12-06-1973 (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ viewtopic. php?t=84) [5] Brian May. "Queen Legends" (http:/ / queen. musichall. cz/ index_en. php?s=fc& d=facts). . [6] 1975-03-XX – Circus (http:/ / queenarchives. com/ viewtopic. php?t=620) [7] "Bass'es Bassinet-Bass" (http:/ / www. deaky. net/ bass/ oldE. html). Deaky.net. . Retrieved 2011-07-06. [8] "Yahoo! Music, 24 April 2001" (http:/ / music. yahoo. com/ read/ news/ 12057561). Music.yahoo.com. 2001-04-24. . Retrieved 2011-11-02. [9] McIver, Joel. " Richie Edwards (http:/ / www. bassplayer. com/ story. asp?sectioncode=16& storycode=13208)." Bass Player, February 2006 [10] Chaney, Chris. " John Deacon's Complete Bass Line (http:/ / www. bassplayer. com/ story. asp?sectioncode=22& storycode=11366)." Bass Player, November 2005.

Sources • Mark Hodkinson (2004). The Early Years: Queen. Omnibus Press. ISBN 1-84449-012-2 • Mark Blake (Editor) (2005). MOJO Classic Queen Special Edition. EMAP Metro Limited.

External links • Queen official site (http://www.queenonline.com/en/the-band/members/john-deacon/) – info on John Deacon – and all about his history in Queen

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Roger Taylor Roger Taylor

Taylor in 2008 Background information Birth name

Roger Meddows Taylor

Born

26 July 1949 Dersingham, Norfolk, England

Genres

Rock

Occupations

Musician, singer-songwriter, producer

Instruments

Drums, vocals, keyboards

Years active

1968–present

Associated acts Queen, Queen + Paul Rodgers, The Cross, Smile, Felix & Arty, Yoshiki

Roger Meddows Taylor (born 26 July 1949), known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound[1] and is considered one of the most influential rock drummers of the 1970s and '80s.[2] As a songwriter, Taylor contributed songs to the band's albums from the very beginning, composing at least one track on every album, and (in the early days) usually sang lead vocals on his own compositions. He also wrote four of the band's hits, "Radio Ga Ga", "A Kind of Magic", "The Invisible Man",[3] and "These Are the Days of Our Lives".[4] He plays multiple instruments, including guitar, bass and keyboards, as heard on his debut solo album in which he played all instruments and sang all vocals. He has played with such artists as Eric Clapton, Roger Waters, Roger Daltrey, Robert Plant, Phil Collins, Genesis, Jimmy Nail, Elton John, Gary Numan, Shakin' Stevens, Foo Fighters, Al Stewart, Steve Vai, Yoshiki Hayashi, Cherie, and Bon Jovi. As a producer he has produced albums by Virginia Wolf, Jimmy Nail and Magnum. He currently resides in Guildford, Surrey. In addition to his drum work, Taylor routinely played the guitars and bass on his own songs. During the 1980s, in addition to his work with Queen, he formed a parallel band known as The Cross, in which he was the singer and rhythm guitarist. In 2005 he was voted by UK fans as the 8th greatest drummer in classic rock music history in a poll conducted by Planet Rock Radio.[5] According to The Sunday Times Rich List he was worth £65 million as of 2009.[6]

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Biography Born in East Anglia, Roger Taylor moved to Truro, Cornwall with mother Winifred, father Michael and younger sister Clare. When he was seven years old he and some friends formed his first band, the Bubblingover Boys, in which he played the ukulele. At the age of 15 Taylor became a member of The Reaction, a very busy semi-pro rock band formed mainly of boys from Truro School. In 1967, he went to London to study dentistry. By the time News of the World came out, Taylor met his future girlfriend Dominique Beyrand. She was working for Richard Branson at the time, who was at the helm of Queen's free concert at Hyde Park. They lived together from 1980–1987, raising their two children, Felix Luther and Rory Eleanor. They decided to get married for reasons relating to his estate, to protect his children's interest in the future. At the time, Taylor was seeing another girl, Debbie Leng (also seen in the "Breakthru" video); he moved in with her a month after his marriage of convenience to Dominique. Before Freddie Mercury's death, Roger and Debbie had their first child, Rufus Tiger, who was born in March 1991. He ended up having two more children with Debbie: Tiger Lily (1994), and Lola Daisy May (2000). In late 2002, they decided to break up. Taylor remarried on 3 October 2010, to Sarina Potgieter, his girlfriend of six years.[7]

Smile Taylor met Brian May and Tim Staffell in 1968 after seeing an advert on a noticeboard at Imperial College for a drummer. Smile included May as lead guitarist, Staffell as lead vocalist and bassist, and later Taylor on drums. The band only lasted for two years before Staffell departed to join Humpy Bong, leaving the band with only a catalogue of nine songs: • • • • • • •

"Earth" (Staffell) "Step On Me" (Staffell/May) originally from May and Staffell's band 1984. "Doin' Alright" (Staffell/May) (later remade for Queen's debut album) "Blag" (Taylor) "Polar Bear" (May) "Silver Salmon" (Staffell) "See What A Fool I've Been" (May, based on the song "That's How I Feel" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) • "If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin) a cover regularly featuring in their live set. • "April Lady" (Lucas) a song presented to the band by Mercury Records during their second studio session. Smile reunited for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band The Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play "Earth" and "If I Were a Carpenter".[8]

Queen In 1969, Taylor was working with Freddie Mercury at the Kensington Market (they were living in an apartment around the same time). Mercury, then known as Freddie Bulsara, was an avid fan of Smile. After the band split up in 1970, Bulsara convinced the remaining two members to continue, and he eventually joined the band. In 1971 they found bassist John Deacon and brought him into the group, before going on to release their debut album in 1973. Taylor was a prominent songwriter for the band, usually contributing one or two tracks per record. His compositions for Queen include: • "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" (Queen) • "The Loser in the End" (Queen II)

Queen in 1979.

Roger Taylor • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

"Tenement Funster" (Sheer Heart Attack) "Stone Cold Crazy" (Co-written with Deacon, May and Mercury) (Sheer Heart Attack) "I'm in Love with My Car" (A Night at the Opera) "Drowse" (A Day at the Races) "Sheer Heart Attack" (News of the World) "Fight From the Inside" (News of the World) "Fun It" (Jazz) "More of That Jazz" (Jazz) "A Human Body" (non-album B-side of "Play the Game") (Single) "Rock It (Prime Jive)" (The Game) "Coming Soon" (The Game) "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)" (Flash Gordon) "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)" (Flash Gordon) "Escape From the Swamp" (Flash Gordon) "Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching)" (Co-written with May) (Flash Gordon) "Action This Day" (Hot Space) "Calling All Girls" (Hot Space)

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"Radio Ga Ga" (The Works) "Machines (or Back to Humans)" (Co-written with May) (The Works) "Thank God It's Christmas" (Co-written with Brian May) (Single) "A Kind of Magic" (A Kind of Magic) "Don't Lose Your Head" (A Kind of Magic) "Heaven for Everyone (Made in Heaven)

Songs written by Taylor, but credited the band collectively include: • • • • •

"The Invisible Man" (The Miracle) "Breakthru" (intro written by Mercury) (The Miracle) "Innuendo" (lyrics written by Taylor) (Innuendo) "Ride the Wild Wind" (Innuendo) "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Innuendo)

Many of these feature Taylor on vocals. His voice was very recognisable, for both its high range (he would often reach a E5 in full voice during live performances) and raspiness. His extremely high falsetto, sometimes going above a A5, was characteristic of Queen's vocal harmonies, and was often thought to be a woman's voice, or a synthesiser effect (most notably his screams on "In the Lap of the Gods", written by Mercury). His vocal range spans three-and-a-half octaves (A2-E6). Taylor's lead and partial vocal credits include: • • • • •

"Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" – Queen (1973) "Keep Yourself Alive" – Queen (Vocal bridge sung with May, rest sung by Mercury) "Father to Son" - Queen II (1974) (This contains his highest range ever recorded, from G4 to A5). "The Loser in the End" – Queen II "March of the Black Queen" – Queen II (Lead vocals on one line: "My life is in your hands/I'll foe and I'll fie", rest sung by Mercury) • "Tenement Funster" – Sheer Heart Attack (1974) • "In the Lap of the Gods" - Sheer Heart Attack - (Falsetto screams) • "I'm In Love With My Car" – A Night At The Opera (1975) • "Bohemian Rhapsody" - A Night at the Opera (High-falsetto vocals, such as the scream-part "for me...", that blasts the song off to the heavier section) • "Drowse" - A Day at the Races (1976)

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Roger Taylor • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

"Sheer Heart Attack" – News of the World (1977) (Lead vocals on chorus and second verse) "Fight from the Inside" – News of the World "Fun It" – Jazz (1978) (lead vocals shared with Mercury) "More of That Jazz" – Jazz "Rock It (Prime Jive)" – The Game (1980) (Lead vocals, except for the intro, sung by Mercury) "Coming Soon" – The Game (Lead chorus vocals) "A Human Body" - B-side of "Play the Game" (1980) "Action This Day" – Hot Space (1982) (Octave-lead vocals on verses, normal on chorus) "Don't Lose Your Head" – A Kind of Magic (1986) (Lead chorus vocals) "The Invisible Man" – The Miracle (1989) (Lead chorus vocals) "Hijack My Heart" – The Miracle (B-side to "The Invisible Man") "Ride the Wild Wind" - Innuendo (1991) (Additional vocals) Let Me Live – Made In Heaven (1995) (Lead vocals on second verse and bridge) No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young) (1997) (Lead vocals on second verse and outro)

Solo career Taylor has had a productive solo career, releasing four albums. His first single was his 1977 cover of The Parliaments' "I Wanna Testify". He recorded it during Queen's sessions for the News of the World album. The A-side, although a cover, was completely different from the original. The B-side was a self-penned song "Turn On The TV". His first solo album, Fun In Space, was released in 1981. Taylor performed all vocals and played all instruments aside of about half of the keyboards, which were done by engineer David Richards. With Queen still touring heavily and recording at the time of release, it was impossible for Taylor to promote the album to its fullest extent, so he appeared on some European TV shows to promote the single, "Future Management", including Top Of The Pops. The only other single to come from the album was "My Country". The only US single released from the album was "Let's Get Crazy". His next venture came in July 1984 when, after Mercury rejected a lot of his songs for the Queen album, The Works, Taylor realised he had more than enough for a full album, which would become Strange Frontier. The cover of the album is a 'pixelated' signing of his portrait photo that appeared in the liner notes of The Works. The three singles from the album were the title track, "Beautiful Dreams" (in Portugal only) and "Man On Fire", the latter becoming a live favourite for him in later years. No attempts to promote the singles were made since Queen toured to promote The Works, which made a Strange Frontier tour impossible, and Taylor did not perform on any TV shows. Strange Frontier included guest appearances by bandmates Freddie Mercury and John Deacon. Mercury sang backing vocals on "Killing Time", Deacon remixed the B-side "I Cry For You" and Rick Parfitt co-wrote and played on "It's An Illusion". David Richards, Queen's engineer and producer at the time, also co-wrote two of the tracks. The album includes covers of Bruce Springsteen's "Racing in the Street" and Bob Dylan's "Masters of War". After Queen finished their 1986 Magic Tour, Taylor started a new band, The Cross, which released three albums over their six years of existence. In 1993 the band split up, after performing one final gig at the Gosport Festival. In 1994 Taylor worked with Yoshiki Hayashi, drummer and pianist of X Japan and released the song "Foreign Sand" and a reworking of The Cross' "Final Destination". The album Happiness? was "Dedicated to the tasmanian tiger – thylacinus cynocephalus, but most especially... for Freddie". "Nazis 1994" from this album became Taylor's first hit single in England and was followed by two other top 40 UK hits, "Happiness" and "Foreign Sand." In 1998 he released his fourth solo album Electric Fire. He supported it with a small tour in the spring of 1999, on which Brian May joined him at the gig in Wolverhampton. Taylor also performed one of the first Internet-gigs – for which he got a mention in the Guinness Book of World Records.[9]

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Roger Taylor In 2010, after nearly twelve years between solo albums, Taylor planned to release a new studio album titled The Unblinking Eye (Everything Is Broken). The first single, of the same name, was released on 23 November 2009 as a digital download, but due to popular demand it was released as a limited edition single.[10] Originally leaked to the official Queen fan club's website for members only, it still managed to be on YouTube within hours of the early bird release.

The Cross The Cross were a side project of Taylor's that existed from 1987 to 1993 and released three albums. While still the drummer for Queen, Taylor fronted The Cross as rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist. On its debut release, The Cross incorporated dance influences which they dropped on their remaining two albums. The band never enjoyed much commercial success, except in Germany.

First album: Shove It After Queen's 1986 Magic Tour, the band members went their separate ways to do various solo work. Taylor decided to form a new band with whom he could tour. He had already written and recorded the album himself before finding a band to play the songs with. He eventually placed an ad for band members in a national newspaper, hinting he was a famous rock musician. The position of keyboard player was duly offered to Spike Edney after two successful Queen tours in which Taylor performing with The Cross in 1990. Edney had played. When the auditions were over, the line-up was completed by Peter Noone on bass, Clayton Moss on guitar and Josh Macrae on drums. Taylor himself would take the responsibility on lead vocals and rhythm guitar. The first album, Shove It, was released in 1988. In Europe, Heaven for Everyone (later a Queen song) contained Freddie Mercury on lead vocals and Taylor on backing vocals. However, on the single version and American album version the roles were switched. The European CD contained an extra track (compared to cassette and LP) in The 2nd Shelf Mix, the US version having "Feel The Force" as its extra track. The band promoted hard (especially in Germany), with many TV performances of singles including an appearance at the Montreux Golden Rose festival in 1988. The tour took in dates in the UK and Germany. Three singles were released from the album: "Cowboys and Indians", "Heaven for Everyone" and "Shove It". Another single, "Manipulator," was released in 1988, but it was not included on any album. It was also the only song from the time that had joint writing credits, Taylor sharing them with Edney and Steve Strange.

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Second album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know After finishing Queen's 1989 album The Miracle, Taylor went into the studio with the rest of The Cross for the first time to record Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. The band composed the opening track "On Top Of The World Ma" with a riff bearing a resemblance to the Led Zeppelin track Whole Lotta Love. The rest of the album consisted mainly of individually written songs, except for "Power To Love" which was the result of the combined effort of Macrae, Noone and Moss. Clayton Moss sang lead vocals on his own track "Better Things", and Spike Edney played mandolin on "Final Destination", which was written by Taylor. "Final Destination" was released as a single, as were "Liar" and "Power To Love", the latter being the last single to be released in the UK by the group. "Final Destination" came with a live rendition of Taylor's song "Man On Fire" as a B-side, and "Liar" (Noone) had a brand new track, "In Charge Of My Heart", which was also penned by Taylor. The 12" single and CD of "Liar" also included extended remixes of both "Liar" and "In Charge of My Heart". The instrumental section at the beginning of "In Charge Of My Taylor performing with The Cross in 1990. Heart" was used as the opening to concerts on the accompanying tour. "Closer To You" (Edney) had been planned to be released in America, but never was. The group having seemingly given up on the UK market, the accompanying tour only included dates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ibiza. Unusual for such tours, every song from the new album was played live.

Third album: Blue Rock Made at a time when Taylor's efforts were concentrated on Queen and Mercury himself, Blue Rock gave the other members of the band a chance to take control of the upcoming album. It was in fact mostly written by Edney, who contributed three of his own tracks and contributed to four more. Once again the opening track was penned by the entire band, "Bad Attitude" was written (although not complete) by the Christmas fan club party of 1990. The album itself contained a lot of vocals not from Taylor, but mainly of Edney and Noone. Examples of this can be heard in "Put It All Down To Love" (Edney), "Life Changes" (Moss, Noone, Edney and Macrae) and "Heartland" (The B-side to Life Changes, penned by Noone). Blue Rock itself was only released in Germany (although promo copies were released in Italy and Japan), so copies are somewhat rare. "New Dark Ages" (Taylor) was released in Germany with another live version of "Man On Fire", whilst "Life Changes" was released with the B-side "Heartland". It was however immediately withdrawn due to Freddie Mercury's passing. The tour was in support of Magnum, so the concert lengths were short (45 mins.) and very few bootlegs have survived. The tour pace was rapid, covering 20 dates in one month.

Breakup The band broke up in 1993 after performing a final show. Taylor continued working with Queen and produced solo albums. Drummer Macrae accompanied Taylor on his solo tours and also played percussion at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Both Taylor and keyboardist Edney participated in the Queen + Paul Rodgers tours, while Macrae worked behind the scenes as co-producer, sound engineer and Pro Tools engineer for them. In the late 1990s, Edney formed the SAS Band ("Spike's All Stars"), a group with an ever-changing line-up of popular '80s musicians.

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Recent events 2000s At Live Earth in 2007, Taylor opened the concert with Taylor Hawkins of the Foo Fighters and Chad Smith of Red Hot Chili Peppers. Taylor has appeared along with May for various other events and promotions, including Queen's 2001 induction into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame[11] (sans John Deacon, but with Jer Bulsara, Mercury's mother, present) and the "Party at the Palace", celebrating the golden jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. Taylor and May, performing as Queen, also appeared twice on the American singing contest television show American Idol, once on 11 April 2006, during which week contestants were required to sing a Queen song, (which included "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Fat Bottomed Girls", "The Show Must Go On", "Who Wants to Live Forever", and "Innuendo"), and the second time on the show's Season 8 finale in May 2009, performing "We Are the Champions" with finalists Adam Lambert and Kris Allen. In November 2009, Taylor appeared on the popular reality TV show The X Factor with May as Queen mentoring the contestants, then later performing Bohemian Rhapsody. Also in that month, Taylor confirmed he is planning to tour with Taylor Hawkins, which Taylor described as a "quick tour".[12]

Queen + Paul Rodgers From his last solo album Electric Fire in 1998 Taylor has been performing as a solo artist, as part of ensembles, and infrequently as Queen with May. At the end of 2004, May and Taylor announced that they would reunite and return to touring in 2005, with Paul Rodgers (founder and former lead singer of Free and Bad Company). May's website also stated that Rodgers would be 'featured with' Queen as Queen + Paul Rodgers, not replacing the late Freddie Mercury. The retired John Deacon would not be participating.[13] Between 2005 and 2006, Queen + Paul Rodgers embarked 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour on a world tour, the first leg being Europe, the second Japan and the US in 2006. On 15 August 2006, May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a "secret location".[14] The album, titled The Cosmos Rocks, was released in Europe on 12 September 2008 and in the US on 28 October 2008. Following the album release the band embarked on a tour through Europe and South America, opening on Kharkov's freedom square in front of 350,000 Ukrainian fans. This performance was shown in cinemas on 6 November 2008 for one airing only, and later released on DVD.

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Discography Albums • • • •

Fun in Space (1981) Strange Frontier (1984) Happiness? (1994) Electric Fire (1998)

Influences Taylor has stated that his main influence as a rock drummer is the late John Bonham of Led Zeppelin. Speaking of Bonham, Taylor said, "The greatest Rock`n`Roll drummer of all time was John Bonham who did things that nobody had ever even thought possible before with the drum kit. And also the greatest sound out of his drums - they sounded enormous, and just one bass drum. So fast on it that he did more with one bass drum than most people could do with three, if they could manage them. And he had technique to burn and fantastic power and tremendous feel for rock`n`roll".[15] In a 2009 interview, Taylor also stated that Mitch Mitchell, the drummer for the Jimi Hendrix Experience, was also a major influence of his.

Tours Happiness? Tour

Happiness? Tour Tour by Roger Taylor Start date 28 July 1994 End date

Date

City

29 January 1995

Country

Venue

Europe 28 July 1994

Gosport

15 September 1994

London

England

Gosport Festival Shepherds Bush Empire

Asia 26 September 1994

Tokyo

Japan

Sun Plaza Hall

28 September 1994

Kawasaki

Club Citta

30 September 1994

Nagoya

Club Quatro Europe

14 October 1994

Cologne

Germany

Altes Presswerk

24 October 1994

Milan

Italy

City Square

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London

England

Shepherds Bush Empire

20 November 1994

Cambridge

The Junction

22 November 1994

Nottingham

Rock City

23 November 1994

Newcastle

Riverside

24 November 1994

Leeds

Leeds Irish Centre

26 November 1994

Liverpool

Royal Court Theatre

27 November 1994

Sheffield

The Leadmill

29 November 1994

Glasgow

Scotland

The Garage

30 November 1994

Bristol

England

Bierkeller

1 December 1994

Milan

Italy

Mediolanum Forum

2 December 1994

Truro

England

City Hall

3 December 1994

Manchester

Manchester University

4 December 1994

Wolverhampton

Civic Hall

8 December 1994 Two Shows

Paris

France

Europe 1 Studios

16 January 1995

Monfalcone

Italy

Hippodrome

17 January 1995

Schio

Palazetto

18 January 1995

Genova

Teatro Verdi

20 January 1995

Casea

Vidia

21 January 1995

Firenze

Teatro Tenda

22 January 1995

Rome

Palladium

24 January 1995

Valletta

Malta

Teatro Nazionale La Valetta

25 January 1995

Palermo

Italy

Teatro Metropolitan

26 January 1995

Catania

29 January 1995

Napoli

Havana Club

Electric Fire Tour

Electric Fire Tour Tour by Roger Taylor Start date 24 September 1998 End date

3 April 1999

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Date

City

Country

Venue

United Kingdom 24 September 1998

Surrey

England

14 October 1998

London

Shepherds Bush Empire

15 March 1999

Glouster

Guildhall

16 March 1999

Cardiff

Wales

Coal Exchange

18 March 1999

Truro

England

Hall For Cornwall

19 March 1999

Stoke-on-Trent

The Stage

20 March 1999

Manchester

Manchester University

21 March 1999

Sheffield

The Leadmill

23 March 1999

Glasgow

23 March 1999

Edinburgh

25 March 1999

Newcastle

27 March 1999

Liverpool

Liverpool L2

28 March 1999

Cambridge

The Junction

29 March 1999

Norwich

The Waterfront

30 March 1999

Wolverhampton

Civic Hall

31 March 1999

Nottingham

Rock City

2 April 1999

Portsmouth

Pyramid Centre

3 April 1999

London

Astoria

Scotland

Cosford Mill

The Garage The Liquid Rooms

England

Newcastle University

Drum kit Until 2008, Taylor exclusively used Ludwig or Sleishman drums kits, or a combination of the two in the 2005 Return of the Champions Tour. In the recent Queen + Paul Rodgers 2008 The Cosmos Rocks tour he opted for a DW kit. DW Natural satin Maple Kit Main kit on tour Toms - 10"x8", 12"x 10" & 14"x12" Floor Toms - 16"x 16" & 18"x16" Bass Drum - 26"x 18" Snare Drum - 14"x 8" (Ludwig Classic Maple) Roto-Toms - 12" & 14" Remo Cymbals (all Zildjian) Hi-Hats - 15" Avedis New Beat Crash: 17" K Dark Crash, 19" K Dark Crash & 20" K Dark Crash Ride: 22" Avedis Ping Ride China: 22" Oriental China Trash Drum Pedal – DW 9002 (On all live performances with Queen, Taylor's pedal of choice was the Ludwig Speed King) DW Black Mirra with 24 carat gold hardware Front of stage kit Toms - 10"x8", 12"x10" & 14"x12" Floor Toms - 16"x16" & 18"x16" Bass Drum - 24"x18" Sub-Bass Drum - 24" x 8" Snare Drum - 14"x6.5" Roto-Toms - 12" & 14" Remo

Roger Taylor Vic Firth Drumsticks X5B American Classic Extreme 5B (length : 16 1/2" | Diameter : 0.595")

Stamps In 1999 Taylor appeared in the background of a Royal Mail stamp featuring Mercury as part of a "Great Britons" issue. This caused controversy as it was an understood rule that the only living people allowed to appear on British stamps could be members of the Royal Family.[16] [17] In 2002, Taylor appeared on the "Twelve Drummers Drumming" Christmas card in the "Twelve Days of Christmas" set sold at Woolworths to raise money for the NSPCC – alongside the "other" Roger Taylor, the drummer for Duran Duran.[18]

References [1] Rolling Stone – Issue 149 – 12 June 1973 [2] Taylor Hawkins: Rhythm 2002 (http:/ / www. fooarchive. com/ hpb/ taylortaylor. htm). Fooarchive.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-05. [3] "The Invisible Man" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20071217144950/ http:/ / sebastian. queenconcerts. com/ s-im. htm). Bechstein Debauchery. Archived from the original (http:/ / sebastian. queenconcerts. com/ s-im. htm) on 17 December 2007. . Retrieved 28 January 2008. [4] "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20071217074920/ http:/ / sebastian. queenconcerts. com/ s-tatdool. htm). Bechstein Debauchery. Archived from the original (http:/ / sebastian. queenconcerts. com/ s-tatdool. htm) on 17 December 2007. . Retrieved 28 January 2008. [5] "Zeppelin voted 'ideal supergroup'" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ music/ 4669597. stm). BBC News. 10 July 2005. . Retrieved 28 January 2008. [6] (http:/ / www/ business. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ business/ specials/ rich_list/ rich_list_search/ ?l=17& list_name=Rich+ List+ 2009& advsearch=1& t=1& x=33& y=3& i=Music) [7] Roger Meadows International Business Advice (http:/ / www. rogermeadows. com/ Lovers. htm). Rogermeadows.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-05. [8] Tim Staffell Biography (http:/ / www. queenzone. com/ queenzone/ article_show. aspx?Q=11) [9] The Top 20 Roger Taylor Solo Rarities, Queencollector.com (http:/ / www. queencollector. com/ Articles/ Solo10/ roger. html). Retrieved on 26 July 2009. [10] "QueenOnline – News" (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ news/ 1517/ ). 17 November 2009. . Retrieved 1 December 2009. [11] Queen: inducted in 2001 | The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum (http:/ / www. rockhall. com/ inductee/ queen). Rockhall.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-05. [12] Queen And Foo Fighters Drummers To Team Up For 2010 Tour (http:/ / www. gigwise. com/ news/ 53482/ Queen-And-Foo-Fighters-Drummers-To-Team-Up-For-2010-Tour). Gigwise (2009-11-17). Retrieved on 2010-11-05. [13] "Queen News March 2006" (http:/ / brianmay. com/ queen/ queennews/ queennewsmar06c. html). brianmay.com. . [14] May, Brian (15 August 2006), USA Convention Story and Queen and Paul Rodgers Heading Towards a Studio Assignation (http:/ / brianmay. com/ brian/ brianssb/ brianssbaug06a. html#06), [15] Biography for Roger Taylor (I) (http:/ / www. imdb. com/ name/ nm0003547/ bio), IMDB.com [16] Rohrer, Finlo (2008-10-14). "The politics of stamps" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ hi/ uk_news/ magazine/ 7669252. stm). BBC News. . Retrieved 2011-10-29. [17] Alex Spence. "Royal Mail unveils Beatles album cover stamps (''Times'' Online)" (http:/ / www. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ news/ uk/ article636773. ece). Timesonline.co.uk. . Retrieved 2011-10-29. [18] Duran Duran's Roger Taylor Exclusive Interview: Modern Drummer Magazine (http:/ / www. moderndrummer. com/ web_exclusive?mdid=900001187). Moderndrummer.com. Retrieved on 2010-11-05.

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External links • Roger-Taylor.Net – UNofficial website (http://www.roger-taylor.net/) • Rogersmeadows.com – A Introspective Analysis of Roger Taylor and his Music (http://www.rogersmeadows. com/) • Queen in Cornwall (http://www.queenincornwall.blogspot.com/) - includes an extensive description of Roger Taylor's early career

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Discography Queen discography Queen discography

Live in 1984 Releases ↙Studio albums

16

↙Live albums

9

↙Compilation albums

12

↙EPs

2

↙Singles

62

↙Soundtracks

1

↙Other appearances

3

Queen are an English rock group, which consisted of vocalist Freddie Mercury (d.1991), guitarist Brian May, bassist John Deacon, and drummer Roger Taylor. Their discography consists of fifteen studio albums (one of which is a soundtrack album), five live albums, ten compilation albums, 48 singles and a number of other appearances. Founded in 1970, Queen released their self-titled debut album in 1973. Despite not being an immediate success, Queen gained popularity in Britain with their second self-titled album in 1974.[1] Their 1975 single, "Bohemian Rhapsody", was number 1 for nine weeks (and a further five weeks in 1991) and is the third biggest selling single of all time in the UK.[2] The band's 1981 Greatest Hits album is the biggest selling album in UK history with 5.6 million copies sold by 2009. The band's 1991 compilation Greatest Hits II is also one of the UK's top ten biggest sellers of all time, with 3.7 million copies sold by 2009.[3] In 1972, Queen signed a production deal with Trident Studios.[4] Later in their career, Queen signed a record contract with EMI, and Elektra in the United States. The band would remain with EMI for the rest of their career, though, in 1983, they terminated their contract with Elektra and signed with Capitol Records. In 1990, they once again terminated their U.S. record contract and signed with Hollywood Records. In 1991, Queen's entire catalogue was remastered and released on compact disc in the United States, and thirteen albums (all studio albums up to 'The Works' as well as 'Live Killers' and 'Greatest Hits') were remastered at Abbey Road Studios and released on CD and cassette in the United Kingdom between July 1993 and March 1994. Queen's album back catalogue will be remastered and re-released in the UK and rest of the world (excluding the US) through 2011 to commemorate their 40th anniversary (as well as being the 20th anniversary of Mercury's death). The 2011 remasters will be released on Universal's Island label as the band's contract with EMI has now ended.

Queen discography

83

Albums Studio albums Year

Album details

Peak chart positions UK

AUS

AUT

Queen

24

77

• • 1974

5

GER

JPN

—

—

—

52

—

—

—

83

• •

[18] UK: Gold [19] US: Gold

79

—

—

—

26

—

19

—

49

•

UK: Gold

2

19

—

6

—

23

7

9

—

12

• •

UK: Platinum [19] US: Gold

1975

1

1

9

16

5

9

1

4

11

4

• • • • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [19] US: 3× Platinum [20] AUT: Gold [21] CAN: Platinum [22] FIN: Gold [23] GER: Platinum

1976

1

8

8

—

10

1

1

3

8

5

• • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [19] US: 2× Platinum [21] CAN: Platinum [23] GER: Gold

1977

4

8

9

1

7

3

1

4

9

3

• • • • • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [19] US: 4× Platinum [21] CAN: 3× Platinum [24] FRA: Gold [23] GER: Platinum [25] NLD: Platinum [26] SWI: Platinum

2

15

8

7

5

5

3

6

6

6

• • • • • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [19] US: Platinum [20] AUT: Gold [24] FRA: Gold [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: Platinum [26] SWI: Platinum

1

11

5

17

2

5

1

2

7

1

• • • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [19] US: 4× Platinum [20] AUT: Gold [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: Gold

10

29

1

—

2

12

7

25

29

23

•

UK: Gold

Released: 28 October 1977 Label: EMI (#EMA 784)

Jazz • •

1980

Released: 10 December 1976 Label: EMI (#EMT 103)

News of the World • •

1978

Released: 21 November 1975 Label: EMI (#EMTC 103)

A Day at the Races • •

Released: 10 November 1978 Label: EMI (#EMA 788)

The Game • •

Released: 30 June 1980 Label: EMI (#EMA 795)

Flash Gordon • •

[16] [17]

Released: 8 November 1974 Label: EMI (#EMC 3061)

A Night at the Opera • •

[9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15]

[18]

Released: 8 March 1974 Label: EMI (#EMA 767)

Sheer Heart Attack • •

[8]

Released: 13 July 1973 Label: EMI (#EMC 3006)

Queen II • •

NL NOR SWE US

FRA

[5] [6] [7]

1973

Certifications (sales thresholds)

Released: 8 December 1980 Label: EMI (#EMC 3351)

[18]

[18]

Queen discography

1982

Hot Space • •

1984

1986

1989

1991

1995

5

6

1

3

4

22

• • •

[18] UK: Gold [19] US: Gold [20] AUT: Gold

2

12

2

14

3

7

1

2

3

23

• • • • • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [19] US: Gold [20] AUT: Platinum [21] CAN: Platinum [23] GER: Platinum [25] NLD: Gold [26] SWI: Platinum

1

12

3

6

4

25

2

5

9

46

• • • • • •

[18] UK: 4× Platinum [19] US: Gold [20] AUT: Platinum [24] FRA: Gold [23] GER: 3× Gold [26] SWI: 2× Platinum

1

4

1

11

1

23

1

2

6

24

• • • • • • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [19] US: Gold [20] AUT: Gold [22] FIN: Gold [24] FRA: Gold [23] GER: Platinum [25] NLD: Platinum [26] SWI: Platinum

1

6

2

9

1

17

1

8

1

30

• • • • • • • • •

[18] UK: 2× Platinum [19] US: Gold [20] AUT: Platinum [21] CAN: Gold [22] FIN: Gold [24] FRA: Platinum [23] GER: Platinum [25] NLD: 2× Platinum [26] SWI: 2× Platinum

1

3

1

2

1

10

1

2

1

58

• • • • • • • • •

[18] UK: 4× Platinum [19] US: Gold [20] AUT: 2× Platinum [21] CAN: Platinum [22] FIN: Platinum [24] FRA: 2× Platinum [23] GER: 5× Gold [27] NOR: Platinum [26] SWI: 3× Platinum

Released: 5 February 1991 Label: Parlophone (#PCSD 115)

Made in Heaven • •

7

Released: 22 May 1989 Label: Parlophone (#PCSD 107)

Innuendo • •

1

Released: 2 June 1986 Label: EMI (#EU 3509)

The Miracle • •

15

Released: 27 February 1984 Label: EMI (#EMC 240014)

A Kind of Magic • •

4

Released: 21 May 1982 Label: EMI (#EMA 797)

The Works • •

84

Released: 6 November 1995 Label: Parlophone (#PCSD 167)

Live albums

Queen discography

Year

85

Album details

Peak chart positions UK AUS AUT

1979

Live Killers • • •

1986

• • 1989

• • 1992

3

25

3

FRA

GER

—

4

[9] [10]

ITA JPN

[11]

NL

SWE

[14]

—

9

9

SWI

US

[28]

15

34

16 • • • • • •

3

51

13

—

15

22

49

24

50

26

— • • • •

67

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

—

6

2

20

1

81

12

29

6

Recorded: 12 July 1986 Released: 26 May 1992 Label: Parlophone (#CDPCSP 725)

53 • • • • • • •

2004

Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl • • •

20

—

23

75

10

15

85

74

—

52

Recorded: 5 June 1982 Released: 4 November 2004 Label: Parlophone (#8632112)

— • • • • •

2006

[18] UK: Platinum [20] AUT: Gold [23] GER: Gold [26] SWI: Platinum

[18] UK: Gold [19] US: Platinum [20] AUT: Gold FRA: [24] Platinum [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: Gold [26] SWI: Gold [18] UK: Gold [19] US: Platinum [20] AUT: Gold GER: [23] Platinum [26] SWI: Gold

Super Live In Japan • • •

2007

[18] UK: Gold US: 2× [19] Platinum [20] AUT: Gold [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: Gold [26] SWI: Gold

Recorded: 5 February & 3 December 1973 1973 Released: 4 December 1989 Label: Band of Joy (#BOJLP 001)

Live at Wembley '86 • • •

[8]

Recorded: 11, 12 & 27 July and 9 August 1986 Released: 1 December 1986 Label: EMI (#EMC 3519)

At the Beeb •

[6]

Recorded: January – March 1979 Released: 26 June 1979 Label: EMI (#EMSP 330)

Live Magic •

[5]

Certifications

Recorded: 27 October 2005 Released: 28 April 2006 (Japan Only) Label: EMI Music Japan

Queen Rock Montreal • • •

Recorded: 24 & 25 November 1981 Released: 29 October 2007 Label: Parlophone (#5040472)

20

—

25

111

17

13

—

54

—

27

— •

[19]

US: Platinum

Queen discography

86

Compilation albums Year

Album details


AUS

1

2

[5]

1981 Greatest Hits • •

•

[8]

1

[9] [10]

[11]

5

1

ITA JPN

NL

SWE

[14]

1

9

1

SWI

US

[28]

—

5

11

[A]

1

4

1

1

•

[18]

UK: 11× Platinum

but actual sales equate to x19 platinum [19] • US: 8× Platinum [29] • AUS: 14× Platinum [20] • AUT: 4× Platinum [21] • CAN: 3× Platinum [22] • FIN: Platinum [23] • GER: 7× Gold [25] • NLD: Platinum [26] • SWI: 4× Platinum 2

1

65

1

2

1

—

• • • • • • • •

[18] UK: 8× Platinum [29] AUS: 8× Platinum [20] AUT: 4× Platinum [22] FIN: 2× Platinum [24] FRA: Diamond [23] GER: 9× Gold [25] NLD: 5× Platinum [26] SWI: 5× Platinum

[B]

Released: 28 October 1991 Label: Parlophone (#PMTV 2)

1992 Classic Queen • •

AUT FRA[!] GER

Released: 2 November 1981 Label: Parlophone (#EMYV 30)

1991 Greatest Hits II •

[6] [7]

Certifications

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

4

• •

[19] US: 3× Platinum [21] CAN: 4× Platinum

—

—

—

3

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

•

FRA: 2× Gold

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

•

FRA: Gold

7

—

16

—

12

—

22

14

51

16

—

• • •

[18] UK: Platinum [30] AUS: Gold [24] FRA: Gold

5

—

2

9

5

2

25

8

19

4

—

• • • • •

[18] UK: Platinum [20] AUT: Gold [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: Platinum [26] SWI: Gold

Released: 10 March 1992 Label: Hollywood

The 12" Collection • •

Released: 1992 Label: Parlophone

1997 The Best I • •

Released: 14 February 1997 Label: Parlophone / EMI France

The Best II • •

•

Released: 3 November 1997 Label: Parlophone (#8230912)

1999 Greatest Hits III • •

[24]

Released: 14 February 1997 Label: Parlophone / EMI France

Queen Rocks •

[24]


Queen discography

87

2007 The A-Z of Queen, Volume 1 • •

Released: 10 July 2007 Label: Hollywood Records

2009 Absolute Greatest • •

•

11

23

21

23

36

5

15

195 •

92

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

175

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

155

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

[18]

UK: 2× Platinum

Released: 27 June 2011 Label: Island Records

Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984–1995) •

10

Released: 14 March 2011 Label: Island Records

Deep Cuts, Volume 2 (1977–1982) • •

18


2011 Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973-1976) • •

3

Released: 5 September 2011 Label: Island Records "—" denotes albums that failed to chart or were not released.

Notes • A "Greatest Hits" charted originally at #5 on the Compilation Albums Chart, but the remastered version in 2011 qualified for an entry on the Top 200 Albums Chart when it peaked at #56 in March 2011.[9] • B "Greatest Hits II" charted originally at #1 on the Compilation Albums Chart, but the remastered version in 2011 qualified for an entry on the Top 200 Albums Chart when it peaked at #57 in March 2011.[9] Before 2011 compilation albums were not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart in France, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.

Boxsets Year

Album details

Peak chart positions UK AUS AUT FRA[!] GER NL

1985

The Complete Works • •

1992

1994

[9] [10] [11] [14]

SWI

US

[7]

[8]

[28]

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

37

50

30

18

28

14

—

—

-

Released: 1992 Label: Parlophone

Greatest Hits I & II • •

SWE

[5]

Released: 2 December 1985 Label: Parlophone

Box of Tricks • •

Certifications

Released: 2 November 1994 Label: Parlophone (#CDPCSD 161)

• • • • •

[19] US: Platinum [24] FRA: Gold [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: Platinum [26] SWI: Gold

Queen discography

1995

Ultimate Queen • •

1998

2008

2009

2010

2010

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

2

21

23

13

54

5

4

41

48 • • • • • • • •

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

[18] UK: 3× Platinum [19] US: Platinum [31] AUS: Platinum [22] FIN: Gold [24] FRA: Gold [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: 2× Platinum [26] SWI: Gold

Released: 31 May 2010 Label: Parlophone

The Singles Collection Volume 4 • •

—

Released: 15 June 2009 Label: Parlophone


—

Released: 1 December 2008 Label: Parlophone


—



—

Released: 24 November 1998 Label: Parlophone

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III • •

—

Released: 13 November 1995 Label: Parlophone (#QUEENBOX20)

The Crown Jewels • •

2000

88

Released: 18 October 2010 Label: Parlophone "—" denotes albums that failed to chart or were not released.

Before 2011 compilation albums were not listed on the Top 200 Albums Chart in France, but instead on a separate chart for compilation albums only. The French chart positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart.

Extended plays Year

Album details

Peak chart positions UK AUS AUT FRA GER

1993

Five Live (with George Michael and Lisa Stansfield)

[5]

[7]

[8]

1

17

2

IRE

[32] [11] 12

8

Certifications NL SWI

US

[14] [28] 1

2

6

30

• • • • •

[18] UK: Gold [20] AUT: Gold [23] GER: Gold [25] NLD: Platinum [26] SWI: Gold

Queen discography

89

Other Releases • Queen: The Eye - 1998

Singles 1970s Year

Single


[5]

AUS

[6] [7]

AUT FRA GER IRE

[8]

[9]

NL

NZ SWI

[33] [34] [14] [35] [36]

US


Album

Queen discography

90

1973


—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

1974

"Liar"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Seven Seas of Rhye"

10

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Killer Queen"

2

24

10

—

12

2

3

—

—

12

"Now I'm Here"

11

—

—

—

25

14

29

—

—

—

"Lily of the Valley"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

1

1

—

15

7

1

1

1

4

9

1975

Queen

Queen II

UK: Silver

•

UK: [18] Platinum [19] US: Gold

• 1976

1977

1978

1979


7

40

—

—

—

3

6

—

—

16

"Somebody to Love"

2

15

—

54

21

6

1

—

—

13


31

47

—

—

—

—

10

—

—

49

"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Queen's First EP)"

17

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—


—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Long Away"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"We Are the Champions" / "We Will 2 Rock You"

8

12

1

13

3

2

8

—

4

"Spread Your Wings"

34

—

—

31

29

—

26

—

—

—

"It's Late"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

74

"Bicycle Race" / "Fat Bottomed Girls"

11

25

21

7

27

10

5

20

—

"Don't Stop Me Now"

9

—

—

49

35

10

16

—

"Jealousy"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Mustapha"

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Love of My Life (Live)"

63

—

—

—

—

"We Will Rock You (Live)"

—

—

—

—


2

1

9

24

[18]

•

Sheer Heart Attack


A Day at the Races

• •

[18] UK: Gold US: [19] Platinum

24

•

UK: Silver

—

86

•

UK: Silver

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

13

2

1

2

5

1

[18]

News of the World

Jazz

[18]

Live Killers

• •

[18] UK: Gold [19] US: Gold

The Game

Queen discography

91

1980s Year

Single

Peak chart positions

Certifications US

UK

AUS

AUT FRA GER IRE

NL

NZ SWI

"Save Me"

11

76

—

—

42

8

6

—

—

—

"Play the Game"

14

85

—

41

40

9

10

—

8

42


7

5

6

22

6

4

11

2

8

1


—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

44

"Flash"

10

16

1

11

3

10

13

32

—

1981

"Under Pressure" (with David Bowie)

1

6

10

50

21

2

1

6

1982

"Body Language"

25

23

11

58

27

13

4

"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)"

17

—

—

—

68

10

"Calling All Girls"

—

—

—

—

—

"Staying Power"

—

—

—

—

"Back Chat"

40

—

—

"Radio Ga Ga"

2

2


3

"It's a Hard Life"

[5]

1980

[6] [7]

[8]

[9]

Album

[33] [34] [14] [35] [36]

The Game

•

US: [19] Platinum

42

•

UK: Silver

10

29

•

UK: Silver

19

—

11

18

—

13

—

—

—

—

—

60

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

69

19

—

—

—

—

2

24

2

1

2

4

3

16

•

UK: Silver

8

1

9

4

2

1

6

2

45

•

UK: Silver

6

65

—

—

26

2

20

30

—

72

"Hammer to Fall"

13

69

—

—

—

10

—

—

—

—


21

—

21

—

57

8

31

—

—

—

non-album single

1985

"One Vision"

7

35

—

76

26

5

21

—

24

61

A Kind of Magic

1986

"A Kind of Magic"

3

25

12

5

6

4

5

23

4

42


—

32

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—


14

—

—

—

20

4

16

50

19

—


—

—

—

—

57

—

43

—

—

—


24

—

—

—

52

15

29

—

—

—

"One Year of Love"

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"I Want It All"

3

10

11

—

9

3

2

3

8

50

"Breakthru"

7

45

—

—

24

6

6

45

28

—

"The Invisible Man"

12

—

—

—

31

10

6

15

30

—

"Scandal"

25

—

—

—

—

14

12

—

—

—

"The Miracle"

21

—

—

—

78

23

16

—

—

—

1984

1989

•

UK: Silver

[18]

Flash Gordon OST

[18]

Hot Space

[18]

The Works

[18]

[18]

The Miracle

Queen discography

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1990s Year

Single


Certifications

Album

US

UK

AUS

AUT FRA GER IRE

NL

NZ SWI

"Innuendo"

1

28

12

—

5

4

4

10

3

—


22

—

—

—

42

19

20

—

—

—

"Headlong"

14

—

—

—

—

25

43

—

—

—

"I Can't Live With You"(American promo only)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—


16

75

—

2

7

17

6

20

11

—

"Ride The Wild Wind"(Poland Only)

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives"

1

5

8

15

16

1

1

16

8

2

"Who Wants to Live Forever" / "Friends Will Be Friends"

—

—

—

—

—

—

6

—

36

—

Greatest Hits II

"We Will Rock You (Live)" / "We are the Champions (Live)"

—

—

—

—

—

—

9

—

—

—

Live At Wembley '86

"We are the Champions" / "We Will Rock You" (re-release)

—

81

—

14

—

—

—

—

—

—

Greatest Hits


2

15

4

8

15

7

2

25

9

—

"A Winter's Tale"

6

71

23

—

62

23

16

—

28

—


—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

"Too Much Love Will Kill You" 15

—

—

—

—

28

—

—

—

—

"Let Me Live"

9

—

—

—

67

—

28

—

—

—

"You Don't Fool Me"

17

—

23

14

26

23

22

—

27

—

1997

"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" / "Tie Your Mother Down"

13

—

—

—

75

—

33

—

—

—

Queen Rocks

1998

"We are the Champions" (re-release)

—

—

—

10

—

—

—

—

—

—

Greatest Hits

1999

"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (with David Bowie)

14

—

—

—

—

—

21

—

—

—

Greatest Hits III

[5]

1991

1992

1995

1996

2000s

[6] [7]

[8]

[9]

[33] [34] [14] [35] [36]

[18]

•

UK: Silver

•

US: Gold

•

UK: [18] Platinum

•

Innuendo

[19]

UK: Silver

[18]

A Night at the Opera / Innuendo

Made In Heaven

Queen discography

Year

93

Single


Certifications

UK

AUS

AUT FRA GER IRE

NL

NZ SWI

[5]

[6] [7]

[8]

[9]

Album

US

[33] [34] [14] [35] [36]

2000

"Princes of the Universe" (re-release)

—

—

—

—

—

—

45

—

—

—

Greatest Hits III

2003

"We Will Rock You" (re-release)

—

—

—

10

69

—

—

—

49

—

The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III

"Another One Bites the Dust" / "We Will Rock You" (re-release)

—

—

—

48

—

—

—

—

—

—

2010s Year

Single


AUS

[5] [6] [7]

2011

"Stormtroopers In Stilettos" —

—

Certifications

AUT FRA GER IRE

NL

NZ SWI

—

—

—

[8]

[9]

—

Album

US

[33] [34] [14] [35] [36]

—

—

—

—

Non-album single

As featured artist Year

Single


AUS

[5] [6] [7]

Album

AUT FRA GER IRE

NL

NZ SWI

[8]

[9]

US

[33] [34] [14] [35] [36]

1993

"Somebody to Love (Live)" (Queen + George Michael)

1

19

15

16

21

1

6

8

—

30

Five Live

1998

"Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen + Wyclef Jean ft. Pras and Free)

5

—

23

62

46

11

21

9

35

—

Greatest Hits III

2000

"We Will Rock You" (5ive + Queen)

1

3

2

—

8

6

15

29

18

—

Invincible

2003

"Flash" (Queen + Vanguard)

15

95

44

—

17

—

—

—

—

—

2005

"Reaching Out" / "Tie Your Mother Down" (Queen + Paul Rodgers)

—

—

—

—

—

—

27

—

—

—

2006

"Another One Bites the Dust" (Queen vs. The Miami Project)

31

—

—

—

88

—

49

—

—

—

2007

"Say It's Not True" (Queen + Paul Rodgers)

90

—

—

75

82

—

62

—

—

—

The Cosmos Rock

2008

"C-lebrity" (Queen + Paul Rodgers)

33

—

—

96

67

—

50

—

—

—

The Cosmos Rock

2008

"We Believe" (Queen + Paul Rodgers)

2009

"Bohemian Rhapsody" (Queen + The Muppets)

The Cosmos Rock

32

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—

—

—

—

—

—

—

—

Queen discography

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96

Studio albums Queen Queen

Studio album by Queen Released

13 July 1973

Recorded December 1971, June-November 1972, De Lane Lea and Trident studios, London Genre

Rock

Length

38:36

Label

EMI (Europe) Elektra Records (US)

Producer John Anthony, Roy Thomas Baker, Queen Queen chronology

Queen (1973)

Queen II (1974)

Singles from Queen 1.

"Keep Yourself Alive" Released: 6 July 1973

2.

"Liar" Released: 14 February 1974 (US only)

Queen is the eponymous debut album by British rock group Queen, released in July 1973. It was recorded at Trident Studios and De Lane Lea Music Centre, London, with production by Roy Thomas Baker (as Roy Baker), John Anthony and Queen. The album was influenced by the seaside rock, hard rock, and heavy metal of the day and covers subjects such as folklore ("My Fairy King") and religion ("Jesus"). Lead singer Freddie Mercury composed five of the ten tracks,

Queen guitarist Brian May composed four songs, including "Doing All Right", which was co-written by Smile band-mate Tim Staffell and drummer Roger Taylor composed and sang "Modern Times Rock and Roll". The final song on the album is a short instrumental version of "Seven Seas of Rhye". The band included the comment 'No synthesizers' on the album sleeve, as some listeners had mistaken their elaborate multi-tracking and effects processed by guitar and vocal sounds as synthesizers. Bassist John Deacon was credited on the sleeve notes of the original vinyl release as "Deacon John", as Mercury and Taylor thought this may make him sound more interesting.

History Queen had been playing the club and college circuit in and around London for almost two years when the band had a chance opportunity to test out the new recording facilities of De Lane Lea Studios. Taking advantage of the opportunity, they put together a polished demo tape of five songs: "Keep Yourself Alive", "The Night Comes Down", "Great King Rat", "Jesus", and "Liar". Despite the demo tape's quality, the band received only one offer from a record company — a low bid from Chrysalis Records, which they used to try to entice other companies. They were finally taken aboard in 1972 by Norman and Barry Sheffield, who were setting up Trident Studios; however, Queen were allowed to record only during the studio's downtime,[1] after the paying artists had left, which was usually between 3 and 7am. One day, while waiting to use the studio, Mercury was asked to record vocals by producer Robin Cable, who was working on a version of "I Can Hear Music" and "Goin' Back". Mercury enlisted May and Taylor to record the tracks. These recordings were released on a single under the name Larry Lurex. The arrangement of recording only during downtime lasted from June to November 1972. The limitations this imposed on them led the band to focus on completing one track at a time, but problems arose almost immediately. The band had thought highly of their De Lane Lea demo tracks, but producer Roy Thomas Baker asked them to re-record the songs with better equipment. "Keep Yourself Alive" was the first song to be re-recorded, and Queen did not like the result. They recorded it once again, but during the mixing sessions, no mix met their standards until engineer Mike Stone stepped in. After seven or eight failed attempts, Stone's first try met with Queen's approval. Stone would stay on to engineer and eventually co-produce their next five albums. The first, rejected re-record of "Keep Yourself Alive" was later released by Hollywood Records in the US, titled "(Long Lost Re-take)," with May's approval. Another track that proved problematic was "Mad The Swine", which was recorded for the album but then derailed by Baker and Queen disagreeing on the quality of the percussion. With the issue unresolved, the track was left off the album. It re-surfaced in 1991 as both the B-side to the "Headlong" CD single in the UK, and on the Hollywood Records re-release of the album. The version of "The Night Comes Down" which appears on the album is, in fact, the De Lane Lea demo recording,[1] as the band were unsatisfied with any attempt at rerecording it. Other recordings from this period, such as two Smile tracks ("Silver Salmon" and "Polar Bear"), "Rock And Roll Medley" (a live encore staple from the era), and the infamous track "Hangman" (whose existence was long denied officially, beyond live concert recordings), have surfaced in the form of acetate pressings, now owned legitimately by private collectors. Though the album was completed and fully mixed by November 1972, Trident spent months trying to get a record company to release it. After eight months of failing that, they simply released it themselves in 1973. During this time, Queen had begun writing material for their next album, but they were disheartened by the current album's delay, feeling they had grown past that stage, even though the record-buying public was just getting wind of them. They recorded two BBC sessions during the interim. The first single, "Keep Yourself Alive" (the Mike Stone mix, now considered the standard album version) was released a week before the album[1] (UK dates, 6 July and 13th respectively). The track length was edited for release in the US, from 3:47 to 3:30. The US single was issued in October. All countries had the B-side "Son And Daughter". The album was released in the US on 4 September. Elektra Records released a single of "Liar" in a heavily edited form (without the band's knowledge) on 14 February 1974, with the B-side "Doing All Right". Elektra later re-issued the edited version of "Keep Yourself Alive" in July 1975, this time with the rare double B-side (rare for a 7" single) of "Lily Of The Valley" and "God Save the Queen".

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Both versions are unique compared to the album versions. Hollywood Records released a CD single featuring five versions of "Keep Yourself Alive" to promote the forthcoming "Crown Jewels" boxed set (1998). The versions on the CD are: "Long Lost Re-take", "BBC Session #1 Version", "Live Killers Version", "Album Version (Unremastered)", and "Album Version (1998 Remastered Version)".

Reception Rolling Stone wrote, "There's no doubt that this funky, energetic English quartet has all the tools they'll need to lay claim to the Zep's abdicated heavy-metal throne, and beyond that to become a truly influential force in the rock world. Their debut album is superb."[2] The Winnipeg Free Press opined that Queen borrowed from other artists, but also compared it favourably to Led Zeppelin, writing, "the group manages to inject such a fresh, energetic touch to most of it that I don't mind a bit... With its first album, Queen has produced a driving, high energy set which in time may be looked upon with the same reverence Led Zep 1 now receives."[3] Illinois' Daily Herald also commended the record, writing "Good listening is guaranteed in songs like 'Keep Yourself Alive,' 'Great King Rat' and 'Doing All Right'."[4] In later years, Allmusic awarded the album 3/5 stars, calling it a "patchy but promising debut from a classic rock group,"[5] while Q awarded the album 5/5 stars, citing it as an "essential purchase."[6] In 1994, Guitarist magazine ranked Queen the 19th most influential guitar album of all time.[7] In 2008, Rolling Stone ranked "Keep Yourself Alive" 31st in the "100 Greatest Guitar Songs Of All Time", describing it as "an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song".[8]

Track listing Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Keep Yourself Alive" Brian May

3:46

2. "Doing All Right"

May, Tim Staffell

4:10

3. "Great King Rat"

Freddie Mercury

5:41

4. "My Fairy King"

Mercury

4:07

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Liar"

Mercury

6:26

2. "The Night Comes Down"

May

4:24

3. "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll"

Roger Taylor

1:48

4. "Son and Daughter"

May

3:19

5. "Jesus"

Mercury

3:45

6. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Instrumental) Mercury

1:10

Queen

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1991 Hollywood Records bonus tracks No. Title

Writer(s) Length

11. "Mad the Swine (Previously Unreleased)"

Mercury

3:24

12. "Keep Yourself Alive (Long Lost Re-Take)"

May

4:04

13. "Liar (1991 Bonus Remix by John Luongo and Gary Hellman)" Mercury

6:28

2011 Universal Records reissue bonus disc No. Title

Length

1. "Keep Yourself Alive (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)"

3:50

2. "The Night Comes Down (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)"

4:22

3. "Great King Rat (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)"

6:07

4. "Jesus (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)"

5:04

5. "Liar (De Lane Lea Demo, December 1971)"

7:52

6. "Mad the Swine (June 1972)"

3:22

2011 iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus videos No. Title

Length

7. "Son And Daughter (Live at Hammersmith Odeon '75)" 8. "Liar (Live at The Rainbow '74)" 9. "Keep Yourself Alive (Rehearsal at St John’s Wood Studios '73)"

2011 re-issue On 8 November 2010, record company Universal Music announced a remastered and expanded reissue of the album set for release in May 2011. This as part of a new record deal between Queen and Universal Music, which meant Queen's association with EMI would come to an end after almost 40 years. According to Universal Music, all Queen albums are to be remastered and reissued in 2011.

Song information "Keep Yourself Alive" Brian May wrote "Keep Yourself Alive" after the band had been formed, but before John Deacon joined, as confirmed by former bass player Barry Mitchell (on an unofficial Q&A session held on an online forum). According to what May said in a radio special about their 1977 album, News of the World, he had penned the lyrics thinking of them as ironic and tongue-in-cheek, but their sense was completely changed when Freddie Mercury sang them. Taylor and May sing the vocal bridge of the song. Mercury might have helped on the musical arrangements based on the fact that (as it has been recalled by former bassists and the band themselves) they were in a more collaborative period in the pre-studio days and Mercury was usually the one getting his way with structural ideas. While it is highly possible that he contributed ideas to the song (the modulation types and the expanded form are closer to his style than to May's), the bottom line is that even in that case Mercury would be more a co-arranger than a co-writer per se (like George Martin on The Beatles' songs).[9]

Queen

"Doing All Right" "Doing All Right" was written by Brian May and Tim Staffell while in the pre-Queen band, Smile. The song changes many times throughout, from light pop music to acoustic guitars and even contains a heavy metal section. This is one of the few Queen songs to feature Brian May on the piano. He also played his old Hairfred acoustic guitar on this track and on later tracks such as "White Queen (As It Began)" and "Jealousy". The band played this song as early as 1970, and it was notable as the band's first song Freddie Mercury played live on the piano for. Staffell sang it when it was a Smile song, and Mercury tried to sing in the same manner when it became a Queen song.

"Great King Rat" "Great King Rat" was written by Freddie Mercury. This song is an example of Queen's earliest sound, with lengthy, heavy compositions with long guitar solos and sudden tempo changes.

"My Fairy King" "My Fairy King", written by Mercury, deals with Rhye, a fantasy world created by vocalist Freddie Mercury and featured in other Queen songs, most notably "Seven Seas of Rhye". "My Fairy King" is the first song on the album to feature Mercury's piano skills – as the piano on "Doing All Right" was played by guitarist Brian May who was quite impressed by Mercury's piano playing on the track, and from this point on Mercury handled most of Queen's piano parts. Before writing this song Mercury was known as Freddie Bulsara, and this song is said to have inspired him to change his surname. Its lyrics contain a verse with the words "Mother Mercury, look what they've done to me." Brian May has said that after the line was written, Freddie claimed he was singing about his mother. Subsequently, Freddie Bulsara took the stage name Freddie Mercury. This was another attempt to separate his stage persona ("extroverted monster", as Mercury himself once described it) from his personal persona (introverted). Written during the band's time in the studio, the song contains many voice overdubs and vocal harmonies, which Mercury was fond of. Drummer Roger Taylor also displays his vocal skills here, hitting some of the highest notes in the composition. The vocal overdubs technique would later be used in many Queen songs, most notably "Bohemian Rhapsody". Mercury borrowed some lines from Robert Browning's poem, "The Pied Piper of Hamelin".[10]

"Liar" "Liar" was written by Freddie Mercury in 1970 while he was still under the name Farrokh Bulsara, and before John Deacon joined the band the following year. It is one of the band's heavier songs. As confirmed by the transcription on EMI Music Publishing's Off The Record sheet music for the song, this is one of the few Queen tracks of the 1970s to feature a Hammond organ. Some Queen fans believe that John Deacon sang the "all day long" lines, since he did so in live versions and the video. However, on both, he was joined by Roger Taylor, Brian May and Freddie Mercury, therefore it is not known if it was merely a visual trick or if actually Deacon did some uncredited backing vocals. Both live and in the video, Deacon would sing into Mercury's microphone.

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"The Night Comes Down" Brian May wrote the song shortly after the band's formation in 1970, following the break-up of Smile. It was first recorded at De Lane Lea Studios in December 1971, when the band was hired to test the studio's new equipment in exchange for being allowed to record proper demos for their attempt to find a record company. The agreement was mutually beneficial and Queen took full advantage of the state-of-the-art equipment to put five of their tracks to tape. In 1972, Trident Studios signed Queen to a recording contract which limited them to only down-time studio access (when paying artists were not recording) and they began working with producer Roy Thomas Baker. Baker and Studio owners/management Norman and Barry Sheffield insisted on re-recording the five De Lane Lea demos. A new studio version of "The Night Comes Down" was recorded, but in the end, it was decided that the De Lane Lea version was still superior, and this was the version which appears on the debut album. The unused Roy-Thomas-Baker-produced version remains unreleased and has not surfaced even on bootlegs. With the release of the original De Lane Lea demos as bonus tracks in 2011, the difference in the mixing of "The Night Comes Down" is quite noticeable when compared to the original LP and digital remasters. The demo is roughly the same mix that appeared on the album except that there is a distinct difference in the drum sound. The song follows what would become trademark Brian May themes such as coming-of-age, nostalgia over the loss of childhood to the past, and the difficulties of life as an adult. There is also what could be an ambiguous reference to "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", in the lyric: "When I was young it came to me; And I could see the sun breaking; Lucy was high and so was I; Dazzling, holding the world inside." May is admittedly a Beatles fan and has commented in numerous interviews on their impact on him.

"Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" The lead vocal is performed by drummer Roger Taylor, who wrote the song. The song was re-recorded on two occasions for the BBC. The first was re-recorded in December 1973 and broadcast on John Peel's show. This version was released on the 1989 Queen album At The Beeb, and sounds very similar to the original album version. The second re-recording was done in April 1974 and broadcast on Bob Harris's show. This version has not seen the light of day outside of bootleg recordings and it differs in style from the original album version, with a slower tempo and extra vocals from Freddie Mercury.

"Son and Daughter" "Son and Daughter" was written by guitarist Brian May and was the B-side for the single "Keep Yourself Alive". Written in 1972 for their first album and a regular feature in Queen's live set until well into 1975, the song originally housed Brian May's famous guitar solo. The album version of the song does not feature the guitar solo. The solo would not be properly recorded until 1974, for the track "Brighton Rock" of their Sheer Heart Attack album. Until this time, and occasionally afterward, the guitar solo would take over the middle of "Son And Daughter" during concerts, allowing the rest of the band a bit of a rest and costume change. Unlike other songs from Queen's early period which crept back into circulation in the live set of their '84 through '86 tours, such as "Liar", "Keep Yourself Alive", "The Seven Seas of Rhye" and "In The Lap Of The Gods...Revisited", "Son And Daughter" stayed off the set-lists after Queen's hit singles began to dominate their live show. The song is indicative of their very earliest sound, influenced by blues rock and heavy metal.

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"Jesus" The lyrics tell part of the story of Jesus of Nazareth. Mercury, credited with writing the song, was a Parsi Zoroastrian. The track features a two-chord rhythm section during the verses with a long instrumental break toward the end of the song. Because of the effects created by Brian May's Red Special guitar, among other things, many early followers of Queen viewed the band as something of a psychedelic rock band.

"Seven Seas of Rhye..." Mercury had half-written the song when the first album was recorded and completed it for the second album.

Queen comments on the record We like some of the stuff on it, but we sometimes fell into the trap of over-arrangement. You know, the songs changed over the years and some of them probably evolved too much. You can get so far into something that you forget what the song originally was. On a personal level, it was frustrating for me to take so long to get to this point. I wanted to record things with, for instance, tape echoes and multiple guitars five years ago. Now I've finally done it, but in the meantime so have other people! Which is a bit disappointing. But you have to get away from the idea that playing music is a competition. You should just keep on doing what you think is an interesting thing to do.

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—Brian May

There are a lot of things on the first album I don't like, though, for example the drum sound. There are parts of it which may sound contrived but it is very varied and it has lots of energy ... but then I think one of the best albums last year was the "Mott" album and that had loads of inconsistencies and rough bits...

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—Roger Taylor

And quite a lot of the songs on that first album were songs that we had had for a long while, and songs that we just used to play together, songs like Keep Yourself Alive, Liar, Great King Rat, and other numbers. They're songs that we just used to play. And we just went in and recorded them. And there were one or two numbers on that first album which were more sort of that first sort of sign of getting interested in doing things in the studio. My Fairy King was a number Freddie wrote when we only wrote while we were in the studio and it was built up in the studio. Whereas, you know as I said, there's other numbers where essentially live songs, basically just the track and then just a few .......backing vocals and guitar solos over the top and that was it.

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—John Deacon

Personnel • Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano, Hammond organ on "Liar" • Brian May - electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals, vocal bridge on "Keep Yourself Alive", piano on "Doing All Right" • Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll", vocal bridge on "Keep Yourself Alive", percussion • John Deacon - bass guitar • John Anthony - producer, backing vocals on "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" • Roy Thomas Baker - producer, sound engineer • Mike Stone - sound engineer • Ted Sharpe - sound engineer

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Peak position [14]

24

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External links • Queen at Queen's official website including history and lyrics (http://queenonline.com/q_history/history. php?history=6§ion=1) • Early Queen recordings (http://qliverecordings.tripod.com/earlyrec.html)

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8 March 1974

Recorded August 1973 at Trident Studios, London Genre

Rock

Length

40:42

Label

Parlophone (Europe), Elektra (US)

Producer Roy Thomas Baker, Robin Geoffrey Cable, Queen Queen chronology

Queen (1973)

Queen II (1974)

Sheer Heart Attack (1974)

Singles from Queen II 1.

"Seven Seas of Rhye" Released: 23 February 1974

Queen II is the second album by British rock group Queen, released in March 1974. It was recorded at Trident Studios, London in August 1973 with co-producers Roy Thomas Baker and Robin Cable, and engineered by Mike Stone. The two sides of the original LP were labelled "Side White" and "Side Black" (instead of the conventional sides "1" and "2"), with corresponding photos of the band dressed in white or in black on either side of the record's label face. It is also a concept album, with the white side having songs with a more emotional theme and the black side almost entirely about fantasy, often with quite dark themes. Mick Rock's album cover photograph was frequently re-used by the band throughout its career, most notably in the music video for the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975). Released to an initially mixed critical reception, Queen II remains one of the band's lesser-known albums. Nonetheless, the album has retained a cult following since its release, has garnered praise from musicians such as Axl Rose, Steve Vai and Billy Corgan, and is significant in being the first album to contain elements of the band's signature sound of multi layered overdubs, vocal harmonies, and varied musical styles.[1] [2]

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Background and recording "Led Zeppelin and The Who are probably in [Queen II] somewhere, because they were among our favourite groups, but what we are trying to do differently from either of those groups [is] this sort of layered sound. The Who had the open chord guitar sound... but our sound is more based on the overdriven guitar sound.. I also wanted to build up textures behind the main melody lines. We were trying to push studio techniques to a new limit for rock groups – it was fulfilling all our dreams, because we didn't have much opportunity for that on the first album". [3]

—Brian May, on Queen II and the band's sound.

After their debut album Queen was recorded and mixed by the end of November 1972, Queen set about touring and promoting it. Management problems forced the album to be released under the independent Trident label, but only after eight months had gone by since completion. During that time, Queen were writing new material and anxious to record it. Several new songs were written immediately after the first album, and some dated from even earlier. "See What A Fool I've Been" was left over from the Smile days. "Ogre Battle" was written during the debut album sessions, as was "Father To Son", but the band decided to wait on recording them until they had more ample studio time. August 1973 found the band back in Trident Studios, now allowed to book proper hours there, with an album under their belts. For what is generally considered a complex album (with layered vocals, harmonies and instruments), it took a very short time—only one month—to record Queen II. A full version of "Seven Seas of Rhye" was laid down, recorded with the specific intention of being the album's leading single. After the commercial failure of "Keep Yourself Alive", which was taken from the first album, Queen decided it needed a single that did not take "too long to happen" (without a lengthy guitar intro). So, Queen and Baker made sure that "Rhye" began in a way which would grab people. Mythology and art were passions of Mercury's, and Richard Dadd's painting "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" (which currently hangs in the Tate Gallery) sparked his creativity. This scene from Dadd's imagination was inspired by characters from faery myths, which in the painting are gathered around the Feller of Trees to watch him crack a walnut for Queen Mab's new carriage. Rock photographer Mick Rock was employed to do the photography for the album's artwork.[4] This single picture of Queen, used on the Queen II album cover, would become one of the band's most iconic images, revisited and brought to life for the "Bohemian Rhapsody" promotional film.[4] Robin Cable, with whom Mercury had worked during the "I Can Hear Music" session, was recruited to reproduce the Spector production sound for "Funny How Love Is". The "White" side is very diverse: four of the five numbers were composed by Brian May, where one is instrumental, one is sung by Freddie Mercury and Roger Taylor (with May at the piano), the next is sung by Mercury, and the last by May. The closing track of The "White" Side is Taylor's only composition in the album, which he also sings. John Deacon played acoustic guitar as well as bass on most of the album, except the songs "White Queen" and "Some Day One Day", which were performed by May—partly on an inexpensive Hairfred guitar that he had owned since his childhood. Lead vocalist Freddie Mercury composed the entire "Black" side, contributing virtuosic piano and harpsichord pieces and a wide range of distinctive vocal performances.

Packaging The Queen II album cover features a photograph taken by Mick Rock of, according to VH1, "Queen standing in diamond formation, heads tilted back like Easter Island statues" against a black background.[5] The band had hired Rock because they wanted to, in Rock's words, "graft some of [the trademark] decadent 'glam' sensibility" of his work with artists such as David Bowie, Iggy Pop and Lou Reed. Subsequently, the brief the photographer received from Queen was to have a black and white theme for the Queen II artwork.[6] According to Rock, the group were looking to grab people's attention with the cover, especially since their first album had failed to do so; "They realized

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that if you could catch people's eyes you could get them interested in music."[5] Describing it as a "sort of a knockoff of an old Marlene Dietrich shot",[7] the photographer took inspiration for the cover from a still of the actress from the 1932 film Shanghai Express.[5] "And of course no one was ever more 'glam' than the divine Ms Dietrich", Rock quips.[6] Although the band almost rejected the photograph because they felt it too pretentious, Rock convinced them otherwise; "It made them look like much bigger a deal then they were at the time, but it was a true reflection of their music."[5] The image was reused by Queen for the promotional video of their 1975 single "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "One Vision" (1986).

Release and reception After the album's completion in the end of August 1973, Queen added "Ogre Battle", "Procession" and "Father to Son" to their live setlists immediately and toured extensively. Once again, however, Trident delayed the record since Queen's first album had only just been released in the UK and had yet to be issued in the USA. Numerous other problems beset the album's release, as well. Its completion coincided with the 1973 oil crisis and consequently, government-enforced measures for energy conservation delayed its manufacture by several months. Once the long-overdue first pressing arrived in record shops, the band noticed a spelling error on the sleeve, and had to complain persistently to correct it.[8] "Considering the abuse we've had lately, I’m surprised that the new album has done so well. I suppose it's basically that audiences like the band... we took so much trouble over that album, possibly too much, but when we finished we felt really proud. Immediately it got really bad reviews so I took it home to listen to again and thought 'Christ, are they right?' But after hearing it a few weeks later I still like it. I think it’s great. We’ll stick by it." [9]

—Roger Taylor on the critical reaction to Queen II.

Queen II received a mixed critical reaction from the contemporary music press. Disc wrote, "The material, performance, recording and even artwork standards are very high."[10] NME opined that the record showcased "all their power and drive, their writing talents, and every quality that makes them unique,"[10] while Sounds wrote, "Simply titled Queen II, this album captures them in their finest hours."[10] Rolling Stone awarded the album two-and-a-half stars out of five. While the magazine had little enthusiasm for "Side Black", they applauded "Side White", writing that it featured the "saving grace of timely and well-chosen power chords and some rather pretty tunes."[11] Melody Maker had little praise for the record, writing, "It's reputed Queen have enjoyed some success in the States, it's currently in the balance whether they'll really break through here. If they do, then I'll have to eat my hat or something. Maybe Queen try too hard, there's no depth of sound or feeling."[10] Record Mirror were also unamused, writing, "This is it, the dregs of glam rock. Weak and over-produced, if this band are our brightest hope for the future, then we are committing rock and roll suicide."[10] Robert Christgau gave the album a "C−" rating, describing it as "Wimpoid royaloid heavoid android void".[12] Queen II entered stores in the UK on 8 March 1974. The album enjoyed chart success in the UK, peaking at number five. It peaked at number 49 in the US, improving on debut album Queen, which peaked at number 83. The only single taken from Queen II, "Seven Seas of Rhye" (released in February 1974) peaked at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart, giving the band their first chart hit.

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Legacy As 1974 drew to a close, public reaction to Queen II had been enthusiastic.[10] The album was also ranked by Disc as the 5th best of the year.[13] While the album remains one of the band's lesser-known works, it has since retained a cult following and has in recent years been cited by a number of music publications, fellow artists and fans as one of Queen's finest works. In 1987, the Post-Tribune ranked Queen II 9th in an article covering "albums that should be in everyone's record collection, but aren't."[14] In the 1994 edition of The Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums, Queen II was voted #202 in the all-time greatest rock and pop albums.[15] In 2003, Q magazine included Queen II in a list of fifty little-known albums recommended by the magazine to supplement their "The 50 Best British Albums Ever" poll.[16] In 2005, Kerrang! readers voted Queen II the 72nd greatest British rock album ever.[17] In 2006, the album was featured in Classic Rock and Metal Hammer's "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s," being listed alongside Sheer Heart Attack as one of the 20 greatest albums of 1974.[18] In 2008, IGN Music named Queen II as one of their "10 Classic Glam Rock Albums", writing, "Queen gave glam a bigger, more anthemic sound with this glittery opus. Combined with Freddie Mercury's underrated keyboard work, Brian May's ringing leads and pristine riffs created a backdrop for songs that were by turns ferocious and elegant."[19] In 2010, Mojo ranked Queen II as the 60th greatest album ever released on the Elektra Records label.[20] Along with the Queen albums Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera, Queen II is featured in the book 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die, where it is described as "a distinctly dark album" which "displayed their diversity," and contrasted with their later "expansive, stadium-pleasing anthems."[21] Allmusic said of the record, "Queen is coiled, tense, and vicious here, delivering on their inherent sense of drama, and that gives Queen II real power as music, as well as a true cohesion... Queen II is one of the favorites of their hardcore fans."[22] In 2009, The Quietus published an article highlighting Queen's "lesser-known brilliance" to coincide with the release of that year's Absolute Greatest compilation, describing Queen II as "an absolute scorcher of an album" which features two of the band's best tracks: "Ogre Battle" and "Father to Son".[23] "I don't think enough is really said about the brilliance of Brian May's guitar playing, in the sense that it's overshadowed by the music itself. The Queen II album was one of those pivotal moments that just nailed me to the wall." [24]

—Steve Vai.

Endorsements from younger recording artists have introduced the album to a new generation of fans. In a 1989 Rolling Stone interview, Guns N' Roses lead singer Axl Rose said of the record, "With Queen, I have my favorite: Queen II. Whenever their newest record would come out and have all these other kinds of music on it, at first I'd only like this song or that song. But after a period of time listening to it, it would open my mind up to so many different styles. I really appreciate them for that. That's something I've always wanted to be able to achieve".[25] Smashing Pumpkins frontman Billy Corgan spoke to Melody Maker in August 1993 about "the records which changed his life," stating, "I worked at this record store where we had lots of old records, and I found Queen II, probably their least popular album. It's so over the top, so many vocal and guitar track overdubs - total Queen overload. I loved it. I loved the cool, weird, ambiguous songs about Freddie’s sexuality and the way it shifts from heavy to beautiful ballads."[26] The influence of this album is also seen in Latin America. The Argentine rock band Soda Stereo, said as one of their influences was Queen and this was reflected in 1997 when they released, as tribute, a Spanish version of "Some Day One Day" called "Algún Día".

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Track listing All songs on the white side written by Brian May except where noted. All songs on the black side written by Freddie Mercury. White Side No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Procession" (Instrumental)

1:12

2. "Father to Son"

6:14

3. "White Queen (As It Began)"

4:34

4. "Some Day One Day"

4:23

5. "The Loser in the End"

Roger Taylor

4:02

Black Side No. Title

Writer(s) Length

1. "Ogre Battle"

4:10

2. "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke"

2:40

3. "Nevermore"

1:15

4. "The March Of The Black Queen"

6:33

5. "Funny How Love Is"

2:50

6. "Seven Seas of Rhye"

2:50

Bonus track (1991 Hollywood Records CD reissue) No. Title

Length

1. "See What A Fool I've Been (May)"

4:32

2. "Ogre Battle (1991 Bonus Remix)"

3:27

3. "Seven Seas Of Rhye (1991 Bonus Remix)"

6:35


Length

1. "See What a Fool I've Been (BBC Session July 1973) [Remix 2011]"

4:22

2. "White Queen (As It Began) [Live At Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975]"

5:32

3. "Seven Seas of Rhye (Instrumental Mix)"

3:09

4. "Nevermore (BBC Session, April 1974)"

1:27

5. "See What a Fool I've Been (B-Side Version February 1974)"

4:31

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7. "White Queen (As It Began) (Live at The Rainbow '74)" 8. "Seven Seas Of Rhye (Live at Wembley Stadium '86)" 9. "Ogre Battle (Live at Hammersmith Odeon '75)"

Song information Procession "Procession" is a short instrumental piece performed by Brian May on multi-tracked guitar. He recorded it by playing overlapping parts on the Red Special through John Deacon's custom-made amplifier (the Deacy Amp). Roger Taylor also contributes to this instrumental, using only a bass pedal.

Father to Son "Father to Son" was written by May and features heavy metal sections as well as a quiet piano part, which May played. Like the preceding number, "Father to Son" has parts with May on multi-tracked guitar, played through the Deacy Amp. It is written in the father's perspective when talking or thinking about his son. Queen added "Father to Son" to their live setlists immediately and toured extensively, but the song was dropped from the setlists in 1975. The song covers a two-octave range: Mercury (G3-A4), Taylor (G4-A5).

White Queen (As It Began) Written by May, this song features contrasting acoustic and heavy metal sections.

Some Day One Day This is the first song sung entirely by May on lead vocals. It features May on acoustic guitar and electric guitar and the last guitar solo (during the fade-out) features three solo guitars. This kind of complex guitar arrangement is typical of May; however, usually the guitars are harmonious, but in this case, all of the guitars play different parts.

The Loser in the End "The Loser in the End" was Taylor's sole contribution on the album both as a songwriter and lead vocalist.

Ogre Battle Mercury wrote "Ogre Battle" on guitar (as confirmed by May in several interviews)[27] in 1972. The band did not want to record it for their first album, but rather waited until they could have more studio freedom to do it properly. The ogre-like screams in the middle are Mercury's, and the high harmonies at the end of the chorus hook are sung by Taylor. As the title suggests, it tells the story of a battle between ogres, and features a May guitar solo and sound effects to simulate the sound of a battle. The beginning of the song is the end of the song in reverse including the final gong, which when played backwards at the start of the song, creates the building wave sound. The song is one of Queen's heaviest works. The guitar riff along with Taylor's drumming give it a very "thrash" sound. It was a longtime live favourite, although in this case, it was played slower than in the studio. They stopped playing the song somewhere around 1977-1978, playing it on almost every concert up until then. A different version of "Ogre Battle" exists, recorded in December 1973 for the BBC Radio 1 "Sound of the 70s" programme. This version starts right away with its riff (without any long intro), does not have any effects that the

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version on "Queen II" has and sounds much less polished. The BBC version of "Ogre Battle" did originally have a long intro featuring a grand guitar build up; it was not used for this release, allegedly because the original tape was damaged.

The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke Mercury was inspired to write "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke" after seeing Richard Dadd's painting The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke. For the intricately-arranged studio recording, Mercury played harpsichord as well as piano, and Roy Thomas Baker played the castanets. Taylor called this song Queen's "biggest stereo experiment", referring to the intricate use of panning in the mix. The song, like most of the songs on the album, features medieval fantasy-based lyrics, and makes direct reference to the painting's characters as detailed in Dadd's poem, such as Queen Mab, Waggoner Will, the Tatterdemalion, and others. Apparently whenever Queen had spare time, Mercury would drag them to the London's Tate Gallery, where the painting was, and still is today. The complex arrangements are based around a backing track of piano, bass guitar and drums, but also included harpsichord, multiple vocal overdubs and overdubbed guitar parts. The lyrics follow the claustrophobic atmosphere of the painting, and each of the scenes are described. The use of the word "Quaere" has no reference to Mercury's sexuality, according to Taylor. The band never performed this song live.

The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke by Richard Dadd.

Nevermore The previous track ends with a three-part vocal harmony from May, Mercury and Taylor which flows into Mercury playing the piano on this track. All the vocal parts were performed by Mercury, who added some contemporary piano "ring" effects as well. These effects were widely suspected to be synthesizers; however, they were created by someone plucking the piano strings while Mercury played the notes. Nevermore is quite a short ballad about the feelings after a heartbreak.

The March of the Black Queen Mercury composed this song on piano in 1973, and the song is the only Queen song containing polyrhythm/polymeter (two different time signatures simultaneously 8/8 and 12/8), which is very rare for popular music. The full piece was too complicated to perform live by the band; however, the uptempo section containing the lines "My life is in your hands, I'll foe and I'll fie..." etc. was sometimes included in a live medley, with vocals by Mercury and Taylor, during the 1970s.[28] [29] [30] The song segues into the next track, "Funny How Love Is". This song ends with an ascending note progression, which climaxes in the first second of the following track.

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Funny How Love Is "Funny How Love Is" was created in the studio. Mercury wrote it and played the piano while Robin Cable produced. It was produced using the "wall of sound" technique. The song was never performed live, largely due to the demanding high-register vocals from Mercury throughout the song.

Seven Seas of Rhye "Seven Seas of Rhye" had been half-written at the time of recording for Queen's first album, so a short clip of it was included there. However, when Queen finished the song, it ended up being much different from what they'd first envisioned. It was the band's first hit single, peaking at #10 in the UK charts.[31] The song, like many of the songs on the album, and on Queen and Sheer Heart Attack, is about a fantasy world named Rhye. The song became a live favourite throughout Queen's existence. It features a distinctive arpeggiated piano introduction – on the Queen II recording, the arpeggios are played with both the right and left hands, an octave apart, whereas on the Queen recording, and most live performances, Mercury played the simpler one-handed version of these arpeggios. The theme also appears at the end of "It's a Beautiful Day (reprise)" on the album Made In Heaven. This version ends with a cross fade, instruments blending into a "singsong"-style rendition of "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside". The seven seas of Rhye are also mentioned in another Queen song, "Lily of the Valley" from Sheer Heart Attack; in the lyric "Messenger from Seven Seas has flown/To tell the king of Rhye he's lost his throne".

Queen comments on the record (On the concept of Side White and Side Black) Well... that was a concept that we developed at the time... it doesn't have any special meaning. But we were fascinated with these types of things... the wardrobe that we used at the time described it perfectly well...

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—Freddie Mercury

The most important thing to me was the Queen II album going into the charts -- especially satisfying that, since the first one didn't do so well. It's nice to see some recognition for your work though I don't usually worry too much. Roger tends to worry more about what's happening on that side.

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—John Deacon

I hated the title of the second album, Queen II, it was so unimaginative.

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—Roger Taylor

Personnel • Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano, harpsichord • Brian May - electric guitars, acoustic guitar, bells on "The March of the Black Queen", lead vocals on "Some Day One Day", backing vocals, piano and organ on "Father to Son" • Roger Taylor - drums, gong, marimba, backing vocals, additional vocals on one line of "The March of The Black Queen", lead vocals on "The Loser in the End" • John Deacon - bass guitar, acoustic guitars With • Roy Thomas Baker - castanets on "The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke", stylophone on "Seven Seas Of Rhye".

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• Robin Cable - piano effects (with Mercury) on "Nevermore" Production • All songs produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker excluding: • "Nevermore" and "Funny How Love Is" - Robin Cable and Queen • "The March of the Black Queen" - Baker, Cable and Queen


Canadian Albums Chart

Peak position [35]

Norwegian Albums Chart

[36]

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[37]

5

[38]

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UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200


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Recorded July–September 1974, AIR, Rockfield, Trident, and Wessex Sound studios Genre

Rock

Length

39:09

Label

EMI and Parlophone (Europe) Elektra and Hollywood Records (US)

Producer Roy Thomas Baker, Queen Queen chronology

Queen II (1974)


A Night at the Opera (1975)

Singles from Sheer Heart Attack 1.

"Killer Queen/Flick of the Wrist" Released: 11 October 1974

2.

"Now I'm Here/Lily of the Valley" Released: 17 January 1975

3.

"Lily of the Valley/Keep Yourself Alive" Released: April 1975

Sheer Heart Attack is the third album by the British rock group Queen, released in November 1974. It was produced by Queen and Roy Thomas Baker and distributed by EMI in the United Kingdom, and Elektra in the US. The album launched the band to mainstream popularity both in the UK and internationally: the first single, "Killer Queen" reached #2 in the British charts and provided Queen with their first US Top 20 hit, peaking at #12 on the Billboard singles chart. Sheer Heart Attack was also the first Queen album to hit the US Top 20, peaking at #12 in 1975. Digressing from the progressive themes featured on their first two albums, Sheer Heart Attack featured more conventional rock tracks and marked a step towards the classic Queen sound.[1] In recent years, it has been listed by multiple publications as one of the band's best works.

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Writer(s)

Length

1. "Brighton Rock"

Brian May

5:08

2. "Killer Queen"

Mercury

3:01

3. "Tenement Funster" Roger Taylor

2:48

4. "Flick of the Wrist" Mercury

3:19

5. "Lily of the Valley" Mercury

1:43

6. "Now I'm Here"

4:10

May

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "In the Lap of the Gods"

Mercury

3:20

2. "Stone Cold Crazy"

Mercury, May, Taylor, John Deacon

2:12

3. "Dear Friends"

May

1:07

4. "Misfire"

Deacon

1:50

5. "Bring Back That Leroy Brown"

Mercury

2:13

6. "She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos)" May

4:08

7. "In the Lap of the Gods… Revisited"

3:42

Mercury

Bonus track (1991 Hollywood Records CD reissue) No. Title 14. "Stone Cold Crazy (1991 remix by Michael Wagener)"

Length 2:15


Length

1. "Now I'm Here (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1975)"

4:25

2. "Flick of the Wrist (BBC Session, October 1974)"

3:24

3. "Tenement Funster (BBC Session, October 1974)"

2:58

4. "Bring Back That Leroy Brown (A Cappella Mix 2011)"

2:17

5. "In the Lap of the Gods ... Revisited (Live at Wembley Stadium, July 1986)"

2:35

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Length

6. "Killer Queen (Top Of The Pops, Version 2)" 7. "Stone Cold Crazy (Live at The Rainbow '74)" 8. "Now I'm Here (Forum, Montreal '81)"

Song information Brighton Rock Brian May wrote "Brighton Rock" in 1973 before the completion of Queen II, but time restrictions meant that the song was not ready for inclusion on an album until Sheer Heart Attack. The title is something of a pun: Brighton rock is a long, cylindrical sugar candy traditional to that seaside resort. The term was also iconic in UK pop culture as the title of a dark Graham Greene thriller/noir novel later adapted into a successful film starring Richard Attenborough as a teenage sociopath. The song, the first track on the album, tells the story of two young lovers meeting in Brighton on a public holiday.[2] Jenny cannot linger because she is afraid her mother will find out "how I spent my holiday", but afterwards "writes a letter every day"; Jimmy, eager on the day, is not so happy with her "nothing can my love erase": now he is the one afraid of discovery by "my lady". The song is probably best-known for its lengthy guitar solo interlude.[2] This featured May's technique of using multiple echoes used to build up guitar harmony and contrapuntal melodic lines. The studio version only contains one "main" guitar and one "echoed" guitar for a short section, but live, he would usually split his guitar signal into "main" and two "echoed", with each going to a separate bank of amplifiers. Variations of this solo often featured during live Queen concerts, either as part of a rendition of Brighton Rock, a medley of it with some other songs (as witnessed on the News of the World tour where it segued after Mercury's multiple echoed vocal solo at the end of "White Man" and May's solo would segue into "The Prophet's Song" or "Now I'm Here"), or on its own as a guitar solo. In the late 70s, the guitar solo was adapted to include some bass and drums, including a timpani solo by Taylor (from October, 1978 to November, 1981). In 1980 and 1981, the solo was included as a medley with "Keep Yourself Alive", before becoming a performance in its own right. During the recent tour of Queen + Paul Rodgers, a modified version, incorporating bits of "Chinese Torture" (from the album The Miracle) and the introduction from "Now I'm Here" was featured in the concerts. The live piece is often between nine to thirteen minutes long.

Killer Queen "Killer Queen" (Sample ) was written by Mercury as the band's first international hit.[3] [4] It is one of the few songs by Mercury for which he wrote the lyrics first. The band initially did the song without May while he was in the hospital, leaving spaces for whenever he felt better. Mercury played an upright "jangle" piano as well as a grand piano.

Tenement Funster "Tenement Funster" is Taylor's song on the album, as he sang the lead vocals. The backing track consisted of Taylor's drums, Mercury's piano, Deacon's bass, and May's Red Special guitar. It's a typical Taylor track about youth and rebellion. In addition to showcasing the out-of-phase tone capabilities of the Red Special, it also includes echo effects with May's guitar, like in "Brighton Rock". The last couple of guitar notes overlap into "Flick of the Wrist". The original working titles for the song were "Teen Dreams" and "Young and Crazy".[5]

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Flick of the Wrist "Flick of the Wrist" was the double A-side of "Killer Queen" but it was much less promoted and therefore not as popular outside the Queen fandom. The song includes Mercury singing octave vocals. When May returned to work having recovered from his hepatitis, he had not heard the song before he recorded his guitar and backing vocals. It is a heavy track with quite dark lyrics and an aggressive tone, something that may seem unusual for later Queen songs, but in the early days (especially on Queen II) Mercury and May would often write grim songs, such as "Great King Rat" and "Son and Daughter". At about 1:14 - 1:16, the line "Baby you've been had" can be heard. This line is also the opening to the next song on the album, "Lily of the Valley", making a 3-song overlap ("Tenement Funster" into "Flick of the Wrist", and 'Flick of the Wrist" into "Lily of the Valley").[6]

Lily of the Valley "Lily of the Valley" features Mercury playing the piano and providing all of the vocals. The song has a reference to "Seven Seas of Rhye" in the line "messenger from Seven Seas has flown to tell the King of Rhye he's lost his throne". The song, together with "Tenement Funster" and "Flick of the Wrist", was covered by Dream Theater on the Bonus Disc of their album Black Clouds & Silver Linings.[6]

Now I'm Here "Now I'm Here" is the band's second single in the album. Written by May while at the hospital, recalling touring with Mott the Hoople, it was recorded during the last week of the sessions, with May playing piano. The song relies a lot on delay machines, foreshadowing "The Prophet's Song". The song opens with a lone, guitar riff, and is followed by choir-like vocal harmonies and overdubbed guitar parts.[7]

In the Lap of the Gods "In the Lap of the Gods" is, according to Mercury himself, the direct prelude to "Bohemian Rhapsody" and the A Night at the Opera album in general. It is built in three parts: the introduction, which contains fast piano arpeggios, very high-toned screams by Taylor plus vocals harmonies, the second part which is a slow love song, featuring slowed-down vocals by Mercury, and the third part, based on vocals harmonies singing "leave it in the lap of the gods", with more screams by Taylor. Those screams were thought to be made using synthesizers, and to prove they were not, Taylor would reproduce them in live performance every night. Throughout the entire song, wind effects can be heard.

Stone Cold Crazy "Stone Cold Crazy" was allegedly written by Mercury whilst in Wreckage, one of his pre-Queen bands. Queen played it live as early as 1972, but the song underwent many changes musically and lyrically before a studio version was recorded in 1974. Amusingly enough, nobody seemed to remember who wrote the lyrics when the album was released, hence they shared writing credit. The lyrics themselves deal with gangsters, making a reference to Al Capone. It was the first song credited to all four members of Queen. This track is known for its fast tempos and heavy distortion, thus being a precursor to speed metal.[8] Music magazine Q described "Stone Cold Crazy" as "thrash metal before the term was invented".[9] The song was played live at almost every Queen concert between 1974-1978.[10] [11] [12] [13]

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Dear Friends "Dear Friends" was May's song featuring him on the piano and backing vocals, and Mercury providing lead vocals. Def Leppard covered this song (and sung by bassist Rick Savage) for a Wal Mart bonus EP for their cover album, Yeah!.

Misfire "Misfire" was John Deacon's first composition. Deacon played most of the guitars including the solo, and Mercury sang all the vocals. Neko Case performed a country version of the song on her 1997 solo début album, "The Virginian."

Bring Back That Leroy Brown "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" was written by Mercury and features him on most of the vocals (with production techniques using tape speed to make it sound really low in the harmonies) as well as grand piano and jangle piano. May played ukulele-banjo and Deacon did a line with a double bass. The song's title alludes to the then-recent hit "Bad Bad Leroy Brown" by the American singer-songwriter Jim Croce (little known in Queen's native UK) who had died in a plane crash the previous year. The song was played live in a different arrangement that shortened the song and was, except for the very end and one other line, purely instrumental. May's ukelele-banjo would be brought onstage especially for this song.

She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettoes) "She Makes Me" was written and sung by May with Deacon playing acoustic guitars. The song's finale features what May referred to as "New York nightmare sounds", which include NYC police vehicle sirens and deep-breathing sounds which accompany the closing bars.

In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited With its powerful chorus and stadium rock-esque sound, "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" could perhaps be considered the forerunner to "We Are the Champions".

Reception and legacy NME wrote, "A feast. No duffers, and four songs that will just run and run: Killer Queen, Flick of the Wrist, Now I'm Here, and In the Lap of the Gods...revisited“.[14] The Winnipeg Free Press commended "Brian May's multi-tracked guitar, Freddie Mercury's stunning vocalising and Roy Thomas Baker's dynamic production work", calling the album "a no-holds barred, full-scale attack on the senses".[15] Circus referred to the album as "perhaps the heaviest, rockingest assault on these shores we've enjoyed in some time".[16] Rolling Stone offered a mostly positive review, giving the album a 3/5 star rating, and concluding, "If it's hard to love, it's hard not to admire: This band is skilled, after all, and it dares".[17] John Mendelsohn was unimpressed, writing, "I hunted all over both sides of this latest album for something, anything, even remotely as magnificent as "Keep Yourself Alive" or "Father to Son", only to end up empty-eared and bawling".[18] As 1974 drew to a close, the album was ranked by Disc as the third best of the year[19] and placed joint #24 of the 60 albums to appear in NME's end-of-year list.[20] Allmusic awarded the album 4.5/5 stars, writing, "the theatricality is now wielded on everyday affairs, which ironically makes them sound larger than life. And this sense of scale, combined with the heavy guitars, pop hooks, and theatrical style, marks the true unveiling of Queen, making Sheer Heart Attack as the moment where they truly came into their own".[1] Mojo awarded the album 4/5 stars, noting that it was "often overlooked in favour of A Night at the Opera," and calling it "equally stellar".[21] Q awarded the album 5/5 stars, calling it "indispensable" and "one of the great pop/rock admixtures of the '70s".[22] The BBC wrote, "they stretched contemporary production methods

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to their very limit with multi-layered vocals and guitars and Freddie’s vaudevillian streak finally emerged... this was the album that finally saw Queen find their true voice".[23]

Accolades Publication

Country

Accolade

Year [24]

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die UK

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

Classic Rock

The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever

UK

2005

*

2006

28

[26] 2006

*

2005

8

2007

45

100 Greatest Guitar Albums

2002

72

[30] 70 of the Greatest Albums of the 70's

2006

*

The 100 Records That Changed the World

2007

88

[32]

[25]

The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70's (20 greatest of 1974) Kerrang!

UK

[27]

Poll: The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever The 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever

Mojo

UK

Rank

[28]

[29]

[31]

NME

UK

Poll: Greatest 100 Albums of All Time

2006

63

Radio Caroline

UK

[33] Poll: Top 100 Albums

1977

50

Trouser Press

US

[34] Best Albums of the 1970s

1980

*

Virgin

UK

Poll: All Time Album Top 1000 Albums

2000

492

[35]

(*) designates unordered lists.

Queen comments on the record The album is very varied, we took it to extreme I suppose, but we are very interested in studio techniques and wanted to use what was available. We learnt a lot about technique while we were making the first two albums. Of course there has been some criticism, and the constructive criticism has been very good for us. But to be frank I'm not that keen on the British music press, and they've been pretty unfair to us. I feel that up and coming journalists, by the large, put themselves above the artists. They've certainly been under a misconception about us. We've been called a supermarket hype. But if you see us up on a stage, that's what we're all about. We are basically a rock band.

“

” [36]

—Freddie Mercury

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, piano, jangle piano • Brian May: guitars, backing vocals, piano, ukulele, banjo, lead vocals on "She Makes Me", Hammond organ on "Now i'm here" • Roger Taylor: drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Tenement Funster", screams on "In the Lap of the Gods" • John Deacon: bass guitar, acoustic guitar, rhythm guitar, electric guitar, all guitars on "Misfire", double-bass on "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" During Queen's first North American Tour (as a support band for Mott the Hoople), May fell ill with hepatitis (he had been infected with an unclean needle during a vaccination before the Australian tour), but he continued to work from hospital. When he was fit, the work continued in studio, but then he fell ill again, this time with a duodenal

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ulcer. When May was recovering after an operation, the next tour had been cancelled. He felt guilty, and was a bit nervous that someone would replace him in the band. Much to his relief, no one in the group had even considered it. All three members were continuing on recording without May at the time. Production planning had left a lot of spaces in the songs for May's solos. When he felt well enough, he returned and completed the tracks with guitar solos and backing vocals.



Peak position [37]

[38]

7

Dutch Albums Chart


6

[39]

9

[40]

2

[41]

12

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200


Tour From 10 October 1974 through to 1 May 1975 the album was promoted on tour. The tour consisted of three legs and 77 individual shows, and was the band's first world tour. The supporting bands consisted of Styx, Kansas, Hustler, and Mahogany Rush.

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21 November 1975

Recorded

August – November 1975 at various studios

Genre

Rock

Length

43:10

Label

EMI, Parlophone (Europe) Elektra, Hollywood (US)

Producer

Roy Thomas Baker, Queen Queen chronology



A Day at the Races (1976)

Singles from A Night at the Opera 1.

"Bohemian Rhapsody" Released: 31 October 1975

2.

"You're My Best Friend" Released: 18 May 1976

A Night at the Opera is the fourth studio album by the British rock group Queen, released in November 1975. Co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker and Queen, A Night at the Opera was, at the time of its release, the most expensive album ever recorded.[1] A commercial success, A Night at the Opera has been voted by the public and cited by music publications as one of Queen's finest works. The album takes its name from the Marx Brothers film A Night at the Opera, which the band watched one night at the studio complex when recording.[2] It was originally released by EMI in the United Kingdom, where it topped the charts for four non-consecutive weeks, and Elektra Records in the United States, where it peaked at #4.


Recording history Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" could only be referred to as Freddie Mercury's hate letter towards Queen's ex-manager, Norman Sheffield, who is reputed to have mistreated the band and abused his role as their manager from 1972-1975. Though it never made a direct reference to him, upon listening to the song, Sheffield attempted to sue the band for defamation, and this revealed to the public the subject of the song. Sheffield later admitted that it probably gave the band an incentive to dedicate the song to him after he decided to sue them. During live performances, Mercury would usually re-dedicate the song to "a real motherfucker of a gentleman", although this line was censored on the version that appeared on their Live Killers album in 1979. Other than on the version of said live album, he'd said it was dedicated to a "motherfucker I used to know". In the Classic Albums documentary about the making of A Night at the Opera, Brian May stated that the band at first was somewhat taken aback by the incisiveness of Mercury's lyrics. After the song came together, it was agreed that the "author should have his way", and the song went on as penned.[3] As with "Bohemian Rhapsody", most of the guitar parts on this song were initially played on piano by Mercury, to demonstrate to May how they needed to be played on guitar. "Death on Two Legs" remained on the setlist until, and well into, The Game Tour in 1980, then was dropped.

Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" is another song by Mercury. He played piano and did all of the vocals. The lead vocal was sung in the studio and reproduced through headphones in a tin bucket elsewhere in the studio. A microphone picked up the sound from the bucket, which gives it a hollow "megaphone" sound. The guitar solo is also reported to have been recorded on the vocal track, as there were no more tracks to record on, as explained by producer Roy Thomas Baker during the 'Classic Albums' documentary. The key change going into the guitar solo (Eb to A) is a tritone relationship, making it a jarring, but very effective, transition into the key of E minor for the next track, "I'm in Love with My Car".

I'm in Love with My Car "I'm in Love with My Car" is amongst Roger Taylor's most famous songs in the Queen catalogue. The song was initially taken as a joke by May, who thought that Taylor was not serious when he heard a demo recording. Taylor played the guitars in the original demo, but they were later re-recorded by May on his Red Special. The lead vocals were performed by Taylor on the studio version, and all released live versions.[4] The revving sounds at the conclusion of the song were recorded by Taylor's then current car, an Alfa Romeo. The lyrics were inspired by one of the band's roadies, Johnathan Harris, whose Triumph TR4 was evidently the "love of his life". The song is dedicated to him, the album says: "Dedicated to Johnathan Harris, boy racer to the end". When it came down to releasing the album's first single, Taylor was so fond of his song that he urged Mercury (author of the first single, "Bohemian Rhapsody") to allow it to be the B-side and reportedly locked himself in a cupboard until Mercury agreed. This decision would later become the cause of much internal friction in the band, in that while it was only the B-side, it generated an equal amount of publishing royalties for Taylor as the main single did for Mercury. The song was often played live during the 1977-1981 period, again for the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour in 2005 and the Rock the Cosmos Tour in 2008. Taylor sang it from the drums while Mercury played piano and provided backing vocals. He would recover the song for his concerts with The Cross and solo tours, where instead of drums he played rhythm guitar.

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You're My Best Friend "You're My Best Friend" was John Deacon's first single, which he composed while he was learning to play piano. He played the Wurlitzer Electric Piano (which Mercury called a "horrible" instrument in an interview) on the recording and overdubbed the bass later on. The song was written for his wife, Veronica Tetzlaff. In the music video, Deacon mimes a grand piano, and it is one of the only times on video he is playing an instrument other than his bass, the other times being the video of Who Wants to Live Forever, where he plays a double bass, the video for A Kind Of Magic (song), where he plays a banjo, the video for Spread Your Wings, where he also mimes playing the piano and in the One Vision music video where he plays drums in a few short shots rather than Taylor. It was also Deacon's first single to hit the charts in the top 10.

'39 "'39" was May's attempt to do "sci-fi skiffle". The B-side of "You're My Best Friend" and one of the band's most popular songs, "'39" relates the tale of a group of space explorers who embark on what is, from their perspective, a year-long voyage. Upon their return, however, they realise that a hundred years have passed, because of the time dilation effect in Einstein's Theory of Special Relativity, and the loved ones they left behind are now all dead. Because the "year of '39" resembles 1939, some[5] have speculated that this is actually a song about the beginning of the Second World War but this is not the case. There are backing vocals by Mercury as well as very high and fairly low harmonies by Taylor, and some falsettos by Taylor. Having named their albums, A Night at the Opera and A Day at the Races, after Marx Brothers films, Groucho Marx, the most recognisable of the Marx Brothers, invited Queen to visit him in his Los Angeles home in March 1977, and the band thanked him in person and performed "'39" a cappella.[6] George Michael performed '39 at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in April 1992.[7] [8] Michael cited this song as his favourite Queen song, claiming he used to busk it on the London Underground.[9] Counting all of the original songs in album order, starting with Keep Yourself Alive (on the first Queen album) all the way through to '39, this song falls 39th in chronological order. The Spanish folk metal band Mägo de Oz has a cover of this song on his album La Ciudad de los Árboles named Resacosix en la Barra.

Sweet Lady "Sweet Lady" is a distortion driven fast rocker written by May. Lyrically and musically, it is usually thought to precede 'Tie Your Mother Down' as a loud, riff-heavy expression of disdain for the author's romantic interest. However, 'Tie Your Mother Down' had already been written at the time. The song is an unusual rock style in 3/4 meter (which gives way to 4/4 at the bridge). Taylor remembers it as the most difficult drumming part he ever recorded. The guitar line later evolved into the fast version of We Will Rock You.

Seaside Rendezvous "Seaside Rendezvous", written by Mercury, is probably best known for the "musical" bridge section which begins at around 0:51 into the song. The section is performed entirely by Mercury and Taylor using their voices alone. Mercury imitates woodwind instruments including a clarinet and Taylor mostly brass instruments, including tubas and trumpets, and even a kazoo, during this section Taylor hits the highest note on the album C6. The tap dance segment is also "performed" by Mercury and Taylor on the mixing desk with thimbles on their fingers. Mercury plays both grand piano and jangle honky-tonk.

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The Prophet's Song "The Prophet's Song" was composed by May (working title "People of the Earth"). On the show In the Studio with Redbeard, which spotlighted A Night at the Opera, May explained that he wrote the song after a dream he'd had while he was recovering from being ill while recording the Sheer Heart Attack album, and is the source of some of the lyrics. He spent several days putting it together, and it includes a vocal canon sung first by Mercury, then by Mercury, Taylor and May. The vocal, and later instrumental canon was produced by early tape delay devices. It is a heavy and dark number with a strong progressive rock influence. At over eight minutes in length, is also Queen's longest song (not counting the untitled instrumental track on Made in Heaven). As detailed by May in a documentary about the album, the speed-up effect that happens in the middle of the guitar solo was achieved by starting a reel-to-reel player with the tape on it, as the original tape player was stopped. The dream May had was about The Great Flood, and lyrics have references from the Bible and the Noah's Ark account.

Love of My Life "Love of My Life" was written for Mercury's girlfriend at the time, Mary Austin, and is one of his most covered songs (there have been versions by many acts like Extreme featuring May, Scorpions and Elaine Paige). Mercury played piano (including a classical solo) and did all of the vocals with startling multi-tracking precision. May played harp (doing it chord by chord and pasting the takes to form the entire part), Gibson Hummingbird acoustic guitar (which he'd bought in Japan) and his Red Special. "Love of My Life" was such a concert favourite that Mercury frequently stopped singing and allowed the audience to take over. It was especially well received during concerts in South America, and the band released the song as a single there. When Queen and Paul Rodgers performed the song (specifically Brian solo) he sang almost none of the words and let the audience sing it all, continuing the tradition.

Good Company "Good Company" was written and sung by May, who provides all vocals and plays a "Genuine Aloha" ukelele.[10] The recording is remarkable for featuring an elaborate recreation of a Dixieland-style jazz band, produced by way of May's Red Special guitar and Deacy Amp. The song is a narrative tale, told by a man who in young age was advised by his father to "take care of those you call your own, and keep good company". In his younger years, the singer follows his father's advice, keeping his friends and marrying a girl named Sally. However, after their marriage, he begins to lose interest in his friends, who gradually disappear. As he grows older, he becomes increasingly skilled at and dedicated to his occupation, working long nights and neglecting his family. Eventually, the man's efforts are rewarded, he begins his own Limited company (which is also a pun, since throughout the rest of the song "company" is used in the sense of companions). Even more dedicated to his business, he hardly notices as his wife leaves him. The song finishes with the speaker as an elderly man, puffing his pipe and pondering the lessons of his life, which he has no one left to share with.

Bohemian Rhapsody "Bohemian Rhapsody" was written by Mercury with the first guitar solo composed by May. All piano, bass and drum parts, as well as the vocal arrangements, were thought up by Mercury on a daily basis and written down "in blocks" (using note names instead of sheets) on a phonebook. The other members recorded their respective instruments with no concept of how their tracks would be utilised in the final mix. The now famous operatic section was originally intended to be only a short interlude of "Galileos" that connected the ballad and hard rock portions of

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A Night at the Opera the song. During the recording, the song became affectionately known as "Fred's Thing" to the band, and the title only emerged during the final sessions. Despite being twice as long as the average single in 1975, the song became immensely popular, topping charts worldwide (where it remained for an unprecedented nine weeks in the UK) and is now widely regarded as one of the most significant rock songs in history.[11]

God Save the Queen May recorded the anthem in 1974 before their Sheer Heart Attack tour. He played a guide piano which was edited out later and added several layers of guitars.[3] After the song was completed it was played as an outro at virtually every concert Queen played. When recording the track May played a rough version on piano for Roy Thomas Baker. He called his own skills on the piano sub-par at the time.[3] He performed the song live on the roof of Buckingham Palace for the Queen's golden jubilee in 2002.[12] May has stated that he performed the song on the roof of Buckingham Palace as a homage to Jimi Hendrix's version of "The Star-Spangled Banner".[13] Guitar layering is one of May's distinctive techniques as a rock guitarist. He has said that the technique was developed whilst looking for a violin sound. For tracks like this, he stated he can use "up to 30" layers, using a small amplifier named the 'Deacy Amp' built by Deacon, and later released commercially like the "Brian May" amplifier by Vox.

Reception and legacy At the time the most expensive album ever recorded,[1] Brian May has asserted in subsequent years that, had A Night at the Opera not been successful, Queen would have disbanded.[14] Upon release, the album was a commercial success, debuting at #1 in the UK charts and remaining there for nine weeks. In the US, it debuted at #4, the band's strongest showing at that time. Rolling Stone wrote, "Like all heavy-metal groups, Queen's most easily distinguished trait is a knack for manipulating dynamics. But what sets them apart is their selection of unlikely effects: acoustic piano, harp, acapella vocals, no synthesisers. Coupled with good songs. Queen's obviously the strongest contender in its field."[15] Melody Maker called the album a "must-have", encouraging listeners to "turn it up loud and enjoy",[16] while the Winnipeg Free Press wrote, "The group's potential is practically limitless, indicating that Queen is destined to finally take its place among the small handful of truly major acts working in rock today."[17] Robert Christgau was less enthusiastic, giving the album a "B-" rating.[18] Later reviews in notable publications such as Allmusic, Mojo and Q Magazine, have seen the album receive five-star ratings. Allmusic, who chose the record as an "album pick", wrote, "It's prog rock with a sense of humor as well as dynamics, and Queen never bettered their approach anywhere else"; Allmusic chose "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)", "Sweet Lady" and first single "Bohemian Rhapsody", as the best tracks on the record.[13] Mojo called the album "An imperial extravaganza, a cornucopia; a band of hungrily competitive individualists on a big roll of friendship and delight."[19] Q were similarly receptive, writing, "It's a record to which all four contributed fine songs, and one of extremes -- among the crashing rock and proggy wigouts were love songs, acoustic whimsy, a trad-jazz pastiche and a brace of vaudeville show tunes." The magazine opined that the eight minute "Prophet's Song" is "as good as Bohemian Rhapsody".[20] Uncut awarded the album only 3/5 stars, but offered a mostly positive review, commending "the extent of the band's barmy diversity."[21] Rhapsody's Mike McGuirk wrote, "Generally considered one of the greatest rock albums of all time, A Night at the Opera's overlaying of heavy metal, genius stereo gimmickry, Broadway swish and British pomp is as vital and riveting to listen to today as when it was released in 1975."[22] The BBC said of the record, "Christmas 1975 was to be forever remembered as Queen’s. And A Night at the Opera remains their finest hour."[23]

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Accolades Publication

Country

Accolade

Year [24]

Rank

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die UK

1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die

2005

*

ABC

AUS


2007

28

BBC

UK


2006

9

Channel 4

UK

Poll: Greatest 100 Albums

2005

13

Classic Rock

UK

The 100 Greatest Rock Albums Ever

2001

25

2006

17

[30] 2006

*

2005

19

2006

19

[27] [28] [29]

The 100 Greatest British Rock Albums Ever

The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70's (20 greatest of 1975) [31]

Kerrang!

UK

Poll: The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever

NME

UK

Poll: Greatest 100 Albums of All Time

Q

UK

The 50 Best British Albums Ever

2004

17

Rolling Stone

MX

[34] Poll: The 100 Greatest Albums of All Time

2004

11

US

Poll: Readers' Top 100 Albums

2002

82

US

The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time

2003

230

UK

Poll: All Time Top 1000 Albums

1998

87

Virgin

[32]

[33]

[35] [36]

[37]

(*) designates unordered lists.

Re-releases The album was first re-released in the US on Hollywood Records on 3 September 1991 with two bonus remixes, as part of a complete re-release of all Queen albums. On 30 April 2002 the album was again re-released on DVD-Audio with a 5.1-channel mix in Dolby Digital and DTS surround sound.[38] It also includes the original 1975 video of Bohemian Rhapsody. On 21 November 2005 it was once more re-released by Hollywood Records Catalogue Number 2061-62572-2 to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the album and its first single, "Bohemian Rhapsody". This release is accompanied by a DVD-Video disc with the same track listing featuring the original videos, old and new concert footage (including "'39" from the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour and Brian May on the roof of Buckingham Palace playing "God Save the Queen") and audio commentary by all four bandmembers. It was on this commentary (and on In the Studio with Redbeard, which devoted an episode to A Night at the Opera) that May stated that had the album not been a success, Queen certainly would have disbanded.

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Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" Freddie Mercury

3:43

2. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon"

Mercury

1:08

3. "I'm in Love with My Car"

Roger Taylor

3:05

4. "You're My Best Friend"

John Deacon

2:50

5. "'39"

Brian May

3:25

6. "Sweet Lady"

May

4:01

7. "Seaside Rendezvous"

Mercury

2:13

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "The Prophet's Song"

May

8:17

2. "Love of My Life"

Mercury

3:38

3. "Good Company"

May

3:26

4. "Bohemian Rhapsody" Mercury

5:55

5. "God Save the Queen" Traditional, arr. May

1:11

1991 Hollywood Records bonus tracks No. Title

Length

13. "I'm In Love With My Car" (1991 Bonus remix by Mike Shipley)

3:28

14. "You're My Best Friend" (1991 Bonus remix by Matt Wallace)

2:52


Writer(s) Length

1. "Keep Yourself Alive (Long-Lost Retake, June 1975)"

May

4:04

2. "Bohemian Rhapsody (Operatic Section A-cappella Mix)"

Mercury

1:03

3. "You're My Best Friend (Backing Track Mix)"

Deacon

2:57

4. "I'm in Love With My Car (Guitar & Vocal Mix)"

Taylor

3:18

5. "'39 (Live at Earl's Court, June 1977)"

May

3:46

6. "Love of My Life (South American Live Single, June 1979)" Mercury

3:43


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7. "Bohemian Rhapsody (No Flames Original Version)" 8. "Seaside Rendezvous (30th Anniversary 2005)" 9. "Love Of My Life (Live at Milton Keynes '82)"


Peak position [39]

Australian Albums Chart

[40]

9

Austrian Albums Chart


[41]

[42]

2 1

Dutch Albums Chart

[43]

16

French Albums Chart

[44]

5

German Albums Chart

[45]

9

Japanese Albums Chart

[46]

New Zealand Albums Chart Norwegian Albums Chart

1

1

[47]

4

[48]

23

Portuguese Albums Chart

[49]

Swedish Albums Chart

10

[50]

1

[51]

4

UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200

Personnel • Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, Bechstein Debauchery, backing vocals, woodwind vocalizations on "Seaside Rendezvous" • Brian May – guitars, ukelele, backing vocals, lead vocals on "'39" and "Good Company", toy koto on "The prophet's Song", harp on "Love of My Life" • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, lead vocals on "I'm in Love with My Car", brass vocalizations on "Seaside Rendezvous", backing vocals • John Deacon – vocals, bass, double-bass, electric piano • Mike Stone – executive engineer • Gary Lyons – invaluable additional engineering • John Harris – equipment supervision • David Costa – art direction • Rick Curtin and Brian Palmer – special thanks • John Reid – management



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A Day at the Races

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A Day at the Races A Day at the Races


10 December 1976

Recorded

July–November 1976 at The Manor, Sarm East, Wessex

Genre

Rock

Length

44:24

Label


Producer

Queen Queen chronology



News of the World (1977)

Singles from A Day at the Races 1.

"Somebody to Love" Released: 12 November 1976

2.

"Tie Your Mother Down" Released: 4 March 1977

3.

"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" Released: 25 March 1977 (Japan only)

4.

"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Queen's First EP)" Released: 20 May 1977

5.

"Long Away" Released: 7 June 1977 (US, Canada, New Zealand only)

A Day at the Races is the fifth album by British rock group Queen, released in December 1976. A Day at the Races was the band's first completely self-produced album, and the first not to feature producer Roy Thomas Baker. Recorded at Sarm East, The Manor and Wessex Studios in England, A Day at the Races was engineered by Mike Stone. The title of the album followed suit with its predecessor A Night at the Opera in taking its name from a film by the Marx Brothers.

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In recent years, a number of publications have cited A Day at the Races as one of the band's finest works. The album peaked at #1 in the UK, Japan and the Netherlands. It reached #5 on the US Billboard 200 and was Queen's fifth album to ship gold (500,000 units shipped) in the US. It subsequently reached platinum status (one million shipped) in the US.

Track listing Side one No. Title 1. "Tie Your Mother Down"

Writer(s)

Length

Brian May

4:48

2. "You Take My Breath Away" Freddie Mercury

5:09

3. "Long Away"

Brian May

3:34

4. "The Millionaire Waltz"

Freddie Mercury

4:54

5. "You and I"

John Deacon

3:25

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Somebody to Love"

Freddie Mercury

4:56

2. "White Man"

Brian May

4:59

3. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

Freddie Mercury

2:54

4. "Drowse"

Roger Taylor

3:45

5. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" Brian May

5:50

Bonus tracks (1991 Hollywood Records CD reissue) No. Title

Length

11. "Tie Your Mother Down (1991 Bonus Remix By Matt Wallace)"

3:44

12. "Somebody to Love (1991 Bonus Remix By Randy Badazz)"

5:00


Length

1. "Tie Your Mother Down (Backing Track Mix 2011)"

3:48

2. "Somebody to Love (Live at Milton Keynes, June 1982)"

7:55

3. "You Take My Breath Away (Live in Hyde Park, September 1976)"

3:06

4. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy (Top of the Pops, July 1977)"

2:51

5. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) (HD Mix)"

4:47

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6. "You Take My Breath Away (Live at Earls Court '77)" 7. "Tie Your Mother Down (Live at Milton Keynes '82)" 8. "Somebody To Love"

Reception and legacy The Washington Post described A Day at the Races as "a judicious blend of heavy metal rockers and classically influenced, almost operatic, torch songs."[1] The Winnipeg Free Press was also appreciative, writing, "Races is a reconfirmation of Queen's position as the best of the third wave of English rock groups."[2] Circus offered a mixed review, writing, "With A Day at the Races, they've deserted art-rock entirely. They're silly now. And wondrously shameless."[3] Rolling Stone were less appreciative, describing Freddie Mercury as possessing a merely "passable pop voice", and concluding, "Queen will probably top the charts until one or the other of its leaders grows restless and spins off another version."[4] Allmusic awarded the album 3.5/5 stars, naming singles "Tie Your Mother Down" and "Somebody to Love", along with ballad "You Take My Breath Away", as the best tracks on the record.[5] while Q awarded it 4/5 stars, writing, "The breadth of its ambition remains ever impressive, as do tracks such as May's stomping 'Tie Your Mother Down' and Mercury's baroque one-two, 'Somebody To Love' and 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy'."[6] George Starostin wrote, "considering that it does have its fair share of undisputable classics and that the boys' songwriting and arranging are still at an all-time high, I give it a nine with no remorse."[7] In 2006, a national BBC poll saw A Day at the Races voted the 67th greatest album of all time.[8] The same year, in a worldwide Guinness and NME poll to find the "Greatest 100 Albums of All Time", A Day at the Races was voted #87.[9] It was also featured in Classic Rock and Metal Hammer's "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s," being listed as one of the 20 greatest albums of 1976.[10] Out ranked it #20 of 100 in a poll of "more than 100 actors, comedians, musicians, writers, critics, performance artists, label reps, and DJs, asking each to list the 10 albums that left the most indelible impressions on their lives."[11] In the 1987 edition of the The World Critics List, the BBC's Peter Powell ranked A Day at the Races the 6th greatest album of all time,[12] and Jim DeRogatis' included the record in his "The Great albums" in 2006.[13]

Song information Tie Your Mother Down "Tie Your Mother Down" was written in Tenerife, when May was working on his PhD in Astronomy in early 1968.[14] He wrote it on Spanish guitar and thought he'd change the title and chorus later on, but Mercury liked it and they kept it that way.[14] The song is preceded by a one-minute instrumental intro using a Shepard tone harmonium figure, which is actually a reprise of the ending of "Teo Torriatte": this was intended to create a "circle" in the album, typical, for example, of Pink Floyd's albums. The ascending scale was created by recording a descending scale on a harmonium and playing it backwards for the record. The main theme of the intro is the same as that of "White Man." A music video was made for the song, directed by Bruce Gowers, based on a performance clip shot at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York in February, 1977 during the band's US arena headlining tour.[15] After its release in 1976, the song was played by Queen on every subsequent tour.[16]

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You Take My Breath Away "You Take My Breath Away" was written by Freddie Mercury and based on the harmonic minor scale. All of the vocals and piano were done by him, and he performed it by himself at Hyde Park before recording it. There is a vocal interlude between this song and the next one that begins with a wash of vocals (repeating the words "take my breath") created by echoes (of a multitracked Mercury) regenerating in reverse, which gradually evolves into the repeated phrase "you take my (breath away)" and reintegrates into the next track, "Long Away."

Long Away "Long Away" was composed and sung by May. He used a Burns Double Six 12-string electric guitar for the rhythm parts instead of his Red Special. He'd wanted to use a Rickenbacker because he admired John Lennon, but he did not get along well with the thin neck of the instrument.

The Millionaire Waltz "The Millionaire Waltz" was written by Mercury about John Reid (Queen and Elton John's manager at the time).[14] It's another multi-key and multi-metre song like "Bohemian Rhapsody," using abrupt arrangement changes and including Brian May doing multi-tracked guitar choirs. It features a noteworthy example of John Deacon's 'lead bass' playing. The song Niech Żyje Bal (Long live the ball) performed by Polish singer Maryla Rodowicz and released as an award-winning single in Poland in 1985 contains a waltz-like bridge which, although implementing different melody, is inspired and arranged similarly to Brian May's multilayered Millionaire Waltz middle solo.

You and I "You And I" is John Deacon's song on the album. It features him on acoustic guitar and Mercury playing Elton John-esque piano parts. This song was never played live.

Somebody to Love "Somebody to Love" is the hit single of the album. Written by Freddie Mercury, the song was inspired by gospel music, especially that of Aretha Franklin, and Mercury, May, and Taylor multi-tracked their voices to create a 100-voice gospel choir.[17] Like "Bohemian Rhapsody", the major hit from Queen's previous album, this song has a complex layering of vocal tracks, this time based on a gospel choir arrangement. The lyrics, especially combined with the gospel influence, create a song about faith, desperation and soul-searching; the singer questions both the lack of love experienced in his life and the role and existence of God.[18] Staying true to Queen's guitar-driven style, it was also filled with intricate harmony parts and a solo by May.[18] Mercury recorded a wide range of notes, going from a G#2 (in the last choral verse) to a Ab5 (at the peak of his melisma on "ooh" over the choir break). It went to number 2 on the UK charts and number 13 on the U.S. singles chart.[19] [20]

White Man "White Man" was written by May about the suffering of Native Americans at the hands of European immigrants. Its riff was used for the album intro, similarly to "Father To Son" and "Procession" some years before. This song would be the focal point for a Freddie Mercury vocal solo on the A Day at the Races tour and would serve as both a Mercury vocal solo spot and a Brian May guitar solo spot on the 1977-78 News of the World tour. The song is one of Queen's heaviest works, thematically and musically. On the later 2005 Return of the Champions Tour and the later 2008 Tour the riff to 'White Man' was used as an introduction to 'Fat Bottomed Girls'.

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Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" was written by Mercury. The song starts with a piano and vocal introduction by Mercury, then continues, with the bass and drums adding on, at the start of the chorus. The second verse is sung, followed by another chorus. At this point, the drums, bass and guitar drop out, which then leads into the bridge, sung by Freddie Mercury and Mike Stone. Following the Brian May guitar solo, another verse is sung, and then the chorus ends the track. Multi-tracked vocals enhanced the song as well as May's guitar choirs. The song was once performed live on Top of the Pops in June 1977, with Roger Taylor singing the Mike Stone part. Most of the track was a concert staple on the band's A Day at the Races Tour and News of the World Tour.[21] [22]

Drowse "Drowse" was Roger Taylor's song in 6/8 having him playing rhythm guitar and timpani and doing all of the vocals. May played slide guitar during this and "Tie Your Mother Down" (the second guitar solo in the middle of the song). Taylor's song on the previous album, "I'm In Love With My Car", was also in 6/8. "Drowse" is notable for being Roger Taylor's first "soft" song, his previous compositions being usually the heaviest rock pieces of the album. Taylor sings octave lead vocals during the verses (except for the third and final verse).

Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) "Teo Torriatte" was Brian May's tribute to the Japanese fans. The song is notable for having two choruses sung in Japanese; it is one of only three Queen songs (the others being "Las Palabras de Amor" from Hot Space and "Mustapha", from the album Jazz) in which an entire verse or chorus is sung in a language other than English. The song features a piano, a plastic piano, and a harmonium, all of which are played by Brian May. It is the only point in the album in which Mercury does not play piano. The album’s closing harmonium melody is also its opening melody; the sequence was attached to the beginning of "Tie Your Mother Down", the first track on the album. May described it as "a never-ending staircase", otherwise commonly known, musically, as a Shepard tone.

Singles In the UK the first track to be released as a single was "Somebody to Love" on 12 November 1976 (EMI 2565). It reached number 2. "Tie Your Mother Down" followed on 4 March 1977 (EMI 2593), reaching number 31, and "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" on 20 May 1977, reaching number 17. In the US, "Somebody to Love" was released on 10 December 1976 ( Elektra E45362) and reached number 13. It was followed by "Tie Your Mother Down" (Elektra E45385) in March 1977, which reached number 49. Both of these were released in Japan: in addition, "Teo Torriatte" was also released exclusively in Japan.

Personnel • Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, piano • Brian May – electric, slide and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Long Away", piano, plastic piano, harmonium • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals and rhythm guitar on "Drowse", timpani • John Deacon – bass guitar, acoustic guitar on "You and I" • Mike Stone – additional vocals on "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

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[24]

[25]

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Dutch Albums Chart

[26]

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German Albums Chart

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[28]

[29]

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[30]

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[31]

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U.S. Billboard 200


References [1] Washington Post review (archived at queenarchives.com) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_02-07-1977_-_A_Day_at_the_Races_-_Washington_Post) [2] Winnipeg Free Press review (archived at queenarchives.com) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_01-20-1977_-_A_Day_at_the_Races_-_Winnipeg_Free_Press) [3] Circus review (archived at queenarchives) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_XX-XX-1977_-_A_Day_at_the_Races_-_Circus) [4] Rolling Stone review (archived at queenarchives.com) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_02-24-1977_-_A_Day_at_the_Races-_Rolling_Stone_(Issue_223)) [5] Allmusic review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r589149) [6] Q, September 1993, p.118: "The breadth of its ambition remains ever impressive, as do tracks such as May's stomping 'Tie Your Mother Down' and Mercury's baroque one-two, 'Somebody To Love' and 'Gold Old-Fashioned Lover Boy'." [7] George Starostin review (http:/ / starling. rinet. ru/ music/ queen. htm#Races) [8] Top 100 Albums (http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ uk_radio. htm). BBC Radio 2. Broadcast 28 August 2006. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk [9] Guinness poll (http:/ / www. thisislondon. co. uk/ music/ article-22769595-oasis-album-is-greatest-ever. do;jsessionid=8A5092669F7D11EFB08D063D564E1F55) [10] Classic Rock/Metal Hammer, "The 200 Greatest Albums of the 70s", March 2006 [11] Out: ""The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums" (http:/ / www. out. com/ detail. asp?id=24081) [12] The World Critics List (http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ steveparker/ world_critics_lists. htm). 1987 [13] Jim DeRogatis: "The Great albums" (http:/ / www. jimdero. com/ greatalbums. htm) [14] A Day At The Races (http:/ / queenonline. com/ en/ the-band/ discography/ day-races/ ) Queen Online. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [15] 1977 A Day At The Races North American Tour (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ live/ queen2. htm#1977datrnorthamerica) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 31 August 2011 [16] Queen on tour (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 10, 2011 [17] A Day At The Races (http:/ / queenonline. com/ en/ the-band/ discography/ day-races/ ) Queen Online. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [18] Queen: Somebody to Love (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ somebody-to-love-t2415720) Allmusic. Retrieved 6 July 2011

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News of the World News of the World


28 October 1977

Recorded July – September 1977, Basing Street and Wessex Studios, London Genre

Rock

Length

39:30

Label

EMI, Parlophone (UK), Elektra, Hollywood (USA)

Producer Queen, Mike Stone Queen chronology



Jazz (1978)

Alternative cover

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Korean cover Singles from News of the World 1.

"We Are The Champions"/"We Will Rock You" Released: 7 October 1977

2.

"Spread Your Wings" Released: 10 February 1978

3.

"It's Late" Released: 1978 (US, Canada, New Zealand, Japan only)

News of the World is the sixth studio album by British rock group Queen, released in 1977. Containing hit songs "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "Spread Your Wings", the album went 4x platinum in the US, 2x platinum in the UK, and achieved high certifications around the world as well. News of the World was the second album to be produced solely by the band (the first being A Day at the Races) and was recorded at Sarm West Studios and Wessex Studios, London and co-produced and engineered by Mike Stone.

Production Having received some criticism that their first completely self-produced project, A Day at the Races, was a "boring" album,[1] Queen decided to shift their musical focus towards the mainstream but remain as the producers of the next album. After completing the A Day at the Races Tour, the quartet re-entered the studio to begin work on their sixth studio offering in July 1977, enlisting Mike Stone as assistant producer at the Basing Street and Wessex Studios in London. They scaled down their complex arrangements and focused on a "rootsier" sound (as Brian May put it). However the staple of the Queen sound, multitracked harmonies and guitar orchestrations, still exist on this album, albeit a bit more subtly. News of the World shows Queen's songwriting less dominated by May and Freddie Mercury, with Roger Taylor and John Deacon composing two songs each. The group completed recording and production of the album two months later in September and released the album on 28 October 1977.

Track listing

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Side one No. Title 1. "We Will Rock You"

Writer(s)

Length

Brian May

2:01

2. "We Are the Champions" Freddie Mercury

2:59

3. "Sheer Heart Attack"

Roger Taylor

3:26

4. "All Dead, All Dead"

May

3:10

5. "Spread Your Wings"

John Deacon

4:34

6. "Fight from the Inside"

Taylor

3:03

Side two No. Title 1. "Get Down, Make Love"

Writer(s) Length Mercury

3:51

2. "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" May

3:06

3. "Who Needs You"

Deacon

3:05

4. "It's Late"

May

6:26

5. "My Melancholy Blues"

Mercury

3:29

1991 Hollywood Records CD reissue bonus tracks No. Title

Length

1. "We Will Rock You (1991 Bonus Remix)"

5:00

2011 Bonus EP No. Title

Length

1. "Feelings, Feelings (Take 10, July 1977)"

1:54

2. "Spread Your Wings (BBC Session, October 1977)"

5:25

3. "My Melancholy Blues (BBC Session, October 1977)"

3:12

4. "Sheer Heart Attack (Live in Paris, February 1979)"

3:34

5. "We Will Rock You (Fast) (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)"

2:54

2011 iTunes Bonus Videos No. Title

Length

1. "My Melancholy Blues (Live At The Summit, 1977)"

3:54

2. "Sheer Heart Attack (Live at Hammersmith, 1979)"

3:13

3. "We Will Rock You (Queen Rocks version, 1998)"

2:04

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Song information We Will Rock You "We Will Rock You" (Sample ) was released as the B-side to "We Are the Champions", and became one of Queen's biggest songs worldwide as a staple of arena and stadium sports everywhere. It was a conscious decision by Brian May to make the song simple and anthemic ("stomp, stomp, clap, pause" in a 4/4 metre), so that their live audience could be more directly involved in the show. In the video for "We Will Rock You" and "Spread Your Wings", May used a copy of his guitar. He supposedly did not want to commit his Red Special to outside conditions, as the videos for these songs featured the band performing in the snow in Taylor's garden.

We Are the Champions According to Freddie Mercury, "We Are the Champions" had been already written in 1975 but it was not recorded until 1977.[2] Mercury was thinking about football when he wrote it and was surprised that nobody composed anything to overtake it as a sports anthem. Released as a single, "We Are the Champions" reached #2 in the UK and #4 in the US. "We Are the Champions" was the first promotional video for which fan club members were invited to participate in the filming. The video was filmed at the New London Theatre 6 October 1977. Everyone got a single and Queen did a free concert after the shoot.

Sheer Heart Attack "Sheer Heart Attack" was half-finished at the time of the 1974 album of the same name. Roger Taylor sang lead on the demo but for the definitive version the band decided Mercury should sing lead vocals, with Roger singing the chorus. Rhythm guitar and bass were played by Taylor, apart from some guitar "screams" by May during the instrumental section.[3] During this time, the punk rock movement went into full effect, and this song was viewed as something of a jab at the musicians who felt bands like Queen were too self-indulgent. Of note is the lyric "I feel so inarticulate", and the fact that Taylor stated in interviews that he thought many of the 1970s punk bands had very little talent. German heavy metal band Helloween covered the song. The cover can be heard as a B-side for their single "Just a Little Sign". Also, the heavy metal band Hallows Eve covered this song on their 1988 album Monument.

All Dead, All Dead "All Dead, All Dead" was written and sung by May, and features Mercury on backing vocals. It is rumoured that the song is about the passing of Brian's cat. On an episode of "in the Studio with Redbeard" Brian May confirmed that claim.[4]

Spread Your Wings "Spread Your Wings" (Sample ) was written by John Deacon. The piano is played by Mercury, although Deacon mimes it in the music video. The video was filmed at Roger Taylor's house at that time in his backyard, when the weather was freezing, and the band was performing in the snow. Mercury can be seen wearing star-shaped sunglasses in the video. Guitarist Brian May is seen playing a copy of his Red Special due to the cold weather conditions. Also, drummer Roger Taylor can be seen singing in the video despite the fact that there are no backing vocals in the song. It was the first Queen single without harmony vocals.

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Fight from the Inside "Fight from the Inside" was written and sung by Roger Taylor. In addition to the drums, Taylor also plays rhythm and bass guitar, the latter borrowed from Deacon himself. The track is built around a jangly guitar riff and is amongst the first in the Queen catalogue to focus predominantly on the drums and bass, as opposed to the lead guitars. ([5]). It is also the only song in the band's discography recorded almost entirely by one member (Brian May contributed additional guitar). Guitarist Slash has cited the guitar riff to this song as one of his favourite riffs of all time.[6]

Get Down, Make Love "Get Down, Make Love", written by Mercury, is among the most sexual-oriented songs in the Queen catalogue. The song was introduced into the band's live show immediately after its release, and remained a staple of their "medley" until the end of the Hot Space tour of 1982. It was never played live in its entirety with only the first and last verses/choruses being played with the guitar feature in the middle. On the Hot Space tour, the song was reduced to the first verse/chorus only as a way to lead into Brian May's guitar solo. Live, this song featured Roger Taylor's use of Latin-influenced percussion with timbales on the News of the World tour, and tightly tuned Remo Roto-Toms on the Jazz tour, Crazy tour, The Game and Hot Space tours. The distinctive 'psychedelic' sound effects heard in the song were not produced on a synthesizer, but on May's Red Special and an Electroharmonix Frequency Analyzer pedal, which he would often do live. These sound effects, together with Mercury's moans and groans, were expanded upon during live renditions of the song, presenting the band an opportunity to show off the full potential of their stage lights and effects. The song was later covered by Nine Inch Nails, appearing on their "Sin" single and later on the 2010 re-issue of Pretty Hate Machine.

Sleeping on the Sidewalk "Sleeping On The Sidewalk", written and sung by May, was inspired by ZZ Top. It was recorded (minus the vocals) in one take. Lyrically, it deals with an aspiring trumpet player's career, delivered in a "rags-to-riches" fashion. May sings with an American accent and measures the aforementioned trumpet player's success by "bucks" (as opposed to pounds). On a close inspection, John Deacon can be heard playing the wrong notes in some bass parts, and Brian May can also be heard laughing at the end of the song. It is also one of the few Queen songs that does not feature Mercury. The band's web site states they were unaware that they were being recorded[7] but Brian May has cast doubt on the authenticity of this, though confirming the first take of the backing track was used.[8]

Who Needs You "Who Needs You" was written by Deacon, who, along with May, plays Spanish guitar. May also plays maracas and Mercury plays a cowbell.

It's Late "It's Late", written by May, was the author's idea of treating a song as a three-act theatrical play. It makes use of the tapping technique before Eddie Van Halen of rock group Van Halen made the technique widely-known.

My Melancholy Blues "My Melancholy Blues" was composed by Mercury. There are no backing vocals or guitars. Despite the title, the track is more related to jazz. Deacon played fretless bass on stage during this song but used a regular fretted bass on

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the record.

Cover The album's cover was a painting by American sci-fi artist Frank Kelly Freas. Roger Taylor had an issue of Astounding Science Fiction (October 1953) whose cover-art depicted a giant intelligent robot holding the dead body of a man. The caption read: "Please... fix it, Daddy?" to illustrate the story "The Gulf Between" by Tom Godwin.[9] The painting inspired the band to contact Freas, who agreed to alter the painting for their album cover, by replacing the single dead man with the four "dead" band members (Taylor and Deacon falling to the ground). The inner sleeve has the robot stretching out his hand to snatch up the petrified fleeing audience in the shattered auditorium where the corpses were removed.[10] Freas said he was a classical music fan and did not know Queen, and only listened to the band after doing the cover "because I thought I might just hate them, and it would ruin my ideas", but eventually liked their music.[9] The original painting (also called The Gulf Between) features on the cover of Freas's collection of art As He Sees It (Paper Tiger, 2000).

Astounding Science Fiction, October 1953

Singles • "We Are the Champions" released 7 October 1977 in the UK as the first single where it reached #2. In the US, it was released as a Double A-side with "We Will Rock You" where it reached #4. • "Spread Your Wings" followed as the second single from the album. Written by John Deacon and released in the UK on 10 February 1978, it reached #34. • "It's Late" is the last single from the album and was only released as a single in the United States, Canada, Japan and New Zealand in 1978. Only reached #74 in the US, failing to chart everywhere else.

Reception Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Valley News

(favourable)

Washington Post

(favourable)

[11] [12]

Allmusic

[13]

Q

[14]

Robert Christgau

(C)

[15] [16]

Rolling Stone BBC George Starostin

(favourable)

[17] [18]

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Critical response News of the World initially received mixed reviews, mostly reflecting on the differences to the previously predominantly progressive rock sound produced by Queen, and this album's vast shift towards a more pop-rock oriented sound.[19] Following the immense success of singles "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", the critical reception shifted towards a more positive stance, as it became evident that the band was displaying another field of their musical ability.[1] Creem readers voted News of the World the 19th best album of 1977.[20]

2011 Re-issue On 8 November 2010, record company Universal Music announced a remastered and expanded reissue of the album set for release in May 2011. This as part of a new record deal between Queen and Universal Music, which meant Queen's association with EMI would come to an end after almost 40 years. According to Universal Music, all Queen albums are to be remastered and reissued in 2011. This reissue includes a deluxe edition which contains five additional tracks. The second batch of albums (the band's middle five albums) has been released in June.


Peak position [21]

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[22]

[23]

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[25]


[26]

[27]

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[28]

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[29]

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U.S. Billboard 200

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano, percussion, cowbell on "Who Needs You" • Brian May: electric and acoustic guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "All Dead, All Dead" and "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", percussion • Roger Taylor: drums, percussion, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Sheer Heart Attack" and "Fight from the Inside", electric guitar, bass • John Deacon: bass guitar, acoustic guitar, Spanish guitar, percussion

News of the World

References [1] "Queen: Less Flamboyance, More of the Beatles" (http:/ / queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_12-28-1977_-_News_of_the_World_-_Washington_Post). Originally published by Washington Post. Currently mirrored by Queen Archives. 1978-12-28. . Retrieved 2007-12-06. [2] A Night at the Opera DVD commentary. [3] Purvis, Georg (2007). Queen: Complete Works. Richmond: Reynolds & Hearn. p. 43. ISBN 9781905287338. [4] Purvis 2007, p. 108 [5] http:/ / www. queenwords. com/ lyrics/ songs/ sng06_06. shtml [6] Sutcliffe, Phil; Hince, Peter; Mack, Reinhold (2009). Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock. London: Voyageur Press. ISBN 0760337195. [7] "News of the World" (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ history/ 70/ ). Queen Online. . Retrieved 2007-12-06. [8] "Brian May's Soapbox (January 28th, 2008)" (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ brianssb/ brianssb. html). . Retrieved 2009-01-25. [9] As the Symphony gets ready to rock, we remember a local artist (http:/ / hamptonroads. com/ 2010/ 05/ symphony-gets-ready-rock-we-remember-local-artist), The Virginian-Pilot [10] "News of the World: Album Details" (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ en/ the-band/ discography/ news-world/ #albumDetails). Queen Online. . [11] Valley News review (archived at queenarchives.com) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_11-11-1977_-_News_of_the_World_-_The_Valley_News) [12] Washington Post review (archived at queenarchives.com) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_12-28-1977_-_News_of_the_World_-_Washington_Post) [13] Allmusic Review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r15973) [14] Q, September 1993, p.119: "The album contained such anthemic fare as 'We Will Rock You' and 'We Are The Champions'." [15] Robert Christgau Review (http:/ / www. robertchristgau. com/ get_artist. php?id=3505& name=Queen) [16] Rolling Stone Review (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ artists/ queen/ albums/ album/ 261146/ review/ 6067503/ news_of_the_world) [17] BBC Review (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ music/ reviews/ 98dp) [18] George Starostin Review (http:/ / starling. rinet. ru/ music/ queen. htm#World) [19] "News of the World" (http:/ / queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_11-11-1977_-_News_of_the_World_-_The_Valley_News). Originally published by The Valley News. Currently mirrored by Queen Archives. 1977-11-11. . Retrieved 2007-12-06. [20] http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ creem_lists. htm [21] http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=News+ Of+ The+ World& cat=a [22] http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-110. 01-e. php?PHPSESSID=53gtrvbfj0gk7r9b4sd40dtvu0& q1=Queen+ News+ World& q2=Top+ Albums%2FCDs& interval=50 [23] http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=News+ Of+ The+ World& cat=a [24] http:/ / www. charts. de/ album. asp?artist=Queen& title=News+ Of+ The+ World& cat=a& country=de [25] http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=News+ Of+ The+ World& cat=a [26] http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=News+ Of+ The+ World& cat=a [27] http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=News+ Of+ The+ World& cat=a [28] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=38510 [29] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ queen-p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-albums

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Jazz

146

Jazz Jazz


10 November 1978

Recorded July – October 1978, Mountain Studios, Montreux and Super Bear Studios, Berre-les-Alpes, France Genre

Rock

Length

44:44

Label

EMI, Parlophone (Europe) Elektra, Hollywood (USA)

Producer Queen, Roy Thomas Baker Queen chronology


Jazz (1978)

The Game (1980)

Singles from Jazz 1.

"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" Released: 13 October 1978

2.

"Don't Stop Me Now" Released: 26 January 1979

3.

"Mustapha" Released: 1979 (Bolivia, Germany, Spain, Yugoslavia only)

4.

"Jealousy" Released: 1979 (US, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, USSR only)

Jazz is the seventh studio album by British rock band Queen, released in November 1978. The album's varying musical styles were alternately praised and criticised; it was subject to a viciously scathing Rolling Stone review by Dave Marsh which included the suggestion that "Queen may be the first truly fascist rock band".[1] Nevertheless, the album reached #6 on the US Billboard 200. Roy Thomas Baker temporarily reunited with Queen and became their producer for this album. It was three years since he co-produced Queen's 1975 album A Night at the Opera, but this album also was the last he co-produced for the band.

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147 Queen sold the album with a poster depicting the all-female nude bicycle race staged to promote "Fat Bottomed Girls". A small version of the poster comes with the Crown Jewels box set. This was the first Queen album recorded outside the UK, for tax purposes. Included in the liner notes is the attribution "Thunderbolt courtesy of God", referring to the crash of thunder heard at the end of the song "Dead On Time" which May recorded with a portable audio recorder during a thunderstorm. The album artwork was suggested by Roger Taylor, who previously saw a similar design painted on the Berlin Wall.


Writer(s)

Length

1. "Mustapha"

Freddie Mercury

3:01

2. "Fat Bottomed Girls"

Brian May

4:16

3. "Jealousy"

Mercury

3:14

4. "Bicycle Race"

Mercury

3:01

5. "If You Can't Beat Them" John Deacon

4:15

6. "Let Me Entertain You"

3:01

Mercury

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Dead on Time"

May

3:23

2. "In Only Seven Days"

Deacon

2:30

3. "Dreamer's Ball"

May

3:30

4. "Fun It"

Roger Taylor

3:29

5. "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" May

3:15

6. "Don't Stop Me Now"

Mercury

3:29

7. "More of That Jazz"

Taylor

4:16


Length

1. "Fat Bottomed Girls (1991 remix)"

4:22

2. "Bicycle Race (1991 remix)"

4:59

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148


Length

1. "Fat Bottomed Girls (Single version)"

3:23

2. "Bicycle Race (Instrumental)"

3:09

3. "Don't Stop Me Now (With long-lost guitars)"

3:34

4. "Let Me Entertain You (Live in Montreal, November 1981)"

2:48

5. "Dreamer's Ball (Early acoustic take, August 1978)"

3:40


Length

1. "Bicycle Race (Promo Video performance, 1978)" 2. "Fat Bottomed Girls (Live at Milton Keynes Bowl, 1982)" 3. "Let Me Entertain You (Live in Japan, 1979)"


Rating [2]

Allmusic Creem

[3]

(unfavourable)

[4]

Q Robert Christgau Rolling Stone

[5]

(C+)

[6]

(unfavourable)

This table needs to be expanded using prose. See the guideline for more information.

Critical reaction upon release was not particularly favourable, with scathing reviews from the likes of Rolling Stone and Creem. In recent years, reviews have tended to be more favourable, with Allmusic, Q and George Starostin giving positive reviews.

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Song information Mustapha "Mustapha" (Sample) is a song written by Freddie Mercury. It was released as a single in 1979. The lyrics consist of English, Arabic, Persian and possibly a number of invented words. Some understandable words are "Mustapha", "Ibrahim" and the phrases "Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you", "salaam alaykum" and "alaykum salaam". In live performances, such as the performance on Live Killers, Mercury would often sing the opening vocals of "Mustapha" in place of the complex introduction to "Bohemian Rhapsody", going from "Allah will pray for you" to "Mama, just killed a man...". However, sometimes the band performed an almost full version of the song, with Mercury at the piano.

Fat Bottomed Girls "Fat Bottomed Girls" was written by May with lead vocals shared by Mercury, and May, who sings lead on the chorus. On stage Mercury sang the entire song, with Taylor and May doing harmonies. Both guitar and bass are played in drop-D tuning for this song, a rarity for Queen.

Jealousy "Jealousy" was penned by Mercury and features May playing his Hairfred acoustic guitar placing small pieces of piano wire under the frets to produce the "buzzing" effect of a sitar. This effect had already been used on "White Queen (As It Began)", from Queen II. All vocals were recorded by Mercury.

Bicycle Race "Bicycle Race"(Sample ) is a complex composition by Mercury. It features several modulations, unusual chord functions, a metre change (4/4 to 6/8 and back), and a programmatic section (a race of guitars emulating the bicycle race).

If You Can't Beat Them "If You Can't Beat Them" was another hard rock composition by John Deacon and was a live favourite for the band in late '70s. It is one of the few songs by Deacon where May plays all the guitars and contains a guitar solo of over two minutes, making it one of the longest guitar solos in a Queen song. It has since featured as the theme tune to a popular game show, If You Can't Beat Them, Join Them, hosted by Larry Grayson.

Let Me Entertain You "Let Me Entertain You" was written by Mercury, directed towards the audience. The line "we'll sing to you in Japanese" is a reference to May's Teo Torriatte, from A Day at the Races. The idea of a guitar riff in parallel sixths was re-used later in the Innuendo track, "The Hitman".

Dead on Time "Dead on Time", written by May, features some of the fastest and most aggressive guitar work by its author, as well as some equally complicated yet ferocious drumming by Taylor. Performed at breakneck speed, it was considered by most fans to be an ideal live number, but was curiously never played in concert; May would only incorporate snippets of it in his guitar solos during the Jazz Tour. The song resembles "Keep Yourself Alive" from Queen's self-titled debut album. In the last chorus, the words "keep yourself alive" are sung, and in the lyrics attached to the album, those words are written in capitals.

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150 The song ends with the sound of a thunderbolt, followed by Mercury screaming "You're dead!" The thunderbolt was actually recorded by May on a portable recorder during a vicious thunderstorm. The album's liner notes credit the thunderbolt to God.

In Only Seven Days "In Only Seven Days" is Deacon's other songwriting contribution on the album, and share similarities with one of his previous songs, "Spread Your Wings". Deacon also played acoustic guitar and electric guitar.

Dreamers Ball "Dreamers Ball" is May's tribute to Elvis Presley, who had died one year before. The arrangement for the concert version was completely different, with May and Taylor doing vocal brasses.

Fun It "Fun It" was a funk track with a disco vibe by Taylor, where both Mercury and himself shared the vocals. Taylor did the lead vocals, while Mercury was backup. Taylor used Syndrum pads and played most of the instruments. It can be seen a precursor to Another One Bites the Dust, especially with the intro of this track.

Leaving Home Ain't Easy "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" was a ballad by May, who also sang all the vocals (lead and harmony). His voice was sped up for the bridge.

Don't Stop Me Now "Don't Stop Me Now" is Mercury's top 10 single in the UK and is one of Queen's most famous songs. May's only input is a short guitar solo and backing vocals. The song was used in the now-famous bar scene of the motion picture Shaun of the Dead. In addition, the BBC2 show Top Gear named it the top song in a viewer poll of Top Ten driving songs. "Don't Stop Me Now" was also used for the Google Doodle made to commemorate Freddie Mercury's 65 birthday on September 5, 2011.

More of that Jazz "More of that Jazz" is yet another one of Taylor's bitter comments about current society and the way rock and roll is disrespected. It is loop based and Taylor plays most instruments and sings all vocals, reaching some very high notes (peaking on an E5). The outro also contains short clips from many songs on the album, including "Dead on Time", "Bicycle Race", "Mustapha", "If You Can't Beat Them", "Fun It", and "Fat Bottomed Girls".

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano • Brian May: electric and acoustic guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on and "Leaving Home Ain't Easy" • Roger Taylor: drums, percussion, backing vocals, electric guitar, bass guitar, lead vocals on "Fun It" and "More of That Jazz" • John Deacon: bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitars Sound engineers: • Geoff Workman • John Etchells

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2011 Re-issue On 8 November 2010, record company Universal Music announced a remastered and expanded reissue of the album set for release in March 2011. This as part of a new record deal between Queen and Universal Music, which meant Queen's association with EMI would come to an end after almost 40 years. According to Universal Music, all Queen albums are to be remastered and reissued in 2011. According to some reports, this reissue will include a deluxe edition which will contain five additional tracks along with commentaries from the band about each song. The second batch of albums (the band's middle five albums) was released in June 2011.

Singles Four singles were released from the album: • "Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls (edit)" – Elektra E45541; released December, 1978 "Bicycle Race" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" were released in 1978 as a double A-side; the band staged a famous nude, all-female bicycle race to promote the single. The bicycle race took place on 17 September 1978 at Wimbledon Stadium in London. The picture sleeve showed a rear view of one of the ladies on her bicycle, but a pair of red panties were painted on to avoid public outcry. Legend has it that the band borrowed the bicycles from a store ("Halfords," according to the liner notes), but upon returning them were informed that they would have to purchase all the seats, as they had been used in an improper manner (i.e. without clothing). Fat Bottomed Girls also contains one of Roger Taylor's most memorable drum fills at about 2:52 on the album Jazz, but at 2:16 on greatest hits. • "Mustapha" was released in 1979 in only Bolivia, Spain, Yugoslavia and Germany. Its B-side was "Dead On Time" ("In Only Seven Days" in Yugoslavia). • "Don't Stop Me Now"/"More Of That Jazz" – Elektra E46008; released February, 1979 "Don't Stop Me Now" was released in 1979; its B-side was "In Only Seven Days" ("More Of That Jazz" in the USA and Canada). • "Jealousy"/"Fun It" – Elektra E46039; released April, 1979 "Jealousy" was released in 1979 in the United States, New Zealand, Brazil, Russia, and Canada; its B-side was "Fun It" ("Don't Stop Me Now" in Russia, on a blue flexi disc).


Peak position [7]

8



[8]

13

[9]

3

Dutch Albums Chart

[10]

7

French Albums Chart

[11]

5

German Albums Chart

[12]


[13]

[14]

20 6


6

[15]

2

UK Albums Chart

Jazz

152 [16]

U.S. Billboard 200

6

References [1] Marsh, Dave (1979-02-08). "Queen: Jazz" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ music/ albumreviews/ jazz-19790208). Rolling Stone. . Retrieved 10 October 2011. [2] Jazz (Queen album) (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r15974) at Allmusic [3] Creem review (archived at queenarchives) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_03-XX-1979_-_Jazz_-_Creem) [4] Q, February 1994, p.119: "Jazz has aged surprisingly well....[With] a pair of genuinely great songs in the shape of 'Don't Stop Me Now' and 'Jealousy,' both with Mercury in grandstanding form..." [5] http:/ / www. robertchristgau. com/ get_artist. php?id=3505& name=Queen [6] http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ music/ albumreviews/ jazz-19790208 [7] http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Jazz& cat=a [8] http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-110. 01-e. php?PHPSESSID=53gtrvbfj0gk7r9b4sd40dtvu0& q1=Queen+ Jazz& q2=Top+ Albums%2FCDs& interval=30 [9] http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Jazz& cat=a [10] http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ Album_Q. php [11] http:/ / www. charts. de/ album. asp?artist=Queen& title=Jazz& cat=a& country=de [12] http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Jazz& cat=a [13] http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Jazz& cat=a [14] http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Jazz& cat=a [15] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=38796 [16] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ queen-p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-albums

The Game

153

The Game The Game


30 June 1980

Recorded June–July 1979, February–May 1980, Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany Genre

Rock

Length

35:39

Label

EMI (Europe) Parlophone (Europe) Elektra Records (US) Hollywood Records (US)

Producer Queen, Mack Queen chronology

Jazz (1978)

The Game (1980)

Flash Gordon (1980)

Singles from The Game 1.

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Released: 5 October 1979

2.

"Save Me" Released: 25 January 1980

3.

"Play the Game" Released: 30 May 1980

4.

"Another One Bites the Dust" Released: 22 August 1980

5.

"Need Your Loving Tonight" Released: November 1980 (US, Japan)

The Game is the eighth studio album by British rock band Queen released on 30 June 1980. It was the only Queen album to reach #1 in the US and became Queen's best selling studio album in the US with four million copies sold to date, tying News of the World's US sales tally. The album received very favourable reviews. Notable songs on the

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154

album include the bass-driven "Another One Bites the Dust" and the rockabilly "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", both of which reached #1 in the US. The Game was the first Queen album to use a synthesiser,[1] (an Oberheim OB-X). The album features a more pop/rock sound than its predecessor, Jazz. The album's style would be augmented on Queen's next release Hot Space, and future Queen albums. At approximately 35 minutes 39 seconds, The Game is the 2nd shortest of Queen's studio albums, with their subsequent soundtrack for the film Flash Gordon being shorter by 39 seconds. It is estimated to have sold 12 million copies worldwide, including over 4.5 million in the United States. Re-issued on May 2003 on DVD-Audio with Dolby 5.1 surround sound and DTS 5.1. The 5.1 mix of "Coming Soon" features an alternate backing track, because the final master tapes were not found when mixing the album to 5.1. The photo on the cover of the EMI CD is different from that originally used on the LP and cassette even though the Hollywood CD still has the original photo. The original photo (with Taylor having folded arms and May not having a hand resting upon his exposed hip) is shown in the article. This alternate photo was also used on cover of the DTS DVD-Audio edition of the album released in 2003. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "Sail Away Sweet Sister", "Coming Soon", and "Save Me" were recorded from June to July 1979.[2] The remaining songs were recorded between February and May 1980.[2]


Writer(s)

Length

1. "Play the Game"

Freddie Mercury

3:30

2. "Dragon Attack"

Brian May

4:18

3. "Another One Bites the Dust"

John Deacon

3:35

4. "Need Your Loving Tonight"

Deacon

2:50

5. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Mercury

2:44

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

6. "Rock It (Prime Jive)"

Roger Taylor

4:33

7. "Don't Try Suicide"

Mercury

3:52

8. "Sail Away Sweet Sister" May

3:33

9. "Coming Soon"

Taylor

2:51

May

3:50

10. "Save Me"

The Game

155


Length

11. "Dragon Attack" (1991 remix by Jack Benson and R.A.K.)

4:23


Length

1. "Save Me (Live in Montreal, November 1981)"

4:18

2. "A Human Body (B-Side)"

3:44

3. "Sail Away Sweet Sister (Take 1 with guide vocal, February 1980)"

2:34

4. "It's a Beautiful Day (Original spontaneous idea, April 1980)"

1:31

5. "Dragon Attack (Live in Milton Keynes, June 1982)"

5:15


Length

1. "Vocal Improv / Dragon Attack (Live at Morumbi Stadium, 1981)" 2. "Save Me (Live at Seibu Lions, 1982)" 3. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Saturday Night Live, 1982)"

Reception Record Mirror awarded The Game 4/5 stars, writing: "After Zeppelin and even before the Scorpions, Queen are the most exciting band I've ever seen or heard. And I'm sure all you lovers of quality music will agree."[3] Rolling Stone felt that it was "nice to hear a Queen album with songs, not 'anthems'," but opined that "these guys know how this music should sound and feel, but they can't bend enough to get with it."[4] The Washington Post gave a scathing review, writing: "After five years of unchallenging, dismal albums, this was supposed to be Queen's comeback. But no such luck."[5] Allmusic awarded the album 4.5/5 stars, opining that it "finds Queen turning decidedly, decisively pop, and it's a grand, state-of-the-art circa 1980 pop album that still stands as one of the band's most enjoyable records.[6] George Starostin was also appreciative, describing the album as "catchy, diverse, well-written and atmospheric."[7] Creem readers voted The Game the 7th greatest album of 1980.[8] In 2008, Out ranked the album #28 of 100 in a poll of "more than 100 actors, comedians, musicians, writers, critics, performance artists, label reps, and DJs, asking each to list the 10 albums that left the most indelible impressions on their lives."[9] Allmusic would go on to name The Game as Queen's best album of the 1980s.[10]

Queen comments on the record Yeah, that was when we started trying to get outside what was normal for us. Plus we had a new engineer in Mack and a new environment in Munich. Everything was different. We turned our whole studio technique around in a sense, because Mack had come from a different background from us. We thought there was only one way of doing things, like doing a backing tracks: We would just do it until we got it right. If there were some bits where it speeded up or slowed down, then we would do it again until it was right. We had done some of our old backing tracks so many times, they were too stiff. Mack's first contribution was to say, "Well you don't have to do that. I can drop the whole thing in. If it breaks down after half a minute, then we can edit in and carry on if you just play along with the tempo". We laughed and said "Don't be silly. You can't do that".

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156 But in facts, you can. What you gain is the freshness, because often a lot of the backing tracks is first time though. It really helped a lot. There was less guitar on that album, but that's really not going to be the same forever; that was just an experiment. —Brian May[11]

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, intro vocals on "Rock It (Prime Jive)", bridge vocals on "Sail Away Sweet Sister", piano, rhythm guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", synthesiser • Brian May: electric, acoustic and twelve-string guitars, backing vocals, piano, lead vocals on "Sail Away Sweet Sister", synthesiser • Roger Taylor: drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead vocals on "Rock It (Prime Jive)", synthesiser • John Deacon: bass guitar, electric and acoustic guitars, piano, percussion, tape effects Additional synthesisers by Mack.

Charts Chart positions Chart (1980)

Peak position

[12]

5


[13]

1


[14]

1

[15]

10

Dutch Albums Chart

Italian Albums Chart

[16]

5


New Zealand Albums Chart

[17]

11

[18]

2

Norwegian Albums Chart Swedish Albums Chart

[19]

7

[20]

1

[21]

1

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200

U.S. Billboard R&B Albums Chart West German Albums Chart

[22]

[21]

8 2

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157

Certifications Region

Certification Sales/shipments [23] Gold

25000x

Austria (IFPI Austria) Germany (BVMI)

[24] [25]

Netherlands (NVPI)

Gold

250000^

Gold

50000^

[26] Platinum

300000^

[27]

4000000^

United Kingdom (BPI)

4× Platinum

United States (RIAA) ^

shipments figures based on certification alone unspecified figures based on certification alone

x

Year-end charts Chart (1980)

Position [28]


[29]

Canadian Albums Chart Italian Albums Chart

[15] [30]

Japanese Albums Chart [31]

15 14 40 79 46

UK Albums Chart

Chart (1981)

Position [32]

44

[33]

55


U.S. Billboard Year-end

References [1] Baker, Theodore; Nicolas Slonimsky (1965). Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians: Centennial Edition (5th ed.). Schirmer Books. ISBN 0028655257. "The album yielded ... 'Play the Game,' which featured the group's first use of the synthesizer..." [2] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ Queen-The-Game/ release/ 369059 [3] Record Mirror review (archived at queenarchives.com) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_06-21-1980_-_The_Game_-_Record_Mirror) [4] Rolling Stone review (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ artists/ queen/ albums/ album/ 261147/ review/ 6068313/ the_game) [5] Washington Post review (archived at queenarchives) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_08-21-1980_-_The_Game_-_Washington_Post) [6] The Game (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r15977). Allmusic. Retrieved 19 November 2010. [7] George Starostin review (http:/ / starling. rinet. ru/ music/ queen. htm#Game) [8] http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ creem_lists. htm [9] "The 100 Greatest, Gayest Albums" (http:/ / pub37. bravenet. com/ forum/ static/ show. php?usernum=3172289350& frmid=0& msgid=897399). Out. 2008. Archived at acclaimedmusic.net [10] The Miracle (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ the-miracle-r15983/ review). Allmusic. Retrieved 19 November 2010. [11] On the Record 1982 (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Brian_May_-_XX-XX-1982_-_On_the_Record) [12] http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=The+ Game& cat=a [13] http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-110. 01-e. php?PHPSESSID=53gtrvbfj0gk7r9b4sd40dtvu0& q1=Queen+ The+ Game& q2=Top+ Albums%2FCDs& interval=50 [14] http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=The+ Game& cat=a

The Game [15] "Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1980" (http:/ / www. hitparadeitalia. it/ hp_yenda/ lpe1982. htm) (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it accessdate = 2011-10-03. . [16] a-クイーン "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Queen" (http:/ / www7a. biglobe. ne. jp/ ~yamag/ album/ al_queen. html) (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. a-クイーン. Retrieved 2011-09-14. [17] http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=The+ Game& cat=a [18] http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=The+ Game& cat=a [19] http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=The+ Game& cat=a [20] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=39297 [21] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ queen-p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-albums [22] http:/ / www. charts. de/ album. asp?artist=Queen& title=The+ Game& cat=a& country=de [23] "Austrian album certifications – Queen – The Game" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. . Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter The Game in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen [24] "German album certifications – Queen – The Game" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=The+ Game& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . [25] "Dutch album certifications – Queen – The Game" (http:/ / www. ifpi. nl/ nvpi/ pagina. asp?pagkey=60463) (in Dutch). Nederlandse Vereniging van Producenten en Importeurs van beeld- en geluidsdragers. . [26] "British album certifications – Queen – The Game" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter The Game in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go [27] "American album certifications – Queen – The Game" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="The+ Game"). Recording Industry Association of America. . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH [28] "Austriancharts.st - Jahreshitparade 1980" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ 1980_album. asp). Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2010-08-01. [29] "Top 100 Albums" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 0275& type=1& interval=24& PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062). RPM. 1980-12-20. . Retrieved 2010-12-06. [30] "日本で売れた洋楽アルバムトップ23 (Top-23 international albums on the Japanese Oricon Year-End Charts 1980" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20070219093050/ http:/ / www2. wbs. ne. jp/ ~ms-db/ oricon/ oricon album80. htm). Archived from the original (http:/ / www2. wbs. ne. jp/ ~ms-db/ oricon/ oricon 84. htm) on 2011-08-29. . Retrieved 2007-10-21. [31] "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts" (http:/ / chartheaven. 9. forumer. com/ a/ complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21. html). . Retrieved 2011-10-03. [32] "Top 100 Albums of 1981" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 4687& type=1& interval=24& PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062). RPM. 1981-12-26. . Retrieved 2010-12-06. [33] "The Billboard 200 - Year-end: 1983" (http:/ / www. n-f-l. jp/ 1981 album. html). . Retrieved 2011-08-06.

External links • 'The Game' info on the official Queen page (http://www.queenonline.com/history/75/)

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Hot Space

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Hot Space Hot Space


21 May 1982

Recorded

June–July 1981 December 1981 – March 1982 Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany

Genre

Rock

Length

43:29

Label

EMI/Parlophone (Europe) Elektra, Hollywood (US)

Producer

Queen, Arif Mardin, Mack and David Bowie Queen chronology

Flash Gordon (1980)

Hot Space (1982)

The Works (1984)

Singles from Hot Space •

"Under Pressure" Released: 26 October 1981

•

"Body Language" Released: 19 April 1982

•

"Las Palabras de Amor" Released: 1 June 1982

•

"Calling All Girls" Released: 31 July 1982 (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand only)

•

"Staying Power" Released: July, 1982 (Japan only)

•

"Back Chat" Released: 9 August 1982

Hot Space

160

Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Allmusic

[1]

Rolling Stone

[2]

Stylus

(favourable)

[3]

The Washington Post (favourable) [4]

Hot Space is the tenth studio album by British rock band Queen, released in May 1982. Marking a notable shift in direction from their earlier work, Queen employed many elements of disco, pop music, R&B and dance music on Hot Space, being partially influenced by the success of their 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust".[5] This made the album less popular with fans who preferred the traditional rock style they had come to associate with the band.[6] Queen's decision to record a dance-oriented album germinated with the massive U.S. success of "Another One Bites the Dust" (and to a lesser extent, the UK success of the song too).[5] The album's second single "Body Language" did peak at #11 on the U.S. charts. "Under Pressure", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, was released in 1981 and became the band's second #1 hit in the UK.[7] The song was a separate project and recorded ahead of the album, before the controversy over Queen's new sound (disco-influenced rock music).[8] In July 2004, Q magazine listed Hot Space as one of the top fifteen albums where great rock acts lost the plot.[9] Most of the album was recorded in Munich during the most turbulent period in the band's history, and Taylor and May lamented the new sound, with both being very critical of the influence Mercury's manager Paul Prenter had on the singer.[10] Estimated sales of the album currently stand at five million copies.

Album styles and genres Before 1979, Queen had a "no synthesizer" policy on their albums (because people would confuse Brian May's multi-tracked guitar effects with synthesizers).[11] Beginning with The Game album, Queen began using Oberheim OB-X synthesizers on their songs ("Play the Game" and "Save Me" are examples), and continued to do so on Hot Space. A departure from their trademark seventies sound, most of Hot Space is a mixture of funk, funk-rock, dance, disco and R&B — while the "rock" songs continued in a pop-rock direction similar to their previous album (an exception is the song "Put Out the Fire").[2] [5] Disliking the new sound, May and Taylor were very critical of the influence that Paul Prenter, Mercury's personal manager between the early 1980s and 1984, had on the singer.[10]

Song information Staying Power The horn arrangement for "Staying Power" was added by Arif Mardin (who also produced Chaka Khan and added horn sections to Bee Gees and Aretha Franklin records).[12] "Staying Power" would be performed on the band's accompanying "Hot Space Tour", albeit much faster and heavier, with real drums replacing the drum machine and guitars and keyboards replacing the horns (this arrangement contained no actual bass guitar, as John Deacon played guitar in addition to Brian May; the bass sound for this arrangement was played on a keyboard). It was also played on Queen's The Works Tour, albeit less frequently than on the Hot Space Tour. In Japan, the band released "Staying Power" as a single in July 1982. The song was also issued as a single in the US, in November 1982. It failed to chart in either countries. Mr Mardin's contributions were recorded in New York.

Hot Space

Dancer The bassline of "Dancer" was played on a synthesiser (an Oberheim OB-Xa) by writer/guitarist Brian May. The song itself — a fusion of rock and disco — is something of a follow-up to "Dragon Attack" from the band's 1980 album The Game in that it fuses heavy elements of music with danceable ones, as Led Zeppelin did.[12] The phone message at the end of "Dancer" is in German, and was recorded in a hotel room in Munich; it roughly translates to "good morning, this is your wake-up call". The lyrics of "Dancer" are also notable for being the only ones on the album that make reference to the album title itself.[13]

Back Chat "Back Chat", written by bassist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by black music. In addition to normal bass duties, John also plays rhythm guitar, electric piano and synthesizer on the song. As a single, it stalled at 40 on the UK charts. On the video commentary on Greatest Video Hits 2, Roger Taylor makes it clear that he hates the music video for it.

Body Language "Body Language" is atypical among Queen songs, being the sole single released by the band that does not include guitar (save for during the closing strains, which are made more prominent throughout the 1991 remix). Mercury, who composed "Body Language" on synth bass, had previously explored the instrument's potential with his contributions to the Flash Gordon soundtrack.[14] The "Body Language" video, featuring scantily clad models writhing around each other, proved somewhat controversial and was banned in a few territories. The song also appeared in the 1984 documentary film "Stripper", being performed to by one of the dancers.

Action This Day "Action This Day", one of two Roger Taylor songs that appear on the album, was clearly influenced by the New Wave movement/style current at the time; the track is driven by a pounding electronic drum machine and features a saxophone-like synthesizer solo, played by producer Mack on an Oberheim OB-Xa. "Action This Day" takes its title from a Winston Churchill catchphrase that the statesman would attach to urgent documents, and recapitulates the theme of social awareness that Taylor espoused in many of his songs. The band performed "Action This Day" live on the Hot Space Tour with a more conventional arrangement, replacing the drum machine and bass synth with a rock rhythm section. The verse are duets between Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury, and the chorus is sung by both.

Put Out the Fire "Put Out the Fire" is an anti-firearm song written by Brian May, with lead vocals by Freddie Mercury, with Brian May singing lead vocals in falsetto at the end of each verse. May recorded its guitar solo under the influence of alcohol (after many unsuccessful attempts).[14] Though never released as a single, "Put Out the Fire", the album's most 'traditional' Queen song, later appeared on the Queen Rocks compilation in 1997. A new video was also produced for the accompanying video compilation, featuring a live performance of the song intercut with footage of fire and explosions.

Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) Mercury wrote "Life Is Real" as a tribute to John Lennon, whose murder in 1980 had also previously prompted the band to perform his song "Imagine" on tour. Like Lennon's songs, "Life Is Real" features a sparse piano-based arrangement and a melancholy tone. It is also one of the few Queen songs whose lyrics were written before the music ("Killer Queen" being another). The title may be a reference to the lyric "love is real", from Lennon's 1970 song "Love". It contains the slightly offensive line "... Loving like a whore". It begins with three bell-like piano notes, meant to recall the opening bells in Lennon's "(Just Like) Starting Over", and "Beautiful Boy". Also, the first

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Hot Space two words, "Guilt stains..." are virtually identical interval-wise (though in a different key) to Lennon's first two notes in his song, "Mother".

Calling All Girls The first Roger Taylor song (however with Mercury on vocals) to be released as a single (albeit in selected countries, including the United States and Australia, but not the United Kingdom), "Calling All Girls" failed to create much of an impact on the charts where it peaked at #60 in the U.S., despite having an entertaining music video based on the George Lucas film THX 1138. Taylor composed "Calling All Girls" on guitar, and played the feedback noises during the song's break.[14] Queen never performed the song in Europe, and a live recording from Japan in 1982 is commercially available on the Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl DVD, where "Calling All Girls" accompanies the photo gallery. The single was released in July 1982 and reached #33 in Canada and #60 in the US. This song is notable for its use of "record scratching", heard with the repeated phrase "This message is...", likely a nod to emergent rap and hip-hop sounds then beginning to reach the mainstream.

Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) Brian May's lyrics for "Las Palabras de Amor" were inspired by Queen's close relationship with their Ibero-American fans, and have been interpreted as an allegory for the Falklands War.[12] (actually the album was released during the war, and must have been recorded long before the war started) A Top 20 hit in the UK, "Las Palabras de Amor" marked the band's fourth appearance on Top of the Pops (the first, second and third being for "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen" and "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"). For this mimed performance May is seen playing a grand piano though on the recording there are only synths (played by May). May also sang lead vocals for the harmonized line "this time and evermore".

Cool Cat "Cool Cat", written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, originally featured David Bowie on background vocals and even a few lines of rap during the middle eight. According to Mercury in a 1982 television interview, Bowie was unhappy with the results and requested them to be removed. All the instruments are played by Deacon. On the album version, Mercury sings the entire song in falsetto.[15] The alternate take with Bowie's vocals still intact is widely available on various bootleg recordings[16] and surfaces from an early 1982 vinyl "Hot Space" test pressing from the USA. This is also the only Queen studio track on which John Deacon uses the popping technique.

Under Pressure A now famous duet with David Bowie, "Under Pressure" was the result of an impromptu jam session in the band's studio in Montreux.[8] When it was released in 1981, "Under Pressure" reached #1 in the UK singles chart.[7] Freddie Mercury was the primary director of this track, with him and Bowie as the main lyricists (each writing the lines they sang). Part of the chord progression is based on a rough demo of an unreleased song "Feel Like".[17] The songwriting is credited to all five participants.

Track listing

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Hot Space

163

Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Staying Power"

Freddie Mercury

4:10

2. "Dancer"

Brian May

3:46

3. "Back Chat"

John Deacon

4:31

4. "Body Language"

Mercury

4:29

5. "Action This Day" Roger Taylor

3:33

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Put Out the Fire"

May

3:15

2. "Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)"

Mercury

3:39

3. "Calling All Girls"

Taylor

3:53

4. "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" May

4:26

5. "Cool Cat"

Deacon, Mercury

3:26

6. "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie)

David Bowie, Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor

4:02


Length

12. "Body Language (1991 Bonus Remix)"

4:44


Length

1. "Staying Power (Live in Milton Keynes, June 1982)"

3:57

2. "Soul Brother (B-Side)"

3:36

3. "Back Chat (Single Remix)"

4:12

4. "Action This Day (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)"

6:25

5. "Calling All Girls (Live in Tokyo, November 1982)"

4:45

2011 iTunes Bonus Videos No. Title 1. "Las Palabras De Amor (Top Of The Pops, 1982)" 2. "Under Pressure (Rah Mix, 1999)" 3. "Action This Day (Live at Milton Keynes Bowl, 1982)"

Length

Hot Space

164



Peak position

[18]

15

[19]

1


[20]

6


[21]

1

Dutch Albums Chart

[22]

7

French Albums Chart

[23]

5

German Albums Chart Italian Albums Chart

[24]

9

[25]

6



[26]

5

[27]

3


[28]

4

[29]

4

[30]

22

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200

U.S. Billboard R&B Albums Chart

[30]


Position


[31] [32]


[24]


[33]

UK Albums Chart

Certifications

17 46 54 51

40

Hot Space

165

Region


25000x

[35] Gold

100000^

[36]

500000^

Austria (IFPI Austria)

United Kingdom (BPI) United States (RIAA)

Gold

^


x

Personnel • John Deacon – bass guitar, synthesizer, electric guitar, drums, electric piano • Brian May – lead guitar, synthesizers, piano, backing vocals, synth bass on "Dancer", lead vocals (falsetto lines on "Put Out the Fire" and lead harmony on "Las Palabras de Amor") • Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, synthesizers, synth bass on "Staying Power", keyboards • Roger Taylor – drums, drum computer, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Action This Day", rhythm guitar, keyboards With: • David Bowie – lead vocals, percussion and keyboards on "Under Pressure" • Arif Mardin – "Hot and Spacey" horn arrangement and production on "Staying Power" • Mack – production, keyboard programming on "Action This Day"

Miscellaneous • Michael Jackson, who was close friends with the band during the time, later cited Hot Space as an influence for his own blockbuster album Thriller.[37] [38] • The cover art of U2's 1997 Pop album, Blur's 2000 Best Of compilation, "Weird Al" Yankovic's 1994 Greatest Hits Volume II, and The Black Eyed Peas's 2010 The Beginning bear some similarity to the Hot Space cover (which, in turn, drew its inspiration from the cover of The Beatles' album Let It Be). Pop, like Hot Space, was also an attempt to make a dance album, both of which received mixed results. • The 1982 Hot Space Tour was Queen's last tour of America until the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour in 2006 (the band stopped touring completely in 1986 due to Mercury's health, and did not tour again until the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour commenced in 2005).[39]

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Hot Space [10] O'Casey, Matt, dir. (2011) Queen - Days of Our Lives. Part 2. BBC. Queen Productions Ltd. Retrieved 31 May 2011 [11] Roy Thomas Baker & Gary Langan Interview (http:/ / www. soundonsound. com/ sos/ 1995_articles/ oct95/ queen. html#) Sound On Sound. Retrieved 3 August 2011 [12] Miccio, Anthony. "On Second Thought" (http:/ / www. stylusmagazine. com/ articles/ on_second_thought/ queen-hot-space. htm). Stylus. . Retrieved 2006-12-05 'Staying Power' marked the band's first and only collaboration with Arif Mardin - whose previous credits include working with Chaka Khan, The Bee Gees and Aretha Franklin - and is the only song in Queen's catalogue to feature an authentic horn section. The original demo of the track featured a guitar instead of horns.. [13] "Queen - The Complete Words" (http:/ / www. queenwords. com/ lyrics/ songs/ sng12_02. shtml). . Retrieved 2006-12-05. [14] Obrecht, Jas. "Brian May Interview" (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ queen/ articles/ bhm8301. html). Guitar Player (January 1983), archived at Andy's Queen page (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ queen/ ). . Retrieved 2006-12-05. [15] Milward, John (1982-06-10). "Hot Space Review" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ artists/ queen/ albums/ album/ 193117/ review/ 5946715/ hot_space). Rolling Stone, issue 371. . Retrieved 2006-12-05. [16] "Queen Demos of Released Tracks (A-L)" (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ Songs/ queendemos1. htm). . Retrieved 2006-12-05. [17] "Queen Demos of Released Tracks (M-Z)" (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ Songs/ queendemos2. htm). . Retrieved 2006-12-05. [18] Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970-1992. St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN 0-646-11917-6. [19] http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Hot+ Space& cat=a [20] Queen" and "Hot" and "Space" and "Top Albums/CDs" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-110. 01-e. php?PHPSESSID=53gtrvbfj0gk7r9b4sd40dtvu0& q1=Queen+ Hot+ Space& q2=Top+ Albums/ CDs& interval=50) Library and Archives Canada [21] http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Hot+ Space& cat=a [22] http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ Album_Q. php [23] http:/ / www. charts. de/ album. asp?artist=Queen& title=Hot+ Space& cat=a& country=de [24] "Hit Parade Italia - Gli album più venduti del 1982" (http:/ / www. hitparadeitalia. it/ hp_yenda/ lpe1982. htm) (in Italian). hitparadeitalia.it. . Retrieved 2011-10-03. [25] a-クイーン "- Yamachan Land (Archives of the Japanese record charts) - Albums Chart Daijiten - Queen" (http:/ / www7a. biglobe. ne. jp/ ~yamag/ album/ al_queen. html) (in Japanese). 2007-12-30. a-クイーン. Retrieved 2011-09-14. [26] http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Hot+ Space& cat=a [27] http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Hot+ Space& cat=a [28] http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Hot+ Space& cat=a [29] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=40276 [30] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ queen-p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-albums [31] "Austriancharts.st - Jahreshitparade 1984" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ 1984_album. asp). Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2010-08-01. [32] "Top 100 Albums '82" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 6170& type=1& interval=24& PHPSESSID=mhe12pta2k83e08udtq66ot062). RPM. 1982-12-25. . Retrieved 2010-12-06. [33] "Complete UK Year-End Album Charts" (http:/ / chartheaven. 9. forumer. com/ a/ complete-uk-yearend-album-charts_post21. html). . Retrieved 2011-10-03. [34] "Austrian album certifications – Queen – hot Space" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. . Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter hot Space in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen [35] "British album certifications – Queen – hot Space" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter hot Space in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go [36] "American album certifications – Queen – hot Space" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="hot+ Space"). Recording Industry Association of America. . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH [37] Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=adNONbUWLjgC& pg=PT173& dq=hot+ space+ michael+ jackson#v=onepage& q=hot space michael jackson& f=false) p.170. Retrieved 9 June 2011 [38] Thriller´, de Michael Jackson, sigue imbatido 25 años después (http:/ / www. elperiodicoextremadura. com/ noticias/ noticia. asp?pkid=341044) [39] Queen most loved band (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ uk/ 2005/ jul/ 05/ arts. artsnews1) The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2011

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The Works

167

The Works The Works


27 February 1984

Recorded August 1983 – January 1984 at The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California and Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany Genre

Rock

Length

37:11

Label

EMI/Parlophone; Capitol, Hollywood Records (US)

Producer Queen and Mack Queen chronology

Hot Space (1982)

The Works (1984)

A Kind of Magic (1986)

Singles from The Works 1.

"Radio Ga Ga" Released: 23 January 1984

2.

"I Want to Break Free" Released: 2 April 1984

3.

"It's a Hard Life" Released: 16 July 1984

4.

"Hammer to Fall" Released: 10 September 1984

The Works

168


Rating [1]

Allmusic People Rolling Stone Sounds

(favourable)

[2] [3]

[4]

The Works is the eleventh studio album by British rock band Queen, released in February 1984. A partial return to their rock roots, although with a much lighter approach, the record has also the heaviest electronics amongst all group albums. In comparison, rock was mostly absent on their previous effort Hot Space, which gave room to dance and funk with the use of analogue synths and brass. Freddie Mercury praised the album saying it helped re-establish the band, especially in Europe. The Works is estimated to have sold 12 million copies worldwide. Recorded at the Record Plant Studios and Musicland Studios from August 1983 to January 1984, the album's title comes from a comment drummer Roger Taylor made as recording began – "Let's give them the works!"

History Following the release of and subsequent touring for their 1982 album Hot Space, the four members of Queen opted to take a break from the band the following year, indulging in solo projects and taking the chance to stretch in individual directions. While a spring tour of South America had been an early possibility, especially following the band's success there two years prior, equipment and promotional problems brought an end to these plans.[5] Brian May worked with Eddie Van Halen and others on the Star Fleet Project, while Freddie Mercury began work on his solo album. By August 1983, however, the band had reunited and began work on their eleventh studio album. It would be Queen's first album for EMI (and its United States affiliate Capitol Records) worldwide after the band nullified its recording deal with Elektra for the United States, Canada, Australia and Japan.[5] Recording commenced at Record Plant Studios in Los Angeles – Queen's first time recording in America – and Musicland Studios in Munich. Also during this time, their manager Jim Beach offered them the opportunity to compose the soundtrack for the film The Hotel New Hampshire. The band agreed, but soon discovered much of their time was being spent on the soundtrack instead of the upcoming album, and the project fell through.[5] Only one song written for the soundtrack, "Keep Passing the Open Windows", made it onto The Works. By November 1983, Roger Taylor's "Radio Ga Ga" was chosen as the first single from the album. The Works was released on 27 February 1984.

Track listing

The Works

169

Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Radio Ga Ga"

Roger Taylor

5:44

2. "Tear It Up"

Brian May

3:28

3. "It's a Hard Life"

Freddie Mercury

4:08

4. "Man on the Prowl" Mercury

3:28

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

5. "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"

May, Taylor

5:10

6. "I Want to Break Free"

John Deacon

3:20

7. "Keep Passing the Open Windows" Mercury

5:21

8. "Hammer to Fall"

4:28

May

9. "Is This the World We Created...?" Mercury, May

2:13


Writer(s) Length

10. "I Go Crazy" (Original B-side)

May

3:42

11. "Radio Ga Ga" (Extended version)

Taylor

6:50

12. "I Want to Break Free" (Extended mix) Deacon

7:19


Length

1. "I Go Crazy (B-Side)" 2. "I Want To Break Free (Single Remix)" 3. "Hammer To Fall (Headbanger’s Mix)" 4. "Is This The World We Created…? (Live in Rio, January 1985)" 5. "It's A Hard Life (Live in Rio, January 1985)" 6. "Thank God It's Christmas (Non-Album Single)"

2011 iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus videos No. Title 1. "Tear It Up (Live @ Wembley Stadium, London – 7/11/1986)" 2. "I Want to Break Free (Live @ Rock in Rio – January 1985)" 3. "Radio Ga Ga (Promo Video, 1984)"

Length

The Works

Song information Radio Ga Ga "Radio Ga Ga" was composed on keyboards, after Roger Taylor heard his son Felix (3 years old at the time) saying "radio ca ca".[5] He wrote it in Los Angeles and locked himself in the studio with a Roland Jupiter 8 and a drum machine. Afterwards John Deacon came up with a suitable bass line. Mercury reconstructed the track, both musically and lyrically. It was still credited to Taylor since Mercury was an arranger rather than a co-writer. Fred Mandel, their session keyboardist, put together an additive track with piano, synth and a temporary bass part. May used a glass slide for his guitar solo. Taylor sang all the backing vocals, and used a Vocoder throughout the song. Most of the song is made out of electronics and synthesizers.

Tear It Up "Tear It Up" is May's song, and the demo features him doing the vocals instead of Mercury. It was written as an attempt to revive Queen's old sound. It features stomping percussion similar to "We Will Rock You" that drives the song.

It's a Hard Life "It's a Hard Life" is one of May's and Taylor's favourite songs from Mercury (although they admitted that they hated the video). May contributed with some of the lyrics, and the intro was based on Ruggero Leoncavallo's Vesti la giubba, an aria from his opera Pagliacci. Mercury played piano and did most of the vocals, and conducted May about the scales he should use for the solo, described by May in the guitar program Star Licks as very "Bohemian Rhapsody"-esque.

Man on the Prowl "Man on the Prowl" is a three-chord rockabilly Mercury composition (similar to "Crazy Little Thing Called Love") in which Fred Mandel plays the piano ending. Note that "Tear It Up", "It's a Hard Life" and this song are free of synthesizers. May played the solo using a Telecaster.

Machines (Or 'Back to Humans') "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')" came up as an idea by Taylor, and May collaborated with him and finished it. Producer Reinhold Mack programmed the synth-"demolition" using a Fairlight CMI II Sampler, and the song is sung as a duet between two Mercury (harmonising with each other) and a robotic Taylor (using a Roland VP330 Vocoder). The instrumental remix of the song samples parts of "Ogre Battle" from Queen's second album Queen II, Flash and Larry Lurex's "Goin' Back" (in fact Queen (sans John Deacon) under a pseudonym). This song, along with Radio Ga Ga are some of the heaviest uses of electronics on the album.

I Want to Break Free "I Want to Break Free" was written by John Deacon out of frustration. This pop song is best known probably because of its controversial video, featuring all four Queen members dressed up as women, in a parody of the British soap opera Coronation Street. The idea for the clip was from Roger Taylor. Freddie commented that 'Everybody ran into their frocks'. John Deacon, the song's author, insisted he didn't want a guitar solo on the track so a synth solo was played by Fred Mandel – live, however, May played the solo on guitar.

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Keep Passing the Open Windows "Keep Passing the Open Windows" was written by Mercury in 1983 for the film version of The Hotel New Hampshire, based on a novel by John Irving. The phrase is mentioned on a number of occasions throughout the film and was, according to the opening credits, also co-produced by the band's manager Jim Beach, who changed it in order to suit the album mood better. Mercury played piano and synths and wrote the lyrics after reading the quote in the book.

Hammer to Fall "Hammer to Fall" is May's other rock song in the album. Live versions were considerably faster and he sang it in his solo tours as well. Synths are played by Mandel and most of vocal harmonies were recorded by May himself, particularly in the bridge (save for "oh no" which is Taylor). The song harks back to the Queen of old, with a song being built around a hard angular and muscular riff. The song features Freddie Mercury on lead vocals, doing a call and response with May, who sings the chorus. The song's music video directed by David Mallet, contains footage of a performance of the song in Brussels.[6] "Hammer to Fall" was a concert favourite, and was the third song the band performed at Live Aid in 1985.[7] The song also features in the setlist of the band's Magic Tour in 1986.[8]

Is This the World We Created...? "Is This the World We Created...?" was written in Munich after Mercury and May watched the news of poverty in Africa, and performed at Live Aid. Mercury wrote most of the lyrics and May wrote the chords and made small lyrical contributions. The song was recorded with an Ovation but live May used Taylor's Gibson Chet Atkins CE nylon-stringed guitar. Originally, a Freddie Mercury composition,"There Must Be More To Life Than This" (which was around since the "Hot Space" sessions and finally ended up on Freddie's solo record "Mr Bad Guy") was supposed to be the album's last track.

I Go Crazy "I Go Crazy" is another Brian May rocker from the Works time period, which ended up as the B-side to Roger Taylor's "Radio Ga Ga". The song, which was demoed during the "Hot Space" sessions (some say it was tried out during "The Game" sessions) was not to the liking of the other band members and therefore removed from the album. Nonetheless, it ended up as a B-side, making its first digital appearance on the 1991 The Works CD release. Lead vocals are mostly sung by Mercury, with May singing lead on the bridge in the middle. The song ends with Taylor and Mercury alternating vocals on the word "crazy".

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, programming • Brian May: electric guitar, twelve-string acoustic guitar, backing vocals, keyboards, lead vocals on bridge of "I Go Crazy", programming • Roger Taylor: drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, keyboards, Vocoder on "Machines (Back to Humans)" and "Radio Ga Ga", programming • John Deacon: bass guitar, rhythm and acoustic guitars, keyboards, programming With • Fred Mandel: Synth Brass on "I Want To Break free", Piano, programming • Mack: Fairlight CMI programming on "Machines", engineering • Mike Beiriger: additional engineering • Stefan Wissnet: additional engineering

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• Ed Delena: additional engineering • Bill Smith: sleeve design • George Hurrell: photography

Singles For the first and only time in their career, all the songs (and one non-album track, "I Go Crazy") from a Queen album were used as either A-sides or B-sides on singles. Starting with this album, the group began issuing singles in the United Kingdom under their own catalogue numbers. Number

Format

A-side

B-side

Released date (UK)

QUEEN 1

(7" Single)

"Radio Ga Ga"

"I Go Crazy"

—

12QUEEN 1

(12" Single)

"Radio Ga Ga (Extended Version)"

"Radio Ga Ga (Instrumental Version)"/"I Go Crazy"

23 January 1984

QUEEN 2

(7" Single)

"I Want to Break Free (Single Mix)"

"Machines (or 'Back to Humans')"

—

12QUEEN 2

(12" Single)

"I Want to Break Free (Extended Mix)"


2 April 1984

QUEEN 3

(7" Single)

"It's a Hard Life"

"Is This the World We Created...?"

—

12QUEEN 3

(12" Single)

"It's a Hard Life"


16 July 1984

QUEEN 4

(7" Single)

"Hammer to Fall (Headbanger's Mix Edit)"

"Tear It Up"

—

12QUEEN 4

(12" Single)

"Hammer to Fall (Headbanger's Mix)"

"Tear It Up"

10 September 1984

QUEEN 5

(7" Single)

"Thank God It's Christmas" (non-album track)

"Man on the Prowl"/"Keep Passing the Open Windows"

—

12QUEEN 5

(12" Single)


"Man on the Prowl (Extended Version)"/"Keep Passing the Open Windows (Extended Version)"

26 November 1984

Others Format

A-side

US 7" Single & Cassette Single "Radio Ga Ga (US Single Edit)" US Promo 7" Single

B-side "I Go Crazy"

"I Want to Break Free (Single Mix)" "I Want to Break Free (Special 7" Single Edit)"

US 7" Single & Cassette Single "I Want to Break Free (Single Mix)" "Machines (or 'Back to Humans') (Instrumental Version)"

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Peak position [9]

12

[10]

2

Australian Albums Chart Austrian Albums Chart

[11]

22


[12]

1

Dutch Albums Chart

[13]

14

[14]

4

French Albums Chart Italian Albums Chart

[15]

7



[16]

9

[17]

2


[18]

3

[19]

3

Swiss Albums Chart

[20]

2

[21]

23

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200

West German Albums Chart

[22]

3


Position [9]

48

[23]

2


[24]


[14]


[25]

UK Albums Chart

88 37 14

The Works

174

Decade-end charts Chart (1980-89)

Position [26]


32


Certification Sales/shipments [27]

Platinum

50000x

Canada (Music Canada)

Platinum

100000^

[29]

Platinum

500000^

Gold

50000^


[28]

Germany (BVMI)

[30]

Netherlands (NVPI)

Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)

[31] Platinum

[32]

Platinum

650,000

[33]

Gold

500000^


50000x [25]

^


x

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A Kind of Magic A Kind of Magic


2 June 1986

Recorded

September 1985–April 1986 at Musicland Studios, Munich, Germany, Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland and Townhouse Studios, London, England

Genre

Rock

A Kind of Magic

176

Length

53:36 (EMI CD) 50:31 (Hollywood CD) 40:58 (LP & Cassette version)

Label

EMI Hollywood (1991 US re-release)

Producer

Queen, Mack and David Richards Queen chronology

The Works (1984)


The Miracle (1989)

Singles from A Kind Of Magic •

"One Vision" Released: 4 November 1985

•

"A Kind of Magic" Released: 17 March 1986

•

"Princes of the Universe" Released: April, 1986 (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan only)

•

"Friends Will Be Friends" Released: 9 June 1986

•

"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" Released: August, 1986 (US, Europe only)

•

"Who Wants to Live Forever" Released: 15 September 1986

•

"One Year of Love" Released: 1986 (France, Spain only)

A Kind of Magic is a 1986 album by British rock band Queen. It was the band's twelfth studio album and their first to be recorded digitally, and is based on the soundtrack to the film Highlander, the first in a series directed by Russell Mulcahy. Although Queen would release another three albums with Freddie Mercury (including the posthumous Made in Heaven), A Kind of Magic would turn out to be the band's last ever album promoted with a concert tour, because of Mercury's diagnosis with AIDS the following year and his eventual death from AIDS in 1991. For the first time in their career, the band allowed filming of them while they were in the recording studio. The video for "One Vision" shows them in various stages of writing and recording the song. A Kind of Magic reached #1 in the UK, selling 100,000 copies in its first week, and remained in the UK charts for sixty-three weeks.[1] The album spawned three hit singles; the album's title track "A Kind of Magic", "One Vision" and "Friends Will Be Friends".[2] The sixth track on the album, "Who Wants to Live Forever", features an orchestra conducted by Michael Kamen, while the last track, "Princes of the Universe", is the theme song to Highlander.[3] Critical reaction to the album was mixed, but it has, in recent years, been cited by music publications and fans as one of Queen's best records of the 1980s. The 1994 edition of the Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums listed A Kind of Magic #171 in the all-time greatest rock and pop albums, and in 2007, Classic Rock ranked it the 28th greatest soundtrack album of all time.[4] [5] Estimates of the albums sales currently stand at 14 million copies.

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A Kind of Magic and Highlander The album enjoys the status of an unofficial soundtrack for the 1986 film Highlander (for which no official soundtrack album was ever released). The title, "A Kind of Magic", may have come from one of the lines Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) says to describe his immortality.[6] Six out of nine songs on the album appeared in the film, although in different versions. The three songs that did not appear in Highlander are "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure", "Friends Will Be Friends" and "One Vision" (which was featured a year earlier in the film Iron Eagle). Conversely, a recording of "Theme from New York, New York" made specifically for a scene in Highlander does not appear on A Kind of Magic, and in fact has never been released in album form to date. According to a statement by Brian May on the Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD (2003), at least at that point, he had the intention to work on a proper Highlander soundtrack in the future. In one scene, a snippet of "Hammer to Fall" plays on a radio, a song from the previously released "The Works" album.


Writer(s)

Length

1. "One Vision"

Queen

5:10

2. "A Kind of Magic"

Roger Taylor

4:24

3. "One Year of Love"

John Deacon

4:26

4. "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" Deacon, Freddie Mercury

4:21

5. "Friends Will Be Friends"

4:07

Deacon, Mercury

Side two No. Title 6. "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Writer(s) Brian May

Length 5:15

7. "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" May

4:34

8. "Don't Lose Your Head"

Taylor

4:38

9. "Princes of the Universe"

Mercury

3:32

1986 EMI CD bonus tracks No. Title

Writer(s)

10. "A Kind of 'A Kind of Magic'"

Taylor

Length 3:38

11. "Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends..." Deacon, Mercury

5:58

12. "Forever"

3:20

May

A Kind of Magic

178

1991 Hollywood Records CD bonus tracks No. Title

Length

10. "Forever"

3:20

11. "One Vision (Extended Vision)"

6:23


Length

1. "A Kind Of Magic (Highlander Version)" 2. "One Vision (Single Version)" 3. "Pain Is So Close To Pleasure (Single Remix)" 4. "Forever (Piano Version)" 5. "A Kind Of Vision(Demo, August 1985)" 6. "One Vision (Live at Wembley Stadium, July 11th 1986)" 7. "Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends"


Length

1. "One Vision (extended promo video, 1985)" 2. "Princes of the Universe (promo video, 1986)" 3. "A Kind of Magic (Live @ Wembley Stadium, London – 7/11/1986)"


Rating

Allmusic

[7]

Kerrang!

[8] [9]

Rolling Stone

(unfavorable)

The Times

(mixed)

[2]

People Weekly (unfavorable)[10]

Critical reaction to A Kind of Magic was mixed. Rolling Stone described the album as "heavy plastic", concluding, "This band might as well put some pomp back in its rock. Its members are never going to make it as dignified elder statesmen."[9] The Times described the album as one of "the most spectacularly successful releases this year", yet questioned its appeal, asking, "why does it not extend to those of us who are given the records to review?"[2] People Weekly wrote, "There's hardly a personal expression, let alone an intimate one, in this album... The group can be dazzling. In this case they're just overbearing."[10] In a retrospective review, Allmusic were more favourable, writing, "It may not have been as cohesive as some of their other albums, but A Kind of Magic was their best work in some time."[7] Kerrang! reviewer wonders "how much of the album is the 'real' Queen and how much is the result of the

A Kind of Magic costraints/musical slant imposed upon them by writing material to go with a movie", concluding that "only a band of Queen's stature (...) could put out an album of such diverse songs without disappointing a sizeable portion of their fans".[8] In the 1994 edition of The Guinness All Time Top 1000 Albums, A Kind of Magic was voted No. 171 in the all-time greatest rock and pop albums.[5] In 2006, a national BBC poll saw the album voted the 42nd greatest album of all time.[11] In 2007, Classic Rock ranked A Kind of Magic the 28th greatest soundtrack album of all time.[4]

Song information One Vision After Queen's contribution to Live Aid, Freddie Mercury was enthusiastic about the band and rang them up to go to the studio and write a song together, the finished product being "One Vision". All four band members were credited as songwriters, however Roger Taylor stated in an interview with Australian TV that originally it had been his song, with serious lyrics about men like Martin Luther King, but joked that "that rotter Freddie" had changed all his lyrics with additions like "one shrimp, one prawn, one clam, one chicken", and even name-checking bassist John Deacon. Brian May played the opening synth section using a Yamaha DX-7. The sessions were filmed and later released on the 2003 DVD set Greatest Video Hits 2. The song does not appear in Highlander, but was used in the 1986 movie Iron Eagle.

A Kind of Magic "A Kind of Magic" was written by Roger Taylor. Taylor has admitted writing down some lyrics, which proved to be the basis for both "One Vision" and "A Kind of Magic", something made obvious by the demo of the song appearing for the first time on the 2011 Universal Bonus EP, which mixes some lyrics. Later on, unbeknown to Taylor who was off to the United States for a few days, Freddie Mercury took it over, "polished" the lyrics, added the bassline, some connectors and re-arranged the structure. Regardless, the new, more pop orientated version was still credited to Taylor. It was this version that was featured on the album, released as a single and included their auxiliary live musician, Spike Edney, playing some keyboards. The heavier, rockier alternate version, also making its official debut on the 2011 Universal Bonus EP, played during the credits of Highlander. The song was covered by Elaine Paige in 1988 on her album called The Queen Album.

One Year of Love "One Year of Love" is a song by Deacon. The album version features Deacon playing Yamaha DX-7 synth, a string orchestra conducted by Lynton Naiff and a saxophone played by Steve Gregory. Deacon decided to substitute the guitar components with a saxophone solo after a discussion with May, who does not appear in the song. It was released as a single in France and Spain only, and appeared during the bar scene in Highlander. The song was covered by Elaine Paige in 1988, and by Dutch singer Stevie Ann in 2006.

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Pain Is So Close to Pleasure "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" began as a riff idea by May. Then Deacon and Mercury turned that into a song, with Deacon playing rhythm guitar. The song has a Motown style and was released as a single in 1986, reaching #26 on the Dutch charts. The title also appears as a line in "One Year of Love". This would be one of the last times Mercury would sing a Queen song completely in falsetto.

Friends Will Be Friends "Friends Will Be Friends" was written by Mercury and Deacon, with lyrics written by Mercury (which was confirmed by May on his website).[12] It's one of the last of Mercury's piano ballads, and in some ways is a musical similitude with older Queen material, such as "Play the Game" and "We Are the Champions". It is another song not featured in Highlander. It was noted as being a modern update of the 70's Queen rock anthems "We Are The Champions" and "We Will Rock You" and reached #14 in the UK.

Who Wants to Live Forever "Who Wants to Live Forever" was composed by May and sung in the album version as a duet between himself and Mercury. Synths are done on a Yamaha DX-7 by May, and the orchestra was arranged and conducted by Michael Kamen. Deacon did not participate, and Taylor played some drum-machine parts and contributed backing vocals. Percussion was taken over by the orchestra as well as bass (double bass in this case), in spite of Deacon miming those parts in the video. It serves as somewhat of a 'love theme' of Highlander, as it adds to the sub-plot of the movie (in the film, Mercury sings the first verse as well, unlike the album version, which has May singing first).

Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme) "Gimme the Prize" was written by May. This song is featured in Highlander, and also samples the lines "I have something to say: It's better to burn out than to fade away" and "There can be only one", spoken by actors Clancy Brown (The Kurgan) and Christopher Lambert (Connor MacLeod) respectively. Director Russell Mulcahy states in the DVD commentary that this was his least favourite of the band's songs used in the film because he does not like heavy metal. May also commented (to a Japanese magazine in 1986) that both Mercury and Deacon hated the song.

Don't Lose Your Head "Don't Lose Your Head" was composed by Taylor and features Joan Armatrading in a vocal cameo. The song takes its name from a line spoken in Highlander, and is played for a short time when Kurgan kidnaps Brenda. The song then segues into a cover of "Theme from New York, New York", though it is only a small clip. An instrumental version of the track entitled "A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" is featured as the B-side to "A Kind of Magic".

Princes of the Universe "Princes of the Universe" is the film's theme song and the only song on the album for which Mercury received sole credit. It is quite a complex and heavy work, demonstrating Queen returning to their hard rock and heavy metal roots. The song is played in the opening credits of Highlander.[13] The music video uses clips and scenery from the movie, as well as a cameo by Christopher Lambert.

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Singles • Queen recorded One Vision, released in the UK on 4 November 1985, the first after their much-lauded appearance at the Live Aid concert. It did well on the charts, reaching seventh in the UK and making top ten throughout Europe. The song appeared in the film Iron Eagle. • A Kind of Magic, released in the UK on 17 March 1986, reached #3 on its home chart. While charting well everywhere else, it peaked at #42 in the US and has been played on radios mostly in New England (Similar to their first single Keep Yourself Alive). Russell Mulcahy, director of Highlander, directed the song's accompanying video. • Friends Will Be Friends, released on 9 June 1986, reached #14 in the UK and made the top 40 throughout Europe. • Who Wants to Live Forever, released on 15 September 1986, reached #24 in the UK. The National Philharmonic Orchestra featured in the song's video, along with 40 choirboys and two thousand candles. • Pain Is So Close to Pleasure, released in the US and parts of Europe only. • One Year of Love, released in France and Spain only. • Princes of the Universe, was never released as a single in the UK. While not a hit, it is a cult favourite due to the 1986 film Highlander in the USA. It was also used as the theme music for the Highlander television show which followed the movie in 1992-1998. The music video featured Christopher Lambert and the band on part of the film set, and is cut with scenes from the film. The song also appears on Greatest Hits III.[14] It was released as a single in the Netherlands on 28 February 2000.

Personnel Queen • • • •

Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesisers, programming John Deacon – bass guitar, electric guitars, synthesisers, programming Roger Taylor – drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, synthesisers, programming Brian May – electric guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Who Wants to Live Forever" synthesisers, programming

Additional musicians • • • • •

Spike Edney – additional keyboards Joan Armatrading – incidental vocals on "Don't Lose Your Head" Steve Gregory – alto saxophone on "One Year of Love" String section on "One Year of Love" arranged and conducted by Lynton Naiff National Philharmonic Orchestra on "Who Wants to Live Forever" arranged by Michael Kamen and May and conducted by Kamen

Other • Roger Chiasson – Album cover

Charts Chart positions

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[15]

12

[16]

3


[17]

50


[18]

2

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[19]

6

[20]

13


[21]

25



[22]

9

[23]

5


[24]

9

[25]

4

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[26]

1

[27]

46

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200

West German Albums Chart

[28]

4


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[15]

[29]


62

[30]

18

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[31]

Certifications

16

[20]


UK Albums Chart

68

8

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183

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[33]

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[35]

Germany (BVMI)

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50000x

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206,000

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300000^

[34]


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[37]

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1200000^

[38]

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The Miracle The Miracle


22 May 1989

Recorded

January 1988 – February 1989 at Olympic Studios and Townhouse Studios, London, England, and Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland

Genre

Rock

The Miracle

185

Length

58:40 (1991 Hollywood CD)

Label

Parlophone (UK), Capitol Records (original 1989 US release), Hollywood Records (1991 US re-release)

Producer

Queen, David Richards Queen chronology


The Miracle (1989)

Innuendo (1991)

Singles from The Miracle 1.

"I Want It All" Released: 2 May 1989

2.

"Breakthru" Released: 19 June 1989

3.

"The Invisible Man" Released: 7 August 1989

4.

"Scandal" Released: 9 October 1989

5.

"The Miracle" Released: 27 November 1989

The Miracle is a 1989 album by British rock band Queen. It was the band's thirteenth studio album, recorded as the band recovered from Brian May's marital problems and Freddie Mercury's AIDS diagnosis (which was, though known to the band, not publicised at the time). Recording started in January 1988 and lasted twelve months. The album was originally going to be called "The Invisible Man", but three weeks before the release, according to Roger Taylor, they decided to change the name to The Miracle. The striking cover art utilised the Quantel Paintbox, then state of the art image-manipulation technology, to combine photographs of the familiar faces of the four band members into one morphed Gestalt image, in line with their decision to dispense with individual credits and simply present their music as the product of Queen; the back cover went a step further with a seamless regiment of the bands' eyes. The album reached #1 in the UK, Austria, Germany, the Netherlands, and Switzerland, and #24 on the American Billboard 200 chart. The Miracle is estimated to have sold 9.5 million copies. Allmusic would name it as Queen's best album of the 1980s, along with The Game.[1]

Track listing All tracks credited to Queen. Listed below are the respective writers. Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Party"

John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury

2:24

2. "Khashoggi's Ship"

Queen

2:47

3. "The Miracle"

Mercury, Deacon

5:02

4. "I Want It All"

May

4:40

5. "The Invisible Man" Roger Taylor

3:55

The Miracle

186

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Breakthru"

Mercury (intro), Taylor

4:07

2. "Rain Must Fall"

Deacon (Music), Mercury (Lyrics)

4:20

3. "Scandal"

May

4:42

4. "My Baby Does Me" Deacon, Mercury

3:22

5. "Was It All Worth It" Mercury

5:45

Extra tracks (CD versions only) No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

11. "Hang on in There"

Queen

3:46

12. "Chinese Torture"

Mercury, May

1:46

13. "The Invisible Man (12" Version)" Taylor

5:29


Length

14. "Scandal (12" Mix)"

6:34


Length

1. "I Want It All (Single Version)" 2. "The Invisible Man (Early Version with Guide Vocal, August 1988)" 3. "Hang On In There (B-Side)" 4. "Hijack My Heart (B-Side)" 5. "Stealin’ (B-Side)" 6. "Chinese Torture (Instrumental)" 7. "The Invisible Man (12” Version)"

2011 iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus videos No. Title 1. "I Want It All (promo video, 1989)" 2. "The Making of “The Miracle” promo video (1989)" 3. "The Making of The Miracle album cover (1989)"

Length

The Miracle

Song information Party "Party" began as a jam session between Mercury, May and Deacon. Mercury was at the piano and he started off the "we had a good night" section. From then on the three of them worked together and completed it. This is the only track which can truly be seen as a 'Queen' track in the sense that all the rest were written by sole members - but nevertheless credited to Queen. May sings lead on a small portion of the song near the beginning.

Khashoggi's Ship "Khashoggi's Ship" was started by Mercury with all four of them contributing to the lyrics and music. The song is about famous billionaire Adnan Khashoggi and a ship (the Nabila, now Kingdom 5KR) that he owned at the time and was one of the largest private yachts in the world. On the album, this track flows seamlessly from 'Party', to which it has a very similar lyrical theme. The song served as the reference to the name of the Khashoggi character in the We Will Rock You musical.

The Miracle "The Miracle" is one of the most complex songs from the band's last years. Mercury and Deacon co-wrote the chords together. It is one of May's favourite songs. The entire band contributed with lyrical and some musical ideas and Mercury played piano as well as many synth-tracks, using a Korg M1.

I Want It All "I Want It All" was composed by May in 1987. On the Greatest Video Hits II DVD, May commented that the song was inspired by his second wife, Anita Dobson's favourite motto, "I Want it All, and I Want It Now!" The idea of having intro, verses, choruses, and solos over the same chord progression was reused on their next album with another May song, "The Show Must Go On", which was made in 1990. Mercury and May share the lead vocals. Mercury played keyboards, May played acoustic and electric guitars and Taylor used double-kick bass drum for the first time.

The Invisible Man "The Invisible Man" is Taylor's first song on the album. The lyrical idea came from a book he was reading after which the beat instantly came to his head. May and Taylor commented (Queen for an Hour interview, 1989) that Taylor wrote part of the song in the bath (similarly to what happened with Mercury and "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" ten years before). The names of all four band members are "hidden" in the vocals: "Freddie Mercury" right before the first verse begins, "John Deacon" after the first verse, "Brian May" (repeated once) before his guitar solo, and "Roger Taylor" (with the initial "r" rolled by Mercury to sound like a drum roll) after the lyric "look at me, look at me". Taylor "answers" with a drum fill. An unreleased version features a completely different middle-eight with Mercury singing alternate lyrics in the style of Elvis Presley. The whispered parts of the chorus are sung by Taylor.

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Breakthru "Breakthru" is the joint of two songs: "A New Life Is Born", by Mercury, and "Breakthru", written by Taylor with input by the others in the key change. Taylor's songs tended to be in flat keys, in the mid-80s, when he started writing at the piano instead of on a guitar. This song was released as a single and made the top ten in the UK over the summer of 1989.

Rain Must Fall "Rain Must Fall" is a collaboration between Deacon (music) and Mercury (lyrics) (as confirmed by both the producer David Richards and, more recently, May on his website). Taylor recorded a lot of Latin percussion but most of that was edited out in order to have more space for synths, keyboards, guitars and vocal harmonies.

Scandal "Scandal" was written by May about the British press, which had been controversial about his recent divorce, his relationship with actress Anita Dobson, and Mercury's rare public appearances due to his battle with AIDS. May played keyboards and did the guitar solo as a first take. Mercury's lead vocals were also a first take. Synth-bass is played by David Richards. May has since commented that the song is very close to his heart in spite of his life at the time going through a difficult phase.

My Baby Does Me "My Baby Does Me" is another collaboration of Mercury and Deacon. Both of them had the idea of a simpler track in order to ease off the album. In a Radio 1 interview in 1989, both Mercury and Deacon claim each other constructed the bassline.

Was It All Worth It "Was It All Worth It" was composed by Mercury. The song harks back to the band's intricately-produced sound in the 1970s. Though the bulk of the song was masterminded by Mercury, all members contributed ideas and lyrics (for example - Taylor contributed the line "we love you madly!"). Deacon later cited the song as his favourite on the album. Taylor uses a gong and timpani.

Hang on in There The first of two tracks which only appeared on the CD version of the album. This song was written by all four band members, and features May playing both acoustic and electric guitars, as well as keyboards - a job he shared with Mercury, who also plays piano. The song originally appeared as the B-side to the "I Want It All" single. In the song, Mercury hits an E5 twice. In the middle of the song just when the guitar riff comes and Mercury sings "hang on in there" twice, it is replied each time with a harmonised "hang on in there"; the first response are the multitracked vocals by May only, the second - a similar vocals purely by Taylor.

188

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189

Chinese Torture The second of the CD-only tracks did not even appear on a single release. It is a dark instrumental which conveys the horror and fear that Chinese Water Torture was known to evoke in victims. In recent years it has been worked into May's guitar solos, first in the 2005/06 Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour.

Non-album tracks Stealin' Principally composed by Mercury (though, as all other songs from these sessions, credited to the band as a whole), this song is a tongue-in-cheek representation of a man who spends his life committing robbery. The song is performed mainly through spoken words, but occasionally has lines sung. This song appeared as the B-side to the "Breakthru" single.

Hijack My Heart Written by Taylor, this song also features him on lead vocals. It was credited to the band as an entity rather than just to its actual composer. It tells the story of a man who falls in love with a woman he meets, despite his original annoyance at her rudeness and mannerisms. It was the B-side to "The Invisible Man".

My Life Has Been Saved Written by Deacon (originally as an acoustic track) about the state the world is in, this song was the B-side to "Scandal". A reworked version was later released on the 1995 Made in Heaven album.

Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating

Allmusic

[1]

Rolling Stone

[2]

Q Magazine

[3] [4]

The Times

(mixed)

Sun-Sentinel

(favorable)

Newsday (Melville, NY)

(favorable)

The Dallas Morning News

(favorable)

[5] [6] [7]

Sun-Sentinel wrote "With Freddie Mercury in vintage light-operatic form, here's an album (like so many of Queen's others) that should be used as a pop music how-to for aspirants. Combining the forces of rock, pop, metal, clever melodies and cunning stylizations, The Miracle never lets down. From one track to the next there is, as usual, no telling which way this band will go, affording even the most jaded ear a challenge." Newsday (Melville, NY) wrote "On "The Miracle," Mercury's voice is steady and solid, May's runs are as flashy and supple as ever. Most of the 10 songs, written collaboratively by the four members, stick pretty much to the band's formula of mini-suites: edgy pop with tempos that change half-way into the number and some delicious hooks."

The Miracle

190

Rolling Stone stated "The band hasn't been so bogged down by synthesizers and pinging drum machines since Hot Space. The Miracle is a showcase for Freddie Mercury and his love of sweeping, quasi-operatic vocals. And indeed, Mercury – especially on the title track – has never sounded better. One of his strengths is his ability to take even the schlockiest material and make it his own, and that gift comes in handy on The Miracle. Brian May is still in fighting trim, too – when you can hear him. May's role on The Miracle is, for the most part, limited to a quick, typically brilliant solo here and there. As a result, the album lacks the sense of dynamics that marked most of Queen's early work. Only on a few tracks ("Khashoggi's Ship" and "Was It All Worth It") does May really let it rip, and when he does, it's like the old Queen peeping out for just a moment and then turning tail. At least The Miracle offers little snippets of Queen's former majesty." Allmusic stated "The Miracle packs quite a sonic punch, recalling the rich sounds of their past classics (1976's A Day at the Races, etc.). Split 50/50 between pop and heavy rock, the album was another global smash, even re-establishing the band stateside (going Top 30 and attaining gold status). Along with The Game, The Miracle is Queen's strongest album of the '80s."


Peak position [8]

4


[9]

1



[10]

[11]

1

Dutch Albums Chart

[12]

11

French Albums Chart

[13]

1

German Albums Chart

[14]

3


[15]

23


[16]


[17]

[18]


[19]

Swiss Albums Chart

18

2 2 6 1

[20]

1

[21]

24

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200

The Miracle

191


Position


[22] [23]


12 66

[14]

15

[24]

6

Italian Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart

[25]

14

UK Albums Chart



Gold

25000x

Finland (IFPI Finland)

[27]

Gold

43,130

[28]

Gold

163,000

Platinum

500000^

Platinum

100000^


France (SNEP)

[30]

Germany (BVMI)

[31]

Netherlands (NVPI)

[27] [29]


[32] Platinum

[33]

Platinum

480,000

[34]

Gold

500000^


50000x [25]

^


x

Singles Five singles were released from the album, all in 1989: • "I Want It All" was the lead single from the album, released in the UK on 2 May 1989; it hit #3 in British charts but made it to #1 hit in numerous other European countries. The song became an anti-apartheid anthem among youth in South Africa and also has been used to protest other causes. This well-known anthem has been heard as a rallying song for African youth. The song became Queen's first American rock radio hit since Under Pressure by peaking at #3 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Singles chart, but only reached #50 on the Billboard Hot 100 Chart. • "Breakthru", the second single, was released in the UK on 19 June 1989; its video was filmed on a private steam train known as "The Miracle Express". The song peaked at #7 in the UK. The song was also released as a single in the US. Also appearing in the video was Debbie Leng, who was at the time Roger Taylor's girlfriend. • "The Invisible Man", released in the UK on 7 August 1989, hit #12 in the UK and was a hit throughout Europe; the video featured scores of computer-duplicated band members moving in unison. This song was later covered by the late Scatman John. • "Scandal" was the fourth single from The Miracle. It peaked at #25 in the UK. It is a protest song about the way the tabloids dealt with May's relationship with actress Anita Dobson.

The Miracle • "The Miracle", the fifth and final single from the album of the same name, released on 27 November 1989 in the UK, reached #21 on British charts. Its video mimicked that of "The Invisible Man" in that it featured duplicate band members; however, these were actually young Queen lookalikes (including a then-unknown Ross McCall) who performed a Queen-style stage show. The real band appeared only at the end jamming with their younger counterparts.

Personnel Since the album does not feature credits, this personnel has been compiled from various interviews with the band and the producer. Queen: • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesizers, programming • Brian May: electric guitars, acoustic guitars, backing vocals, lead vocals on "I Want It All", synthesizers, programming • Roger Meddows Taylor: drums, electronic drums, backing vocals, lead vocals on "The Invisible Man", synthesizer, programming • John Deacon: bass guitar, electric guitars, keyboards, synthesizers, programming Additional keyboards by David Richards • Engineered by David Richards • Assistant engineers: Andrew Bradfield, John Brough, Angelique Cooper, Claude Frider, Andy Mason, Justin Shirley-Smith • Mastered by Kevin Metcalf and Gordon Vickary • Computer programming by Brian Zellis • Album sleeve design by Richard Gray • Original photography by Simon Fowler

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5 February 1991

Recorded March 1989 – November 1990 at Metropolis Studios, London, and Mountain Studios, Montreux, Switzerland Genre

Rock

Length

53:44

Label

Parlophone Hollywood Records (US)

Producer Queen David Richards Queen chronology

The Miracle (1989)

Innuendo (1991)

Made in Heaven (1995)

Singles from Innuendo 1.

"Innuendo" Released: 14 January 1991

2.

"I'm Going Slightly Mad" Released: 4 March 1991

3.

"Headlong" Released: 13 May 1991

4.

"The Show Must Go On" Released: 14 October 1991

5.

"These Are the Days of Our Lives" Released: 9 December 1991

Innuendo is the fourteenth studio album by British rock band Queen. Released in February 1991, it was the final studio album to be released in Freddie Mercury's lifetime and is the last to be composed entirely of new material. It reached #1 on the United Kingdom album charts (two weeks) as well as in the Netherlands (four weeks), Germany (six weeks), Switzerland (eight weeks) and Italy (three weeks). The album was released in the United States one day

Innuendo after it was released in Britain. The album would be the first Queen album to go Gold in the US upon its release since The Works in 1984. The album was recorded from early 1989 to late 1990. In Easter 1987, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS, although he was keeping his illness a secret and denied countless media reports that he was seriously ill. The band and producers were aiming for a November or December release date in order to catch the crucial Christmas market, but Mercury's declining health meant that the release of the album did not take place until January 1991. Stylistically, Innuendo is in some sense a return to Queen's roots,[1] with its harder rock sound, complex musical composition (title track), psychedelic effects ("I'm Going Slightly Mad"), and strong vocals from Mercury ranging over four octaves.[2] Mercury died ten months after its release. Current estimates at the worldwide sales of the album stand at around 11 million copies. The album cover was designed by Queen and Richard Gray. The booklets and single covers from the album are by Grandville, or are inspired by his illustrations. Innuendo was voted the 94th greatest album of all time in a national 2006 BBC poll.[3]

Background Queen released their thirteenth studio album, The Miracle, in May 1989, but unlike their previous albums, they did not conduct a live tour. Lead singer Freddie Mercury conducted an interview with BBC Radio 1, where he said that he wanted to break from the "album - tour - album - tour" routine. During this time, Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS (having being diagnosed as HIV positive in 1987), which was not yet publicised and was only known to the rest of the band;[4] however, rumours were spreading about Mercury's health and of the possibility that he had the disease.[5] While he kept quiet due to his personal rule not to talk to the media, the other band members denied the rumours; at one point, band member Roger Taylor told reporters that "he is healthy and working".[5] In 1990, Queen won the BRIT Award for Outstanding Contribution to British Music.[6] While Mercury accepted the award for the band at the Dominion Theatre, member Brian May spoke for the band. Mercury's increasingly gaunt appearance at the ceremony sparked further speculation from the public about his health.[5] The 1990 BRIT Awards would be Mercury's final public appearance in his lifetime.[7] Mercury did not to speak publicly about his health, saying that he did not want to sell his music out of the people's sympathy. He was determined to continue working on music with Queen for as long as he could, saying that he would "keep working until I fucking drop".[5] [8] Mercury was persistently bothered by reporters at his London home, making it difficult for the band to record music. As a result, the band relocated to Mountain Studios in Montreaux, where the safer and more peaceful atmosphere allowed to band to concentrate.[4] Early in Innuendo's recording, the band decided again that all work would be credited to Queen as a whole instead of to individual contributing members; May said that the decision made a significant impact in the recording process, while Taylor said that it helped eliminate much of the egotistical struggles that would normally cause bands to break up.[9] The album was released in the U.S. under a new label, Hollywood Records, in an effort to garner greater exposure there.[10]

Track listing CD All songs written and composed by Queen, except where noted.

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CD version No. Title

Length

1. "Innuendo"

6:29

2. "I'm Going Slightly Mad"

4:22

3. "Headlong"

4:39

4. "I Can't Live With You"

4:35

5. "Don't Try So Hard"

3:39

6. "Ride the Wild Wind"

4:41

7. "All God's People" (Queen, Mike Moran)

4:19

8. "These Are the Days of Our Lives"

4:12

9. "Delilah"

3:32

10. "The Hitman"

4:52

11. "Bijou"

3:37

12. "The Show Must Go On"

4:24


Length

1. "I Can’t Live With You (1997 Rocks Retake)" 2. "Lost Opportunity (B-Side)" 3. "Ride The Wild Wind (Early Version with Guide Vocal)" 4. "I’m Going Slightly Mad (Mad Mix)" 5. "Headlong (Embryo with Guide Vocal)"

2011 iTunes Deluxe Edition bonus videos No. Title 1. "Innuendo (alternative promo video, 1991)" 2. "These Are the Days of Our Lives (Hollywood Records alternative promo video, 1991)" 3. "“Mad in the Making”: The Making of the “I’m Going Slightly Mad” promo video (1991)"

LP

Length

Innuendo

197

Side one No. Title 1. "Innuendo"

Primary song writer(s)

Length

Freddie Mercury (Music), Roger Taylor (Lyrics)

6:29

2. "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (Queen, Peter Straker) Mercury (Music, Lyrics), Peter Straker (Lyrics)

4:04

3. "Headlong"

Brian May

4:31

4. "I Can't Live with You"

May

4:35


Taylor

4:41

Side two No. Title

Primary song writer(s)

Length

1. "All God's People" (Queen, Mike Moran) Mercury (Music, Lyrics), Moran (Music)

3:53


Taylor

3:55

3. "Delilah"

Mercury

3:32


Mercury, Deacon

3:32

5. "The Hitman"

Mercury, May, John Deacon

3:43

6. "Bijou"

May, Mercury

1:19


May

4:31

Song information Innuendo "Innuendo" began as a jam session in Switzerland amongst May, Taylor and Deacon in spring 1989. Mercury was upstairs and heard them playing the beat, and turned it into a song, creating the melody and starting off the lyrics. From then on all four worked on polishing the track and Taylor took over the lyrics (which were written as a tribute to Led Zeppelin and their song "Kashmir"). The middle section, written by Mercury, was included later and it featured a synth-orchestra programmed by producer David Richards and a flamenco interlude played by Yes guitarist Steve Howe, who had come to visit them and was asked to play.[11] "Innuendo" was released as a single in January 1991, debuting at #1 in the UK.[12]

I'm Going Slightly Mad "I'm Going Slightly Mad" was begun in Mercury's London house, after he'd got the idea of writing a song about madness, inspired by Noel Coward's camp one-liners. Most of the lyrics (like "banana tree" or "one needle") came from both him and his friend Peter Straker, who stayed up all night in Mercury's kitchen, devising ever more outlandish lines. The music is Mercury's as well and it is one of the earliest songs the band were working on in Montreux when Steve Howe came in. The video that accompanied the song saw Mercury dressed in a costume suit with wild hair, white gloves, long pointing shoes and extremely heavy make up, filmed in black and white. Whilst Queen fans were thoroughly amused by the band in the video, in the documentary, "Champions of the World", Taylor confessed, from the band's perspective, the video was marred by Mercury's appearance having to be camouflaged by costume and make-up, as Taylor admitted Mercury looked "pretty ill, at that point."[13]

Innuendo

Headlong "Headlong" came from May at the studio they'd got in Switzerland. He recorded it for the solo album he was doing at the same time. May heard Mercury singing it and instantly decided that it worked better as a Queen track. Then the band took it over and they all made modifications.

I Can't Live with You "I Can't Live with You" was also written for May's solo album. He gave it to the band as well since Taylor, Deacon and Mercury were fond of the track. Drums were programmed on synth by May, and the keyboard-pads were added by the producer. An alternative version of this song appeared on the 1997 compilation album Queen Rocks, billed as the "'97 Rocks Retake". it was said to be more along the lines of how May and Taylor originally wanted the track to sound, with a harder, guitar-driven rock edge. May has stated in a interview, that most of the original demo is in the recording, making the song "Impossible to mix".

Don't Try So Hard "Don't Try So Hard" came from Mercury.[14] The intro "rain" is actually the pre-set sound of the Korg M1, which appears when it is switched on. Mercury sings most of the song in falsetto, but sings up to a D5 in full voice in the chorus. The song's middle section is written in a style reminiscent of Queen's early 1980s-songs such as Play The Game.

Ride the Wild Wind "Ride The Wild Wind" was composed by Taylor, who recorded a demo with his own vocals. The definitive version is sung by Mercury with Taylor on backing vocals. The song is a sort of sequel of Taylor's "A Night at the Opera" composition, "I'm In Love With My Car", which focused on Taylor's passion for cars and race. This time, the song involved all of the other members, that gave life to a fast song with beating drums and rhythmic bass line, eerily note-for-note similar to The Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister_(song)", which create the sensation of speed and engine's roar. In the mid-part, a May solo, which accentuates the sense of high velocity, and also gives the song a heavier sound. In some parts, a racing car can be heard. It was released as a single in Poland, peaking at #1.

All God's People "All God's People" started off as part of Mercury's Barcelona project under the title "Africa by Night" (hence the co-writing credit with Mike Moran). He'd asked May to play guitar, then one thing led to another and the entire band played. Piano was recorded by Mike Moran. The song features Mercury singing a chest-voiced F5, his highest full-voice note, as well as some very low notes.

These Are the Days of Our Lives "These Are the Days of Our Lives" was written by Taylor. It is harmonically and structurally one of the simplest songs of the band's catalogue. Keyboards were programmed by all band members in the studio, and conga percussion was recorded by David Richards. The music video for this song was Mercury's last appearance in a video medium, and with his knowing farewell look straight at the camera, Mercury whispers "I still love you" at the end of the song.[15] [16] By the time the video was made, it had become impossible to disguise that Mercury was seriously ill. The video was filmed in black and white and this helped somewhat to minimise Mercury's ill/frail appearance. At a later date, colour footage of the band making the video was released, revealing just how ill Mercury was at the time.

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Delilah "Delilah" is a song Mercury penned for his favourite housecat, a female tortoiseshell cat, named Delilah. May recorded his solo using a talk box. Reportedly, Taylor was not fond of the song and agreed to let it be included in the album only at Mercury's insistence.

The Hitman The fly-away rocker "Hitman" was started by Mercury as well. The original version was apparently on keyboards and in a different key. May took Mercury's riff (not un-common), changed the key and recorded a demo of the heavy version. Deacon then re-arranged the structure and they all filled the gaps in lyrics and recorded it. All of the backing vocals were done by May. The demo version is sung by May, with Mercury making spoken comments (like "Bite the bullet baby!"). The finished product features Mercury's vocals peaking at an E♭5.

Bijou "Bijou" was an idea Mercury and May had of making a song "inside-out" (having guitar doing the verses and the vocal doing the break). Mercury put the chords, title and lyrics, and the two of them worked on the guitar parts. Mercury sang the first line and then May transferred the melody to his Red Special. The song was finished without any input from Taylor or Deacon. The idea was not new and already used by Yes on their song "Soon". May later credited Jeff Beck's 1989 song "Where Were You" as the inspiration for 'Bijou'. In 2008, Queen + Paul Rodgers performed this song in their shows of the Rock the Cosmos Tour by May playing the verse live and then having Mercury's studio vocals play while a screen showed footage from the band's famous Wembley concert in 1986, with the visuals put in sync with the tape. Afterwards the Mercury part would fade out and May would lead into "Last Horizon".

The Show Must Go On "The Show Must Go On" was written primarily by May. The initial idea was a chord sequence Taylor and Deacon were working on. The rhythm of the refrain is similar to the Queen's 1989 song, "I Want It All". May decided to use the sequence, and both he and Mercury decided the theme of the lyrics and wrote the first verse together. From then on May finished the lyrics, completed the vocal melody and wrote the bridge, inspired by Pachelbel's Canon. Some keys and ideas were suggested by the producer too. The song chronicles the effort of Mercury continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his life.[17] The song was initially not released as a single as part of promotion for the Innuendo album, but was released in October 1991 as the band launched their Greatest Hits II album. The video for the song featured a compilation of clips from all their videos since 1982, in support of the Greatest Hits II album. Due to Mercury's now critically fast fading health, a fresh appearance by the band in a video was not possible. A live version featuring Elton John on vocals appeared on the Greatest Hits III album. A personal favourite of Elton, he performed the song at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with the remaining members of Queen, and Tony Iommi playing rhythm guitar.[18]

Critical reception

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Rating

Allmusic

[19]

Rolling Stone

[20] [21]

The Times

(unfavorable)

The Orange County Register

(mixed)

The Orlando Sentinel

(favorable)

[22] [23] [24]

The Cincinnati Post

[25]

LA Times

(mixed)

Dallas Morning News

(unfavorable)

The Record

(favorable)

[26]

[27] [28]

Dayton Daily News

The Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (unfavorable)[29] The San Francisco Chronicle

[30]

(unfavorable)

[31]

St. Petersburg Times

[32]

St. Louis Post-Dispatch

(unfavorable)

Worcester Telegram & Gazette

(unfavorable)

[33] [34]

VOX Magazine People Weekly

[35]

(favorable)

The Orange County Register wrote "Innuendo" is a mixed bag, but it's precisely the weaker, least quirky songs that will ensure Queen gets radio airplay. Queen is a figurehead these days -- its brand of progressive rock is hardly progressive anymore -- but it looks as if it will clamber back on the album-rock radio throne." The Cincinnati Post stated "The boys are back with a lot less pomp this time. Freddie Mercury still has a taste for luridly melodramatic vocals, but rockers like "Headlong" and "Ride the Wild Wind" make up for it. For old fans, there are plenty of the group's trademark chorale vocals and headphone-mixed sounds, but Mercury's ballad, "These are the Days of Our Lives," actually sounds restrained." The Advocate wrote "Lead vocalist Freddie Mercury still wails and camps things up. Guitarist Brian May remains a highly creative player. Bassist John Deacon and drummer Roger Taylor are around, too, providing additional vocals and keyboards. All that's missing are the songs. Sure, they toss in some of the choir-like harmonies which graced one of Queen's most memorable albums. Despite some stabs at full-tilt rockers, like "Headlong," the lyrics are vacuous and the melodies don't exactly keep you humming, either." Rolling Stone stated "Innuendo is so lightweight you'll forget it as soon as it's over – which, with this band, should go without saying anyway – but there's nothing cynical about it. Unlike most fortyish rock relics, the boys in Queen are still too kooky and insincere to settle for any of that "well-earned wisdom of middle age" bunk. They just throw food at the wall, and if it sticks, fine. And if it doesn't stick, well, that's fine too."

Innuendo St. Louis Post-Dispatch wrote "Innuendo isn't likely to turn around Queen's decade-long downward spiral of popularity, but the album has a few semiprecious gems: Freddie Mercury singing a love song to his cat on Delilah, lead guitarist Brian May kicking in with unrestrained axing on the hard-hitting The Hitman and serving a brisk metal set on Headlong, drummer Roger Taylor and bassist John Deacon jolting a spirit of abandon into Ride the Wild Wind. But the remaining tracks are disappointing, and generally Innuendo is yet another misfire in the group's slumping output." VOX Magazine wrote "Lyrically and thematically, 'Innuendo' fails to live up to its title (that is, there was nothing here that struck me as particularly oblique or allusive). A few more hooks and harmonies as well wouldn't have gone amiss, 'cause seldom have such positive messages been delivered so drably." The San Francisco Chronicle stated "Suffice it to say the latest Queen opus is lavish and lush, thick with pomp and guitar, heroic strutting cadences and, in general, exactly what one might expect from a ballyhooed return to form by Freddy Mercury and the boys. Whether anybody cares or not remains to be seen, but either way, "Innuendo" hardly represents the distinguished initial splash Hollywood Records obviously hoped to make." People Weekly wrote "If this is cartoon rock and roll, at least it's good and brazenly cartoonish." Allmusic wrote "Innuendo was a fitting way to end one of rock's most successful careers."[19]

Personnel Queen: • • • •

Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, keyboards, synthesisers, programming Brian May: backing vocals, electric, slide and classical guitars, keyboards, synthesisers, programing Roger Taylor: backing vocals, drums, percussion, keyboards, programming John Deacon: bass guitars, keyboards, synthesisers, programming

Guest musicians: • • • • • •

Steve Howe: classical guitar, shared with May on "Innuendo", (credited as the "Wandering Minstrel") Mike Moran: piano, synthesisers, programming on "All God's People" David Richards: producing, engineering, synthesisers, programming Brian Zellis: programming Noel Harris: assistant engineer Justin Shirley-Smith: assistant engineer

Sleeve design: • • • •

Richard Gray: sleeve design Grandville (1803–1847): illustrations Angela Lumley: additional illustrations Simon Fowler: photography

Singles Five singles were released from the album: • "Innuendo" was the lead single from the album in most countries save the United States where "Headlong" was released as the first single. It was released on 14 January 1991 in Europe and March 1991 in the US as a promo single, becoming Queen's twelfth #1 single. The song also achieved modest success in the US, charting at #17 on Billboard's Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. Still, the length and style of the track limited its appeal, and it only spent one week at #1 in the UK and quickly slid down the chart, spending only six weeks in the top 75. (B-side on 7 inch release- "Bijou").

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• "I'm Going Slightly Mad" was released on 4 March 1991. It reached #22 on the UK charts. (B-side on 7 inch release- "The Hitman" in some countries, in others it was "Lost Opportunity" which was a non-album cut). • "Headlong" was released in January 1991 in the US and on 13 May 1991 in the UK. It was one of the most successful songs from the album, and actually served as the lead single in the US. It entered the UK charts at #14, and reached #3 on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. (B-side on 12 inch release- "All God's People" in some countries, in others, "Lost Opportunity" and in a few, "The Hitman". The 12" and CD also feature "Mad The Swine"). • "The Show Must Go On" was released on 14 October 1991 in the UK. The single was taken from the album, although it had not been released as a single from Innuendo, and released as promotion for the Greatest Hits II album (Classic Queen in the US/Canada), and peaked at #16 on the UK charts. After Mercury's death in November, the song re-entered the British charts and spent as many weeks in the top 75 as it had upon its original release. This single was released just six weeks before Mercury died. In 1992, the song was released as a double A-side with "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the US and reached #2 in the US. (The original B-side in October 1991 was "Keep Yourself Alive"). • "These Are the Days of Our Lives" was first released in the US on Mercury's birthday, 5 September 1991. In the UK it was released in December 1991 following Mercury's death, as a double A-side with "Bohemian Rhapsody". The single was the UK's Christmas number one of 1991.

Promo single • "I Can't Live With You" was released as a promo single to radio stations in the USA. This two-track promo single, completely remixed by Brian Malouf, uses slightly different lead vocal tracks by Mercury, louder and tighter harmony tracks, and reprogrammed synth drums, resulting in a much more punchy and "over the top" poppy version than included on the album. It reached #28 on the US Mainstream Rock Tracks chart.


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[41]

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[42]

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Innuendo

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[48]

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[49]

30

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200


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[50] [51]


33 60

[42]

9

[52]

7

Italian Albums Chart Swiss Albums Chart

[53]

31

UK Albums Chart



Platinum

50000x

Gold

50000^

Gold

38,221

Platinum

324,600

Platinum

500000^

2× Platinum

200000^


[61] 2× Platinum

100000x

[62]

2× Platinum

600000^

[63]

Gold

500000^


[55]


[56]

Finland (IFPI Finland) [57]

France (SNEP)

[59]

Germany (BVMI)

[60]

Netherlands (NVPI)

United Kingdom (BPI) United States (RIAA) ^

[56] [58]


x

Innuendo

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Made in Heaven Made in Heaven


6 November 1995

Recorded January–June 1991, late 1993-early 1995, Mountain, Allerton Hill, Cosford Mill, and Metropolis Studios Genre

Rock

Length

70:21 (CD) 47:45 (LP & Cassette)

Label

Parlophone, Hollywood Records (US/Canada)

Producer Queen Queen chronology

Innuendo (1991)


Singles from Made in Heaven

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"Heaven for Everyone" Released: 23 October 1995

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"A Winter's Tale" Released: 18 December 1995

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"I Was Born to Love You" Released: 28 February 1996 (Japan only)

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"Too Much Love Will Kill You" Released: 26 March 1996

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"Let Me Live" Released: 17 June 1996

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"You Don't Fool Me" Released: 18 November 1996

Made in Heaven is the fifteenth studio album by British rock group Queen and the final one to feature lead singer Freddie Mercury & bassist John Deacon. It was released on 6 November 1995.[1] After Freddie Mercury's death in November 1991, remaining band members John Deacon, Roger Taylor and Brian May worked with vocals and piano parts that Mercury recorded before his death, along with newly recorded lyrics by the remaining band members. Both stages of recording, before and after Mercury's death, were completed at the band's studio in Montreux, Switzerland. The album debuted at #1 in the UK where it went 4x platinum. According to The Guardian, it has sold 20 million copies worldwide.[2]

History The album was recorded in a much different way from Queen's other studio albums. In early 1991, months before his AIDS-related death, vocalist Freddie Mercury recorded as many vocals as he could, with the instruction to the rest of the band—drummer Roger Taylor, bassist John Deacon and guitarist Brian May—to complete the songs later. Put to tape during this time were primarily "A Winter's Tale", "Mother Love" and what would eventually become "You Don't Fool Me". After his death, the band returned to the studio in 1993 to begin work finishing the tracks. Brian May has described in interviews that Taylor and Deacon had begun some work in The statue of Freddie Mercury overlooking Lake Geneva in Montreux which featured on the cover of the album. 1992, while May was on tour promoting his Back to the Light album. Upon his return in 1993, May felt they were not on the right path with the music and that they more or less started from scratch with the three of them working together with producer David Richards. On the video Champions of the World, May described these sessions with Mercury as such: By the time we were recording these other tracks after Innuendo, we had had the discussions and we knew that we were totally on borrowed time because Freddie had been told that he would not make it to that point. I think our plan was to go in there whenever Freddie felt well enough, just to make as much use of him as much as possible, we basically lived in the studio for a while and when he would call and say "I can come in for a few hours", our plan was to just make as much use of him as we could, you know he told us "Get me to sing anything, write me anything and I will sing it and I will leave you as much as I possibly can."

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With less than an album's worth to work with, the band decided to revisit previously recorded material. Whether Mercury had any input before his death as to which songs might be considered for this purpose has not been discussed by the band. The idea was to take existing songs on which Mercury sang and rework them as Queen songs.

Track listing CD No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "It's a Beautiful Day"

Queen (Freddie Mercury)

2:32

2. "Made in Heaven"

Mercury

5:25

3. "Let Me Live"

Queen

4:45

4. "Mother Love"

Brian May, Mercury

4:49

5. "My Life Has Been Saved"

Queen (John Deacon)

3:15

6. "I Was Born to Love You"

Mercury

4:49

7. "Heaven for Everyone"

Roger Taylor

5:36

8. "Too Much Love Will Kill You" May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers

4:20

9. "You Don't Fool Me"

Queen

5:24

10. "A Winter's Tale"

Queen (Mercury)

3:49

11. "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)"

Queen (Mercury)

3:01

12. "Yeah"

Queen

0:04

13. "[Untitled Hidden Track]"

Queen (David Richards, Taylor, May)

22:32


Length

1. "Heaven For Everyone (Single Version)"

4:39

2. "It’s A Beautiful Day (B-Side Version)"

3:58

3. "My Life Has Been Saved (1989 B-Side Version)"

3:16

4. "I Was Born To Love You (Vocal & Piano Version)" (credited to Freddie Mercury)

2:55

5. "Rock In Rio Blues (Live B-Side)"

4:33

6. "A Winter’s Tale (Cosy Fireside Mix)"

3:49

Made in Heaven

209


Length

1. "(Heart-ache) Too Much Love Will Kill You (promo video, 1995)" 2. "Heaven for Everyone (promo video, 1995)" 3. "A Winter’s Tale (alternative promo video, 1995)"

Vinyl Side A No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "It's a Beautiful Day"

Queen (Freddie Mercury)

2:32

2. "Made in Heaven"

Mercury

5:25

3. "Let Me Live"

Queen

4:45

4. "Mother Love"

Brian May, Mercury

4:49

5. "My Life Has Been Saved" Queen (John Deacon)

3:15

Side B No. Title

Writer(s)

Length


Mercury

4:25


Roger Taylor

4:43

8. "Too Much Love Will Kill You"

May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers

4:20


Queen

4:46

Queen (Mercury)

3:49

11. "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise) / Yeah" Queen (Mercury)

3:05


Song information It's a Beautiful Day Years before Freddie Mercury started recording solo material, he created a sound clip of himself messing around on the piano at Musicland Studios in Munich, 1980. It was later, for the use of this album, that the song was extended to two minutes and thirty-two seconds. The more classical section, without Mercury's improvisation, was put together by John Deacon.

Made in Heaven Originally from Mercury's Mr. Bad Guy, this song, along with the other Mercury solo track "I Was Born to Love You", was given special treatment by Queen for this posthumous album. The band merely re-worked the music to a 'Queen sound,' and placed Freddie's previous vocals over the new music.

Made in Heaven

Let Me Live "Let Me Live" is a lively rock ballad which features a rare sharing of the vocals between Mercury, Taylor, and May. The song was completed in 1995 after Mercury's death. This track was originally recorded with Rod Stewart during sessions for the 1984 album The Works.[3] Once finished in 1995 for Made in Heaven, Queen made one 11th-hour change to the song to avoid legal action. Part of the backing vocals featured a lyric too closely resembling Erma Franklin's "Piece of My Heart". It is not known if Queen took it upon themselves to make the change preemptively or if their record company told them to do so. Ultimately, the potentially problematic bit was mixed out and the track was released. Promo cassettes from the USA feature the unaltered backing track. Early Mexican and Dutch CD pressings are reported to have this alternate version as well.

Mother Love "Mother Love" was the final song co-written by Mercury and May, and was also Mercury's last ever vocal performance.[4] On his website, May discussed the writing process he and Mercury had (writing both separately and together, and conscious of the nature of the song and the lyrics). May sang the last verse since Mercury was unable to do so any more, as he was suffering from the bronchial pneumonia which ultimately resulted in his death. The song features a sample from a live sing along session recorded at Queen's famous 1986 concert at Wembley Stadium, and a sample from the intro of the studio version of "One Vision". It also features a sample from a cover of "Goin' Back", a song written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, for which Mercury had provided lead vocals in 1972. The cover was released as a B-Side to "I Can Hear Music", a Ronettes cover, by Larry Lurex, not long before the release of Queen's debut album. The sound bursts between the sing along and the "Goin' Back" sample are apparently a few seconds of every Queen track ever recorded, put together, and then rapidly sped through a tape machine.

My Life Has Been Saved "My Life Has Been Saved" was started as an acoustic track composed mainly by John Deacon in 1987-1988. Producer David Richards helped him out doing the demo and the keyboards, then Mercury sang on it, and later on the entire band recorded it. The Made in Heaven version is different from that of 1989 (which originally featured as the B-side to the single Scandal), although it uses the same vocals from Mercury. Deacon plays guitar and keyboards as well as his usual instrument, bass guitar.

I Was Born to Love You "I Was Born to Love You" was originally recorded (piano, vocals, synths) by Mercury on 25 May 1984, for his Mr. Bad Guy album, as a late addition (when told by the record company that the album needed "a single"). May, Taylor and Deacon remixed it and added their instruments, turning the song into fast-paced rock, mainly featuring hard rock guitar from Brian May. That track became popular in Japan during 2004 when it was used for the theme song of a television drama named Pride (プライド). This version also contains samples of Mercury's ad-lib vocals from "A Kind of Magic", from the 1986 album of the same name, and from "Living on My Own", from his Mr. Bad Guy album. The music video for this version of the song, also made in 2004, is comprised mainly of clips from the Freddie Mercury solo video and from Queen: Live at Wembley.[5]

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Heaven for Everyone "Heaven for Everyone" was a track Roger Taylor wrote and tried out with Queen in 1987,[6] although according to some sources it was written with Joan Armatrading in mind to sing it. Whether she turned it down or Taylor withdrew his song is unclear, but it was recorded for his other band The Cross. One night Mercury came to visit The Cross at the studio and after some drinks he gave them ideas of how to sing the song and ended up recording the lead vocals for it. Mercury appeared on the UK version of their album "Shove It" as guest lead vocalist on the song, with Taylor doing backing vocals. The roles were reversed on the single and the American 'Shove It' version. Mercury's vocals were then used for the Made in Heaven release, with a couple of different lines and May singing backing vocals instead of Taylor, with producer David Richards adding several arrangement ideas. Released as a single in 1995, the song's music video commemorates Mercury, and also contains footage of Georges Méliès seminal 1902 silent film A Trip to the Moon.[7]

Too Much Love Will Kill You "Too Much Love Will Kill You" was composed by Brian May, Frank Musker and Elizabeth Lamers sometime between the Magic and Miracle sessions.[8] They wrote it in the US and Mercury sang on it. However, there were some problems with the companies representing publishing rights for Musker and Lamers so they could not release the song properly on The Miracle. At the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert May played the song on piano and sang it for the first time in public, and then released it as part of his solo album Back to the Light. The Queen version is a new arrangement. The guitar solo used differs from the one on May's album, however May played variations of the Made in Heaven solo in live renditions as early as 1992. The song was awarded Best Song Musically and Lyrically at the 1997 Novello Awards.[8] This song was also performed by Queen and Luciano Pavarotti in 2003, with Pavarotti singing the latter parts of the verses in Italian.[9]

You Don't Fool Me "You Don't Fool Me" was one of the last tracks recorded for Made in Heaven and came about in a most unusual way. May has explained on his website that producer for the band, David Richards, more or less created the framework of the song single handedly, building from bits of lyrics recorded just before Mercury's death. May has said that before Richards' work, there was no song to speak of. However, after Richards edited and mixed the song (including a bit of harmonies recorded for "A Winter's Tale") he presented it to the band. May, Taylor and Deacon then added their instruments and backing vocals and were surprised to end up with a finished song that had begun as nothing. The style of the song is reminiscent of their 1982 album Hot Space, and a comment over that featured on their Greatest Hits III album. The theme of the song could also be a continuation of the story told by prior Queen songs Play the Game and It's a Hard Life.

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A Winter's Tale "A Winter's Tale" is a ballad written and composed by Freddie Mercury at his apartment in Montreux, Switzerland. It is the last song Mercury solely composed entirely. (The music for "Mother Love" is by Brian May). It is the only song in Queen's history to have been recorded and released with Freddie conducting the vocals prior to music being completed. It has since been branded as one of few Christmas songs from the band. Whether this was the intention is unknown.

It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise) A heavier rock version of "It's a Beautiful Day", that is the same in the beginning but later turns into rock. It contains samples from "Seven Seas of Rhye".

Yeah "Yeah" is the ending of "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)". It is sampled from the track "Action This Day" (Hot Space) and is timed at only 4 seconds. It consists of Mercury saying the word "Yeah".

[Untitled Hidden Track] "Untitled Hidden Track" (Track 13) was an experiment by producer David Richards with an Ensoniq ASR-10 sampler. He took the opening chords of 'It's a Beautiful Day' and made them loop, and then added Mercury's voice through strange echoes. May and Taylor also added some ideas to the track. This track is only available on the CD edition of the album and the aforementioned promo cassettes. Standard cassettes of the album end with the shortened "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)", fading out after the second "Yeah" (Track 12 on the CD), where this Untitled track would continue on. The Untitled Track can be purchased also as part of the full album or as a separate piece from Queen's official online store. The LP (vinyl) edition of the album has only the first few seconds, which run into the run-off of the groove on the record, which actually means that if a listener has a record player which does not have an automatic stop activated at this point, it will play indefinitely, consisting only of the few seconds looped over constantly. Track 13 created a good deal of surprise and confusion among fans, given its ambient musical nature and its sheer length, neither of which have much precedent in Queen's catalogue (the longest of Queen's songs, The Prophet's Song from A Night at the Opera, running only a mere 8:42). The album's last listed track (all formats) is track 11: "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)". After the crescendo at the end of this track, Freddie Mercury is heard loudly saying "Yeah!", which at four seconds long comprises the entire Track 12. Fans took to calling this track by that monosyllabic name. The ambient music underneath this track continues into the mysterious "Untitled" Track 13, which ebbs and flows for another twenty-two-plus minutes, which ends with Freddie Mercury calling out "Fab!". Two schools of thought emerged amongst fans. One was that these were to be considered not only separate tracks, but separate "songs". The second was that tracks 11, 12 and 13 were all one song ("It's a Beautiful Day [Reprise]") and that the splitting of it was a deliberate tongue-in-cheek gesture by the band. Initially, the band were content to maintain the air of mystery around Track 13. Over time, May has discussed it and shed a bit more light on it, such as the aforementioned creation by David Richards and the subsequent involvement by himself and Taylor.

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Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source

Rating [10]

Allmusic

[11]

The Times

(favorable)

Q Magazine

(favorable)

Jerusalem Post

(favorable)

The Guardian

(favorable)

The Sunday Times

(favorable)

Entertainment Weekly

(B+)

[12] [13] [14] [15]

[16]

Q magazine wrote: "Ten new tracks (and one reprise). No filler. No shame. An essential purchase for Queen fans, certainly, but even without its special significance, Made In Heaven is probably a better album than Innuendo and a fitting swan song by one of the most incandescent groups in rock. Made in Heaven is also the last musical will and testament of a star who was never going to be turned into a saint, but whose grandstanding performances were, right to the very end, always marked by reckless enthusiasm and a rare generosity of spirit." The Sunday Times described the album as "Essential listening". Entertainment Weekly wrote: "It's the perfect theatrical epitaph for a life dedicated to gorgeous artifice." The Guardian stated: "When a band have the controls permanently set at full-tilt, as Queen did, burn-out is inevitable, for the listener, if not for the band. When we eventually reach the drum-crashing finale, "It's a Beautiful Day", which kicks in with Mercury's umpteenth randy-rottweiler howl, it feels as if far more than 70 minutes has passed. That's where the aforesaid lyrics save the day. Predominantly written by Mercury, they are effectively farewell notes. He poured out his heart, and his words have a throat-aching poignance. Even the record's opening verse assumes a painful significance." Jerusalem Post wrote: "Somehow Mercury and Queen's ability to make a joyful noise in the face of pain and death makes this a very comforting album to have around in shaky times." The Times stated: "Nor are there any obviously half-baked, or patched-up numbers. Most, however, are as good as anything that Queen came up with in their later years. How good that is, as always with Queen, is largely a matter of taste. "Mother Love", the last recording that Mercury made, is a song of truly heartfelt pathos. Despite its overdue delivery, Made in Heaven stands up remarkably well as the closing chapter in a spectacular pop odyssey." Allmusic wrote: "Made in Heaven harked back to Queen's 1970s heyday with its strong melodies and hard rock guitar playing, topped by Mercury's bravura singing and some of the massed choir effects familiar from "Bohemian Rhapsody." Even if one did not know that these songs were sung in the shadow of death, that subject would be obvious. The lyrics were imbued with life-and-death issues, from the titles. The odd thing about this was that Mercury's over-the-top singing had always contained a hint of camp humor, and it continued to here, even when the sentiments clearly were as heartfelt as they were theatrically overstated. Maybe Mercury was determined to go out the same way he had come in, as a diva. If so, he succeeded."

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Personnel • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, keyboards John Deacon – bass guitar, guitars, keyboards Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Let Me Live" Brian May – guitars, keyboards, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Let Me Live" and the last verse on "Mother Love" Rebecca Leigh-White – backing vocals on "Let Me Live" Gary Martin – backing vocals on "Let Me Live" Catherine Porter – backing vocals on "Let Me Live" Miriam Stockley – backing vocals on "Let Me Live" David Richards – co-production, engineering and mixing supervision Justin Shirley-Smith – co-production and engineering Joshua J. Macrae – co-production and engineering Mack – recording of additional material in the 80s Kevin Metcalfe – mastering Richard Gray – artwork, cover photograph of Irena Sedlecká's Mercury sculpture in Montreux


Peak position [17]


[18]

1


[19]

Belgian Albums Chart (Vl)

Belgian Albums Chart (Wa) Canadian Albums Chart

[20]

[21]

[22] [23]

1 [24]

French SNEP Albums Chart [25]

[26]

1


[27]

10


[28]


[29]

[30]

[31]

[32]

UK Albums Chart

2 1

German Albums Chart

Swiss Albums Chart

2

1

Finnish Albums Chart


2

18

Dutch Albums Chart


3

1 2 1 1 1

Made in Heaven

215 [33]

58

U.S. Billboard 200


Position


[34]

42

[35]

13


[36]

10

[26]

8


[37]

7

UK Albums Chart

Chart (1996)

Position [38]


[39]

French Albums Chart

[40]


[41]

Swiss Albums Chart

[42]

10 32 92 18 68

UK Albums Chart




[44]


[45]


France (SNEP)

[48]

Germany (BVMI)

2× Platinum

100000x

Platinum

100000^

Platinum

50,668

2× Platinum

686,300

5× Gold

1250000^

[50] [51]

Norway (IFPI Norway)

[47]

[49]

Japan (Oricon Charts) Netherlands (NVPI)

[45]

336,782 2× Platinum

200000^

Platinum

50000*


[52] 3× Platinum

[53]

4× Platinum

1200000^

[54]

Gold

500000^


150000x

Summaries [55]

Europe (IFPI) ^

5× Platinum

5000000*


x

Made in Heaven

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Soundtrack album Flash Gordon Flash Gordon

Soundtrack album by Queen Released

8 December 1980 (UK) 25 January 1981 (Japan) February 1981 (US) 27 June 2011 (Remaster)

Recorded

October – November 1980

Genre

Rock

Length

35:01

Label

EMI, Parlophone (Europe) Elektra, Hollywood Records (US)

Producer

Brian May and Mack Queen chronology

The Game (1980)

Flash Gordon (1980)

Hot Space (1982)

Singles from Flash Gordon 1.

"Flash" Released: 24 November 1980

Flash Gordon

219

Professional ratings Review scores Source Allmusic

Rating [1]

Entertainment Weekly (favourable) [2] Record Mirror

[3]

Flash Gordon is the ninth studio album of British rock band Queen, and is one of the two movie soundtracks Queen produced, along with Highlander. It is the album to the science fiction movie Flash Gordon, and features lyrics on only two tracks. The track Flash's Theme was the only single to be released from the album, under the title Flash. The album reached number 10 in the UK charts and number 23 in the United States. The album was reissued worldwide 27 June 2011 (excluding US & Canada, where it was released 27 September 2011) as part of the band's 40th Anniversary.[4] [5] The reissue adds an EP of related tracks.

Background There are two versions of the opening track. The album version (Flash's Theme) is the start to the movie, with all the dialogue from the first scene. The single version (Flash) features parts of the dialogue taken from various parts of the movie. This version was also included on the Greatest Hits compilation from 1981. The single reached number one in Austria. The track is noted for its pounding, repetitive bassline and the camp humour of the snippets of dialogue from the movie that it contains. All but two of the tracks on the album (Flash's Theme and The Hero) are instrumentals. The album makes extensive use of synthesisers, which Queen had employed for the first time on their previous album, The Game, although to a much lesser extent. Side A of the album, except for the opening track and Freddie Mercury's Football Fight (also chosen as a B-side for the Flash single), contains mostly synthesizer, vocal, guitar and drum soundscapes (accompanied by the movie dialogues), written and performed by Mercury, Taylor and Deacon. Side B, while starting with similar compositions by Deacon and Taylor, develops for the most part around the full-band rockier themes, mainly Flash's Theme and Battle Theme, composed and arranged by Brian May. The last track, "The Hero", while an individual song, reprises both motifs. Different takes of the song were used for the end credits in the film and for the album finale. The album contains mostly the score performed by Queen, and only two short fragments of Howard Blake's orchestral score (appearing in The Kiss and The Hero).

Track listing

Flash Gordon

220

Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Flash's Theme"

Brian May

3:30

2. "In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme)"

Roger Taylor

2:21

3. "Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless)" Freddie Mercury

2:53

4. "The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale)"

Mercury

0:58

5. "Football Fight"

Mercury

1:29

6. "In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)"

Taylor

2:26

7. "Execution of Flash"

John Deacon

1:06

8. "The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash)"

Mercury

1:47

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men)" (listed as "Man" on the 1982 U.S. LP, 5E-518-B) Deacon

1:41

2. "Escape from the Swamp"

Taylor

1:44

3. "Flash to the Rescue"

May

2:47

4. "Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men)"

Mercury

1:15

5. "Battle Theme"

May

2:20

6. "The Wedding March" ("Bridal Chorus")

Richard Wagner, May

0:56

7. "Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching)"

May, Taylor

2:04

8. "Crash Dive on Mingo City"

May

1:01

9. "Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)"

May

1:39

May

3:31

10. "The Hero"


Writer(s) Length

19. "Flash's Theme" (1991 remix by Mista Lawnge, 9.5) May

6:43


Writer(s) Length

1. "Flash" (Single Version)

May

2:48

2. "The Hero" (October 1980… Revisited)

May

2:55

3. "The Kiss" (Early Version, March 1980)

Mercury

1:11

4. "Football Fight" (Early Version, No Synths! - February 1980) Mercury

1:55

5. "Flash" (Live in Montreal, November 1981)

May

2:12

6. "The Hero" (Live in Montreal, November 1981)

May

1:48

Flash Gordon

221


Writer(s) Length

1. "Flash / The Hero" (Live at Morumbi Stadium, 1981) May

3:28

2. "Flash" (Alternative promo)

May

3:17

3. "Flash (Vanguard Mix)" (Promo Video, 2003)

May

3:17

Personnel • John Deacon: bass guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizer • Brian May: lead guitar, backing vocals, synthesizer, piano on "Flash's Theme" and "The Hero," co-lead vocals on "Flash's Theme," guitar orchestration on "The Wedding March"[6] • Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, synthesizer, piano, keyboards • Roger Taylor: drums, timpani, backing vocals, synthesizer • Additional orchestral arrangements by Howard Blake

Chart performance Chart (1980/1981)

Peak position

[7]



[8]

[9]

10 7

Dutch Albums Chart

[10]

German Albums Chart


1

[11]

[12]

2 25


29

[13]

10

[14]

23

UK Albums Chart

U.S. Billboard 200

Notes [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

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Flash Gordon [12] http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Soundtrack+ %2F+ Queen& titel=Flash+ Gordon& cat=a [13] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=39481 [14] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ queen-p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-albums

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Live albums Live Killers Live Killers

Live album by Queen Released

June 22, 1979

Recorded

January – March 1979 in Europe

Genre

Rock

Length

90:08

Label

EMI, Parlophone (Europe) Elektra, Hollywood Records (US)

Producer


Live Killers (1979)

Live Magic (1986)

Singles from Live Killers 1.

"Love of My Life (Live)" Released: June 29, 1979

2.

"We Will Rock You (Live)" Released: August, 1979 (US, Japan)

Live Killers

224


Rating [1]

Allmusic Record Mirror

(favorable)

[2] [3]

George Starostin Rolling Stone

(unfavorable)

[4]

Live Killers is a double vinyl and compact disc live album by English rock band Queen. It was released on June 22, 1979.[5] It was recorded live during the European leg of Queen's Jazz world tour between January and March 1979.[5] The album was self-produced by the band and was their first album to be mixed at their own studios, Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland.[5] Guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor revealed on the US radio show In the Studio with Redbeard (which spotlighted the making of 1980's The Game) that the band was not happy with the album's final mix as the band mixed the album themselves. Despite May and Taylor's unhappiness with the album, Live Killers hit number 3 on the UK Album Chart, and number 16 on the Billboard 200 in the United States, and is certified double platinum in the US.[6] [7] In the territories outside of the United States, Europe and Canada, Elektra Records re-released a shorter, edited version of the album in 1985 titled "Queen Live". The 1994 issue that was released as part of the Digital Master Series by EMI was not improved as the quality was bad. It was later remastered and restored in better quality by Peter Mew in 2001.

Track listing Side one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

"We Will Rock You" [fast version] (Brian May) – 3:18 "Let Me Entertain You" (Freddie Mercury) – 3:15 "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...)" (Mercury) – 3:31 "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – 1:59 "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) – 1:28 "I'm in Love with My Car" (Roger Taylor) – 2:08 "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 4:31 "You're My Best Friend" (John Deacon) – 2:08

Live Killers

225

Side two 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Now I'm Here" (May) – 8:42 "Dreamer's Ball" (May) – 3:44 "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 4:57 "'39" (May) – 3:26 "Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 4:02

Side three 1. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Mercury) – 4:28 2. "Spread Your Wings" (Deacon) – 5:17 3. "Brighton Rock" (May) – 12:13

Side four 1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" [intro: "Mustapha"] (Mercury) – 6:02 2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 3:40 3. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:35 4. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:48 5. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 3:27 6. "God Save the Queen" (Trad.; arr. May) – 1:31

Omitted Tracks • • • •

It's Late (May) If You Can't Beat Them (Deacon) Somebody to Love (Mercury) Fat Bottomed Girls (May)

Singles • "Love of My Life" (Live)/"Now I'm Here" (Live) • "We Will Rock You (Fast Version) (Live)"/"Let Me Entertain You (Live)" – Elektra E46532; released August, 1979

Charts Country

Charts

Sales

Peak position Weeks Certification Austria

Sales

3

12

Gold

40.000

United Kingdom 3

27

Gold

380,000

Gold

450.000

Germany

4

Japan

9

250.000

Netherlands

10

80.000

Norway

10

7

100.000

Sweden

15

4

50.000

United States

16

14

Platinum (2x) 2,500,000

Live Killers

226 Switzerland

34

2

Gold

Canada

10.000 150.000

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r15976/ review http:/ / www. queencuttings. com/ dblog/ articolo. asp?articolo=66 http:/ / starling. rinet. ru/ music/ queen. htm#Killers http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ artists/ queen/ albums/ album/ 195404/ review/ 5942451/ live_killers Live Killers (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ killers. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved July 11, 2011 RIAA – Gold and Platinum (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=2& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=queen& format=& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=& requestNo=& type=& level=& label=& company=& certificationDate=& awardDescription=& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=& charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=& certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2010& sort=CertificationDate& perPage=50) Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved July 11, 2011 [7] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited

External links • Queenlive.ca: "Live Killers" Analysis (http://www.queenlive.ca/livekillers.htm) – an analysis of the edits and overdubs on the album

Live Magic Live Magic


December 1, 1986 (See release history)

Recorded 11–12 July 1986 Wembley Stadium, London, UK 27 July 1986 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary 9 August 1986 Knebworth Park, Stevenage, UK Genre

Rock

Length

47:10 (LP) 49:22 (CD)

Live Magic

227 Label

EMI, Hollywood Records (US)

Producer Queen, Trip Khalaf Queen chronology

Live Killers (1979)

Live Magic (1986)

Live at Wembley '86 (1992)


Rating

Allmusic

[1]

Kerrang!

[2]


Live Magic is a live compilation album by British rock band Queen. It was recorded at various 1986 live shows during the European Magic Tour and released on December 1, 1986. However, it was not released in the United States until August 1996. It received strong criticism by fans, due to the heavy editing of many songs. For example, the opera section was removed from "Bohemian Rhapsody", the second verse was removed from "Tie Your Mother Down", and both "Is This the World We Created...?" and "We Are the Champions" were reduced to one verse and chorus. In July 2004, Q magazine listed Live Magic as one of the top five disappointing live albums from usually great acts.[3] Most of the performances were recorded at Knebworth Park on the 9th August 1986 (the band's last ever concert with its original line-up).

Track listing Side one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"One Vision" (Queen) – 5:09 "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 2:59 "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Mercury) – 1:21 "A Kind of Magic" (Taylor) – 4:47 | (CD Version - 5:29) "Under Pressure" (Queen, Bowie) – 3:49 "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) – 5:16 | (CD Version - 5:50)

Live Magic

228

Side two 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"I Want to Break Free" (Deacon) – 2:40 "Is This the World We Created...?" (Mercury/May) – 1:30 "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 4:42 "Hammer to Fall" (May) – 4:22 | (CD Version - 5:20) "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) – 4:27 "We Will Rock You" (May) – 1:33 "Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury/Deacon) – 1:09 "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 2:01 "God Save the Queen" (Trad. arr. May) – 1:19

Release history Country Worldwide

Release Date December 1, 1986

United States August 1996

Chart positions and sales Country

Charts

Sales

Peak position Weeks Certification United Kingdom

[4]

3

[4]

[5]

Sales

44

Platinum

1.000.000

6

Gold

100.000

Gold

300.000

Austria

13

Germany

15

Netherlands

17

100.000

Italy

22

100.000

Switzerland

26

Japan

49

Sweden

50

Argentina United States

–

Platinum

100.000 100.000

Platinum

100.000

–

500.000

Live Magic

229

References [1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Queen Live Magic review" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ live-magic-r75756/ review). Allmusic. Rovi Corporation. . Retrieved 2011-09-15. [2] Wall, Mick (11 December 1986). "Queen 'Live Magic'". Kerrang!. 135. London, UK: United Magazines ltd.. pp. 18. [3] "5 Disappointing Live Albums from Usually Great Acts" (http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ q150lists. htm). Q magazine. July 2004. Archived at rocklistmusic.co.uk [4] Queenonline.com. Live Magic (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ q_history/ history. php?history=6& section=15). [5] BPI Certified Awards (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ stats).

At the Beeb Queen at the Beeb


4 December 1989 (Europe); 1995 (US)

Recorded 5 February and 3 December 1973 at Langham 1 Genre

Rock

Length

37:33

Label

Band of Joy ("by arrangement with BBC Records and Tapes and EMI Records Ltd") (UK), Hollywood Records (US)

Producer Bernie Andrews Queen chronology


Queen at the Beeb (1995)

Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (2004)

North American cover

At the Beeb

230

The North American cover.


Rating [1]

Allmusic The Times

(?)

[2]

At the Beeb is a live album by the English rock band Queen, released on vinyl, cassette tape, and compact disc in 1989. Subsequently, it was released in 1995 in the United States under the title Queen at the BBC on compact disc and as limited edition picture disc vinyl. The album comprises tracks recorded in two sessions for the BBC Radio 1 Sound of the 70s programme. The first four tracks were recorded on 5 February 1973; the rest were recorded on 3 December 1973. All but one track appeared on the album Queen; the exception is "Ogre Battle", which appeared on Queen II. However, the versions featured on At the Beeb are different from the original versions, being closer to the songs as performed live. This is most notable on "Ogre Battle", as it starts right away with its riff (without any long intro), does not have any effects that the version on Queen II has and sounds much less polished. The BBC version of "Ogre Battle" did originally have a long intro featuring a grand guitar build up. It was not used for this release, allegedly because the original tape was damaged.

Track listing

At the Beeb

231

Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

1. "My Fairy King"

Freddie Mercury

Length 4:06

2. "Keep Yourself Alive" Brian May

3:48

3. "Doing Alright"

May, Tim Staffell

4:11

4. "Liar"

Mercury

6:28

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Ogre Battle"

Mercury

3:57

2. "Great King Rat"

Mercury

5:59

3. "Modern Times Rock 'n' Roll" Roger Taylor

2:00

4. "Son and Daughter"

7:08

May

References [1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r212569 [2] http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_12-19-1989_-_Queen_At_The_BBC_-_The_Times

Live at Wembly '86 Live at Wembley '86


May 26, 1992 (See release history)

Recorded 12 July 1986, Wembley Stadium - London, England Genre

Rock, Hard rock

Length

110:00

Label

Parlophone, Hollywood Records (US)

Live at Wembly '86

232 Producer Queen Queen chronology

Live Magic (1986)


At the Beeb (1995)


Rating

Allmusic VideoVista

[1] [2]

Live at Wembley '86 is a double compact disc live album by English rock band Queen. It was recorded live on Saturday July 12, 1986 during the Magic Tour at Wembley Stadium in London, England and released on May 26, 1992. A companion DVD was released in June 2003. The album was remastered and re-released with bonus tracks in August 2003 in the US as Live at Wembley Stadium after the companion DVD. This name has also been used on subsequent releases elsewhere, although they lack the bonus tracks included with the US version. A remastered special edition DVD was released on September 5, 2011 in the UK (what would have been Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday), and for the first time included the Friday evening concert in addition to the Saturday night show. Snippets of the Friday show were included on earlier DVDs, but the remastered release marked the first time that the concert has been presented in full. A Deluxe Edition also included the Saturday concert in remastered CD form. During the introduction to "Who Wants to Live Forever," Freddie addressed the rumours at the time of a Queen breakup by pointing to his posterior and saying, "They're talking from here!," which got quite a response from the audience. During the speech, Freddie making what was, prior to the Queen+ collaborations, a prophetic comment: "So forget those rumours, we're gonna stay together until we fucking well die, I'm sure of it."

Track listing Disc one 1. "One Vision" (Queen) – 5:50 2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (Brian May) – 3:52 3. "In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited"[3] (Freddie Mercury) – 2:44 4. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (Mercury) – 1:19 5. "Tear It Up" (May) – 2:12 6. "A Kind of Magic" (Roger Taylor) – 8:41 7. "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – 3:41 8. "Another One Bites the Dust" (John Deacon) – 4:54 9. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) – 5:16 10. "I Want to Break Free" (Deacon) – 3:34 11. "Impromptu" (Queen) – 2:55 12. "Brighton Rock Solo" (May) – 9:11

Live at Wembly '86

233

13. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 6:19

Disc two 1. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 4:47 2. "Is This the World We Created...?" (Mercury, May) – 2:59 3. "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 1:34 4. "Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)" (Gene Pitney) – 1:24 5. "Tutti Frutti" (Little Richard) – 3:23[4] 6. "Gimme Some Lovin'" (Steve Winwood, Spencer Davis, Muff Winwood) – 0:55 7. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:50 8. "Hammer to Fall" (May) – 5:36 9. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 6:27 10. "Big Spender" (Dorothy Fields, Cy Coleman) – 1:07 11. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) – 5:57 12. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:46 13. "Friends Will Be Friends" (Mercury, Deacon) – 2:08 14. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 4:05 15. "God Save the Queen" (arr. May) – 1:27

Bonus tracks on 2003 Hollywood Records remaster 1. 2. 3. 4.

"A Kind of Magic (Live July 11, 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London)" "Another One Bites the Dust (Live July 11, 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London)" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Live July 11, 1986 at Wembley Stadium, London)" "Tavaszi szél vízet áraszt (Live July 27, 1986 at Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary)"

The Original Concert The concert started at 4.00pm with tickets costing £14.50, 4 bands performed in the following order: 1. 2. 3. 4.

INXS The Alarm Status Quo Queen

Release history Country

Release Date

Worldwide

May 26, 1992

United States June 2, 1992

Chart positions and sales

Live at Wembly '86

234

Country

Charts

Sales

Peak position Weeks Certification

Sales

Belgium

1

100.000

Italy

1

Platinum (5x) 500.000

France

2

Platinum

United Kingdom

[5]

2

[5]

600.000 [6]

15

Platinum

700.000

Austria

6

16

Gold

35.000

Switzerland

6

13

Gold

50.000

Netherlands

9

Germany

20

Sweden

29

United States Japan

[5]

53

100.000 Gold

300.000

4

15.000 [5]

1

[7]

Platinum

81

500.000 100.000

[8]

Mexico

Platinum

250.000

Brazil

Gold

150.000

Canada

80.000

Spain

300.000

Personnel • • • •

Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano, guitar Brian May - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals John Deacon - bass guitars, backing vocals Roger Taylor - drums, percussion, backing vocals

with • Spike Edney - keyboards, piano, guitar, backing vocals

Notes and references [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r132489 http:/ / www. videovista. net/ reviews/ august03/ queen. html It is listed incorrectly as "In the Lap of the Gods". On the original 1992 release, this song missed the reprise. However, on the 2003 re-release on Hollywood Records the reprise was included. Queenonline.com. Live at Wembley '86 (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ q_history/ history. php?history=6& section=19). BPI Certified Awards (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ stats). RIAA. Gold & Platinum (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinum. php). Live at Wembley '86 (http:/ / www. amprofon. com. mx/ certificaciones. php?artista=Queen& titulo=& disquera=& certificacion=todas& anio=todos& categoria=todas& Submitted=Buscar& item=menuCert& contenido=buscar).

Queen on Fire Live at the Bowl

235

Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl


October 25, 2004 (Europe) November 9, 2004 (US)

Recorded

June 5, 1982 in Milton Keynes

Genre

Rock

Length

~100:00 (DVD ~170:00)

Label

Parlophone (Europe) Hollywood Records (US)

Producer

Brian May, Roger Taylor, Justin Shirley-Smith Queen chronology

At the Beeb (1995)


Queen Rock Montreal (2007)

Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl Directed by

Gavin Taylor

Produced by

Jeff Brown Malcolm Gerrie Simon Lupton Brian May Roger Taylor Rhys Thomas Andrea Wonfor


236 Starring

John Deacon Brian May Freddie Mercury Roger Taylor Morgan Fisher Fred Mandel

Running time

170:00

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Professional ratings Review scores Source BBC Allmusic

Rating (Positive)

[1] [2]

Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl is a double compact disc live album by English band Queen released on October 25, 2004 in Europe and on November 9, 2004 in the US. It was recorded live at the National Bowl, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England, on June 5, 1982 during the Hot Space Tour. A DVD was also released with the concert and bonus material, such as band interviews and tour highlights. In 2005, the album was also released as an LP, like every Queen album. In the UK the CD made #20 and DVD #1 in the album and DVD chart respectively. In the US, neither the album nor the DVD charted.

Notes During the show, guitarist Brian May had problems with his homemade Red Special guitar. During both the fast version of "We Will Rock You" and "Dragon Attack", a couple of guitar strings snapped and he had to switch over to his Birch Red Special backup for almost all of "Action This Day" and for the entire second half of "Dragon Attack" and all of "Now I'm Here (Reprise)". Before "Love of My Life", May played a snippet of the intro to "Las Palabras de Amor" calling it "a little fiddle around". During May's guitar solo, the lead on his guitar became disconnected and the guitar solo stopped for 20 seconds (as seen on the DVD but the 20 seconds was reduced to 3 seconds on the album version of the performance). A roadie had to help him get his guitar working again. Also, drummer Roger Taylor did an impromptu 30-second drum solo before "Under Pressure" whilst May got his guitar fixed. Taylor had stopped doing drum solos (he last performed one in November 1981) so this was the only time he did a drum solo post-1981 with the original lineup of Queen. The next did not occur until the Queen + Paul Rodgers Return of the Champions Tour in 2005. On "Fat Bottomed Girls", Freddie Mercury's voice briefly slipped into an off-key falsetto during the lyric "in this locality" (which was noticed on the original BBC TV, Channel 4, MTV, and radio broadcasts of the Milton Keynes show) but the error was repaired for release on the CD and DVD.

Queen on Fire Live at the Bowl Mercury performed without his trademark bottomless microphone stand for "The Hero" (on the Live in Japan bonus footage on DVD), "We Will Rock You (Fast)" and "Now I'm Here". Apparently this allowed Mercury to more freely scale and walk along the raised wings on either side of the stage. Although it is noticeable that he is using a cordless microphone which were becoming available around the time and appears to be relatively larger than a standard microphone. The Hong Kong & China version of the CD release does not contain either "Get Down, Make Love" or "Fat Bottomed Girls" due to censorship laws.

Track listing Disc 1 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

"Flash" (May) – 1:54 "The Hero" (May) – 1:44 "We Will Rock You" (Fast) (May) – 3:17 "Action This Day" (Taylor) – 4:52 "Play the Game" (Mercury) – 4:30 "Staying Power" (Mercury) – 4:03

7. "Somebody to Love" (Mercury) – 7:53 8. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 6:18 9. "Dragon Attack" (May) – 4:16 10. "Now I'm Here" (Reprise) (May) – 0:49 11. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 4:22 12. "Save Me" (May) – 4:00 13. "Back Chat" (Deacon) – 5:00

Disc 2 1. "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 3:39 2. "Guitar Solo " (May) – 6:22 3. "Under Pressure" (Queen/Bowie) – 3:47 4. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) – 5:25 5. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 4:15 6. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:38 7. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 4:09 8. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) – 3:49 9. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:25 10. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:08 11. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 3:28 12. "God Save the Queen" (Trad. arr. May) – 1:24

237


DVD bonus material • • • •

MK Bowl backstage interview Freddie Mercury interview Brian May and Roger Taylor interviews Songs from concert at Stadthalle, Vienna, Austria on May 12, 1982

1. Another One Bites the Dust 2. We Will Rock You 3. We Are the Champions 4. God Save the Queen • Songs from concert at Seibu Lions Stadium, Tokyo, Japan on November 3, 1982 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Flash / The Hero Now I'm Here Impromptu Put Out the Fire Dragon Attack Now I'm Here (Reprise)

7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 8. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) • Photo gallery (Calling All Girls)

Personnel • • • • • • • • • • • •

Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" Brian May – guitars, vocals, piano on "Save Me" Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals John Deacon – bass guitar, rhythm guitar on "Staying Power", additional backing vocals on "Somebody to Love" Morgan Fisher – keyboards Justin Shirley-Smith – mix producer Kris Fredriksson – pro tools hd Mack – recording engineer Mick McKenna – second recording engineer Kevin Metcalfe – mastering Richard Gray – artwork Denis O'Regan – photography

Charts and certifications Charts Album

238


239

Chart (2004)

Peak position

[3] Austrian Top 75 Albums

23

[4] Belgium (Flanders) 100 Albums

60

[5] Belgium (Wallonia) 100 Albums

80

[6]

75

French Top 200 Albums

[7]

10

Italian Top 20 Albums

[8]

15

[9] Netherlands Top 100 Albums

74

[10] Portuguese Top 30 Albums

9

[11] Swiss Top 100 Albums

52

German Albums Chart

[12]

20

UK Albums Chart

Chart (2005)

Peak position [13]

Spanish Top 100 Albums

73

DVD Chart (2004)

Peak position [14]

10

Australian Top 40 DVDs

[15]

Austrian Top 10 Music DVDs

1

[16] Norwegian Top 10 DVDs

4

[17]

Swedish Top 20 DVDs

Chart (2005)

Peak position

[18] Belgium (Wallonia) Top 10 Music DVDs

1

[19]

Hungarian Top 20 DVDs

Certifications Album

1

5


240

Region


15,000x


[21]

Germany (BVMI)

Platinum

[22] Gold

200000^ 100000^

United Kingdom (BPI) ^


x

DVD Region


Platinum

8000x

3× Platinum

45000^

Gold

5000x

3× Platinum

60000*

5× Gold

125000^

[28]

Gold

10000^


[29] Gold

Argentina (CAPIF) Australia (ARIA)

[24] [25]


[26]

France (SNEP)

[27]

Germany (BVMI)

Mexico (AMPROFON)

[30]

3× Platinum

150000^

[31]

Platinum

100000^


3000x

*

sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone x unspecified figures based on certification alone ^

References [1] http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ music/ release/ 6wn8 [2] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ queen-on-fire-live-at-the-bowl-r714768/ review [3] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (in German) (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [4] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [5] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (in French) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [6] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (in French) (ASP). Les Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [7] "Chartverfolgung / Queen / Longplay" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Queen/ ?type=longplay) (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [8] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / italiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (ASP). Italian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [9] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [10] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / portuguesecharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (ASP). Portuguese Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [11] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011.

Queen on Fire Live at the Bowl [12] "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 6th November 2004" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 3/ 2004-11-06/ ). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [13] "Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl (Album)" (http:/ / spanishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Queen+ On+ Fire+ -+ Live+ At+ The+ Bowl& cat=a) (ASP). Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [14] "ariaNET: The ARIA Report! (Issue 769)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20041220-0000/ ISSUE769. pdf) (PDF). Pandora Archive. Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 22. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [15] "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD Top 10" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ weekchart. asp?cat=d& year=2004& date=20041114) (in German) (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [16] "Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2004 – Uke 47" (http:/ / lista. vg. no/ liste/ dvd-audio/ 10/ dato/ 2004/ uke/ 47) (in Norwegian). VG-lista. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [17] "Sverigetopplistan" (http:/ / www. sverigetopplistan. se/ ) (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. . Search for Queen and click SØk. [18] "Ultratop 10 Musicaux" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ weekchart. asp?cat=d& year=2005& date=20050507) (in French) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 31 July 2011. [19] "Archivum: DVD Top 20" (http:/ / mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=dvd& ev=2005& het=17& submit_=Keresés) (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. . Retrieved 3 July 2011. [20] "Austrian album certifications – Queen – On Fire - Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. . Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter On Fire - Live at the Bowl in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen [21] "German album certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Queen+ on+ Fire+ -+ Live+ at+ the+ Bowl& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . [22] "British album certifications – Queen – On Fire - Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter On Fire - Live at the Bowl in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go [23] "Argentinian video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0& PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=Queen& album=Queen+ on+ Fire+ -+ Live+ at+ the+ Bowl& LanDesde_MM=0& LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=2& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5& CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. . [24] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 DVDs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006DVD. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . [25] "Austrian video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. . Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter Queen on Fire in the field Titel. Select DVD in the field Format. Click Suchen [26] "French video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire – Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS. html?year=2005& type=19) (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. . [27] "German video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Queen+ on+ Fire+ -+ Live+ at+ the+ Bowl& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=video& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . [28] "Mexican video certifications – Queen – Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. amprofon. com. mx/ certificaciones. php?artista=Queen& titulo=Queen+ on+ Fire+ -+ Live+ at+ the+ Bowl& categoria=MUSIC+ VIDEO& contenido=buscar) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. . [29] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'On Fire: Live at the Bowl')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ search_certifications. asp?search=Queen+ On+ Fire:+ Live+ at+ the+ Bowl). Hung Medien. . [30] "British video certifications – Queen – Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter Live at the Bowl in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Click Go [31] "American video certifications – Queen – On Fire: Live at the Bowl" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="On+ Fire:+ Live+ at+ the+ Bowl"). Recording Industry Association of America. . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

External links • Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0451175/) at the Internet Movie Database • Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (http://www.allrovi.com/movies/movie/v315996) at AllRovi

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Queen Rock Montreal

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Queen Rock Montreal Queen Rock Montreal


26 October 2007 28 October 2007 29 October 2007 30 October 2007

Recorded

24 November and 25 November 1981 in Montreal

Genre

Rock

Length

47:15 (CD 1), 50:35 (CD 2)

Label

Parlophone (UK) Hollywood Records (US)

Producer

Justin Shirley-Smith Kris Fredriksson Joshua J. Macrae Queen chronology


Queen Rock Montreal (2007)

Queen: We Will Rock You: The Movie (2010)

Queen Rock Montreal

243


Rating [1]

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Queen Rock Montreal is a live album by English rock band Queen. It was released in 2007 as a double CD / triple vinyl on 28 October in Australia, 29 October in Europe, and 30 October in the US.[1] It was recorded in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum on 24 November and 25 November 1981, ten years to the date before lead singer Freddie Mercury died of complications related to AIDS.[2] Allmusic described Queen's performance in Montreal as being "deliberately theatrical and often majestic".[1] This marks the first official release of the film soundtrack to the concert film We Will Rock You on an audio-only format. Unlike the original video release of We Will Rock You, which has been re-released as Queen Rock Montreal, the album and CD features the full show (including "Flash" and "The Hero") fully remixed.[1] [3]

Track listing Disc one 1. "Intro" – 1:59 2. "We Will Rock You (Fast)" (Brian May) – 3:06 3. "Let Me Entertain You" (Freddie Mercury) – 2:48 4. "Play the Game" (Mercury) – 3:57 5. "Somebody to Love" (Mercury) – 7:53 6. "Killer Queen" (Mercury) – 1:59 7. "I'm in Love with My Car" (Roger Taylor) – 2:03 8. "Get Down, Make Love" (Mercury) – 4:45 9. "Save Me" (May) – 4:14 10. "Now I'm Here" (May) – 5:31 11. "Dragon Attack" (May) – 3:11 12. "Now I'm Here (Reprise)" (May) – 1:53 13. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) – 3:56

Disc two 1. "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) – 3:49 2. "Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 3:29 3. "Drum and Tympani Solo" (Taylor) – 3:00 4. "Guitar Solo" (May) – 5:11 5. "Flash" (May) * – 2:11 6. "The Hero" (May) * – 1:51 7. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) – 4:15 8. "Jailhouse Rock" (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller) – 2:32 9. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) – 5:28 10. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) – 3:52 11. "Another One Bites the Dust" (John Deacon) – 4:00 12. "Sheer Heart Attack" (Taylor) – 3:53

Queen Rock Montreal

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13. "We Will Rock You" (May) – 2:09 14. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) – 3:27 15. "God Save the Queen" (tape) (arr. May) – 1:27 * previously unreleased

Personnel • Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, piano, acoustic guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" • Brian May – guitars, vocals, piano on "Save Me" and "Flash", synthesizer on "Flash" • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals, lead vocal on "I'm In Love With My Car" and "Another One Bites The Dust"(chorus), synthesizer on "Intro" • John Deacon – bass guitar, vocals • Joshua J. Macrae - mix producer • Justin Shirley-Smith – mix producer • Kris Fredriksson – pro tools hd • Mack – recording engineer • Kevin Metcalfe – mastering • Richard Gray – artwork

Charts Chart (2007)

Peak position


25


84


62

[7]

111


[8]

German Albums Chart

17


54


22

[11]


35


27

Chart (2008)

Peak position [13]

Mexican Top 100 Albums

73

Queen Rock Montreal

References [1] Queen Rock Montreal (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1239496) Allmusic. Retrieved 16 July 2011 [2] 1991: Giant of rock dies (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ onthisday/ hi/ dates/ stories/ november/ 24/ newsid_2546000/ 2546945. stm) BBC. Retrieved 16 July 2011 [3] Queen Rock Montreal (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ rockmontreal. htm#flash) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 16 July 2011 [4] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (in German) (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [5] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [6] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (in French) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [7] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (in French) (ASP). Les Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [8] "Chartverfolgung / Queen / Longplay" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Queen/ ?type=longplay) (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [9] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [10] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / portuguesecharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (ASP). Portuguese Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [11] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / spanishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (ASP). Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [12] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [13] "Queen – Rock Montreal (Album)" (http:/ / mexicancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Rock+ Montreal& cat=a) (ASP). Mexican Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011.

External links • Official Site (http://www.queenrockmontreal.com)

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Compilation albums Greatest Hits Greatest Hits

Original 1981 edition Greatest hits album by Queen Released

2 November 1981

Genre

Rock

Length

57:20 (UK edition)

Label

Parlophone

Producer

Queen, various Queen chronology

Greatest Hits (1981)

Greatest Hits II (1991)

Alternative covers

Greatest Hits

247

1992 U.S. edition

2011 Universal Remaster


Rating [1]


Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock group Queen. When released in November 1981, the record consisted of Queen's best-selling singles since their first chart appearance in 1974 with "Seven Seas of Rhye", until their most recent album at the time, The Game. There was no universal track listing or cover art for the album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles had been released there and which were successful. In some countries "Under Pressure" was included, which had been released as a single earlier in the year. Queen's Greatest Hits was an instant success, peaking at number one on the UK Album Chart for four weeks. It has spent 476 weeks in the UK Charts, and is the best-selling album of all time in the UK.[2] [3] [4] It is certified eight times platinum in the United States, and is Queen's most commercially successful album ever having sold more than 25 million copies, rendering it one of the best-selling albums worldwide.[5] [6] Combined with Greatest Hits II, it became the definitive Queen compilation.

Greatest Hits

History There was no universal track listing or cover art for the Greatest Hits album, and each territory's tracks were dependent on what singles were released there and what tracks charted. In some cases, despite the band's popularity, not enough songs were issued as singles to fill a compilation album, and a few album tracks were used as filler. Some examples of these were "Sweet Lady" and "Love of My Life", neither was released as a single in any country, but appear on some regions' 1981 Hits release. In the UK and the U.S., where solid numbers could be collected, the standard was raised again by only including top 20 hits. The U.S. ended up with its original edit of Queen's first single release, "Keep Yourself Alive", which had been re-released in the U.S. in 1975 (original release was 1973) after the success of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Also, because of the delay in release dates between the UK (out first) and the U.S. (almost a month later), the U.S. was able to add "Under Pressure" (Queen's duet with David Bowie) to its Hits collection, as it was released during that interim. In Argentina and Brazil, the LP edition included the same list of UK Greatest Hits minus "Seven Seas of Rhye", and including "Love of My Life" (Live Killers version). CD version is the same as the British. In 1991, Queen sought to issue a second Greatest Hits collection worldwide, this time with a standard track listing. However, the band had just changed record labels in the US, from Capitol to Hollywood Records, who were keen on a massive promotion of the band's back catalog. The problem was that Elektra still held the US rights to that first 1981 collection (despite being Hollywood's US licencée). Hollywood Records decided to not release Greatest Hits II to the U.S. market, but instead created their own collection, Classic Queen (1992), peaking at no.4.[7] This compilation was made up of tracks such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "Keep Yourself Alive" and "Under Pressure" (which had already appeared on the Elektra 1981 Hits collection) as well as newer tracks ("A Kind of Magic" and "Radio Ga Ga").[8] Some tracks were not even singles in the U.S. ("One Year of Love") or anywhere ("Stone Cold Crazy").[8] Though well received, this collection would eventually pose the problem of overlapping track lists in the future. Hollywood Records, later that year, re-released a companion collection Greatest Hits with similar artwork (on a red background, where Classic Queen was on royal blue). Commonly referred to as the Red Greatest Hits, it features most of the '70s tracks absent from Classic Queen (including "Another One Bites the Dust" [1980], "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "Killer Queen"). In 2004, to promote the Las Vegas production of the musical We Will Rock You, Hollywood Records released Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You Edition which was the UK Greatest Hits with three bonus tracks.

Track listing This section includes the track listings for the original Greatest Hits and closely related albums only. For other compilations, including the second and third Greatest Hits albums, see the relevant articles. On this album Mercury has ten songs, Brian May has five and John Deacon has two. Roger Taylor had not released any singles with the group at that time.

248

Greatest Hits

249

1981 UK edition (Parlophone) & 2011 UK edition (Island) Has a photograph of the band as its cover. No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from A Night at the Opera, 1975)

Freddie Mercury

5:56

2. "Another One Bites the Dust" (from The Game, 1980)

John Deacon

3:36

3. "Killer Queen" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)

Mercury

2:57

4. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (single version, from Jazz, 1978)

Brian May

3:16

5. "Bicycle Race" (from Jazz, 1978)

Mercury

3:01

6. "You're My Best Friend" (from A Night at the Opera, 1975)

Deacon

2:52

7. "Don't Stop Me Now" (from Jazz, 1978)

Mercury

3:29

8. "Save Me" (from The Game, 1980)

May

3:52

9. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (from The Game, 1980)

Mercury

2:42

10. "Somebody to Love" (from A Day at the Races, 1976)

Mercury

4:56

11. "Now I'm Here" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)

May

4:10

12. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (from A Day at the Races, 1976) Mercury

2:54

13. "Play the Game" (from The Game, 1980)

Mercury

3:33

14. "Flash" (single version, from Flash Gordon, 1980)

May

2:48

15. "Seven Seas of Rhye" (from Queen II, 1974)

Mercury

2:47

16. "We Will Rock You" (from News of the World, 1977)

May

2:01

17. "We Are the Champions" (from News of the World, 1977)

Mercury

2:59

Total length:

57:20

1981 U.S. and Canada edition No. Title

Writer(s)

Length


3:37

2. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

5:58

3. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

2:44

4. "Killer Queen"

3:02


3:23

6. "Bicycle Race"

3:01

7. "Under Pressure" (later included on Hot Space, 1982)

Queen, David Bowie

4:05

8. "We Will Rock You"

2:02

9. "We Are the Champions"

3:01

10. "Flash"

2:49


4:58


2:52

13. "Keep Yourself Alive" (single version in mono, from Queen, 1973) May

3:32

14. "Play the Game"

3:30

Total length:

47:58

Greatest Hits

250

1981 Japan edition No. Title

Writer(s) Length


5:55


3:33

3. "Killer Queen"

3:00


3:22

5. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

2:32


3:28

7. "Save Me"

3:48

8. "Under Pressure"

4:05


2:42


4:55

11. "Now I'm Here"

4:15

12. "Teo Torriatte" (single version, from A Day At The Races, 1976) May

5:00


2:50

14. "Play the Game"

3:28

15. "Flash's Theme A.K.A. Flash"

2:47


2:00


2:58

Total length:

60:37

1992 U.S. edition Has a red cover with the Queen crest design. No. Title

Writer(s) Length


2:02


3:01


3:37

4. "Killer Queen"

3:01


4:56

6. "Fat Bottomed Girls (LP version)"

4:16

7. "Bicycle Race"

3:02


2:51


2:43

10. "Now I'm Here"

4:14

11. "Play the Game"

3:31


2:48

13. "Body Language" (from Hot Space, 1982)

Mercury

4:33

14. "Save Me"

3:48


3:30

Greatest Hits

251 16. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

2:55

17. "I Want to Break Free" (from The Works, 1984) Deacon

4:22

Total length:

58:43

2004 U.S. edition (Greatest Hits: We Will Rock You) Same track listing as UK 1981 edition, followed by three additional tracks. No. Title

Writer(s)

18. "I'm in Love with My Car" (From A Night at the Opera, 1975)

Roger Taylor

Length 3:12

19. "Under Pressure" (from Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl, 2004)

3:39

20. "Tie Your Mother Down" (from Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl, 2004) May

6:22

Total length:

69:17

2011 Japan Reissue Edition From the bonus track for japan, Available in iTunes. No. Title

Writer(s) Length

18. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (From A Day at the Races, 1976) May Total length:

5:07 63:00

In addition to the variations above, the official biography Queen: As It Began by Jacky Gunn and Jim Jenkins states the following variations on the original UK tracklisting: Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Venezuela had Love Of My Life (live) instead of Seven Seas Of Rhye. Belgium and Spain had Spread Your Wings as an extra track. Australia had Tie Your Mother Down and Keep Yourself Alive but not Don't Stop Me Now, Save Me, Now I'm Here, Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy or Seven Seas Of Rhye. Bulgaria had Death On Two Legs and Sweet Lady as extra tracks. Australia, Canada, Germany, Israel and Netherlands had Under Pressure as an extra track.

Charts Chart (1981)

Peak position

[9] Austrian Top 75 Albums German Albums Chart

1

[10]

1

Netherlands Top 100 Albums

[11]

1

[12] New Zealand Top 40 Albums

1

UK Albums Chart

[13]

1

Chart (1982)

Peak position

[14] Norwegian Top 40 Albums

21

Greatest Hits

252

Chart (1992)

Peak position [15]

Australian Top 50 Albums

8

[16] Canadian Top Albums

4

[17]

5

French Compilations

[18]

12

Hungarian Top 40 Albums

[19]

21

Swedish Top 60 Albums

[20]

5

Swiss Top 100 Albums [21]

11

Chart (2004)

Peak position

[21] US Catalog Albums

2

US Billboard 200

Chart (2007)

Peak position

[21] US Hard Rock Albums

5

Chart (2008)

Peak position [22]


Chart (2011)

Peak position


78

[24]

Certifications

63


56

[25] Mexican Top 100 Albums

53

Greatest Hits

253

Region


3× Platinum

180000x

14× Platinum

980000^

4× Platinum

200000x

Platinum

250000*

3× Platinum

300000^

9× Gold

2250000^

Sweden (IFPI Sweden)

Gold

50000^


[33] 5× Platinum

250000x


[27] [28]

Austria (IFPI Austria) [29]

Brazil (ABPD)

[30]


[31]

Germany (BVMI)

[32]

[34]

11× Platinum

5,678,610

[36]

8× Platinum

8000000^


[35]

*


Release history Date

Region

Label

Format

Catalog number

2 November 1981

United Kingdom EMI/Parlophone

LP

EMTV 30

3 November 1981

United States

LP

5E-564

Elektra Records

15 September 1992 United States

Hollywood Records CD

61265

17 August 2004

United States

Hollywood Records CD

2061-62465-2

3 January 2011

United Kingdom Island Records

CD

2758364

Notes [1] Greatest Hits (Queen album) (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r413002) at Allmusic [2] Queen head all-time sales chart (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 6151050. stm) BBC Retrieved January 23, 2011 [3] "BPI Highest Retail Sales" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ assets/ files/ top 40 albums. pdf). British Phonographic Industry. . Retrieved 2011-01-17. [4] Queen becomes longest reigning chart act (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-354650/ Queen-longest-reigning-chart-act. html) Daily Mail Retrieved January 23, 2011 [5] In Pictures: 50 years of pop (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ hi/ english/ static/ in_depth/ entertainment/ 2002/ jubilee/ popup/ 5. stm) BBC News Retrieved January 17, 2011 [6] RIAA - Gold and Platinum (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=2& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=queen& format=& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=& requestNo=& type=& level=& label=& company=& certificationDate=& awardDescription=& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=& charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=& certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2010& sort=CertificationDate& perPage=50) Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved January 23, 2011 [7] Billboard 25 Jul 1992 (http:/ / books. google. com/ booksid=hxAEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA8& dq=queen+ waynes+ world#v=onepage& q& f=false) p.8. Billboard. Retrieved 30 May 2011 [8] Queen Album: Classic Queen (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ music/ artist/ queen/ albums. jhtml?albumId=72769) MTV. Retrieved May 30, 2011 [9] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (in German) (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011.

Greatest Hits [10] "Album – Queen, Greatest Hits" (http:/ / www. charts. de/ album. asp?artist=Queen& title=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a& country=de) (in German) (ASP). Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [11] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [12] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [13] "All the Number One Albums: 1981" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ all-the-number-one-albums-list/ _/ 1981/ ). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [14] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [15] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [16] "100 Albums (CD's & Cassettes)" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?& file_num=nlc008388. 1904& type=2& interval=50& PHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3) (PHP/PDF). RPM 56 (16). 17 October 1992. ISSN 0315-5994. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [17] "Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ Albums_ChartRun. php) (in French) (PHP). InfoDisc. . Find "QUEEN" under the drop-down menu to see statistics. [18] "Archivum: Top 40 Album" (http:/ / mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=top40& ev=1992& het=23& submit_=Keresés) (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [19] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [20] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [21] "Greatest Hits (Hollywood) – Queen" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ album/ queen/ greatest-hits/ 101527). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [22] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / spanishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (ASP). Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [23] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (in French) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [24] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (in French) (ASP). Les Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [25] "Queen – Greatest Hits (Album)" (http:/ / mexicancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits& cat=a) (ASP). Mexican Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 25 July 2011. [26] "Argentinian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0& PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=Queen& album=Greatest+ Hits& LanDesde_MM=0& LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=1& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5& CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. . [27] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 Albums" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007Albums. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . [28] "Austrian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits I" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. . Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter Greatest Hits I in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen [29] "Brazilian album certifications – Queen – Queen Greatest Hits" (http:/ / abpd. org. br/ certificados_interna. asp?sArtista=Queen& tmidia=1) (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. . [30] "Canadian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=Greatest+ Hits& sa=Queen& smt=0). Music Canada. . [31] "German album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits I" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Greatest+ Hits+ I& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . [32] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ guld-platina-1987-1998. pdf) (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. . [33] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'Greatest Hits')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ search_certifications. asp?search=Queen+ Greatest+ Hits). Hung Medien. . [34] "British album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter Greatest Hits in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go [35] 40 albums.pdf "Top 40 Best Selling Albums 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ assets/ files/ top). British Phonographic Industry. 40 albums.pdf. Retrieved August 31, 2011. [36] "American album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Greatest+ Hits"). Recording Industry Association of America. . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH

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Greatest Hits II Greatest Hits II

Greatest hits album by Queen Released

28 October 1991

Recorded

1981–1990

Genre

Rock

Length

75:57

Label

Parlophone Queen chronology



Classic Queen (1992)


Rating link

[1]

Greatest Hits II is a compilation album by the British rock group Queen, released in 1991.[2] It reached #1 on the UK Album Chart, and is the eighth best-selling album in UK Chart history with sales of 3.7 million copies as of 2009, and has sold 16 million copies worldwide.[3] [4] The compilation contains most of Queen's European hits from 1981 to 1991. It was released less than a month before the death of vocalist Freddie Mercury and was the last Queen release of any kind while he was still alive. It was later made available in the United States in two box sets: Greatest Hits I & II and The Platinum Collection: Greatest Hits I, II & III. On April 19, 2011, Hollywood Records released the newly-remastered 2011 version of Greatest Hits II in the USA & Japan. A companion video release entitled Greatest Flix II was released at the same time, but is currently out of print. Most of the videos are now available on the DVD Greatest Video Hits 2 with the exception of the videos from the 1991

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Innuendo album.

Track listing No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "A Kind of Magic" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986)

Roger Taylor

4:22

2. "Under Pressure" (edit, from Hot Space, 1982)

Queen, David Bowie

3:56

3. "Radio Ga Ga" (from The Works, 1984)

Taylor

5:43

4. "I Want It All" (single version, from The Miracle, 1989)

Queen (Brian May)

4:01

5. "I Want to Break Free" (single mix, from The Works, 1984)

John Deacon

4:18

6. "Innuendo" (from Innuendo, 1991)

Queen

6:27

7. "It's a Hard Life" (from The Works, 1984)

Freddie Mercury

4:09

8. "Breakthru" (from The Miracle, 1989)

Queen (Mercury/Taylor)

4:09

9. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (edit, from A Kind Of Magic, 1986) Brian May

4:57

10. "Headlong" (Single Version, from Innuendo, 1991)

Queen (May)

4:33

11. "The Miracle" (early faded, from The Miracle, 1989)

Queen (Mercury)

4:54

12. "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (Original Innuendo LP edit)

Queen (Mercury)

4:07

13. "The Invisible Man" (from The Miracle, 1989)

Queen (Taylor)

3:58

14. "Hammer to Fall" (single version, from The Works, 1984)

May

3:40

15. "Friends Will Be Friends" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986)

Mercury, Deacon

4:08

16. "The Show Must Go On" (early faded, from Innuendo, 1991)

Queen

4:23

17. "One Vision" (single version, from A Kind Of Magic, 1986)

Queen

4:02

2011 Japan Reissue Edition From the bonus track for japan, Available in iTunes. No. Title

Writer(s) Length

18. "I Was Born to Love You" (From Made in Heaven, 1995) Mercury Total length:

4:49 80:46

Charts Chart (1991)

Peak position

[5] Australian Top 50 Albums

4


[6]

1


1


1

UK Albums Chart

[9]

1

Greatest Hits II

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Chart (1992)

Peak position [10]

Austrian Top 75 Albums

1

[11]

1

French Compilations

[12]

2

German Albums Chart

Hungarian Top 40 Albums

[13]

1


4

[15]

2

Swedish Top 60 Albums

Chart (2008)

Peak position [16]


45



Diamond

500000x


4× Platinum

200000x

[19]

2× Platinum

500000*

7× Platinum

143,000

Diamond

1000000*

9× Gold

2250000^

Platinum

100000^

Argentina (CAPIF)

[18]

Brazil (ABPD)

[20]


France (SNEP)

[22]

Germany (BVMI)

[23]

Sweden (IFPI Sweden)


[24] 5× Platinum

[25]

8× Platinum

United Kingdom (BPI) *

[20]

250000x


[26]

3,746,404

Greatest Hits II

References [1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r299806 [2] Queen; Greatest Hits, Vol. 2 (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ greatest-hits-vol-2-r299806). All Music. Retrieved January 16, 2011. [3] BPI - UK Best Selling Albums of All Time (14 June 2009) (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ assets/ files/ top 40 albums. pdf), Retrieved 13 June 2011 [4] Queen Greatest Hits I and II Review (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ music/ reviews/ 5hpn) BBC. Retrieved 17 June 2011 [5] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (ASP). Australian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [6] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [7] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [8] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (ASP). Swiss Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [9] "All the Number One Albums: 1991" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ all-the-number-one-albums-list/ _/ 1991/ ). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [10] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (in German) (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [11] "Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ Albums_ChartRun. php) (in French) (PHP). InfoDisc. . Find "QUEEN" under the drop-down menu to see statistics. [12] "Chartverfolgung / Queen / Longplay" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Queen/ ?type=longplay) (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [13] "Archivum: Top 40 Album" (http:/ / mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=top40& ev=1992& het=11& submit_=Keresés) (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [14] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / norwegiancharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (ASP). Norwegian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [15] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (ASP). Swedish Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [16] "Queen – Greatest Hits II (Album)" (http:/ / spanishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& cat=a) (ASP). Spanish Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 23 July 2011. [17] "Argentinian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits Vol II" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0& PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=Queen& album=Greatest+ Hits+ Vol+ II& LanDesde_MM=0& LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=1& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5& CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. . [18] "Austrian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits II" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. . Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter Greatest Hits II in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen [19] "Brazilian album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits II" (http:/ / abpd. org. br/ certificados_interna. asp?sArtista=Queen& tmidia=1) (in Portuguese). Associação Brasileira dos Produtores de Discos. . [20] "Finnish album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits 2" (http:/ / www. ifpi. fi/ tilastot/ artistit/ Queen) (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. . [21] "French album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits Vol. 2" (http:/ / www. infodisc. fr/ Certif_Album. php) (in French). InfoDisc. . Select QUEEN and click OK [22] "German album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits II" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Greatest+ Hits+ II& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=alben& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . [23] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 1987−1998" (http:/ / www. ifpi. se/ wp/ wp-content/ uploads/ guld-platina-1987-1998. pdf) (in Swedish) (PDF). IFPI Sweden. . [24] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'Greatest Hits II')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ search_certifications. asp?search=Queen+ Greatest+ Hits+ II). Hung Medien. . [25] "British album certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits (Vol II)" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter Greatest Hits (Vol II) in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go [26] "Top 40 Best Selling Albums 28 July 1956 – 14 June 2009" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ assets/ files/ top 40 albums. pdf) (PDF). British Phonographic Industry. . Retrieved August 31, 2011.

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Classic Queen

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Classic Queen Classic Queen


March 10, 1992

Recorded 1972-1990 Genre

Rock

Length

75:10

Label

Hollywood Records EMI Parlophone

Producer Roy Thomas Baker, David Bowie, David Richards, Mack and Queen Queen chronology


'''Classic Queen''' (1992)

The 12" Collection (1992)

Professional ratings Review scores Source *Allmusic

Rating link

[1]

Classic Queen is a 1992 compilation of songs by the English rock band Queen. It was issued in order to capitalise on the sudden Queen fever generated in the United States following the release of the movie Wayne's World.[2] The album reached number four on the Billboard 200, and is certified three times platinum in the U.S, and five times platinum in Canada.[3] [4] Although critically acclaimed as an excellent compilation, it did not fit in with the previous Queen compilations. It overlapped both the 1981 Greatest Hits and the 1991 Greatest Hits II, and contained a few tracks not found in either of the previous releases; to remedy this situation, Hollywood Records re-released Greatest Hits in the U.S. only, containing two different tracks from the 1981 release but designed specifically to complement Classic Queen. Accumulated sales (Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen for the U.S. and Canada combined) are in

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excess of 19 million worldwide. Many of Queen's biggest hits, such as "Another One Bites the Dust", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions", are missing from this compilation.[5]


Writer(s)

Length

1. "A Kind of Magic" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986)

Roger Taylor

4:23

2. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from A Night At The Opera, 1975)

Freddie Mercury

5:59

3. "Under Pressure" (from Hot Space, 1982)

David Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Mercury, Taylor

4:02

4. "Hammer to Fall" (from The Works, 1984)

May

3:38

5. "Stone Cold Crazy" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)

Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor

2:14

6. "One Year of Love" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986)

Deacon

4:26

7. "Radio Ga Ga" (from The Works, 1984)

Taylor

5:49

8. "I'm Going Slightly Mad" (from Innuendo, 1991)

Deacon, May, Mercury, Peter Straker, Taylor

4:21

9. "I Want It All" (from The Miracle, 1989)


4:01

10. "Tie Your Mother Down" (from A Day At The Races, 1976)

May

3:44

11. "The Miracle" (from The Miracle, 1989)


4:24

12. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (from Innuendo, 1991)


4:14

13. "One Vision" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986)


4:38

14. "Keep Yourself Alive" (from Queen, 1973)

May

3:47

15. "Headlong" (from Innuendo, 1991)


4:38

16. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (from A Kind Of Magic, 1986) May

5:15

17. "The Show Must Go On" (from Innuendo, 1991)

4:31


Total length:

75:10

(The songs "Under Pressure", "The Miracle" and "One Vision" have been edited or remixed for this compilation.)

Charts Country

Chart

Certication

United States

4

3× platinum

Canada

—

5× platinum

Sales

[3] 3 000 000+ [4]

500 000+

References [1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r58558 [2] Billboard 25 Jul 1992 (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=hxAEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA8& dq=queen+ waynes+ world#v=onepage& q& f=false) p.8. Billboard. Retrieved May 30, 2011 [3] RIAA - Gold and Platinum (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?resultpage=2& table=SEARCH_RESULTS& action=& title=& artist=queen& format=& debutLP=& category=& sex=& releaseDate=& requestNo=& type=& level=& label=& company=& certificationDate=& awardDescription=& catalogNo=& aSex=& rec_id=& charField=& gold=& platinum=& multiPlat=& level2=& certDate=& album=& id=& after=& before=& startMonth=1& endMonth=1& startYear=1958& endYear=2010& sort=CertificationDate& perPage=50) Recording Industry Association of America Retrieved 17 June 2011 [4] Recording Industry Association (CRIA): Certification Results (http:/ / www. cria. ca/ cert_db_search. php|title=Canadian) Retrieved 17 June 2011

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[5] Queen Album: Classic Queen (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ music/ artist/ queen/ albums. jhtml?albumId=72769) MTV. Retrieved May 30, 2011

The 12" Collection The 12" Collection

Compilation album by Queen Released

1992

Recorded

1975 – 1991

Genre

Rock

Length

70:04

Label

Queen Productions Ltd. Parlophone

Producer

Various Queen chronology

Classic Queen (1992)


Queen Rocks (1997)

The 12" Collection is a compilation album by British rock band Queen. It features various 12-inch single format recordings and remixes. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was never released on a 12-inch single and the sleeve notes state that it is included due to its length. "The Show Must Go On" did appear on a 12-inch single however it was not extended and appears on this album in the same format as before. The sleeve notes do not mention why it was included.

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Track listing 1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" - Mercury - 5:58 2. "Radio Ga-Ga" (Extended Version) - Taylor - 6:53 3. "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')" (12" Instrumental) - Taylor/May - 5:08 4. "I Want to Break Free" (Extended Mix) - Deacon - 7:19 5. "It's a Hard Life" (12" Extended) - Mercury - 5:05 6. "Hammer to Fall" (The Headbanger's Mix) - May - 5:23 7. "Man on the Prowl" (Extended Version) - Mercury - 6:04 8. "A Kind of Magic" (Extended Version) - Taylor - 6:25 9. "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (12" Version) - Mercury/Deacon - 6:01 10. "Breakthru" (Extended Version) - Queen - 5:44 11. "The Invisible Man" (12" Version) - Queen - 5:30 12. "The Show Must Go On" - Queen - 4:34

References 1. "Queen - The 12" Collection (1992)" [1]. http://paulmcgarry.com/cdcatalogue/.

References [1] http:/ / paulmcgarry. com/ cdcatalogue/ details/ 3351. html

Queen Rocks Queen Rocks


November 3, 1997

Recorded

1973 – 1997

Genre

Rock

Length

70:21

Label

Parlophone / Hollywood Queen chronology

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Queen Rocks (1997)

The Crown Jewels (1998)

Singles from Queen Rocks 1.

"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" Released: January 5, 1998 (UK)


Rating

Allmusic

[1]

Queen Rocks is a compilation album by the English rock band Queen, released in 1997. The album is a selection of songs from Queen's heavier side. It also contained one new track, "No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)", which is a gentle ballad. This song began life as a track for Brian May's solo album Another World (1998); the remaining members chose to record it as a bookend for their career as Queen. It was the last original studio recording from the 1990s featuring Brian May, Roger Taylor and John Deacon (and the first Queen recording without Freddie Mercury). The album is unique to the Queen catalogue, as it deliberately does not follow the standard "greatest hits" collection format. Some hits are present ("We Will Rock You", "Fat Bottomed Girls"), while other tracks included were never released as singles anywhere ("Put Out the Fire" and "Sheer Heart Attack"). The album also contains a remake of the pop rocker "I Can't Live With You", with a much louder and heavier guitar and more aggressive drumming.


Writer(s)

Length

1. "We Will Rock You" (from News of the World, 1977)

Brian May

2:01

2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (single vesion, from A Day at the Races, 1976)

May

3:45

3. "I Want It All" (hybrid album/single version, from The Miracle, 1989)

May

4:30

4. "Seven Seas Of Rhye" (from Queen II, 1974)

Freddie Mercury

2:47

5. "I Can't Live With You" ((1997 Rocks Retake) from Innuendo, 1991)

Queen (May)

4:35

6. "Hammer To Fall" (album version, from The Works, 1984)

May

4:30

7. "Stone Cold Crazy" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)

May, Mercury, John Deacon, Roger Taylor

2:14

8. "Now I'm Here" (from Sheer Heart Attack, 1974)

May

4:12

9. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (album version, from Jazz, 1978)

May

4:18

10. "Keep Yourself Alive" (from Queen, 1973)

May

3:44

11. "Tear It Up" (from The Works, 1984)

May

3:28

12. "One Vision" (album version, from A Kind of Magic, 1986)

Queen (May)

5:09

13. "Sheer Heart Attack" (fromNews of the World, 1977)

Taylor

3:26

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14. "I'm in Love with My Car" (hybrid album/single version from A Night at the Opera, 1975)

Taylor

3:05

15. "Put Out the Fire" (from Hot Space, 1982)

May

3:20

16. "Headlong" (from Innuendo, 1991)

Queen (May)

4:33

17. "It's Late" (from News of the World, 1977)

May

6:29

18. "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (1997)

May

4:11

Video version A video version of the album was made. It included slightly different videos for all these songs. 1. “I Want It All” (The original video, except for the fact that it uses clips from the 1986 Wembley concert.) 2. “We Will Rock You” (Uses clips of Queen singing that at Wembley ‘86, Budapest ‘86, Montreal ‘81, Live Aid ‘85, Japan ‘79, Hammersmith ‘79, Houston ‘77, Buenos Aires ‘81, Rio ‘85, Milton Keynes ‘82, and the original video. Also uses outtakes from the original video.) 3. “Keep Yourself Alive” (Uses clips from two original 1973 videos, and BBC version with footage from black/white movies.) 4. “Fat Bottomed Girls” (Lengthened version of original video including never-before-seen footage.) 5. “Sheer Heart Attack” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performance at the Rainbow ‘74, Hammersmith ‘75, Earl’s Court ‘76, Houston ‘77, Hammersmith ‘79, Buenos Aires ‘81, Wembley ‘86, and clips from other Queen videos like Under Pressure and Keep Yourself Alive.) 6. “I’m In Love With My Car” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performing the song at Hammersmith ’79, along with shots of zooming cars.) 7. “It’s Late” (Rare video. Video includes clips of Queen performance at the Rainbow ‘74, Wembley ‘86, Milton Keynes ‘82, Hammersmith ‘75, Buenos Aires ‘81, Houston ‘77, Earl’s Court ‘76, Japan ‘79, Rio ‘85, and clips from other Queen videos like Keep Yourself Alive, Princes of the Universe, Killer Queen, These Are the Days Of Our Lives, and The Miracle.) 8. “Tie Your Mother Down: Through the Years” (Clips from Japan ‘85, Wembley ‘86, Houston ‘77, Hammersmith ‘79, Earl’s Court ‘77, Budapest ‘86, Japan ‘79, and the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.) 9. “Seven Seas of Rhye” (Slightly modified 1992 DoRo video with footage from Tokyo '75 and Tokyo '85) 10. “Put Out the Fire” (Performance at Osaka '82 with clips from old black/white movies.) 11. “One Vision (extended)” (Original video with some never-before-seen footage.) 12. “Makings of No-One But You”

References [1] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r325812

Greatest Hits III

265

Greatest Hits III Greatest Hits III


8 November 1999

Recorded

1980 – 1997

Genre

Rock

Length

73:41

Label



Greatest Hits III (1999)

Stone Cold Classics (2006)

Singles from Greatest Hits III 1.

"Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" Released: November, 1998

2.

"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" Released: December, 1999

3.

"Princes of the Universe" Released: 2000 (Holland only)

Greatest Hits III

266


Rating [1]

Allmusic Chester Chronicle

(Positive)

Classic Rock

(Positive)

[2] [3]


Greatest Hits III is a compilation album by English rock band Queen. It is a compilation of latter-day songs, the band members' solo hits and the band's collaborations with other artists (hence the album's credit to "Queen+"). It was released on November 8, 1999. Despite being a greatest hits compilation, the first two tracks actually made a debut on this album (a number of such albums have typically included at least one new track to help drive sales).

Track listing No. Title 1. "The Show Must Go On (Live, Theatre National de Chaillot, Paris, 1997 feat. Elton John)"

Writer(s)

Note(s)

Queen

• •

Length 4:26

•

Performed by Queen + Elton John Live from the premiere of Ballet for Life in Paris 1997 Originally from Innuendo

2. "Under Pressure (Rah Mix)"

Queen, David Bowie

• •

Performed by Queen + David Bowie Originally from Hot Space

4:08

3. "Barcelona (Single Version)"

Freddie Mercury, Mike Moran

• •

Performed by Freddie Mercury + Montserrat Caballé From Barcelona

4:25

4. "Too Much Love Will Kill You (Album Version)"

Brian May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers

•

From Made in Heaven

4:18

• •

5:07

• •

Performed by George Michael + Queen Live at Wembley Stadium 1992, from the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert From Five Live Originally from A Day at the Races

5. "Somebody to Love (Live, The Freddie Mercury Mercury Tribute Concert For AIDS Awareness, Wembley, April 1992)"


Queen

•

From Made in Heaven

5:22

7. "Heaven for Everyone (Single Version)"

Roger Taylor

•

From Made in Heaven

4:37

8. "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)"

May

•

From Hot Space

4:29

9. "Driven by You"

May

• •

Performed by Brian May From Back to the Light

4:09

Mercury

• •

3:37

• •

Performed by Freddie Mercury This version erroneously included, as the 1993 No More Brothers Radio Mix is listed on the compilation's sleeve notes From The Freddie Mercury Album Originally from Mr. Bad Guy

10. "Living on My Own (Julian Raymond Album Mix)"

11. "Let Me Live"

Queen

•

From Made in Heaven

4:45

12. "The Great Pretender"

Buck Ram

• •

Performed by Freddie Mercury non-album single

3:26

Greatest Hits III

267


Mercury

•

From A Kind of Magic

3:31

14. "Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)"

John Deacon

• •

Featuring Wyclef Jean, Pras & Free Originally from The Game

4:20

15. "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"

May

•

From Queen Rocks

4:11


Queen

•

From Innuendo

4:22

17. "Thank God It's Christmas"

May, Taylor

•

1984 non-album single release

4:19

Charts Chart (1999)

Peak position


2


7

[6] Finnish Top 50 Albums

35

[7] French Compilations

9

German Albums Chart

[8]

5

[9] Hungarian Top 40 Albums

7


[10]

8


24

[12]

Norwegian Top 40 Albums

5

[13] Swedish Top 60 Albums

19


4

UK Albums Chart

[15]

5

Chart (2000)

Peak position


7

[17]

7

Italian Top 20 Albums

Chart (2008)

Peak position [18]


89

Greatest Hits III

268



Platinum

60000x

Gold

25000x

Gold

150000^

[22]

Gold

7500^

[23]

Platinum

50000*

[24]

Gold

40000^


[25] Gold

25000x

Argentina (CAPIF)

[20]


[21]

Germany (BVMI)

New Zealand (RIANZ)

Norway (IFPI Norway) Sweden (IFPI Sweden)

[26]


Platinum

300000^

Summaries [27]

Europe (IFPI)

Platinum

1000000*

*


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269

Stone Cold Classics

270

Stone Cold Classics Stone Cold Classics


April 11, 2006

Genre

Rock

Label

Hollywood Records Queen chronology



The A-Z of Queen, Volume 1 (2007)

Stone Cold Classics is a compilation album by English rock band Queen released on 11 April 2006, in conjunction with the broadcast of an episode of the U.S. television series American Idol, in which contestants performed songs from the Queen catalogue.

Track listing 1. "Stone Cold Crazy" (Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor) 2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) 3. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) 4. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) 5. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) 6. "We Will Rock You" (May) 7. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) 8. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) 9. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) 10. "The Show Must Go On" (Queen (May)) 11. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Queen (Taylor)) 12. "I Want It All" (Queen (May)) 13. "All Right Now" - performed live by Queen + Paul Rodgers 14. "Feel Like Makin' Love" - performed live by Queen + Paul Rodgers

The AZ of Queen, Volume 1

271

The A–Z of Queen, Volume 1 The A–Z of Queen, Volume 1


July 10, 2007

Genre

Rock

Length

42:55

Label

Hollywood Records Queen chronology



The Singles Collection Volume 1 (2008)

The A–Z of Queen, Volume 1 is a compilation album by the English rock band Queen, released in 2007. The album is a 2-disc set available only from Wal-Mart and Amazon.com that features an audio CD and video DVD with music videos and live performances. Some of the video performances feature Paul Rodgers playing with Brian May and Roger Taylor as Queen + Paul Rodgers in 2005. To date no further volumes have been released.

CD track listing 1. "A Kind of Magic" (Roger Taylor) 2. "Another One Bites the Dust" (John Deacon) 3. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Freddie Mercury) 4. "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) 5. "I Want It All" (Single Version) (Brian May) 6. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) 7. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Mercury) 8. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (Single Version) (May) 9. "Flash" (Single Version) (May) 10. "Innuendo" (Queen) 11. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Mercury)

The AZ of Queen, Volume 1

272

DVD track listing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"A Kind of Magic" (from Greatest Video Hits 2) "Another One Bites the Dust" (from Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl) "Bohemian Rhapsody" (from Greatest Video Hits 1) "I Want It All" (from Return of the Champions) "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (from Queen at Wembley) "Don't Stop Me Now" (from Greatest Video Hits 1) "Fat Bottomed Girls" (from Return of the Champions) "Innuendo" (original promo video from the album Innuendo) "Wembley Stadium Concert Interview" (from Queen at Wembley)

Absolute Greatest Absolute Greatest


11 November 2009 (Japan) 13 November 2009 (Germany, Austria) 16 November 2009 (Europe) 17 November 2009 (US)

Recorded

1973–1995

Genre

Rock

Length

79:29

Label

Parlophone (UK) Hollywood Records (US)

Producer

various Queen chronology

Singles Collection 2 (2009)

Absolute Greatest (2009)

Singles Collection 3 (2010)

Absolute Greatest

273


Rating [1]

Allmusic

[2]

Classic Rock [3]

Q


Absolute Greatest is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen. The album features 20 of their most famous hits throughout their career on one CD for the very first time and is available in several formats, including the single CD edition, a 2 CD special edition featuring audio commentaries by Brian May and Roger Taylor, a 52 page hardback book with the 2 CDs, digital download, and an LP edition box set. Each track has been remastered from the original tapes.[4] A promotion running on the band's official website, Queen Online, gave fans the opportunity to guess the placings of the tracks on the album and win a prize if their answer was correct (a new track was revealed daily). The prize winner was then chosen in a random selection.[5]

Track listing [1] No. Title

Writer(s)

Length


Brian May

2:02


Freddie Mercury

3:01

3. "Radio Ga Ga"

Roger Taylor

5:48


John Deacon

3:34

5. "I Want It All" (Single Version)

Queen

4:00


Mercury

2:44

7. "A Kind of Magic"

Taylor

4:22

8. "Under Pressure"

Queen, David Bowie

4:06

9. "One Vision" (Single Version)

Queen

3:58


Deacon

2:52


Mercury

3:31

12. "Killer Queen"

Mercury

2:58


Queen

4:16

14. "Who Wants to Live Forever" ('Greatest Hits II' Edit) May

4:55


Mercury

2:44

16. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version)

Taylor

4:37


Mercury

4:48

18. "I Want to Break Free" (Single Version)

Deacon

4:22


Queen

4:27

Absolute Greatest

274 20. "Bohemian Rhapsody"

Mercury

5:56

Bonus streaming live performances Title

Writer

City / Venue London / Rainbow

Year

1. "White Queen"

Brian May

1974

2. "Killer Queen"

Freddie Mercury London / Earls Court

1977

3. "You Take My Breath Away"

Mercury

London / Earls Court

1977


Mercury

Houston / The Summit

1977

5. "My Melancholy Blues"

Mercury

Houston / The Summit

1977

6. "Dreamer's Ball"

May

Paris / Pavillon de Paris

1979

7. "We Will Rock You" (fast)

May

Tokyo / Nippon Budokan

1979

8. "Let Me Entertain You"

Mercury

Tokyo / Nippon Budokan

1979

9. "I'm in Love With My Car"

Roger Taylor

London / Hammersmith Odeon 1979

10. "Now I'm Here"

May

London / Hammersmith Odeon 1979

11. "Save Me"

May

Montreal / Montreal Forum


Mercury

Milton Keynes / National Bowl 1982

13. "Tie Your Mother Down"

May

Rio de Janeiro (Rock in Rio)

1985

14. "Love of My Life"

Mercury

Rio de Janeiro (Rock in Rio)

1985

15. "One Vision"

Queen

London / Wembley Stadium

1986

16. "In the Lap of the Gods" (revisited) Mercury


1986


Mercury


1986


May

Budapest / Népstadion

1986

1981


John Deacon – bass, piano, guitar, keyboard Brian May – guitar, backing vocals, keyboard, lead vocals on "I Want It All" and "Who Wants to Live Forever" Freddie Mercury – lead vocals, backing vocals, piano, guitar, keyboard Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, keyboard,electronic drums, backing vocals

Guest musicians: • David Bowie on "Under Pressure" • Fred Mandel on "Radio Ga Ga" and "I Want to Break Free" • National Philharmonic Orchestra and Michael Kamen on "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Absolute Greatest

275

Charts and certifications Charts Chart (2009)

Peak position


18


10


22

[9] Danish Top 40 Albums

6

[10] French Compilations

11

[11]

German Albums Chart

23

[12] Hungarian Top 40 Albums

4

[13] Mexican Top 100 Albums

22


6


4


[16]

20


5


15

[19]

3

UK Albums Chart

Chart (2010)

Peak position


15


[21]

36


6

Chart (2011)

Peak position [23]

16

[24]

15

Canadian Albums Chart Finnish Top 50 Albums

Absolute Greatest

276



Gold

35000^

Denmark (IFPI Denmark)

[26] Gold

15000^

Australia (ARIA)

[27]

Platinum

6000x

Platinum

15000x

Platinum

15000^

[30]

Gold

10000*

[31]

Gold

10000x

2× Platinum

600000^

Hungary (Mahasz)

[28]

Ireland (IRMA)

New Zealand (RIANZ)

[29]

Poland (ZPAV) Portugal (AFP)


[32]

*


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Absolute Greatest [19] "Chart Archive: Top 40 Official UK Albums Archive – 28th November 2009" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 3/ 2009-11-28/ ). The Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 29 July 2011. [20] "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Absolute+ Greatest& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 29 July 2011. [21] "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Absolute+ Greatest& cat=a) (in Dutch) (ASP). Dutch Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 29 July 2011. [22] "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Absolute+ Greatest& cat=a) (ASP). New Zealand Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 29 July 2011. [23] "Queen Album & Song Chart History: Canadian Albums" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ queen/ chart-history/ 5473?f=309& g=Albums). Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. . Retrieved 29 July 2011. [24] "Queen – Absolute Greatest (Album)" (http:/ / finnishcharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Absolute+ Greatest& cat=a) (ASP). Finnish Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 29 July 2011. [25] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2009 Albums" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2009Albums. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . [26] "Danish album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (http:/ / www. hitlisterne. dk/ default. asp?w=50& y=2009& list=a40). IFPI Denmark. . [27] "Adatbázis – Arany- és platinalemezek – 2010" (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=arany_es_platinalemezek& menu2=adatbazis& ev=2010) (in Hungarian). Mahasz. . [28] "Irish album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ awards/ platinum09. htm). Irish Recorded Music Association. . [29] "New Zealand album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (http:/ / www. radioscope. net. nz/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=79). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. . [30] "Polish album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (http:/ / www. zpav. pl/ rankingi/ wyroznienia/ zlote/ index. php) (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). . [31] "Portuguese album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (http:/ / www. afp. org. pt/ estatisticas. php) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. . Enter 2009 in the field Ano at the bottom of the page. Click Vêr [32] "British album certifications – Queen – Absolute Greatest" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter Absolute Greatest in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Click Go

277

Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (19731976)

278

Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973–1976) Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973–1976)


14 March 2011

Recorded

1972–1976

Genre

Rock

Length

50:07

Label

Universal Music, Island Records

Producer



Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973–1976) (2011)

Deep Cuts, Volume 2 (1977–1982) (2011)

Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973–1976) is a compilation of Queen tracks between 1973 and 1976. Unlike other compilations released by Queen, Deep Cuts contains songs which are largely not as well known as Queen's hits. The album was released on March 14, 2011 as part of Queen's 40th Anniversary. Deep Cuts Volume 1 was released at the same time Queen's first five albums (Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races) were re-released. The songs picked were all personal favourite songs that weren't hits selected by Brian May, Roger Taylor, and Taylor Hawkins (the drummer for the Foo Fighters). It's the only release to feature the complete ending of The March of The Black Queen (on Queen II it segues to Funny How Love Is) and of Ogre Battle (on Queen II it segues to The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke). The three songs Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist and Lily of the Valley all segue into each other just like on the original Sheer Heart Attack album.


279


Writer(s)

Length

1. "Ogre Battle"

Freddie Mercury

4:14

2. "Stone Cold Crazy"

May, Mercury, Taylor, John Deacon

2:13

3. "My Fairy King"

Freddie Mercury

4:08

4. "I'm in Love With My Car"

Roger Taylor

3:05

5. "Keep Yourself Alive"

Brian May

3:46

6. "Long Away"

May

3:33


Mercury

4:54

8. "'39"

May

3:30

9. "Tenement Funster"

Taylor

2:46

10. "Flick of the Wrist"

Mercury

3:17

11. "Lily of the Valley"

Mercury

1:45

12. "Good Company"

May

3:23

13. "The March of the Black Queen"

Mercury

6:38

14. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" Mercury

3:46

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano. • Brian May: guitars, lead vocals on "39", "Long Away" and "Good Company", vocal bridge on "Keep Yourself Alive", backing vocals, ukelele, bells. • Roger Taylor: drums, percussion, lead vocals on "Tenement Funster" and "I'm in Love with My Car", vocal line in "The March of the Black Queen", vocal bridge on "Keep Yourself Alive". • John Deacon: bass guitar, acoustic guitar.


280



27 June 2011

Recorded

1977–1982

Genre

Rock

Length

52:09

Label


Producer


Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973–1976) (2011)

Deep Cuts, Volume 2 (1977–1982) (2011)

Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984–1995) (2011)

Deep Cuts, Volume 2 (1977–1982) is a compilation of Queen tracks between 1977 and 1982. Like its predecessor, (Deep Cuts, Volume 1), it contains Queen songs that are less well known. The album was released on June 27, 2011 as part of Queen's 40th Anniversary. Deep Cuts Volume 2 was released simultaneously as the second five reissues of the Queen studio albums (News of the World, Jazz, The Game, Flash Gordon and Hot Space). All the songs are sampled from these five albums.

Track listing


281

No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Mustapha"

Freddie Mercury

3:01

2. "Sheer Heart Attack"

Roger Taylor

3:27

3. "Spread Your Wings"

John Deacon

4:34

4. "Sleeping on the Sidewalk" Brian May

3:07

5. "It's Late"

May

6:27

6. "Rock It (Prime Jive)"

Taylor

4:33

7. "Dead on Time"

May

3:23

8. "Sail Away Sweet Sister"

May

3:33

9. "Dragon Attack"

May

4:18

10. "Action This Day"

Taylor

3:34

11. "Put Out the Fire"

May

3:18

12. "Staying Power"

Mercury

4:12

13. "Jealousy"

Mercury

3:13

14. "Battle Theme"

May

2:20

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals, piano, synthesizer, keyboards, synth bass on "Staying Power". • Brian May: lead guitar, lead vocals on "Sail Away Sweet Sister" and "Sleeping on the Sidewalk", falsetto vocals on "Put out the Fire", backing vocals, synthesizers, percussion. • Roger Taylor: drums, percussion, lead vocals on "Rock it (Prime Jive), co-lead vocals on "Sheer Heart Attack and "Action This Day", backing vocals, synthesizer, bass guitar on "Sheer Heart Attack". • John Deacon: bass guitar, acoustic guitar, synthesizers.


282



5 September 2011

Recorded

1984–1995

Genre

Rock

Length

57:01

Label


Producer


Deep Cuts, Volume 2 (1977–1982) (2011)

Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984–1995) (2011)

Deep Cuts, Volume 3 (1984–1995) is a compilation of Queen featuring some of their lesser-known tracks between 1984 and 1995. The album was released on September 5, 2011 as part of Queen's 40th Anniversary. Deep Cuts Volume 3 was released simultaneously as the third five reissues of the Queen studio albums (The Works, A Kind of Magic, The Miracle, Innuendo and Made in Heaven) from which the songs are sampled. In this release, "Khashoggi's Ship" has a drum intro (instead of the abrupt beginning in The Miracle) and "It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise)" starts with 15 seconds of silence and ends with "Yeah" (which is a separate track in Made in Heaven).

Track listing


No. Title

283

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Made in Heaven"

Freddie Mercury

5:27

2. "Machines (Or 'Back to Humans')"

Brian May, Roger Taylor

5:07


Queen (Mercury)

3:40

4. "Tear It Up"

May

3:24


Mercury

4:50


Queen (Mercury)

3:52


Queen (Taylor)

4:43

8. "Bijou"

Queen (Mercury, May)

3:37

9. "Was It All Worth It"

Queen (Mercury)

5:45

10. "One Year of Love"

John Deacon

4:27

11. "Khashoggi's Ship"

Queen (Mercury)

2:52

12. "Is This The World We Created...?" Mercury, May

2:12

13. "The Hitman"

Queen (Mercury, May, Deacon)

4:56

14. "It's A Beautiful Day (Reprise)"

Queen (Mercury)

3:21

15. "Mother Love"

Mercury, May

4:48

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Box sets The Complete Works The Complete Works

Box set by Queen Released

1985 (UK)

Genre

Hard rock Progressive rock Glam rock Pop rock Heavy metal

Length

559:35

Label

EMI (UK) Queen chronology


The Complete Works (1985)

Queen at the Beeb (1989)

The Complete Works is a boxed set issued by the rock band Queen in 1985. It contained all of the band's original studio albums, live album and non-album tracks to that point. It was available in vinyl and cassette formats.

History Following the 1985 Live Aid concert, Queen found themselves in a creative period. While spending only 20+ minutes onstage before the whole world, some felt that Queen had stolen the show. In the wake of this unexpected turn, Mercury called on the other band members, to go into the studio and record a song together. Until this point, all but a handful of songs were written by the individual members (and occasional duo-songwriting credits): "Stone Cold Crazy", "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) and "Soul Brother". The result of this enthusiastic session was "One Vision" and its remixed B-side "Blurred Vision" being released as a single worldwide.

The Complete Works On December 2, Parlophone Records released what was then the definitive Queen boxed set: all of Queen's 11 original studio albums, their live album "Live Killers", and an extra disc titled "Complete Vision", which contained all the non-album A-sides and B-sides to that point. The band signed only 600 copies (on the "Complete Vision" sleeve), which have now become collectors' items. This was a 14 LP box; and in addition, the box featured two books, the first with all the albums' artwork, lyrics and pictures; the other had a color world map showing where Queen played and charted, and a world tour itinerary up to that time, showing a list of equipment they carried with them. Each album was digitally remastered and resleeved in white with an embossed Crest and gold Roman numerals. As far as boxed sets go, this one was quite comprehensive. Missing from the box (if "missing" is the right word to use), would be their 1981 "Greatest Hits" album, and the few versions and edits released as singles worldwide. Queen released four studio albums after The Complete Works; A Kind of Magic (1986), The Miracle (1989), Innuendo (1991) and Made in Heaven (1995).

Album listing 1. "Queen" (1973) 2. "Queen II" (1974) 3. "Sheer Heart Attack" (1974) 4. "A Night at the Opera" (1975) 5. "A Day at the Races" (1976) 6. "News of the World" (1977) 7. "Jazz" (1978) 8. "Live Killers Vol. 1" (1979) 9. "Live Killers Vol. 2" 10. "The Game" (1980) 11. "Flash Gordon" (1980) 12. "Hot Space" (1982) 13. "The Works" (1984) 14. "Complete Vision" (additional LP)

Complete Vision Bonus LP that came with the "Complete Works" boxed set in 1985 and tidied up the non-album A-sides and B-sides at the time. Oddly, both 33rpm and 45rpm versions of the album exist.

Complete Vision track listing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

See What a Fool I've Been A Human Body Soul Brother I Go Crazy Thank God It's Christmas One Vision (Single Version) Blurred Vision

285

Box of Tricks

286

Box of Tricks The 12" Collection


1992

Recorded

Various locations, 1975-1990

Genre

Rock

Label

Parlophone

Producer

Queen, David Richards, Reinhold Mack

Box Of Tricks is a compilation box set by Queen which was sold in England in 1992 for £50.

Contents • • • • • • •

The 12" Collection PAL video tape of Queen - Live at the Rainbow Album and single covers poster A sew-on cloth Queen patch A metal Queen pin A soft cover photo book, 32 pages A Queen T-Shirt

Ultimate Queen

287

Ultimate Queen Ultimate Queen Box set by Queen Released

1995 (UK)

Genre

Hard rock Progressive rock Glam rock Pop rock Heavy metal

Length

16:54:20

Label

EMI (UK)

Producer



Ultimate Queen (1995)

Queen Rocks (1997)

Ultimate Queen is a boxed collection by the English rock band Queen. It contains all of their albums, in litho-printed disc form, from 1973 to 1995 (excluding Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits II and Queen at the Beeb).

Box contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

Queen Queen II Sheer Heart Attack A Night at the Opera A Day at the Races News of the World Jazz Live Killers The Game Flash Gordon Hot Space The Works A Kind of Magic Live Magic The Miracle Innuendo Live at Wembley '86 Made in Heaven

The Crown Jewels

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The Crown Jewels The Crown Jewels


November 24, 1998

Recorded

1973 - 1980

Genre

Rock

Label

Hollywood Queen chronology

Queen Rocks (1997)



The Crown Jewels is a box set by Queen which comprises their first eight studio albums; Queen, Queen II, Sheer Heart Attack, A Night at the Opera, A Day at the Races, News of the World, Jazz and The Game; in sleeves replicating the original vinyl packaging. The last three albums in the set, (News of the World, Jazz and The Game) all have modified packaging with alternative covers. A lyric booklet is also included. All the albums have been remastered. The box set marks the 25th anniversary of the group's existence dated to the release of their first album.


289

The Platinum Collection The Platinum Collection


13 November 2000

Recorded

1973 - 1999

Genre

Rock, progressive rock, hard rock, Heavy metal, pop rock

Length

208:12

Label



'The Platinum Collection



Rating [1]


The Platinum Collection is a box set by British rock band Queen which comprises their three greatest hits albums, Greatest Hits, Greatest Hits II and Greatest Hits III. The album was originally released on 13 November 2000 on the Parlophone label. A booklet with song facts and images is also included with the three CD set. The album's US release was delayed until September 2002 and featured the 2001 Japanese release remastered versions of Greatest Hits Volumes 1 and 2 on the US and Canadian versions of The Platinum Collection. The album peaked at #2 in the UK charts, being blocked off the top spot by Moby's album 18.


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Track listing Disc one: Greatest Hits (1981 UK version) No. Title

Writer(s)

Original album

Length


Freddie Mercury A Night at the Opera

5:55


John Deacon

The Game

3:36

3. "Killer Queen"

Mercury

Sheer Heart Attack

2:57


Brian May

Jazz

3:15

5. "Bicycle Race"

Mercury

Jazz

3:01


Deacon


2:52


Mercury

Jazz

3:29

8. "Save Me"

May

The Game

3:48


Mercury

The Game

2:42


Mercury

A Day at the Races

4:56

11. "Now I'm Here"

May

Sheer Heart Attack

4:10

12. "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" Mercury

A Day at the Races

2:54

13. "Play the Game"

Mercury

The Game

3:33

14. "Flash"

May

Flash Gordon

2:48


Mercury

Queen II

2:47


May

News of the World

2:01


Mercury

News of the World

2:59

Disc two: Greatest Hits II (1991) No. Title 1. "A Kind of Magic"

Writer(s)

Original album Length

Roger Taylor

A Kind of Magic

4:22

2. "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) Queen, David Bowie Hot Space

3:56

3. "Radio Ga Ga"

Taylor

The Works

5:43

4. "I Want It All"

Queen

The Miracle

4:01

5. "I Want to Break Free"

Deacon

The Works

4:18

6. "Innuendo"

Queen

Innuendo

6:27

7. "It's a Hard Life"

Mercury

The Works

4:09

8. "Breakthru"

Queen

The Miracle

4:09

9. "Who Wants to Live Forever"

May

A Kind of Magic

4:57

10. "Headlong"

Queen

Innuendo

4:33

11. "The Miracle"

Queen

The Miracle

4:54

12. "I'm Going Slightly Mad"

Queen

Innuendo

4:07

13. "The Invisible Man"

Queen

The Miracle

3:58

14. "Hammer to Fall"

May

The Works

3:40

15. "Friends Will Be Friends"

Mercury, Deacon

A Kind of Magic

4:07


Queen

Innuendo

4:23


291 17. "One Vision"

Queen

A Kind of Magic

4:02

Disc three: Greatest Hits III (1999) No. Title

Writer(s)

Original album

Length

1. "The Show Must Go On" (live at Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris with Elton John)

Queen

4:35

2. "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie; rah mix)

Queen, Bowie

4:08

3. "Barcelona" (performed by Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé)

Mercury, Mike Moran

Barcelona

4:25

4. "Too Much Love Will Kill You"

May, Frank Musker, Elizabeth Lamers

Made in Heaven

4:18

5. "Somebody to Love" (live at Wembley Stadium with George Michael)

Mercury

Five Live (EP)

5:07


Queen

Made in Heaven

5:22


Taylor

Made in Heaven

4:37

8. "Las Palabras de Amor"

May

Hot Space

4:29

9. "Driven by You" (performed by Brian May)

May

Back to the Light

4:09

10. "Living on My Own" (performed by Freddie Mercury)

Mercury

Mr. Bad Guy

3:37

11. "Let Me Live"

Queen

Made in Heaven

4:45

12. "The Great Pretender" (The Platters cover)

Buck Ram

The Freddie Mercury Album

3:26


Mercury

A Kind of Magic

3:31

14. "Another One Bites the Dust" (with additional vocals from Wyclef Jean)

Deacon

Small Soldiers

4:20

15. "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"

May

Queen Rocks

4:11


Queen

Innuendo

4:22


Taylor, May

1984 Christmas single

4:19

Charts Chart (2001)

[2]

Peak position

German Albums Chart

54


5


292

Chart (2002)

Peak position


10

[5]

3

Italian Top 20 Albums [6]

2

[7]

48

UK Albums Chart US Billboard 200

Chart (2003)

Peak position


21


23

[10]

10

Danish Top 40 Albums

Norwegian Top 40 Albums

[11]

2


29

Chart (2005)

Peak position [13]

13

French Compilations

[14]

41

Swiss Top 100 Albums

Chart (2006)

Peak position


21

Chart (2007)

Peak position [16]

Finnish Top 50 Albums

[17]


20 62

Chart (2008)

Peak position


10


4


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Certification Sales/shipments

Australia (ARIA) Belgium (BEA)

[20]

Platinum

70000^

Platinum

50000*

Gold

25000^

2× Gold

200000*

[24]

Platinum

15000^

[25]

Platinum

50000*

Gold

50000*

[27] Gold

25000x

[21] [22]

Denmark (IFPI Denmark) [23]

France (SNEP)

New Zealand (RIANZ)

Norway (IFPI Norway)

[26]

Poland (ZPAV)

Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [28]

3× Platinum

900000^

[29]

Platinum

333333^


Summaries [30]

Europe (IFPI)

3× Platinum

3000000*

*


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295

The Singles Collection Volume 1 The Singles Collection, Volume 1


December 1, 2008

Recorded

1971-1978

Genre

Rock

Label

Parlophone/EMI

Producer

John Anthony Roy Thomas Baker Queen Robin Geoffrey Cable Mike Stone Queen chronology




The Singles Collection, Volume 1 is a limited edition CD series compilation box set by the English rock band Queen, released in 2008. The box set contains remastered versions of the first 13 worldwide top-40 charting singles released by Queen, including b-sides.


Track listing Disc 1 1. "Keep Yourself Alive" 2. "Son and Daughter" Disc 2 1. "Seven Seas of Rhye" 2. "See What A Fool I've Been" Disc 3 1. "Killer Queen" 2. "Flick of the Wrist" Disc 4 1. "Now I'm Here" 2. "Lily of the Valley" Disc 5 1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" 2. "I'm in Love with My Car" Disc 6 1. "You're My Best Friend" 2. "'39" Disc 7 1. "Somebody to Love" 2. "White Man" Disc 8 1. "Tie Your Mother Down" 2. "You and I" Disc 9 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy" "Death on Two Legs (Dedicated To...)" "Tenement Funster" "White Queen (As It Began)"

Disc 10 1. "We Are the Champions" 2. "We Will Rock You" Disc 11 1. "Spread Your Wings" 2. "Sheer Heart Attack" Disc 12 1. "Bicycle Race" 2. "Fat Bottomed Girls" Disc 13 1. "Don't Stop Me Now" 2. "In Only Seven Days"

296


External links • Album Website [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. queensinglesbox. com

297


298



June 15, 2009

Recorded

1979-1984

Genre

Rock

Label

Parlophone/EMI

Producer

Queen Mack Arif Mardin David Bowie Queen chronology



Queen: Absolute Greatest (2009)

The Singles Collection, Volume 2 is a limited edition CD series compilation box set by the English rock band Queen, released in 2009. The box set contains remastered versions of the next thirteen top-40 charting singles released by Queen that appear subsequent to those in the first volume. The collection is notable for containing tracks that have never before been officially released on CD, namely A Human Body (previously only available as a 7" vinyl b-side) and Back Chat (which was remixed for single release, and has only ever been available on the original 7"). The live tracks are taken from Queen's Live Killers album.


Track listing Disc 1 1. "Love of My Life" (Live) 2. "Now I'm Here" (Live) Disc 2 1. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 2. "We Will Rock You" (Live) Disc 3 1. "Save Me" 2. "Let Me Entertain You" (Live) Disc 4 1. "Play the Game" 2. "A Human Body" Disc 5 1. "Another One Bites the Dust" 2. "Dragon Attack" Disc 6 1. "Flash Theme" 2. "Football Fight" Disc 7 1. "Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) 2. "Soul Brother" Disc 8 1. "Body Language" 2. "Life Is Real" Disc 9 1. "Las Palabras de Amor" 2. "Cool Cat" Disc 10 1. "Calling All Girls" 2. "Put Out the Fire" Disc 11 1. "Back Chat" (single remix) 2. "Staying Power" Disc 12 1. "Radio Ga Ga" 2. "I Go Crazy" Disc 13 1. "I Want to Break Free" 2. "Machines (or Back To Humans)"

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May 31, 2010

Recorded

1984-1989

Genre

Rock

Label

Parlophone/EMI

Producer

Queen Mack David Richards Queen chronology

Queen: Absolute Greatest (2009)



The Singles Collection, Volume 3 is a limited edition CD series compilation box set by the English rock band Queen, the third of four sets. The box set contains remastered versions of the next thirteen top-40 charting singles released by Queen that appear subsequent to those in Queen: The Singles Collection Volume 2.[1] The set marks the first time that Blurred Vision and the single mix of Pain Is So Close To Pleasure have been made available on CD.


Track listing Disc 1 1. "It's A Hard Life" 2. "Is This The World We Created...?" Disc 2 1. "Hammer To Fall" (Single Version) 2. "Tear It Up" Disc 3 1. "Thank God It's Christmas" 2. "Man On The Prowl" 3. "Keep Passing The Open Windows" Disc 4 1. "One Vision" (Single Version) 2. "Blurred Vision" Disc 5 1. "A Kind Of Magic" 2. "A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling" Disc 6 1. "Friends Will Be Friends" 2. "Princes Of The Universe" Disc 7 1. "Pain Is So Close To Pleasure" (Single Remix) 2. "Don't Lose Your Head" Disc 8 1. "Who Wants To Live Forever" (Single Version) 2. "Forever" Disc 9 1. "One Year Of Love" 2. "Gimme The Prize" Disc 10 1. "I Want It All" (Single Version) 2. "Hang On In There" Disc 11 1. "Breakthru" 2. "Stealin'" Disc 12 1. "The Invisible Man" 2. "Hijack My Heart" Disc 13 1. "Scandal" 2. "My Life Has Been Saved"

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References [1] http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ news/ 1651



October 18, 2010

Recorded

1989-1999

Genre

Rock

Label

Parlophone/EMI

Producer

Queen David Richards Queen chronology



Deep Cuts, Volume 1 (1973-1976) (2011)

The Singles Collection, Volume 4 is a limited edition CD series compilation box set by the English rock band Queen, the fourth and last set in the collection. The box set contains remastered versions of the next thirteen top-40 charting singles released by Queen that appear subsequent to those in The Singles Collection Volume 3,[1] excluding the Five Live EP and the Small Soldiers Remix of "Another One Bites The Dust", the latter of which was not released by EMI/Parlophone. It contains the material released from the years 1989 - 1999, and covers the albums The Miracle, Innuendo, Made In Heaven, Queen Rocks and Greatest Hits III. This was the band's final release on EMI/Parlophone before their back catalogue was re-issued on Universal's Island label in 2011.


Track listing Disc 1 1. "The Miracle" 2. "Stone Cold Crazy" (Live At The Rainbow '74) Disc 2 1. "Innuendo" 2. "Bijou" Disc 3 1. "I'm Going Slightly Mad" 2. "The Hitman" Disc 4 1. "Headlong" (Single Version) 2. "All God's People" Disc 5 1. "The Show Must Go On" 2. "Queen Talks" Disc 6 1. "Bohemian Rhapsody" 2. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" Disc 7 1. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) 2. "It's A Beautiful Day" (Single Version) Disc 8 1. "A Winter's Tale" 2. "Rock In Rio Blues" (UK Single Version) Disc 9 1. "Too Much Love Will Kill You" 2. "I Was Born to Love You" Disc 10 1. "Let Me Live" 2. "We Will Rock You" (Live At Wembley '86) 3. "We Are the Champions" (Live At Wembley '86) Disc 11 1. "You Don't Fool Me" (Edit) 2. "You Don't Fool Me" (Album Version) Disc 12 1. "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" 2. "We Will Rock You (The Rick Rubin 'Ruined' Remix)" 3. "Gimme The Prize (Instrumental Remix for 'The eYe')" Disc 13 1. "Under Pressure" (Rah Mix) (Radio Edit) 2. "Under Pressure" (Mike Spencer Remix)

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References [1] http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ news/ 1817/

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Singles "Keep Yourself Alive" "Keep Yourself Alive"

Single by Queen from the album Queen B-side

"Son and Daughter"

Released

6 July 1973

Format

7"

Recorded 1972 at Trident and De Lane Lea Studios in London Genre

Rock

Length

3:45

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s) Brian May Producer John Anthony, Roy Thomas Baker, Queen Queen singles chronology

"Keep Yourself Alive" (1973)

"Liar" (1974)

"Keep Yourself Alive" is a song by English rock group Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, it is the opening track on the band's debut album Queen (1973). It was released as Queen's first single along with "Son and Daughter" as the B-side. "Keep Yourself Alive" was largely ignored upon its release; it failed to chart on either side of the Atlantic. In 2008, Rolling Stone rated the song thirty-first on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time".[1]


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Writing and recording According to Mark Hodkinson, author of Queen: The Early Years, "Keep Yourself Alive" was conceived on acoustic guitars during Queen's practice sessions at Imperial College and the garden at Ferry Road in 1970.[2] At the time Queen had not yet found a permanent bassist; the group consisted of guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor. In a radio special about their 1977 album News of the World, May said he had penned the lyrics thinking of them as ironic and tongue-in-cheek, but their sense was completely changed when Freddie Mercury sang them. The first version of "Keep Yourself Alive" was recorded in summer 1971 at De Lane Lea Studios. It was produced by Louie Austin and includes the intro played on Brian May's Hairfred acoustic guitar. All of the song elements were already present, including call-and-response vocals by Freddie Mercury (verses) and during the break, where Roger Taylor sang a line and Mercury answered it. This demo version remains Brian May's favourite take of the song. Subsequently they did several attempts to "recapture the magic" when they went on to do the "real" version at Trident Studios. The one mixed by Mike Stone was the only one moderately accepted, and it's the one released as single. It includes Freddie Mercury doing all of the harmony vocals in the chorus (multi-tracking himself) and Brian May singing the "two steps nearer to my grave" line instead of Mercury (who did it live and in earlier versions). This recording does not use acoustic guitar; the printed transcription on EMI Music Publishing's Off the Record' sheet music lists at least seven electric guitar parts, one of which uses a prominent phasing effect. It can also be noted that this recording includes the line "Come on and get it, get it, get it boy, keep yourself alive," which was not in the original version. A third version of the song also exists; the so-called "Long-Lost Retake", recorded in 1975, was originally intended for an American single release and features what could now be considered a more 'traditional' Queen sound, with tight, layered vocals and extensively overdubbed guitar parts. However, a slightly shortened version of the original UK single version was eventually released in the US, and the Long-Lost Retake remained officially unreleased until the 1991 Hollywood Records US-only remastered version of the band's debut album, and again later on the 2011 2-disc remaster of A Night At The Opera.

Live performances The newly-formed Queen quickly added "Keep Yourself Alive" to their live set. Mercury commented that the song "was a very good way of telling people what Queen was about in those days" (RAM, 21 May 1976, p 17). Indeed, the number included a drum solo by Roger Taylor and one line sung/spoken by him. "Keep Yourself Alive" was part of the band's live set until the early 1980s. On the 1980 and 1981 tours, the band would play an improvisational jam before the start of the song then after the drum solo, it would morph into Taylor's tympani drum solo followed by May's echo-plexed guitar solo spot before either segueing into the "Brighton Rock" finale or a drum and guitar climax or segued into a Flash Gordon medley (which consisted of "Battle Theme"/"Flash's Theme"/"The Hero"). The band would not play it again until 1984 on The Works tour as part of a medley of old songs (with "Somebody to Love", "Killer Queen", "Seven Seas of Rhye", and "Liar").

Brian May, writer of "Keep Yourself Alive", performing live with his Red Special guitar in 1978

In live performances, Mercury would often sing the line "all you people keep yourself alive" (which is sung only two times in the studio version) in place of the more-repeated line "it'll take you all your time and a money honey you'll survive".


Release and reception EMI released "Keep Yourself Alive" as a single in the United Kingdom on 6 July 1973, a week before Queen hit the stores. A few months later, on 9 October 1973, Elektra Records released the single in the United States.[3] However, "Keep Yourself Alive" received little radio airplay and was largely ignored on both sides of the Atlantic; it failed to chart in the either the UK or the US.[4] According to Queen biographer Mark Hodkinson, although "[o]n five separate occasions EMI's pluggers attempted to secure it space on [Britain's Radio 1] play list", they were denied each time, reportedly because the record "took too long to happen". "Keep Yourself Alive" remains the only Queen single not to have charted in the UK.[5] The single received mixed reviews from the British music press. New Musical Express praised the "cleanly recorded" song, as well as the "[g]ood singer", and quipped that if Queen "look half as good as they sound, they could be huge".[6] The reviewer for Melody Maker felt that Queen "[made] an impressive debut with a heavily phased guitar intro and energetic vocal attack"; however, he thought the song to be unoriginal, and unlikely to become a hit.[7] On the other hand, Disc magazine's critic believed the single "should do well". The review praised "Keep Yourself Alive"'s drum solo, as well as its "attractively stilted, vaguely Hendrix-y lead riff".[8] The South Yorkshire Times rated the single as "good"; the newspaper predicted that "[i]f this debut sound from Queen is anything to go by, they should make very interesting listening in the future."[9] In his album review of Queen for Rolling Stone magazine, Gordon Fletcher hailed "Keep Yourself Alive" as "a truly awesome move for the jugular".[10] Retrospectively, "Keep Yourself Alive" is cited as the highlight of Queen's otherwise inconsistent debut album. Stephen Thomas Erlewine of Allmusic wrote that while Queen "too often . . . plays like a succession of ideas instead of succinct songs", "[t]here is an exception to that rule — the wild, rampaging opener 'Keep Yourself Alive,' one of their very best songs".[11] In 2008, Rolling Stone rated the song thirty-first on its list of "The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time". The magazine dubbed "Keep Yourself Alive" as "Brian May's statement of purpose: a phalanx of overdubbed guitars crying out in unison, with rhythm and texture from over-the-top effects. . . . an entire album's worth of riffs crammed into a single song."[1]

Track listing 7" (1973 UK release) 1. "Keep Yourself Alive" (Brian May) – 3:47 2. "Son and Daughter" (May) – 3:21 7" (1975 US reissue) 1. "Keep Yourself Alive" (May) – 3:47 2. "Lily Of The Valley" (Freddie Mercury) – 1:43 3. "God Save The Queen" (trad., arr. by May) – 1:11

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References • Hodkinson, Mark. Queen: The Early Years. Omnibus Press (2004). 3rd edition. ISBN 1844490122.

Notes [1] " The 100 Greatest Guitar Songs of All Time: 31. 'Keep Yourself Alive' (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ news/ coverstory/ 20947527/ page/ 15)". Rolling Stone. 12 June 2008. Retrieved on 3 October 2009. [2] Hodkinson, p. 122. [3] " QOL History—Queen (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ history/ 13/ )". QueenOnline. Retrieved on 29 June 2009. [4] Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Keep Yourself Alive" song review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ t2372330). Allmusic. Retrieved on 29 June 2009. [5] Hodkinson, p. 158 [6] "Queen: 'Keep Yourself Alive' (EMI)". New Musical Express. 14 July 1973. [7] "Queen: 'Keep Yourself Alive' (EMI)". Melody Maker. 21 July 1973. [8] "Queen: 'Keep Yourself Alive' (EMI 2036)". Disc. 21 July 1973. [9] "'Keep Yourself Alive'/'Son and Daughter'—Queen (EMI)". South Yorkshire Times. 27 July 1973. [10] Fletcher, Gordon. " Queen review (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ artists/ queen/ albums/ album/ 199416/ review/ 5942941/ queen)". Rolling Stone. 6 December 1973. Retrieved on 2 August 2009. [11] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. " Queen review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r687293)". Allmusic. Retrieved on 2 August 2009.

External links • Official music video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JofwEB9g1zg) at YouTube • "Keep Yourself Alive" (http://www.queenpedia.com/index.php?title=Keep_Yourself_Alive) at Queenpedia

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"Liar" "Liar"

Single by Queen from the album Queen B-side

"Doing All Right"

Released

14 February 1974

Format

7"

Recorded 1971 – 1972 at Trident and De Lane Lea Studios Genre

Rock

Length

6:26 (album version) 3:01 (single edit)

Label

Elektra

Writer(s) Freddie Mercury Producer John Anthony, Roy Thomas Baker, Queen Queen singles chronology

"Keep Yourself Alive" (1973)

"Liar" (1974)

"Seven Seas of Rhye" (1974)

"Liar" is a song by British rock group Queen. Written by singer Freddie Mercury in 1970, originally titled "Lover". The song featured on the band's 1973 debut album Queen. An edited version of "Liar" was released as a single—backed with "Doing All Right"—in the United States by Elektra Records in February 1974. In the earlier years of Queen, this song was regarded as one of their most impressive live performances, often going over eight minutes long. However, over time the song eventually fell off the setlist, with the exception of The Works Tour (though the song was cut down to three minutes or less). At the Magic Tour, right before "Tear It Up," the beginning of the "Liar" guitar riff is played by Brian May. During live performances, it was one of the few songs where bass player John Deacon sang backing vocals at all. This was done during the part where the band sings "all day long." He mimics the promotional video for the song, where he stands behind Freddie and sings into his microphone. Also, this song contains a bass solo performed by

"Liar" John Deacon. As confirmed by the transcription on EMI Music Publishing's Off The Record sheet music for the song, this is one of three Queen tracks, the others being "Now I'm Here" and "Under Pressure" (their collaboration with David Bowie), to feature a Hammond organ. Interestingly, this song brought up the issue of song writing credits within the band. Brian May queried which band members would be credited for developing the music for each song, to which Freddie Mercury concluded the discussion, stating that the lyricist has basically written the song.

Track listing 7" single (Royal Sound TKR 157) 1. "Liar" (single edit) (Freddie Mercury) – 3:01 2. "Doing All Right" (Brian May, Tim Staffell) – 4:09 7" single (Elektra E-45884)[1] 1. "Liar" (Freddie Mercury) 2. "Liar"

Notes [1] "QUEEN - LIAR (SONG)" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Liar& cat=s). australian-charts.com. . Retrieved 2010-03-13.

External links • "Liar" (http://www.queenpedia.com/index.php?title=Liar_(Queen_song)) at Queenpedia • "Liar" song review (http://www.allmusic.com/song/t3181257) at Allmusic

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"Seven Seas of Rye"

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"Seven Seas of Rye" "Seven Seas of Rhye"

Single by Queen from the album Queen II B-side

See What A Fool I've Been

Released

23 February 1974

Format

7"

Recorded

August 1973 at Trident Studios

Genre

Rock

Length

•

2:47 (Queen II)

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1:15 (Queen - instrumental)

Label

EMI (UK), Elektra (US)

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer

Roy Thomas Baker, Queen Queen singles chronology

"Liar" (1974)


"Killer Queen" / "Flick of the Wrist" (1974)

"Seven Seas of Rhye" is a song by British rock group Queen. Written by Queen lead vocalist Freddie Mercury, it is the final track on both the group's debut album Queen (1973) and its follow-up Queen II (1974).[1] However, only a less-developed instrumental version was featured on the former.[2] The completed version served as the band's second single, the earliest-released song to appear on their Greatest Hits album, with the exception of some versions where their first single, "Keep Yourself Alive", is included. After the band performed it on Top of the Pops it became their first hit, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] The song became a live favourite throughout Queen's existence, and is recorded in 1985's Queen: Live in Rio, and Queen at Wembley 1986.[2] It features a distinctive arpeggiated piano introduction. The piano runs are sampled in "It's a Beautiful Day (reprise)", on the album Made In Heaven.[4]

"Seven Seas of Rye" The version on Queen II ends with a cross fade, instruments blending into several people singing "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside", accompanied by a stylophone played by producer Roy Thomas Baker. .[2] Its inclusion here on the final track of Queen II is briefly mirrored in the first few seconds of "Brighton Rock", which opens their next album, Sheer Heart Attack. In a 1977 radio interview, Freddie Mercury described the subject of the song as a "figment of his imagination." In the Queen musical We Will Rock You, the Seven Seas of Rhye is a place where the Bohemians are taken after they are brainstormed by Khashoggi.[5]

References [1] [2] [3] [4]

Seven Seas of Rhye (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ t1181344) Allmusic. Retrieved 5 July 2011 Queen II - Seven Seas Of Rhye (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ queenii. htm#seven) Retrieved 5 July 2011 Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited M. Felsani, M. Primi, M. Saita, Queen. Tutti i testi con traduzione a fronte edited (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=80i-yJVN2TwC& pg=PA61), [5] We Will Rock You - Plot & Photo Gallery (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ misc/ wewillrockyouplot. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 5 July 2011

External links • Queenpedia (http://queenpedia.com/index.php?title=Seven_Seas_Of_Rhye_(single)) - detailed worldwide release information • "Seven Seas of Rhye" Song Review (http://www.allmusic.com/song/t1181344) at Allmusic • "Queen II videos, detailed description" (http://www.btinternet.com/~darren.robins/queen_thevideos/ videos_queen2.htm)

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"Killer Queen"

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"Killer Queen" "Killer Queen"

Single by Queen from the album Sheer Heart Attack A-side


Released

21 October 1974

Format

Vinyl (7")

Recorded

1974

Genre

Rock

Length

2:59

Label


Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer



"Killer Queen" / "Flick of the Wrist" (1974)

"Now I'm Here" (1975)

"Killer Queen" (Sample) is a song by British rock band Queen. Written by pianist and lead singer Freddie Mercury, it featured on their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits.[1] When released as a single, "Killer Queen" was Queen's breakthrough hit, reaching number two in the UK and number 12 in the United States.[2] [3] It was released as a double A-side in the UK, the US and Canada (where it reached number 15 in the RPM 100 national singles chart),[4] with the song "Flick of the Wrist". In 1986, it was featured as the B-side to "Who Wants to Live Forever".[5] Mercury commented that he wrote the lyrics first before adding the musical arrangements. The recording features elaborate four-part harmonies (particularly in the choruses, and also providing backing parts in the verses), and also an elaborate multitracked guitar solo by Brian May, including use of the "bell effect". The song, in the first line, mentions the phrase "Let them eat cake", a phrase attributed Marie Antoinette: Let them eat cake, she said; Just like

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Marie Antoinette.

Recording sessions Besides using a grand piano as usual, Mercury overdubbed the song with an upright (credited as "jangle piano"), to give the track a vaudeville sound. At one point there are two bass guitars, one of which does a descending run. Contrary to songs for the first two Queen albums, this one was partly recorded outside England, at Rockfield Studios in Wales.[6]

Queen on the record Freddie Mercury:[7] People are used to hard rock, energy music from Queen, yet with this single you almost expect Noel Coward to sing it. It's one of those bowler hat, black suspender belt numbers – not that Coward would wear that. (...) It's about a high class call girl. I'm trying to say that classy people can be whores as well. That's what the song is about, though I'd prefer people to put their interpretation upon it – to read into it what they like.

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Brian May: 'Killer Queen' was the turning point. It was the song that best summed up our kind of music, and a big hit, and we desperately needed it as a mark of something successful happening for us... I was always very happy with this song. The whole record was made in a very craftsman-like manner. I still enjoy listening to it because there's a lot to listen to, but it never gets cluttered. There's always space for all the little ideas to come through. And of course I like the solo, with that three-part section, where each part has its own voice. What can I say? It's vintage Queen. The first time I heard Freddie playing that song, I was lying in my room in Rockfield

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[a residential recording studio in Wales], feeling very sick. After Queen's first American tour I had hepatitis, and then I had very bad stomach problems and I had to be operated on. So I remember just lying there, hearing Freddie play this really great song and feeling sad, because I thought, 'I can't even get out of bed to participate in this. Maybe the group will have to go on without me.' No one could figure out what was wrong with me. But then I did go into the hospital and I got fixed up, thank God. And when I came out again, we were able to finish off 'Killer Queen.' They left some space for me and I did the solo. I had strong feelings about one of the harmony bits in the chorus, so we had another go at that too.

Live performances The song was played from 1974–78 live in a medley.[8] [9] [10] [11] In 1974, the song was played following "In the Lap of the Gods",[8] and in 1975–76, the song was played after "Bohemian Rhapsody".[9] In 1977, the song was played as the introduction to a medley, followed by "Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy",[11] and in 1978, preceded "Bicycle Race".[12] In 1979, the band played most of the song, and after the guitar solo ended, the opening bars of "I'm in Love With My Car" were played.[13] The song was played at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada in November 1981, and is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal.[14] In 1984 and 1985, during The Works Tour, it was reintroduced in a medley following a truncated version of "Somebody to Love".[15]

"Killer Queen"


Freddie Mercury: lead vocal, piano, jangle piano, backing vocals Brian May: electric guitar, backing vocals John Deacon: bass guitar, backing vocals (on stage only), triangle (on stage only) Roger Taylor: drums, backing vocals, triangle, chimes, and Falsetto

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]

Queen: Greatest Hits (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r413002) Allmusic. Retrieved 31 August 2011 Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited Top Singles - Volume 23, No. 14, May 31 1975 (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 3969a& type=1& interval=24& PHPSESSID=9cp51krv5nv1bedge0rfmb88d3) Library and Archives Canada Who Wants To Live Forever (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ discography/ queensinglesuk2. htm#whowantstoliveforever) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 4 September 2011 Mark Hodkinson Queen: The Early Years (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=3ZMQXF9O8x0C& pg=PT241& dq=killer+ queen+ recorded+ at+ rockfield+ studios#v=onepage& q& f=false) Omnibus Press 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2011 NME, 2 November 1974 (Queen Archives) (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_11-02-1974_-_NME) Queen live on tour: Sheer Heart Attack: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ sha. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 31 August 2011

[9] Queen live on tour: A Night At The Opera: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ anato. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [10] Queen live on tour: Day At The Races (world): Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ adatrna. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [11] Queen live on tour: News Of The World: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ notwna. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [12] Queen live on tour: Jazz (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ jazz. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 30 August 2011 [13] Queen Rock Montreal Killer Queen (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ rockmontreal. htm#killer) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 31 August 2011 [14] Queen Rock Montreal (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1239496) Allmusic. Retrieved 31 August 2011 [15] Queen live on tour: The Works 1984 (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ works1984. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 31 August 2011

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"Flick of the Wrist" "Killer Queen/Flick Of The Wrist" Single by Queen from the album Sheer Heart Attack A-side

"Killer Queen"

Released

21 October 1974

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1974

Genre

Rock

Length

3:17

Label


Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer



"Killer Queen"/ "Flick Of The Wrist" (1974)


"Flick of the Wrist" is a song by English rock band Queen, released as a Double A-side with "Killer Queen" in the UK, Canada, the Netherlands, the US and most other territories. It was written by frontman Freddie Mercury for the album Sheer Heart Attack.

Background Freddie Mercury never went on record as to whether the unpleasant character in the song is based on anyone in particular, though then-current manager Norman Sheffield may be one inspiration. The song includes Freddie Mercury singing octave vocals. When Brian May returned to work having recovered from his hepatitis, he had not heard the song before he recorded his guitar and backing vocals.

Album version As it appears on the album, "Flick Of The Wrist" is the middle song of a three-track series of songs which seamlessly overlap, segueing from one to the other: "Tenement Funster" to "Flick Of The Wrist" to "Lily Of The Valley". Each song was recorded separately and later mixed together to form the unbroken stretch of music. Because of this structure, the record company had to select points to separate each track on CD re-issues of the album. "Flick Of The Wrist," in this way, starts with the crescendo ending of "Tenement Funster" and ends abruptly before the last line of the song "...baby, you've been had." This last lyric appears at the beginning of the next CD track, "Lily Of The Valley". The original, non-segued master recordings of "Tenement Funster," "Flick Of The Wrist" and "Lily Of the Valley" were used for some singles' flip-sides, such the Japanese 3-inch CD single re-issue of Queen's first EP ("Tenement Funster"), the Dutch AA-side version of "Flick Of The Wrist" (see below) and the 1975 US-only re-issue of "Keep Yourself Alive" ("Lily Of The Valley").


Single versions All the single versions and edits are from the original album recording. The Dutch AA-side version features the complete song without the seguing, overlapping sections from "Tenement Funster" and "Lily Of The Valley".[1] The UK AA-side version features almost the same complete version as the Dutch version, but with a few notes edited at the beginning. This version also features on the 1991 Japanese 3-inch CD single of "Killer Queen"/"Flick Of The Wrist." The US AA-side version (the same as issued in Canada) has a much more pronounced edit at the beginning, with the first 18 seconds of the song absent. It ends with a fade-out over the segue into "Lily Of The Valley," where the latter's opening piano is heard.[1] The UK's 1987 3-inch CD single re-issue starts with the crescendo segue which ends "Tenement Funster." It ends with a fade-out before the song is properly over, missing the last line "Baby, you've been had."

BBC Version On October 16, 1974, Queen recorded a BBC session at Maida Vale 4 Studios in London, England. One of the songs recorded was "Flick Of The Wrist". This performance features parts of the original album backing track with new vocals by Freddie Mercury and a new guitar solo by Brian May.

Cover versions Dream Theater covered the entire three-song arc ("Tenement Funster," "Flick Of The Wrist" and "Lily Of The Valley") for their album Black Clouds & Silver Linings and it appears on the Special Edition.

References [1] "Queen Vault: Sheer Heart Attack page" (http:/ / www. queenvault. com/ sheerheartattack. html). .

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Single by Queen from the album Sheer Heart Attack B-side

"Lily of the Valley (Single Edit)"

Released

17 January 1975

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1974

Genre

Rock

Length

4:12

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer

Roy Thomas Baker and Queen Queen singles chronology

"Killer Queen"/ "Flick of the Wrist" (1974)


"Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975)

"Now I'm Here" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The sixth song on their third album, Sheer Heart Attack, it was written by lead guitarist Brian May while he was in hospital with hepatitis. The song is noted for its hard riff and vocal harmonies. In the UK, the song hit #11 on the charts when released as a single in 1975.[1] The song was a live favourite, performed at virtually every concert from late 1974 through 1986.[2] It is one of few songs that was not revived for the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour in 2005. It was featured on the 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits, and the 1997 compilation album Queen Rocks.[3] In March 2005, Q magazine placed "Now I'm Here" at number 33 in its list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks.[4]

"Now I'm Here"


John Deacon: Bass guitar. Brian May: Lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals, Hammond organ and piano. Roger Meddows-Taylor: Drums, backing vocals. Freddie Mercury: Vocals.

Live recordings • Live Killers (1979) • Concerts for the People of Kampuchea (1979) (recorded at their Christmas concert in Hammersmith Odeon, London) • Queen Rock Montreal (1981) • Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (1982) • Live at Wembley '86 / Live at Wembley Stadium (1986) • The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) (played by Def Leppard and Brian May) • Live at the Brixton Academy (Brian May album) (1993)

References [1] [2] [3] [4]

Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited Queen on tour (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 10, 2011 Queen Rocks, Vol. 1 (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ rocks-vol-1-r325812/ review) Allmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011 Tracks 100 Greatest Guitar Tracks Ever! (http:/ / www. rocklistmusic. co. uk/ qlistspage3. htm#Guitar) Q Magazine. Retrieved July 10, 2011

Review • Melody Maker, 25 January 1975 (QueenCuttings) (http://www.queencuttings.com/dblog/articolo. asp?articolo=36)

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Original cover of the UK single release. Single by Queen from the album A Night at the Opera B-side

"I'm in Love with My Car"

Released

10 October 1975

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded

1975: Rockfield Studio 1 Roundhouse SARM (East) Scorpio Sound

Genre

Rock

Length

5:55

Label

EMI, Elektra, Parlophone, Hollywood

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer


"Lily of the Valley" (1975)


"You're My Best Friend" (1976)

"Bohemian Rhapsody"

"The Show Must Go On" (1991)

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"Heaven for Everyone" (1995)

A Night at the Opera track listing

12 tracks Side one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...)" "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" "I'm in Love with My Car" "You're My Best Friend" "'39" "Sweet Lady" "Seaside Rendezvous"

Side two

2. 3. 4. 5.

• "The Prophet's Song" "Love of My Life" "Good Company" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "God Save the Queen"

"Bohemian Rhapsody" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by Freddie Mercury for the band's 1975 album A Night at the Opera. The song has no chorus, instead consisting of three main parts: a ballad segment ending with a guitar solo, an operatic passage, and a hard rock section. When it was released as a single, "Bohemian Rhapsody" became a commercial success, staying at the top of the UK Singles Chart for nine weeks and selling more than a million copies by the end of January 1976.[1] It reached number one again in 1991 for five weeks following Mercury's death, eventually becoming the UK's third best selling single of all time.[2] It topped the charts in several other markets as well, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland and The Netherlands. In the United States the song originally peaked at number nine in 1976; however, it returned to the chart at number two in 1992 following its appearance in the film Wayne's World which revived its American popularity. The single was accompanied by a promotional video, considered ground-breaking.[3] Although critical reaction was initially mixed, particularly in the United States, "Bohemian Rhapsody" remains one of Queen's most popular songs. Rolling Stone ranked it as number 166 on their list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time". [4]

History and recording Freddie Mercury wrote most of "Bohemian Rhapsody" at his home in Holland Road, Kensington, in west London.[5] The song's producer, Roy Thomas Baker, related how Mercury once played the opening ballad section on the piano for him: "He played the beginning on the piano, then stopped and said, 'And this is where the opera section comes in!' Then we went out to eat dinner." Guitarist Brian May says the band thought that Mercury's blueprint for the song was "intriguing and original, and worthy of work."[6] Much of Queen's material was written in the studio according to May, but this song "was all in Freddie's mind" before they started.[5] Music scholar Sheila Whiteley suggests that "the title draws strongly on contemporary rock ideology, the individualism of the bohemian artists' world, with rhapsody affirming the romantic ideals of art rock."[7] Commenting on bohemianism, Judith Peraino said that

"Bohemian Rhapsody" "Mercury intended... [this song] to be a 'mock opera', something outside the norm of rock songs, and it does follow a certain operatic logic: choruses of multi-tracked voices alternate with aria-like solos, the emotions are excessive, the plot confusing."[8] According to Chris Smith (a friend of Mercury's and a keyboard player in Smile for a brief period), Mercury first started developing "Bohemian Rhapsody" in the late 1960s; Mercury used to play parts of songs he was writing at the piano, and one of his pieces, known simply as "The Cowboy Song", contained lyrics that ended up in the completed version produced years later in 1975, specifically, "Mama.... just killed a man."[9] Recording began at Rockfield Studio 1 near Monmouth on 24 August 1975, after a 3-week rehearsal in Herefordshire. During the making of the track, an additional four studios (Roundhouse, SARM (East), Scorpion, and Wessex) were used.[10] According to some band members, Mercury mentally prepared the song beforehand and directed the band throughout.[5] Mercury used a Bechstein "concert grand" piano, which he played in the promotional video and the UK tour. Due to the elaborate nature of the song, it was recorded in various different sections, held together by a drum click to keep all layers synchronized.[11] May, Mercury, and Taylor reportedly sang their vocal parts continually for ten to twelve hours a day.[5] The entire piece took three weeks to record, and in some sections featured 180 separate overdubs.[11] Since the studios of the time only offered 24-track analogue tape, it was necessary for the three to overdub themselves many times and "bounce" these down to successive sub-mixes. In the end, eighth-generation tapes were used.[10] The various sections of tape containing the desired submixes had to be spliced (cut with razor blades and assembled in the correct sequence using adhesive tape). May recalled placing a tape in front of the light and being able to see through it, as they had been recording so intensely.[12] It was the most expensive single ever made and remains one of the most elaborate recordings in popular music history.[10]

Composition and analysis The song consists of six sections: introduction, ballad, guitar solo, opera, hard rock and outro. This format, with abrupt changes in style, tone and The waveform view of "Bohemian Rhapsody" illustrating the vast differences between the sections of the song. tempo, was unusual to rock music. An embryonic version of this style had already been utilized by the band in "My Fairy King" and "The March of the Black Queen".

Intro (0:00–0:49) The song begins with a close four-part harmony a cappella introduction in B♭—entirely multi track recordings of Mercury although the video has all four members lip-synching this part. The lyrics question whether life is "real" or "just fantasy" before concluding that there can be "no escape from reality." After 15 seconds, the grand piano enters, and Mercury's voice alternates with the other vocal parts. The narrator introduces himself as "just a poor boy" but declares that he "needs no sympathy" because he is "easy come, easy go"; chromatic side-slipping on "easy come, easy go" highlights the dream-like atmosphere. The end of this section is marked by the bass entrance and the familiar cross-handed piano vamp in B♭.

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Ballad (0:49–2:36) The piano begins the familiar vamp in B♭ along with the entrance of Deacon's bass guitar, marking the onset of this section. After it plays twice, Mercury's vocals enter. Over the course of the section, the vocals evolve from a softly sung harmony to an impassioned solo performance by Mercury. The narrator explains to his mother that he has "just killed a man," with "a gun against his head" and in doing so, has thrown his life away. This "confessional" section, Whiteley comments, is "affirmative of the nurturant and life-giving force of the feminine and the need for absolution."[7] The chromatic bass line brings about a modulation to E♭, underpinning the mood of desperation.[7] It is at this point (1:19) that Taylor's drums enter (this features the 1-1-2 rhythm of "We Will Rock You" in ballad form), and the narrator makes the second of several invocations to his "mama" in the new key, reusing the original theme. The narrator explains his regret over "making you cry" and urging mama to "carry on as if nothing really matters" to him. A brief, descending variation of the piano vamp phrase connects to a two repeat of the vamp in B♭ once again, ushering in the second verse. As the ballad proceeds into its second verse, the narrator shows how tired and beaten down he is by his actions (as May enters on guitar and mimics the upper range of the piano at 1:50). May imitates a bell tree during the line "sends shivers down my spine", by playing the strings of his guitar on the other side of the bridge. The narrator bids the world goodbye announcing he has got to go and prepares to "face the truth" admitting "I don't want to die / I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all." This is where the guitar solo enters, which eventually goes through a modulation featuring a quick series of bass descents bringing the new tonality to A Major, marking the start of the "Opera" section.

Guitar solo (2:36–3:03) As Mercury sings the rising line "I sometimes wish I'd never been born at all", the band builds in intensity, leading up to a guitar solo played and composed by May that serves as the bridge from ballad to opera. The intensity continues to build, but once the bass line completes its descent establishing the new key, the entire band cuts out abruptly at 3:03 except for quiet, staccato A major quaver (eighth-note) chords on the piano. Producer Baker recalls that May's solo was done on only one track, rather than recording multiple tracks. May stated that he wanted to compose "a little tune that would be a counterpart to the main melody; I didn't just want to play the melody." The guitarist said that his better material stems from this way of working: in which he thought of the tune before playing it: "the fingers tend to be predictable unless being led by the brain."[5]

Opera (3:03–4:07) A rapid series of rhythmic and harmonic changes introduces a pseudo-operatic midsection, which contains the bulk of the elaborate vocal multi-tracking, depicting the narrator's descent into hell. While the underlying pulse of the song is maintained, the dynamics vary greatly from bar to bar, from only Mercury's voice accompanied by a piano, to a multi-voice choir supported by drums, bass, piano and timpani. The choir effect was created by having May, Mercury, and Taylor sing their vocal parts continually for ten to twelve hours a day, resulting in 180 separate overdubs. These overdubs were then combined into successive submixes. According to Roger Taylor, the voices of May, Mercury and himself combined created a wide vocal range: "Brian could get down quite low, Freddie had a powerful voice through the middle, and I was good at the high stuff." The band wanted to create "a wall of sound, that starts down and goes all the way up."[5] The band used the bell effect for lyrics "Magnifico" and "Let me go". Also, on "Let me go", Taylor singing the top section carries his note on further after the rest of the "choir" have stopped singing. Lyrical references in this passage include Scaramouche, the fandango, Galileo Galilei, Figaro and Bismillah, as rival factions fight over the narrator's soul. Peraino calls the sequence both a "comic courtroom trial and a rite of passage ... one chorus prosecutes, another defends, while the hero presents himself as meek though wily."[13] The song's introduction is recalled with the chromatic side-slipping on "I'm just a poor boy, nobody loves me." The section

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concludes with a full choral treatment of the lyric "Beelzebub has a devil put aside for me!", on a block B♭ major chord. Roger Taylor tops the final chord with a falsetto B♭ in the fifth octave (B♭5). Using the 24-track technology available at the time, the "opera" section took about three weeks to finish.[6] Producer Roy Thomas Baker said "Every time Freddie came up with another 'Galileo', I would add another piece of tape to the reel."[10] Baker recalls that they kept wearing out the tape, which meant having to do transfers.[6]

Hard rock/Heavy metal (4:07–4:56) The operatic section leads into an aggressive hard rock/heavy metal musical interlude with a guitar riff written by Mercury. At 4:15, a double-tracked Mercury sings angry lyrics addressed to an unspecified "you", accusing him/her of betrayal and abuse and insisting "can't do this to me, baby" – which could be interpreted as a flashback to certain events that led to the earlier ballad section ("just killed a man"). Three ascending guitar runs follow. Mercury then plays a similar B♭ run on the piano, as the song builds up to the finale with a ritardando.

Outro (4:56–5:55) After May plays ascending octaves of notes from the B♭ mixolydian mode (composed of the notes from the E♭ scale), the song then returns to the tempo and form of the introduction, initially in E♭ Major, before quickly modulating to C minor, only to soon go through an abrupt short series of modulations, bringing it back to C minor again in time for the final "nothing really matters" section. A guitar accompanies the chorus "ooh, ooh yeah, ooh yeah." A double-tracked twin guitar melody is played through an amplifier designed by John Deacon, affectionately nicknamed the "Deacy Amp". Mercury's line "Nothing really matters..." appears again, "cradled by light piano arpeggios suggesting both resignation (minor tonalities) and a new sense of freedom in the wide vocal span."[14] After the line "nothing really matters" is repeated multiple times, the song finally concludes in the key of E♭ major. The last lyric, sung quietly, "Any way the wind blows" is followed by the striking of a gong which marks the ending of the song. According to music scholar Judith Peraino, this final section adds "a level of complex resistance to the song's already charming subversion of macho rock and roll." This resistance is achieved through the "bohemian stance toward identity, which involves a necessarily changeable self-definition ("Any way the wind blows")."[15] The final line, "Any way the wind blows", is followed by the quiet sound of a large tam-tam that finally expels the tension built up throughout the song.

Context The New York Times commented that "the song's most distinct feature is the fatalistic lyrics". Mercury refused to explain his composition other than saying it was about relationships; the band is still protective of the song's secret.[6] Brian May supports suggestions that the song contained veiled references to Mercury's personal traumas. He recalls "Freddie was a very complex person: flippant and funny on the surface, but he concealed insecurities and problems in squaring up his life with his childhood. He never explained the lyrics, but I think he put a lot of himself into that song."[16] May, though, says the band had agreed that the core of a lyric was a private issue for the composer.[6] In a BBC Three documentary about the making of "Bohemian Rhapsody", Roger Taylor maintains that the true meaning of the song is "fairly self-explanatory with just a bit of nonsense in the middle."[5] “It's one of those songs which has such a fantasy feel about it. I think people should just listen to it, think about it, and then make up their own minds as to what it says to them... "Bohemian Rhapsody" didn't just come out of thin air. I did a bit of research although it was tongue-in-cheek and mock opera. Why not?” [17]

—Freddie Mercury

However, when the band released a Greatest Hits cassette in Iran, a leaflet in Persian was included with translation and explanations (refers to a book published in Iran called "The March of the Black Queen" by Sarah Sefati and

"Bohemian Rhapsody" Farhad Arkani, which included the whole biography of the band and complete lyrics with Persian translation (2000)). In the explanation, Queen states that "Bohemian Rhapsody" is about a young man who has accidentally killed someone and, like Faust, sold his soul to the devil. On the night before his execution, he calls for God in Arabic, "Bismillah", and with the help of angels, regains his soul from Shaitan.[18] Despite this, critics, both journalistic and academic, have speculated over the meaning behind the song's lyrics. Some believe the lyrics describe a suicidal murderer hunted by demons or depict events just preceding an execution. The latter explanation points to Albert Camus's novel The Stranger, in which a young man confesses to an impulsive murder and has an epiphany before he is executed, as probable inspiration. Others believe the lyrics were only written to fit with the music, and have no meaning; Kenny Everett quoted Mercury as claiming the lyrics were simply "random rhyming nonsense".[16] Still others interpreted them as Mercury's way of dealing with personal issues.[6] Music scholar Sheila Whiteley observes that Mercury reached a turning point in his personal life in the year he wrote "Bohemian Rhapsody".[7] He had been living with Mary Austin for seven years but had just embarked on his first gay love affair. She suggests that the song provides an insight into Mercury's emotional state at the time, "living with Mary ('Mamma', as in Mother Mary) and wanting to break away ('Mamma Mia let me go')."[14]

Release When the band wanted to release the single in 1975, various executives suggested to them that, at 5 minutes and 55 seconds, it was too long and would never be a hit. According to producer Roy Thomas Baker, he and the band bypassed this corporate decision by playing the song for Capital Radio DJ Kenny Everett: "we had a reel-to-reel copy but we told him he could only have it if he promised not to play it. 'I won't play it,' he said, winking..."[10] Their plan worked – Everett teased his listeners by playing only parts of the song. Audience demand intensified when Everett played the full song on his show 14 times in two days.[6] Hordes of fans attempted to buy the single the following Monday, only to be told by record stores that it had not yet been released.[10] The same weekend, Paul Drew, who ran the RKO stations in the States, heard the track on Everett's show in London. Drew managed to get a copy of the tape and started to play it in the States, which forced the hand of Queen's USA label, Elektra. In an interview with Sound on Sound, Baker reflects that "it was a strange situation where radio on both sides of the Atlantic was breaking a record that the record companies said would never get airplay!"[10] Eventually the unedited single was released, with "I'm in Love with My Car" as the B-side. The song became the 1975 UK Christmas number one, holding the top position for nine weeks.[14] "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the first song ever to get to number one twice with the same version,[19] and is also the only single to have been UK Christmas number one twice with the same version. The second was upon its re-release (as a double A-side single with "These Are the Days of Our Lives") in 1991 following Mercury's death, staying at number one for five weeks. Across the ocean, the song also went to the high reaches of the charts. In the United States, the single was a success (although on a smaller scale from that of the UK release). The original single, released in early 1976, reached number nine on the Billboard Hot 100, while a re-release in 1992 (timed to tie in with the song's appearance in the hit film Wayne's World) hit number two. In a retrospective interview, Anthony DeCurtis from Rolling Stone magazine explains the song's relatively poor performance in the US charts by saying that it's "the quintessential example of the kind of thing that doesn't exactly go over well in America".[5] Its comparatively long chart run of 24 weeks, however, did result in it being listed at number eighteen of the biggest hit singles of 1976 - higher than some No.1s of the year.[20] The single was also certified gold for sales of over one million copies in the US. [21] With the Canadian record-buying public, the single fared better, reaching number one in the RPM national singles chart on 1 May 1976.[22]

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Promotional video Though some artists had made video clips to accompany songs (including Queen themselves; for example, "Keep Yourself Alive", "Seven Seas Of Rhye", "Killer Queen" and "Liar" already had "pop promos", as they were known at the time), it was only after the success of "Bohemian Rhapsody" that it became regular practice for record companies to produce promotional videos for artists' single releases.[23] These videos could then be shown on television shows, such as the BBC's Top of the Pops, without the need for the artist to appear in person. A promo video also allowed the artist to have their music broadcast and accompanied by their own choice of visuals, rather than dancers such as Pan's People. According to May, the video was produced so that the band could avoid miming on Top of the Pops, since they would have looked off miming to such a complex song.[16] He also said that the band knew they would be set to appear at Dundee's Caird Hall on tour and unable to appear on the programme anyway.[5] The video has been hailed as launching the MTV age.[5] The band was signed to a company called Trillian, who supplied sports coverage for ITV. They hired one of their trucks and got it to Elstree Studios, where the band were rehearsing for their tour. The video was directed by Bruce Gowers, who had directed a video of the band's 1974 performance at the Rainbow Theatre in London, and was recorded by cameraman Barry Dodd and assistant director/floor manager Jim McCutcheon. The video was recorded in just four hours on 10 November 1975, at a cost of £4,500.[11] The director said that the band was involved in the discussion of the video and the end result, and "was a co-operative to that extent, but there was only one leader."[5] The video opens with a shot of the four band members in near darkness as they sing the a cappella part. The lights fade up, and the shots cross-fade into close-ups of Freddie. The composition of the shot is the same as Mick Rock's cover photograph for their second album Queen II. The photo, inspired by a photograph of actress Marlene Dietrich, was the band's favourite image of themselves.[5] The video then fades into them playing their instruments. In the opera section of the video, the scene reverts back to the "Queen II" standing positions, after which they perform once again on stage during the hard rock segment. In the closing seconds of the video Roger Taylor is depicted stripped to the waist, striking the tam tam in the manner of the trademark of the Rank Organisation's Gongman, familiar in the UK as the opening of all Rank film productions. All of the special effects were achieved during the recording, rather than editing. The visual effect of Mercury's face cascading away (during the echoed line "go") was accomplished by pointing the camera at a monitor, giving visual feedback, a glare analogous to audio feedback. The honeycomb illusion was created using a shaped lens. The video was edited within five hours because it was due to be broadcast the same week in which it was taped. The video was sent to the BBC as soon as it was completed and aired for the first time on Top of the Pops in November 1975.[5] After a few weeks at number one, an edit of the video was created. The most obvious difference is the flames superimposed over the introduction as well as several alternate camera angles.

Critical reaction, acclaim and legacy Although the song has become one of the most revered in popular music history, some initial critical reaction was poor. Melody Maker said that Queen "contrived to approximate the demented fury of the Balham Amateur Operatic Society performing The Pirates of Penzance".[5] The newspaper's critic Allan Jones heard only a "superficially impressive pastiche" of operatic styles.[16] Nevertheless the song has won numerous awards, and has been covered and parodied by many artists. In 1977, only two years after its release, the British Phonographic Industry named "Bohemian Rhapsody" as the best British single of the period 1952–77.[24] It is a regular entry in greatest-songs polls, and it was named by the Guinness Book of Records in 2002 as the top British single of all time.[6] In 2004, Rolling Stone magazine placed this song in the 163rd spot on its list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time.[25] The song is also listed in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll.[26]

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"Bohemian Rhapsody" The song also came in tenth in a BBC World Service poll to find the world's favourite song.[27] In 2000 it came second to "Imagine" by John Lennon in a Channel 4 television poll of The 100 Best Number 1s. It has been in the top 5 of the Dutch annual "Top 100 Aller Tijden" ("All-Time Top 100 [Singles]") since 1977, reaching number one on eight occasions, more than any other artist.[28] In 1999, the annual "Top 2000" poll commenced to find the best songs ever made, and "Bohemian Rhapsody" has been ranked number one in all but two years (2005 and 2010 when it was number two).[29] In 2004 the song was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.[30] As of 2004, "Bohemian Rhapsody" is the second most played song on British radio, in clubs and on jukeboxes collectively, after Procol Harum's "A Whiter Shade of Pale".[31] On 30 September 2007 on the Radio 1 Chart Show, for BBC Radio 1's 40th birthday, it was revealed that "Bohemian Rhapsody" was the most played song since Radio 1's launch. In 2004, BBC Three featured the song as part of their The Story of... series of documentaries dedicated to specific songs. First broadcast in December 2004, the programme charted the history of the song, discussed its credentials, and took Roger Taylor and Brian May of Queen back to one of the studios in which it was recorded. In 2004, when the "Greatest Hits" of Queen was released in Iran, the explanatory leaflet accompanying the cassette tape described the song saying that the hero, "killed a man" by accident, and sold his soul to the devil but regained his soul by invoking the name of God in Arabic (Bismillah) on the night of his execution.[32]

Wayne's World The song enjoyed renewed popularity in 1992 as part of the soundtrack to the film Wayne's World. The film's director, Penelope Spheeris, was hesitant to use the song, as it did not entirely fit with the lead characters, who were fans of less flamboyant hard rock and heavy metal. However, Mike Myers insisted that the song fit the scene.[33] According to music scholar Theodore Gracyk, by 1992, when the film was released, even "classic rock" stations had stopped playing the six-minute song. Gracyk suggests that beginning the tape in the middle of the song after "the lyrics which provide the song's narrative ... forces the film's audience to respond to its presence in the scene without the 'commentary' of the lyrics."[24] Helped by the song, the soundtrack album of the film was a major hit.[34] In connection with this, a new video was released, intercutting excerpts from the film with footage from the original Queen video, along with some live footage of the band. Myers was horrified that the record company had mixed clips from Wayne's World with Queen's original video, fearing that this would upset the band. He said, "they've just whizzed on a Picasso." He asked the record company to tell Queen that the video was not his idea, and that he apologised to them. The band, though, sent a reply simply saying, "Thank you for using our song." This shocked Myers, who said it should be more like him telling Queen, "Thank you for even letting me touch the hem of your garments!"[35] The Wayne's World video version of "Bohemian Rhapsody" won Queen its only MTV Video Music Award for "Best Video from a Film".[36] When remaining members Brian May and Roger Taylor took the stage to accept the award, Brian May was overcome with emotion and said that "Freddie would be tickled." In the final scene of said video, a pose of the band from the video from the original "Bohemian Rhapsody" clip morphs into an identically posed 1985 photo, first featured in the "One Vision" video. This re-release (with "The Show Must Go On" as a double-A side) hit #2 in the US in 1992, 16 years after the original 1976 US release peaked at #9.[8]

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Live performances The a cappella opening was too complex to perform live, so Mercury tried various ways of introducing the song. When the song "Mustapha" became a live favourite, Mercury would often sub in that song's a cappella opening, which was easier to reproduce live as it was only one voice. During the Hot Space Tour, and occasionally at other times, Mercury would do a piano improvisation (generally the introduction to "Death on Two Legs") that ended with the first notes of the song. Often, the preceding song would end, and Mercury would sit at the piano, say a quick word and start playing the ballad section.

From left to right: John Deacon, Roger Taylor and Brian May in concert in Hanover in 1979. Behind the drum kit is the tam-tam used at the end of "Bohemian Rhapsody".

Initially following the song's release, the operatic middle section proved a problem for the band. Because of extensive multi-tracking, it could not be performed on stage. The band did not have enough of a break between the Sheer Heart Attack and A Night at the Opera tours to find a way to make it work live, so they split the song into three sections that were played throughout the night. The opening and closing ballads were played as part of a medley, with "Killer Queen" and "March of the Black Queen" taking the place of the operatic and hard rock sections. Starting with the A Day at the Races Tour in 1977, the band adopted their lasting way of playing the song live. The opening ballad would be played on stage, and after Brian May's guitar solo, the lights would go down, the band would leave the stage, and the operatic section would be played from tape. A blast of pyrotechnics after Roger Taylor's high note on the final "for me" would announce the band's return for the hard rock section and closing ballad. Queen played the song in this form all through the Magic Tour of 1986. This style was also used for the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, with Elton John singing the opening ballad and then after the taped operatic section, Axl Rose singing the hard rock section. John and Rose sang the closing ballad part together in a duet. "Bohemian Rhapsody" was performed by Queen + Paul Rodgers throughout their tours, accompanied by a video of Mercury.[37] Footage from the Live at Wembley '86 was used for the 2005/6 tour, and the 1981 Montreal performance used for the Rock the Cosmos Tour. As with the Queen tours, the band went backstage for the operatic section, which was accompanied by a video tribute to Freddie Mercury. When the hard rock section began, the lights came back up to the full band on stage, including Rodgers, who took over lead vocals. Rodgers duetted with the recording of Mercury for the "outro" section, allowing the audience to sing the final "Nothing really matters to me", while the taped Mercury took a bow for the crowd. Rodgers would then repeat the line, and the final line ("Any way the wind blows") was delivered with one last shot of Mercury smiling at the audience. Commenting upon this staging, Brian May says that they "had to rise to the challenge of getting Freddie in there in a way which gave him his rightful place, but without demeaning Paul in any way. It also kept us live and 'present', although conscious and proud of our past, as we logically should be."[6]

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Chart performance Weekly charts Chart (1975)

Peak position [38]

1

UK Singles (The Official Charts Company)

Chart (1976)

Peak position [39]

1

Canada (RPM 100)

[40]

Netherlands (Mega Single Top 100) [41]

1

New Zealand (RIANZ)

[42]

9

US Billboard Hot 100

Chart (1992)

Peak position [42]

2



Position

UK Singles

22

Chart (1976)

Position

UK Singles

35 [43]

18


Chart (1991)

Position

[44]

2

UK Singles

Chart (1992)

Position

UK Singles

15 [45]


1

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Decade-end charts Chart (1970–79) Position [46]

UK Singles

7

Chart (1990–99) Position UK Singles

23

Queen comments on the record I'm going to shatter some illusions, it was just one of those pieces I wrote for the album: just writing my batch of songs. In its early stages I almost rejected it, but then it grew. We started deciding on a single about halfway through. There were a few contenders - we were thinking of The Prophets Song at one point - but then 'Bohemian Rhapsody' seemed the one. There was a time when the others wanted to chop it around a bit, but I refused. If it was going to be released, it would be in its entirety. We knew it was very risky, but we had so much confidence in that song - I did anyway. I felt, underneath it all, that if it was successful it would earn a lot of respect. People were all going, You're joking, they'll never play it, you'll only hear the first few bars and then they'll fade it out. We had numerous rows. EMI were shocked - A six-minute single? You must be joking! The same in America - Oh, you just got away with it in Britain.

“

” [47]

—Freddie Mercury

When we finished the album, the Night at the Opera album, that was the track on it that we thought we were gonna release as a single in England first. And when we released it in England we didn't necessarily think it'd be released in America, cause we know even over here, you know, the AM tastes are even more (hesitates) stricter. Anyway we did have thoughts about even in England, perhaps editing it down at all, but we listened to it over and over again and there was no way we could edit it. We tried a few ideas, but if you edited it, you always lost some part of the song, so we had to leave it all in. And luckily it took off anyway.

“

” [48]

—John Deacon


Freddie Mercury: lead vocal, piano, accompaniment vocals Brian May: lead and rhythm guitar, backing vocals John Deacon: bass guitar Roger Taylor: drums, timpani, gong

Notes [1] Hodkinson 2004, p. 194. [2] Corn 2005, p. 24. [3] Heatley 2008, p. 109. [4] http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ music/ lists/ the-500-greatest-songs-of-all-time-20110407/ queen-bohemian-rhapsody-19691231 [5] BBC 2004b. [6] Chiu 2005. [7] Whiteley 2006, p. 252. [8] Peraino 2005, p. 230. [9] According to an interview with Chris Smith for the documentary Queen: Days of our Lives (BBC, 2011) [10] Cunningham 1995. [11] Hodkinson 2004, p. 192. [12] Classic Albums 2006. [13] Peraino 2005, p. 231. [14] Whiteley 2006, p. 253. [15] Peraino 2005, p. 232.

"Bohemian Rhapsody" [16] Black 2002. [17] Davis 1993, p. 20. [18] BBC 2004a. [19] BBC 2005. [20] Billboard Top 100 - 1976. "Billboard - end of year charts, 1976" (http:/ / longboredsurfer. com/ charts/ 1976. php). Longboredsurfer.com. . Retrieved 2011-05-28. [21] "Recording Industry Association of America" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?content_selector=gold-platinum-searchable-database#). RIAA. . Retrieved 2011-08-10. [22] "Top Singles – Volume 25, No. 5, 1 May 1976" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1andfile_num=nlc008388. 4125aandtype=1andinterval=24andPHPSESSID=kjerdnvbvl3a8p4jfufutrc7u6). Collectionscanada.gc.ca. . Retrieved 2011-05-28. [23] On the role and tasks of a record producer. J Muikku – Popular Music and Society, 1990 [24] Gracyk 2007, p. 63. [25] Rolling Stone 2004. [26] "The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll" (http:/ / rockhall. com/ exhibits/ one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/ ). Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. . Retrieved July 13, 2011. [27] BBC 2002. [28] Radio Veronica. [29] Top 2000 (http:/ / top2010. radio2. nl/ lijsten) radio2.nl. Retrieved July 13, 2011 [30] The Recording Academy 2004. [31] ClashMusic.com 2009. [32] Connor, Alan Smashed Hits: What is a Bohemian Rhapsody? (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ magazine-13761091) BBC News. Retrieved 16 June 2011 [33] Gracyk 2007, p. 64. [34] Gracyk 2007, p. 65. [35] Made in Heaven video documentary "Champions of the World." [36] Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. [37] Daily Telegraph 2008. [38] " December 1975 Archive Chart" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ archive-chart/ _/ 1/ 20) UK Singles Chart. The Official Charts Company. [39] "RPM Top Singles" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?andfile_num=nlc008388. 4125aandtype=1andinterval=20andPHPSESSID=m89iq841abagb37ld9c0fdc1f3). RPM 25 (5). 1 May 1976. . Retrieved 23 June 2010. [40] " Dutchcharts.nl – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody" (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Bohemian+ Rhapsody& cat=s) (in Dutch). Mega Single Top 100. Hung Medien / hitparade.ch. [41] " Charts.org.nz – Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody" (http:/ / www. charts. org. nz/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Bohemian+ Rhapsody& cat=s). Top 40 Singles. Hung Medien. [42] " Queen Album & Song Chart History" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ #/ artist/ Queen/ chart-history/ 5473?f=379& g=Singles) Billboard Hot 100 for Queen. Prometheus Global Media. [43] "Billboard Top 100 – 1976" (http:/ / longboredsurfer. com/ charts/ 1976. php). . Retrieved 11 May 2011. [44] "End of year charts 1991" (http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ chart5. html). Everyhit. . Retrieved 2011-05-28. [45] "Billboard Top 100 – 1992" (http:/ / longboredsurfer. com/ charts/ 1992. php). . Retrieved 30 July 2010. [46] "End of decade charts" (http:/ / www. everyhit. com/ chart3. html). Everyhit. . Retrieved 2011-05-28. [47] "Sounds January 1976" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_01-XX-1976_-_Sounds). Queenarchives.com. 1975-12-24. . Retrieved 2011-08-10. [48] "Interview 1977" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=John_Deacon_-_XX-XX-1977_-_Innerview). Queenarchives.com. . Retrieved 2011-08-10.

References • Hodkinson, Mark (2004). Queen: the early years. Music Sales Ltd. ISBN 1844490122. • Pope, Rob (2002). The English studies book: an introduction to language, literature and culture. Routledge. ISBN 0-415-25709-3. • "What is a Bohemian Rhapsody?" (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-13761091). BBC News. 15 June 2011. Retrieved June 2011. • Corn, John (2005). Britain Since 1948. Folens Publishers. ISBN 1-843-03985-0. • Heatley, Michael (2008). Massive Music Moments. Collins and Brown. ISBN 1-843-40493-1.

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External links • Official music video (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJ9rUzIMcZQ&ob=av3e) on YouTube

"You're My Best Friend" "You're My Best Friend"

Single by Queen from the album A Night at the Opera B-side

'39

Released

18 May 1976

Format

7"

Recorded

1975

Genre

Pop rock

Length

2:52

Label


Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer

Roy Thomas Baker and Queen

[1]

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A Night at the Opera track listing

12 tracks Side one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.


Side two

2. 3. 4. 5.


"You're My Best Friend" is a song by British rock band Queen, written by their bassist John Deacon. It was originally included on the A Night at the Opera album in 1975, and later released as a single. The song also appeared on the Live Killers (1979) live album and on the compilation album Greatest Hits (1981).

History Deacon wrote the song for his wife, Veronica, to whom he remains married to this day. In this song, he plays a Wurlitzer electric piano in addition to bass guitar.[2] The characteristic "bark" of the Wurlitzer's bass notes plays a prominent role in the song. During live performances, the band used a grand piano rather than an electric, and it would be played by Freddie Mercury, while Deacon played the bass guitar. The music video, directed by Bruce Gowers, shows the band in a huge ballroom surrounded by over one thousand candles, including a huge chandelier hung from the ceiling.[3] The video was filmed in April 1976.[3] (May later mentioned that the video was shot in the middle of a very unpleasant heatwave and the ballroom in which they were filming did not have air conditioning.) Also, Deacon is seen playing a grand piano, even though he plays a regular electric on the recording.[4] The Supernaturals covered the song in 1998 as the B-side to their single "Everest". Straight No Chaser, a US a capella group, also covered the song for their 2010 album With a Twist, a collection of cover songs. The song was used in promos for FX's Wilfred.

Composition The song was composed by John Deacon, with a meter of 4/4 (12/8), with one bar in 6/4 during the chorus, and a key of C-major, (a-minor).[5] The album A Night at the Opera features songs of numerous styles including this three-minute ballad rock/pop song. Very unusually for the genre there is no section appearing more than twice. On the other hand, in terms of phrases and measures, we find numerous repetitions or variants. The form is cyclic and very similar to that of "Spread Your Wings" (1977). Another similarity between the two songs is the lack of (real) modulation. The arrangement features 3- and 4-part vocal and guitar harmonies (no rhythm guitar), bass (melodic approach), drums, and electric piano. This is Deacon's second recorded song and the first one released on single (some six months after the album-release).


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Mercury's lead vocal features lot of "special effects" (voice, rubato-ized rhythms, ornaments, slided notes).[5]

Queen about the song The band answered Tom Browne on 24 December 1977 in a live BBC Radio One interview, regarding Deacon's control of the piano for the recording:

“

Well, Freddie didn't like the electric piano, so I took it home and I started to learn on the electric piano and basically that’s the song that came out you know when I was learning to play piano. It was written on that instrument and it sounds best on that. You know, often on the instrument that you wrote the song on.

” [6]

—John Deacon

I refused to play the damn thing (the Wurlitzer). It's tiny and horrible and I don't like them. Why play those things when you’ve got a lovely superb grand piano? No, I think, basically what he [John] is trying to say is it was the desired effect.

“

” [2]

—Freddie Mercury


John Deacon – Wurlitzer electric piano, bass guitar Brian May – guitar, backing vocals Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals Roger Taylor – drums, backing vocals

Notes [1] Prato, Greg. "allmusic" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ t5425556). Allmusic. . Retrieved 15 April 2010. [2] "You're My Best Friend by Queen" (http:/ / www. songfacts. com/ detail. php?id=1507). songfacts.com. . Retrieved 2010-03-10. [3] Promo Videos: You're My Best Friend (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ queenpromo. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 11 November 2011 [4] You're My Best Friend (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ anightat. htm#youre) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 11 November 2011 [5] Queen Songs: You're My Best Friend (http:/ / www. queensongs. info/ the-book/ songwriting-analyses/ no-synth-era/ a-night-at-the-opera/ youre-my-best-friend. html) Queen Songs. Retrieved 11 November 2011 [6] "You're My Best Friend" (http:/ / www. queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=You're_My_Best_Friend). queenpedia.com. . Retrieved 2010-03-10.

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"Somebody to Love" "Somebody to Love"

Single by Queen from the album A Day at the Races B-side

"White Man"

Released

12 November 1976

Format

7"

Recorded

1976

Genre

Rock

Length

4:56

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer

Queen Queen singles chronology



"Tie Your Mother Down" (1977)

"Somebody to Love" is a song by British rock band Queen. Written by lead vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, the track featured on their 1976 album A Day at the Races, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits.[1] When released as a single, the song reached number two in the UK and number 13 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.[2] [3] Written by Mercury at the piano, "Somebody to Love" is a soul-searching piece that questions God's role in a life without love. A song inspired by gospel music, especially that of Aretha Franklin, Mercury, Brian May, and Roger Taylor multi-tracked their voices to create a 100-voice gospel choir.[4] Queen played "Somebody to Love" live between 1977 to 1985, and a live performance of the song is recorded in the album Queen Rock Montreal.[5] The song was played live on April 20, 1992, during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by George Michael with Queen.[6] Since its release, the song has appeared on television, film,

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and has been covered by a number of artists.

Song Like "Bohemian Rhapsody", the major hit from Queen's previous album A Night at the Opera (1975), "Somebody to Love" has a complex melody and deep layering of vocal tracks, this time based on a gospel choir arrangement. It was the first single from the album A Day at the Races, on which band members Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor multitracked their voices to create the impression of a 100-voice gospel choir.[4] The lyrics, especially combined with the gospel influence, create a song about faith, desperation and soul-searching; the singer questions both the lack of love experienced in his life, and the role and existence of God.[1] Staying true to Queen's guitar-driven style, it was also filled with intricate harmonies and a notable guitar solo by Brian May, and it went to number 2 in the UK Singles Chart and number 13 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.[2] [3] The song possesses a great variety of notes, ranging from F2 in the harmonies on the line "Can anybody find me?", and G#2 to a C5 in full voice up to an A♭5 in falsetto in the lead vocals, all sung by Mercury.[7] The band have spoken of sections of the song which were recorded but never made it onto the final mix of the song, some of which have been leaked online. "'Somebody To Love' is Aretha Franklin-influenced. Freddie's very much into that. We tried to keep the track in a loose, gospel-type feel. I think it's the loosest track we've ever done."

“

” [8]

—Roger Taylor

A promotional video was made combining a staged recording session at Sarm East Studios (where the A Day at the Races album was recorded) and film footage of the band's record breaking performance at Hyde Park that September.[4] [9] Peter Hince, the head of Queen's road crew, recalled to Mojo magazine: "Aesthetically, you had to have all four around the microphone, but John (Deacon) didn't sing on the records. By his own admission he didn't have the voice. He did sing on-stage but the crew always knew to keep the fader very low." [10] The song was included on their first Greatest Hits, released in 1981.[1]

Live performances This was also one of few tracks where John Deacon sang backing vocals when performed live. His voice was clearly heard on bootlegs from the band's performance at Earls Court in June 1977 and at the Houston Summit in December 1977.[11] From 1977 to 1978, it was played about every show.[11] [12] For the Jazz and Live Killer tours, it was also played consistently.[13] In The Game Tour, it was only played early in the tour. It was also played for South America Bites The Dust, Live at the Bowl and Queen Rock Montreal.[5] [14] Later in The Works Tour, a shortened version was played as a medley preceding "Killer Queen".[15] A Live version from the 1984/85 tour was recorded and filmed on the concert film, Final Live in Japan 1985.[16] When performed live, Mercury would often alter the melodies of the song, but would generally hit the sustained A♭4 notes throughout the song. The A♭4 at the peak of the building line "can anybody find me" on the studio version was not part of Mercury's original melody, but the other band members felt that it worked better than his. Mercury sings his original take on this line when live. At the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert held at Wembley Stadium, the song was performed by George Michael. Michael's performances of "Somebody to Love" hailed as "one of best performances of the tribute concert".[17] [18] It was even given serious consideration as to having George Michael take over as full-time lead singer of Queen.[19] The song was later rereleased in 1993 as the lead track of an EP called Five Live which went to #1 in the UK. This version is also available on Greatest Hits III, released in 1999.[1]

"Somebody to Love"


Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano, gospel choir Brian May - guitar, backing vocals, gospel choir John Deacon - bass guitar Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals, gospel choir

Notable covers • George Michael performed the song with Queen's remaining members at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in April 1992.[6] • G4 sang this on 27 November during The X Factor 2004. • Anne Hathaway sang this song in her role as Ella in the movie Ella Enchanted.[20] • Elliott Yamin, who placed third in season five of American Idol, sang this song on Week 8 of live performances • Brittany Murphy sang this song in the movie Happy Feet as her emperor penguin character Gloria.[21] • Ben Mills sang this on 2 December during Barry Manilow and contestant's choice week of The X Factor 2006. • Rhydian Roberts sang it on 1 December during Best of British week of The X Factor 2007. • The cast of Glee covered it in the episode "The Rhodes Not Taken" (2009).[22] • Joe McElderry sang this on 14 November during Queen week of The X Factor 2009. • Ednita Nazario, the Puerto Rican diva singer, made a cover of this song in Spanish called "Un Hombre Para Mí" in her 1992 album Metamorfósis. • Mia Martini, an Italian singer, made a cover of this song in Italian called "Un uomo per me" in 1977. • Spandau Ballet frontman Tony Hadley often performs the song live at his solo concerts. • In the film Late Last Night, Steven Weber's character sings the song during a drug-infused dreamy scene. • Todrick Hall performed this song on the ninth season of American Idol during the top 16. • In 2009, the singers at BBC's Children in Need Wales, the song was sung as the finale of the concert at Wales Millenium Centre in Cardiff. Notable singers included Bonnie Tyler, Only Men Aloud, Kerry Ellis and John Owen-Jones. • In 2010, a group of 60 students from The Hebrew University have performed a Lip dub version of the song,[23] which received critical acclaim, especially after Queen guitarist Brian May published his positive opinion, writing: "I ... got quite a lump in the throat. It's very well done, with great heart and joy, and I'm sure Freddie (-Mercury, the late Queen soloist) would love it."[24] • UK-based car insurance price comparison site Confused.com covered the song for an advert November 2010. The vocals were sung by west end star Louise Dearman.[25]

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"Somebody to Love" [12] Queen live on tour: Day At The Races (world): Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ adatrna. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [13] Queen live on tour: Jazz (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ jazz. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [14] Queen live on tour: S. America Bites The Dust (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ southam. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [15] Queen live on tour: The Works 1984 (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ works1984. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [16] Final Concert Live In Japan: Somebody To Love (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ finaljapan. htm#somebody) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [17] h2g2 – Queen's Greatest Hits 3 (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ dna/ h2g2/ A3818793). BBC (1997-01-17). Retrieved on 2011-04-21. [18] Queen Greatest Vol 3 (http:/ / www. albumlinernotes. com/ Queen_Greatest_Vol_3. html). Albumlinernotes.com (1997-01-17). Retrieved on 2011-04-21. [19] Queen – Television Tropes & Idioms (http:/ / tvtropes. org/ pmwiki/ pmwiki. php/ Main/ Queen). Tvtropes.org (2010-01-01). Retrieved on 2011-04-21. [20] Ella Enchanted Original Soundtrack (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r685405) Allmusic. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [21] Happy Feet Soundtrack (http:/ / www. soundtrack. net/ albums/ database/ ?id=4256) Soundtrack Net. Retrieved 1 September 2011 [22] 'GLEE: The Music, Volume 1' Track Listing Revealed (http:/ / broadwayworld. com/ article/ GLEE_The_Music_Volume_1_Track_Listing_Revealed_20090831) Broadway world. Retrieved 16 July 2011 [23] "Lipdub -somebody to love - GLEE - the Hebrew University of Jerusalem" (http:/ / www. youtube. com/ watch?v=IPo-6kxgiDk) (Video). Hebrew University of Jerusalem campus, Jerusalem, Israel. 2010-10-10. . Retrieved 2011-02-11. [24] May, Brian (2010-02). "Letters" (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ letters/ lettersoct10. html). . Retrieved 2011-02-05. [25] Somebody to Love - Confused.com Advert (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ queen/ queennews/ queennewsnov10. html) BrianMay.com. Retrieved 6 July 2011

External links • The Sunday Freeman (http://queenarchives.com/index. php?title=Queen_-_12-05-1976_-_Somebody_to_Love_-_The_Sunday_Freeman,_NY) - review • Queenpedia (http://queenpedia.com/index.php?title=Somebody_To_Love_(single)) - detailed worldwide release information

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"Tie Your Mother Down" "Tie Your Mother Down"


"You and I"

Released

4 March 1977

Format

7"

Recorded

1976

Genre

Rock

Length

•

3:45 (single)

•

4:48 (album version)

Label


Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer




"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (1977)

"Tie Your Mother Down" is a song by the English rock group Queen, written by guitarist Brian May. It is the opening track and the second single from their 1976 album A Day at the Races. On the album, the song is preceded by a one-minute instrumental intro featuring a Shepard tone melody, which is actually a reprise of the ending of "Teo Torriatte": this was intended to create a "circle" in the album, typical, for example, of Pink Floyd's albums. After its release in 1976, it was played by Queen on every subsequent tour.[1] At the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, the song was co-performed by Queen and guests Joe Elliot and Slash.[2] On several occasions in the recent years, May and Taylor have played this song live with the Foo Fighters, including performances at Queen's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2001, and the VH1 Rock Honors in 2006.


History May started writing the song in Tenerife, while he was working for his Ph.D. as an astronomer. He composed the riff on a Spanish guitar, and woke up early one morning and played it while singing "tie your mother down," a line he considered a joke. Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury encouraged him to keep the line, similar to what happened between John Lennon and Paul McCartney with the line "the movement you need is on your shoulder" from The Beatles' song "Hey Jude". "Tie Your Mother Down" opens with an ultra-heavy, stripped down Brian May guitar riff.[3] A promotional film was made for the song, directed by Bruce Gowers, based on a performance clip shot at Nassau Coliseum in Long Island, New York in February, 1977 during the band's US arena headlining tour.[4] Though it was a long-time live favorite and a US FM rock radio favorite, the song had limited chart success, making #31 in the UK and #49 in the US. Therefore it was included on the band's first Greatest Hits compilation in certain markets only; however, the song is featured on the Queen Rocks compilation album, together with some of the band's heaviest songs.[5] In a BBC Radio 4 tribute program to Rory Gallagher, May stated that a key inspiration for the riff of this song came from Taste's 'Morning Sun' from their On The Boards (1970) album. The riff is also quite close in sound to the verse riff from T.Rex's song "Funky London Childhood", from their January 1976 album, Futuristic Dragon. In a 1976 interview on Capital Radio, Freddie Mercury was asked why "tie your mother down"? He replied: "Well this one in fact is a track written by Brian (May) actually, I dunno why. Maybe he was in one of his vicious moods. I think he's trying to out do me after 'Death on Two Legs' actually." [6]


John Deacon: Bass, Backing vocals. Brian May: Guitar, Backing vocals. Freddie Mercury: Vocals. Roger Taylor: Drums, Backing vocals.

Live performances After its release in 1976, "Tie Your Mother Down" would go on to become the most frequent opening number for the remainder of the band's long career.[1] [3] At the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, the song was co-performed by Queen and guests Joe Elliot and Slash.[2] May sang the first verse and chorus before handing over the vocal part to the Def Leppard singer Joe Elliot.[2] On several occasions in the recent years, Brian and Roger have played this song live with the Foo Fighters, including performances at Queen's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony in 2001, VH-1's Rock Honors 2006, and in Foo Fighters London Hyde Park concert for the encore of the show.[7] [8] [9]

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Live recordings • • • • • • • • • • •

Live Killers (1979) We Will Rock You / Queen Rock Montreal (1981) Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (1982) Live at Wembley '86 / Live at Wembley Stadium (1986) Live Magic (1986) Seville Expo 92 concert (1992) The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (1992) Live at the Brixton Academy (Brian May album) (1993) Return of the Champions (2005) Super Live in Japan (2005) Skin and Bones (Foo Fighters album/DVD, on the Hyde Park DVD) (2006)

Covers • W.A.S.P. - Still Not Black Enough • L.A. Guns - Rips the Covers Off • Shinedown - Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen • Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones" • Lynch Mob - Lynch Mob (1992)

References [1] Queen on tour (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 10, 2011 [2] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Tie Your Mother Down (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm#tieyour) Retrieved July 10, 2011 [3] Tie Your Mother Down (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ tie-your-mother-down-t2509372) Allmusic. Retrieved 31 August 2011 [4] 1977 A Day At The Races North American Tour (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ live/ queen2. htm#1977datrnorthamerica) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 31 August 2011 [5] Queen Rocks, Vol. 1 (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ rocks-vol-1-r325812/ review) Allmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011 [6] Tie Your Mother Down Songfacts (http:/ / www. songfacts. com/ detail. php?id=1378) [7] Foo Fighters joined by Queen legends (http:/ / www. nme. com/ news/ foo-fighters/ 23362) NME. Retrieved 31 August 2011 [8] Foos play biggest ever gig (http:/ / www. thesun. co. uk/ sol/ homepage/ showbiz/ bizarre/ 52521/ Foos-play-biggest-ever-gig. html?print=yes) The Sun. Retrieved 30 August 2011 [9] Queen & Foo Fighters "We Will Rock You/We Are The Champions" Live at Rock Honors 2006 (http:/ / www. vh1. com/ video/ misc/ 89881/ queen-foo-fighters-we-will-rock-you-we-are-the-champions-live-at-rock-honors-2006. jhtml) VH1. Retrieved 27 May 2011

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"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"

Single by Queen from the album A Day At The Races B-side

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

Released

March 25, 1977 (Japan only)

Format

7"

Recorded

July to November 1976

Genre

Rock

Length

•

Label

Elektra (Japan)

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer

Queen

5:57 (album version) * 4:55 (single edit)




"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Queen's First EP) (1977)

"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (手をとりあって Te o Toriatte) is a song from the 1976 Queen album A Day at the Races and is written by guitarist Brian May. It is the closing track on the album. The song is notable for having two choruses sung entirely in Japanese, and it was released as a single exclusively in Japan, reaching #49 on the charts.[1] (The B-side was "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy".) This song features a piano, a plastic piano, and a harmonium, all of which are played by Brian May. It is the only point in the album in which Freddie Mercury does not play piano. "Teo Torriatte" was covered by Japanese singer Kokia on her 2008 Christmas album Christmas Gift, and by Mêlée in 2010 and can be found on the Japanese version of their album The Masquerade released in Japan on August 18, 2010. Andre Matos (former Angra singer) covered the song on the Japanese Edition of his 2010 effort Mentalize. It is also one of 38 songs included on the benefit album, Songs for Japan (compiled in response to the aftermath of the

"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" earthquake and tsunami in Tōhoku), released on March 25, 2011.

References to the song • Yasumi Matsuno is a fan of Queen, and named Tactics Ogre: Let Us Cling Together as a tribute to this song. • "Teo Torriatte" was later referenced by Queen in a line ("we'll sing to you in Japanese") from the song "Let Me Entertain You", featured on their 1978 album Jazz.

Romanization of the title The song's title in English uses an outdated form of romanisation by applying the particle を ("wo"/"o") to the word before it. Under more modern convention, "手をとりあって" would be romanized as, "Te o Toriatte," or "Te wo toriatte."

Live recordings • Super Live in Japan (2005)

Chorus Translation The chorus part sung in Japanese goes as follows: "手を取り合ってこのまま行こう (Te o toriatte Kono mama ikō) 愛する人よ (Aisuru hito yo) 静かな宵に (Shizuka na yoi ni) 光を灯し (Hikari o tomoshi) 愛しき教えを抱き (Itoshiki Oshie o idaki)" The chorus part sung in English is the rough equivalent: "Let us cling together as the years go by, Oh my love, my love, In the quiet of the night Let our candles always burn, Let us never lose the lessons we have learned."

Notes [1] A Day at the Races album info (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ Songs/ adayat. htm)

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"Long Away"

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"Long Away" "Long Away"


You and I

Released

7 June 1977 (US, Canada, New Zealand)

Format

Gramophone record (7")

Recorded

1976

Genre

Rock

Length

3:33

Label

Elektra

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer



"Long Away" (1977)

"We Are the Champions" / "We Will Rock You" (1977)

"Long Away" is a single by the band Queen; it is the third track on the first side of the 1976 album A Day at the Races. Brian May wrote the song and sings the lead vocals. It is one of the few songs where May uses a guitar other than his Red Special, for the rhythm guitar parts he used an electric Burns twelve string guitar (although he used the Red Special for the second guitar solo in the middle section of the track) Originally Brian May wanted to use a Rickenbacker guitar (as he admired John Lennon), but he didn't get along well with the Rickenbacker's thin neck. The song has a sad tone, describing that "for every star in heaven / there's a sad soul here today", and an overall sense of melancholic nostalgia lies over the song. It is similar in feel to the song '39 from A Night at the Opera, although without the folk influence. Roger Taylor sings the highest parts of the song. Freddie Mercury only did the backing vocals.

"Long Away"


Brian May: Vocals and guitars. Roger Taylor: Drums and backing vocals. John Deacon: Bass guitar. Freddie Mercury: Backing vocals.

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"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"

Single by Queen from the album A Day at the Races A-side

Death on Two Legs

B-side

Tenement Funster White Queen (As It Began)

Released

20 May 1977

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1976

Genre

Rock

Length

2:54

Label

EMI

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer




"Long Away" (1977)

"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" is the third single ("Queen's First EP"), and is the eighth track, from the British rock group Queen's 1976 album A Day at the Races, written by Freddie Mercury. It was one of several British music hall-inspired songs written by both Mercury and Brian May that appeared on other Queen albums from the 1970s. The song starts with a piano and vocal introduction by Mercury, then continues, with the bass and drums adding on, at the start of the chorus. The second verse is sung, followed by another chorus. At this point, the drums, bass and guitar drop out, which then leads into the bridge, sung by Freddie Mercury and Mike Stone. Following the Brian May guitar solo, another verse is sung, and then the chorus ends the track.


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The song describes how "a good old-fashioned lover boy" will romance with an unnamed love interest, especially at night. The BBC version also has drummer Roger Taylor singing Mike Stone's line. It was partially mimed by the band for BBC and aired on Top of the Pops. The song was also performed live from A Day at the Races Tour until the end of the News of the World Tour.[1] [2] It was performed in a medley after "Killer Queen", and was the first two verses, followed by the final chorus.[1] [2]

Queen comments on the record It’s called 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy', and it’s in my ‘ragtime’ mood that I get a chance to do on every album and this time, this is something I’ve come up with this time around.

“

”

—Freddie Mercury

Personnel • • • • •

Freddie Mercury: lead vocals and piano. John Deacon: bass guitar. Brian May: guitar and backing vocals. Roger Taylor: drums and backing vocals. Mike Stone: additional vocals

Tracks • • • •

"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" – 2:53 "Death on Two Legs" – 3:44 "Tenement Funster" – 3:00 "White Queen (As It Began)" – 4:18

Chart position • #17 (UK)

References [1] Queen live on tour: A Day At The Races: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ adatreu. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 31 August 2011 [2] Queen live on tour: News Of The World: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ notwna. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 31 August, 2011

External links • Queenpedia (http://queenpedia.com/index.php?title=Queen's_First_EP) - detailed worldwide release information


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"We Are the Champions" "We Are the Champions"

Single by Queen from the album News of the World B-side

"We Will Rock You"

Released

7 October 1977

Format

7", CD single

Recorded

1977

Genre

Rock

Length

2:59

Label

EMI (UK) Elektra (US)

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer

Queen, assisted by Mike Stone Queen singles chronology

"Long Away" (1977)


"Spread Your Wings" (1978)

"We Are the Champions" is a power ballad written by Freddie Mercury, recorded and performed by British rock band Queen for their 1977 album News of the World.[1] One of their most famous and popular songs, it remains among rock's most recognisable anthems.[2] The song was a worldwide success, reaching number two in the UK Singles Chart, and number four on the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.[3] [4] In 2009, "We Are the Champions" was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame,[5] and was voted the world's favourite song in a 2005 Sony Ericsson world music poll.[6] In 2011, a team of scientific researchers concluded that the song was the catchiest song in the history of pop music.[7] "We Are the Champions" has become an anthem for sporting victories,[2] including as official theme song for 1994 FIFA World Cup, and has been often used or referenced in popular culture (see below). The song has been covered by many artists.


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Original Queen version Music Written by Freddie Mercury, "We Are the Champions" was built on audience response, with Brian May stating; 'We wanted to get the crowds waving and singing. It’s very unifying and positive'.[8] Musically, it is based around Mercury's piano part, with Roger Taylor and John Deacon providing a drums and bass guitar backing. May overdubbed some guitar sections, initially subtle, but building to a 'solo' played simultaneously with the last chorus. Mercury employed many jazz chords (major and minor 6th, 7th, 9th, 11th and 13th harmonies), and the choruses featured these voiced as 4 and 5-part vocal harmonies. The lead vocal is very demanding and strident (highest point is a C5 both belted and in falsetto), with one of Mercury's most notable performances taking place at the Live Aid concert, at Wembley Stadium, London in 1985.[9] The single featured "We Will Rock You" as a B-side, and followed the song on the album. The two songs were often played consecutively at the close of Queen concerts, and are customarily played together on radio broadcasts (in album order).[2] Keeping with tradition, it was also used to close the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert with all the show's acts joining in behind the lead vocal of Liza Minnelli.[2]

Chart performances In 1977-1978, "We Are the Champions" was released as a single in many countries, reaching number 2 on the UK Singles Chart.[3] number 4 on Billboard in the US.,[4] the top 10 in Ireland, Netherlands, and Norway, and top 15 in Germany, Austria and Sweden.[10] [11] In 1992, 1993 and 1998, the single was re-released in France, totalling 45 weeks on the chart and peaking respectively at #19, #14, and #10 during the 1998 FIFA World Cup.[11]


Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, piano, backing vocals Brian May: electric guitar, backing vocals John Deacon: bass guitar, backing vocals Roger Taylor: drums, backing vocals

Track listings 7" single (1977 release)

CD single (1992 release)

1. "We Are the Champions" — 3:00 1. "We Are the Champions" — 2:59 2. "We Will Rock You" — 2:00 2. "We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions" — 5:00 3" CD single (1988 release) 1. "We Are the Champions" — 3:02 2. "We Will Rock You" — 2:02 3. "Fat Bottomed Girls" — 3:23

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Country France

Certification

Date

Sales certified

[12]

1978

500,000

624,000+

[14]

30 September 1998

125,000

165,000+

25 April 1978

2,000,000

Gold

Silver US

Platinum

[15]

Charts Chart (1977/78)

Peak position

[11]

Austrian Singles Chart

12

Dutch Top 40

2 [11]

German Singles Chart

13

[10]

3

Irish Singles Chart

[11]

Norwegian Singles Chart

6

[11]

14

Swedish Singles Chart [3]

2

UK Singles Chart

[4]

4

US Billboard Pop Singles Chart (1993/94)

Peak position

[11]

27

[11]

14

Dutch Mega Top 100 French Singles Chart

Chart (1998)

Peak position

[11]

10

French Singles Chart

Chart (2006)

Peak position [4]

61

US Billboard Hot Digital Songs

End of year chart (1978) [16]


End of year chart (1998) [17]


Position 25 Position 72

Physical sales [13] [13]


Cover versions and samplings Here is a list of cover versions performed by other artists: • 1996: Musician Scatman John performed "We Are the Champions" along with other artists for the compilation Queen Dance Traxxx.[18] • 1997: German band J.B.O. did a parody of the song, called "Wir sind die Champignons" (We are the champignons).[19] • 2001: Robbie Williams on vocals with Queen (May/Taylor) for the soundtrack of the 2001 film A Knight's Tale.[20] • 2001: Florent Pagny as duet with David Hallyday on his album 2. • 2003: New York-based thrashcore band Das Oath covered the song for the album Über Alles.[21] • 2003: Jean-Sébastien Lavoie, a contestant of French TV show Nouvelle Star, in 2003 (#38 in France and #53 in Switzerland),[22] • 2004: William Hung for his album Hung for the Holidays. • 2005: Gavin DeGraw the 2005 album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen.[23] • 2006: Jonathan Coulton, along with "We Will Rock You", as the last two tracks of his Thing a Week project. • 2010: The cast of the Off-Broadway musical Avenue Q performed covers of "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" in a video spoof of the Muppets' "Bohemian Rhapsody".[24] • 2010: Mayday Parade on the album Punk Goes Classic Rock.

Live performances • • • • • • •

Green Day at Live 8 in 2005.[25] The Bad Plus (jazz cover in Blunt Object: Live in Tokyo, 2005) Japanese singer-songwriter Angela Aki in her 2006 concert, The Jonas Brothers, and the entire tour crew at their final concert for the When You Look Me in the Eyes tour. Adam Lambert and Kris Allen, in the season 8 finale of American Idol, on 20 May 2009. German parody rock band J.B.O. for "Wir sind die Champignons" (Ger: "We Are the Mushrooms"), in 1997. Lily Allen covered it as an A-side to "22" in 2009 which went to number 1.

After the 1981 World Series, Jay Johnstone, Jerry Reuss, Steve Yeager, and Rick Monday of the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers released a cover version of "We Are the Champions", which they later performed on Solid Gold, the syndicated music television program. This song, along with "We Will Rock You", was part of a two song medley sung by Mickey Mouse, Donald Duck and Goofy on Disney's album Mickey Sports Songs.[26] The song was also sampled or parodied by producer Rick Rubin, who remixed the song for Hollywood Records.[27] The song was sampled by Dame Dash, Kanye West, Young Chris, Beanie Sigel, Cam'ron and Twista sampled the for their song, "Champions". A cover version by Crazy Frog – "We Are the Champions (Ding a Dang Dong)" featuring Queen vocals was released in 2006 in time for the 2006 FIFA World Cup and was popular (reaching #1 in France and being certified gold).[28] Hank Marvin performed an instrumental of "We Are the Champions" as a duet with Queen guitarist Brian May on Hank's 1992 album Into the Light.

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Uses in popular culture The song has been regularly played to celebrate sports victories. Formula One drivers Fernando Alonso and Jenson Button have both sung the song after crossing the finish line to become world drivers champions. Various politicians around the world have played this as a victory song after winning an election. In the National Hockey League when a team wins the Stanley Cup, as well as the Premier League when a team wins the league, the song is always played. The song can be heard in many music video games (Guitar Hero: On Tour series, Pro Evolution Soccer 2, Taiko no Tatsujin series, The Matrix: Path of Neo and Lego Rock Band), films (including High Fidelity, D2: The Mighty Ducks, What Happens in Vegas, A Knight's Tale, Kicking & Screaming, Chicken Little, You Again and Revenge of the Nerds), and TV series (including South Park, The Mighty Ducks trilogy, three episodes of The Simpsons (in "The War of the Simpsons", "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" and "She Used to Be My Girl"), Season 5 of The Sopranos, Drawn Together, Malcolm in the Middle where Hal shows his skating abilities, South Park episode "Stanley's Cup", So You Think You Can Dance in 2007, The Big Bang Theory, Angel, and a Robot Chicken episode called "Unionizing Our Labor"). The song was also used as the introductory music prior to Prince's halftime TV performance at Super Bowl XLI on 4 February 2007 in Miami, Florida. When the New York Yankees won the 2009 World Series, the song played as soon as Mariano Rivera got the last out. The song also features as downloadable content on the multiplatform music video games, Guitar Hero World Tour, Guitar Hero 5, & re-issued in a RB3 Version for Rock Band 3. The song was covered by Katie Waissel during the first live show of the 2010 UK The X Factor. The song was also performed as part of the Closing Ceremony of the Delhi Commonwealth Games. The song was featured in the novel The Million Dollar Kick when Whisper makes the million-dollar goal.

Catchiest song ever In 2011, a team of scientific researchers concluded that the song was the catchiest song in the history of pop music. Dr. Daniel Mullensiefen said of the study, "Every musical hit is reliant on maths, science, engineering and technology; from the physics and frequencies of sound that determine pitch and harmony, to the hi-tech digital processors and synthesisers which can add effects to make a song more catchy. We’ve discovered that there’s a science behind the sing-along and a special combination of neuroscience, maths and cognitive psychology can produce the elusive elixir of the perfect sing-along song."[7]

References [1] BRITs 25 Song Award: We Are The Champions - Queen (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ radio2/ soldonsong/ whatson/ wearethechampions. shtml) BBC Retrieved 21 January 2011 [2] We Are the Champions: Song Review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ we-are-the-champions-t2415717) All Music Retrieved 21 January 2011 [3] UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=7550) (Retrieved 29 July 2008) [4] Billboard allmusic.com (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles) (Retrieved 29 July 2008) [5] Grammy Hall of Fame Award (http:/ / www. grammy. org/ recording-academy/ awards/ hall-of-fame#w) Grammy.org Retrieved 21 April 2011 [6] Haines, Lester (29 September 2005) 'We Are The Champions' voted world's fave song (http:/ / www. theregister. co. uk/ 2005/ 09/ 29/ world_music_poll/ ) (Sony Ericsson world music poll) Retrieved 21 April 2011 [7] We Are The Champions voted catchiest pop song of all time... by scientists (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ news/ article-2043089/ Queens-We-Are-The-Champions-voted-catchiest-pop-song-time--scientists. html), The Daily Mail, September 29, 2011 [8] For the first time ever...Queen: Ten great hits from the sensational rock band (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ tvshowbiz/ article-1169307/ For-time--Queen-Ten-great-hits-sensational-rock-band-todays-The-Mail-Sunday. html) Mail Online Retrieved 21 January 2011 [9] Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ news/ entertainment-arts-11340336) BBC News Retrieved 22 January 2011 [10] Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) (Retrieved 29 July 2008) [11] "We Are the Champions", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?key=8012& cat=s) (Retrieved 29 July 2008)

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"We Will Rock You" "We Will Rock You"

Single by Queen from the album News of the World Released

7 October 1977

Format

12"

Genre

Rock

Length

2:02

Label

Elektra (US)

"We Will Rock You"

355 Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer


"Long Away" (1977)



"We Will Rock You"

Single by Five + Queen from the album Invincible B-side

Megamix Keep On Movin' (The Five-A-Side Mix)

Released

17 July 2000

Format

CD single, Cassette single

Recorded

1999

Genre

Pop

Length

3:08

Label

Sony BMG

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer

Richard Stannard, Julian Gallagher

Certification

Silver (UK) Gold (Australia) Five singles chronology

"Don't Wanna Let You Go" (2000)

"We Will Rock You" (2000)

"Let's Dance" (2001)

"We Will Rock You" is a song written by Brian May and recorded and performed by Queen for their 1977 album News of the World.[1] Rolling Stone ranked it #330 of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time" in 2004,[2] and the RIAA placed it at #146 on its list of Songs of the Century. In 2009, "We Will Rock You" was inducted into the

"We Will Rock You" Grammy Hall of Fame.[3] [4] Other than the last 30 seconds containing a guitar solo by May, the song is generally set in a cappella form, using only stamping and clapping as a rhythmic beat. In 1977, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" were issued together as a worldwide Top Ten single.[5] Since its release the song has been covered, remixed, sampled, parodied, referenced and used by multiple recording artists, TV shows, films and other media worldwide.[6] [7]

History This song and its well-known partner "We Are the Champions" were written in response to an event occurring in the 1977 British Tour. The band had played a gig at Stafford's Bingley Hall, and, says Brian May:[8] 'We did an encore and then went off, and instead of just keeping clapping, they sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" to us, and we were just completely knocked out and taken aback – it was quite an emotional experience really, and I think these chant things are in some way connected with that.' One version was used as the opening track on their 1977 album News of the World. This version consists of a stomp-stomp-clap-pause beat, and a power chorus, being somewhat of an anthem. The stamping effects were created by the band overdubbing the sounds of themselves stomping and clapping many times and adding delay effects to create a sound like many people were participating. The durations of the delays were in the ratios of prime numbers, a technique now known as non-harmonic reverberation.[9] A tape loop is used to repeat the last phrase of the guitar solo three times as opposed to Brian May playing it three separate times on the recording.[10] When performed live, this version is usually followed by "We Are the Champions", another of the album's hits, as they were designed to run together.[5] The songs are often paired on the radio and at sporting events, where they are frequently played.[5] The songs are also paired back to back on the album, and they are still played together to this day on American classic rock radio stations. Queen also performed the song in another arrangement (known as the "fast version"), which featured a faster tempo and a full guitar, bass and drums backing track throughout. The band would often open their live sets in the late 1970s and early 1980s with this version, as captured on their 1979 Live Killers double album, on Queen Rock Montreal (2007), and on the Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl album released in 2004. The "fast version" is available in a studio performance. In 1977, it was recorded for John Peel's show on BBC Radio 1. This version is on the 1992 Italian bootleg CD "Queen – We Will Rock You" (On Stage CD 12018). It is part of a longer cut that starts out with the slow version. In 2002, the fast version was officially released on a promo single distributed by the tabloid The Sun. The "fast" BBC studio version can also be found on The Best of King Biscuit Live Volume 4 and online at Wolfgang's Vault. Between the two versions, there is a brief cut of a female voice discussing Brahmanism, used in a BBC Radio documentary. The "stomp, stomp, clap" sounds were later reused in the Queen + Paul Rodgers song "Still Burnin'".[11]

Five & Queen Version "We Will Rock You" is the fifth and final single from British boyband Five's second studio album, Invincible. Released on 17 July 2000, the song features the three surviving members of Queen on guitar and drums; however, they do not sing any vocals on the track. Freddie Mercury had died in November 1991, nearly a decade before this version's release. The song charted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, making it Five's second number-one single, and their ninth consecutive top-ten hit.

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Tracklisting UK CD1 1. "We Will Rock You" (Radio Edit) – 3:08 2. "Keep on Movin'" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32 3. "We Will Rock You" (Video) – 3:08 UK CD2 1. "We Will Rock You" (Radio Edit) – 3:08 2. "Invincible Megamix" (Including "We Will Rock You") – 4:19 3. "Invincible Megamix" (Video) – 4:19 UK Cassette single 1. "We Will Rock You" (Radio Edit) – 3:08 2. "Keep on Movin'" (The Five-A-Side Mix) – 3:32 3. "Invincible Megamix" (Including "We Will Rock You") – 4:19 European CD single 1. "We Will Rock You" (Radio Edit) – 3:08 2. "Invincible Megamix" (Without "We Will Rock You") – 3:43 3. "We Will Rock You" (Video) – 3:08

Chart performance Band Country (year)

Five

Peak

Country

position

Australia

3

Peak

Country

position

[12]

Austria

2

Peak

Country

position

[12]

Belgium

17

Peak

Country

position

[13]

Ireland

6

New

[12]

&

Peak

Country

position

Zealand

29

Peak

Country

position

[12]

Switzerland

18

[14]

10

[15]

16

[14]

Switzerland

49

(2003)

KCPK

Austria

[15]

Belgium

10

[15]

France

2

[15]

Switzerland

[12]

Netherlands

(2000) France

15

The

Queen

Queen

Peak position

16

(2003)

Cover versions 1990s • 1991: Italian band Kirlian Camera covered the song on their album Todesengel The Fall Of Life.[16] • 1992: American glam metal band Warrant covered the song for the film Gladiator.[17] • 1992: Brazilian band Viper covered the fast version of the song in their third album Evolution,[18] and later in a 1993 live album Maniacs in Japan. • 1996: Nigerian-Canadian singer Carol Jiani covered the song for her album Superstar.[19] • 1996: American recording artist Linda Ronstadt performed a soft lullaby version for her album Dedicated to the One I Love.[20] • 1997: Panamanian reggae artist El General remade the song in Spanish as "Nosotros Te Conmoveremos" for the compilation Tributo a Queen: Los Grandes del Rock en Espanol.[21] [22]

"We Will Rock You" • 1997: German hard rock band Pink Cream 69 recorded a cover on their album Food for Thought. A recording can be heard here. [23] 2000s • 2000: American hip hop producer DJ Hurricane and vocalist Scott Weiland collaborated on a cover of the song for the album Don't Sleep.[24] • 2000: Actress Kimberly Williams performs an alternate version of the song for the television miniseries The 10th Kingdom. • 2003: John Farnham performed a rendition for his Greatest Hits CD, featuring samples from the original recording. According to the liner notes for One Voice: The Greatest Hits, Brian May contributed an extended guitar solo. • 2003: a remix by KCPK, sung by a chorus of children, was released in a series of animated Evian adverts which aired in France, Germany and Belgium. The remix was later released as a single and entered the local charts.[25] • 2004: Houseboyz performed a cover version for the video game Dance Dance Revolution Extreme.[26] • 2004: American pop singers Britney Spears, Beyoncé Knowles and P!nk used this song in an international commercial Pepsi campaign and the song was released on Pepsi Music 2004 CD.[27] • 2005: Canadian rock band Nickelback covered the song as a bonus track, through a promotion with Wal-Mart, for their album All the Right Reasons. • 2006: Jonathan Coulton covered the song along with We Are the Champions as the last two tracks of his Thing a Week project. • 2008: Japanese singer Kosaka Riyu recorded a trance music version of the song. • 2009: Australian Idol winner of season 7 Stan Walker did a cover on the show and recorded a version on his debut album Introducing Stan Walker (2010).[28]

Live cover performances 1990s • 1992: Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose performed the song with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.[29] [30]

• 1992: U2 used the song as a set list opener before they performed on stage during the Zoo tv tour.[31] • 1993: Nirvana performed it in São Paulo, Brazil, changing the lyrics to "we will fuck you".[32] • 1996: Alanis Morissette and her band ended the first encore of her "Can't Not" Tour (following the song, "You Learn") with a cover of the song. Drummer Taylor Hawkins took the microphone, while Morissette took to the drums. 2000s • 2002: Erreway and another actors from Rebelde Way sang it during all their tours. It was released on every live album of the group. • 2003: Anastacia performed a version with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor at the 46664 Mandela concert. • 2007: Prince's performance at the Super Bowl XLI started with a rendition of the song. • 2007: Japanese singer Kumi Koda covered the song in her a-nation '07 performance. • 2007: English singer-songwriter Robbie Williams performed the song live at Knebworth.[33] • 2008: Finnish band Sonata Arctica played "We Will Rock You" in concerts of their 2008 tour, using the crowd as a human drum kit. • 2008: KoRn plays "We Will Rock You" as medley with their Coming Undone at their live concerts. The drum beat for Coming Undone was inspired by the beat from the song. • 2008: Canadian singer Celine Dion performed a Queen medley with "We Will Rock You" and "The Show Must Go On" in her Taking Chances Tour.[34]

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"We Will Rock You" • 2008: Stone Temple Pilots who recently reunited have played the song at many of their shows. • 2008: New Kids on the Block interpolated this song with "Hangin' Tough" in live performances on their tour in support of their comeback album. • 2009: American guitarist Joe Perry from band Aerosmith and singer Katy Perry covered the song at the MTV's Video Music Awards 2009.[35] • 2009: Irish duo John & Edward performed Five's version of "We Will Rock You" on week four of the sixth series of The X Factor • 2009/2010: Polish singers Dorota Rabczewska and Maryla Rodowicz both covered the song during New Year's Eve in Łódź (TVP2). • 2011: American rock band My Chemical Romance performed the song with Queen guitarist Brian May at the Reading Festival.[36]

Remixes • 1991: Rick Rubin did some remixes of "We Will Rock You", released by Hollywood Records. The "Ruined Remix" also contains contributions by Flea and Chad Smith of the Red Hot Chili Peppers. • 2003: Japanese techno artist Killingscum remixed 5ive's cover of the song in the track Morning Knifreak. • Norman Cook performed a Fatboy Slim remix on "We Will Rock You". • 2009: French electronic duo Daft Punk mixed this song along with their own song "Robot Rock" for the game DJ Hero to create "We Will (Robot) Rock You".[37] • 2011: Geddy (a.k.a Armageddon) former member from hip hop group Terror Squad mashed up "I Want It All" and "We Will Rock You" for the soundtrack to action-drama film Sucker Punch.[38] [39]

Sampling 1990s • 1992: Ice Cube sampled the "stomp-clap" on his album "The Predator" for the song "When Will They Shoot?". • 1999: The "stomp-clap" is sampled as Juvenile is introduced on the track "You Dig" from The Hot Boys album Guerrilla Warfare. 2000s • 2002: Detroit-based rapper Eminem sampled the "stomp-clap" on his album The Eminem Show for the song "Till I Collapse".

• • • • • • •

• 2004: He also sampled it on his song "Puke" from Encore. • 2010: The song "Cinderella Man" from Recovery, features the "stomp-clap" beat. 2005: Edson & Hudson sampled the "stomp-clap" on their hit "Galera Coração". 2003: Kid Rock samples the song on "Hillbilly Stomp" from his self titled album. The song uses banjos, dobros and slide guitar to make it sound unique. 2006: American Industrial Metal band Revolting Cocks used the sampled "stomp-clap" for the song "Revolting Cock au Lait" and its shorter version "RevColution Medley", both of them from the album Cocked and Loaded. 2007: Bon Jovi used the song as intro of their song "Summertime" in all the Lost Highway Tour. 2007: Japanese J-Rock band LM.C used the "stomp-clap" for the intro "NO.9" from their album "Glitter Loud Box". 2008: Detroit rapper Pick Up used this song as a sample for the track, "Like Me Or Not," off his debut album 8 Milez North. 2009: Japanese Rock band Garnet Crow sampled the "stomp-clap" in their song "Doing All Right."

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"We Will Rock You" • 2010: Rapper Charles Hamilton sampled the beat and chorus for the song "Gameday" from his mixtape "Well This Isn't Awkward". • 2010: Southern Gospel Group Ernie Haase & Signature Sound Sampled the song in their version of The Cathedrals song Boundless Love • 2011: Lady Gaga sampled the "stomp-clap" in her song "You and I", which also features the band's guitarist Brian May, from Gaga's album Born This Way.[40] • 2011: American pop singer Katy Perry uses the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat in her song E.T.[41]

Parodies and references to song • 1987: Henry Rollins did a parody of "We Will Rock You" titled "I Have Come to Kill You". • 1991: Full House, in the episode "Happy Birthday Babies Part 2", when Becky is breathing to ease her contractions, she breathes to the stomp/clap rhythm, and Danny jokingly sings "We will, we will rock you." • 2003: Blondie's song "Good Boys" uses the line "You got me on your face/A big disgrace." • 2004: Scum of the Earth did a cover version on their debut album Blah...Blah...Blah...Love Songs for the New Millennium. However, the song title was changed to "Pornstar Champion" with modified lyrics. • 2007: In "The Storm", an episode of Drake & Josh, all of the people in Drake and Josh's house start singing the song after the crank-able television breaks. • 2010: The cast of the Off-Broadway musical Avenue Q performed covers of "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" in a video spoof of the Muppets' Bohemian Rhapsody.[42]

Appearances in other media • The song is featured in a pre-opening credit sketch at the beginning of a Cheers episode from 1990 called 'Severe Crane Damage'.[43] • The song is prominently (and anachronistically) featured in the film A Knight's Tale as a crowd chant. • The song is featured in the music video games Donkey Konga, Pro Evolution Soccer 2 and Lego Rock Band. For some reason, the stomp-stomp-clap part is listed as notes on Lego Rock Band, although that might be just so everyone can play, as the only parts otherwise would be Mercury's lyrics and Brian May's solo. It is also featured in the video game DJ Hero as part of a mashup with Daft Punk's "Robot Rock." • The song is featured in commercial promotions for the 2010 Disney XD Original Series Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil. • The song was used often as a crowd chant, on the UK TV show Gladiators. • Sol Badguy from the video game series Guilty Gear wears a headband that reads "Rock You", one of several Queen references in the series. • The WNY Americorp service corp use the "stomp stomp clap" pause beat to create their "Americorp Theme." The lyrics were re-written by David Barry and Khahari Daniels. • Diego Sanchez used this as his entrance song at UFC 95 and The Ultimate Fighter 9 Finale. • In the Drake & Josh episode "The Storm", near the end of the episode, Helen tells all the girls to pat twice repeatedly. Then, she tells the men to clap when the girls pause. After the "stomp stomp clap" is derived, Helen starts singing the first verse of the song while Drake does the second verse and Craig & Eric do the third. • The beat of the song was used in an election ad by NDP candidate Jack Layton which attacked Stephen Harper for allowing alleged abuses by big business. • The song has also been featured in several movies. • The song was used in the commercial of TEAM Unity for the 2007 Philippine Senatorial Elections. • Manny Pacquiao used this as his entrance song in the match against Oscar De La Hoya. • A family in a Wal-Mart commercial sing the song.

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"We Will Rock You" • In Friends episode "The One Where Ross Moves In", Ross created a "customized" message for an answer machine that is basing on the song, the lyrics was changed to 'we will we will call you back'. • A cover version is featured in the video game Madden NFL 11. • The song is used in 2011 Super Bowl commercial for Kung Fu Panda 2. In the commercial, the footage of a battle is cut to the beat of the song such as each opening stomp accompanies a blow by the characters. Furthermore, the lyrics displayed on screen have the pun of "We will, we will, wok you," as Po wields a large wok on each hand against multiple assailants. • In the "Elementary School Musical" episode of South Park, during a school basketball game the audience sings the song. • Domino's Pizza used a modified version (changing the lyrics to "Gotta Be, Gotta Be Domino's") for a series of commercials between 1994 and 1996. • At WrestleMania XXVII, Chris Masters and Yoshi Tatsu performed a brief humorous version of the chorus with Masters' pectorial muscles moving up and down to the beat in a parody of American Idol. • The "stomp stomp clap" beat appeared in commercial of Regular Show on Cartoon Network. • In the Disney film The Mighty Ducks, the crowd at the Ducks game chants a variant which goes "We will quack you". • In the former Sentosa attraction, Magical Sentosa. A song from it`s soundtrack, It`s My World employs the "stomp-stomp-clap" beat replacing the stomp with a hyperbeat and clap with either a backbeat or a stomp at it's chorus.

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Sheer Heart Attack

Released

10 February 1978

Format

7"

Recorded

1977 at Sarm West and Wessex Studios

Genre

Rock

Length

4:26

Label

EMI, Elektra (US)

Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer




"It's Late" (1978)

"Spread Your Wings" is a rock ballad by Queen, from their 1977 album News of the World.[1] Written by bassist John Deacon, it was released as the A side of the single Spread Your Wings/Sheer Heart Attack in 1978. It features Deacon on guitar and bass, Freddie Mercury on piano and vocals, Brian May on guitar and Roger Taylor on drums. A live version of the song appears in the band's 1979 album Live Killers.[1] The song peaked at number 34 in the UK. The song is in 4/4 meter, and starts with a simple piano motif in D. It is written in D Major, then modulating up to D's relative minor, B minor in the bridge, coming down to D in the chorus. The lyrics of the song describe a troubled young man named Sammy who works at The Emerald Bar, sweeping the floor.[2] The narrator (Mercury) of the song encourages Sammy to pursue his dreams, telling him to "spread your wings and fly away".[2]

"Spread Your Wings"


Freddie Mercury - vocals and piano. John Deacon - acoustic guitar, bass guitar. Brian May - electric guitar. Roger Meddows-Taylor - drums.

Cover versions This song was covered by German power metal band Blind Guardian on their 1992 album Somewhere Far Beyond. The same recording reappeared on their 1996 album The Forgotten Tales.

References [1] Your Wings News of the World: Spread Your Wings (Track 5) (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ newsof. htm#Spread) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved July 11, 2011 [2] Spread Your Wings (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ spread-your-wings-t1528964) Allmusic. Retrieved July 11, 2011

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"It's Late" "It's Late"


Sheer Heart Attack (commercial single) / It's late (long ver)/ (US promo single)

Released

1978 (Canada, the United States, New Zealand and Japan only)

Format

7"

Recorded 1977 Genre

Rock

Length

6:22 (long ver aka album ver) 4:28 (short ver promo single version)

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s) Brian May Producer Queen and Mike Stone Queen singles chronology


"It's Late" (1978)

"Bicycle Race" / "Fat Bottomed Girls" (1978)

"It's Late" is a song written by Queen guitarist Brian May and performed by the band for their 1977 album News of the World. The song was May's idea of treating a song as a three-act theatrical play, and the verses are called "acts" in the lyrics sheet. It makes use of the tapping technique one year before Eddie Van Halen's use of the tapping technique on the Van Halen album. May told Guitar Player Magazine[1] that his use of the tapping technique was inspired by an unnamed bar-band guitarist from Texas. The song is notable for its length and heavy, wide vocal range (E3-E6), bluesy guitar riff, using the previously mentioned technique. The song was released as a single in the US in 1978, albeit in heavily edited form, and peaked at #72 on the Billboard charts. The song was later included on the Queen Rocks compilation in 1997, and a new video was produced using footage of Las Vegas and prostitutes, intercut with live performances of the song.

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The song appears in the 2006 documentary film Kurt Cobain: About a Son. The song also plays over the credits in the Jody Hill film Observe and Report.

Queen comments on the record It's another one of those story-of-your life songs. I think it's about all sorts of experiences that I had, and experiences that I thought other people had, but I guess it was very personal, and it's written in three parts, it's like the first part of the story is at home, the guy is with his woman. The second part is in a room somewhere, the guy is with some other woman, that he loves, and can't help loving, and the last part is he's back with his woman.

“

” [2]

—Brian May


Freddie Mercury - vocals. John Deacon - bass guitar. Brian May - guitar and backing vocals. Roger Taylor - Drums .

References [1] http:/ / www. guitarplayer. com/ article/ queens-brian-may/ jan-08/ 32483 Brian May Guitar Player Interview [2] Queenpedia - It's Late (http:/ / www. queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=It's_Late)

"Bicycle Race"

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"Bicycle Race" "Bicycle Race"

Single by Queen from the album Jazz A-side

Fat Bottomed Girls

Released

October 13, 1978

Format

7"

Recorded

1978

Genre

Rock

Length

3:01

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer

Queen and Roy Thomas Baker Queen singles chronology

"It's Late" (1978)


"Don't Stop Me Now" (1979)

"Bicycle Race" is a single by the English rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song "Fat Bottomed Girls". The song is notable for its video featuring a bicycle race with nude women at Wimbledon Stadium, which was edited or even banned in several countries. The song has a very unusual chord progression with numerous modulations, a change of meter (from 4/4 to 6/8) in the bridge, and the multitracked vocal and guitar harmonies.

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Song and video The song was written by Mercury and was supposedly inspired by his observing a leg of Tour de France.[1] [2] It starts with a chorus unaccompanied by instruments. The chorus is followed by two verses connected with a bridge, both followed by a chorus. Around the middle of the song there is a solo played with numerous bicycle bells. During the live performances, it was often played by the audience who specially brought the bells for this purpose. The song has a very unusual chord progression with numerous modulations, a change of meter (from 4/4 to 3/4) in the bridge, and the multitracked vocal and guitar harmonies.[3] The video for the song became scandalously famous for featuring 65 naked women, all professional models, racing at Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium. It was filmed by Dennis de Vallance. The group rented the stadium and several dozen bikes for one day for filming the scene; however, when the renting company became aware of the way their bikes were used, they requested the group to purchase all the bicycle seats.[1] [4] [5] The original video uses special effects to hide the nudity.[6]

Distribution The song was released as a single and also included in the following albums and box sets: Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody, 15 Of The Best, Queen Live In Concert, Greatest Hits and The Singles Collection Volume 1.[7] The single was mostly distributed in 1978, on 7-inch vinyl records, with "Fat Bottomed Girls" on the B-side and EMI record label. In Argentina, the titles were translated as "Carrera de Bicicletas" and "Chicas Gordas", respectively. The labels were changed to Pepita in Hungary and to Elektra in the US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. The Polish issue had the label of Tonpress[8] and either "Spread Your Wing" or nothing on the B-side. Both 7-inch and 12-inch records were issued in the US; there the song also appeared in 1979, on the B-side of the single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". In nearly all countries, the covers featured a backside photo of a naked woman on a racing bike, with red bikini painted over the original photo.[1] [9] A bra was added to the US covers.[10]

Personnel Country

Peak position [11]

Australia

28

Austria

21

Germany

27

Ireland

10

New Zealand

20

The Netherlands

Held during

9

[12]

Jan 1979

4

[13]

11–18 Dec 1978

12

[14]

7

[12]

8

[12] [15]

5

25 Nov – 2 Dec 1978

[12]

Norway

Charted for (weeks)

11

24

12

US

[11] [16] 25 Nov – 2 Dec 1978

11

9

UK

7

[11] [17]

• Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, piano, bicycle bells[18] • Brian May – guitars, backing vocals, bicycle bells • John Deacon – bass guitar, bicycle bells

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• Roger Taylor – drums, backing vocals, bicycle bells

Chart performance and cover versions The song was covered by • • • • • •

Blümchen (1996) in a version that samples the original track Upsilon Acrux (2002) on Queen tribute album released by Three One G records Lemon Demon (2005) on the bonus tracks to his Damn Skippy album Be Your Own Pet (2005) on a Queen Tribute album Between the Buried and Me (2006) on their covers album The Anatomy Of Mamas Gun (2011) as a bonus track on their second album The Life and Soul

Gallery

A bicycle race with nude women was held to promote the single and "Fat Bottomed Girls". This photo was included as a fold-out poster with the album "Jazz".

Bicycle Race/Fat Bottomed Girls

Back cover

References [1] Phil Sutcliffe; Peter Hince; Reinhold Mack (15 November 2009). Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=adNONbUWLjgC& pg=PT122). MBI Publishing Company. pp. 122–. ISBN 9780760337196. . Retrieved 23 February 2011.. Sutcliffe counters a popular belief that Mercury was inspired by seeing the Tour through a hotel window in Nice by that the Tour did not pass through Nice that year. [2] M. Felsani; M. Primi; M. Saita (1997). Queen. Tutti i testi con traduzione a fronte (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=80i-yJVN2TwC& pg=PA16). Taylor & Francis. pp. 16–. ISBN 9788809024182. . Retrieved 23 February 2011. [3] Queen Songs – The Book: Bicycle Race (http:/ / www. queensongs. info/ the-book/ songwriting-analyses/ modern-era-queen/ the-works/ Bicycle-race. html). Queensongs.info. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [4] The great rock and roll tour | Mail Online (http:/ / www. dailymail. co. uk/ travel/ holidaytypeshub/ article-588680/ The-great-rock-roll-tour. html). Dailymail.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-02-24. [5] Peter Buckley (28 October 2003). The rough guide to rock (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=haEfq-nKqjgC& pg=PR7-IA782). Rough Guides. pp. 7–. ISBN 9781843531050. . Retrieved 23 February 2011. [6] Queen Promo Videos - Bicycle Race (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ queenpromo. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 3 September 2011 [7] Queen Non-UK Albums Discography (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ discography/ queenalbumsnonuk. htm). Ultimatequeen.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [8] Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (1 September 1979). Billboard (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=DyQEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PT97). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. pp. 97–. ISSN 0006-2510. . Retrieved 24 February 2011. [9] BICYCLE RACE as an a-side (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ cgi-bin/ discography. cgi?qs:BICYCLE+ RACE), pcpki.com [10] Bicycle Race (Велогонка) — Queen (http:/ / music-facts. ru/ song/ Queen/ Bicycle_Race/ ), Music-facts.ru

"Bicycle Race" [11] Queen International Singles Chart Positions (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ queen/ singles. html). Pcpki.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [12] Queen – Bicycle Race (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=BICYCLE+ RACE& cat=s). austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [13] Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ QUEEN/ Bicycle+ Race/ single). musicline.de. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [14] The Irish Charts (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) [15] Queen – Bicycle Race (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=BICYCLE+ RACE& cat=s). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [16] Queen – Bicycle Race (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=7798). Chart Stats. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [17] Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (26 June 1982). Billboard (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=jyQEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PT95). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. pp. 95–. ISSN 0006-2510. . Retrieved 23 February 2011. [18] Bicycle Race (http:/ / queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=Bicycle_Race), queenpedia

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Single by Queen from the album Jazz A-side

Bicycle Race

Released

13 October 1978

Format

7"

Recorded

1978

Genre

Rock

Length

•

4:16 (Album version)

•

3:22 (Single edit)

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer


"It's Late" (1978)

"Fat Bottomed Girls" / "Bicycle Race" (1978)


"Fat Bottomed Girls" (sample) is a song by the English rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the track featured on their 1978 album Jazz, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits.[1] When released as a single with "Bicycle Race", the song reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the United States.[2] [3] The song is based on a detuned guitar riff that is both bluesy and metallic, and the song begins with its chorus.[4] It was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning, being played in drop D tuning.[5] The song's music video was filmed at the Dallas Convention Center, Texas in October 1978.[6] Queen performed "Fat Bottomed Girls" in concert between 1978 to 1982.[7] appeared on television, film, and has been covered by a number of artists.

[8] [9]

Since its release, the song has


Versions Vocal arrangements are quite different between the studio version and the live version. In live performances, the lead vocals during the chorus were sung by Freddie Mercury and harmonised with an upper voice (Roger Taylor) and a lower voice (Brian May). In the studio version, there is no higher harmony. The lead vocals on the verses are sung by Freddie Mercury, while Brian May sings lead on the chorus. The single version (which can be found on Greatest Hits) omits the extended guitar interludes between the verses as well as fading out before the ending.[10] "Fat Bottomed Girls" was released as a double A-side with the song "Bicycle Race", and includes the line "Get on your bikes and ride".[10] Bicycle Race contains the line "Fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today, so look out for those beauties, oh yeah",[11] completing a double cross-reference between the two songs.


Brian May: guitar, lead[12] and backing vocals. Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals. Roger Taylor: Drums and backing vocals. John Deacon: Bass guitar.

Live recordings • • • •

Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl Return of the Champions Super Live in Japan Live in Ukraine

Cover versions • Kid Rock did a southern rock version of the song on 2004's CMT Outlaws concert special.[13] • On the Ozzfest 2006 tour, Atreyu used the intro to open their set.[14] • Mark Salling, as his character Puck, covered the song on the TV series Glee in the second season episode "Silly Love Songs".[15] [16] • Actor Jack Black and Idol finalist Casey Abrams sang this song, in a medley on the last episode of American Idol on May 25, 2011.[17] • Alternative rock band, House of Heroes, used to cover the song during Live Shows. • The band Antigone Rising covered the song on the 2005 tribute album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen.[18] • The song was covered by American Idol season five contestant Bucky Covington during Queen week. • Hayseed Dixie covered it in bluegrass style on their 2002 album A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love.[19] • Pop band The Feeling performed this song on their 2007 UK tour.[20] • Kevin Fowler covered the song on his 2002 album High on the Hog.[21] • Eric Church uses this song now as his intro to "I Pledge Allegiance To The Hag" in his live performances. • Country singer Stephen Cochran closes his live performances with a remake of Fat Bottomed Girl's. • A song set to the same tune "Triple D's" was featured in an episode of Rick & Steve. • Amos Lee occasionally covers the song as an encore while touring.[22] • A Japanese pop duo, Kirinji covers the song in folk style on their 2002 album Omnibus. • The cover band Jeffster covered this song at the 2009 Comic Con panal for Chuck

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Featured appearances The song was used in the second season of the series My Name is Earl in episode seventeen.[23] The song was used as the opening theme for Morgan Spurlock's 2004 documentary Super Size Me. The song was also played during surgery on episode 40 of Nip/Tuck (2005).[24] The song was mentioned in the song "Mix Tape" from the Broadway musical Avenue Q. Part of the song is sung at the end of the Father Ted episode, "The Mainland" by Fr. Noel Furlong. The song was released for Guitar Hero: World Tour as downloadable content on March 26, 2009.[25] The song was released as downloadable content for Rock Band on October 20, 2009.[26] The song was the opening salvo in a karaoke war that resulted in Sven and Faye finally going to bed in Questionable Content.[27] • Actors Vik Sahay and Scott Krinsky of Chuck performed this song to open a panel discussion about the show during San Diego Comic-Con 2009. • • • • • • • •


Peak position

Austrian Singles Chart British Singles Chart

21

[3]

11

Dutch Singles Chart

7


7


27

Irish Singles Chart

10


7

[2]

U.S. Billboard Hot 100

24

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

Queen - Greatest Hits (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r413002) Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011 Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited Prato, Greg. "Fat Bottomed Girls". Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011 Queen Songs - Fat Bottomed Girls (http:/ / www. queensongs. info/ the-book/ songwriting-analyses/ no-synth-era/ jazz/ fat-bottomed-girls. html) Retrieved 4 September 2011 [6] Queen Promo Videos - Fat Bottomed Girls (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ queenpromo. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [7] Queen live on tour: Jazz (Setlist) (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ jazz. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [8] Queen live on tour: The Game (world) (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ gamena. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [9] Queen live on tour: Hot Space (world) (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ hotspaceus. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [10] Fat Bottomed Girls (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ jazz. htm#fat) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [11] Bicycle Race (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ jazz. htm#bicycle) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [12] Fat Bottomed Girls (http:/ / queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=Fat_Bottomed_Girls). Queenpedia.com (2009-03-25). Retrieved on 2011-02-23. [13] Kid Rock - "Fat Bottom Girls" Live On CMT Outlaws (http:/ / www. kidrock. com/ video/ kid-rock-fat-bottom-girls-live-on-cmt-outlaws-9-7-04-fan/ ) KidRock.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [14] Vans Warped Tour 2005 (http:/ / www. review-mag. com/ archive/ 590-599/ 598/ VansWarpedTour. htm) Review Mag. Retrieved 4 September 2011

"Fat Bottomed Girls" [15] 'Glee' Salutes 'Fat Bottomed Girls,' St. Valentine With 'Silly Love Songs' (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ news/ glee-salutes-fat-bottomed-girls-st-valentine-1005027682. story#/ news/ glee-salutes-fat-bottomed-girls-st-valentine-1005027682. story) Billboard. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [16] Glee: Fireworks fly for fat bottomed girls and everyone else, too (http:/ / blog. chron. com/ tubular/ 2011/ 02/ glee-fireworks-fly-for-fat-bottomed-girls-and-everyone-else-too/ ) Houston Chronicle. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [17] 'Idol': Casey Abrams sings Queen with Jack Black (http:/ / content. usatoday. com/ communities/ idolchatter/ post/ 2011/ 05/ idol-casey-abrams-sings-queen-with-jack-black/ 1) USA Today. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [18] Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ killer-queen-a-tribute-to-queen-r782664) Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [19] A Hillbilly Tribute to Mountain Love (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ a-hillbilly-tribute-to-mountain-love-r579841) Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [20] The Feeling, The Fray (http:/ / www. thisislondon. co. uk/ music/ review-23387732-lovely-feelings-save-the-day. do) London Evening Standard. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [21] High on the Hog (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ high-on-the-hog-r600910) Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [22] Gorgeous-voiced Amos Lee makes the women shout at the Majestic (http:/ / www. thedailypage. com/ daily/ article. php?article=28980) The Daily Page. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [23] My Name is Earl - The Birthday Party (http:/ / www. tv. com/ my-name-is-earl/ the-birthday-party/ episode/ 967278/ trivia. html) TV.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [24] Nip/Tuck Season 3, Episode 11 (http:/ / www. tv. com/ nip-tuck/ abby-mays/ episode/ 537370/ trivia. html) TV.com. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [25] Home (http:/ / community. guitarhero. com/ news_posts/ 154). Community.guitarhero.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-23. [26] Killer Queen! British Rock Royalty Hit Rock Band with a Mighty Ten-Pack // Blog // Rock Band® (http:/ / www. rockband. com/ zine/ queen-dlc). Rockband.com (2009-10-13). Retrieved on 2011-02-23. [27] New comics every Monday through Friday (http:/ / questionablecontent. net/ view. php?comic=1072). Questionable Content. Retrieved on 2011-02-23.

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"Don't Stop Me Now"

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"Don't Stop Me Now" "Don't Stop Me Now"

Single by Queen from the album Jazz B-side

"In Only Seven Days" "More of That Jazz"

Released

26 January 1979

Format

7", Cassette tape

Recorded

August – September 1978

Genre

Rock

Length

3:29

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer




"Jealousy " (1979)

"Don't Stop Me Now" (Sample) is a song by English rock group Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by vocalist Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August/September 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes (Alpes-Maritimes), France, and is the twelfth track on the album.[1] Musically, the song is based around Mercury's piano playing, with John Deacon and Roger Taylor providing a bass guitar and drums backing track. The song also provides an example of Queen's trademark style of multitrack harmony vocals for the chorus lines.[2] On the studio version, Brian May's only guitar playing is in his guitar solo, but on live versions performed on the band's 1979 Jazz and Crazy tours, May would also play rhythm guitar throughout the rest of the song to give more of a rock feeling to it. A live version of the song features in the band's 1979 album Live Killers.[3] The song also

"Don't Stop Me Now" appears in the band's 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits, and in June 2011, as part of Queen's 40th anniversary celebrations, an old take of the song containing more guitar parts was included on the bonus EP of the re-released and remastered Jazz album.[4] [5] The single reached number 9 in the UK charts but only number 86 in the US. Viewed at the time of release as one of the lesser songs in the Queen canon, it was only performed live during 1979, with the last performance in the Crazy Tour.[6] Despite this the song has grown in stature with time and has been popularised not only by consistent airplay, but by its use in advertisements, television programmes and films, and through cover versions. It has subsequently become one of Queen's most popular songs.[7] It was the first single by Queen to be released on a cassette tape. Previously, each single was released on a Vinyl Record or 7".

In popular culture • Popular darts player Ronnie Baxter uses the song as his walk-on song as well as BDO player Brian Woods • In 2005, this song was voted as "The Greatest Driving Song Ever" by viewers of the BBC television program Top Gear, but the trophy given to Roger Taylor was mis-engraved, reading Stop Me Now.[8] • The 2004 horror/comedy Shaun of the Dead features the song near the middle of the film. The song is played on a jukebox in the Winchester pub as three of the main characters circle around the zombie pub landlord while hitting him over the head with pool cues in rhythm with the song, leading Shaun to utter the line; "David, kill the Queen!" Also, during the song, various things happen to the beat of the music, such as lights flashing. Thematically, the song is ironic, as its upbeat feel completely contradicts the protagonists' no-win scenario when it accidentally is played on jukebox. On the DVD Scene Selection the scene is called Killer Queen, another one of Queen's songs. "You're My Best Friend" was also featured in the film during the closing credits. • The song is featured in a Panasonic commercial in Australia during coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, featuring Australian Olympians in their childhood on home videos • The song was also featured in FOX's cartoon series American Dad! during the first season episode "Roger 'n' Me".[9] • The song also featured in the credits of a British television show on the history of the Concorde aircraft • The song was featured in a series of Gatorade Propel advertisements • The song was used in a commercial for Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate, showing airport trucks having a race along the runway to a background of the song playing. This was later changed to Bon Jovi's "Living on a Prayer" • This song was used in the Australian Queensland Motorways Ad for their new tolling system • It was used by M-Net in an advertising campaign in the early 1990s • In 2009, the song was used on E4's show Skins on the series three episode "Cook".[10] • This song was used for the opening of the Youth Olympic Games. • In 2011, Top Gear attempted to do a stunt driving show during the Four-Seater Convertibles Challenge in synchronisation with the song. • In 2011, the song featured in the opening playlist of WFMU's The Best Show with Tom Scharpling.[11] • In 2011, on what would have been Freddie Mercury's 65th birthday, this song was used by Google in their Google Doodle homage to him.[12]

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Cover versions Notable cover versions include: • McFly, the cover is the official song for Sport Relief 2006. It reached Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart on the week ending 29 July 2006.[13] • The Vandals, on their 2004 album Hollywood Potato Chip. A music video filmed for the song features guitarist and producer Warren Fitzgerald busking in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre while in costume as Freddie Mercury.[14] • In the European release of the drumming game Donkey Konga (2004) • The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[15] • Katy Perry performed the song twice on her Hello Katy Tour.[16] • Unibet in Scandinavia featured a cover by Fibes, Oh Fibes! in autumn 2009 [17] • Olly Murs sang this on 14 November during "Queen Week" of The X Factor 2009 • Parts of the "Weird Al" Yankovic song, "Ringtone" resemble this song's melody, along with several other Queen songs.[18] • Sally Chatfield covered this song in the Australian version of the X-Factor.

Chart positions • • • • • •

Number 9 (UK) Number 10 (Ireland) Number 14 (Netherlands) Number 35 (Germany) Number 37 (Sweden) Number 86 (US)

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

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"Mustapha" "Mustapha"

Single by Queen from the album Jazz B-side

Dead on Time In Only Seven Days (Yugoslavia)

Released

1979 (Bolivia, West Germany, Spain and Yugoslavia only)

Format

vinyl record (7")

Recorded 1978 Genre

Rock

Length

3:01

Label

EMI

Writer(s) Freddie Mercury Producer Queen and Roy Thomas Baker Queen singles chronology

"Jealousy" "Mustapha" (1979) (1979)

"Love of My Life" (live) (1979)

"Mustapha" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and recorded by English rock band Queen. It is the first track of their 1978 album Jazz. "Mustapha" was released as a single in Germany, Spain, Yugoslavia and Bolivia in 1979. In live performances, Mercury would often sing the opening vocals of "Mustapha" in place of the complex introduction to "Bohemian Rhapsody", going from "Allah will pray for you" to "Mama, I just killed a man...". However, sometimes the band performed an almost full version of the song from the Crazy Tour in late 1979 to The Game Tour in 1980, with Mercury at the piano. They dropped the second verse and went from the first chorus to the third. Also notable is that the song was often requested by the audience, as can be heard on Live Killers.

"Mustapha"

Possible Islamic meaning • Although Mercury was not a Muslim, he did spend his formative years in Zanzibar and in India, both of which have large Muslim populations.[1] [2] • In the song, he demonstrates a familiarity with the pronunciation and meaning of traditional Islamic words, phrases, and even the Islamic call to prayer - the Adhan - which his opening a cappella vocal flourishes seem to recall.[3] • Mustafa (Arabic: ‫ﻣﺼﻄﻔﻰ‬, Muṣṭafā) is an Arabic word which is an epithet of Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and which means "Chosen One". • Ibrahim (Arabic: ‫ﺇﺑﺮﺍﻫﻴﻢ‬, Ibrāhīm) is the Arabic name for Abraham, the biblical patriarch, who is also a revered prophet in Islam. • The phrase "Mustapha, Ibrahim. Mustapha, Ibrahim. Allah, Allah, Allah will pray for you" is similar to the supplication that Muslims make during the last portion of the Salah (the compulsory prayer performed five times each day). In this supplication, the petitioner asks God (Allah) to bestow prayers and blessings upon Muhammad (Mustapha), just as He has bestowed prayers and blessings upon Abraham (Ibrahim).[4] • Every one of the five daily prayers ends with "as-salaamu alaykum" (peace be upon you) [5] and Mercury ends Mustapha with "alaykum salaam", which is the correct response to "as-salaamu alaykum". Freddie Mercury said that the song has no meaning. Some say they would not play the song among Muslims because of the controversial line "Allah will pray for you" as it is usually people praying to Allah, not Allah praying for people. Sputnik reviews also suggested that the song "Mustapha" has no meaning.

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"Love of My Life" "Love of My Life" Song by Queen from the album A Night at the Opera Released

21 November 1975

Recorded

1975 at various studios

Genre

Rock

Length

3:39

Label


Writer

Freddie Mercury

Producer

Queen Roy Thomas Baker A Night at the Opera track listing

12 tracks Side one 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.


Side two

2. 3. 4. 5.


"Love of My Life (live)"

"Love of My Life"

381 Single by Queen from the album Live Killers B-side

Now I'm Here (live)

Released

29 June 1979

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1979

Genre

Rock

Length

4:59

Label

EMI Queen singles chronology

"Mustapha" (1979)


"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1979)

"Love of My Life" is a ballad by the English rock band Queen from their 1975 album A Night at the Opera.[1] The song was written by Freddie Mercury about Mary Austin, with whom he had a long term relationship in the early 1970s.[2] After performing the song in South America, a live release of the single reached number 1 in Argentina and Brazil in 1981, and stayed in the charts in Argentina for an entire year.[3] Freddie Mercury wrote it on the piano and guitar first, Brian May rearranged the song for acoustic 12-string guitar to facilitate live performances. May contributed occasional guitar phrases to the original recording and played the swooping harp glissandos by pasting together multiple takes of single chords. The song is an example of Mercury's familiarity with rubato phrasing, showcasing his classical piano influences, notably by Chopin and Beethoven. An acoustic version of the song features in the band's 1979 album Live Killers.[1] With its similar lyrical theme, later single "These Are the Days of Our Lives" would hark back to "Love of My Life", twice using the line "I still love you". At the end of "These Are the Days of Our Lives", Mercury simply speaks the words, as he would often do in live versions of "Love of My Life."[4]

Live performances Introduced during the News of the World Tour in 1977, "Love of My Life" was such a concert favourite that Mercury frequently stopped singing and allowed the audience to take over. It was especially well received during concerts in South America, and the band released the song as a single there.[1] After Mercury's death, Brian May usually dedicated the song to him. A notable exception is the Sheffield show which yielded the Return of the Champions CD and DVD. At that show, May announced that Mercury's mother was at the show and he dedicated the song to her. In the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour, May would sing a few lines of the song, then let the audience take over for every verse, as Mercury used to. When played at the Glasgow SECC in the 2008 Cosmos Rocks tour, May dedicated the song to his recently deceased mother. The song was played on the guitar by Brian May on concerts, unlike on the album A Night at the Opera.[5]

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Freddie Mercury: Lead Vocals, Backing Vocals, Piano John Deacon: Bass Guitar Brian May: Acoustic Guitar, Electric Guitar, Harp Roger Meddows-Taylor: Cymbals

Cover versions Other versions Numerous other artists have released a cover of "Love of My Life" commercially, including Scorpions, Michael Burgess, Extreme (which featured Brian May)[5] Rose Marie, Declan Galbraith, Elaine Paige, Mark Slaughter, Antonio Vega, Norma Waterson, Iris and the ladies gold medal winning quartet NoteOrious.

References [1] Love of My Life (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ song/ love-of-my-life-t686819) Allmusic. Retrieved 7 July 2011 [2] 'A Night At The Opera' (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ features/ night-opera-review-rhys-thomas/ ) Queen. Retrieved 7 July 2011 [3] Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=adNONbUWLjgC& pg=PT167& lpg=PT167& dq=Love+ of+ My+ Life+ CHARTS+ -+ ARGENTINA#v=onepage& q& f=false) p.164. Voyageur Press. Retrieved July 12, 2011 [4] Queen's Greatest Videos. Channel 4. 1999. No. 1/1. 50 minutes in. (Roger Taylor) [5] Love Of My Life (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ anightat. htm#love) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 7 July 2011

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love"

Single by Queen from the album The Game B-side

Spread Your Wings

Released

5 October 1979

Format

Vinyl record (7" / 12")

Recorded

1979


383 [1]

Genre

Rockabilly

Length

2:42

Label

EMI, Elektra (US)

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer

Queen and Mack Queen singles chronology



"Save Me" (1980)

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is a song by the rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury in 1979, the track featured on their 1980 album The Game, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits. The song peaked at number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, and hit number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in the US on 23 February 1980, remaining there for four consecutive weeks.[2] [3] It topped the Australian ARIA Charts for seven weeks.[4] Having composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on guitar, Mercury played rhythm guitar while performing the song live, which was the first time he played guitar in concert.[5] Queen played the song live between 1979 to 1986, and a live performance of the song is recorded in the albums Queen Rock Montreal and Queen at Wembley.[6] [7] Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists. The song was played live on 20 April 1992 during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by Robert Plant with Queen.[8]

Composition As reported by Freddie Mercury in Melody Maker, 2 May 1981, he composed "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on the guitar in just five to ten minutes. 'Crazy Little Thing Called Love' took me five or ten minutes. I did that on the guitar, which I can't play for nuts, and in one way it was quite a good thing because I was restricted, knowing only a few chords. It's a good discipline because I simply had to write within a small framework. I couldn't work through too many chords and because of that restriction I wrote a good song, I think.

“

” [9]

—Freddie Mercury

The band's drummer Roger Taylor added in an interview that Mercury wrote it in 10 minutes while lounging in a bath in the Bayerischer Hof Hotel in Munich during one of their extensive Munich recording sessions.[10] Mercury took it to the studio shortly after writing it and presented it to Roger Taylor and John Deacon.[5] [11] The three of them, with their new producer Mack, recorded it at Musicland Studios in Munich. The entire song was reportedly recorded in less than half an hour (although Mack says it was six hours).[12] Having written "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" on guitar and played rhythm on the record, for the first time ever Mercury played guitar in concerts, for example at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium, London in 1985.[5] [13]


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Freddie Mercury: lead vocal, rhythm guitar, backing vocals, handclaps Brian May: lead guitar, handclaps John Deacon: bass guitar, handclaps Roger Taylor: drums, backing vocals, handclaps

Although Mercury would play an electrified twelve-string on stage (and later a six-string electric), in the studio he recorded it with a six-string acoustic with external mics. Freddie Mercury also played the original guitar solo on a version which has been lost.[14]

Single release The "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" single hit number two in the UK Singles Chart in 1979, and became the first U.S. number-one hit for the band, topping the Billboard Hot 100 for four weeks.[2] [3] The song also topped the Australian ARIA charts for seven consecutive weeks from 1 March to 12 April 1980.[4] Some copies contain an alternate b-side; Spread Your Wings (live)

Charts Country

Dwight Yoakam version

Peak position Certification

Australia

1

Canada

1

Mexico

1

Netherlands

1

New Zealand

1

U.S.

1

Ireland

2

UK

2

Switzerland

5

Norway

8

Austria

9

Germany

13

platinum

gold

[15]

gold

[16]

gold


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Single by Dwight Yoakam from the album Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's B-side

"Let's Work Tegether"/"Doin' What I Did"

Released

19 May 1999

Format

CD single

Genre

Country

Length

2:22

Label

Reprise

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer

Pete Anderson Dwight Yoakam singles chronology

"These Arms" (1998)


"Thinking About Leaving" (1999)

American country music singer Dwight Yoakam included a cover of the song on his 1999 album Last Chance for a Thousand Years: Dwight Yoakam's Greatest Hits from the 90's.[17] Yoakam's version was released as a single, peaking at #12 on the U.S. country singles charts in 1999. It was also used in a television commercial for clothing retailer Gap at the time of the album's release. The music video was directed by Yoakam.

Charts "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" debuted at #65 on the U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks for the week of 1 May 1999.


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Chart (1999)

Peak position

U.S. Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks

12


64

Canadian RPM Country Tracks

1

Canadian RPM Adult Contemporary Tracks

19

UK Singles Chart

43

Other cover versions • • • • • • •

In 1980 by The Chipmunks on their comeback album, Chipmunk Punk.[18] Canadian Pop/big band singer Michael Bublé covered the song for his self-titled 2003 debut album.[19] American singer Josh Kelley recorded a cover for the 2005 album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen.[20] British pop rock/pop punk band McFly covered the song for their Room on the Third Floor album.[21] Diana Ross covered the song on her 2007 album I Love You. Brian May plays guitar on this version.[22] Performed on season 5 of American Idol by Fantasia Barrino, David Radford, Taylor Hicks, and Tim Urban. American pop-rock band Maroon 5 covered the song and it came out as a bonus track in some versions of the album Hands All Over.[23]

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Coryat, Karl (1999). The Bass Player Book. San Francisco: Backbeat Books. p. 59. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited Kent, David (1993) (doc). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. Australian Chart Book, St Ives, N.S.W Lights! Action! Sound! It's That Crazy Little Thing Called Queen (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ en/ the-band/ interviews/ queen/ circus-1980/ ) Circus Magazine. Retrieved 29 June 2011 [6] Queen Rock Montreal (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1239496) Allmusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [7] Live At Wembley 1986 (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ wembley. htm#under) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 4 September 2011 [8] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Crazy Little Thing Called Love (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm#crazy) Retrieved 4 September 2011 [9] Melody Maker 2 May 1981 (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Freddie_Mercury_-_05-02-1981_-_Melody_Maker) [10] ROGER SPEAKS: COLOGNE AUDIO PRESS KIT (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ queen/ queennews/ queennewsnov04. html) BrianMay.com. Retrieved 29 June 2011 [11] Billboard 18 Jul 1980 (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=TyQEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PT32& dq=CRAZY+ LITTLE+ THING+ CALLED+ LOVE+ -+ MERCURY+ -+ Elvis+ -+ Billboard+ -+ 12+ July+ 1980#v=onepage& q& f=false) p.33. Billboard. Retrieved 29 June 2011 [12] Interview with Reinhold Mack, Esq. (http:/ / www. izotope. com/ artists/ reinhold_mack. asp). iZotope. [13] Crazy Little Thing Called Love (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ game. htm#crazy) UltimateQueen. Retrieved 29 June 2011 [14] May confirms Mercury played solo (http:/ / www. queencuttings. com/ images/ solo/ Guitar& Bass_jan2008_p05. jpg). Guitar & Bass. [15] RIAA. Gold & Platinum (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinum. php). [16] BPI Certified Awards (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ stats). [17] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Last Chance for a Thousand Years review" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r420881). Allmusic. . Retrieved 4 June 2009. [18] Chipmunk Punk (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r80719) Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2011 [19] Michael Bublé (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r626675) Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2011 [20] Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ killer-queen-a-tribute-to-queen-r782664) Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2011 [21] Room on the 3rd Floor, Pt. 1 (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ room-on-the-3rd-floor-pt-1-uk-r746880) Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2011 [22] "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" With Diana Ross (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ brianssb/ brianssbaug06a. html) BrianMay.com. Retrieved 10 July 2011 [23] Maroon 5 (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ maroon-5-p529962/ songs/ all-songs) Allmusic. Retrieved 10 July 2011


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External links • Song analysis (www.queensongs.info) (http://www.queensongs.info/the-book/songwriting-analyses/ modern-era-queen/the-game/crazy-little-thing-called-love.html)

"Save Me" "Save Me"


"Let Me Entertain You" (live)

Released

25 January 1980

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1979

Genre

Rock

Length

3:52

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer



"Save Me" (1980)

"Play the Game" (1980)

"Save Me" is a rock ballad by English rock band Queen from their 1980 album The Game. Written by guitarist Brian May, it was recorded in 1979, and released in the UK on January 25, 1980, nearly six months prior to the release of the album. "Save Me" spent six weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number eleven.[1] The song was played live from 1979-1982.[2] [3] [4] [5] One of the Mercury's most notable performances of "Save Me" took place at the Montreal Forum, Quebec, Canada in November 1981, and the song is recorded in the live album, Queen Rock Montreal.[6] The song also features in Queen's compilation album, Greatest Hits.[7]

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History Brian May wrote "Save Me" about a friend whose relationship had ended, and played piano, synths and guitars (electric and twelve-string acoustic) on it. Played live, the song would typically feature a short piano introduction absent from the studio version. This introduction can be found in a May solo composition "My Boy" which can only be found much later on the 1998 compilation album "Lullabies With A Difference". The general melody could have been conceived by May as early as 1980 as the intro to the live version of "Save Me" exhibits. In addition, the lyrics "I'm naked and I'm far from home" were uttered near the end of the pilot episode of the television series Highlander (whose theme was another Queen song, "Princes of the Universe") by Christopher Lambert's character. A version of the song is performed by stage actress and singer, Kerry Ellis, on her debut album Anthems.[8]


Brian May: rhythm and acoustic twelve-string guitars, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals. Roger Taylor: Drums, backing vocals. Freddie Mercury: Lead and backing Vocals. John Deacon: bass.

Charts Country

Peak position

Netherlands

5

Norway

7

Ireland

8

Italy

10

UK

11

Germany

42

Japan

96

References [1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited [2] Queen live on tour: Crazy tour: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ crazy. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 5 July 2011 [3] Queen live on tour: The Game (world): Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ gamena. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 5 July 2011 [4] Queen live on tour: Japan 1981: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ japan81. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 5 July 2011 [5] Queen live on tour: Hot Space (world): Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ hotspaceus. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 5 July 2011 [6] Queen Rock Montreal (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r1239496) Allmusic. Retrieved 16 July 2011 [7] Greatest Hits (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ discography/ queenalbums. htm#greatesthits) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 16 July 2011 [8] The Game - Save Me (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ game. htm#save) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 16 July 2011

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"Play the Game" "Play the Game"


"A Human Body"

Released

May 30, 1980

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1980

Genre

Rock

Length

3:30

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer


"Save Me" (1980)


"Another One Bites the Dust" (1980)

"Play the Game" is a song by Queen, written by Freddie Mercury. It is the first track on the first side of their 1980 album The Game. It commences with a series of overlapping rushing noises on an Oberheim OB-X synthesizer, heralding the band's acceptance of electronic instruments into their once explicitly "no synths" sonic repertoire. They played it in their live shows from 1980 to 1982. The single was a hit in Queen's home country reaching #14 in the charts. In America, however, it gained small response at reaching only #42. The song features a soft vocal by Mercury including a strong G4 rising in pitch all the way to C5 in chest voice, contrary to the other C5s being hit in falsetto. He also played piano on the track. The B-side, "A Human Body", has never appeared on any Queen album, but was finally released on CD format in the 2009 box set Queen Singles Collection Volume 2. The cover of the single, as well as its promotional video, marked the first time Freddie Mercury appeared in either format with what later became his trademark moustache. The video is also notable in that Brian May did not use his

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trademark Red Special guitar, instead using a Fender Stratocaster replica made by Satellite. This was likely due to the risk of damage involved in the shot in which Mercury snatches the guitar away from May, then appears to throw it back to him. Later singles "It's a Hard Life" and "You Don't Fool Me" revisit the theme presented in "Play the Game", with Mercury writing from the same lover's perspective years later in the former song, and reflecting on the memories of the failed relationship in the latter. Both "Play the Game" and "It's A Hard Life" are of a similar structure, revolving around Mercury's piano playing and the band's multi-layered harmonies.[1]


Freddie Mercury: lead and backing vocals,piano and synthesiser. John Deacon: Bass guitar. Brian May: Lead guitar and backing vocals. Roger Taylor: Drums and backing vocals.

Charts Country

Peak position

Norway

6

Switzerland

8

UK

14

Netherlands

15

Germany

40

U.S.

42

Beach House cover The Baltimore, Maryland indie rock duo Beach House recorded a cover of Play the Game that was contributed for the iTunes Store release of the Red Hot Organization's 2009 compilation, Dark Was The Night. The track was released as an iTunes only bonus track.

References [1] Queen's Greatest Videos. Channel 4. 1999. No. 1/1. 30 minutes in.


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"Another One Bites the Dust" "Another One Bites the Dust"


"Don't Try Suicide" in US

Released

22 August 1980

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded

1980

Genre

Funk rock

Length

3:36

Label

EMI, Elektra (US)

Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer

Queen, Mack

[1]



"Another One Bites The Dust" (1980)

"Need Your Loving Tonight" (1980)

"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the English rock band Queen. Written by bass guitarist John Deacon, the song featured on the group's eighth studio album The Game (1980). The song was a worldwide hit, charting number one on the United States Billboard Hot 100, number two on the R&B charts and the Disco Top 100, and number seven in the United Kingdom Singles Chart.[2] [3] The song is credited as Queen's best selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies. This version was ranked at number 34 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.[4]


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History The bass line was inspired by the song "Good Times" by the Disco group Chic.[5] [6] In an interview with New Musical Express, Chic co-founder Bernard Edwards stated, "...that Queen record came about because that Queen bass player... spent some time hanging out with us at our studio".[7] Recording sessions were produced by Reinhold Mack at Musicland Studios in Munich (West Germany) and consisted of Deacon playing almost all the instruments: bass, piano, rhythm and lead guitars and handclap percussion. Roger Taylor added a drum loop and Brian May contributed some noises with his guitar and an Eventide Harmonizer. There are no synthesisers used in the song: all effects are created with pianos, guitars, and drums, with subsequent tape playback performed in reverse at various speeds. Finally, some sound effects were run through the harmonizer for further processing. The effect of the harmoniser can be heard clearly in the "swirling" nature of the sound immediately before the first lyric. After attending a Queen concert in Los Angeles, Michael Jackson suggested to Freddie Mercury backstage that "Another One Bites the Dust" be released as a single.[8] The earlier live performances of the song had drummer Roger Taylor on lead vocals during the chorus, as opposed to the album version which was sung by Mercury in its entirety. In later performances, parts of the chorus were sometimes not sung by any member of the band, letting the audience sing it instead. The song garnered Queen a Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.[9] The band lost to Bob Seger's album Against the Wind.[9] The music video for "Another One Bites the Dust" was filmed at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.[10]

Alleged backward masking In the early 1980s, "Another One Bites the Dust" was one of many popular rock songs that Christian evangelists alleged contained subliminal messages through a technique called backward masking. It was claimed that the chorus, when played in reverse, will be heard as "decide to smoke marijuana." or "It's fun to smoke marijuana".[11] A spokeswoman for Hollywood Records (Queen's current US label) has denied that the song contains a backward message.[12]

Queen comments on the record I'd been wanting to do a track like 'Another One Bites The Dust' for a while, but originally all I had was the line and the bass riff. Gradually, I filled it in and the band added ideas. I could hear it as a song for dancing but had no idea it would become as big as it did. The song got picked up off our album and some of the black radio stations in the US started playing it, which we've never had before. Michael Jackson actually suggested we release it as a single. He was a fan of ours and used to come to our shows.

“

” [13]

—John Deacon


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John Deacon – bass, lead and rhythm guitars, hand-claps, piano and tape effects Roger Taylor – drums and backing vocals (live only) Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals Brian May – guitar

Charts Country


Argentina

1

Canada

1

Guatemala

1

Spain

1

US

1

New Zealand

2

US R&B

2

Ireland

4

Australia

5

Austria

6

Germany

6

UK

7

Switzerland

8

Italy

10

Netherlands

14

France

22

Finland

4

[14]

Platinum

Re-Releases & Remixes Wyclef Jean version



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Single by Queen & Wyclef Jean featuring Pras and Free from the album Greatest Hits III, Small Soldiers O.S.T, Ghetto Supastar and The Ecleftic: 2 Sides II a Book Released

1 November 1998

Format

CD single, 12" single, cassette

Recorded

1998

Genre

Hip-hop

Length

4:20

Label

Dreamworks

Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer

Queen, Mack, Wyclef Jean, Jerry 'Wonder' Duplessis Queen singles chronology

"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (1997)

"Another One Bites the Dust (Small Soldiers)" (1998)

"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)" (1999)

In 1998, American rapper Wyclef Jean covered and remixed the song for the film Small Soldiers. His version also features rap verses from Pras Michel and Free, and music by Queen. The track appears on Queen's compilation Greatest Hits III released in 1999.[15] It enjoyed the most success in the UK, where it entered the chart at #5, it's highest chart position, going on to spend six weeks on the chart.[16] It also reached the top ten in Finland. It charted #18, #23, #50 and #62 in New Zealand, Austria, Sweden and France, respectively. The music video for this version was directed by Michel Gondry. The song became Pras' third UK Top 10 hit from his debut solo album Ghetto Supastar, following the title track and follow-up single Blue Angels. However, Pras was not available for the filming of the video, and rapper Canibus recorded a new verse to take his place. This version was used only for the promotional video.

"Another One Bites the Dust" Tracklisting American CD Single 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Another One Bites the Dust" (Radio Edit) (4:00) "Another One Bites the Dust" (LP version) (4:20) "Another One Bites the Dust" (Instrumental) (4:17) "Another One Bites the Dust" (Acappella) (4:45)

UK CD Single 1. "Another One Bites the Dust" (LP Version) (4:20) 2. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Team 1 Black Rock Star Main Pass Mix) (4:46) 3. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Team 1 Black Rock Star Radio Edit) (4:17)

The Miami Project Remixes The song was remixed again in 2006. The single reached the UK top 40, credited to Queen vs The Miami Project.[17] 1. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Cedric Gervais & Second Sun Radio Edit) - 3:22 2. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Cedric Gervais & Second Sun Vocal Mix) - 7:17 3. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Oliver Koletzki Remix) - 6:14 4. "Another One Bites the Dust" (A Skillz Remix) - 5:34 5. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Soul Avengerz Remix) - 7:12 6. "Another One Bites the Dust" (DJ Pedro & Olivier Berger Mix) - 6:29

Cover Versions In 1980, Jimmy "Spider-Man" Allen of the Detroit Lions did a parody of the song. Their version came after the Lions, who went 2-14 in 1979, started the 1980 season 3-0. In 1981, parodist "Weird Al" Yankovic wrote a parody of the song titled, "Another One Rides the Bus". This version was recorded live on the Dr. Demento Show and was released on his debut album.[18] In 1993, American street gangs the Bloods & Crips collaborated on and album called Bangin' on Wax in which the Crips did a cover entitled "Another Slob Bites the Dust" about the Bloods. Slob being a degrading name for the Bloods. In 1997, the original track was sampled by Foxy Brown and Jay-Z on the Trackmasters Remix of her single "I'll Be". In 2004, the song was covered by Greek-American singer Kalomoira for her debut self titled album. In 2010, the song was covered by the cast of Glee.[19] The episode "Funk" aired June 1.[20]

References [1] [2] [3] [4]

Schaffner, Nicholas (1982). The British Invasion: From the First Wave to the New Wave. New York: McGraw-Hill. p. 254. Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited "The Billboard Hot 100 All-Time Top Songs (40-31)" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ specials/ hot100/ charts/ top100-titles-40. shtml). Billboard. . Retrieved 2010-04-11. [5] "Queen Biography" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ artists/ queen/ biography). Rolling Stone. . Retrieved 2010-04-11. [6] "Biography - Chic". Billboard. Archive copy (http:/ / web. archive. org/ */ http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20070929124127/ http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ bio/ index. jsp?pid=4281) at the Wayback Machine [7] "Good Times" (http:/ / www. superseventies. com/ sw_goodtimes. html). www.superseventies.com. . Retrieved 2010-04-11. Excerpt from Bronson, Fred (1988). The Billboard Book of Number One Hits. Billboard. [8] Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=adNONbUWLjgC& pg=PT158& dq=Michael+ Jackson+ -+ Another+ One+ Bites+ the+ Dust#v=onepage& q=Michael Jackson - Another One Bites the Dust& f=false) p.155. Voyageur Press, 2009. Retrieved May 29, 2011 [9] 23rd Grammy Awards (http:/ / www. rockonthenet. com/ archive/ 1981/ grammys. htm) Rock On The Net. Retrieved 3 July 2011

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"Another One Bites the Dust" [10] 1980 The Game North American Tour (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ live/ queen2. htm#1980gamenorthamerica) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 3 July 2011 [11] Luman, Betty. (UPI) " Subliminal smut hidden in rock-record lyrics (http:/ / news. google. com/ newspapers?id=KstFAAAAIBAJ& sjid=DPgMAAAAIBAJ& pg=5706,4343580& dq=queen+ subliminal+ smut& hl=en)" Telegraph Herald October 30, 1981: E11 [12] Searcey, Dionne (January 9, 2006). "Behind the Music: Sleuths Seek Messages In Lyrical Backspin" (http:/ / online. wsj. com/ article_email/ SB113677367081541303-lMyQjAxMDE2MzA2OTcwNzkzWj. html). The Wall Street Journal. . Retrieved 2010-04-11. [13] Bassist and Bass Techniques April 1996 (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=John_Deacon_-_04-XX-1996_-_Bassist_& _Bass_Techniques) [14] "RIAA - Gold & Platinum" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinum. php). Recording Industry Association of America. . Retrieved 2010-04-11. [15] Queen - Greatest Hits III (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r443580) Allmusic. Retrieved 12 August 2011 [16] Queen/Wyclef Jean - Another One Bites The Dust ft Pras And Free (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=26630) Chart Stats. Retrieved 14 August 2011 [17] Queen Vs The Miami Project (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ artistinfo. php?id=10885) Chart Stats. Retrieved 13 August 2011 [18] Palmer, Robert (1980-09-26). "The Pop Life; Confident disk from Jerry Lee Lewis". The New York Times (New York City, USA: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr.): p. C14. [19] 'Another One Bites The Dust (Glee Cast Version) (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ album/ glee/ another-one-bites-the-dust-glee-cast-version/ 1382773#/ album/ glee/ another-one-bites-the-dust-glee-cast-version/ 1382773) Billboard. Retrieved 3 July 2011 [20] "Funk: Featured Music". Fox Retrieved 3 July 2011

External links • polyhex.com UK Singles Chart runs (http://www.polyhex.com/music/chartruns/chartruns.php)

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"Need Your Loving Tonight" "Need Your Loving Tonight" Single by Queen from the album The Game B-side

"Rock It (Prime Jive)"

Released

November 1980 (USA, Japan)

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1980

Genre

Rock

Length

2:49

Label

Elektra

Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer


"Another One Bites the Dust" (1980)


"Flash" (1980)

"Need Your Loving Tonight" is a song by the band Queen and written by bassist John Deacon. It is the fourth track on the first side of their 1980 album The Game and the second song on the album by Deacon (the other being Another One Bites the Dust). The melody is very Beatles-influenced, although it has more of a rocking guitar riff, thus giving the song a power pop sound. "Need Your Loving Tonight" was released as a single in November 1980 and peaked at #44 in the United States.

Live performances It was played only scarcely during The Game Tour during the early 1980s; it only lasted this one tour. Also during live performances of the song, Brian May and Roger Taylor sang backing vocals and Freddie Mercury played piano during Brian's guitar solo (both of which were absent in the studio version).


Freddie Mercury - Lead vocals, piano (live). Brian May - Lead guitar, backing vocals (live). John Deacon - Bass ,acoustic and electric guitars. Roger Taylor - Drums


External links • Lyrics [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. queenwords. com/ lyrics/ songs/ sng09_04. shtml

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"Flash"

399

"Flash" "Flash"

Single by Queen from the album Flash Gordon B-side

"Football Fight"

Released

24 November 1980 (UK) January 1981 (US)

Format

7" vinyl

Recorded

1980

Genre

Rock

Length

2:46 (single version) 3:29 (album version)

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer

Brian May, Mack Queen singles chronology


"Flash" (1980)

"Under Pressure" (1981)

"Flash" is a song by British rock group Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, "Flash" is the theme song of the 1980 film Flash Gordon. The soundtrack released to coincide with the film contained only the music composed and performed by Queen. There are two versions of the song. The album version ("Flash's Theme") is in fact the start to the movie, with all the dialogue from the first scene. The single version features dialogue cut from various parts of the movie, most memorably, Brian Blessed's character exclaiming "Gordon's alive!" This version was also included on the Greatest Hits compilation from 1981. Flash is sung as a duet between Freddie Mercury and Brian May, with Roger Taylor adding the high harmonies. May plays all of the instruments except for the rhythm section. He used a Bösendorfer Imperial Grand Piano (with 97 keys instead of 88, having an extra octave on the low range), Oberheim OBX synth (which he plays in the video) and

"Flash" his homemade Red Special guitar.

Remixes and covers • UK DJ Vanguard remixed the theme and released as single during the early DVD release of the film. The single managed to peak at #15 on the UK singles charts at that time. • In 1988, Public Enemy used a sample of "Flash" for their song "Terminator X to the Edge of Panic", released on the album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. • Chicago-based band Tub Ring has been known to cover the song at concerts. • The song was played by My Chemical Romance on the Projekt Revolution tour, in several shows. • Garage rock band Louis XIV covered the song on the 2007 EP The Distances from Everyone to You. • Noise rock/Grindcore band The Locust played a version of the song on the compilation Dynamite With a Laserbeam: Queen As Heard Through the Meat Grinder Of Three One G • Tenacious D starts their concert with Flash on the DVD The Complete Master Works. • MaxNormal.TV used "Flash" in their song "Rap Fantasy". Instead of "Flash" they changed the words to, "Max Normal".

Uses in popular culture • A segment of the song is often played at Miami Heat home games when superstar Dwyane Wade, who is nicknamed "Flash," makes a spectacular play. • The song was played at Philadelphia Phillies home games when Phillies reliever Tom Gordon, whose nickname is "Flash Gordon", entered the game. • The song is played in the film Blades of Glory when Will Ferrell and Jon Heder do their final competition together, with the song as the background and basis for their routine at the end of the movie. • "Flash" is the opening song that Tenacious D plays in their Complete Masterworks DVD. • Some Sci Fi Channel teaser-advertisements for the 2007 Flash Gordon series play the signature beats from the song over a simple logo. The song is not used in the actual show. • Mark Dudbridge, an English darts player from Bristol, uses it as his entrance music on stage. A take on his nickname Flash. • "Flash" has been used as the opening theme song for Fuji TV's Formula One coverage in Japan since the 2007 season. • This song has been played on Toy Story 2 advert on ABC1 and Disney Channel using "Buzz" instead of "Flash". • NBA superstar Shaquille O'Neal sung the song during a press-conference but replaced flash with "Shaq, ahhh, he's the saviour of the universe" • The song also can be listened in the anime "Macademi Wasshoi!", more specifically in the chapter 5, is the theme of presentation of one character. • The song was featured in the Family Guy episode "Not All Dogs Go To Heaven", when Brian wonders why nobody has even seen God and what does he do up there. • The song was used in a 2011 commercial for the Blackberry Playbook, with "Flash" referring to the tablet computer's inclusion of Adobe Flash Player. • The song has recently been used in the UK Innocent smoothie advertising campaign replacing "Flash" with "Fruit" • The song was used on a promo for the CBS reality show The Amazing Race, replacing "Flash" with "Phil", referring to the show's host Phil Keoghan.

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"Flash"

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Live recording • Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl • Queen Rock Montreal

"Under Pressure" "Under Pressure"

Single by Queen & David Bowie from the album Hot Space B-side

Soul Brother

Released

26 October 1981

Format

7" vinyl / 12" / CD single

Recorded

Mountain Studios, Montreux, July 1981

Genre

Rock

Length

4:02

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Queen and David Bowie

Producer

Queen and David Bowie Queen singles chronology

"Flash" (1980)


"Body Language" (1982)

David Bowie singles chronology

"Up the Hill Backwards" (1981)


"Wild Is the Wind" (1981)

"Under Pressure" "Under Pressure" is a 1981 song recorded by Queen and David Bowie. It marked Bowie's first released collaboration with another recording artist as a performer, and is featured on Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.[1] The song was played live at every Queen concert between 1982-1986.[2] [3] [4] It is recorded in the live albums Queen Rock Montreal and Queen at Wembley.[5] [6] The song was included on Queen's first Greatest Hits compilations, such as the original 1981 Elektra release in the US. It is currently included on the band's compilation albums Greatest Hits II, Classic Queen, and Absolute Greatest[7] as well as the compilation Best of Bowie.

Creation Queen had been working on the song under the title "Feel Like" but were not yet satisfied with the result.[8] [9] David Bowie had originally come to Mountain Studios in order to sing backing vocals on another Queen song, "Cool Cat", which would end up being edited out since he was not satisfied with it. Once he got there, they worked together for a while and wrote the song.[10] The final version that became "Under Pressure" evolved from a jam session the band had with Bowie at his studio in Montreux, Switzerland; therefore it was credited as co-written by the five musicians. The scat singing that dominates much of the song is evidence of the jam-beginnings as improvisation. According to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), however, the song's primary musical songwriter was Freddie Mercury — though all contributed to the arrangement. Brian May recalled to Mojo magazine in October 2008 that "It was hard, because you had four very precocious boys and David, who was precocious enough for all of us. David took over the song lyrically. Looking back, it's a great song but it should have been mixed differently. Freddie and David had a fierce battle over that. It's a significant song because of David and its lyrical content."[11] The earlier, embryonic version of the song without Bowie, "Feel Like", is widely available in bootleg form, and was written by Queen drummer Roger Taylor. There has been some confusion about who created the song's bassline. John Deacon said (in Japanese magazine Musiclife in 1982, and in the previously mentioned French magazine) that David Bowie had created it. In more recent interviews, Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have credited the bass riff to Deacon. Bowie, on his website, said that the bassline was already written before he became involved.[12] Roger Taylor, in an interview for the BBC documentary Queen: the Days of Our Lives, stated that Deacon had indeed created the bassline, stating that all through the sessions in the studio he had been playing the riff over and over; he also claims that when the band returned from dinner Deacon had, amusingly, forgotten the riff, but fortunately Taylor was still able to remember it.[13] It would later be sampled by Vanilla Ice in his 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby". Queen and Bowie did not receive songwriting credit or royalties until after the single had become a hit.[14] [15]

Music video The video for the song features neither Queen nor David Bowie due to touring commitments.[16] Taking the theme of pressure, director David Mallet edited together stock footage of traffic jams, commuter trains packed with passengers, explosions, riots, cars being crushed and various pieces of footage from silent films of the 1920s, most notably Sergei Eisenstein's influential Soviet film Battleship Potemkin, and F.W. Murnau's chilling Nosferatu, a master work of the German Expressionist movement.[16] [17] The video celebrates the pressure-cooker mentality of a culture willing to wage war against political machines, and at the same time love and have fun (there is also footage of crowds enjoying concerts, and lots of black and white kissing scenes), the video remains a powerful collage to this day.[17]

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"Under Pressure"

Track listing 1981 single 1. "Under Pressure" (Mercury, Taylor, Deacon, May, Bowie) – 4:02 2. "Soul Brother" (Mercury, Taylor, Deacon, May) – 3:38 EMI released a 3-inch CD version of the single in 1988 with "Body Language" as an additional B-side.

Production credits • Producers: • Queen • David Bowie • Musicians: • • • • •

Freddie Mercury: Vocals, piano, Hammond organ David Bowie: Vocals, hand claps, finger snaps, keyboards Brian May: Guitar John Deacon: Bass Roger Taylor: Drums

Reception The September 2005 edition of online music magazine Stylus singled out the bassline as the best in popular music history.[18] In November 2004, Stylus music critic Anthony Miccio commented that 'Under Pressure' "is the best song of all time" and described it as Queen's 'opus'.[19]

Live performances Although very much a joint project, only Queen incorporated the song into their live shows at the time. Bowie chose not to perform the song before an audience until the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, when he and Annie Lennox sang it as a duet (backed by the surviving Queen members).[20] However, since Mercury's death and the Outside tour in 1995, Bowie has performed the song at virtually every one of his live shows, with bassist Gail Ann Dorsey taking Mercury's vocal part. The song also appeared in setlists from A Reality Tour mounted by Bowie in 2004, when he frequently would dedicate it to Freddie Mercury. Queen + Paul Rodgers have recently performed the song as well. While Bowie was never present for a live performance of the song with Mercury, Roger Taylor instead filled for back-up vocals usually in unison with Mercury, as Mercury would take over most of Bowie's parts.

Live recordings • Queen first recorded a live version of the song at The Montreal Forum in Canada on November 24, 1981. This was included in the concert films We Will Rock You and Queen Rock Montreal.[21] Incidentally it is one of the few times in concert where Mercury used falsetto in the song on the line "these are the days it never rains but it pours". • A second live version of the song was recorded at Milton Keynes, England, in 1982. This was released in 2004 on the live album/DVD Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl. Prior to the concert, rumours circulated that Bowie would appear with Queen to sing his parts onstage, but it is probable that he did not even attend the concert. • Later, Queen recorded a third live version of the song at Wembley Stadium, London, in 1986. This was released on the live album/DVD Live at Wembley Stadium. Another rendition from this same tour (from Queen's concert in Budapest) appeared in edited form on the album Live Magic in 1986.

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"Under Pressure"

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• During the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, the surviving members of Queen along with Bowie and Annie Lennox (filling in for Mercury) performed the song.[20] The concert was later released on DVD in 2002 for the 10th anniversary.[20] • A version recorded by David Bowie's live band in 1995 was released on the bonus disc included with some versions of Outside - Version 2. This live version was also released on the single "Hallo Spaceboy" in 1996. • David Bowie's DVD A Reality Tour (2003) includes a live version with Bowie's bassist Gail Ann Dorsey singing Mercury's parts. • The 2006 VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, featured Queen + Paul Rodgers performing "Under Pressure" along with "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" as a live broadcast.[22]

Other releases "Under Pressure (Rah Mix)"

Single by Queen and David Bowie from the album Greatest Hits III B-side

•

The Song Of The Millennium/Bohemian Rhapsody

•

Thank God It's Christmas

Released

December 6, 1999

Format

CD single, Digital download

Genre

Rock

Length

4:08

Label

EMI, Parlophone

Writer(s)

Queen and David Bowie

Producer

Queen and David Bowie Queen singles chronology

"Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" (1998)


"We Will Rock You" (2000)

"Under Pressure"

Rah Mix A remixed version (called "Rah Mix") was issued in December 1999 to promote Queen's Greatest Hits III compilation, reaching #14 on the UK Singles Chart. This remix includes new recording work by Brian May and Roger Taylor. Track listing Two CD singles (one multimedia enhanced) released 6 December 1999 and 7" picture disk released 13 December 1999. As Bohemian Rhapsody wins The Song of The Millennium award, this released as b-side under the title "The Song of The Millenium/Bohemian Rhapsody"[23] CDS #1 1. Under Pressure (Rah Mix) 2. The Song Of The Millennium / Bohemian Rhapsody 3. Thank God It's Christmas CDS #2 1. Under Pressure (Rah Mix - Radio Edit) 2. Under Pressure (Mike Spencer Mix) 3. Under Pressure (Knebworth Mix) 4. Enhanced section 7" 1. Under Pressure (Rah Mix) 2. The Song Of The Millennium / Bohemian Rhapsody • Was initially released in US on the Elektra Records US and Canadian versions of Queen's Greatest Hits as a new track. • The song was released as a bonus track on the Virgin Records reissue of Bowie's Let's Dance in 1995. • Hollywood Records remixed the song for their 1992 release, Classic Queen. This version features improved sound quality, but removes Mercury's interjection "that's okay!" at about 0:53. • It also appeared on some Bowie compilations, most of which used the Hollywood Records remix:

•

• • • •

• Bowie: The Singles 1969-1993 (1993) • The Singles Collection (1993) • Best of Bowie (2002) The original single version appears on disc three of Bowie's The Platinum Collection (2005), marking the first appearance of this version on a Bowie compilation.[24] This disc was later released separately as The Best of David Bowie 1980/1987 (2007). An instrumental version appears in the DVD menu for the Hot Space section of Greatest Video Hits 2. Was released in UK on Queen's Greatest Hits II (which would later be included in The Platinum Collection (2000 and 2002)) removing the second time David Bowie sings, "This is our last dance." Has also been performed, but without the lyrics, by the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.[25] [26] Was featured nearly in its entirety in the 2010 film It's Kind of a Funny Story, initially as a 'cover' by the patients in a music therapy class at a New York City psychiatric ward, which the film transformed into the authentic song 'performed' by the patients, dressed in glam, in a near music-video style imaginary sequence (with David Bowie and Queen's original vocals and instrumentation).

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"Under Pressure"

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Chart positions Under Pressure (1981): Country


Argentina

1

Netherlands

1

UK

1

Ireland

2

Canada

3

South Africa

4

Norway

5

New Zealand

6

Australia

8

Austria

10

Sweden

10

Switzerland

10

Germany

21

U.S.

29

Japan

88

Silver

Under Pressure – Rah Mix (1999): Country


UK

14

Netherlands

19

Cover versions My Chemical Romance and The Used version

"Under Pressure"

"Under Pressure"

407 Single by My Chemical Romance and The Used from the album In Love and Death Released

April 12, 2005

Format

Digital download

Recorded 2005 [27]

Genre

Alternative rock

Length

3:32

Label

Reprise

Writer(s) David Bowie, John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor Producer Howard Benson My Chemical Romance chronology

"Helena" (2005)


"The Ghost of You" (2005)

The Used chronology

"I Caught Fire" (2005)


"The Bird and the Worm" (2007)

The song was covered in 2005 by American Alternative rock bands The Used and My Chemical Romance for tsunami relief. The cover was originally released as an Internet download track but has subsequently been featured as a bonus track on the 2005 re-release of The Used's second studio album In Love and Death, and received wide airplay in 2005. On the Billboard charts, the single reached number 28 on Modern Rock and Pop 100 charts and number 41 on the Hot 100.[28] Chart (2005)

Country

Chart Peak

Billboard Hot Modern Rock Tracks United States

28

Billboard Pop 100

United States

28

Billboard Hot 100

United States

41

"Under Pressure"

Other cover versions 1980's • In 1982, British orchestra Royal Philharmonic Orchestra recorded a classical cover of the song for an album, The Queen Collection, dedicated to the band.[29] 1990's • In 1994, London Symphony Orchestra recorded an album Plays the Music of Queen, which contains classical covers of the Queen's hit singles, including "Under Pressure" and "The Show Must Go On".[30] • In 1996, Culture Beat, a German Eurodance project, covered "Under Pressure" for a compilation album, Queen Dance Traxx I.[31] • In 1997, Fobia, a Mexican rock band, covered "Under Pressure" for a compilation album, Tributo a Queen: los grandes del rock en español.[32] 2000's • Crooked Fingers, a indie rock band, recorded "Under Pressure" for the EP Reservoir Songs (2002).[33] • The American bands Small Brown Bike (from Marshall, Michigan) and The Casket Lottery (from Kansas City, Missouri) recorded a cover for a split EP.[34] • In 2005, English soul singer-songwriter Joss Stone sung the song on the tribute album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen[35] • • • • •

• Stone played the song at the Concert for Diana on July 1, 2007. In 2007, English band Keane released their "Under Pressure" version for the Radio 1. Established 1967 compilation. In Mexico, it was released as an A-side from "The Night Sky". In 2007, Chicago-based band Kill Hannah covered the song for the movie soundtrack of The Invisible.[36] In 2008, Finnish ensemble Rajaton and the Lahti Symphony Orchestra performed an a cappella version of "Under Pressure" on Rajaton sings Queen with Lahti Symphony Orchestra [37].[38] Group Xiu Xiu covered the song, featuring Michael Gira, for their album Women as Lovers (2008).[39] In 2009, Ben Harper played the song as his Like A Version cover for Australian radio station triple j.

2010's • In 2010, Irish pop duo Jedward released a mashup of "Under Pressure" and "Ice Ice Baby" as their debut single, entitled "Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" (on which Vanilla Ice is featured), from their debut album Planet Jedward.[40] 2011 • The song, mashed up together with Vanilla Ice' Ice Ice Baby, was used as one of the featured song in the reality show, The Glee Project.

Live cover performances 1990's • In 1994, rock band The Flaming Lips live recorded their cover version, for the 23rd volume of Warner Brothers Recordings promo series Soil X Samples, which released the following year.[41] [42] 2000's • In 2002, post-hardcore band The Blood Brothers live covered "Under Pressure" for the 31G Queen tribute album Dynamite With a Laser Beam: Queen as Heard Through the Meat Grinder of Three One G.[43] [44] • Musician Keller Williams released his version on his live album Stage (2004).[45] • Ben Harper and Relentless7 performed this song on several occasions including a performance with Eddie Vedder at David Lynch's benefit concert, Change Begins Within, at the Radio City Music Hall on April 4, 2009 and with Jack Black on The Jay Leno Show October 8, 2009.

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"Under Pressure" 2010's • In 2011, Wakefield trio The Cribs, who have expressed an interest in having latter-day Queen producer David Richards helm their fifth studio album, covered the song live in a session for the Brazilian website Popload. • In June 28, 2011, The Voice (U.S.) coaches Adam Levine, Cee Lo Green, Christina Aguilera and Blake Shelton performed a live rendition to open that night's show.

Remixes/Sampling • In 1990, Texas-based rapper Vanilla Ice sampled the song's bass line for his hit "Ice Ice Baby".[46] • In 1999, female rapper Charli Baltimore recorded a rap track called "Ice" featuring rapper Mase, (based on Vanilla Ice's sample) for her album Cold As Ice.[47] Which however, wasn't included, as sample clearance could not be secured. • Scottish group Tigerstyle released a mash-up, called "Nachna Onda Nai", of Michael Jackson's "Billie Jean" and "Under Pressure" featuring Kaka Bhainiwala with covering vocals. • In May 2008, dance act Signature used Tigerstyle's version in Britain's Got Talent in their audition and again in their performance in the final.

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"Body Language" "Body Language ↑⇇"

Single by Queen from the album Hot Space B-side

"Life is Real (Song for Lennon)"

Released

19 April 1982

Format

Vinyl record (7" / 12")

Recorded

1982

Genre

Rock

Length

4:29

Label

EMI, Elektra

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer



"Body Language ↑⇇" (1982)

"Las Palabras de Amor" (1982)

"Body Language ↑⇇" is a 1982 dance/funk hit from the English rock band Queen. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and was a fairly big hit in North America, where it received extensive radio-play. However, the single only received a luke-warm response in the United Kingdom. The track was the second single released from their 1982 album Hot Space.

"Body Language"

History The massive success of "Another One Bites the Dust" inspired Queen to temporarily abandon their glam and experimental rock roots in the early 1980s, and experiment with disco, funk and soul music. "Body Language" and more importantly, its parent album Hot Space were the results of this change. "Body Language" is notable for its near lack of guitar; atmospheric guitar chords sparingly dot the body of the song, while a brief two-note riff is heard during the fade out. The song's key feature was its minimal, sparse production, with the emphasis of "suggestive" lyrics, a "slinky" synth bass (Played on an Oberheim OB-X), and writer Freddie Mercury's moans and groans. This song was played few times during the European Leg, with the first performance being in Vienna on May 13. It often got a lukewarm reaction, although the live arrangement was much different from the studio. The song was played much more frequently on the U.S leg, where the song achieved more commercial success.

Reaction The drastic change caused the single to stall at #25 on the UK charts. However, it did far better in the US, where Americans appeared to be a lot more supportive of Queen's forays into dance music. "Body Language peaked at #11 on the Hot 100 and number thirty on the soul chart [1] . The B-side is "Life Is Real (Song for Lennon)", this single was released just a little over a year after John Lennon's assassination. In the US the accompanying music video caused a considerable amount of controversy. Due to thinly veiled homoerotic undertones plus lots of skin and lots of sweat (but apparently not enough clothing, save that worn by the fully clothed members of Queen themselves), it was deemed unsuitable for a television audience in 1982. It was not accepted by MTV, becoming the first ever music video to be banned from that television station, and also one of the most controversial music videos of all time.

Popular culture references • "Body Language ↑⇇" was danced to in solo performances by both Blake McGrath and Jessica Fernandez on So You Think You Can Dance. "Body Language" was danced to in the Top 12 performances as a Jazz routine by Pasha Kovalev and Sara Von Gillern on So You Think You Can Dance (Season 3). • "Body Language ↑⇇" can be briefly heard in the 1984 documentary film Stripper, being performed to by dancer Sara Costa.

Trivia • A sample from "Body Language ↑⇇" is used for an ad-infinitum ending on Nine Inch Nails's Head Like a Hole single, on the 'Copper' mix of the title track. • Roger Taylor is visibly bored in the music video, sarcastically raising his eyebrows and giving a fake grin as he clashes his cymbal close to the end of the video. Taylor has often stated that he found the process of filming music videos frustrating and boring, especially in this video where he had next to nothing to do. • "Body Language ↑⇇" is used to support a viral video (Hot Buns) to announce the Foo Fighters' tour Wasting Light.

References [1] Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 478.

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"Las Palabras de Amor" "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)"


Cool Cat

Released

June 1, 1982

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1981 – 1982

Genre

Rock

Length

4:29

Label

EMI

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer


"Body Language" (1982)

"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" (1982)

"Calling All Girls" (1982)

"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" is a rock ballad by English rock band Queen. It was released as the third single from their 1982 album Hot Space. Written by guitarist Brian May, the song proved more popular in the United Kingdom than their previous single ("Body Language"), reaching #17 in the UK Singles Chart.[1]

Background The song's lyrics were written by guitarist Brian May.[2] Vocals were provided by lead singer Freddie Mercury with May on the high harmony vocal. The song was inspired by the band's close relationship with their Ibero-American fans. It marked the band's fourth appearance on Top of the Pops (the first, second and third being for "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen" and "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" respectively). For this mimed performance May is seen playing a grand piano and, on the recording, he plays both piano and synths in addition to acoustic and electric


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guitars. May also sang lead vocals for the harmonized line "this time and evermore" throughout the song. At one point Mercury is seen miming incorrect words. During the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium in 1992, this was the third song of the second half, performed by Zucchero and Queen.[3] In Queen + Paul Rodgers Rock The Cosmos-tour 2008 it was played in the Spanish speaking countries, sung by Brian. This song also made it onto 1999 Queen's Greatest Hits III after Made in Heaven song "Heaven for Everyone" but before Brian May's single "Driven by You".[2] The baby's face image of the single's cover would reappear on The Cross single for their song "New Dark Ages".

Charts Country Peak position UK

17

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"Calling All Girls" "Calling All Girls"


Put out the fire

Released

July 1982 (Canada, USA)

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1981 – 1982

Genre

Rock

Length

3:50

Label

Elektra

Writer(s)

Roger Taylor

Producer


"Las Palabras de Amor" (1982)


"Staying Power" (1982)

"Calling All Girls" is a song by English rock band Queen. It is the third track on the second side of the album Hot Space and it was written by Roger Taylor. It was the fourth single from the album. It was released as a single in the US in the Summer of 1982 where it peaked at #60.

"Calling All Girls"

Music video The video is a parody of the George Lucas film THX 1138, and was rarely seen before being released on Greatest Video Hits 2 and the band's official YouTube page. Both Taylor and May openly expressed disdain for the video in their commentary for it, with Taylor claiming the song's message had nothing to do with "fucking robots".


John Deacon: Bass guitar Roger Taylor: Guitar, keyboards, drums and backing vocals Brian May: Lead guitar Freddie Mercury: Vocals

Live recording • Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl (DVD)

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"Staying Power"

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"Staying Power" "Staying Power"


Calling all girls

Released

31 July 1982

Format

Vinyl record

Recorded

1981 – 1982

Genre

Rock

Length

4:10

Label

Elektra (Japan)

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer




"Back Chat" (1982)

"Staying Power" is the first track on the first side of Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and is notable as being the only Queen song to have a horn section which was arranged by Arif Mardin. The song is driven by a funk-styled synth-bass riff (played by Mercury on an Oberheim OB-X) beginning in D minor and modulating to E minor throughout the song. John Deacon does not play bass on this song—instead playing rhythm guitar on a Fender Telecaster. Roger Taylor programmed a drum machine for the track. Brian May of course is on his Red Special. The song was released as a single in Japan only.

"Staying Power"

Live performances This song was played throughout the Hot Space Tour and to an extent, on The Works Tour. The live version of Staying Power is slightly different than the album version. Morgan Fisher would take over the keyboard parts and replace the Oberheim with the Roland Jupiter 8. Taylor would replace the drum machine with acoustic drums. Also of note is that it would be the only song played live in which Deacon played rhythm guitar, as the bass was done via keyboard. With the electronics scaled back on the live version, the song is transformed into a funk rock song—rather than a disco-influenced rock song that stays strong to its disco influences. The live version can be found on Queen Greatest Video Hits II DVD, Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl album and DVD and on the Hot Space 2011 deluxe CD album.


Freddie Mercury: Lead Vocals, Oberheim OB-X Brian May: Lead guitar, backing vocals Roger Taylor: Drum machine, percussion, backing vocals John Deacon: Rhythm guitar

Additional credits • Arif Mardin: "Hot and spacey" horn arrangement • Morgan Fisher: Roland Jupiter 8 (during live performances)

External links • Lyrics [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. queenwords. com/ lyrics/ songs/ sng12_01. shtml

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"Back Chat"

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"Back Chat" "Back Chat"


Staying Power

Released

August 9, 1982

Format

Vinyl record (7", 12")

Recorded

1981 – 1982

Genre

Rock

Length

•


•

4:10 (Single remix)

•

6:58 (12" extended version)

Label

EMI; Elektra (USA)

Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer



"Back Chat" (1982)

"Radio Ga Ga" (1984)

"Back Chat", written by bassist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by black music on the 1982 Queen album Hot Space. Deacon (who differed from his band-mates, in that he was the only one raised on soul instead of rock and roll) had chosen a no-compromise method of eliminating any rock elements from his songs for Hot Space. This act of defiance caused friction amongst fellow band members, particularly Brian May, who fought to retain at least some rock sensibilities in their funk diversions.[1] The band finally decided to include a guitar solo on "Back Chat" after heated debate. It reached #40 on the UK singles chart. The track would be performed on the Hot Space tour at a faster tempo, with a more rock-orientated arrangement. "Back Chat", the title, is an English idiom referring to a teasing argument between two people.[2]

"Back Chat"

References [1] Obrecht, Jas. "Brian May Interview" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20070102131812/ http:/ / www. pemcom. demon. co. uk/ queen/ articles/ bhm8301. html). Guitar Player (January 1983), archived at (http:/ / www. guitarplayer. com/ article/ gp-flashback-/ April-2010/ 111745). Archived from on 2007-01-02. . Retrieved 2011-02-18. [2] http:/ / www. dict. org/ bin/ Dict?Form=Dict2& Database=wn& Query=backchat

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"Radio Ga Ga"

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"Radio Ga Ga" "Radio Ga Ga"

Single by Queen from the album The Works B-side

"I Go Crazy"

Released

January 23, 1984

Format


Recorded

1983

Genre

Rock

Length

•

5:44 (Album/video version)

•

4:23 (US radio edit)

•


•

6:01 (12" instrumental version)

Label

EMI / Capitol

Writer(s)

Roger Taylor

Producer


"Back Chat" (1982)


"I Want to Break Free" (1984)

"Radio Ga Ga" is a 1984 song performed and recorded by the British rock band Queen, written by their drummer Roger Taylor. It was released as a single with "I Go Crazy" by Brian May on the original B-side (3:42) and was included on the album The Works. The song also features on the band's compilation albums, Greatest Hits II, and Classic Queen.[1] The single was a worldwide success for the band, reaching number one in 19 countries, number two in the UK Singles Chart, and number 16 on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S.[2] [3] The band performed the song at every concert between 1984 to their last with Mercury in 1986, with their most notable performance at Live Aid in 1985.[4] [5] [6]

"Radio Ga Ga"

Meaning Recorded in 1983 and released in January 1984, the song was a commentary on television overtaking radio's popularity and how one would listen to radio for a favourite comedy, drama, or science fiction programme. It also pertained to the advent of the music video and MTV. Ironically, the video for "Radio Ga Ga" would become a regular staple on MTV in 1984, and was nominated for an MTV Video Music Award that year.[7] Taylor originally conceived of it as "Radio caca" (from something his toddler son once said),[8] which doubled as a criticism of radio for the decrease in variety of programming and the type of music being played.[2] "Radio Ga Ga" in one of the original cassette boxes is called 'radio ca ca'.[9] The song makes reference to two important radio events of the 20th century; Orson Welles' 1938 broadcast of H.G. Wells' The War of the Worlds in the verse "through wars of worlds/invaded by Mars", and Winston Churchill's 18 June 1940 "This was their finest hour" speech from the House of Commons, in the verse "You've yet to have your finest hour".[10]

Development The inspiration for this song came when Roger Taylor heard his son utter the words "radio ca-ca" while listening to a bad song on the radio while they were in Los Angeles. After hearing the phrase, Taylor began writing the song when he locked himself in a room with a Roland Jupiter 8 and a drum machine. He thought it would fit his solo album, but when the band heard it, John Deacon wrote a bass-line and Freddie Mercury reconstructed the track, thinking it could be a big hit. Taylor then took a skiing holiday and let Mercury polish the lyrics, harmony, and arrangements of the song. Recording sessions began at Record Plant Studios and included session keyboardist Fred Mandel, who later on would work with Supertramp and Elton John. Mandel programmed the Jupiter's arpeggiated synth-bass parts. The recording features prominent use of the Roland VP330+ vocoder. The bassline was produced by a Roland Jupiter 8, using the built-in arpeggiator.[11]

Video David Mallet's music video for the song features scenes from Fritz Lang's 1927 science fiction movie Metropolis.[12] Freddie Mercury's solo song "Love Kills" was used in Giorgio Moroder's restored version of the film, and in exchange Queen were granted the rights to use footage from it in their "Radio Ga Ga" video. However, Queen had to buy performance rights to the film from the communist East German government, which was the copyright holder at the time.[13] The video also features footage from earlier Queen promo videos (such as "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Are the Champions", "Don't Stop Me Now" and "Flash") in a photo album.[12] A different version of Bohemian Rhapsody is also shown.

Live versions Queen finished their sets before the encores on The Works Tour with "Radio Ga Ga" and Mercury would normally sing "you had your time" in a lower octave and modify the deliveries of "you had the power, you've yet to have your finest hour" while Roger Taylor sang the pre-chorus in the high octave. Live versions from the 1984/85 tour were recorded and filmed on the concert films Queen Rock in Rio 1985, and Final Live in Japan 1985.[14] Queen played a shorter, uptempo version of "Radio Ga Ga" during the Live Aid concert in July 1985 at Wembley Stadium, where Queen's "show-stealing performance" had 72,000 people clapping in unison.[4] [15] It was the second song the band performed at Live Aid after opening with "Bohemian Rhapsody".[16] "Radio Ga Ga" became a live favourite thanks largely to the audience participation potential of the clapping sequence prompted by the rhythm of the chorus (copied from the video).

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The song was played for the Magic Tour a year later, including twice more at Wembley Stadium; it was recorded for the live album Live at Wembley '86, VHS Video and DVD on 12 July 1986, the second night in the venue.[6] Paul Young performed the song with Queen at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert again at Wembley Stadium on 20 April 1992.[17] At the "Party at the Palace" concert, celebrating Queen Elizabeth II's Golden Jubilee in 2002, "Radio Ga Ga" opened up Queen's set with Roger Taylor on vocals and Phil Collins on the drums. This song was played on the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour in 2005/2006 and sung by Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers. It was recorded officially at the Hallam FM Arena in Sheffield, England, on 5 May 2005. The result, Return of the Champions, was released on CD and DVD on 19 September 2005 and 17 October 2005, respectively. It was also played on the Rock the Cosmos Tour during the fall of 2008, this time with only Rodgers on lead vocals. The concert Live in Ukraine came as a result of this tour, yet the song is not available on the CD or DVD versions released 15 June 2009. This performance of "Radio Ga Ga" is only available as a digital download from iTunes.

Chart performance Country

Peak Certification position

Australia

3

Austria

2

Belgium

1

Canada

11

France

24

Germany

2

Ireland

1

Italy

1

The Netherlands

[18]

1

Sweden

1

Norway

2

Poland

2

South Africa

4

New Zealand

4

Spain

6

Switzerland

3

UK

2

US

16

silver

"Radio Ga Ga"

Cover versions • Roger Taylor performed the song with Spike Edney's SAS Band. • A heavily modified version of the song serves as the introductory number for We Will Rock You, a musical composed of Queen songs. • The song was covered in 2004 by Electric Six. The band recorded the song against their wishes under pressure from their label at the time. The video depicts Electric Six frontman, Dick Valentine, as the ghost of Freddie Mercury dancing near his own grave. It was widely misinterpreted that Valentine (as Mercury) was dancing on his grave. He explains on his website's video section "Though some have claimed this video portrays me dancing on Freddie Mercury's grave, actually it's more like we are resurrecting Mr. Mercury for the duration of the song and his grave is the logical starting point." [19] • Sophie Ellis-Bextor has made a live-cover of this single at the Al Murray's Happy Hour, on ITV.

Influences • American pop star Lady Gaga credits her stagename to this song.[20] [21] She stated: "I adored Freddie Mercury and Queen had a hit called 'Radio Gaga'. That's why I love the name."[22] • "Radio Ga Ga" is the name of a radio station in Târgu Mureş, Romania, on 88 FM (in the region).[23] "Radio Gaga" is also a Norwegian cartoon published in the Norwegian cartoon album Pondus.[24] "Radio Ga Ga" is also a radio programme broadcast on Melbourne's (Australia) 3WBC-FM - 94.1FM locally.[25] "Radio Ga Ga" is also a Macintosh computer programme for listening to and recording Internet radio. "Radio Ga Ga" is the name of a radio programme in Melbourne Australia on community radio station 88.3 Southern FM hosted by Shaun Stokie. • "Radio Ga Ga" is the name and the theme song of a political satire radio show on the Slovenian national radio Radio Slovenija 1.[26] • A Malaysian sitcom was named after this song. Radio Ga Ga was aired on TV1. • • • •

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External links • Radio Ga Ga performed by Prisoners in the Cebu Provincial Detention and Rehabilitational Centre (http://www. youtube.com/watch?v=lAVVVMcTShQ)

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"I Want to Break Free" "I Want to Break Free"



Released

2 April 1984 (UK)

Format

Vinyl records (7", 12"), CDs (3", 5")

Recorded

1983

Genre

Rock

Length

•


•

4:21 (Single mix)

•

7:16 (Extended mix)

Label

EMI, Capitol, Toshiba Records

Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer




"It's a Hard Life" (1984)


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Alternative cover

"I Want to Break Free" (sample) is a song by the British rock band Queen, which was written by its bassist John Deacon. The song was featured on the Queen's 1984 album The Works and distributed as a single on 7-inch and 12-inch vinyl records and 3-inch and 5-inch CDs. The song had three versions: album, single and extended, differing in length by a more than a factor of 2. It was included in most live concerts by the group, in several videos, and in The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert where it was sung by Lisa Stansfield. The song is largely known for its music video for which all the band members dressed in women's clothes, a concept proposed by Roger Taylor, which parodied the long-running British soap opera Coronation Street. The second part of the video included a composition rehearsed and performed with the Royal Ballet and choreographed by Wayne Eagling. Whereas the parody was acclaimed in the UK, it was considered controversial in the US and banned by MTV and other stations. After its release in 1984 the single of the song was well received all over Europe and South America, where it was listed within top ten and regarded as an anthem of fight against oppression. The single reached only the 45th position in the US charts, but reached number 3 in the UK and was certified gold with 400,000+ copies sold.

Song The song was written in 1983 by John Deacon and released at the beginning of April in 1984.[1] It was influenced by male attitudes to the women's liberation movement. The main idea of the song lies in its title which is repeated through the text. A love theme is also present as the protagonist "has fallen in love", "can't get over the way you love me like you do" and "don't want to live alone". Most of the song follows the traditional 12 bar blues progression in E Major. It has three verses with one bridge, no chorus and relatively little section repetition.[2] There are three versions of the song: album, single and extended. The album version is 3 minutes 20 seconds long. Its first 6 seconds repeat the basic rhythm played with the drums (Ludwig), an acoustic guitar (Gibson), a bass guitar (Fender) and an electric guitar (Fender Telecaster). This rhythm continues through most of the song, stopping only for its first line. The first verse ends at 0:37 and is followed by a very similar second verse, which is however shorter by one line. A stacked guitar accompaniment (Red Special) appears at the end of the second verse (1:03), and between 1:15 and 1:17 it is replaced by a synthesizer. A synthesizer solo starts at 1:33 that mimics the sound of brass instruments, it is assisted by a guitar. The last verse starts in the second minute, it additionally features a synthesizer and a Fender Stratocaster guitar. The song pauses at the final line "I've got to break free", followed by the fade out. This version was released on the album The Works and on some singles.


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The regular single version lasts 4 minutes 21 seconds and differs from the album version by the 40-second introduction and a longer synthesizer solo which starts at 2:33. The introduction is played on an electronic keyboard and is assisted by cymbals, drums and a guitar (Red Special). Otherwise, the composition copies that of the album version. The extended version lasts 7 minutes 16 seconds and features longer introduction and ending. It lasts until 6:04, and the remaining minute contains fragments of other songs from The Works, namely "Radio Ga Ga", "It's a Hard Life", "Man on the Prowl", "Machines (or "Back to Humans")", "Keep Passing the Open Windows", "Hammer to Fall", "Tear It Up" and "Is This the World We Created ...?". The extended version was mostly distributed as 12-inch vinyl records and then reissued on the CD of The Works in 1991. Besides The Works, the song was featured in the albums Greatest Hits II, Box of Tricks, Greatest Hits (1992 U.S. edition) and Absolute Greatest and in the box-sets The Complete Works, The Crown Jewels and The Platinum Collection.[3]

Charts and live performance Country

Peak position [4] [5]

Australia

9

Austria

1

France

9

Germany

4

Ireland

2

New Zealand

6

Held during

Charted for (weeks)

[6]

July

13

[7]

1 June – 1 July

14

[8]

8–15 December

16

[9]

11–17 June

20

[10]

10

[7]

19

The Netherlands 1[4]

[11] 12

26 May – 2 June

[12]

17–24 June

16

[13]

28 April – 19 May

15

Switzerland

2

UK

3

US

45

[14]

[15]

May

[4] [13]

[4] [5]

8

The single was received very positively over most of the world except for North America. In April 1984, it became No 3 in the United Kingdom, and was within top 10 in many European and Latin American countries, but only peaked at #45 in the US charts. The single was certified gold in the UK.[16] The video for the song, featuring Mercury in women's outfit with a thick moustache, and its ban by MTV and some other US stations played a role in the low US ranking.[14] The ban was lifted in 1991 when the song was aired on VH1's My Generation two-part episode devoted to Queen hosted by guitarist Brian May. According to May in an interview about Queen's Greatest Hits, whereas the video was understood and taken as a joke in UK, the US audience failed to see the soap-opera connection and might have interpreted the video as an open declaration of transvestitism and Mercury's bisexuality.[17] [18] In some other countries, especially in South Africa and South America, the song was praised because it was seen as an anthem of fight against oppression, and was treated separately with the video.[1] [19] Illustrative in this regard was the live performance of the song in Rio de Janeiro in 1985. When Mercury appeared in front of an audience of 325,000 and started singing "I want to break free", stones were thrown into him. He quickly realized that his female outfit was the reason and removed his wig and false breast thereby calming down the public. This incident however


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puzzled and disappointed the singer.[20] [21] After the release of The Works, the song was performed at almost every live concert of the group. Spike Edney usually played the synthesizer introduction, after which Mercury appeared on the scene, often in the outfit of the video – dark bobbed wig, pink blouse and false breast, which he would remove later during the song.[20] [22] Brian May played the guitar solo on his Red Special. Some lines were let sung by the audience, and "God Knows" was chanted by the whole group. Live recording of the song appeared on the concert albums Live Magic, Live at Wembley '86 and Return of the Champions. In addition, the song was performed at the concerts which were then included in the Queen's videos such as Queen at Wembley, We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan, The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and Return of the Champions.[23] Lisa Stansfield led the song in The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.[24] She appeared on stage with a vacuum cleaner, dressed as a housewife, as in the original video. The song was also performed in many concerts of the project Queen + Paul Rodgers, where Paul Rodgers took vocals, Danny Miranda played the bass guitar and Spike Edney was at the keyboard.[25] Starting in July 2004, a remixed one-minute version of the song was leading a Coca-Cola C2 video advertisement.[26]

Video The music video "I Want to Break Free" was directed by David Mallet. It was shot on 22 March and 4 May 1984 in the studio "Limehouse Studios"[27] and cost about 100 thousand pounds.[20] It was included in the collections Greatest Video Hits 1, and Greatest Video Hits 2. Footage from the video was later used for the song "The Show Must Go On". The first part of the video was a spoof of the northern British soap opera Coronation Street, as proposed by Roger Taylor.

The musicians dressed in female characters of Coronation Street. Left to right: Roger Taylor, Brian May Freddie Mercury and John Deacon based on the characters from Coronation Street: Suzie Birchall, Hilda Ogden, Bet Lynch and Ena Sharples, respectively.

"We had done some really serious, epic videos in the past, and we just thought we'd have some fun. We wanted people to know that we didn't take ourselves too seriously, that we could still laugh at ourselves. I think we proved that."[28]

The video depicts Mercury as a housewife, loosely based on Bet Lynch, who wants to "break free" from his life. Although Lynch was a blonde in the soap opera, Mercury thought he would look too silly as a blonde and chose a dark wig. May plays another, more relaxed housewife based on Hilda Ogden. Deacon appears as a conservative 'grandma', while Taylor plays a schoolgirl, who like Mercury wants a different life.[14] [27] At the beginning, during the synthesizer prelude, the clip shows a common British brick house (as featured in Coronation Street) and then moves into May's bedroom. May is woken up by a Teasmade. He gets up, dressed in a pink shirt, pink socks and pink bunny-shaped slippers, with hair rollers in his head. The camera moves to the living

"I Want to Break Free" room and the kitchen where Mercury is vacuuming the floor. He wears a black wig, pink earrings, pink blouse with a sizeable false breast under it, black leather miniskirt, tights and heeled shoes. During the trials Mercury realised that he couldn't walk freely in high-heeled shoes and settled on 2-inch ones.[27] His own thick moustache remains in place. May descends the staircase and goes to the kitchen. He passes Deacon, who is sitting on a couch, dressed in a black cloak, gloves, grey wig and a hat. Deacon reads a newspaper, constantly snorting and shaking his head. Taylor is busy with dishwashing in the kitchen, dressed as a stereotypical schoolgirl - blonde wig, white blouse, grey miniskirt, coloured tie and a straw hat behind his back. Mercury stops vacuuming and starts singing.[20] During the first verse, Mercury opens the door of a storage room that briefly reveals a dark place, which is further used in the second verse; it appears to be a coal mine. There, the group features in their normal-life look (with Mercury naked above the waist that was common for his live and studio performances). It is surrounded by a crowd wearing black robes and miner's helmets with headlamps. The crowd moves in sync with the music. The camera is constantly closing up on the musicians who are arranged in the same pattern as in the video for the song "Bohemian Rhapsody". Mercury sings, while Deacon, May and Taylor just stand around him with their heads down. During the third verse, Mercury moves to another set and hides behind a big white box. In the beginning of the synthesiser solo, the box "explodes" and falls apart revealing a large stone. Mercury sits at the top of the stone, playing on a copper pipe, though the sound is of electric guitar. He is surrounded by two men and two women, all wearing the same spotty tights. In the second part of the solo, more people wearing the same outfit join in and together they perform a choreographic composition. In its first part, Mercury is carried through a row of people who pass his body over their heads. He then climbs the stone and dives in between two rows of people who catch him on the fly. After that, Mercury moves over a group of people who lie parallel on the ground and roll him over their bodies by turning around, as on a lineshaft roller conveyor. This part is finalized by a static scene of Mercury with a female dancer in a dry ice smoke.[20] The composition was choreographed by Wayne Eagling – a friend of Mercury who had helped him before with the choreography of the "Bohemian Rhapsody".[29] Eagling was then a leader of the Royal Ballet which was involved in the video[30] (one of the dancers was Jeremy Sheffield). Specially for this part, Mercury shaved his trademark moustache to portray Nijinsky as a faun in the ballet L'après-midi d'un faune. The shooting took much practice, especially the conveyor rolling episode.[20] According to Eagling, despite being a natural performer on stage, Mercury could not stand performing any choreographed act himself, which is why he was mostly picked up and moved around in the ballet part of the video. The rehearsals with the Royal Ballet were organised by Eagling secretly from his superiors, that put him into a serious trouble when this was discovered later.[31] The fourth verse, with the words "but life still goes", returns to the Coronation Street set of the first part, with some minor changes. May, Taylor and Deacon sit in the living room; May and Deacon are reading and Taylor is doing "her" school homework beside a table. Mercury walks around them and goes up the stairs, while singing. In the final, the action moves back into the coal mine set of the second part, but this time the miners surrounding the Queen musicians move erratically.

Distribution The song became the second single from the album The Works, after the song "Radio Ga Ga". The single was released in 1984 on 7-inch and 12-inch records and the 3-inch and 5-inch CDs.[32] [33] The 7-inch records were distributed in 16 countries. In most countries the other side of the disk contained the album version of the song "Machines (or 'Back to Humans')", in the US and Canada there was an instrumental version of this song, and in Brazil the other side featured the song "It's a Hard Life". The label also depended on the country: Capitol Records in the US and Canada, Toshiba Records in Japan, and EMI in other countries. In UK, US, Portugal and South Africa several records of the song were sold at the same time, differing only by covers. There were special editions, such as a record with empty side B in UK. The song title Argentina song on was "Quiero Ser Libre".[32] [33]

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"I Want to Break Free" In all countries except for US the A side contained the extended version of the song, side B featured "Machines" and the disk had EMI label. In the US, side B had either an instrumental version of "Machines" or the album version of "I Want to Break Free" and the label was from Capitol Records.[32] [33] The single was also distributed on the 3-inch and 5-inch CDs. In the UK the 3-inch CD featured "I Want to Break Free" (album version), "Machines" and "It's a Hard Life" and had a Parlophone Records label. In Germany, the 5-inch CD had an EMI label and contained "I Want to Break Free" and "It's a Hard Life", as well as the video of "I Want to Break Free".[32] [33] Single covers contained pictures of the group from the cover of the album The Works. In countries where the single went in four different versions, each version had a picture of one Queen member, otherwise four images were placed together. The inscription "Queen. I Want to Break Free" was red, white, gold or black and the frame was red or white. The German 5-inch CD had the cover for the single of "Radio Ga Ga". The reverse side was the same – a photo of the group on a red background, except for CDs which had a white background and no pictures.[32] [33] [34] [35]

Personnel • John Deacon: bass guitar (Fender), electric guitars (Fender Telecaster and Fender Stratocaster), acoustic guitar (Gibson) and synthesizers (Kurzweil K250, and Oberheim OB8). • • • •

Brian May: electric guitar Red Special Roger Taylor: drums (Ludwig) Freddie Mercury: synthesizer (Oberheim OBX-a) Fred Mandel: synthesizer (Roland Jupiter 8)

References [1] Sky, Chapter 3 (http:/ / www. queen. org. ua/ books/ freddie/ chapter3. shtml) [2] Queen Songs – The Book: I Want To Break Free (http:/ / www. queensongs. info/ the-book/ songwriting-analyses/ modern-era-queen/ the-works/ i-want-to-break-free. html). Queensongs.info. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [3] Queen Non-UK Albums Discography (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ discography/ queenalbumsnonuk. htm). Ultimatequeen.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [4] I Want To Break Free (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ queen/ works/ brkfree. html). Pcpki.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [5] Queen International Singles Chart Positions (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ queen/ singles. html). Pcpki.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [6] Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (21 July 1984). Billboard (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=j5I4br0t7cwC& pg=PT127). Nielsen Business Media, Inc.. p. 127. ISSN 0006-2510. . Retrieved 20 February 2011. [7] Queen – I Want To Break Free (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=I+ Want+ To+ Break+ Free& cat=s). austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [8] Queen – I Want To Break Free (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=I+ Want+ To+ Break+ Free& cat=s). lescharts.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [9] Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ QUEEN/ I+ Want+ To+ Break+ Free/ single). musicline.de. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [10] The Irish Charts (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) [11] Queen – I Want To Break Free (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=I+ Want+ To+ Break+ Free& cat=s). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [12] Queen – I Want To Break Free (http:/ / hitparade. ch/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=I+ Want+ To+ Break+ Free& cat=s). hitparade.ch. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [13] Queen – I Want To Break Free (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=11526). Chart Stats. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [14] Sutcliffe, p. 180 [15] Barry Lazell (1 April 1989). Rock movers & shakers (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=L2kGAQAAMAAJ). Billboard Publications, Inc.. ISBN 9780823076086. . Retrieved 20 February 2011. [16] "Queen albums and singles certifications" (http:/ / www. queenmuseum. com/ index. php?option=content& task=view& id=262). Queen Museum. . [17] Sky, Chapter 8 (http:/ / www. queen. org. ua/ books/ freddie/ chapter8. shtml)

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"I Want to Break Free" [18] Brian May with Terry Gross on 'Fresh Air' (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ briannews/ briannewsaug10a. html), NPR Radio Interview, 3 August 2010 [19] Sutcliffe, p. 189 [20] Sky, Chapter 4 (http:/ / www. queen. org. ua/ books/ freddie/ chapter4. shtml) [21] Phil Sutcliffe Brian May Interview – Q Magazine (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Brian_May_-_03-XX-1991_-_Q_Magazine), March 1991 [22] Freestone, p. 66 [23] Sutcliffe, p. 277 [24] Freddie Mercury Tribute (http:/ / queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_04-26-1992_-_The_Times_-_Freddie_Mercury_Tribute), The Times, 26 April 1992 [25] 29.11.2008 – Queen + Paul Rodgers live in HSBC Arena, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ detail/ live/ 1821/ queen-paul-rodgers-live-29-11-2008-hsbc-arena-rio-de-janeiro-brazil. html). Queen Concerts (2008-11-29). Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [26] Coca-Cola Unveils U.S. Launch Plans for its New Lower-Carb, Lower-Cal Cola, Coca-Cola C2 (http:/ / www. prnewswire. com/ news-releases/ coca-cola-unveils-us-launch-plans-for-its-new-lower-carb-lower-cal-cola-coca-cola-c2-74187422. html), PR Newswire, 24 May 2004 [27] Freestone, p. 119 [28] "Queen Biography 1984" (http:/ / www. queenzone. com/ queenzone/ bio_view. aspx?q=16). QueenZone.com. . [29] Queen News April 2006 (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ queen/ queennews/ queennewsapr06. html). Brianmay.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-20. [30] Sky, Chapter 9 (http:/ / www. queen. org. ua/ books/ freddie/ chapter9. shtml) [31] Liz Bouttell Wayne Eagling – Artistic Director, English National Ballet (http:/ / www. ballet. co. uk/ magazines/ yr_10/ feb10/ interview_wayne_eagling. htm), Interview by David Bain [32] I WANT TO BREAK FREE as an a-side (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ cgi-bin/ discography. cgi?qs:I+ WANT+ TO+ BREAK+ FREE) [33] Single covers from various countries (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20080610070148/ http:/ / queenpicturehall. com/ singles/ q25iwtbf. shtml) [34] I Want To Break Free covers (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ discography/ queensinglesuk1. htm#iwanttobreakfree), Queen UK Singles Discography (1973–1984) [35] I Want To Break Free (single) – Queenpedia.com – Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Discography, Bibliography, Charts (http:/ / queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=I_Want_To_Break_Free_(single)). Queenpedia.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-20.

Bibliography • Freestone, Peter & Evans, David (2001). Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Memoir by the Man who Knew Him Best (http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C&pg=PA119). Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780711986749. • Sky, Rick (1994). The show must go on: the life of Freddie Mercury. Carol Pub. Group. ISBN 0806515066. • Sutcliffe, Phil; Hince, Peter and Mack, Reinhold (15 November 2009). Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock (http://books.google.com/books?id=adNONbUWLjgC&pg=PT183). MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 9780760337196.

External links (youtube) • • • •

Video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVYgRPfC9nQ) Live performance in Japan (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8fG2k1vDeA) Concert Live at Wembley 1986 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7xmH-Amt2k) Lisa Stansfield singing "I want to break free" at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (http://www.youtube. com/watch?v=4UE4y3mEubg) • Queen + Paul Rodgers (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sj2aPiwqegw) • Coca Cola C2 Commercial (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RvQu4X6Xz8)

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"It's a Hard Life"

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"It's a Hard Life" "It's a Hard Life"



Released

16 July 1984

Format


Recorded

1983

Genre

Rock

Length

4:08 (Album version) 5:05 (12" extended version)

Label

EMI / Capitol

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer




"Hammer to Fall" (1984)

"It's a Hard Life" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by lead singer Freddie Mercury. It was featured on their 1984 album The Works, and it was the third single from that album. It reached number 6 in the UK Singles Chart and was their third consecutive Top 10 single from the album. It also reached number 2 in ireland and number 20 in the Netherlands The opening lyric and melody of "It's a Hard Life" is based on the line "Ridi, Pagliaccio, sul tuo amore infranto!" (Laugh, Pagliaccio, at your broken love!) from "Vesti la giubba", an aria from Ruggiero Leoncavallo's opera Pagliacci. Musically, the song recreates the feel of "Play the Game" in order to update the story,[1] utilising Mercury's piano playing and the band's characteristic technique of layered harmonies. It is recorded very much with the ethos of earlier Queen albums in that it features 'no synthesizers'. By that time the band had been using synths on record since

"It's a Hard Life" 1980's The Game and the gesture of returning to the traditional Queen sound was comforting to some fans.

Promotional video Tim Pope's video which accompanies the song has been created in an operatic "style," with the band and extras appearing in period "operatic-style" costume. The video also featured an unusual "skull and bones"-themed guitar that cost more than £1,000 [2] played by May, which can be seen on the single cover. The band found the costumes hot and uncomfortable, and the "eyes" on Mercury's outfit were ridiculed by the others, saying he looked "like a giant prawn".[2] Both Roger Taylor and Brian May[3] groaned out loud when shown this video during their commentary for the Greatest Video Hits 2 collection. Taylor said it was "the worst music video ever." May pointed out more positively that the video was a thematic joke, as it portrayed Mercury as a wealthy man singing about how hard life and love are, and at that point Mercury in real life possessed great wealth but was still searching for love. Roger Taylor, by his side, remarked that he'd "actually loved the song, hated the video." Despite this, the video was posted on the band's official YouTube channel. One of the extras in the clip is Mercury's then-lover, Barbara Valentin.


Freddie Mercury: Lead and backing vocals and piano. Brian May: Lead guitar and backing vocals. John Deacon: Bass guitar and backing vocals. Roger Taylor : Drums and backing vocals.

Live recordings • Live in Rio (VHS) • We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan (DVD)

References [1] Queen's Greatest Videos. Channel 4. 1999. No. 1/1. 30 minutes in. [2] Queen, Box of Flix, 1991, Picture Music International, liner notes p. 7 [3] See also Mark Blake. "Cash for Questions. Answered in Brian's living room, Windlesham, Surrey on 29 April 98." Q, July 1998. ( Queen Archives (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ viewtopic. php?t=12))

External links • "It's a Hard Life" at Queen Picture Hall (http://www.queenpicturehall.com/singles/q26iahl.shtml)

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"Hammer to Fall" "Hammer to Fall"


Tear It Up

Released

10 September 1984 (UK etc.)

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Recorded

1983

Genre

Rock

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3:40 (Single edit)

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5:25 (12" Headbanger's Mix)

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EMI / Capitol

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer




"Thank God It's Christmas" (1984)

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"Hammer to Fall" is a 1984 song by the British rock group Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the song is the eighth track on their 1984 album The Works.[1] It was the fourth and final single to be released from that album, although the single version was edited down by thirty seconds in contrast to the version on the album. Different sleeves were used to package this single and the live picture sleeve is now a collector's item. The song was also the subject of a popular music video directed by David Mallet, containing footage of a performance of the song in Brussels during The Works Tour.[2] The song harks back to the Queen of old, with a song being built around a hard angular and muscular riff. The song features Freddie Mercury on lead vocals, doing a call and response with May, who sings the chorus. "Hammer to Fall" was a concert favourite, and was the third song the band performed at Live Aid in 1985.[3] [4] The song features in the setlist of both The Works Tour and Magic Tour.[5] [6] The full album version of the song appears on Queen Rocks while the single version appears on Greatest Hits II and Classic Queen.[1]

Interpretation The lyrics at several points refer to the Cold War era in which the band members grew up, fuelling the popular conception that the song was about nuclear war: For we who grew up tall and proud In the shadow of the mushroom cloud Convinced our voices can't be heard We just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder What the hell are we fighting for Just surrender and it won't hurt at all The term "waiting for the hammer to fall" in the song was taken to refer to the anticipation by the public that Cold War would turn "hot" - or, alternatively, as a reference to the Soviet Hammer and Sickle. The song also contains references to death and its inevitability: Rich or poor or famous For your truth it's all the same (oh no oh no) Lock your door but the rain is pouring Through your window pane (oh no) Baby now your struggle's all in vain, yeah, yeah.

"Hammer to Fall" The question of the meaning of the song was effectively settled when May wrote on his website that Hammer to Fall is really about life and death, and being aware of death as being part of life. "The Hammer coming down is only a symbol of the Grim Reaper doing his job!"[7]

Live performances A concert favourite, "Hammer to Fall" was the third song on the band's setlist at Live Aid, after "Bohemian Rhapsody" and "Radio Ga Ga".[3] Live versions of the song in the 1980s also usually served as an opportunity for touring keyboardist Spike Edney to appear onstage playing rhythm guitar (he was usually not visible from his keyboard stack.) "Hammer to Fall" features in the setlist of both The Works Tour and Magic Tour.[5] [6] At the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, Extreme singer Gary Cherone performed the song with Queen and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath, having earlier done a medley of other Queen songs with his own group.[8] A different version of the song with the first part played in the style of a ballad was played by Queen + Paul Rodgers in 2005. The song peaked at number 3 in South America, and 13 in the UK.[9] The song was featured in the film Highlander.

References [1] The Works (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ works. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved July 11, 2011 [2] Queen Biography 1984 (http:/ / www. queenzone. com/ queenzone/ bio_view. aspx?q=16) Queen Zone. Retrieved July 11, 2011 [3] Queen Concerts: 13 July 1985 Wembley Stadium, London, (Live Aid) (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ other. html) Retrieved July 11, 2011 [4] Live Aid: Hammer to Fall (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ liveaid. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved July 11, 2011 [5] Queen live on tour: The Works 1985 (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ works1985. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 11, 2011 [6] Queen live on tour: Magic tour (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ magic. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 11, 2011 [7] Brian May: Brian's Soapbox, April 2004, brianmay.com (http:/ / www. brianmay. com) [8] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Hammer to Fall (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm#hammer) Retrieved May 25, 2011 [9] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited

External links • "Hammer to Fall" at discogs (http://www.discogs.com/master/14241) • Lyrics at Queenonline.com (http://www.queenonline.com/q_history/Music/TheWorks/ HammerToFall_lyrics.php)

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Single by Queen B-side

"Man on the Prowl" "Keep Passing the Open Windows"

Released

26 November 1984

Format

7" vinyl, 12" vinyl

Recorded

1984

Genre

Rock, Christmas

Length

4:19

Label

EMI/Capitol

Writer(s)

Brian May and Roger Taylor

Producer

Queen, Mack Queen singles chronology



"One Vision" (1985)

"Thank God It's Christmas" is a Christmas single by British rock band Queen. It was written by guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor. Released on 26 November 1984, the single spent six weeks in the UK charts over Christmas 1984 and new year of 1985, and reached number 21.[1] Though not released on any Queen studio album, the song appears on Queen's Greatest Hits III, released in 1999. The song was also released as the B-side of the single "A Winter's Tale" from the 1995 album Made in Heaven. No promotional video was filmed for the track, hampering its future use on music TV channels. For that reason it is a lesser known Christmas single. It also appears on several Christmas compilation albums. One of them is the original Now That's What I Call Christmas compilation released in 1985 but deleted in 1989.


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Track listings 7" vinyl EMI / QUEEN 5 Side one No. Title

Writer(s)

Length

1. "Thank God It's Christmas" Brian May, Roger Taylor

Side two No. Title

Writer(s)

1. "Man on the Prowl"

Length

Freddie Mercury

2. "Keep Passing the Open Windows" Mercury

12" vinyl EMI / 12QUEEN 5 Side one No. Title

Writer(s)


Length

May, Taylor

2. "Man on the Prowl" (Extended version) Mercury

Side two No. Title

Writer(s) Length

1. "Keep Passing the Open Windows" (Extended version) Mercury


Peak position [2] [3]

UK Singles Chart

[4]

21 8

Irish Singles Chart Chart (1985)

Peak position [5]

21

[6]

57

Austrian Singles Chart German Singles Chart


References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

"Chart Stats - Queen - Thank God It's Christmas" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=12124). . Retrieved 24 February 2009. "everyhit.com search results" (http:/ / www. everyhit. com). . Retrieved 24 February 2009. "Chart Stats -" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com). . Retrieved 24 February 2009. "irishcharts.ie search results" (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie). . Retrieved 24 February 2009. "Queen - Thank God It's Christmas - austriancharts.at" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Thank+ God+ It's+ Christmas& cat=s). . Retrieved 24 February 2009. [6] "charts-surfer.de search results" (http:/ / www. charts-surfer. de). . Retrieved 24 February 2009.

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Single by Queen from the album A Kind of Magic B-side

Blurred Vision

Released

November 4, 1985

Format


Recorded September 1985 Genre

Rock

Length

•

4:02 (Single version)

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6:28 (12" 'extended vision')

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•

4:38 (Classic Queen version)

Label

EMI / Capitol

Writer(s) Queen (Music: Roger Taylor/Queen, Lyrics: Queen) Producer Queen and Mack Queen singles chronology


"One Vision" (1985)

"A Kind of Magic" (1986)

"One Vision" is a song written and recorded by the rock band Queen, first released as a single in November 1985 and then included on their 1986 album A Kind of Magic. It was originally conceived by Roger Taylor, and was the first song that was co-written by all four bandmembers.[1] [2] The song has been speculated to be inspired by either the band's "show-stopping" performance at Live Aid earlier in 1985, or by the life and exploits of Martin Luther King, with the lyrics recounting a man battling and overcoming the odds.[2] In the 2011 BBC documentary, "Queen: Days of Our Lives," Roger Taylor stated his lyrics were "sort of half nicked off Martin Luther King's famous speech."[3] The song's music video featured a "morphing" effect of the band's famous pose in 1975's "Bohemian Rhapsody" video to a 1985 version of the same pose. The song was

"One Vision" included in all Queen's live concert performances of the 1986 Magic Tour, as the very first song of each concert.[4] They claimed they chose "One Vision" as the introduction song because its intro made a perfect concert introduction.

Oddities Distorted vocals The song contains mysterious and distorted beginning vocals (which on the album and extended versions, also appear throughout Roger Taylor's drum section and in the end), most prominently the vocals retained in the single version. Forward message The garbled vocals at the start of the song relay new lyrics when played forwards—they say, "God works in mysterious ways... mysterious ways...". It is clearly shown during the portions of the studio recording session of "One Vision" on both the Magic Years documentary and the DVD Greatest Video Hits II that Mercury sings the line.

"Fried chicken" The final line of the song (in both the studio and live versions) is "fried chicken", although the lyrics say "one vision". This was the result of trying to come up with vocal ideas to put into the song. One set of ideas included dishes from a Chinese takeaway menu which they had had for dinner that day—all the rest was scrapped but the fried chicken survived. Jim Hutton, Freddie Mercury's lover, says in his book, that the singer was not sure whether to include it in the final cut or not. Hutton encouraged him, saying "You are big enough" (to get away with this).

Live performances What is notable that the live performances of the song added an additional section in the beginning of the song, right after the guitar riffs without the percussion, and a big finale, which included ad-libbed vocals by Freddie Mercury. The ad-libbed vocals were not present on all performances though, the most notable being the performance at the Maimarktgelände in Mannheim, on 21 June 1986. Also, the live versions of the song included a different version of the intro, which starts like the single version intro, but later changes into the album version intro, but repeats the section after the vocals "Ii" near the end. It also features the initial distorted vocals as they were in the single version. However, the version used on the Wembley shows was yet different from the one mentioned above - basically it had the complete initial distorted vocals, and the first part was also like in the one in the album and extended versions, but the transition to the second part was just like in the version, mentioned above, and it did include the repeated section in the end. The VHS version of the July 12th Wembley show has the first part of the middle instrumental section of the studio version of Brighton Rock instead of the initial distorted vocals. The version of the song from the 11 July Wembley show is now included on the Queen Live At Wembley Stadium 25th Anniversary Edition DVD and the A Kind Of Magic 2011 Deluxe CD. Interestingly enough, none of the two versions of the intro has been used with a studio version of the song so far.

Single B-side An extensively remixed version of the song, titled "Blurred Vision" appears as the B-side of both the 7" and 12" single releases. This is primarily an extended and completely different (but not in structure) version of Roger Taylor's drum section from the A-side. However, it retains the original ending, albeit with a longer version of the music from the end of the original's intro plus an additional non-distorted sound over the final vocals "Vision vision vision vision..." (which are like those in the single version). It also repeats the existing famous distorted vocals, and

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"One Vision" adds new, less-prominent distorted vocals.

Cover versions "One Vision" has been covered by many artists, the most notable is the German-language cover by the industrial music band Laibach, titled "Geburt einer Nation" ('Birth of a Nation'), which changed the song's feel and mood from the somehow light-hearted and optimistic original to the feel and mood of a Nazi propaganda song. This version also starkly revealed the ambiguity of lines like "One race one hope/One real decision". It was released in 1987, on the album Opus Dei. A video was also shot for this version, directed by Daniel Landin. There is also a version covered by Melanie C live.

Music video The music video to "One Vision" mainly showed the band recording the song at Musicland Studios in Munich and was the first to be directed and produced for Queen by Austrian directors Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, also collectively known as DoRo. DoRo and Queen developed a fruitful working relationship which would result in numerous acclaimed and award-winning videos (for "Innuendo" and "The Show Must Go On", among others). The video also featured a "morphing" effect of the band's famous pose in 1975's "Bohemian Rhapsody" video to a 1985 version of the same pose. The video even shows John Deacon on the drums. It is not known if he actually played some drum parts in the song or if it is just a joke. There was also a video made to match the 12" inch version of the song which appears on Queen Rocks The Video VHS and Queen Greatest Video Hits II DVD.

Chart performance "One Vision" became another hit single for Queen in many countries, usually reaching the Top 40, where it did in the Netherlands (#21), Switzerland (#24), and Germany (#26). It also had very minor chart success on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #61. It became a big hit in the band's native UK, peaking at #7 in the singles chart, a strong showing for a rock band at a time when pop music was by far the more dominant genre in Britain. It also made #10 on Australia's ARIA Chart.

Other uses The song is featured in the movie Iron Eagle and is on the soundtrack. The version on the Iron Eagle soundtrack is the original single version, which preceded the album version by nearly a year. The song was recorded in September 1985 (according to the "One Vision" documentary found on The Magic Years Vol. 1 VHS and the Greatest Video Hits Vol. 2 DVD, chronicling the recording of the song). The single was released November 4, 1985, the soundtrack album was released in January 1986, and the song was remixed for the album, which came out June 2, 1986. The song also appears on the Grand Theft Auto IV soundtrack, and in-game on the radio station "Liberty Rock Radio 97.8". During the 2008-09 season it was used as the official song of Rotherham United F.C. It is also used in Ricky Gervais Fame DVD as he enters the stage. The song is available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series and is the hardest song on drums of the Queen pack. Actor Ricky Groves and his dance partner Erin Boag performed a paso doble to the song in the seventh series of Strictly Come Dancing. It was also recently featured on an advert for British Gas's merger with Nectar.

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References [1] [2] [3] [4]

A Kind Of Magic: Album Details (http:/ / queenonline. com/ en/ the-band/ discography/ kind-magic/ ) QueenOnline. Retrieved July 3, 2011 Queen - One Vision (http:/ / allmusic. com/ song/ one-vision-t1543719) Allmusic. Retrieved July 3, 2011 O'Casey, Matt, dir. (2002) Queen - Days of Our Lives. Part 2. Queen Productions Ltd. Retrieved 29 August, 2011 Queen live on tour: Magic tour: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ magic. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 8 July 2011

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"A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" (USA)

Released

17 March 1986

Format

7"/12" vinyl single

Recorded 1985 – 1986 Genre

Rock

Length

• • • •

Label

EMI, Capitol

4:25 (Album version) 3:37 (CD bonus track: "A Kind of 'A Kind of Magic'") 6:23 (12" extended version) 4:10 (Original Highlander version)

Writer(s) Roger Taylor Producer Queen and David Richards Queen singles chronology

"One Vision" (1985)


"Princes of the Universe" (1986)

"A Kind of Magic" is a rock song written by Roger Taylor for the film Highlander, for which Queen wrote the music. The song reached number three in the UK Singles Chart, top ten in a number of European countries, and number forty-two on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100. The song is the opening track on the band's compilation albums, Greatest Hits II, and Classic Queen.[1]

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Recording Name The phrase "a kind of magic" is actually used in the film by Christopher Lambert and impressed Taylor so much that he made it into a full song. There are references to the film in the lyrics – "one prize, one goal"; "no mortal man": "there can be only one".

Composition Taylor wrote the melody and chords for the version that appeared in the film. Freddie Mercury composed a new bass line, added instrumental breaks, and changed the song's order. Mercury and David Richards produced this new version. The song was still credited only to Taylor. Whilst Taylor's version is at the end of the film, Mercury's version appears on the album.

Live performances The song was a live favourite on Magic Tour of the same year, which proved to be Queen's last with the original foursome. On the Rock the Cosmos Tour of Europe, Roger Taylor took lead vocals for the song at some concerts.

Music video The music video for this song was directed by Russell Mulcahy, director of Highlander. Notable is that guitarist Brian May did not use his famous Red Special guitar in the music video, instead he used a 1984 copy. Mercury is dressed as a magician type of figure. He enters an abandoned theatre (The Playhouse Theatre in London) where Brian May, Roger Taylor, and John Deacon (all dressed as stereotypical tramps) are asleep until awakened by Mercury's entrance. Mercury, dressed as a magician, transforms the hobos into the Queen members dressed regularly with their instruments, and back to hobos again as he leaves. Throughout the video, cartoon images dance to the beat of the song.

Chart positions 1986 Charts

Position

UK Singles Chart

3

Irish Singles Chart

3

Swiss Singles Chart

3

Dutch Singles Chart

4


5


6

Australian Singles Chart

6


12

U.S. Singles Chart

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The single was certified platinum in Brazil for more than 100,000 digital downloads of the single. Queen's compilations The Platinum Collection, Classic Queen, and Greatest Hits II all make an unsubstantiated claim that the song reached number-one in 35 countries around the world,[2] but to date, there is no known territory where the song did reach the top position.

"A Kind of Magic"


Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals Brian May: Electric guitar, backing vocals Roger Taylor: Drums, backing vocals John Deacon: Bass.

Additional musicians: • Spike Edney: Keyboards

Usage in other media • The music was used in the trailer for the film The Adventures of Pinocchio. • A promotional music video, made by Boeing, was released called, Hornet Magic was released on VHS. The video was music video of the song set to video footage of F/A-18E/F Super Hornet fighter planes. In the video, the word "magic" appeared on screen every time it was mentioned in the song. • A shortened version of the song is used in the opening credts of the children's animated series A Kind of Magic. • The song was heard on a launch promo of Disney Channel in the UK in 1995. But also in 2009 for the launch in the Netherlands and Flanders. • A sample of Freddie saying "Ha ha ha ha ha, it's magic" also appears in the Queen version of the song "I Was Born to Love You" from the album Made in Heaven. • M-Net have used the song in promo's several times, as their motto is "we call it magic". • The BBC used the song as the background music for the 1986 edition of the The Rock 'n' Roll Years (aired in 1994) when featuring footage from the all-Merseyside FA Cup final of that year, in which Liverpool beat Everton 3-1 at Wembley Stadium. • The BBC also used the song in a montage showing clips from Series 1 of Merlin. • The Brazilian telephony company Claro used the song in the launch campaign for their first 3G cellphones. The commercials depicted people using the new features only possible with 3G technology with "A Kind of Magic" as the background music. • The song's title will be used to headline the upcoming Freddie Mercury bio-pic, based on the late singer's life and times with Queen.

References [1] Queen Album: Classic Queen (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ music/ artist/ queen/ albums. jhtml?albumId=72769) MTV. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [2] Jenkins, Jim; Smith, Jacky; Davis, Andy; Symes, Phil (2000). Album notes for The Platinum Collection by Queen, p. 11 [CD booklet]. Parlophone (7243 5 29883 2 7).

1. "A Kind Of Magic by Queen Songfacts" (http://www.songfacts.com/detail.php?id=4851). Songfacts. Retrieved 2007-12-31.

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A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling" "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Japan) "Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme)" (Australia) "Was It All Worth It" (2000 Dutch CD Single)

Released

March 1986 (US, Canada, Australia, New Zealand; Japan)

Format

Vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1985 – 1986

Genre

Rock

Length

3:32

Label

Capitol, EMI

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer




"Friends Will Be Friends" (1986)

"Princes of the Universe" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and performed by Queen. The song was written for the soundtrack of the movie Highlander and released on the A Kind of Magic album in 1986.[1] This song is the only song which Mercury receives sole credit for on the entire album. Later it was also used for the Highlander: The Series as its theme song.[2] The song was never released as a single in the United Kingdom, and while it never truly charted, it is considered a cult favorite because of its relation to the film. In the movie, the guitar solo in the beginning is cut out. The music video was directed by Russell Mulcahy and was shot on the Silvercup rooftop stage used for the film, featuring a sword fight between Connor MacLeod (Christopher Lambert) and Freddie Mercury (Freddie wielding his

"Princes of the Universe" trademark bottomless mic stand instead of a sword) intercut with scenes from the movie. During the video, guitarist Brian May appears without his Red Special, but instead with a white Washburn RR11V. The video was actually played quite a bit on music video stations (in the US) when this single came out, despite not charting. Up until its eventual release on Greatest Flix III (VHS, 1999) and Greatest Video Hits 2 (DVD, 2003), it was rarely seen by fans outside North America, elevating its possession to collector's item status. The lyrics are from the perspective of the immortals, about the state of being immortal, the superiority it gives them to normal humans, and the test that they all always have to face because of this. The lyrics can also be interpreted as regarding Queen themselves: "People talk about you, people say you've had your day / I'm a man that will go far, find the moon and reach for the stars." The song "Who Wants to Live Forever" is the foil of this song, and features in the film.[3]

References [1] Freestone, Peter (2001) Freddie Mercury: an intimate memoir by the man who knew him best (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C& pg=PA96& dq=princes+ of+ the+ universe+ highlander#v=onepage& q=princes of the universe highlander& f=false) p.96.Omnibus Press, Retrieved January 22, 2011 [2] Bartkowiak, Mathew J. (2010) Sounds of the Future: Essays on Music in Science Fiction Film (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=i5mKZT5D3TMC& pg=PA19& dq=princes+ of+ the+ universe+ highlander#v=onepage& q=princes of the universe highlander& f=false) p.19. Retrieved January 22, 2011 [3] Who Wants To Live Forever (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ Songs/ akindof. htm) UltimateQueen.co.uk

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9 June 1986

Format

vinyl record (7"/12")

Recorded

1985 – 1986

Genre

Rock

Length

4:07 (album version) 5:58 (CD bonus track: "Friends Will Be Friends Will Be Friends") 6:19 (12" extended version) 4:14 (video version)

Label

EMI

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury John Deacon

Producer

Queen Mack Queen singles chronology



"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" (1986)

"Friends Will Be Friends" is a song performed by Queen and written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, included on the album A Kind of Magic. It was the band's 30th single in the UK upon its release on 9 June 1986, reaching number 14 in the UK. "Friends Will Be Friends" was performed live in Magic Tour concerts. It is remarkable that it was the first and only song that was sung at the end of concerts between "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" since the News of the World Tour in 1977.[1] The song was included in various greatest hits compilations by Queen such as Greatest Hits II, Greatest Flix II and Greatest Video Hits II.

Music video The video was directed by DoRo and filmed at JVC Studios, Wembley in May 1986 and features the band performing the song in front of fan club members.

Chart performance


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Peak Total position weeks

[2]

16

9

20

10

4

5

50

1

Swiss Singles Chart

19

5

[7]

14

12

Dutch Singles Chart


[3]

[4]

Irish Singles Chart

[5]

New Zealand Singles Chart [6]

UK Singles Chart

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

Information about Queen's concerts with typical setlists (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ ) Dutchcharts.nl (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ ) Musiconline.de (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ ) Irishcharts.ie (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ ) Charts.org.nz (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ ) Swisscharts.com (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ ) Chartstats.com (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ )

External links • A Kind of Magic at UltimateQueen.co.uk (http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/Songs/akindof.htm)


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"Don't Lose Your Head"

Released

17 March 1986

Format

7"/12" vinyl single

Recorded

1985 – 1986

Genre

Rock

Length

4:19 •


•

4:17 (Single remix)

•

5:56 (12" extended mix)

Label

EMI, Capitol

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury, John Deacon

Producer

Queen and David Richards Queen singles chronology



"Who Wants to Live Forever" (1986)

"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" is a song by Queen, released only in Canada, Germany, the Netherlands and the USA as the second single from their 1986 album A Kind of Magic. The song began as a riff idea by Brian May. Then John Deacon and Freddie Mercury turned that into a song, with Deacon playing rhythm guitar. The single reached #26 on the Dutch charts. The title also appears as a line in "One Year of Love". As with most Mercury songs, it has prominent keyboards and, like most Deacon songs, it has a prominent bass line. The version which appears on the single is a remix, rearranging much of the backing track from the original elements. The 12" single features an extended version of this remix, rather than an extended version of the track as it


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"Who Wants to Live Forever" "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Single by Queen Produced with David Richards from the album A Kind of Magic B-side

"Killer Queen" "Forever" (12" single only)

Released

September 15, 1986

Format

Vinyl record (7"/12")

Recorded

1985 – 1986

Genre

Rock

Length

•


•

4:00 (Single version)

•

4:57 (Greatest Hits II version)

Label

EMI

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer

Queen and David Richards Queen Produced with David Richards singles chronology



"One Year of Love" (1986)

"Who Wants to Live Forever" is a song by the English rock band Queen. The song is the sixth track on the album A Kind of Magic, released in June 1986, and was written by guitarist Brian May for the soundtrack to the film Highlander, directed by Russell Mulcahy.[1] The song peaked at No 24 in the UK charts.[2] The song is used to frame the scenes in the film where Connor MacLeod must endure his beloved wife Heather growing old and dying while he, as an Immortal, remains forever young. (It was later used in the episodes "The Gathering", "Revenge is Sweet", "The Hunters", "Line of Fire", and "Leader of the Pack" of the Highlander

"Who Wants to Live Forever" television series.) The song's title is taken from a line in another movie scored by Brian May and Queen, Flash Gordon (the line can be heard on Battle Theme from Queen Flash Gordon soundtrack album). May sings lead vocals on the first verse, before Freddie Mercury takes over for most of the rest of the song, with May singing "But touch my tears with your lips" during Mercury's verse and then the final line of the song, "Who waits forever anyway?". An instrumental version of the song, titled "Forever", was included as a bonus track on the CD version of the album. This instrumental featured only a piano, with keyboard accompaniment during the chorus sections. The piano track was recorded solely by Brian May. Queen was backed up by an orchestra, with orchestrations by the co-composer of the film's score, Michael Kamen.[1] Since its release, the song has been covered by a number of artists.

Music video The video was directed by David Mallet and filmed in a (now demolished) warehouse at Tobacco Wharf at London's East End in September 1986.[3] It featured the National Philharmonic Orchestra with forty choirboys and hundreds and hundreds of candles which remain lit throughout filming as well as Mercury wearing a tuxedo suit.[3] It is the only Queen video to feature bassist John Deacon playing an upright bass. An alternate version with clips from the film Highlander (which the song appears in) appears on the video single with A Kind Of Magic in October 1986 and later as a hidden music video on Queen Greatest Video Hits II DVD in November 2003.[3]

Cover versions • In 1988, Elaine Paige, recorded an album of Queen songs, and included a strong 'power ballad' version of the song.[4] • Seal performed a live version of this song at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992, noting that the song made him cry when he first heard it.[5] • In 1995, Jennifer Rush recorded a version with Brian May on her Out of My Hands album. It featured May on lead-vocals for a verse plus backing vocals and guitar work.[6] • Luciano Pavarotti called Giorgia for his charity concert Pavarotti & Friends where she performed the song. The recorded Live-CD was released in 1995. • Shirley Bassey covered this song on her 1995 album Sings the Movies, and performed it on "A Royal Gala" at the Royal Albert Hall in 1996. • Dune recorded an orchestrated version on the 1997 album Forever. It was also released as the first single from the album. • The song is featured in the Queen jukebox musical We Will Rock You. The version that appears on the original London cast recording is sung by Tony Vincent and Hannah Jane Fox. • The symphonic metal band After Forever recorded a cover of this song and released it with their single "Emphasis" in 2002. • Sarah Brightman covered this track on her 1997 album, Time to say Goodbye.[7] • Polish singer Edyta Górniak recorded a cover called "Nieśmiertelni" in 2003, released on Moja i Twoja muzyka, RMF FM compilation album. • In 2005, the song was covered by Breaking Benjamin on the album Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen.[8] • The Ten Tenors recorded a version on their album Here's to the Heroes, released in 2006. • Rock Star: INXS finalist, MiG Ayesa covered the song on his debut album MiG in 2007. • Katharine McPhee covered this song on the "Queen" themed week on American Idol's fifth season. • Eva Avila covered this song on the "1980's" themed week on Canadian Idol's fourth season. • In 2007, the song was covered by the band Gregorian on their album Masters of Chant Chapter VI. • Kady Malloy covered this song during "80's" week on American Idol's seventh season.

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Dune version "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Single by Dune from the album Forever Released

23 October 1996

Format

CD Dune singles chronology

"Million Miles From Home" (1996)


"Nothing Compares 2 U" (1997)

German band Dune released their cover of "Who Wants to Live Forever", from their album Forever, as a single in October 1996. Dune's version of "Who Wants to Live Forever" sold more than 500.000 copies in Germany. The single peaked at #3 in the Austrian singles charts, at #9 in the Swiss Charts, at #12 in the Dutch Charts and at #59 in the Swedish charts.


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Track listing 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Who Wants To Live Forever (Sixtysix Radio Mix) (3:54) Who Wants To Live Forever (South Bound Mix) (3:58) Highland Trilogy: One Day In Glencoe (4:49) Highland Trilogy: Valley Of Tears (4:58) Highland Trilogy: In The Air, Part 2 (10:29)

Remixes Released: 4 December 1996 1. Who Wants To Live Forever (Komakino Remix) (5:32) 2. Who Wants To Live Forever (Future Breeze Remix) (7:03) 3. In The Air, Part 1 (5:13)

Music video The music video was shot in the Scottish Highlands.

Sarah Brightman version "Who Wants to Live Forever"

Single by Sarah Brightman from the album Time to Say Goodbye Released

1997

Format

CD

Producer

Frank Peterson Sarah Brightman singles chronology

"Just Show Me How to Love You" 1997


"Tu Quieres Volver" (1997)

Soprano Sarah Brightman released her cover of "Who Wants to Live Forever", from her album Timeless/Time to Say Goodbye, as a single in 1997 (See 1997 in music). The single peaked at #45 in the UK singles chart.


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Track listing CD single 1. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Album version) 2. "Who Wants to Live Forever" (Xenomania club mix) Maxi CD single 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Who Wants to Live Forever" "A Question of Honour" "Heaven Is Here" "I Loved You"

12" vinyl 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Who Wants To Live Forever (Trouser Enthusiasts 'Cybernetic Odalisque' Mix)" "Who Wants To Live Forever (Xenomania Club Mix)" "Who Wants To Live Forever (Xenomania Dub Mix)" "Who Wants To Live Forever (X-Citing Mix)

Edyta Górniak version "Nieśmiertelni"

Single by Edyta Górniak Released

2003

Format

CD

Label

Pomaton EMI

Writer(s)

Ryszard Kunce

Producer

Edyta Górniak Edyta Górniak singles chronology

"Impossible" "Nieśmiertelni" (2003) (2003)

"The Story So Far" (2003)

"Who Wants to Live Forever" Polish singer Edyta Górniak released a cover of "Who Wants to Live Forever" in 2003 called "Nieśmiertelni" (Immortals). She recorded the cover with Polish lyrics for the cover compilation album RMF FM - Moja i Twoja muzyka by Polish radio station RMF FM. It was released as a promo radio single by Pomaton EMI. The image on the cover was shot by photographer Robert Wolański

Track listing 1. Nieśmiertelni (3:26)

References [1] Who Wants To Live Forever (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ Songs/ akindof. htm) UltimateQueen.co.uk [2] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited [3] Queen Promo Videos: Who Wants To Live Forever (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ queenpromo. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 11 November 2011 [4] Elaine Paige: The Queen Album (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ the-queen-album-r367779) Allmusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011 [5] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Who Wants To Live Forever (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm#who) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 20 August 2011 [6] Jennifer Rush: Out of My Hands (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ out-of-my-hands-r209424) Allmusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011 [7] Sarah Brightman: Time to Say Goodbye (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r332098) Allmusic. Retrieved 30 August 2011 [8] Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ killer-queen-a-tribute-to-queen-r782664) Allmusic. Retrieved August 30, 2011

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"One Year of Love" "One Year of Love" Single by Queen from the album A Kind of Magic Released

25 October 1986 (France, Spain)

Format

vinyl record (7")

Recorded

1985 – 1986

Genre

Rock

Length

4:26

Label

EMI

Writer(s)

John Deacon

Producer




"I Want It All" (1989)

"One Year of Love" is a song by Queen from their 1986 album A Kind of Magic and also the film Highlander. Written by bassist John Deacon, it was released as a single in France and Spain. Like his other composition, "You're My Best Friend", this song has some of Deacon's most notable instrumental playing, with him playing Bass guitar and Keyboards. It has a saxophone solo replacing Brian May's usual guitar solos. The song features a string orchestra conducted by Lynton Naiff and a saxophone played by Steve Gregory. Guitarist Brian May is absent in this song.

Covers "One Year of Love" was covered by Elaine Paige in 1986 and later by Dutch singer Stevie Ann in 2006.

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"I Want It All" "I Want It All"

Single by Queen from the album The Miracle B-side

"Hang on in There"

Released

2 May 1989

Format

7" vinyl, 12" vinyl, CD single, Compact Cassette

Recorded

1988

Genre

Rock

Length

4:42 (album), 3:57 (single)

Label

Parlophone, Capitol

Writer(s)

Brian May

Producer

Queen, David Richards Queen singles chronology



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The Miracle track listing

"The Miracle" (3)

"I Want It All" (4)

"The Invisible Man" (5)

Greatest Hits II track listing

"Radio Ga Ga" (3)

"I Want It All" (4)


Queen Rocks track listing


"I Want It All" (3)


"I Want It All" (sample) is a song by English rock band Queen, featured on their 1989 twelfth studio album The Miracle. Written by guitarist and backing vocalist Brian May (but credited to Queen) and produced by David Richards, the song was released as the lead single from the album on 2 May 1989.[1] "I Want It All" reached number three on both the UK Singles Chart[2] and the American Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart,[3] number 50 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart[3] and number one in other European territories, including Spain, where Los 40 Principales regularly played the song during the month of July 1989.[1] The song was first played live on 20 April 1992, three years after its release, during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by the three remaining members of Queen, with Roger Daltrey singing lead vocals and Tony Iommi playing rhythm guitar.[4] Mercury himself never performed the song live, as he died in November 1991 from AIDS at the age of 45, and his final performance with Queen was at the end of the Magic Tour, in 1986. The song is sung mainly by Mercury, with May singing on the choruses, and the middle eight. There are at least two versions of this song. The longer one is the album version, while the shortest one is used in the music video and in the Greatest Hits II compilation. The sample on the top of this article is the beginning from the short version. Compared to the album version, the video version features a different beginning, omitting the acoustic/electric guitar part and the short rhythmic-electric guitar part immediately following. It starts with the band singing the chorus a cappella, and then, after a 1/8 + 2/4 A5 power chord, it picks up on the first electric guitar riff by Brian May that follows the short rhythmic guitar part mentioned before. The guitar solo section is different as well: the album version features an extra solo, done at the same tempo as the rest of the song, just before the faster main solo. Freddie Mercury's vocals after the middle eight are also slightly different and are positioned on the "extra" solo on the album version, and on the main solo on the video version.

"I Want It All"

Background The song is notably heavy and features themes relating to rebellion and social upheaval. Songwriter May, however, claims that it is about having ambitions and fighting for one's own goals; because of this, the song became an anti-apartheid song in South Africa and has also been used as a gay rights protest theme and a rallying anthem for African-American youth.[1]

Style and reception In reviewing The Miracle for Allmusic, Greg Prato suggested that the song, like title track "The Miracle", "reflect[s] on [...] the state of the world in the late '80s," summarising the song stylistically as "heavy rock."[5] Melville-based newspaper Newsday mentioned "I Want It All" as one of "The best" of the album, describing it as "colored by May's rocking guitar rolls and Mercury's rough-boys vocals."[6] In reviewing the album, The Dallas Morning News described "I Want It All" in some depth, explaining how it "starts off with a Bowiesque guitar part, picks up a heavy cargo of steel, quickly lays down the hard line implied by the title, then takes flight along Mr. May's greased fretboard."[7]

Music video The music video features the band performing in a studio that used halogen lighting. It was directed by David Mallet. In the Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD audio commentary, Brian May and Roger Taylor recall that Freddie Mercury's health was already quite bad when the video's shooting took place, and it was remarkable that it didn't show up in the video, with Freddie Mercury performing with all the energy he had.

Video game appearances Guitar Hero series The song is available as a playable track in the 2009 music video game Guitar Hero: Van Halen.

Rock Band series The song was made available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series of music video games as part of the 10 song Queen pack on 20 October 2009. It was later re-released on 5 December 2010 with support for the new instruments featured in Rock Band 3.

SingStar The song is featured in the music video game SingStar Queen.

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References [1] Jenkins, Jim; Smith, Jacky; Davis, Andy; Symes, Phil (2000). Album notes for The Platinum Collection by Queen, p. 12 [CD booklet]. Parlophone (7243 5 29883 2 7). [2] "Queen" (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ artistinfo. php?id=400). Chart Stats. . Retrieved 7 May 2009. [3] "Queen > Charts & Awards > Billboard Singles" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles). allmusic. . Retrieved 7 May 2009. [4] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: I Want It All (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm#iwantit) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 5 July 2011 [5] Prato, Greg. "The Miracle > Review" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r15983/ review). allmusic. . Retrieved 7 May 2009. [6] "06-25-1989 – The Miracle – Newsday (Melville, NY)" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_06-25-1989_-_The_Miracle_-_Newsday_(Melville,_NY)). Queen Music Reviews. Queen Archives (originally published by Newsday). 25 June 1989 (original publication). . Retrieved 7 May 2009. [7] "07-02-1989 – The Miracle – The Dallas Morning News" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_07-02-1989_-_The_Miracle_-_The_Dallas_Morning_News). Queen Archives (originally published by The Dallas Morning News). 7 February 1989 (original publication). . Retrieved 7 May 2009. [8] Australian charts portal (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ ). australian-charts.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-01. [9] Austria Top 40 – Hitparade Österreich (http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ ). austriancharts.at. Retrieved on 2011-03-01. [10] "Welcome to the LIBRARY AND ARCHIVES CANADA website | Bienvenue au site Web BIBLIOTHÈQUE ET ARCHIVES CANADA" (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ ). Collectionscanada.gc.ca. . Retrieved 2011-08-03. [11] Dutch charts portal (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ ). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved on 2011-03-01. [12] Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ ). musicline.de. Retrieved on 2011-03-01. [13] The Irish Charts – All there is to know (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ ). Irishcharts.ie (1962-10-01). Retrieved on 2011-03-01. [14] "Hit Parade Italia - Indice per Interprete: Q" (http:/ / www. hitparadeitalia. it/ indici/ per_interprete/ aq. htm). Hitparadeitalia.it. . Retrieved 2011-08-03. [15] New Zealand charts portal (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ ). charts.org.nz. Retrieved on 2011-03-01. [16] Norwegian charts portal (http:/ / www. norwegiancharts. com/ ). norwegiancharts.com (2006-06-15). Retrieved on 2011-03-01. [17] Swedish Charts Portal (http:/ / www. swedishcharts. com/ ). swedishcharts.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-01.

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"Breakthru" "Breakthru"


Stealin'

Released

June 19, 1989

Format

Vinyl record (7", 12"), cassette tape, 5"CD

Recorded 1988 Genre

Rock

Length

•


•


Label

Parlophone, EMI, Capitol

Writer(s) Roger Taylor/Freddie Mercury (credited to Queen) Producer Queen and David Richards Queen singles chronology


"Breakthru" (1989)


"Breakthru" is a song by British rock band Queen. Credited as being written by Queen, it was released in June 1989 from the album The Miracle. The single reached #7 in the UK, and peaked at number 6 in the Netherlands and Ireland, but failed to chart in the US. The song is remarkable by its video where the group is performing the song on an open platform of a fast-moving steam train.

"Breakthru"

Song The album version of the song begins with 30 seconds of slow vocal harmony. It was apparently written by Freddie Mercury for a different song which ended up never being released, "A New Life Is Born".[1] [2] It then abruptly changes to a fast-paced rocker, that was written by Roger Taylor. Other song versions were created by either extending or cutting the introduction.[3] On the Queen for an Hour interview conducted in 1989, Mercury said that this was a great example of two separate bits coming together to make a final track. He commented on how the band had about 30 tracks to work with and only completed a handful, working on all of them at least somewhat.[4]

Video The video of the song was filmed within two days on the preserved Nene Valley Railway, near Peterborough in Cambridgeshire, England. The group members mentioned in the interviews that despite the hot summer weather, the event brought a nice refreshment to their studio work. It also helped heighten guitarist Brian May's spirits, as he was going through a bout of depression from the intense scrutiny surrounding his second marriage and Freddie Mercury's health starting to falter as a result of AIDS. The steam locomotive No. 3822[5] and an open platform were rented by Queen from the Didcot Railway Centre A regular (demonstration) run of loco 3822 along in Oxfordshire and repainted for the video. In particular, the group Didcot Railway Centre's main demonstration line. named the train "The Miracle Express", and this name was reflected in large red letters on the sides of the locomotive.[6] The idea of using a train in the video was suggested by Taylor and was inspired by the rhythm of the rapid part of the song. During the introduction ("new life is born"), the video features Taylor's then-girlfriend Debbie Leng, with a black mask painted around her eyes, waking up and getting up on the rail track. The commencing of the fast part coincides with the scene of the train breaking through a polystyrene wall painted as a brick wall; the wall was constructed in a tunnel, under an arch of a stone bridge. The group was dissatisfied with this part because polystyrene could not stand the enormous air pressure buildup in the tunnel from the incoming train and the wall started breaking before the physical impact. The rest of the clip mostly shows the moving train with an attached open platform whereon the group performs the song. May, Deacon and Taylor are playing guitars and drums, whereas Mercury is moving around the whole platform with his trademark bottomless microphone stand while singing. Leng appears in some scenes on the platform and further in the clip.[7] The train was reportedly going at a speed of between 30[7] and 60 mph[8] (intermediate values were mentioned in interviews), and thus the group has insured itself for 2 million pounds against bodily damage. The clip cost 300,000 pounds to make.[8]

Distribution The single was distributed in 1989 as 7-inch and 12-inch records, 5-inch CDs and tapes, with a Parlophone label in most countries. The label was from Capitol in the US. The B-side either contained the song "Stealin'", was only used as an addition to "Breakthru",[9] or was blank as in some UK 12" records. Other 12" records and 5" CDs contained two versions of "Breakthru" and one of "Stealin'". Most covers contained a photomorph of four heads of the group members; the faces were merged at one eye of each face creating a five-eyed merged face. A strip showing eyes only was cut of this picture for most covers.[10] The song was included into the following albums and compilations: The Miracle, Greatest Hits II, The Platinum Collection, Box of Tricks, Greatest Video Hits 2 (disk 1), Greatest Flix II (VHS) and Queen: The eYe (electronic video game released in 1998 by Electronic Arts).

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References [1] Sutcliffe, Phil; Hince, Peter and Mack, Reinhold (15 November 2009). Queen: The Ultimate Illustrated History of the Crown Kings of Rock (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=adNONbUWLjgC& pg=PT183). MBI Publishing Company. ISBN 9780760337196. . [2] Unreleased Queen Tracks (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ unreleasedqueen. htm#anewlife). Ultimatequeen.co.uk. Retrieved on 2011-03-02. [3] The Miracle (http:/ / www. queenvault. com/ themiracle. html). QueenVault.com (1989-03-15). Retrieved on 2011-03-02. [4] 1989 Radio Interview with Queen hosted by Mike Read [5] Didcot Railway Centre (http:/ / didcot-railway-centre. co. tv/ ). Didcot Railway Centre. Retrieved on 2011-03-02. [6] Peterborough Tourist Attractions: Sightseeing and Attractions in Peterborough Area, England, UK (http:/ / www. peterborough. world-guides. com/ peterborough_attractions. html). Peterborough.world-guides.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-02. [7] Freestone, Peter & Evans, David (2001). Freddie Mercury: An Intimate Memoir by the Man who Knew Him Best (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C& pg=PA119). Omnibus Press. p. 129. ISBN 9780711986749. . [8] Sky, Rick (1994). "4" (http:/ / www. queen. org. ua/ books/ freddie/ chapter4. shtml). The show must go on: the life of Freddie Mercury. Carol Pub. Group. ISBN 0806515066. . [9] Georg Purvis (1 April 2007). Queen: Complete Works (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=okE5AQAAIAAJ). Reynolds & Hearn. ISBN 9781905287338. . Retrieved 2 March 2011. [10] Breakthru as an a-side (http:/ / www. pcpki. com/ cgi-bin/ discography. cgi?qs:BREAKTHRU). Pcpki.com. Retrieved on 2011-03-02. [11] Australian-charts.com (http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ ) [12] Collectionscanada.gc.ca (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ ) [13] Dutchcharts.nl (http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ ) [14] Die ganze Musik im Internet: Charts, News, Neuerscheinungen, Tickets, Genres, Genresuche, Genrelexikon, Künstler-Suche, Musik-Suche, Track-Suche, Ticket-Suche (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ title/ QUEEN/ Breakthru/ single). musicline.de. Retrieved on 2011-03-02. [15] The Irish Charts – All there is to know (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement). Irishcharts.ie. Retrieved on 2011-03-02. [16] http:/ / www. hitparadeitalia. it/ indici/ per_interprete/ aq. htm [17] Charts.org.nz (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ ) [18] Swisscharts.com (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ ) [19] Queen – Breakthru' (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ release. php?release=16341). Chart Stats (1989-08-26). Retrieved on 2011-03-02.

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External links • Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q22oGInO-uo) • Behind the scenes video (http://wn.com/Queen__Breakthru_behind_the_scenes)

"The Invisible Man" "The Invisible Man"


"Hijack My Heart"

Released

August 7, 1989

Format

Vinyl record (7", 12"), cassette tape, CD

Recorded

1988

Genre

Rock

Length

• • •

Label

Parlophone, EMI

Writer(s)

Roger Taylor

Producer

Queen and David Richards

3:57 (Album version) 4:17 (Video version) 5:28 (12" extended version)


"Breakthru" (1989)


"Scandal" (1989)

"The Invisible Man" is a song by English rock band Queen, written by drummer Roger Taylor. The song is sung mostly by Freddie Mercury, but Taylor sings on parts of the song. Originally released on the album The Miracle, it was released as a single in 1989. Taylor claims that he got the inspiration to create the song while reading a book (possibly the book of the same name), and the bassline instantly came to his head. This song marks the only time in any of Queen's songs that all four band members names are mentioned in the lyrics. The first being Freddie Mercury, followed by John Deacon. Brian May's name is then mentioned twice (just before his guitar solo starts), and lastly

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Mercury sings "RRRoger Taylor", rolling the "r" to emulate the drums at the end of the verse. In the music video, a video game called "The Invisible Man" plays a large part, as a small child is playing a game while the band (all dressed in black), who are the "bad guys" in the game, enter the real world and perform the song in his room, while the boy is trying to shoot them with the game controller. From time to time, Mercury appears in various places in the child's room, vanishing before the boy can shoot him with the video controller. After Mercury emerges from the child's closet with his band in tow, John Deacon removes his cowboy hat and throws it to the floor. In perhaps a futile attempt to emulate him, the boy removes his baseball cap, and dons the other. The screen then shows an image of the band in the game once more, Deacon without a hat, and the child walks underneath them. A cover of the song has been done by Scatman John, in which many of the lyrics and instrumentals are replaced with scat singing. Butch Hartman, the creator of Danny Phantom has said the show's theme song was inspired by the bass line of The Invisible Man.[1] The video features a then-15-year-old Danniella Westbrook who joined soap opera EastEnders the following year .



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References [1] Interview with Butch Hartman, March 30th 2006 (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20080102092951/ http:/ / hometown. aol. com/ zcat6/ IntBH2006p8. html) [2] http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ [3] http:/ / www. musicline. de/ [4] http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ [5] http:/ / www. hitparadeitalia. it/ indici/ per_interprete/ aq. htm [6] http:/ / charts. org. nz/ [7] http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ [8] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/

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"Scandal" "Scandal"


"My Life Has Been Saved"

Released

9 October 1989

Format

Vinyl record (7", 12") Cassette tape CD

Recorded

1988

Genre

Rock

Length

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Parlophone, EMI, Capitol

Writer(s)

Brian May (credited to Queen)

Producer



"Scandal" (1989)

"The Miracle" (1989)

"Scandal" is a song by the British rock group Queen. It was released as the fourth single from their 1989 album The Miracle and peaked at #25 in the UK. The single was released in the United States but failed to chart.

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Composition "Scandal", written by Brian May but credited to Queen, is about the unwanted attention May and singer Freddie Mercury received from the press in the late 1980s involving May's divorce and marriage to actress Anita Dobson and Mercury's growing health problems (he had yet to make it public that he had tested positive for HIV).[1]

Recording May recorded the keyboards and guitars in one take. Mercury's vocal was also done in one take.[1]

Music video The video for the song featured the band performing on stage designed to look like a newspaper and was filmed at Pinewood Studios in September 1989.



Dutch Singles Chart

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Irish Singles Chart

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References [1] [2] [3] [4]

"Scandal - Queenpedia" (http:/ / www. queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=Scandal). http:/ / www. queenpedia. com/ . . Retrieved 2008-01-26. http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ http:/ / www. chartstats. com/

"The Miracle"

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"The Miracle" "The Miracle"


"Stone Cold Crazy" (live)

Released

November 27, 1989

Format

Vinyl record (7", 12"), cassette tape, CD

Recorded

1988 – 1989

Genre

Rock

Length

5:02

Label

Parlophone, EMI

Writer(s)

Queen

Producer


"Scandal" (1989)


"Innuendo" (1991)

"The Miracle" is the fifth and last single from Queen's 1989 album The Miracle. It was composed by the entire band, though Freddie Mercury was the main driving force.[1] It was released as a single in late November 1989, some six months after the album. It was the last of the singles from that album to be released, and the first 5th single released from any of Queen's albums from EMI. The song uses the album's artwork inverted with a hologram-like fashion. Mercury began writing the song after he and John Deacon made some chords and decided which one would be the theme. All four contributed to the lyrics and musical ideas, and the song was still credited to the entire band because they had agreed to do so during the album recording, regardless of who had been the actual writer. While both Mercury and May regarded this as one of their favourites, Taylor said in the audio commentary of Greatest Video Hits II that although it was not a favourite of his, he respected it as "an incredibly complex track". The song describes several of "God's creations, great and small", such as great buildings like the Taj Mahal and the Tower of Babel, all described as "miracles" in the song. The song also references such well-known figures as

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Captain Cook, Cain and Abel, and Jimi Hendrix.

Music video The music video for the song features four young boys - Paul Howard as Brian May, James Currie as John Deacon, Adam Gladdish as Roger Taylor, and a then-unknown Ross McCall as Freddie Mercury – performing as Queen on stage. Throughout the video, McCall appears dressed as four different incarnations of Mercury: '70s era (long hair and harlequin leotard), early '80s (thick mustache, leather jacket and pants), the mid-80s Live Aid outfit, and Magic Tour '86 (the iconic yellow leather jacket, white pants and Adidas sneakers). Queen themselves appear only near the end of the video. According to Roger Taylor, Mercury joked about sending the boys out on tour instead of them because of how well they did in the video. According to a story in a 2011 issue of rock magazine NME, the boy playing the part of Brian May (Howard) is currently fronting London rock band Silvery.

Trivia • On the B-side of the original single a live version of the song "Stone Cold Crazy" can be found.


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German Singles Chart [4]

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References [1] QUEEN + PAUL RODGERS TOUR SPRING 2005 (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ queen/ tour05/ interviews/ bm_classicq_mar05pt5. html). Brianmay.com. Retrieved on 2011-02-16. [2] http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ [3] http:/ / www. musicline. de/ [4] http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ [5] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/

"Innuendo"

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"Innuendo" "Innuendo"

Single by Queen from the album Innuendo B-side

Bijou

Released

14 January 1991

Format

7"/12" single, CD single

Recorded

1989 – 1990

Genre

Rock

Length

6:30 (Album version) 6:46 (12" explosive version)

Label

Parlophone

Writer(s)

Queen (Freddie Mercury/Roger Taylor)

Producer



"Innuendo" (1991)

"I'm Going Slightly Mad" (1991)

"Innuendo" is a 1991 song by the English rock band Queen. It is the opening track on the album of the same name, and was released as the first single from the album. At six and a half minutes, it is one of Queen's longest songs, and their longest ever released as a single, exceeding "Bohemian Rhapsody" by 35 seconds. The single went straight to #1 in the UK Singles Chart. Featured is a flamenco guitar section performed by Yes guitarist Steve Howe and Brian May,[1] [2] an operatic interlude that harks back to the Queen of old, sections of heavy metal, and lyrics inspired in part by lead singer Freddie Mercury's illness. Accompanied by a music video featuring animated representations of the band on a cinema screen akin to Nineteen Eighty-Four, eerie plasticine figure stop-motion and harrowing imagery, it has been described as one of the band's darkest and most moving works.[3] Allmusic described the song as a "superb epic", which deals with "mankind's inability to live harmoniously."[4]

"Innuendo"

Songwriting "Innuendo" was pieced together "like a jigsaw puzzle". The recurring theme (with the Boléro-esque beat) started off as a jam session between May, Deacon and Taylor. Mercury then added the melody and some of the lyrics, which were then completed by Taylor. The middle section was primarily Mercury's work, according to an interview with May in October 1994's Guitar Magazine. It features a flamenco guitar solo, followed by a classically influenced bridge, and then the solo again but performed with electric guitars. This section is especially complex, featuring a pattern of three bars in 5/4 time (reasonably uncommon in popular music) followed by four bars in the more often used 3/4 time. The end of the flamenco-guitar style is based on the 5/4 bar, but is in 6/4 time. The "You can be anything you want to be" section features sophisticated orchestration, created by Mercury and producer David Richards using the popular Korg M1 keyboard/synth/workstation. Mercury had arranged and co-arranged orchestras in his solo career, and closed the previous Queen album with the track "Was It All Worth It", which included a Gershwin-esque interlude also coming from an M1 synth. The bridge section in "Innuendo" is in 3/4, showing once again Mercury's affection for trinary metres: "Bicycle Race" is another one with main sections in 4/4 and middle-eight in 3/4, and some of his best-known pieces (namely "We Are the Champions" and "Somebody to Love") were in 12/8, as would be his last ever composition, "A Winter's Tale".

Steve Howe's involvement Howe and Mercury had been friends for several years, since they ran into each other quite often at the Townhouse Studios in London. Yes had recorded Going for the One at Mountain Studios in 1976 - 1977 shortly before Queen bought the Swiss studio, and Asia's debut album was produced by Queen's engineer, Mike Stone. On a break from a recording session in Geneva, Howe drove to Montreux and stopped to have lunch. There he ran into Martin Gloves who had worked for Yes before and by this time was Queen's equipment supervisor. Gloves told him that Queen were in the studio at the moment. As soon as Steve Howe went into the studios, Mercury asked him to play some guitar (according to producer David Richards, who had worked with Yes in the past as well). Another version is that Brian May was the one who asked him to play the flamenco bit.[5]

Promotional video A very elaborate music video was created to accompany the single, combining stop motion animation with live action and digital mask replacement and featuring plasticine figures reminiscent of the album artwork in a detailed miniature cinema set. The band members only appear as illustrations and images, mainly taken from earlier Queen music videos (such as "The Miracle", "Scandal", "Breakthru", "The Invisible Man", "I Want It All", and clips from "Live at Wembley Stadium 1986"), on a cinema screen in the same manner as in the film Nineteen Eighty-Four, with Mercury drawn in the style of Leonardo da Vinci, May in the style of Victorian etchings, Taylor in the style of Jackson Pollock, and Deacon in the style of Pablo Picasso.[6] It also featured a montage of historical images and photographs. The video won production company DoRo (who also produced the videos to all other singles from the Innuendo album) a Monitor Award for Best Achievement in Music Video. An early draft of the video for "Innuendo" was banned from American television due to the inclusion of footage from the Gulf War. An alternate video (without the footage) was released and received moderate airplay in the United States.

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Other versions The song and parts of the Led Zeppelin songs "Kashmir" and "Thank You" were performed by that band's lead singer Robert Plant with the three surviving members of Queen (May, Taylor and Deacon) at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992 at Wembley Stadium. "Kashmir" had been one of the inspirations for "Innuendo", making Plant's performance all the more fitting. However, the song was left off the DVD release at Plant's request, as he forgot part of the lyrics and his vocal was, in his admission, not in the best shape. As in "Kashmir", the title of the song appears in the lyrics only once. The 12" Explosive Version of "Innuendo" features a noise similar to an atomic bomb after Mercury sings the line "until the end of time".Queen began their final album together in an appropriately regal style with this track, a complex epic that harkened back to their 1970's classics like "Bohemian Rhapsody." The lyrics present a message of hope: in a world where "we live according to race, color or creed" and where leaders rule by "blind madness and pure greed," hope can still be found if one has the will to do better: "Yes, we’ll keep on trying/Tread that fine line/Oh, we’ll keep on trying/’Til the end of time." It also adds a shot of pure hope during the song’s midsection: "You can be anything you want to be/Just turn yourself into anything you think that you could ever be." The music lends this ambitious lyric the grandiosity it needs, marrying verses that make a determined ascent from minor-key depths to a rousing chorus that reaches for the sky. It also works in a fanciful, delicate bridge whose fluttery phrases add a shot of pure pop to an otherwise rock oriented song. Queen’s recording of "Innuendo" delivers their personalized mix of pomp and power in high style: the main part of the song is built on a mixture of spooky synthesizers and guitar-anchored rock but also works in an unexpected flamenco guitar instrumental break played by guest guitarist Steve Howe and a stunning bridge where cascades of synthesizers and glossy vocal harmonies give way to an electric jam. Freddie Mercury providess a lead vocal that matches power with grace and Brian May and Roger Taylor add lush harmonies that add a final layer of richness to the sound. The resulting combination of power chords and ear candy didn’t make much of a chart impression in the U.S. but became a #1 hit in the U.K. and did similarly well elsewhere in Europe. It remains a favorite with Queen fans everywhere and one of their most inspired latter day efforts.

Cover versions • Cover version of the song appeared on 1997 album Ball of the Damned by speed metal band Scanner. • American Idol contestant Chris Daughtry performed "Innuendo" on Queen Night in April 2006. • The progressive metal band Queensrÿche also covered the song for their 2007 album Take Cover.

In popular culture • The song is included in the competitive karaoke videogame SingStar Queen for PlayStation 2 and PlayStation 3.

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Dutch Singles Chart

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Irish Singles Chart

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Swiss Singles Chart

[15]

References [1] from Queenitalia.it (http:/ / www. queenitalia. it/ Queen/ Discografia/ innuendo. htm) [2] interview from stevehowe.com (http:/ / www. stevehowe. com/ archives/ archives1. html) [3] Queen's Greatest Videos. Channel 4. 1999. No. 1/1. [4] Prato, Greg. Innuendo review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r15963). Allmusic. Retrieved 12 April, 2011. [5] interview from stevehowe.com (http:/ / www. stevehowe. com/ archives/ archives1. html) [6] Queen - Champions of the World video (1995) [7] http:/ / www. australian-charts. com/ [8] http:/ / www. austriancharts. at/ [9] http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ [10] http:/ / www. musicline. de/ [11] http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ [12] http:/ / www. hitparadeitalia. it/ indici/ per_interprete/ aq. htm [13] http:/ / charts. org. nz/ [14] http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ [15] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ [16] http:/ / www. allmusic. com/


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"I'm Going Slightly Mad" "I'm Going Slightly Mad"


Lost Opportunity The Hitman

Released

4 March 1991

Format

7"/12" vinyl record, CD, cassette

Recorded

1990

Genre

Rock

Length

4:22

Label

Parlophone

Writer(s)

Queen (Freddie Mercury/Peter Straker)

Producer


"Innuendo" (1991)


"Headlong" (1991)

"I'm Going Slightly Mad" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by Freddie Mercury, it was released as the second single from the band's 1991 album Innuendo. The lyrics and the accompanying music video project the song as quirky, humorous and light-hearted,[1] but the eerie keyboards and the unsettling instrumentation as well as part of the lyrics, plus some of Mercury's lowest vocals, may hint at gloomier undertones, most notably Mercury's declining health. The song also features a slide guitar solo performed by Brian May. The single cover was inspired by a Grandville illustration (as are the others from the album).


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Video The accompanying video — like all other Innuendo videos directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions — was filmed in February 1991 at Limehouse Studios and it features the band dressed and acting in an absurd manner, including guitarist Brian May dressed as a penguin (a reprise of his outfit featured in the booklet of the first Queen album[2] ), drummer Roger Taylor wearing a tea kettle on his head and riding a tricycle while Mercury sneaks up on him and is chasing him, a man in a gorilla suit, bassist John Deacon as a jester, and Mercury wearing a bunch of bananas as a wig (corresponding with the line "I think I'm a banana tree"). "I'm Going Slightly Mad" is the last Queen video to feature significant creative input from Mercury. Although he was already considerably ill at the time, "I'm Going Slightly Mad" features him very mobile and expressive in the final clip, as well as actively co-directing some of the video's storyboards. This was not the case in "These Are the Days of Our Lives", the last video Mercury ever filmed (in May 1991), where he hardly moves around at all, as his condition had deteriorated further. The video is shot in black and white.[3]

Personnel • Freddie Mercury: Lead Vocals, Backing vocals, Keyboards, Piano • Brian May: Slide Guitars • John Deacon: Bass Guitars • Roger Meddows-Taylor: Drums, Maracas, Chimes


Dutch Singles Chart


German Singles Chart [6]

Irish Singles Chart UK Singles Chart

[7]

[5]

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9

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10

19

2

22

5

References [1] 02-15-1991 LA Times "Innuendo" review, retrieved from the Queen archives at http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_02-15-1991_-_Innuendo_-_LA_Times [2] http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ brianssb/ brianssboct09a. html#07 [3] The Queen Phenomenon. 1995. [4] http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ [5] http:/ / www. musicline. de/ [6] http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ [7] http:/ / www. chartstats. com/

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"Headlong" "Headlong"


"Mad the Swine" "All God's People"

Released

14 January 1991 (US) 13 May 1991 (UK)

Format

7"/12", CD, cassette

Recorded

1990

Genre

Rock

Length

4:38

Label

Parlophone; Hollywood Records

Writer(s)

Queen (Brian May)

Producer



"Headlong" (1991)

"I Can't Live With You" (1991)

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Alternative cover

USA promo CD for "Headlong".

"Headlong" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, but credited to Queen, it was released as the third single from their 1991 album Innuendo. The song was initially to be recorded by Brian May for his then-upcoming solo album Back to the Light (1992), but when he heard Queen vocalist Freddie Mercury sing the track, he allowed it to become a Queen song. The song was the first single to be released in the United States under their contract with Hollywood Records on 14 January 1991, though it was not released in the United Kingdom for another four months (the first single in the United Kingdom was "Innuendo", which Hollywood eventually released in the US as a promotional single for radio stations). The song charted on the Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart in the United States at #3. The line "And you're rushin' headlong" from the chorus is somewhat lifted from the second verse of "Breakthru", a single from Queen's previous album The Miracle, which contains the lyrics "I wanna rush headlong into this ecstasy". The cover of one of the CD singles is inspired by Grandville illustrations, as are all of the other singles from the album.

Promotional video The music video for "Headlong" was one of the final Queen videos shot with lead singer Freddie Mercury, though it was actually shot before the "I'm Going Slightly Mad" video (released as the second single in the UK). The video showed the band in the studio performing the song (in a stage-like setup), as well as shots of the band working in the studio. The version of the song in the video includes an extra short section after the second chorus not released in any audio format to date. The performance footage (Mercury wearing a yellow sweater) was shot in February 1991, while the other footage (of Mercury wearing two different blue shirts) was shot in late 1990 at Metropolis Studios in London (the exterior of which is shown at the beginning and the end of the video). This is also the last colour video of Freddie Mercury, whose health was declining due to the AIDS which would claim his life on 24 November that year. The next video, "These Are the Days of Our Lives", was recorded during May 1991 in black-and-white. Like all other videos for the Innuendo album, the "Headlong" clip was directed by Austrian director team DoRo, consisting of Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher, who had been regularly working for Queen since the video to the 1986 single "Friends Will Be Friends". They also directed the video to the only new output of the group as a three-piece, "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", released in 1997.

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Canadian Singles Chart

25

11

[2]

43

8

25

2

UK Singles Chart

14

4


3

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Dutch Singles Chart

[3]

Irish Singles Chart

[4]

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ http:/ / www. dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen& titel=Headlong& cat=s http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ http:/ / www. allmusic. com/

1. "Queen - Headlong (single) (1991)" (http://paulmcgarry.com/cdcatalogue/details/3142.html). http:// paulmcgarry.com/cdcatalogue/.


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"I Can't Live With You" "I Can't Live With You"

Single by Queen from the album Innuendo Released

1991

Format

CD single

Recorded

1990

Genre

Rock

Length

4:35

Label

Hollywood Records

Writer(s)

Queen (Brian May)

Producer

Queen, David Richards Queen singles chronology

""Headlong" (1991)



"I Can't Live With You" is a song by the British rock group Queen. It was released a promo single from their 1991 album Innuendo. The single was released in the United States only, peaking at #28 on the Mainstream Rock Chart. The song was written by Brian May but credited to all four members of Queen. "I Can't Live with You" was originally written for May's solo album. He gave it to the band since all three other members of Queen were fond of the track. Drums were programmed on synth by May, and the keyboard-pads were added by the producer David Richards. For this promotional single, American producer Brian Malouf remixed the original album track. The remix was titled "I Can't Live With You (Malouf Mix)". Despite the promo sleeve only displaying one track, there are two on the single, the other being "I Can't Live With You (Malouf Mix Edit)".[1] [2] The Malouf Mix uses slightly different lead vocal tracks by Freddie Mercury, louder and tighter harmony tracks, and reprogrammed synth drums, resulting in a much more punchy and "over the top" poppy version than included on the album.


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An alternative version of this song appeared on the 1997 compilation album Queen Rocks, billed as the "'97 Rocks Retake". it was said to be more along the lines of how May and Taylor originally wanted the track to sound, with a harder, guitar-driven rock edge. The original versions vocal was used in this retake.

Writing In August 1991, May was interviewed by Guitar World where he spoke of the song. "As time goes by I find I'm more concerned with the lyrics than ever. A lot of people say you can only create when you're in pain. But when I was really in pain, I couldn't create anything. I couldn't even get out of bed. When you're climbing out and beginning to get things in the right boxes again, that's when you can put it into music. There's quite a bit of that sort of thing on this album. There's some in 'I Can't Live With You'; it's very personal, but I tried not to make it autobiographical because that narrows things too much. I tried to express it in a form that everyone can relate to."[3]

Recording In the August 1991 Guitar World interview, May spoke about the mixing of song. "For some reason, 'I Can't Live With You' was almost impossible to mix. It was one of those things where you put all the faders up and it sounds pretty good, and you think, 'We'll work on this for a couple of hours.' Then it gets worse and worse and worse. We kept going back to the rough mix. It's got an atmosphere to it. I think it sounds so special because we kept a lot of the demo stuff on it. Usually it all gets replaced."[3]

Reception Allmusic wrote "I Can't Live With You shows the band's pop sensibilities in full force."[4] The Orange County Register wrote "Unfortunately, too much of "Innuendo" is given over to would-be arena roof-raisers such as "Headlong," "I Can't Live With You" and "Hitman," all ordinary rockers."[5] The Record (NJ) wrote "If you can wade through the pompous muck of such heavy-handed tunes as "Don't Try So Hard," "I Can't Live With You," and "The Show Must Go On," you'll find several songs that are worth the effort."[6]

Track listing CD Promo Single 1. "I Can't Live With You (Malouf Mix)" 2. "I Can't Live With You (Malouf Mix Edit)"


U.S. Billboard Mainstream Rock Chart

Peak position [7]

28


Personnel Queen: • • • • •

Freddie Mercury: lead vocals, backing vocals Brian May: backing vocals, guitar, drum programming Roger Taylor: percussion John Deacon: bass guitar David Richards: keyboard-pads

References [1] "Queen I Can't Live With You USA Promo 5" CD SINGLE (7744)" (http:/ / eil. com/ shop/ moreinfo. asp?catalogid=7744). Eil.com. 1992-08-06. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [2] "I Can't Live With You (promo)" (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ gallery/ queenpromos/ icantlive. htm). Ultimatequeen.co.uk. 2011-03-05. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [3] "Queen Interviews - Brian May - 08-XX-1991 - Guitar World - Queen Archives: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Interviews, Articles, Reviews" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Brian_May_-_08-XX-1991_-_Guitar_World). Queen Archives. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [4] Prato, Greg (1991-02-05). "Innuendo - Queen" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ innuendo-r15963). AllMusic. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [5] "Queen Interviews - Queen - 02-01-1991 - Innuendo - The Orange County Register - Queen Archives: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Interviews, Articles, Reviews" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_02-01-1991_-_Innuendo_-_The_Orange_County_Register). Queen Archives. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [6] "Queen Interviews - Queen - 02-21-1991 - Innuendo - The Record (NJ) - Queen Archives: Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Interviews, Articles, Reviews" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_02-21-1991_-_Innuendo_-_The_Record_(NJ)). Queen Archives. 1991-02-21. . Retrieved 2011-08-30. [7] "Queen" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ queen-p5205/ charts-awards/ billboard-singles). AllMusic. . Retrieved 2011-08-30.

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"The Show Must Go On" "The Show Must Go On"

Single by Queen from the album Innuendo Released

14 October 1991 (UK) 6 February 1992 (USA)

Format

7" / 12" · CD single

Recorded

1990

Genre

Rock

Length

4:31

Label

Parlophone (Europe) Hollywood (USA)

Writer(s)

Queen (primarily Brian May)

Producer




"Bohemian Rhapsody" / "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (1991)

"The Show Must Go On" is a song by English rock band Queen, featured as the twelfth and final track on their 1991 album Innuendo. It is credited to Queen, but written primarily by Brian May. The song chronicles the effort of Freddie Mercury continuing to perform despite approaching the end of his life.[1] Mercury was so ill and could barely walk when the band recorded the song in 1990, that May had concerns as to whether he was physically capable of singing it.[2] Recalling Mercury's performance, May states; "he went in and killed it, completely lacerated that vocal".[2] It was released as a single in the United Kingdom on 14 October 1991 in promotion for the Greatest Hits II album, just six weeks before Mercury died. Following Mercury's death in November 1991, the song re-entered the British charts and spent as many weeks in the top 75 (five) as it did upon its original release, initially reaching a peak of 16. A live version with Elton John on vocals appeared on Queen's Greatest Hits III album. The song was first played live on April 20, 1992, during The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, performed by the three remaining members of Queen, with Elton John singing lead vocals and Tony Iommi playing rhythm guitar.[3] It


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has since been played live by Queen + Paul Rodgers with Rodgers citing one of the performances as the best of his career. Since its release, the song has appeared on television, film, and has been covered by a number of artists.

Songwriting and recording process After listening to John Deacon and Roger Taylor playing the chord sequence that later on would be the basis for almost the entire song, Brian May sat down with Freddie Mercury and the two of them decided the theme of the song and wrote some lyrics. May wrote down the rest of the words as well as the melody, and added a bridge with a chord sequence inspired by Pachelbel's Canon. Demo versions featured May singing, having to sing some parts in falsetto because they were too high. When Brian May presented the final demo to Mercury, he had doubts that Mercury would be physically capable of singing the song's highly demanding vocal line, due to the extent of his illness at the time. To May's surprise, when the time came to record the vocals, Mercury consumed a measure of vodka and said "I'll fuckin do it, darling!" then proceeded to nail the vocal line in one take without problems.[2] For the record, May sang most of the backing vocals (including the very last line) and played Yamaha DX7 synthesiser as well as guitar. Producer David Richards suggested the key-shift in the third verse.

“

"'The Show Must Go On' came from Roger and John playing the sequence, and I started to put things down. At the beginning, it was just this chord sequence, but I had this strange feeling that it could be somehow important, and I got very impassioned and went and beavered away at it. I sat down with Freddie, and we decided what the theme should be and wrote the first verse. It's a long story, that song, but I always felt it would be important because we were dealing with things that were hard to talk about at the time, but in the world of music, you could do [4] it."

”

—Brian May - 1994

The lyrics are full of allusions, metaphors and other figures of speech, making it somewhat difficult to understand. Thinly disguised tragedy ahead is announced. In the end, the text refers to the determination, the furious desire to live ("I Have to Find the Will to carry it on with the show ...") in spite of vanishing strength ("inside my heart is breaking").[5] From the perspective of harmony, the song begins in B minor; then there is a modulation to C # Minor as if the song implied a hope (an increase of tone); but eventually it falls back to B minor.[6] Jim Hutton, Freddie's partner who was with him for the last 6 years until his death, mentions the lyric that refers to the use of make up[7] during his last days:

“

To me, the most autobiographical line was: 'My make-up may be flaking but my smile still stays on.' That was true. No matter how ill Freddie felt, he never grumbled to anyone or sought sympathy of any kind. It was his battle, no one else's, and he always wore a brave face against the [8] ever-increasing odds against him.

”

—Jim Hutton - 1994


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Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, backing vocals Brian May - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals John Deacon - bass guitar Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals

Promotional video Due to Mercury's deteriorating health at the time, no new footage of the lead singer was shot. The music video instead consisted of a montage of clips spanning Queen's music videos from 1981 to '91 as a precursor to the imminent release of the band's Greatest Hits II album spanning that period.[9] Footage from all promo videos from the 1980s are shown in the montage, apart from "Under Pressure" and "Hammer To Fall".[9] The music video was compiled and edited by Austrian director team DoRo, consisting of Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher.[5]

Live recordings • During the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium, London in 1992, the surviving members of Queen along with Elton John and Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath performed "The Show Must Go On".[3] The concert was later released on DVD in 2002 for the 10th anniversary.[3] • At the National Theatre De Challiot, Paris in 1997, Queen performed the song with Elton John and the Béjart Ballet, which is available in Queen's Greatest Hits III'.[5] • The 2006 VH1 Rock Honors at the Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, featured Queen + Paul Rodgers performing "The Show Must Go On", along with "Under Pressure", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" as a live broadcast.[10] • At the 2011 MTV Europe Music Awards, Queen closed the awards ceremony, with Adam Lambert on vocals, performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions".[11]



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7

12

2

21


7

26

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17

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10

2


6

1

New Zealand Singles Chart

20

5

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3

1

30

6

11

11

16

10

Dutch Singles Chart

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[14]

Irish Singles Chart

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[17]

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[19]

Swiss Singles Chart

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Cover versions • The song was one of many used in the 2001 film Moulin Rouge!, performed by Jim Broadbent and Nicole Kidman.[22] • Shirley Bassey recorded a version of the song for her 2001 album Show Must Go On. • The music was recorded in 2006 by Divinefire for their album Hero. • Elton John performed the song on his 1992 tour; the song appears on the DVD Live In Barcelona.[23] • It is one of the last songs Grégory Lemarchal premonitorily sang before his death. • Celine Dion sang this song in her 2008-2009 Taking Chances Tour.[24] • It was also covered by Michael Ball on his album Music. • It also appears on Pet Shop Boys album Back To Mine as a Chris Lowe selection.[25] • It has also been covered by German power metal band Metalium on their album Nothing to Undo: Chapter Six. • Extracts from the song appear in the first movement of The Queen Symphony by Tolga Kashif • DC Comics character Pied Piper used this song, thinking it would be the final thing he played, to destroy the planet Apokolips in Countdown to Final Crisis. • The song was covered on the Danish final of their edition of X-Factor in 2008, with several of the "rejects" and "outsiders" who never made it far, but made a lasting impression on many viewers, performed the song together. • Paris Bennett performed an abridged version of the song on the fifth season of American Idol. • Carly Smithson performed an abridged version of the song, and recorded a lyrically complete studio version, for the seventh season of American Idol. • Hip-Hop/Rock group Twiztid made their version called "It Don't Stop", which featured the original song's sample and sped up chorus. It was released on their seventh studio album W.I.C.K.E.D. as a bonus track. • Israeli singer Dana International recorded a version sung in Hebrew/English for her debut album Danna International in 1993 called "Ha-Hatzga Chayyevet L-Hamshikh". • The song was performed by Patrick Fiori, Liane Foly, Garou and Lââm during the annual Les Enfoires concert in 2010. • Tom Chaplin of alternative rock band Keane covered the song in celebration of Freddie Mercury's 65th Birthday, at an event titled 'Freddie For a Day' held at the Savoy Hotel in London. • The song was covered by Amelia Lily upon her comeback performance of the eighth UK series of the X Factor.[26]

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"These Are the Days of Our Lives" "These Are the Days of Our Lives"


"Bohemian Rhapsody"

Released

September 5, 1991 (US) December 9, 1991 (UK)

Format

7" single, CD

Recorded

1990

Genre

Rock

Length

4:13

Label

Parlophone (Europe), Hollywood Records (U.S.)

Writer(s)

Queen (Roger Taylor)

Producer

Queen and David Richards

Certification

Platinum (UK) Queen singles chronology


"These Are the Days of Our Lives" (1991)


"These Are the Days of Our Lives" is a song by English rock band Queen. It was written largely by their drummer Roger Taylor, and is the eighth track on the band's 1991 album Innuendo.[1] It is harmonically and structurally one of the simplest songs of the band's catalogue. Keyboards were programmed by the four band members in the studio, and conga percussion (a synthesised conga) was recorded by their producer David Richards (although it was mimed in the video by Roger Taylor). It was issued as a single in the United States on Freddie Mercury's 45th birthday, 5 September 1991, and as double A-side single in the UK three months later on 9 December, in the wake of Mercury's death, with the seminal Queen track "Bohemian Rhapsody". The single debuted at #1 on the UK Singles Chart, and remained at the top for five weeks.[2] The song was awarded a BRIT Award for "Best Single" in 1992.[3]

"These Are the Days of Our Lives" "These Are the Days of Our Lives" harks back to similarly themed 1975 Queen song "Love of My Life", twice using the line "I still love you". At the end of the song, Mercury simply speaks the words, as he would often do in live versions of "Love of My Life."[4]

Music video The accompanying video was the last to feature front man Freddie Mercury as he was in the final stages of his battle with AIDS. The majority of the footage used in the video was filmed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions on 30 May 1991.[5] For the promotional video, Mercury, Taylor and John Deacon were present at the shoot, with additional footage of guitarist Brian May filmed some weeks later and edited into the footage, as he was out of the country on a radio promotional tour at the time of the principal film shoot. The video was shot in black and white to hide the full extent of Mercury's faltering condition from AIDS, following rumours about his health had been at the centre of much media and public speculation for over a year, following on from its use in the video for "I'm Going Slightly Mad" earlier in 1991.[5] Color footage of the band filming the video later emerged, showing just how frail Mercury really looked, and justifying the band's decision to film in black and white out of respect for him. In this music video, Mercury is wearing a waistcoat with pictures of cats that was made for him by a close friend, and which he loved. With his knowing farewell look straight at the camera, Mercury whispers "I still love you" at the end of the song, which are his last words on camera.[4] [5] [6] The version of the finished video serviced to the U.S. market also featured some animated footage produced by animators for the Walt Disney Studios, as Queen's North American record label, Hollywood Records, is a subsidiary of The Walt Disney Company.[7] In Europe, a different, 'clean' version of the video without the animated sequences was released. Then another video version was released in 1992 to promote the Classic Queen compilation album in the US, combining old footage of the band from 1973 to 1991 plus the performances of the band from the US aired video.[8]

Tributes The song was played live in April 1992 at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, sung by George Michael and Lisa Stansfield.[9] This live version was later included in the 1993 "Five Live (EP)", credited to 'George Michael with Queen & Lisa Stansfield', but mostly featuring George Michael live songs plus Dear Friends, a short track sung by Freddie Mercury taken from the 1974 Sheer Heart Attack album, closing the EP. The song was played on the 2005/06 Queen + Paul Rodgers tours with vocals by Roger Taylor. On stage the song was accompanied by a video of the band in their early days in Japan. The song was used on July 1, 2007, at the Concert for Diana.[10] It was a concert held at the new Wembley Stadium in London, England, United Kingdom in honour of Diana, Princess of Wales, who had died 10 years earlier. At the end of the performances, a video montage of Diana as a child was presented and this song was playing in the background.[10] A cover version by Petula Clark is included on her 2008 compilation album Then & Now.

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"Heaven for Everyone" "Heaven for Everyone" Single by The Cross from the album Shove It B-side

"Love on a Tightrope" "Contact" (12" single only)

Released

1988

Format

7" single, 12" single, CD single

Recorded

1987 – 1988

Genre

Rock

Length

5:08

Label

Parlophone

Writer(s)

Roger Taylor

Producer

Roger Taylor, David Richards The Cross singles chronology

"Shove It" (1988)


"Manipulator" (1989)


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Single by Queen from the album Made in Heaven B-side

"It's a Beautiful Day"

Released

1995

Format

7" single, CD single

Recorded

1987 – 1995

Genre

Rock

Length

5:36 (album version) 4:37 (single version)

Label

Parlophone (Europe), Hollywood Records (U.S.)

Writer(s)

Roger Taylor

Producer


"Bohemian Rhapsody"/"These Are the Days of Our Lives" (1991)


"A Winter's Tale" (1995)

"Heaven for Everyone" is a song written by Roger Taylor. It appeared originally in his band's (The Cross) album Shove It, with Freddie Mercury as a guest vocalist, and it's the album's fourth track. It was reworked with Queen's music and appeared in the 1995 album Made in Heaven, where it was the seventh track and released as the first single. The song reached number two on the UK Singles Chart.[1] The music video contains footage of Georges Méliès seminal 1902 silent film A Trip to the Moon.[2]


Background and writing Some reports have Roger Taylor writing the song in 1986 as part of Queen's A Kind of Magic album sessions, after their work on Highlander was complete. If he did, the song was not used, or was left incomplete when the album was finished. When Taylor started working on the material for the album Shove It, he recruited Freddie Mercury to record the backing vocals on the song. Two versions were recorded, one with Mercury doing only backing vocals to Taylor's lead vocals, and another with Mercury singing the lead vocals. The backing track of each was re-recorded as well, instead of the two lead vocals being recorded over the same instrumental backing. The Taylor-vocal version is about twenty seconds longer than the Mercury-vocal version. The Cross versions also feature a spoken intro by Taylor, as well as a spoken refrain in the middle. The refrain in the Taylor vocal has an extra lyric not sung in the Mercury-vocal version (though it appears in the printed lyrics). Both versions end with Taylor saying "And that. Is the end. Of this section." It's unclear if he means 'section' as that half of the album, or the serious-issues section of the album (this song being the only serious song on the album). The UK edition of the album Shove It featured Mercury's vocal version, while the UK single featured Taylor's vocal version. In the US, the album featured Taylor's vocal version and neither were released as a single.

Track listings 1988 The Cross single releases March 20 UK 7" single 1. "Heaven for Everyone" (Roger Taylor vocals) 2. "Love on a Tightrope" UK 12" single 1. "Heaven for Everyone" (Roger Taylor vocals) 2. "Love on a Tightrope" 3. "Contact" After Freddie Mercury's death, as Queen prepared to complete their posthumous album, Made in Heaven, this song was selected to be re-done by the band as a Queen song. The lead vocal Mercury recorded in 1987 was given a new backing track and new backing vocals. A significant difference between The Cross versions and the Queen version is that there's no spoken introduction, refrain or "end" as done by Taylor on the original. Queen has offered no explanation as to why these elements were dropped, but it can be argued that without the spoken parts throughout, the song is more radio/listener friendly. It was the first UK single (Cat. # QUEEN21) off the new album on October 23, 1995, two weeks before the album's release. A planned two-part single, the same song with different B-side tracks was issued October 30, 1995, one week before the album's release. For the single releases, a single version was prepared, editing some instrumental portions of the song (almost a full minute's worth).

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1995 Queen single releases UK CD1 1. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) 2. "It's a Beautiful Day" (Single Version) 3. "Heaven for Everyone" (Album Version) UK CD2 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) "Keep Yourself Alive" "The Seven Seas of Rhye" "Killer Queen"

UK Cassette 1. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) 2. "It's a Beautiful Day" (Single Version) US CD single 1. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) 2. "Soul Brother" (recorded in 1981) UK Promo CD / 12" 1. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) UK 7" • A. "Heaven for Everyone" (Single Version) • B. "Heaven for Everyone" (Album Version)

Music video A music video to commemorate Freddie Mercury was directed by David Mallet and released in 1995.[2] It shows footage from the films A Trip to the Moon (Le Voyage dans la Lune, 1902), The Impossible Voyage (Le Voyage à travers l'impossible, 1904) and The Eclipse (L'éclipse du soleil en pleine lune, 1907) by Georges Méliès.[2] The music video for The Cross version involved Taylor singing the song on a beach-like setting, while elderly people walked past the band and climbed up ladders to reach heaven.

Charts and sales Peak positions

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Chart (1995)

Peak position [3]

15

Australian ARIA Singles Chart Austrian Singles Chart

[3]

4

Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

[3]

8

[3]

4

Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart [4]

3

Dutch Top 40

Finnish Singles Chart

[3]

5 [3]

8

French SNEP Singles Chart German Singles Chart

[5]

15

[6]

7

Irish Singles Chart

New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart

[3]

[3]

25


18


[3]

29

Swiss Singles Chart

[3]

9

[7]

2

UK Singles Chart

End of year charts End of year chart (1995) Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart

Position [8]

69

[9]

52


73

Dutch Top 40


Certifications

[10]

67


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Certification

Date

Sales certified

France

Silver

1996

125,000

[12] UK

Silver

November 1, 1995

200,000

[11]

References [1] Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited [2] Queen Promo Videos: Heaven For Everyone (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ queenpromo. htm) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 14 November 2011 [3] "Heaven for Everyone", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?key=3112& cat=s) (Retrieved December 29, 2008) [4] "Single top 100 over 1995" (http:/ / www. top40. nl/ pdf/ Top 100/ top 100 - 1995. pdf) (in Dutch) (pdf). Top40. . Retrieved 17 April 2010. [5] "Queen singles, German Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Queen/ single) (in German). musicline. . Retrieved 18 April 2010. [6] Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) (Retrieved December 28, 2008) [7] UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=23513) (Retrieved September 28, 2008) [8] "1995 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ annual. asp?year=1995) (in Dutch). Ultratop. . Retrieved 18 April 2010. [9] "1995 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ annual. asp?year=1995) (in French). Ultratop. . Retrieved 18 April 2010. [10] 1995 French Singles Chart Disqueenfrance.com (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ monopage. xml?id=259376& year=1995) (Retrieved January 30, 2009) [11] French certifications Disqueenfrance.com (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ monopage. xml?id=259165& year=1996& type=6) (Retrieved December 28, 2008) [12] UK certifications Bpi.co.uk (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx) (Retrieved December 28, 2008)

"A Winter's Tale"

498

"A Winter's Tale" "A Winter's Tale"


"Thank God It's Christmas" "Rock in Rio Blues"

Released

18 December 1995

Format

CD single, 7" single

Recorded 1991-1995 Genre

Rock, psychedelic rock

Length

3:49

Label

Parlophone

Writer(s) Queen (Freddie Mercury) Producer Queen, David Richards, Justin Shirley-Smith, Joshua J. Macrae Queen singles chronology



"I Was Born to Love You" (1996)

"A Winter's Tale" is a song by Queen, from the album Made in Heaven, released in 1995 after Freddie Mercury's death in 1991. It was written after the Innuendo sessions, inspired as Mercury was staring out the windows of their recording studio, at Lake Geneva. The song has a psychedelic, dreamy feel, and describes what Mercury saw outside the windows. It was said to have been recorded two weeks before Mercury's death. He wrote, composed, and did the vocals and keyboards for it. In the documentary "Queen - Champions of the World", it was stated that this was if not the first then an extremely rare style of recording for Freddie, as it was all performed in one take live in the studio. It was stated in the film that Freddie had always insisted upon music being completed prior to the vocal arrangement beginning, but acknowledged that he had little time left and there was not enough time to work on it differently.

"A Winter's Tale"

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The song was released as the second single from the album. In the UK the single was also available in a special limited edition green paper CD case which resembled Christmas wrapper.

Music video The music video, produced after his death, was an epitaph, as Mercury's actual written song notes were displayed alongside imagery and clips of Mercury's past performances.

Chart performances Chart

Peak position


23


62

Netherlands Singles Chart

25

Swiss Singles Chart

28

UK Singles Chart

6


71

"I Was Born to Love You" "I Was Born to Love You" Single by Freddie Mercury from the album Mr. Bad Guy B-side

"Stop All the Fighting"

Released

April 8, 1985

Format

7" single

Recorded 1984 Genre

Rock

Length

3:37 (7" and album version) 7:03 (12" extended version)

Label

CBS

Writer(s) Freddie Mercury Producer Freddie Mercury and Mack Freddie Mercury chronology

"Love Kills" (1984)


"Made in Heaven" (1985)


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"I Was Born to Love You" Single by Queen from the album Made in Heaven [1]

Released

February 28, 1996 (Japan only)

Format

CD single

Recorded

1985, 1995

Genre

Rock

Length

4:49

Label

EMI

Writer(s)

Freddie Mercury

Producer




"Too Much Love Will Kill You" (1996)

"I Was Born to Love You" is a 1985 song by Freddie Mercury, and was released as a single and on the Mr. Bad Guy album. After Mercury's death, Queen remixed this song for their album Made in Heaven in 1995, by having the other members play their instrumental parts over the original track. The song received its live debut on the 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers tour of Japan. Roger Taylor and Brian May performed the song acoustically. The Queen version from the Made In Heaven album also includes samples of Mercury's ad-lib vocals taken from "A Kind of Magic" from the 1986 album of the same name and from "Living On My Own" from his Mr. Bad Guy album. Brazilian legendary singer, dancer, actress and model Gretchen has recorded a cover version. It is featured on her compilation "Charme, Talento e Gostosura". Brazilian singer Danni Carlos recorded a cover version in 2003.

Appearances in other media The song has been featured in the multiple television advertisements, mainly in Japan. The original version recorded by Mercury was featured in the TV commercial of Japanese cosmetics company Noevia in the mid 1980s. The Queen version was released as a single exclusively in Japan in February 1996, because the song was used in a TV ad for Kirin Ichiban Shibori,[1] one of the best-selling liquors of the country produced by the Kirin Brewery Company. The single became their first song that entered the Japanese chart since "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)", released in 1977. In 2004, Queen's version was used as the theme for Pride, the successful Japanese drama starring Takuya Kimura and Yūko Takeuchi, aired on Fuji Television, that featured the songs by the band. Jewels, their tie-in compilation album featured "I Was Born to Love You" and released only in Japan, and the song re-entered the Japanese chart. A cover version of this song – based around the Queen version – is featured in the fourth level of the Nintendo DS video game Elite Beat Agents. This song was featured in episode 29 of Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon, during a competitive game of gym-class volleyball.


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This song was also released as a Japan only release by rocker Andrew W.K. in February 2011.

Chart position Freddie Mercury version Charts (1985)

Peak positions

German Media Control Chart

10

UK Singles Chart

11


20

Swiss Singles Chart

24

Japanese Oricon Singles Chart

55


76

Queen version Year

Charts

Peak positions

1996 Japanese Oricon Chart 45 2004

40 (Re-Entry)

References [1] "クイーンアイ・ワズ・ボーン・トゥ・ラヴ・ユー - goo 音楽 (Release information - Queen - I Was Born to Love You)" (http:/ / music. goo. ne. jp/ cd/ CDDORID270723-1/ index. html) (in Japanese). music.goo.ne.jp. . Retrieved 2008-06-28.


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"Too Much Love Will Kill You" "Too Much Love Will Kill You" Single by Brian May from the album Back to the Light Released

1992

Format

CD single, 7"

Recorded

1988-1992

Genre

Rock

Length

4:26

Label

Parlophone (Europe), Hollywood (US)

Writer(s)

Brian May Frank Musker Elizabeth Lamers

Producer

Brian May, Justin Shirley-Smith Brian May chronology

"Driven by You" (1992)


"Back to the Light" (1992)



"We Will Rock You"/"We Are the Champions" "Spread Your Wings"

Released

6 March 1996

Format

CD single, 7"

Recorded

1988-1995

Genre

Rock


503

Length

4:20

Label

Parlophone (Europe), Hollywood (US)

Writer(s)

Brian May Frank Musker Elizabeth Lamers

Producer




"Let Me Live" (1996)

"Too Much Love Will Kill You" is a song written by Queen guitarist Brian May, Frank Musker, and Elizabeth Lamers.[1] The song was recorded by Queen around 1988 or before, and was intended to be on the band's The Miracle album in 1989, but did not make the cut. After Freddie Mercury's death in 1991, May arranged a solo version, which he performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in 1992,[2] and subsequently included on his solo album Back to the Light that same year. Released as a single, it reached #5 on the UK Singles Chart.

Queen version In 1995, the remaining members of Queen elected to include the original recording of "Too Much Love Will Kill You", with Mercury on vocals, on the Made in Heaven album, released four years after Mercury's death.[3] Queen's version is a power ballad characteristic of the late 1980s time period in which it was recorded, with heavy use of keyboards and electric guitar. It reached #15 on the UK Singles Chart in 1996. Although it failed to duplicate the chart success of May's solo version, Queen's version of the song has since come to be regarded as the definitive version, after being awarded "Best Song Musically and Lyrically" at the 1997 Novello Awards (May said later that if there was one song that he would have wanted to win an award for, it was this one[1] ), and included on Queen's Greatest Hits III.[4]

Other versions In 2003, May and Luciano Pavarotti performed a rendition of "Too Much Love Will Kill You", at the tenor's benefit concert held in Modena, Italy.[5] Myleene Klass, Jovit Baldivino, Katie Melua, Claire Sweeney and Arnel Pineda of Journey have also performed the song.

References [1] Billboard 21 Jun 1997 (http:/ / books. google. co. uk/ books?id=KBAEAAAAMBAJ& pg=PA48& dq=too+ much+ love+ will+ kill+ you#v=onepage& q=too much love will kill you& f=false) Billboard. Retrieved January 16, 2011 [2] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Too Much Love Will Kill You (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm#toom) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 2 July 2011 [3] Made in Heaven (Track 8) (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ songs/ madein. htm#too) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 2 July 2011 [4] Brian May interview. BBC Radio 2. Broadcast 12 September 2005. [5] Pavarotti and Friends 2003; Press and News (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ queen/ pavarotti2003/ press. html) Retrieved January 21, 2011

"Let Me Live"

504

"Let Me Live" "Let Me Live"


"My Fairy King ('Live At The BBC' Session 1973)" "Doing All Right ('Live At The BBC' Session 1973)" "Liar ('Live At The BBC' Session 1973)"

Released

17 June 1996

Format


Recorded

1983–1995

Genre

Rock

Length

4:45

Label

Parlophone

Writer(s)

Queen

Producer




"You Don't Fool Me" (1996)

"Let Me Live" is a song by Queen, from the album Made in Heaven. Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor and Brian May share lead vocals, with Mercury singing the first verse, Taylor singing the second and May singing the last. During the choruses, all of the band members sing, as well as a background choir, giving it quite a gospel sound.

"Let Me Live"

History There are rumours that this song was originally recorded with Rod Stewart in 1983, and was intended to be on Queen's The Works album in 1984. The original "Made in Heaven" version had to be changed due to copyright problems because it resembled the song "Piece of My Heart". The song peaked at #9 on the UK singles chart.[1]

Additional musicians Rebecca Leigh-White, Gary Martin, Catherine Porter, and Miriam Stockley - backing vocals

Alternate version • Made in Heaven – The Film's Edit (0:29) (on the DVD only, on the 'Song Select' screen) (an edit of the album version from 0:25 to 0:55, fading out over three seconds)

References [1] "Made In Heaven" (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ Songs/ madein. htm#letme). Ultimatequeen.co.uk. . Retrieved 2010-12-13.

505

"You Don't Fool Me"

506

"You Don't Fool Me" "You Don't Fool Me"

Single by Queen from the album Made in Heaven Released

November 18, 1996

Format

7" single, CD single CD maxi, 12" maxi

Recorded

1991 – 1995

Genre

Rock

Length

5:25 (album version) 3:54 (single version)

Label

Parlophone

Writer(s)

Queen

Producer




"No-One But You (Only The Good Die Young)" (1997)

"You Don't Fool Me" is a song by Queen, from the 1995 album Made in Heaven. It was released as a single in 1996, containing various remixes of the song. The song is one of the few which were actually written and recorded after the Innuendo sessions, and was written and composed by the band, under David Richards supervision. It was a worldwide hit and reached the peak of the single charts in Italy.

"You Don't Fool Me"

Music video The video is set in a night club where a young man encounters his former girlfriend and recounts the memories of their brief relationship. The theme of the song could possibly be a continuation of the story set up by earlier Queen songs Play the Game and It's A Hard Life.

Track listings Original version CD single 1. "You Don't Fool Me" (edit) — 3:54 2. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:25 CD maxi 1. 2. 3. 4.

"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:25 "You Don't Fool Me" (edit) — 3:54 "You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix) — 10:18 "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:07

12" maxi - Europe 1. 2. 3. 4.

"You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix) "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) "You Don't Fool Me" (B.S. Project Remix) "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Instrumental club mix)

12" maxi - U.S. 1. 2. 3. 4.

"You Don't Fool Me" (Freddy's Club Mix) — 7:02 "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24 "You Don't Fool Me" (Freddy's Revenge Dub) — 5:53 "You Don't Fool Me" (Queen for a Day mix) — 6:33

Some US 12" promos do not feature the album version.

Remixes CD single 1. "You Don't Fool Me" (B.S. Project remix - edit) — 3:15 2. "You Don't Fool Me" (edit) — 4:40 CD maxi - UK release only 1. 2. 3. 4.

"You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24 "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:05 "You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club mix) — 10:53 "You Don't Fool Me" (Late Mix) — 10:34

12" maxi - UK release only 1. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:05 2. "You Don't Fool Me" (Late Mix) — 10:34 3. "You Don't Fool Me" (Sexy Club Mix) — 10:53 4. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24 Cassette single (plays the same on both sides)

507

"You Don't Fool Me"

508

1. "You Don't Fool Me" (album version) — 5:24 2. "You Don't Fool Me" (Dancing Divaz Club Mix) — 7:05 The Sexy Club Mix is the nearly the same on all formats. The UK CD and 12" versions list the wrong time of 10:53, when it should only be 10:18 like the other formats list it. The UK CD version has a mastering error and the first 4 seconds are lost, bringing the running time down to 10:14.

1995 remixes • • • • • • • • • •

"B.S. Project Remix" (Remix by M. Marcolin and Bob Salton) "B.S. Project Remix - Edit" (Remix by M. Marcolin and Bob Salton) "Dancing Divaz [Instrumental] Club Mix" (Remix by Dancing Divaz) "Dancing Divaz Rhythm Mix" (Remix by Dancing Divaz) "Dub Dance Single Mix" (Remix by David Richards) "Freddy's Club Mix" (Remix by Freddy Bastone) "Freddy's Revenge Dub" (Remix by Freddy Bastone) "Late Mix" (Remix by David Richards) "Queen For A Day Mix" (Remix by Freddy Bastone) "Queen Forever Megamix" (Remix by Freddy Bastone)

• "Sexy Club Mix" (Remix by Jam & Spoon) The "Queen Forever Megamix" features vocal samples from a few different Queen songs, but not "You Don't Fool Me". It was only released on the limited edition orange promo vinyl disc in the UK.[1]

Charts Chart (1996)

Peak position


[2]

23


[2]

13

[2]

14


21

Dutch Singles Chart

French SNEP Singles Chart German Singles Chart

[3]

[4]

1

Remixes

26

[2]

52

[2]

27

[5] 1

17

Swiss Singles Chart UK Singles Chart

14

23

Irish Singles Chart


[2]

End of year chart (1996)

Position [6]

58

[7]

70


Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart

"You Don't Fool Me"

509

References [1] The complete list of all "You Don't Fool Me" remixes and their sources can be found on this Queenpedia.com article (http:/ / queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=You_Don't_Fool_Me_remixes) [2] "You Don't Fool Me", in various singles charts Lescharts.com (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?key=3196& cat=s) (Retrieved November 23, 2008) [3] German Singles Chart Charts-surfer.de (http:/ / www. charts-surfer. de/ musiksearch. php) (Retrieved November 23, 2008) [4] Irish Single Chart Irishcharts.ie (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement) (Retrieved November 23, 2008) [5] UK Singles Chart Chartstats.com (http:/ / www. chartstats. com/ songinfo. php?id=24730) (Retrieved September 3, 2008) [6] 1996 Belgian (Flanders) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ annual. asp?year=1996) (Retrieved November 23, 2008) [7] 1996 Belgian (Wallonia) Singles Chart Ultratop.be (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ annual. asp?year=1996) (Retrieved November 23, 2008)

"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"

Single by Queen from the album Queen Rocks B-side

Tie Your Mother Down, We Will Rock You 'The Rick Rubin 'Ruined' Remix, Gimme The Prize 'Instrumental Remix For 'The Eye'

Released

1997 (Europe, Japan, US), January 5, 1998 (UK)

Format

CD Vinyl record (7") Cassette tape

Recorded August, 1997 Genre

Rock

Length

4:13

Label

Parlophone

Writer(s) Brian May Producer Queen Queen singles chronology



"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)" (1997)

510

"Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" (1998)

"No-One But You (Only the Good Die Young)" is a song recorded by the remaining three members of the British rock band Queen following the death of singer Freddie Mercury. Guitarist Brian May – the writer of the song – and drummer Roger Taylor share lead vocals. The song was released on the album Queen Rocks and it was also released as a single. The impetus for the song came after the death of Diana, Princess of Wales in August 1997, but is largely a eulogy to Freddie Mercury. It was originally written for a potential Brian May solo project, which eventually evolved into the album Another World. He sent the demo of the song to Roger Taylor who according to Taylor himself put it in a drawer and forgot about it.[1] After eventually hearing it Taylor suggested that it could be turned into a Queen song. Roger Taylor's contribution was to change the tempo and make the lyrics less specific to Mercury. The song features only the remaining three members of Queen, the final new recording to be released under the Queen name alone. This is also the last new recording to feature John Deacon, who subsequently retired from public life.

Music Video The music video was directed by the DoRo and filmed at Bray Studios, London on 29 November 1997, the home of Hammer Horror in the 1960s and also where the Rocky Horror Picture Show was shot. It was shot in black and white lifted by excellent lighting and a high-class sheen on the finished article. There are two versions of the promo video. The black and white promo video which was shown across the world featured only the three remaining members of Queen in the studio. The second version is a completely different edit and featured a new ending and also sepia tinted footage of Freddie through all his years with the band. This version was featured on Queen Rocks: The Video in 1998 and on Greatest Flix III VHS in 1999.

Personnel • John Deacon: bass guitar. • Brian May: vocals, piano, guitar. • Roger Taylor: vocals, drums.

Chart position • #13 (UK) • #75 (German Singles Charts)

Kerry Ellis version


511

"No-One but You"

Single by Kerry Ellis from the album Wicked in Rock Released

19 March 2005

Format

digital download

Recorded 2002 Genre

Orchestral

Length

5:20

Label

Duck Productions

Writer(s) Brian May Producer Brian May, Steve Sidwell, Justin Shirley-Smith Kerry Ellis singles chronology

"No-One but You" (2005)

"Defying Gravity" (2008)

In 2002, Brian May worked with stage actress and singer, Kerry Ellis, to record an orchestral version of the song as it appears in the musical, We Will Rock You, where Ellis played the role of Meat. In the musical, it is sung by a female, who after the ensemble have recalled the names of a number of musicians who died young, will culminate in saying the name "Freddie" as a tribute to Freddie Mercury. This version of the song was made only available to download on the official Queen website on 19 March 2005 and failed to chart. However, it was later included on her extended play Wicked in Rock and subsequently featured on her debut album Anthems. In 2004, the Spanish stage actress and singer Eva María Cortés recorded the same orchestral version in Spanish to promote the Original Madrid Cast Recording of We Will Rock You.


Credits and personnel • • • • •

Kerry Ellis - vocals Brian May - writer, producer, arranger, piano, guitars, bass Justin Shirley-Smith - co-producer, engineer, mixer Kris Fredriksson - protools Joshua J. Macrae - additional protools

Track recorded at Sphere Studios, Olympic Studios and Allerton Hill • • • •

Steve Sidwell - orchestra arranger and conductor The London Session Orchestra - orchestra Gavyn Wright - orchestra leader Isobel Griffiths - orchestra contractor

Orchestra recorded at Air Studios, Lydhurst Hall • • • •

Steve Price - engineer Tom Jenkins - protools Jake Jackson - assistant Roger Taylor - sticks

• Keith Prior - brushes

References [1] Queen Rocks EPK

512

513

Songs List of songs by Queen This is a list of all songs performed by Queen.

1971-1997 Title

Year Recorded

Album

Author(s)

Lead vocal(s)

'39

1975

A Night At The Opera

May

May

Action This Day

1982

Hot Space

Taylor

Taylor & Mercury

All Dead, All Dead

1977

News of The World

May

May

All God's People

1991

Innuendo

Queen/Mike Moran (Mercury/Moran)

Mercury

Another One Bites the Dust

1980

The Game

Deacon

Mercury

Arboria (Planet of Tree Men)

1980

Flash Gordon

Deacon

Instrumental

Back Chat

1982

Hot Space

Deacon

Mercury

Battle Theme

1980

Flash Gordon

May

Instrumental

Bicycle Race

1978

Jazz

Mercury

Mercury

Bijou

1991

Innuendo

Queen (May/Mercury)

Mercury

Blurred Vision

1985

Single

Queen

Mercury, with May & Taylor

Body Language

1982

Hot Space

Mercury

Mercury

Bohemian Rhapsody

1975


Mercury

Mercury

Breakthru

1989

The Miracle

Queen (Taylor/Mercury)

Mercury

Brighton Rock

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

May

Mercury and May (lead vocal on one line)

Bring Back That Leroy Brown

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Mercury

Mercury

Calling All Girls

1982

Hot Space

Taylor

Mercury

Chinese Torture

1989

The Miracle

Queen (May)

Instrumental

Coming Soon

1980

The Game

Taylor

Taylor & Mercury

Cool Cat

1982

Hot Space

Deacon/Mercury

Mercury

Crash Drive On Mingo City

1980

Flash Gordon

May

May

Crazy Little Thing Called Love

1980

The Game

Mercury

Mercury

Dancer

1982

Hot Space

May

Mercury

Dead On Time

1978

Jazz

May

Mercury

Dear Friends

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

May

Mercury

Death On Two Legs

1975


Mercury

Mercury

Delilah

1991

Innuendo

Queen (Mercury)

Mercury

Doing All Right

1973

Queen

May, Tim Staffell

Mercury


514

Don't Lose Your Head

1986

A Kind of Magic

Taylor

Taylor & Mercury

Don't Stop Me Now

1978

Jazz

Mercury

Mercury

Don't Try So Hard

1991

Innuendo

Queen (Mercury/Deacon)

Mercury

Don't Try Suicide

1980

The Game

Mercury

Mercury

A Dozen Red Roses For My Darling

1986

Single

Taylor

Instrumental

Dragon Attack

1980

The Game

May

Mercury

Dreamer's Ball

1978

Jazz

May

Mercury

Drowse

1976

A Day At The Races

Taylor

Taylor

Escape From The Swamp

1980

Flash Gordon

Taylor

Instrumental

Execution of Flash

1980

Flash Gordon

Deacon

Instrumental

The Fairy Feller's Master Stroke

1974

Queen II

Mercury

Mercury

Fat Bottomed Girls

1978

Jazz

May

Mercury & May

Father To Son

1974

Queen II

May

Mercury

Feelings, Feelings

1977

News of the World (2011 bonus ep)

May

Mercury

Fight From The Inside

1977

News of The World

Taylor

Taylor

Flash

1980

Flash Gordon

May

May & Mercury

Flash To The Rescue

1980

Flash Gordon

May

Instrumental (chorus from May, Mercury, Taylor)

Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations)

1980

Flash Gordon

May

Mercury, May, Taylor

Flick of the Wrist

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Mercury

Mercury

Football Fight

1980

Flash Gordon

Mercury

instrumental

Forever

1986

A Kind of Magic

May

Instrumental

Friends Will Be Friends

1986

A Kind of Magic

Mercury/Deacon

Mercury

Fun It

1978

Jazz

Taylor

Taylor & Mercury

Funny How Love Is

1974

Queen II

Mercury

Mercury

Get Down, Make Love

1977

News of The World

Mercury

Mercury

Gimme The Prize (Kurgan's Theme)

1986

A Kind of Magic

May

Mercury

God Save the Queen

1975


Traditional, Arr. May

instrumental

Good Company

1975


May

May

Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy

1976

A Day At The Races

Mercury

Mercury & Mike Stone

Great King Rat

1973

Queen

Mercury

Mercury

Hammer to Fall

1984

The Works

May

Mercury (verses) and May (chorus)

Hang On In There

1989

The Miracle

Queen

Mercury

Headlong

1991

Innuendo

Queen (May)

Mercury

Heaven for Everyone

1995

Made in Heaven

Taylor

Mercury

The Hero

1980

Flash Gordon

May

Mercury, May & Taylor


515

Hijack My Heart

1989

Single

Queen

Taylor

The Hitman

1991

Innuendo

Queen (Mercury/May)

Mercury

A Human Body

1980

Single

Taylor

Taylor

I Can't Live With You

1991

Innuendo

Queen (May)

Mercury

I Go Crazy

1984

Single/The Works

May

Mercury & May (bridge)

I Want It All

1989

The Miracle

Queen (May)

May & Mercury

I Want to Break Free

1984

The Works

Deacon

Mercury

I Was Born To Love You

1985

Mr. Bad Guy

Mercury

Mercury

I'm Going Slightly Mad

1991

Innuendo

Queen (Mercury)

Mercury

I'm In Love With My Car

1975


Taylor

Taylor

If You Can't Beat Them

1978

Jazz

Deacon

Mercury

In Only Seven Days

1978

Jazz

Deacon

Mercury

In The Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise)

1980

Flash Gordon

Taylor

Instrumental

In The Lap of The Gods

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Mercury

Mercury (lyrics), Taylor (shrieking)

In The Lap of The Gods... Revisited

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Mercury

Mercury

In The Space Capsule (The Love 1980 Theme)

Flash Gordon

Taylor

instrumental

Innuendo

1991

Innuendo


Mercury

The Invisible Man

1989

The Miracle

Queen (Taylor)

Taylor & Mercury

Is This The World We Created... ?

1984

The Works

Mercury/May

Mercury

It's A Beautiful Day/Reprise

1995

Made In Heaven


Mercury

It's a Hard Life

1984

The Works

Mercury

Mercury

It's Late

1977

News of The World

May

Mercury

Jealousy

1978

Jazz

Mercury

Mercury

Jesus

1973

Queen

Mercury

Mercury

Keep Passing the Open Windows 1984

The Works

Mercury

Mercury

Keep Yourself Alive

1973

Queen

May

Mercury, May (one line), Taylor (one line)

Khashoggi's Ship

1989

The Miracle

Queen (Mercury)

Mercury

Killer Queen

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Mercury

Mercury

A Kind of Magic

1986

A Kind of Magic

Taylor

Mercury

The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) 1980

Flash Gordon

Mercury

Instrumental

Las Palabras de Amor

1982

Hot Space

May

Mercury

Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon

1975


Mercury

Mercury

Leaving Home Ain't Easy

1978

Jazz

May

May

Let Me Entertain You

1978

Jazz

Mercury

Mercury

Let Me Live

1995

Made In Heaven

Queen

May, Mercury, Taylor


516

Liar

1973

Queen

Mercury

Mercury

Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)

1982

Hot Space

Mercury

Mercury

Lily of the Valley

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Mercury

Mercury

Long Away

1976

A Day At The Races

May

May

Loser In The End

1974

Queen II

Taylor

Taylor

Lost Opportunity

1991

Single

May

May

Love of My Life

1975


Mercury

Mercury

Machines (or 'Back To Humans') 1984

The Works

May/Taylor

Mercury

Mad The Swine

1973

Single/Queen

Mercury

Mercury

Made In Heaven

1995

Made In Heaven

Mercury

Mercury

Man On The Prowl

1984

The Works

Mercury

Mercury

The March of The Black Queen

1974

Queen II

Mercury

Mercury & Taylor (two lines)

Marriage of Dale & Ming (And Flash Approaching)

1980

Flash Gordon

May/Taylor

Instrumental

The Millionaire Waltz

1976

A Day At The Races

Mercury

Mercury

Ming's Theme (In The Court of Ming The Merciless)

1980

Flash Gordon

Mercury

Instrumental

The Miracle

1989

The Miracle


Mercury

Misfire

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Deacon

Mercury

Modern Times Rock & Roll

1973

Queen

Taylor

Taylor

More of That Jazz

1978

Jazz

Taylor

Taylor

Mother Love

1995

Made In Heaven

May/Mercury

Mercury & May

Mustapha

1978

Jazz

Mercury

Mercury

My Baby Loves Me

1989

The Miracle

Queen (Deacon/Mercury)

Mercury

My Fairy King

1973

Queen

Mercury

Mercury

My Life Has Been Saved

1989 (single)/1995 (album)

Made In Heaven

Deacon

Mercury

My Melancholy Blues

1977

News of The World

Mercury

Mercury

Need Your Loving Tonight

1980

The Game

Deacon

Mercury

Nevermore

1974

Queen II

Mercury

Mercury

The Night Comes Down

1973

Queen

May

Mercury

No-One But You (Only the Good 1997 Die Young)

Queen Rocks

May

May & Taylor

Now I'm Here

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

May

Mercury

Ogre Battle

1974

Queen II

Mercury

Mercury

One Vision

1986

A Kind of Magic

Queen (Taylor)

Mercury

One Year of Love

1986

A Kind of Magic

Deacon

Mercury

Pain Is So Close to Pleasure

1986

A Kind of Magic

Mercury/Deacon

Mercury

Party

1989

The Miracle

Mercury/Deacon/May

Mercury

Play the Game

1980

The Game

Mercury

Mercury

Princes of the Universe

1986

A Kind of Magic

Mercury

Mercury


517

Procession

1974

Queen II

May

instrumental

The Prophet's Song

1975


May

Mercury

Put Out the Fire

1982

Hot Space

May

Mercury and May

Radio Ga Ga

1984

The Works

Taylor

Mercury & Taylor

Rain Must Fall

1989

The Miracle

Queen (Deacon/Mercury)

Mercury

Ride The Wild Wind

1991

Innuendo

Queen (Taylor)

Mercury

The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of 1980 Dale)

Flash Gordon

Mercury

Instrumental

Rock It (Prime Jive)

1980

The Game

Taylor

Taylor & Mercury

Sail Away, Sweet Sister

1980

The Game

May

May

Save Me

1980

The Game

May

Mercury

Scandal

1989

The Miracle

Queen (May)

Mercury

Seaside Rendezvous

1975


Mercury

Mercury

See What A Fool I've Been

1974

Single/Queen II

May

Mercury

Seven Seas of Rhye...

1973

Queen

Mercury

Instrumental

Seven Seas of Rhye

1974

Queen II

Mercury

Mercury

She Makes Me (Stormtrooper In Stilettoes)

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

May

May

Sheer Heart Attack

1977

News of The World

Taylor

Mercury(verses) & Taylor(chorus)

The Show Must Go On

1991

Innuendo

Queen (May)

Mercury

Sleeping On The Sidewalk

1977

News of The World

May

May

Some Day, One Day

1974

Queen II

May

May

Somebody to Love

1976

A Day At The Races

Mercury

Mercury

Son & Daughter

1973

Queen

May

Mercury

Soul Brother

1981

Single

Queen

Mercury

Spread Your Wings

1977

News of The World

Deacon

Mercury

Staying Power

1982

Hot Space

Mercury

Mercury

Stealin'

1989

Single

Queen

Mercury

Stone Cold Crazy

1974

Sheer Heart Attack


Mercury

Sweet Lady

1975


May

Mercury

Tear It Up

1984

The Works

May

Mercury

Tenement Funster

1974

Sheer Heart Attack

Taylor

Taylor

Teo Torriate (Let Us Cling Together)

1976

A Day At The Races

May

Mercury

Thank God It's Christmas

1984

Single

Taylor/May

Mercury

These Are The Days of Our Lives

1991

Innuendo

Queen (Taylor)

Mercury

Tie Your Mother Down

1976

A Day At The Races

May

Mercury

Too Much Love Will Kill You

1995

Made In Heaven

May, Frank Musker, Elizibeth Lamers

Mercury


518

Under Pressure

1981

Hot Space

Queen/David Bowie

Mercury & David Bowie

Vultan's Theme (Attack of The Hawk Men)

1980

Flash Gordon

Mercury

instrumental

Was It All Worth It?

1989

The Miracle

Queen (Mercury)

Mercury

We Are the Champions

1977

News of The World

Mercury

Mercury

We Will Rock You

1977

News of The World

May

Mercury

The Wedding March

1980

Flash Gordon

Arr. May

Instrumental

White Man

1976

A Day At The Races

May

Mercury

White Queen (As It Began)

1974

Queen II

May

Mercury

Who Needs You?

1977

News of The World

Deacon

Mercury

Who Wants to Live Forever

1986

A Kind of Magic

May

May & Mercury

A Winter's Tale

1995

Made In Heaven

Queen (Mercury)

Mercury

Yeah

1995

Made In Heaven

Queen

Mercury (spoken)

You & I

1976

A Day At The Races

Deacon

Mercury, with Taylor

You Don't Fool Me

1995

Made In Heaven


Mercury

You Take My Breath Away

1976

A Day At The Races

Mercury

Mercury

You're My Best Friend

1975


Deacon

Mercury

Unreleased Queen songs 1970-1990 Title

Year Recorded

Author(s)

Lead vocal(s)

Notes

A New Life is Born

1989

Mercury

Mercury

Featured in song Breakthru

Assassin

1990

Unknown

Mercury

Recorded in the Innuendo sessions

Dog With a Bone

1988

Queen

Taylor and Mercury

Played at 1988 Queen fan club convention

Face it Alone

1988

Mercury

Mercury

Originally recorded during The Miracle sessions, later reworked on during the Innuendo sessions. It is 10 minutes long. In 2011, the track was leaked onto YouTube.

Feel Like

1981

Queen (Taylor)

Mercury

Later became Under Pressure

Hangman

1970

May/Mercury

Mercury

Performed live between 1970 and 1973

I Guess We're Falling Out

1988

May

Mercury

Recorded in The Miracle Sessions

My Secret Fantasy

1990

Queen (Deacon)

Mercury

Recorded in the Innuendo sessions

Robbery

1990

Queen (Taylor)

Mercury

Recorded in Innuendo sessions

Sandbox

1979

Unknown

Instrumental

Recorded during The Game sessions

Self Made Man

1990

May

May and Mercury

Recorded in Innuendo sessions

Silver Salmon

1973

Tim Staffel

Mercury

Written when Smile was around, recorded for Queen


Since 2003 (May/Taylor) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

"C-lebrity" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Call Me" – Queen + Paul Rodgers (Paul Rodgers), 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Cosmos Rockin'" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Invincible Hope" – internet download "Runaway" (cover song) – Del Shannon/Max Crook, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks, iTunes store exclusive bonus track) "Say It's Not True" – Queen + Paul Rodgers (Taylor), 2007 (The Cosmos Rocks, 2008) "Small" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Small Reprise" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Some Things That Glitter" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Still Burnin'" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Surf's Up... School's Out!" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Through the Night" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Time to Shine" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Voodoo" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks) "Warboys" – Queen + Paul Rodgers (Rodgers), 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks)

• "We Believe" – Queen + Paul Rodgers, 2008 (The Cosmos Rocks)

Songs only performed live 1971–1986 (original line-up) • "Bama Lama Bama Loo" – originally recorded by Little Richard (1964). • "Be-Bop-A-Lula" – originally performed by Gene Vincent & The Blue Caps (1956). • "Big Spender" – recorded by Shirley Bassey (1967); written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity. • "Danny Boy" – first recorded by Ernestine Schumann-Heink (1915). • "Gimme Some Lovin'" – originally performed by the Spencer Davis Group (1966); written by Steve Winwood, Muff Winwood and Spencer Davis. • "Hangman" – unreleased song by Queen, performed live in the 1970s. • "Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart)" – originally performed by Ricky Nelson (1961); written by Gene Pitney. • "I'm a Man" – originally performed by the Spencer Davis Group (1967); written by Jimmy Miller and Steve Winwood. • "Imagine" – written and originally performed by John Lennon (1971). • "Immigrant Song" – originally performed by Led Zeppelin (1970); written by Jimmy Page and Robert Plant. • "Jailhouse Rock" – originally performed by Elvis Presley (1957); written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller. • "Lucille" – originally performed by Little Richard; written by Albert Collins and Richard. • "Mannish Boy" – originally performed by Muddy Waters (1955); Waters' "Mannish Boy" is an adaptation of Bo Diddley's song "I'm a Man". • "Mull of Kintyre" – originally performed by Wings (1977); written by Paul McCartney and Denny Laine. • "Not Fade Away" – originally performed by Buddy Holly; also covered by The Rolling Stones (1964); written by Holly and Norman Petty. • "Rock in Rio Blues" – song by Queen, played live at Rock in Rio in 1985. • "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting" – originally performed by Elton John (1973); written by Bernie Taupin and John. • "Shake, Rattle and Roll" – first recorded by Big Joe Turner in 1954; covered by Bill Haley & His Comets in the same year; also recorded by Elvis Presley in 1956; written by Jesse Stone.

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"Silent Night" – first performed in 1818; written by Josef Mohr and Franz Gruber. * "Stupid Cupid" – originally performed by Connie Francis. "Tavaszi szél vízet áraszt" – traditional Hungarian song. "Tutti Frutti" – originally performed by Little Richard (1955); written by Penniman (Little Richard) and LaBostrie. • "White Christmas" – originally recorded by Bing Crosby (1942); written by Irving Berlin. * • "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" – also performed by Jerry Lee Lewis (1957). • "(You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care" – originally performed by Elvis Presley (1957) and Buddy Holly (1961); written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller.

1992 (Deacon/May/Taylor) Played live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: • • • •

"All the Young Dudes" – originally performed by Mott the Hoople (1972); written by David Bowie. * "Heaven and Hell" (intro). * "Heroes" – originally performed by David Bowie (1977); written by Bowie and Brian Eno. * "Kashmir" (excerpt) – originally performed by Led Zeppelin (1975); written by Jimmy Page, Robert Plant and John Bonham. *

• "Pinball Wizard (intro) – performed by The Who (1969); written by Pete Townshend. * • "Thank You" (excerpt) – originally performed by Led Zeppelin (1969); written by Plant and Page. *

1999–2006 (May/Taylor) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

"All Right Now" – originally performed by Free (1970); written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers. "Amandla" – song by Queen, Dave Stewart and Anastacia. "Bad Company" – originally performed by Bad Company (1974); written by Simon Kirke and Paul Rodgers. "Can't Get Enough" – originally performed by Bad Company (1974); written by Mick Ralphs. "Feel Like Makin' Love" – originally performed by Bad Company (1975); written by Paul Rodgers and Mick Ralphs. "Fire and Water" – originally performed by Free (1970); written by Andy Fraser and Paul Rodgers. "46664 - The Call" – unreleased song by Queen. "Last Horizon" – written and originally performed by Brian May (1992: Back to the Light) "Let There Be Drums" – originally performed by Sandy Nelson (1961); written by Nelson and Richard Podolor. "Little Bit of Love" – originally performed by Free (1972); written by Paul Rodgers, Andy Fraser, Paul Kossoff and Simon Kirke. "Molly Malone" (part of May's guitar solo) – Irish song. * "Reaching Out" – originally recorded by "Rock Therapy" featuring Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Charlie Watts, released as a single in 1996 (in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy Centre); written by Hill/Black. "Red House" – written and performed first by Jimi Hendrix. * "Rock 'n' Roll Fantasy" – originally performed by Bad Company (1979); written by Rodgers. "Sakura" (part of May's guitar solo) – traditional Japanese folk song. * "Seagull" – originally performed by Bad Company (1974); written by Mick Ralphs and Paul Rodgers. "Shooting Star" - originally performed by Bad Company (1974); written by Rodgers. "Sunshine of Your Love" (excerpt) – originally performed by Cream (1967); written by Jack Bruce, Pete Brown and Eric Clapton. * "Take Love" – unreleased song by 'Queen + Paul Rodgers', written by Rodgers.

• "The Blue Danube" (part of May's guitar solo) – written by Johann Strauss II in 1867. * • "Wishing Well" – originally performed by Free (1972); written by Paul Rodgers, Simon Kirke, Tetsu Yamauchi, Paul Kossoff and John Bundrick.

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References External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen.html)

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Single by Queen + Paul Rodgers from the album The Cosmos Rocks B-side

"Fire and Water" (Live in Japan)

Released

8 September 2008

Format

CD, Download, 7" vinyl

Recorded

2007

Genre

Hard rock

Length

3:38

Label

EMI, Parlophone

Writer(s)

Roger Taylor

Producer

Queen + Paul Rodgers Joshua J Macrae Justin Shirley Smith Kris Fredriksson

Queen + Paul Rodgers singles chronology

"Say It's Not True" (2007)

"C-lebrity" (2008)

"C-lebrity" is the second single from The Cosmos Rocks album by Queen + Paul Rodgers. It received its live debut on the series finale of ITV's Al Murray's Happy Hour. The song tells the story from the point of view of an aspiring celebrity, who does not let their apparent lack of talent hold them back. It was released on September 8, 2008[1] and is available on CD, 7" Vinyl and digital downloadable formats[2] . Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters sings backing vocals.[3] Brian May plays bass guitar on the track.[4] On August 4, 2008 the track was premiered for the first time on Ken Bruce's radio show on BBC Radio 2. The song has so far reached number 1 on the UK Rock Singles Chart.

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The song was released as downloadable content as part of a Queen Track Pack for Guitar Hero: World Tour on March 26, 2009.

Queen + Paul Rodgers on the single C-lebrity was born of a great lyrical idea from Roger—a theme very relevant right now—the current obsession with fame, the cult of Celebrity. I threw in some riffs to hang it on, and some arrangement ideas, and Paul tore in and tore it up! It was Paul’s idea to present things from the point of the view of the aspiring Talent Show contestant, in a positive way. We chose this track as a first taster from the album, performing it live on Al Murray’s TV show. It got a great reaction, so we went back in, roughed up the studio version a bit… and there it is.

“

I think it gives a fair idea of the kind of energy on the album—our first studio creation together. I think we sound like a group ! These things have to happen organically.

C-lebrity is really a comment on the current concept of fame, success, and all that goes with it. Getting your face on TV is enough—talent doesn’t really enter into the equation. "Celebrity" is an overused and devalued word today.

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“

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“

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I see the song as Roger's take on the increasing emphasis on fame for its own sake. It’s quite ironic that Andy Warhol's statement that everyone will have fifteen minutes of fame is becoming something of a reality, although it may be down to fifteen seconds in today’s world of [2] instant communication.

Chart positions Chart

Position

UK Singles Chart

33

UK Rock Chart

1

References [1] [2] [3] [4]

http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ qpr/ news/ 637/ http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ qpr/ news/ 644/ http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ qpr/ news/ 648/ Brian May (5 August 2008). "C-lebrity: Bass guitar question" (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ letters/ lettersaug08. html). brianmay.com. Retrieved on 2009-01-10

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"Say It's Not True" "Say It's Not True"

Single by Queen as Queen + Paul Rodgers from the album The Cosmos Rocks Released

1 December 2007 (Download) 31 December 2007 (CD single)

Format

CD, download

Recorded

2007

Genre

Hard Rock

Length

4:02

Label

EMI, Parlophone

Writer(s)

Queen + Paul Rodgers (Roger Taylor)

Producer

Queen + Paul Rodgers Joshua J Macrae Justin Shirley Smith Kris Fredriksson

Queen as Queen + Paul Rodgers singles chronology


"Say It's Not True" (2007)

"C-lebrity" (2008)

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"Say It's Not True" is the first studio single by Queen + Paul Rodgers, It was released on World AIDS Day 1 December 2007. The song was available as a free download from QueenOnline.com. The track is written by drummer Roger Taylor and features all 3 members on vocal. The song was performed live on the Queen + Paul Rodgers 2005/06 world tour, however the live rendition was acoustic and only featured Taylor on vocal. When played on the Rock the Cosmos Tour, the song was sung by Taylor, May and Rodgers as on the single. The song was written for Nelson Mandela's AIDS foundation "46664". On 31 December 2007, the song was released as a CD single, with all proceeds going to "46664".

Live recordings • Return of the Champions CD/LP/DVD (2005) • Super Live in Japan DVD (2006) (Japan Only) • Live in Ukraine CD/DVD/DOWNLOAD (2009)

Chart positions Due to the singles availability to download for free, chart positions were severely affected particularly in Germany, France, The Netherlands and the U.K. where the sale of downloads account for much of a songs chart positioning. • • • • • •

#5 (Italy, airplay/download) #62 (Netherlands) [1] #68 (Romania) #75 (France) [2] #82 (Germany)[3] #90 (UK)

"Say It's Not True"

References [1] dutchcharts.nl (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen+ + + Paul+ Rodgers& titel=Say+ It's+ Not+ True& cat=s) [2] lescharts.com (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen+ + + Paul+ Rodgers& titel=Say+ It's+ Not+ True& cat=s) [3] Charts-Surfer (http:/ / www. charts-surfer. de/ musiksearch. php)

"See What A Fool I've Been" See What A Fool I've Been was the B-side to Queen's 1974 single "Seven Seas Of Rhye." It was inspired by "That's How I Feel," a blues song by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee.[1] Originally released in 1974, it was re-released in 1991 as one of the bonus tracks on the re-release of Queen II.[2] It was described as "a slow crawl that's the closest Queen ever came to blues".[2]

Details The "Seven Seas of Rhye" single featured the first of several non-album B-sides released during Queen's recording career. This song dated from the pre-Queen band Smile. Brian May heard the song "The Way I Feel" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee on a TV program, but at the time he never caught the name of the song or band. He remembered the riff and some lyrics and brought them to the band, then proceeded to write "See What A Fool I've Been" around it. It was not recorded until the Queen II sessions, though it was a live staple since Queen's formation. The B-side version features a vocal delivery from Freddie Mercury that could be best described as burlesque in nature, rather than the more straightforward delivery of the live and BBC versions which were officially released in 2011. Also, there are lyric changes between the B-side, BBC and live versions (with references to a "train to Georgia" and a "Greyhound bus at dawn" not heard in B-side version, whereas the live versions have no "sailor boy" or "barking dog" lyrics). The reason for these differences has never been explained. In 2004, May was contacted by a fan who had discovered which song "See What A Fool I've Been" had been based on, as it had long been a mystery. May officially confirmed "The Way I Feel" as the inspiration after the fan sent him the recently released CD containing the song (along with a note explaining how it was tracked down by looking up song lyrics rather than listening to every recording by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee). The explanation of the song's history appears on the February 2004 Soapbox entry of May's official website.[3] May said he planned to contact their estates to work out the long-overdue royalty issues.

References [1] Hodkinson, Mark (2004). Queen The Early Years (http:/ / books. google. com/ ?id=n84WbO8wiTQC& pg=PA82& dq="See+ What+ A+ Fool+ I've+ Been"& q="See What A Fool I've Been"). London: Omnibus Press. p. 82. ISBN 978-1-84449-012-7. [2] Woodstra, Christopher. All Music Guide Required Listening : Classic Rock (All Music Guide Required Listening Classic Rock). Backbeat. ISBN 978-0-87930-917-6. [3] http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ brianssb/ brianssbfeb04. html#06

• C. Strong, Martin; Peel, John (1998). The Great Rock Discography: Complete Discographies Listing Every Track Recorded by More Than 1,200 Artists (http://books.google.com/?id=2C6I4KfgJ1kC&pg=RA1-PA665& dq="See+What+A+Fool+I've+Been"+queen). Canongate U.S.. p. 665. ISBN 978-1-84195-615-2.

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"Stone Cold Crazy" "Stone Cold Crazy" Song by Queen from the album Sheer Heart Attack Released

8 November 1974

Recorded

July - September 1974

Genre

Rock

Length

2:12

Label

EMI / Elektra

Writer

Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon

Producer

Roy Thomas Baker Queen Sheer Heart Attack track listing

"In the Lap of the Gods" (7)

"Stone Cold Crazy" (8)

"Dear Friends" (9)

"Stone Cold Crazy" Single by Metallica from the album Garage Inc. A-side

Enter Sandman

B-side

Enter Sandman (Demo)/Stone Cold Crazy

Released

1991

Format


Recorded 1990 Genre

Heavy metal, speed metal

Length

2:17

Label

Elektra Records

Writer(s) Freddie Mercury Brian May Roger Taylor John Deacon Producer Metallica Metallica singles chronology

"One" (1989)

"Enter Sandman" (1991)

"Don't Tread on Me" (1991)

"Stone Cold Crazy" "Stone Cold Crazy" is a song by English rock band Queen from their successful 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack.[1] The song is the eighth track on the album. Although the song was never released as a single, it was played live at almost every Queen concert between 1974-1978.[2] [3] [4] [5] "Stone Cold Crazy" also features on the band's 1992 compilation album, Classic Queen.[6] The song credit is shared between all the members of the band, although Freddie Mercury played it with his band Wreckage before Queen was created in the late 1960s. It was the first song Queen performed live in 1970, but the song underwent many changes musically and lyrically before getting recorded, resulting in credit going to the entire band. Early versions of the song were much slower, according to the band, although no bootlegs exist. "Stone Cold Crazy" is known for its fast tempos and heavy distortion, thus being a precursor to speed metal.[7] Music magazine Q described "Stone Cold Crazy" as "thrash metal before the term was invented".[8] In 2009, it was named the 38th best hard rock song of all time by VH1.[9] The song is featured in the music video games Guitar Hero: Metallica and Rock Revolution.[10] [11]

Remixes Three different remixes were created in 1991. The first two, by Michael Wagener, were issued on different pressings of 1991 Hollywood Records Sheer Heart Attack remaster, and on the Encino Man soundtrack.[12] [13] The third one, by Trent Reznor, has been released on several promo CDs in 1991/1992 and 1999.[14] Wagener remixes are not very different to the original and features slight remixing of backing track. Reznor's version mixes the Queen sound with the industrial metal sound of Nine Inch Nails.[14] Reznor's remix includes studio sound bites from Queen at the beginning and end of the track.[14]

Cover versions Metallica covered the song as their contribution to the 1990 compilation album Rubáiyát – Elektra's 40th Anniversary. This cover version was later used as a B-side of their "Enter Sandman" single and subsequently won a Grammy Award; it also appeared on their covers/b-sides album Garage Inc. The Metallica version of the song is more aggressive than the original; they also slightly altered the lyrics, adding two uses of the word "fuck" and changing the more humorous lines for more violent lyrics, such as "walking down the street/shooting people that I meet/with my fully loaded tommy gun". James Hetfield once performed it together with Queen & Tony Iommi of Black Sabbath fame (singing Metallica's altered lyrics) at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert.[15] [16] Metallica also played the song as an encore during their 1991-'93 Black Album tour; it appears on the live CD Live Shit: Binge & Purge and the 2009 Live DVD Français Pour Une Nuit. Hellyeah played Metallica's version of "Stone Cold Crazy" on the 2007 Family Values Tour, sometimes referring to it under the title "Stone Cold Wasted". Extreme also included part of the song during their medley at the same Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. The band Eleven has also recorded a cover, lending the spot of lead vocals to friend and Queens of the Stone Age front man Josh Homme (Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen).[17] Rock band Sum 41 began covering a version of this song in their live shows in 2010.[18]

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References [1] Legends of rock guitar: the essential reference of rock's greatest guitarists (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=60Jde3l7WNwC& pg=PA106& dq=queen+ ii+ mick+ rock#v=onepage& q& f=false) p.106. Hal Leonard Corporation, 1997 [2] Queen live on tour: Sheer Heart Attack: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ sha. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [3] Queen live on tour: A Night At The Opera: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ anato. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [4] Queen live on tour: Day At The Races (world): Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ adatrna. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [5] Queen live on tour: News Of The World: Setlist (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ notwna. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [6] Queen Album: Classic Queen (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ music/ artist/ queen/ albums. jhtml?albumId=72769) MTV. Retrieved July 2, 2011 [7] Jones, Chris (2007-06-07). "Queen: Sheer Heart Attack Review" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ music/ reviews/ xxhj). BBC. . Retrieved May 25, 2011. [8] Queen News: February 2011 (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ queen/ queennews/ queennewsfeb11a. html) BrianMay.com. Retrieved May 25, 2011 [9] "Vh1 Top 100 Hard Rock Songs" (http:/ / music. spreadit. org/ vh1-top-100-hard-rock-songs/ ). . Retrieved 7 February 2009. [10] Guitar Hero Songs: Queen - Stone Cold Crazy (http:/ / www. guitarherosongs. co. uk/ guitar-hero-songs. php?track-id=00421& version=8) Guitar Hero. Retrieved 16 August 2011 [11] Fahey, Mike (August 4, 2008). The Full Rock Revolution Setlist (http:/ / kotaku. com/ 5032751/ the-full-rock-revolution-setlist). Kotaku. Retrieved 16 August 2011 [12] Michael Wagener discography (http:/ / www. michaelwagener. com/ html/ discography. html) Retrieved 3 September 2011 [13] Encino Man Original Soundtrack (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ encino-man-r123566) Allmusic. Retrieved 3 September 2011 [14] Sheer Heart Attack - Stone Cold Crazy (http:/ / www. queenvault. com/ sheerheartattack. html) Queen Vault. Retrieved 3 September 2011 [15] McIver, Joel (2004) Justice for all: the truth about Metallica (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=6LwTMoqykcYC& pg=PA217& dq=freddie+ mercury+ tribute+ concert+ metallica#v=onepage& q=freddie mercury tribute concert metallica& f=false) Omnibus Press, 2004 [16] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert: Stone Cold Crazy (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm#stone) Retrieved May 25, 2011 [17] Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ killer-queen-a-tribute-to-queen-r782664) Allmusic. Retrieved July 10, 2011 [18] Sum 41 Concert at The Hoodwink, East Rutherford, NJ, USA Setlist (http:/ / www. setlist. fm/ setlist/ sum-41/ 2009/ the-hoodwink-east-rutherford-nj-4bd66b9a. html) Retrieved May 25, 2011

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Videography Queen videography This is the videography of the British rock band Queen. Information Greatest Flix • •

Released:2 November 1981 Format(s): VHS, Laserdisc

Live in Japan • •

Released:(Japan only) Format(s):

We Will Rock You • • •

Released:10 September 1984 Format(s): VHS, DVD (30 October 2001) Chart position(s): USA (2x platinum)

The Works Video EP • •

Released:19 November 1984 Format(s): VHS

Live in Rio • •

Released:13 May 1985 Format(s): VHS

Who Wants to Live Forever • •

Released:20 October 1986 Format(s): VHS

Live in Budapest • •

Released:16 February 1987 Format(s): VHS

Bohemian Rhapsody • •

Released:30 March 1987 Format(s): VHS

The Magic Years • •

Released:30 November 1987 Format(s): VHS, DVD

Rare Live • •

Released:21 August 1989 Format(s): VHS

The Miracle Video EP • •


Queen videography

Queen at Wembley • • •

Released:3 December 1990 Format(s): VHS, DVD (17 June 2003) Chart position(s): #1: Australia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Portugal (11x platinum, 44.000 copies), Spain, UK (4x platinum); #2: Greece, Ireland; #3: Norway, Sweden; #4: Denmark, France; #?(diamond): US (5x platinum)

Greatest Flix II • •


Box of Flix • •


Live at the Rainbow • •

Released:May 1992 Format(s): VHS

Classic Queen • •

Released:13 October 1992 (United States only) Format(s): VHS

Greatest Hits • •

Released:13 October 1992 (United States only) Format(s): VHS

Final Concert Live in Japan • •

Released:1992 (Japan only) Format(s): VHS

The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert • • •

Released:23 November 1992 Format(s): VHS, DVD (April 2002) Chart position(s): #1: UK, #5: Germany

Champions of the World • •


Made in Heaven • •

Released:11 November 1996 Format(s): VHS, DVD (2003)

Greatest Karaoke Flix • •

Released:1998 Format(s): VHS

Queen Rocks • •

Released:1999 Format(s): VHS

Greatest Flix III • •

Released:6 December 1999 Format(s): VHS

Party at the Palace (various artists) • •

Released:2002 Format(s): DVD

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Greatest Video Hits 1 • • •

Released:12 October 2002 Format(s): DVD Chart position(s): #1: Germany, Spain, UK, USA (platinum); #2: Australia, Denmark, Sweden; #3: Italy

Greatest Video Hits 2 • • •

Released:25 November 2003 Format(s): DVD Chart position(s): #1: Ireland, UK (2x platinum, 100.000); #2: Spain; #4: Germany, Italy

Jewels • • •

Released:28 April 2004 (Japan only) Format(s): DVD Chart position(s): #1: Japan

We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan • • •

Released:7 June 2004 (Japan only) Format(s): DVD Chart position(s): #1: Japan

46664 – The Event (various artists) • •

Released:2004 Format(s): DVD

Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl • • •

Released:25 October 2004 Format(s): DVD Chart position(s): #1: Austria, Belgium, Germany (4 weeks), Italy, Japan (on international charts), Sweden, UK (2 weeks, 3x platinum, 150.000); #2: New Zealand, Portugal (2x platinum, 8.000); #4: Norway; #5: France; #?(3x platinum) US (platinum)

Live Aid (various artists) • • •

Released:8 November 2004 Format(s): DVD Chart position(s): #1: UK

Return of the Champions (Queen + Paul Rodgers) • • •

Released:18 October 2005 Format(s): DVD Chart position(s): #1: Japan (on international charts), UK (platinum); #2: Austria, Germany, Netherlands; #3: Sweden; #4: Italy; #7: Portugal

The Making of A Night at the Opera — Classic Albums • • •

Released:20 March 2006 Format(s): Chart position(s): #3: UK

Super Live in Japan (Queen + Paul Rodgers) • •

Released:28 April 2006 (Japan only) Format(s): DVD

Queen Rock Montreal • • •

Released:29 October 2007 Format(s): DVD, HD DVD, Blu-Ray Chart position(s): #1 Portugal, Sweden, Italy, Holland #2 Switzerland, Japan, UK #3 Germany #4 Austria, Belgium, Mexico, Hong Kong #5 Canada (2xPlatinum), Australia / New Zealand #6 Denmark #9 Norway #13 France #23USA

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We Will Rock You We Will Rock You

Directed by

Saul Swimmer

Produced by Saul Swimmer, Jim Beach Starring

John Deacon Brian May Freddie Mercury Roger Taylor

Music by

Queen

We Will Rock You is a concert film by English band Queen. It was filmed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada at the Montreal Forum on November 24 and 25, 1981. A new official release of the concert (Retitled Queen Rock Montreal) digitally remastered by Queen was released on October 29, 2007 on DVD (by Eaglevision) double CD (by Hollywood Records for the U.S. and Canada and by Parlophone Records for Europe and EMI for the rest of the world) and triple vinyl LP.[1] A special double DVD ('Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid') included Queen's performance at Live Aid as well as never before seen interviews and rehearsal footage. It is unclear if the royalties from the Live Aid section went to charity. HD-DVD and Blu-Ray versions were released on December 4, 2007.

List of songs 1. We Will Rock You (fast) (May) 2. Let Me Entertain You (Mercury) 3. Play the Game (Mercury) 4. Somebody to Love (Mercury) 5. Killer Queen (Mercury) 6. I'm in Love With My Car (Taylor) 7. Get Down, Make Love (Mercury) 8. Save Me (May) 9. Now I'm Here (May) 10. Dragon Attack (May) 11. Now I'm Here (reprise) (May) 12. Love of My Life (Mercury) 13. Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie) 14. Keep Yourself Alive (with impromptu jam before the song) (May) 15. Drum Solo/Tympani Solo (Queen/Taylor) 16. Guitar Solo/Guitar and Drum Duel (May)

We Will Rock You 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Crazy Little Thing Called Love (Mercury) Jailhouse Rock (Leiber, Stoller) Bohemian Rhapsody (Mercury) Tie Your Mother Down (May) Another One Bites the Dust (Deacon) Sheer Heart Attack (Taylor) We Will Rock You (May) We Are the Champions (Mercury) God Save the Queen (tape) (arr. May)

The tracks "Flash's Theme" and "The Hero" (both written by May) were also performed at these concerts but were deleted from the film. However, the tracks do appear on the CD and vinyl issues of Queen Rock Montreal. A commentary by Roger Taylor and Brian May is an optional feature of "Queen Rock Montreal" whereas a commentary by Saul Swimmer (the director/producer) was an optional feature of the DVD re-release of "We Will Rock You".

Tracklisting (Double Disc Live Aid footage) Live Aid 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

"Bohemian Rhapsody" "Radio Ga Ga" "Hammer To Fall" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "We Will Rock You" "We Are The Champions" "Is This The World We Created"

• all tracks recorded live at Wembley Stadium, 13 July 1985.

Commentaries Director Saul Swimmer recorded a commentary for the original laserdisc release of the concert. In it, he describes the process by which he and the band went about organizing and recording the concerts which eventually became this video. He is complimentary of the band and spoke positively about the experience. Specifically, he talked about the lengths he went to in order to convince the band to make the video at the end of their then-current tour. Swimmer said the deciding moment came when he took Freddie Mercury to the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C. and showed him the three-storey IMAX screen, and told him to imagine himself five stories tall. Having convinced Freddie, the rest of the band followed suit. When Queen eventually acquired the rights to the video, Brian May and Roger Taylor recorded a new commentary track, on which they discuss their feelings about the original process of making the concert video. May describes Swimmer's behaviour in trying to get the band to agree to the project in very negative terms. He says the director effectively hounded them and that when they relented, he was not easy to work with during the actual two nights of recording. Unlike Swimmer's earlier commentary track, which paints a generous picture of the relationship between himself and the band, May and Taylor's commentary track indicates very directly that this was not the case.

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References [1] http:/ / queenonline. com/ news_item. php?article=1672377 [2] "The ARIA Report (Issue 924)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20071120-0000/ issue924. pdf) (PDF). Pandora Archive. Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 25. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [3] "Austria Top 40 – Musik-DVD Top 10" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ weekchart. asp?cat=d& year=2007& date=20071116) (in German) (ASP). Austrian Charts. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [4] "Ultratop 10 Muziek-DVD" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ nl/ weekchart. asp?cat=d& year=2007& date=20071110) (in Dutch) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [5] "Ultratop 10 Musicaux" (http:/ / www. ultratop. be/ fr/ weekchart. asp?cat=d& year=2007& date=20071117) (in French) (ASP). Ultratop. Hung Medien. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [6] "Musik DVD Top-10: Uge 52 – 2007" (http:/ / www. hitlisterne. dk/ lister. asp?w=52& y=2007& list=v10) (in Danish) (ASP). Hitlisten. IFPI Denmark. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [7] "Suomen virallinen lista – Musiikki DVD:t 45/2007 [Finland's Official List – Music DVDs 45/2007]" (http:/ / www. ifpi. fi/ tilastot/ virallinen-lista/ dvd/ 2007/ 45) (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [8] "Archivio: DVD Musicali: Settimana 45, 2007 [Archive: Music DVDs: Week 45, 2007]" (http:/ / www. fimi. it/ classifiche_result_dvd. php?anno=2007& mese=11& id=35) (in Italian) (PHP). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [9] "Top 10 Music DVDs" (http:/ / rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1594& chartKind=D) (ASP). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [10] "Top 30 DVD's Musicais – Semana 45 De 2007" (http:/ / www. afp. org. pt/ top. php?top=topdvd& qano=2007& sem=45) (in Portuguese) (PHP). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [11] "Sverigetopplistan" (http:/ / www. sverigetopplistan. se/ ) (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. . Search for Queen and click Sök. [12] "Topp 10 DVD Audio: 2008 – Uke 48" (http:/ / lista. vg. no/ liste/ dvd-audio/ 10/ dato/ 2008/ uke/ 48) (in Norwegian). VG-lista. . Retrieved 1 August 2011. [13] "Argentinian video certifications – Queen – Rocks Montreal" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0& PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=Queen& album=Rocks+ Montreal& LanDesde_MM=0& LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=2& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5& CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. . [14] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2007 DVDs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ httpwww. aria. com. aupagesARIACharts-Accreditations-2007DVD. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . [15] "Canadian video certifications – Queen – Queen Rock Montreal & Live Aid" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=Queen+ Rock+ Montreal+ & + Live+ Aid& sa=Queen& smt=0). Music Canada. . [16] "German video certifications – Queen – Rock Montreal & Live Aid" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Rock+ Montreal+ & + Live+ Aid& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=video& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . [17] "New Zealand video certifications – Queen – Rock Montreal & Live Aid" (http:/ / www. radioscope. net. nz/ index. php?option=com_content& task=view& id=75). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. . [18] "Polish video certifications – Queen – Rock Montreal & Live Aid" (http:/ / www. zpav. pl/ rankingi/ wyroznienia/ platynowe/ dvd. php) (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). . [19] "Portuguese video certifications – Queen – Rock Montreal & Live Aid" (http:/ / www. artistas-espectaculos. com/ topafp/ pt/ 200748. htm) (in Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. . [20] "The Official Swiss Charts and Music Community: Awards (Queen; 'Rock Montreal & Live Aid')" (http:/ / www. swisscharts. com/ search_certifications. asp?search=Queen+ Rock+ Montreal+ & + Live+ Aid). Hung Medien. . [21] "British video certifications – Queen – Rock Montreal" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter Rock Montreal in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Click Go [22] "American video certifications – Queen – We Will Rock You" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="We+ Will+ Rock+ You"). Recording Industry Association of America. . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

External links • Official Site (http://www.queenrockmontreal.com/)

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The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was an open-air concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992 at London's Wembley Stadium, for an audience of 72,000.[1] The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world, with an audience of up to one billion.[2] [3] The concert was a tribute to the life of the late Queen frontman, Freddie Mercury, with all proceeds going to AIDS research. The show marked bassist John Deacon's final concert with Queen (save one live appearance with Brian May, Roger Taylor and Elton John in 1997). The profits from the concert were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust AIDS charity organisation.

History Following Freddie Mercury's death on 24 November 1991 from AIDS, the remaining members of Queen (John Deacon, Brian May and Roger Taylor) came together with Queen Manager Jim Beach to organise an open air concert to celebrate the life and legacy of Mercury, as well as Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert poster raise money for AIDS research, and spread awareness about the disease.[4] In February 1992, at the annual BRIT Awards ceremony, May and Taylor announced plans for the concert. When tickets finally went on sale, all 72,000 tickets sold out in just three hours, even though no performers were announced apart from remaining members of Queen.[4]

Concert "Good evening Wembley and the world. We are here tonight to celebrate the life, and work, and dreams, of one Freddie Mercury. We're gonna give him the biggest send off in history" [5]

—Queen guitarist Brian May.

The concert opens with a message from the three remaining members of Queen in tribute to Mercury.[5] The music then commences with short sets from bands that were influenced by the music of Queen, including Metallica, Extreme (playing a Queen medley), Def Leppard (who brought Brian May onstage for a faithful version of "Now I'm Here"), and Guns N' Roses. Between bands, several video clips honouring Freddie Mercury were shown, while the roadies changed the stage for the following act's performance. The second half of the concert featured the three remaining Queen members - John Deacon (on bass), Brian May (on guitar) and Roger Taylor (on drums) - along with guest singers and guitarists, including Elton John, Roger Daltrey (of The Who), Tony Iommi (of Black Sabbath), David Bowie, Mick Ronson (of Spiders from Mars), James Hetfield (of Metallica), George Michael, Seal, Paul Young, Annie Lennox, Lisa Stansfield, Robert Plant (Led Zeppelin), Joe Elliott and Phil Collen (of Def Leppard), Axl Rose and Slash (of Guns N' Roses), Liza Minnelli, and others. This was the second high-profile project with both Elton John and George Michael in as many years; the year before, they did a live reworking of John's song "Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Me". Via satellite from Sacramento, California, U2 dedicated a live performance of "Until the End of the World" to Mercury.[6]

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Home releases The concert was originally released in VHS form (usually in two tape releases worldwide), but due to time limitations, the last two songs by Extreme, the first two of Def Leppard, and the song of Spinal Tap "The Majesty of Rock" were deleted (along with Robert Plant's "Innuendo") in the original release. The US release also omitted Bob Geldof's performance of "Too Late God" and Zucchero's performance of "Las Palabras De Amor". In April 2002, for the 10th anniversary of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the concert was released on DVD and entered the UK charts at number 1.[7] "Innuendo" was not included on the DVD, at the request of Robert Plant. In addition, the original 4:3 footage had been cropped down to widescreen. An EP of the George Michael performances with Queen were released as Five Live in April 1993. It entered the UK singles chart at #1. Metallica's 3-song performance was made into a UK tour edition single for Nothing Else Matters, entitled "Live at Wembley Stadium" and released in Europe just one week after the concert, on April 27, 1992. Additionally, the Guns N' Roses performance of "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" was released in August 1992 as a Double A-side with the original Guns N' Roses studio recording of the song. This single entered the UK singles chart at #2.

Performances Without Queen • Metallica - "Enter Sandman", "Sad But True", "Nothing Else Matters" • Extreme - Queen Medley, "Love of My Life" (Gary Cherone & Nuno Bettencourt), "More Than Words" (Gary Cherone & Nuno Bettencourt) • Def Leppard - "Animal", "Let's Get Rocked", "Now I'm Here" (w/Brian May) • Bob Geldof - "Too Late God" • Spinal Tap - "The Majesty of Rock" • U2 - "Until the End of the World" - played via satellite from Sacramento, California • Guns N' Roses - "Paradise City", "Knockin' on Heaven's Door" • Mango Groove - "Special Star" - played via satellite from Johannesburg, South Africa • Elizabeth Taylor - AIDS Prevention Speech • Freddie Mercury - compilation of various interactions with the audience

With Queen 1. Queen + Joe Elliott/Slash - "Tie Your Mother Down" 2. Queen + Roger Daltrey/Tony Iommi - "Heaven and Hell" (intro), "Pinball Wizard" (intro), "I Want It All" 3. Queen + Zucchero - "Las Palabras de Amor" 4. Queen + Gary Cherone/Tony Iommi - "Hammer to Fall" 5. Queen + James Hetfield/Tony Iommi - "Stone Cold Crazy " 6. Queen + Robert Plant - "Innuendo", "Thank You" (intro), "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 7. Brian May with Spike Edney - "Too Much Love Will Kill You" 8. Queen + Paul Young - "Radio Ga Ga" 9. Queen + Seal - "Who Wants to Live Forever" 10. Queen + Lisa Stansfield - "I Want to Break Free" 11. Queen + David Bowie/Annie Lennox - "Under Pressure" 12. Queen + Ian Hunter/David Bowie/Mick Ronson/Joe Elliot/Phil Collen - "All The Young Dudes" 13. Queen + David Bowie/Mick Ronson - "Heroes" 14. David Bowie - "The Lord's Prayer" 15. Queen + George Michael - "'39"

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Queen + George Michael/Lisa Stansfield - "These Are the Days of Our Lives" Queen + George Michael - "Somebody to Love" Queen + Elton John/Axl Rose - "Bohemian Rhapsody" Queen + Elton John/Tony Iommi - "The Show Must Go On" Queen + Axl Rose - "We Will Rock You" Queen + Liza Minnelli/Cast - "We Are the Champions" Queen - God Save The Queen (taped outro)

Backing musicians Queen were backed by the following musicians: • • • •

Spike Edney - keyboards, piano, backing vocals Mike Moran - piano on "Who Wants to Live Forever" and "Somebody to Love" Josh Macrae - percussion in some Queen tracks Chris Thompson - backing vocals, acoustic guitar on "I Want It All", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" and "Heroes", additional percussion • Maggie Ryder - backing vocals • Miriam Stockley - backing vocals • The London Community Gospel Choir - backing vocals on "Somebody to Love" and "We Are the Champions" • John Jones - organ and backing vocals on "We are the Champions"

Reviews • The Times, 26 April 1992 [8] • The Denver Post, 23 May 1993 (VHS review) [9]

References [1] 1991: Giant of rock dies (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ onthisday/ hi/ dates/ stories/ november/ 24/ newsid_2546000/ 2546945. stm) BBC News. Retrieved May 25, 2011 [2] Freddie Mercury: The Tribute Concert (http:/ / www. abc. net. au/ tv/ guide/ abc2/ 200708/ programs/ ZY9027A001D20082007T210000. htm) ABC Television (20 August 2007). Retrieved August 29, 2011 [3] Discography: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert VHS (http:/ / queen. musichall. cz/ en/ discography/ the-freddie-mercury-tribute-concert-vhs. html) [4] Freddie Mercury Tribute (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_04-21-1992_-_The_Times_-_Freddie_Mercury_Tribute) The Times. Retrieved 27 August 2011 [5] Queen Introduction: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtribute. htm#godsave) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved August 27, 2011 [6] 1992 The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ live/ queen4. htm#1992freddietribute) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved August 29, 2011 [7] The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (Special 10th Anniversary Reissue) (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ fmtributedvd. htm) Retrieved May 25, 2011 [8] http:/ / queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_04-26-1992_-_The_Times_-_Freddie_Mercury_Tribute [9] http:/ / queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_05-23-1993_-_Freddie_Tribute_Concert_Video_-_The_Denver_Post

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External links • Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103999/) at the Internet Movie Database • Transcript of the DVD edition (http://www.ultimatequeen.co.uk/Videos/fmtributedvd.htm)

Greatest Video Hits 1 Greatest Video Hits 1

Produced by

Simon Lupton and Rhys Thomas

Starring

Freddie Mercury Brian May Roger Taylor John Deacon

Music by

Queen

Distributed by EMI (Europe) Universal Music Distribution (North America) Release date(s) 2002 Running time

200 minutes

Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Greatest Video Hits 1 was the first Queen video collection on DVD. Most of the content was released previously on the VHS cassette Greatest Flix in 1981. It was released in October 2002, and included video hits of the band between 1973 and 1981. There is also a Greatest Video Hits 2. The DVD peaked at number one in UK, with sales of more than 90,000 copies. It was also the best selling DVD of the year in 2002. It was also number one in USA (platinum), Germany (gold), Spain and other countries. It was also 4 times platinum in Australia, 3 times platinum in Canada, platinum in Poland, and other places. Most music videos on the DVD have been converted to 16:9 widescreen. This was achieved by cropping large amounts of picture from the top and bottom of the original 4:3 frame. This has caused much controversy among many fans who want the videos presented in their original aspect ratio, and see the conversion as unnecessary and detrimental to the original material.


Disc 1 1. Bohemian Rhapsody 2. Another One Bites the Dust 3. Killer Queen (live Top of the Pops version) 4. Fat Bottomed Girls 5. Bicycle Race 6. You're My Best Friend 7. Don't Stop Me Now 8. Save Me 9. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 10. Somebody to Love 11. Spread Your Wings 12. Play the Game 13. Flash 14. Tie Your Mother Down 15. We Will Rock You 16. We Are the Champions Audio: • PCM Stereo • DTS 5.1

Disc 2 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Now I'm Here Good Old Fashioned Lover Boy (live Top of the Pops version) Keep Yourself Alive Liar Love of My Life We Will Rock You (Live Fast Version)

The second disc also contains some extras, such as a documentary about 'Bohemian Rhapsody' called 'Inside the Rhapsody' and a photo gallery. It is also possible to access audio commentaries to the initial 16 tracks of this release. Commentaries by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon are taken from previously recorded interviews whilst Brian May and Roger Taylor have recorded new commentaries for the DVD. Both confessed they have few memories of many of the videos due to a long time in each seeing them prior to the DVD being recorded.

Trivia • The videos for We Will Rock You and Bicycle Race on the DVD version are noticeably different from those found on the original VHS version. • The track order on the DVD version is the same as the corresponding album but the order is chronological on the original VHS version. • On Disc Two, if you press Up, Up, Right, Right, Left, Left at the "Rhapsody" menu, the "flames" version of Bohemian Rhapsody will start to play.

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References [1] "Chartverfolgung / Queen / Longplay" (http:/ / www. musicline. de/ de/ chartverfolgung_summary/ artist/ Queen/ ?type=longplay) (in German). Music Line. Media Control Charts. . Retrieved 30 July 2011. [2] "Archivum: DVD Top 20" (http:/ / mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=dvd& ev=2005& het=15& submit_=Keresés) (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. . Retrieved 30 July 2011. [3] "Argentinian video certifications – Queen – Greatest Hits Video" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0& PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=Queen& album=Greatest+ Hits+ Video& LanDesde_MM=0& LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=2& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5& CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. . [4] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2006 DVDs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ ARIACharts-Accreditations-2006DVD. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . [5] "Canadian video certifications – Queen – Greatest Video Hits 1" (http:/ / www. musiccanada. com/ GPSearchResult. aspx?st=Greatest+ Video+ Hits+ 1& sa=Queen& smt=0). Music Canada. . [6] "French video certifications – Queen – Greatest Video Hits 1" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS. html?year=2006& type=18) (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. . [7] "German video certifications – Queen – Greatest Video Hits 1" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Greatest+ Video+ Hits+ 1& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=video& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. .

Greatest Video Hits 1 [8] "Mexican video certifications – Queen – Greatest Video Hits (The DVD Collection)" (http:/ / www. amprofon. com. mx/ certificaciones. php?artista=Queen& titulo=Greatest+ Video+ Hits+ (The+ DVD+ Collection)& categoria=MUSIC+ VIDEO& contenido=buscar) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. . [9] "Polish video certifications – Queen – Greatest Video Hits 1" (http:/ / www. zpav. pl/ rankingi/ wyroznienia/ platynowe/ dvd. php) (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). . [10] "American video certifications – Queen – Greatest Video Hits, Vol. 1" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Greatest+ Video+ Hits,+ Vol. + 1"). Recording Industry Association of America. . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

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Queen at Wembley Queen at Wembley Directed by

Gavin Taylor

Produced by

Simon Lupton Rhys Thomas

Starring

John Deacon Brian May Freddie Mercury Roger Taylor Spike Edney

Music by

Queen

Running time 300 min Language

English

Queen at Wembley is a video recorded at the original Wembley Stadium, England on Saturday 12 July 1986 during Queen's Magic Tour. It was first released in December 1990 as an edited VHS (missing 11 songs), then as an audio CD in 1992, followed by a DVD release as Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium (in its entirety) to coincide with the CD rerelease in 2003. The DVD has gone five times platinum in the United States, four times platinum in the United Kingdom, and achieved multi platinum status around the world. On September 5, 2011, Queen Live At Wembley Stadium 25th Anniversary Edition was released in a standard 2-DVD set and a deluxe 2-DVD and 2-CD set.

Disc one 1. One Vision 2. Tie Your Mother Down 3. In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited 4. Seven Seas of Rhye 5. Tear It Up 6. A Kind of Magic 7. Under Pressure 8. Another One Bites the Dust 9. Who Wants to Live Forever 10. I Want to Break Free 11. Impromptu 12. Brighton Rock Solo 13. Now I'm Here 14. Love of My Life 15. Is This the World We Created? 16. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care 17. Hello Mary Lou 18. Tutti Frutti 19. Gimme Some Lovin' 20. Bohemian Rhapsody 21. Hammer to Fall 22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Queen at Wembley 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28.

Big Spender Radio Ga Ga We Will Rock You Friends Will Be Friends We Are the Champions God Save the Queen

Disc two Road to Wembley • • • •

Brian May and Roger Taylor interview (2003) (28 mins) Gavin Taylor (Director) and Gerry Stickles (Tour Manager) interview (19 mins) A Beautiful Day – Rudi Dolezal's backstage documentary about the whole day (30 mins) Tribute to the Wembley Towers – including timelapse demolition footage set to 'These Are the Days of Our Lives (Instrumental)' (5 mins)

Unseen Magic • Features 'Friday Concert Medley' – highlights package of the previous night's show (28 mins): 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

A Kind Of Magic Another One Bites The Dust Tutti Frutti Crazy Little Thing Called Love We Are The Champions (ending) God Save The Queen

• Rehearsals (10 mins) • Picture Gallery (5 mins) (The background music for this extra is the full, unreleased original version of "A Kind of Magic" used in the Highlander film)

Queen Cams 4 tracks presented in multi-angle Brian, Roger, John and Freddie cams: 1. 2. 3. 4.

One Vision Under Pressure Now I'm Here We Are the Champions

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The Original Concert The concert started at 4.00pm with tickets costing £14.50, Four bands performed in the following order: 1. 2. 3. 4.

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References [1] "ariaNET: The ARIA Report! (Issue 707)" (http:/ / pandora. nla. gov. au/ pan/ 23790/ 20031007-0000/ Issue707. pdf) (PDF). Pandora Archive. Australian Recording Industry Association. p. 19. . Retrieved 30 July 2011. [2] "Austrian Top 10 DVDs Chart" (http:/ / charts. orf. at/ oe3/ dvd/ 2003/ woche30/ main) (in German). Ö3 Austria Top 40. 24 July 2003. . [3] "Hovedmeny: SØK I BASE" (http:/ / www. ifpi. no/ sok/ index_charts. htm) (in Norwegian). IFPI Norway. . Search for Queen under Søk på artist i alle listene to see search results. [4] "Archivum: DVD Top 20" (http:/ / mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=dvd& ev=2005& het=17& submit_=Keresés) (in Hungarian). MAHASZ. . Retrieved 30 July 2011. [5] "Argentinian video certifications – Queen – Live at the Wembley Stadium" (http:/ / www. capif. org. ar/ Default. asp?PerDesde_MM=0& PerDesde_AA=0& PerHasta_MM=0& PerHasta_AA=0& interprete=Queen& album=Live+ at+ the+ Wembley+ Stadium& LanDesde_MM=0& LanDesde_AA=0& LanHasta_MM=0& LanHasta_AA=0& Galardon=O& Tipo=2& ACCION2=+ Buscar+ & ACCION=Buscar& CO=5& CODOP=ESOP). Argentine Chamber of Phonograms and Videograms Producers. . [6] "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2005 DVDs" (http:/ / www. aria. com. au/ pages/ aria-charts-accreditations-dvd-2005. htm). Australian Recording Industry Association. . [7] "Austrian video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium" (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin) (in German). IFPI Austria. . Enter Queen in the field Interpret. Enter Live at Wembley Stadium in the field Titel. Select DVD in the field Format. Click Suchen [8] "French video certifications – Queen – Queen at Wembley" (http:/ / www. disqueenfrance. com/ fr/ pag-259165-CERTIFICATIONS. html?year=2005& type=20) (in French). Syndicat National de l'Édition Phonographique. . [9] "German video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley Stadium" (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ?action=suche& strTitel=Live+ at+ Wembley+ Stadium& strInterpret=Queen& strTtArt=video& strAwards=checked) (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie. . [10] "Mexican video certifications – Queen – Live at the Wembley Stadium" (http:/ / www. amprofon. com. mx/ certificaciones. php?artista=Queen& titulo=Live+ at+ the+ Wembley+ Stadium& categoria=MUSIC+ VIDEO& contenido=buscar) (in Spanish). Asociación Mexicana de Productores de Fonogramas y Videogramas. . [11] "New Zealand video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley" (http:/ / www. rianz. org. nz/ rianz/ chart. asp?chartNum=1407& chartKind=D). Recording Industry Association of New Zealand. . [12] "Polish video certifications – Queen – Queen at Wembley" (http:/ / www. zpav. pl/ rankingi/ wyroznienia/ platynowe/ dvd. php) (in Polish). Polish Producers of Audio and Video (ZPAV). . [13] "British video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley" (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). British Phonographic Industry. . Enter Live at Wembley in the field Search. Select Title in the field Search by. Select DVD in the field By Format. Click Go [14] "American video certifications – Queen – Live at Wembley" (http:/ / www. riaa. com/ goldandplatinumdata. php?artist="Live+ at+ Wembley"). Recording Industry Association of America. . If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Video Longform, then click SEARCH

External links • Queen at Wembley (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0158874/) at the Internet Movie Database


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Greatest Video Hits 2 Greatest Video Hits 2

Produced by

Simon Lupton and Rhys Thomas

Starring

Freddie Mercury Brian May Roger Taylor John Deacon

Music by

Queen

Release date(s) 2003 Country

United Kingdom

Language

English

Greatest Video Hits 2 is the second DVD of music videos from the English band, Queen. It was released in November 2003, and included video hits of the band between 1982 to 1989. It was at number one in UK, in its first week. It also peaked at number 1 in Ireland. In that same year the DVD was number 2 in Spain, and number 4 in Italy. It was certified 2 platinum awards in UK, platinum in France and Australia, gold in Germany, Spain, Poland and other countries. It features an option for audio commentary from both Brian May and Roger Taylor on each music video, reflecting on their memories and opinions of each video. The music videos from Innuendo were not included in the DVD. They were replaced with the songs, "Las Palabras de Amor", "Body Language", "Princes of the Universe", and "Scandal."

Disc one 1. A Kind of Magic 2. I Want It All 3. Radio Ga Ga 4. I Want to Break Free 5. Breakthru 6. Under Pressure 7. Scandal 8. Who Wants to Live Forever 9. The Miracle 10. It's a Hard Life 11. The Invisible Man 12. Las Palabras de Amor

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Disc two Hot Space section • Back Chat • Calling All Girls • Staying Power; live from Milton Keynes, 1982

The Works section • Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival • Interviews, including one with Freddie Mercury.

A Kind of Magic section • • • •

Montreux Golden Rose Pop Festival Interviews One Vision documentary 'Extended Vision' video

The Miracle section • • • •

Interviews 'Making of The Miracle' documentary 'Making of The Miracle Album Cover' documentary Bonus video: Who Wants to Live Forever for the Bone Marrow Donor Appeal

Audio • PCM Stereo • DTS 5.1 (for Disc 1 only and those marked with an asterisk on Disc 2) • Commentary from Roger Taylor and Brian May on each Music Video.


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We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan

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We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan

Starring

John Deacon Brian May Freddie Mercury Roger Taylor

Music by

Queen

We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan is a live concert video of English rock band Queen's performance at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo on May 11, 1985 as part of the Japanese leg of The Works Tour. The film's title is slightly inaccurate, as Queen actually performed two more shows in Japan (in Nagoya on May 13, and in Osaka on the 15th). The 90-minute film is not the full concert, leaving out Brian May's guitar solo and Dragon Attack. The video is also edited for time by cutting away setup waits between songs. Only officially released in Japan, it first appeared as a video release in 1992, then as a laserdisc release, before a DVD release in 2004 with new artwork, and a 2006 under the title Live in Japan 1985.[1] [2] The concert footage has not been studio-corrected to remove errors in sound, unlike other Queen concert video releases. It features an extensive synth playing.

Track List 1. Tear It Up 2. Tie Your Mother Down 3. Under Pressure 4. Somebody to Love 5. Killer Queen 6. Seven Seas of Rhye 7. Keep Yourself Alive 8. Liar 9. Impromptu 10. It's A Hard Life 11. Now I'm Here 12. Is This The World We Created? 13. Love of My Life 14. Another One Bites the Dust 15. Hammer to Fall 16. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan 17. Bohemian Rhapsody 18. Radio Ga Ga Encore: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

I Want to Break Free Jailhouse Rock We Will Rock You We Are the Champions God Save the Queen

The concert opens with "Machines, Or Back to Humans (Intro)" which is not credited on the video.

Retrieved [1] Queen: Live in Japan 1985 (http:/ / www. allrovi. com/ movies/ movie/ release/ queen-live-in-japan-1985-e144944?r=allmovie) AllMovie. Retrieved June 2, 2011 [2] Final Concert Live In Japan / Live In Japan 1985 (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ videos/ finaljapan. htm) Ulimate Queen. Retrieved June 2, 2011

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Tours Queen live performances The English rock band Queen is well known for its prowess as a live musical act. A diverse catalogue of songs, massive sound systems, huge lighting rigs, an arsenal of pyrotechnics and many extravagant costumes helped turn shows into entertaining, theatrical events. As both lead vocalist and front man, Freddie Mercury was able to immerse himself in the audience's adulation and thrived on their excitement – an ability for which many artists, such as Bob Geldof, David Bowie, George Michael, Kurt Cobain (in his possible suicide note), and Robbie Williams have expressed great admiration. Queen wrote a number of songs, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions", for example, with the specific goal of audience participation. Songs such as "Radio Ga Ga" came to inspire actions like synchronised hand-clapping (this particular hand-clapping routine, originating from the song's video, was actually the invention of the video's director, David Mallet). This contributed to Queen's memorable appearance at Live Aid, where the 75,000 strong crowd at Wembley Stadium sang at a loud volume and clapped their hands in unison to the song. Queen's performance at Live Aid was voted by a large selection of musicians and critics to be the greatest live show of all time.[1]

1970s Queen played approximately 700 live performances during their career with roughly two-thirds during the seventies. Their early performances were essentially hard rock, often heavy metal, but the band later developed a more pop rock sound as the years went by. Many of their future trademarks first appeared in these early shows although some could be traced back to the members' previous bands and artistic outlets (e.g., Smile, Ibex and Wreckage). Freddie Mercury dressed in an overtly flamboyant, Thespian manner and acted with great camp and extravagance while dry ice and banks of colourful lights were used with considerable effect. During the concerts, it was typical for both Brian May and Roger Taylor to have impromptu, instrumental interludes and Mercury to engage in a crowd 'shout-along' whereas it was traditional for Taylor to sing one song. Brian May and John Deacon sang backup vocals. Other recognisable trademarks were Mercury's microphone, which featured only the upper part of the stand with no base (which allegedly first came about while Mercury was with his band "Wreckage" where the bottom of his stand accidentally broke off), a grand piano, and May's hand-built electric guitar, the Red Special, with his inimitable curly hair. The lengthy guitar solo by May showcased his unique skills and creativity at using a multiple-delay effect which gave rise to a layered, orchestral atmosphere. Only on very rare occasions did Queen allow a non-member to perform, or even appear, on stage with them, the most notable being keyboardist Spike Edney who performed with the band during the eighties. A semi-informal medley of 50's rock 'n roll songs (especially "Big Spender" and "Jailhouse Rock") was also a staple and usually formed the backbone of an encore. The band's logo, which was designed by Mercury shortly before the release of the first album is made up of their star signs and was usually displayed on the front of Taylor's bass drum during their early tours. Some stage costumes worn by Mercury and May on their earliest tours and a few subsequent tours were created by fashion designer Zandra Rhodes. The concert duration and set-list for each Queen show evolved significantly during its career, eventually leading to shows that exceeded two hours. Queen performed most of the songs released on their catalogue of studio albums during live performances. Queen is remembered for stand-out performances during tours in the seventies which were mainly recorded on videotape. Examples include shows in: Rainbow Theatre (1974), Hammersmith Odeon (1975), Hyde Park (1976), Earls Court (1977), Houston (1977), and the Hammersmith Odeon (1979). None of these

Queen live performances recordings have officially been released. Footage from other seventies shows exist, especially from Japan in 1975/1976 and Europe in 1978/1979, but most of this footage is of inferior quality compared to the aforementioned recordings, due to poor camera angles, inadequate lighting and unbalanced sound mixing. Filming of rock concerts was still in its formative stages, and most rock acts placed little importance on how well their shows could be captured on film. In addition, like many acts at the time, most of its early promotional videos featured the band performing the song on-stage as a quasi-live rendition, which could not capture Queen's full live experience. Lisa Marie Presley stated that the first rock concert she attended was by Queen in Los Angeles in the late seventies. After the show, she gave Mercury a scarf that belonged to her late father.[2]

Queen - Queen II With the release of their first two albums Queen & Queen II, the band began live performing in earnest, essentially following the traditional 'album-tour' cycle throughout the seventies. The embryonic Queen played numerous gigs in and around London in the early seventies, but evidence suggests that its first performance was on 27 June 1970 at Truro in England, while still billed as "Smile". The band's first major step toward becoming a recognized live act came when Queen was a support act to Mott the Hoople on its UK tour. Despite being young and inexperienced, Queen's performances were quite impressive, and they consistently received an enthusiastic reception from audiences. This led to Mott the Hoople's inviting Queen to be its support act for Hoople's US tour. Here, the band was able to hone its on-stage presentations in front of large crowds, try out different songs and arrangements, and gain valuable experience with state-of-the-art light and sound systems. The friendly relationship between Mott the Hoople and Queen still remains strong to this day. The Queen song "Now I'm Here" was written by Brian May as a tribute to Mott The Hoople. Jim Kerr from Simple Minds first saw Queen when they opened for Mott the Hoople during the 1974 UK tour. At the launch party of the Innuendo album, Kerr stated that Queen "blew Hoople off the stage!". Similarly, Richie Sambora from Bon Jovi saw Queen open for Hoople three times in New York in 1974, and stated that they were "absolutely fantastic", and that he "never forgot" the performances. On this same US tour, a show in Pennsylvania also featured a then-relatively unknown Aerosmith, which was at a similar stage as Queen in its lengthy career.

Sheer Heart Attack The Sheer Heart Attack Tour of 1974 was particularly memorable for the fanatical excitement Queen encountered, especially in Japan, despite a substantial number of shows getting cancelled due to health problems of Brian May. Mercury was so impressed by the band's experiences on the Japanese leg that he would sometimes wear a kimono on stage during the encores at shows in other countries. The Australian shows, however, were not so well received. This was the first time where the UK national anthem, "God Save the Queen", was used as the concert finale, and this tour also marked the first instance where the band employed pyrotechnics (during "In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited"), making Queen one of the earliest bands to experiment with this "new" live effect. The regular inclusion of a song called "Hangman" into sets of this time became a talking point among fans, because no studio recording has ever been unearthed. For light humour and novelty, Deacon would play a single note on a triangle, Mercury would sip champagne, and May would play a handful of chords on a ukulele. The song "Liar", which often clocked in at over 8 minutes, was a highlight for many fans, and was perpetually demanded by the audience. During "Keep Yourself Alive", Mercury would frantically shake a tambourine, and, more often than not, throw it into the crowd. On 20 November 1974, Queen was filmed while performing at the Rainbow Theatre in London. This show appears in the 1992 box-set called "Box of Tricks", and clearly represents Queen's blend of stand-out lead vocals, powerful rhythm-section and backing harmonies, and the rich guitar tone that is characteristic of the band's textured live sound. These qualities are especially evident in renditions of Liar and Stone Cold Crazy. Plus, on the credits of the Live At The Rainbow Video, John Deacon is credited, "Bass Guitar, Vocals, Triangle", since he sung on Liar.

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A Night at the Opera The Night at the Opera Tour of 1975/76 coincided with "Bohemian Rhapsody" dominating the singles charts, and the band performed sections of it on three occasions during the course of a typical show. It was perhaps fitting that, given his passionate efforts in promoting the Bohemian Rhapsody single on the radio, the concert opened with a recorded introduction by Kenny Everett followed by the operatic section, during which the band waited in the wings. This was followed by the hard rock section, which would typically lead into "Ogre Battle". The opening two verses and the closing ballad would be played later in the show as part of a piano-based medley with "Killer Queen", "March of the Black Queen", and sometimes "You're My Best Friend". This arrangement allowed the band to avoid the logistical nightmare of performing the entire rhapsody live, and they could simply allow the operatic section to roll from tape. Most of the so-called Christmas Eve gig was broadcast on the Old Grey Whistle Test – a television music show on BBC 2. At the end of many shows, Mercury tossed roses and/or carnations into the audience.

Free Hyde Park Concert 1976 Queen live in Hyde Park 1976 was a famous concert by the band. The concert took place on 18 September, during the hot summer of 1976, it was part of a brief summer tour of the UK by the band, they also played in Edinburgh and Cardiff on this tour. The Hyde Park gig was in fact a free concert, which drew in a crowd of about 150,000. The free concert was organised by Richard Branson, an entrepreneur at the time. There is more than one audio source of this concert as well as a video.

A Day at the Races The Day at the Races Tour of 1977 incorporated the first acoustic, or 'unplugged' renditions of songs (e.g. "'39"). Shortly before the album came out, the band played a handful of UK concerts, at which several tracks were played before being officially released. This was followed by a free show at Hyde Park in London that coincided with the anniversary of the death of Jimi Hendrix. On the tour proper, the band opened their shows with "Tie Your Mother Down", which became a standard opening or closing song on subsequent tours. The band also adopted what would become the standard arrangement for Bohemian Rhapsody on this tour: performing the first two verses on stage, then exiting and allowing the operatic section to be played over the PA system, and finally returning to the stage to play the hard rock section through the end. At this time, Queen first began to experiment with moving and tilting lighting rigs, which required some degree of unseen, mechanical wizardry. The USA leg was double-billed with Thin Lizzy, and their performances were, perhaps unsurprisingly, noticeably heavier. This was also the first US tour that Queen performed at the legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City. Some of Mercury's leotards were inspired by the stage costumes of the legendary ballet dancer Vaslav Nijinsky. A filming of this show at Earls Court in London remains a favourite of many long-term fans. This was the final tour during which the band played the encore staple "Rock 'n Roll Medley" in its original form, although individual songs from it (most frequently "Jailhouse Rock") continued to appear in later tours.

News of the World Queen began the News of the World Tour in the U.S. in late 1977, and in Europe in early 1978. This show featured the first performances of "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions," whose compositions had been largely inspired by Queen's substantial live reputation. The two songs were used as the first encore during this tour and followed by "Sheer Heart Attack" and a "Jailhouse Rock" cover. Later, "We Will Rock You" and "We Are the Champions" ended virtually every Queen concert. The up-tempo version of "We Will Rock You," which was never officially released on a studio album, was the opening song for this tour and many tours to come. Possibly as a response to the punk explosion, Mercury regularly became maniacal and destructive during the performance of "Sheer Heart Attack" near the end of the show. It was on this tour that "I'm in Love with My Car", featuring Taylor

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Jazz On the exhausting Jazz Tour in late 1978 for the US and early 1979 through Europe and Japan, most European dates were recorded and then later spliced together to make up the Live Killers double-album. This tour featured their "Pizza Oven" lighting rig which consisted of 320 par lights arranged on a massive moveable rig above the band. It was nicknamed the "Pizza Oven" due to the massive amount of heat that the lights generated. When introducing the song "Death on Two Legs", Mercury often swore profusely about the bands previous managers which had to be dubbed over on the album. This tour saw Hannover, Germany, 1979 Mercury start to wear full leather/vinyl outfits instead of glam-inspired leotards (which drew a public jibe from Rob Halford of Judas Priest) and, in keeping with a theme of their latest singles "Bicycle Race" and "Fat Bottomed Girls", a group of topless women riding bicycles sometimes appeared on stage. To some observers, there seemed to be a 'sex theme' deliberately integrated into the shows and this tour first saw the now infamous Brian-Brian chant from the audience. Another unexpected feature of many shows was the requests for the seemingly inconspicuous song "Mustapha" by numerous members of the crowd. On this tour, Mercury would sing only the opening few bars a cappella as on the album version, but the band would perform the song in full on the next few tours. On the Japanese shows, the band played "Teo Torriatte" with May playing piano.

Crazy Tour The small-scale Crazy Tour in late 1979, which was only preceded by a big-selling single and not an album, saw Mercury with short hair and it was the first time that Mercury played the acoustic guitar (i.e. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love") on stage. The band would typically drop "Brighton Rock" from the shows on this, and future, tours so that the guitar solo by May (which had its genesis in "Son and Daughter") effectively became a stand-alone performance. In some concerts, Mercury would appear on stage near the closing of the show sitting on the shoulders of Superman or Darth Vader although this would lead to some minor legality problems. Because of the many small venues used on this tour, the road crew often encountered problems when constructing the band's stages and so the stages, and sometimes the venues themselves, had to be altered substantially. One noteworthy show on this particular tour was their Boxing Day gig at the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea in London which was also filmed.

1980s The eighties were to be later acknowledged as the decade dominated by 'pop' music (with heavy use of synthesisers) and the subsequent arrival of the MTV generation and Queen, along with many other bands of their generation, were not immune to these new influences. Hence their live sound would take on a more pop-oriented flavour which alienated a number of their long-term fans and critics alike. In 1980 Queen had reached a high point in their worldwide popularity as this would be the only time that Queen would top both the US singles and albums charts. This popularity partially inspired the 1981 simultaneous release of the Greatest Hits album, the Greatest Flix video, and the Greatest Pix book. The video included live recordings of "Love of My Life" and the fast version of "We Will Rock You" while the re-release on DVD included "Now I'm Here" from the Rainbow show. Although various members of the band released solo material in the eighties, there is no reported instances of this non-Queen material being performed in a Queen concert.

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The Game The Game Tour in 1980 coincided with Queen being at their most popular with massive sales of their latest album both inside and outside of the United States. One surprise, however, to many concert-goers was the prominent moustache that Mercury had grown which resulted in some diehard fans throwing razors and shaving cream cans onto the stage. Also Mercury's stage costumes appeared to be more casual and less flamboyant (e.g. T-shirts and sport shoes) than in the earlier tours. Moreover the band, and Mercury in particular, would emphasise the funk/dance sound when performing the songs "Another One Bites the Dust" and "Dragon Attack" although many of their loyal hard-rock fans were rather indifferent. It is noted that a small selection of material from the Flash Gordon album was also included in the play list. The Gluttons for Punishment Tour in 1981 heralded in a largely untapped frontier for live rock music. In this case, Queen embarked on a short, yet frantic, tour of South America that included a number of dates at some of the world's biggest football stadiums. No major rock band had ever seriously toured this area of the globe. Queen's album sales in South America had been quite high from quite early on in the bands career which provided the main inspiration for the tour. Overall Queen played to approximately 700,000 people in the space of just 13 concerts with the show at São Paulo in Brazil setting the world record for the biggest paying audience at 131,000 people. As a point of note, football star Diego Maradona appeared on stage with the band in Argentina. Some of the shows were filmed and the two Canadian gigs at Montreal were filmed and released as the We Will Rock You video, and DVD at a later date, but sometimes referred to as just Live In Concert. In this era, Mercury appeared onstage naked except for some white shorts. Producer Saul Swimmer asked Queen to wear the same clothes in both nights, however, the band were fairly angry with the producers, so the band decided to ruin the continuity by constantly changing clothes during the course of the two nights. This was confirmed by Brian May on the Queen Rock Montreal DVD commentary. This tour is also the last tour where Queen performed without additional musicians, singers or backing track. The live-output of all the bandmembers microphones could be doubled however in 'real-time', creating up to 32 voices. The only playback part is and has always been the opera part in Bohemian Rhapsody where the band is offstage.

Hot Space The Hot Space Tour in 1982 came on the heels of an interesting, yet controversial, studio album. A highlight of the tour was a massive, open-air concert at the Milton Keynes Bowl near Northampton – the show was released as the Queen On Fire CD and DVD several years later. To many concert-goers ears, the band's sound as well as Mercury's vocal performances now had a distinctive soul/funk tone. It is worth noting that this was the tour that Queen started employing the services of another musician, a keyboardist, on stage. Hence keyboards would become a prominent feature of Queen's live sound from this point onwards although the piano, played by Mercury, was still retained. Almost no material from this album would be played on future tours -- "Staying Power" saw some play early in the next tour, and only "Under Pressure" would become a lasting addition to the setlist. The band performed two songs live, namely "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" along with "Under Pressure", on Saturday Night Live as well. Also one of the Japan gigs was filmed although it did not receive an international release. However some live footage from this Japan show, as well as some footage from an Austrian gig, does appear in the special features section of the Queen on Fire release. The 'Hot Space Tour' was to be Queen's last tour of America.

The Works The Works Tour in 1984/1985 was one of Queens largest tours and included the huge Rock in Rio festival in Brazil (which was released as the Live in Rio video but has not been globally released on DVD to date) where they appeared on stage at 2 a.m. in the morning. However this tour was also the first time that Queen did not perform in North America. The lack of US dates seems quite surprising given that Mercury had started living in New York around this time, the album was partially recorded in Los Angeles, and Queen had changed their US label from Elektra to Capitol. One persistent rumour was that there would be too much strain on Mercury's voice on a full-scale

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Queen live performances US tour. In fact, it is fair to say that both media reports (e.g. covering the Wembley Arena show) and bootleg recordings of some concerts did show that Mercury would sometimes have vocal difficulties. Usually Mercury wore scant leotards reminiscent of his seventies attire but, in keeping with its unconventional video, on a number of occasions he would make a cameo appearance dressed, or partly dressed, in drag when "I Want to Break Free" was being performed – although this sometimes received a rather mixed reception. Audiences also reproduced the synchronised hand-clapping routine that appeared in the "Radio Ga Ga" video during the choruses of this song. Moreover it was during this tour that the band began to resurrect some of the material from their first three albums into the setlist as part of a 'flash-back' medley. Again one of the Japan shows was filmed, and titled Final Live in Japan, but was not released internationally. Rick Parfitt from Status Quo also appeared on-stage with the band during one of their London gigs and Tony Hadley from Spandau Ballet appeared on-stage with the band during their one and only New Zealand concert. Queen were to partake in two music festivals (in 1984 and 1986) at Montreux in Switzerland where they lip-synched (i.e. mimed on-stage to the recorded songs) a small selection of their latest material. This surprised many onlookers as the band had often spoken out strongly against this style of performance. The concerts were filmed and then broadcasted to many millions of people throughout Europe and can be found on the Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD. To their fans particularly, it seemed obvious that the band, as well as some members of the audience, were dis-oriented and somewhat confused during these faked performances. The performances at Sun City in South Africa in 1984 were to land the band in hot water. Many well-known acts, both before and after Queen, have played at the luxurious holiday resort in the desert and were not subsequently criticised for it. However the international deploration of apartheid would reach a high-point shortly after the band performed. Many action groups, including a group of musicians called Artists United Against Apartheid, publicly condemned Queen (and some other acts) for their performances at the exclusive resort. To try and calm the waters, Queen officially released a statement saying how much they despised racism and that they had absolutely no wish to promote racial prejudice.

Live Aid The performance at Live Aid at Wembley Stadium in 1985 is often regarded as, arguably, Queen's greatest single live performance. Their set lasted 21 minutes and comprised "Bohemian Rhapsody" (ballad section and guitar solo), "Radio Ga Ga", crowd singalong, "Hammer to Fall", "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "We Will Rock You" (1st verse), and "We Are the Champions". Mercury and May returned later on to perform a version of "Is This the World We Created?" As the band would later admit, the audience reaction to Queen's condensed segment was quite astonishing and their performance would be remembered for decades to come. Ironically the band were only lukewarm about performing when they were first approached by Geldof. Fans had to wait patiently for almost twenty years before the concert became publicly available on the official Live Aid DVD. The appreciation they received after their performance led to them writing, collectively, the song One Vision which was then released as a single.

A Kind of Magic The Magic Tour in 1986 was to be Queen's last tour. On this occasion the tour did not extend beyond Europe and included two back-to-back shows at Wembley Stadium in London (where INXS and Status Quo were the supporting acts) as well as one concert at Budapest in Hungary. One striking image of Mercury from the Wembley show would be regularly used for promotional purposes (e.g. the Tribute Concert posters, the memorial statue at Montreux, the cover of the Greatest Hits III album, the Musical billboards). Throughout the tour, Mercury would regularly make an impromptu statement on stage that denounced the rumour that Queen were about to split up. As "God Save the Queen" played over the PA system at the end of each show, Mercury would come on stage wearing a cloak and a replica of the crown jewels. After this tour, Queen were credited as being one of the first rock acts to employ the over-sized screen (or Jumbotron) at live concerts. Many of the shows were recorded and a heavily edited album,

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Queen live performances titled Live Magic, was released shortly afterwards. Similarly the Budapest concert was released as the Live In Budapest video (but has not been released on DVD to date) and one of the Wembley concerts would be released as the Live At Wembley album/CD and video/DVD many years later. For the record, the final show of the tour was held on 9 August 1986 at Knebworth Park in England (with Status Quo as support act) and drew an estimated 150,000 in attendance. Shortly after the completion of the Magic Tour, a three-video rockumentary was released called The Magic Years which had footage from various live shows. Following on from this, a compilation of entirely live material was released by way of the Rare Live – A Concert Through Time and Space video. However neither of these have been re-released on DVD to date. The last albums to be released while Mercury was still alive were The Miracle (1989), Innuendo (1991), and Greatest Hits II (1991) and no tours were made. According to the Mercury and Me book,[3] Mercury was diagnosed with AIDS in the year following the Magic Tour (i.e. 1987) which may explain why they stopped touring so abruptly. However Taylor did form a band called The Cross, that went on to release three studio albums, who performed a number of live concerts with Taylor adopting the role of lead vocalist and not drummer. No live recordings were ever released although some bootlegs do exist.

1990s Queen did not perform any concerts in the nineties with their original lineup. After the death of Freddie Mercury in November 1991, the next performance was at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert in April 1992 at Wembley Stadium. The three remaining members (in one of the very, very few concerts they played together after Mercury's death) and a host of special guests staged a lengthy and emotional show billed as the Concert For AIDS Awareness (as well as Concert for Life) that was televised worldwide. Due to various complications, the video, and then DVD, of the concert would be released quite sometime afterwards. One track from the concert appeared on the Greatest Hits III album, namely "Somebody to Love", and it should also be mentioned here that some tracks have been released by the artists (i.e. their particular performance) under their own name e.g. George Michael, Lisa Stansfield. May recorded two studio albums in the nineties as well as forming his own band, called The Brian May Band which included Cozy Powell and Spike Edney, that went on tour after their releases. The bands first live performances were supporting Guns N' Roses in 1993 on some legs of their world tour and the group also performed an abbreviated version of the classic Queen track "Tie Your Mother Down", with a guest appearance by Slash, on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. This version was released as the B-side of a single shortly thereafter. The band then made a small headlining world tour and one show from London was subsequently released on both CD and DVD – Live At The Brixton Academy. Made in Heaven, released in 1995, was the last studio album by the band, and "No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)", which appeared on the "Queen Rocks" compilation album in 1997, was the final song to feature John Deacon. However the final occasion where all remaining members of Queen performed on stage was in January 1997 at Paris in France for the world premiere of Bejart Ballet For Life. Joining the surviving trio were Spike Edney on keyboards/backing-vocals and Elton John who sang lead vocals. They only performed one song, namely "The Show Must Go On" which was one of the two songs they had performed together at The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, and this was the last reported appearance of John Deacon on stage. The song also appears on the Greatest Hits III album.

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Queen's line-up (live) Smile/Queen • (1970–1971) • • • • •

Brian May - guitar, vocals Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano Roger Taylor - percussion, vocals Mike Grose - bass (June–July 1970) Barry Mitchell - bass (August 1970 – January 1971) Doug Bogie - bass (February 1971)

Queen • (1971–1981) • • •

John Deacon - bass, triangle, vocals Brian May - guitar, vocals, piano, ukelele/banjo Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano, tambourine, guitar Roger Taylor - percussion, vocals

Queen • (1982–1986) • • •

John Deacon - bass, vocals, guitar Brian May - guitar, vocals, piano, keyboards Freddie Mercury - lead vocals, piano, guitar Roger Taylor - percussion, vocals

With • • • Queen + • (1992–1997) • •

Morgan Fisher - keyboards (April–June 1982) Fred Mandel - keyboards (July–November 1982) Spike Edney - keyboards, vocals, guitar (1984–1986) John Deacon - bass Brian May - guitar, vocals Roger Taylor - percussion, vocals

With •

Spike Edney and various others

References [1] BBC (9 November 2005). "Queen win greatest live gig poll" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 2/ hi/ entertainment/ 4420308. stm). BBC News. . Retrieved 2006-07-12. [2] Ken Sharp. "lisapresley.com" (http:/ / www. lisapresley. com/ news/ interviews/ pop_ent. htm). . [3] Jim Hutton and Tim Waspshott. Mercury and Me. Bloomsbury, 1994. ISBN 0-7475-1922-6

Further reading • Greg Brooks, Chris Charlesworth. Queen Live: A Concert Documentary. London: Omnibus Press, 1995. ISBN 0711948143

Sheer Heart Attack Tour

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Sheer Heart Attack Tour Sheer Heart Attack Tour World tour by Queen Associated album

Sheer Heart Attack

Start date

10 October 1974

End date

19 November 1975

Legs

3

Shows

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Sheer Heart Attack Tour (1974-1975)

A Night At The Opera Tour (1975-1976)

The Sheer Heart Attack Tour was the first world tour by the British rock band Queen, and supported their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack. The supporting bands consisted of: Styx, Kansas, Hustler, and Mahogany Rush. This was their first tour of Japan, and the band was met at the airport by "more than 3,000 screaming fans."[1]

References [1] "Queen timeline" (http:/ / www. accessmylibrary. com/ coms2/ summary_0286-11853836_ITM). Music Week. 2005-11-12. .


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A Night at the Opera Tour A Night at the Opera Tour World tour by Queen Associated album


Start date

14 November 1975

End date

18 September 1976

Legs

4

Shows


Sheer Heart Attack Tour (1974-1975)

A Night at the Opera Tour (1975-1976)

A Day at the Races Tour (1977)

A Night at the Opera Tour was a concert tour in 1975 by Queen to promote their album A Night at the Opera. It spanned from 1975 to 1976 and covered Europe, the United States, Japan, and Australia.

Setlist 1. "Procession" 2. "Bohemian Rhapsody (rock section, live)" 3. "Ogre Battle" 4. "Sweet Lady" 5. "White Queen (As It Began)" 6. "Flick of the Wrist" 7. "In the Lap of the Gods' 8. "Killer Queen" 9. "The March of the Black Queen" 10. "Bohemian Rhapsody (outro)" 11. "Bring Back That Leroy Brown" 12. "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" 13. "Son and Daughter" 14. "The Prophet's Song" 15. "Stone Cold Crazy" 16. "Keep Yourself Alive" 17. "Modern Times Rock and Roll" 18. "Liar" 19. "In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited" 20. "Now I'm Here" 21. "Big Spender" 22. "Jailhouse Rock" 23. "God Save the Queen" (tape)


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Concert Film No official concert film has been released, yet. But the Christmas Eve concert at the Hammersmith Odeon was filmed and broadcast live on the long running BBC music programme The Old Grey Whistle Test. In 2009, the concert was rebroadcast on the BBC. This version included a newly recorded intro by Bob Harris (infront of the Hammersmith Odeon) and was slightly edited. Fans still hope for an official DVD of this somewhat legendary performance.

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

First Leg – Europe 14 November 1975

Liverpool

England

Empire Theatre

15 November 1975 16 November 1975

Coventry

Belgrade Theatre

17 November 1975

Bristol

Colston Hall


Cardiff

Wales

Capitol

21 November 1975

Taunton

England

Odeon

23 November 1975

Bournemouth

Winter Gardens

24 November 1975

Southampton

Gaumont Theatre

26 November 1975 (2 shows)

Manchester

Free Trade Hall

29 November 1975

London

Hammersmith Odeon

7 December 1975

Wolverhampton

Civic Hall

8 December 1975

Preston

Guildhall

9 December 1975

Birmingham

Odeon

30 November 1975 1 December 1975 2 December 1975 3 December 1975

10 December 1975 11 December 1975 Newcastle upon Tyne

City Hall

13 December 1975

Dundee

Scotland

Caird Hall

14 December 1975

Aberdeen

Capitol Theatre

15 December 1975

Glasgow

Apollo Theatre

16 December 1975 24 December 1975

London

England Second Leg – America

Hammersmith Odeon


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27 January 1976

Waterbury

United States

Palace Theatre

29 January 1976

Boston

Music Hall

Upper Darby

Tower Theater

New York City

Beacon Theatre

Detroit

Masonic Temple

13 February 1976

Cincinnati

Riverfront Coliseum

14 February 1976

Cleveland

Public Hall

15 February 1976

Toledo

Toledo Sports Arena

18 February 1976

Saginaw

Civic Center

19 February 1976

Columbus

Veterans Memorial Auditorium

20 February 1976

Pittsburgh

Stanley Theater

23 February 1976

Chicago

Auditorium Building

26 February 1976

St. Louis

Kiel Auditorium

27 February 1976

Indianapolis

Market Square Arena

28 February 1976

Madison

Dane County Coliseum

29 February 1976

Fort Wayne

Allen County War Memorial Coliseum

1 March 1976

Milwaukee

Milwaukee Auditorium

3 March 1976

Saint Paul

Roy Wilkins Auditorium

7 March 1976

Berkeley

Berkeley Community Theatre

9 March 1976 (2 shows)

Santa Monica

Santa Monica Civic Auditorium

San Diego

San Diego Sports Arena

30 January 1976 31 January 1976 1 February 1976 2 February 1976 5 February 1976 6 February 1976 7 February 1976 8 February 1976 11 February 1976 12 February 1976

24 February 1976

10 March 1976 11 March 1976 12 March 1976 13 March 1976

Third Leg – Japan


565

22 March 1976

Tokyo

Japan

Nippon Budokan

23 March 1976

Nagoya

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

24 March 1976

Himeji

Himeji Kosei Nenkin Hall

26 March 1976

Fukuoka

Kyuden Kinen Taiikukan

29 March 1976

Osaka

Festival Hall

31 March 1976

Tokyo

Nippon Budokan

2 April 1976

Sendai

Miyagi Prefectural Sport Center

4 April 1976

Tokyo

Ryogoku Nihon University Auditorium

1 April 1976

Fourth Leg – Australia 11 April 1976

Perth

Australia

Perth Entertainment Centre

14 April 1976

Adelaide

Apollo Stadium

Sydney

Hordern Pavilion

Melbourne

Festival Hall

Brisbane

Festival Hall

15 April 1976 17 April 1976 18 April 1976 19 April 1976 20 April 1976 22 April 1976

Summer Gigs 1976 1 September 1976

Edinburgh

Scotland

Edinburgh Playhouse

10 September 1976

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff Castle

18 September 1976

London

England

Hyde Park

2 September 1976

Summer Gigs 1976

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Summer Gigs 1976 Summer Gigs of 1976 Local tour by Queen Start date

September 1, 1976

End date

September 18, 1976

Legs

1

Shows


A Night at the Opera Tour (1975-1976)

A Night at the Opera Tour/Summer Gigs 1976 (1976)


The Summer Gigs of 1976 was a short tour by Queen, consisting of four gigs. This was before A Day at the Races was released.

Setlist 1. A Day at the Races intro 2. Bohemian Rhapsody (Opera and Rock sections) 3. Ogre Battle 4. Sweet Lady 5. White Queen (As It Began) 6. Flick Of The Wrist 7. You're My Best Friend 8. Bohemian Rhapsody 9. Killer Queen 10. The March Of The Black Queen 11. Bohemian Rhapsody (Reprise) 12. Bring Back That Leroy Brown 13. Brighton Rock 14. Son And Daughter (Reprise) 15. '39 16. You Take My Breath Away 17. The Prophet's Song 18. Stone Cold Crazy 19. Doing All Right 20. Liar 21. In The Lap Of The Gods... Revisited

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Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

September 1, 1976

Edinburgh

Scotland

Playhouse Theatre

September 10, 1976

Cardiff

Wales

Cardiff Castle

September 18, 1976

London

England

Hyde Park

September 2, 1976

Trivia This would be the last tour in which Mercury would sport long hair and his trademark black nail polish.

External links • Queen Concerts [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ summer76. html


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A Day at the Races Tour A Day at the Races Tour World tour by Queen Associated album

A Day at the Races

Start date

January 13, 1977

End date

June 7, 1977

Legs

2

Shows


Summer Gigs 1976 (1976)


News of the World Tour (1977-1978)

The A Day at the Races Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, and supported their late 1976 album A Day at the Races. This tour was the first to use the song Somebody to Love and many others. Plus Brighton Rock and Bohemian Rhapsody were performed in full for the first time. Also, singer Freddie Mercury would perform a vocal canon to segue between "White Man" and "The Prophet's Song". The opening act on most of the North American leg was Thin Lizzy. In New York City, the concert at Madison Square Garden was sold out within moments of tickets going on sale.[1] The final two shows on the tour at Earls Court was filmed and is widely traded among fans. These shows were of note as the band used an expensive lighting rig in the shape of a crown for the very first time.[2] Both shows were also officially recorded on video and the first show was also released on many bootlegs in almost excellent quality. Both gigs included a Rock'n'Roll Medley (this medley is also the only bootleg recording from the second night).

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

First Leg – North America January 13, 1977

Milwaukee

United States

January 15, 1977

Columbus

St. John Arena

January 16, 1977

Indianapolis

Indiana Convention Center

January 18, 1977

Detroit

Cobo Hall

January 20, 1977

Saginaw

Saginaw Civic Center

January 21, 1977

Louisville

Louisville Gardens

January 22, 1977

Kalamazoo

Wings Stadium

January 23, 1977

Richfield

Richfield Coliseum

January 25, 1977

Ottawa

January 26, 1977

Montreal

Canada

Milwaukee Auditorium

Ottawa Civic Centre Montreal Forum


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Chicago

United States

Chicago Stadium

January 30, 1977

Toledo

February 1, 1977

Toronto

Canada

Maple Leaf Gardens

February 3, 1977

Springfield

United States

Springfield Civic Center

February 4, 1977

College Park

Cole Field House

February 5, 1977

New York City

Madison Square Garden

February 6, 1977

Uniondale

Nassau Coliseum

February 8, 1977

Buffalo

War Memorial Auditorium

February 9, 1977

Boston

Boston Garden

February 10, 1977

Providence

Providence Civic Center

February 11, 1977

Philadelphia

The Spectrum

Toledo Sports Arena

February 19, 1977 Pembroke Pines

Hollywood Sportatorium

February 20, 1977

Lakeland

Lakeland Civic Center

February 21, 1977

Atlanta

Omni Coliseum

February 22, 1977

Birmingham

Boutwell Memorial Auditorium

February 23, 1977

St.Louis

Kiel Auditorium

February 25, 1977 University Park

Moody Coliseum

February 26, 1977

Houston

Sam Houston Coliseum

March 1, 1977

Phoenix

Veterans Memorial Coliseum

March 2, 1977

Inglewood

The Forum

March 5, 1977

San Diego


March 6, 1977

San Francisco

Winterland

March 11, 1977

Vancouver

Canada

Pacific Coliseum

March 12, 1977

Portland

United States

Paramount Theater

March 16, 1977

Calgary

Canada

Jubilee Auditorium

March 3, 1977

March 17, 1977 March 18, 1977

Edmonton

Northlands Coliseum

Second Leg - Europe May 8, 1977

Stockholm

Sweden

Civic Auditorium

May 10, 1977

Gothenburg

May 12, 1977

Copenhagen

Denmark

Brondby Stadium

May 13, 1977

Hamburg

West Germany

Congresscentrum

May 14, 1977

Frankfurt

Festhalle

May 16, 1977

Düsseldorf

Philipshalle

May 17, 1977

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy Rotterdam

May 19, 1977

Basle

Switzerland

Sporthalle

Scandinavium


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Bristol

England

Hippodrome

May 24, 1977 May 26, 1977

Southampton

Gaumont Theatre

May 29, 1976

Stafford

Bingley Hall

May 30, 1977

Glasgow

Scotland

Apollo Theatre

Liverpool

England

Empire Theatre

May 27, 1977

May 31, 1977 June 2, 1977 June 3, 1977 June 6, 1977

London

Earls Court

June 7, 1977

References [1] Tiven, Jon (1977). "Queen's Live Act Stuns City" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_XX-XX-1977_-_Circus_-_Madison_Square_Garden). Circus. . [2] Hilburn, Robert (1978-12-20). "Pop Music Review: Putting Queen in Audio Seat Queen for a Night" (http:/ / pqasb. pqarchiver. com/ latimes/ access/ 649614822. html?dids=649614822:649614822& FMT=ABS& FMTS=ABS:AI& date=Dec+ 20,+ 1978& author=ROBERT+ HILBURN& pub=Los+ Angeles+ Times& desc=POP+ MUSIC+ REVIEW). Los Angeles Times. .

External links • Queen Concerts (North America) (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/adatrna.html) • Queen Concerts (Europe) (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/adatrna.html)


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News of the World Tour News of the World Tour

World tour by Queen Associated album

News of the World

Start date

October 6, 1977

End date

May 13, 1978

Legs

2

Shows




Jazz Tour (1978-1979)

The News of the World Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, and supported their successful 1977 album News of the World. This tour was the first to use the songs We Will Rock You, We Are the Champions and Love of My Life, three of the famous anthems that helped make Queen well-known for their concerts. The tour also marked the first time where a song (I'm In Love With My Car) would not have Mercury on lead vocals, which were, instead, provided by Taylor. It was also the first time the band toured without an opening act.[1] In the book The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience, novelist Tracy Chevalier recalls attending one of this tour's concerts at the age of 15: The band wisely didn’t dare attempt to reproduce in its entirety the long, baroque confection that is Bohemian Rhapsody. For the infamous operatic middle section, the band members left the stage as the studio recording played. Freddie and Brian then changed costume, and, at the word “Beelzebub”, all four men popped out of a door in the stage floor and joined live again for the heavy metal section, fireworks going off, dry ice pouring out, everyone going berserk, me in tears of excitement. It was one of the best live moments I’ve ever witnessed. Indeed, I was spoiled by seeing Queen play live before anyone else; for sheer exuberant theatricality, no one else has come close.[2] Robert Hilburn of the Los Angeles Times called this concert tour the band's "most spectacularly staged and finely honed show yet".[1] One of the shows on the North American leg at The Houston Summit was filmed and is widely traded among fans. Also, that show saw the band not play "Spread Your Wings" and was the one show where Brian May did his guitar solo spot in normal tuning as the solo would segue into "Now I'm Here" instead of "The Prophet's Song (Reprise)".


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Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

First Leg October 6, 1977

London

England

New London Theatre

November 11, 1977

Portland

United States

Cumberland County Civic Center

November 12, 1977

Boston

Boston Garden

November 13, 1977

Springfield

Springfield Civic Center

November 15, 1977

Providence


November 16, 1977

New Haven

Memorial Coliseum

November 18, 1977

Detroit

Cobo Hall

November 19, 1977 November 21, 1977

Toronto

Canada

Maple Leaf Gardens

November 23, 1977

Philadelphia

United States

The Spectrum


Norfolk

Norfolk Scope

November 27, 1977

Richfield

Richfield Coliseum

November 29, 1977

Landover

Capital Centre

December 1, 1977

New York City


December 4, 1977

Dayton

University of Dayton Arena

December 5, 1977

Chicago

Chicago Stadium

December 8, 1977

Atlanta

Omni Coliseum

December 10, 1977

Fort Worth

Fort Worth Convention Center

December 11, 1977

Houston

The Summit

December 15, 1977

Paradise

Aladdin Hotel

December 16, 1977

San Diego


December 17, 1977

Oakland

Boston Garden

December 20, 1977

Long Beach

Long Beach Arena

December 22, 1977

Inglewood

The Forum

February 19, 1978

Pembroke Pines


February 20, 1978

Lakeland

Lakeland Civic Center

February 21, 1978

Atlanta

Omni Coliseum

February 22, 1978

Birmingham

Auditorium

February 25, 1978

University Park

Moody Coliseum

February 26, 1978

Huntsville

Sam Houston

March 1, 1978

Phoenix

Coliseum

March 2, 1978

Inglewood

The Forum

December 2, 1977

December 21, 1977

March 3, 1978


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Stockholm

Sweden

Ice Stadium

April 13, 1978

Copenhagen

Denmark

Folketeatret

April 14, 1978

Hamburg

West Germany

Ernst-Merck Halle

April 16, 1978

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy Hall

April 21, 1978

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

April 23, 1978

Paris

France

Pavillon de Paris

April 26, 1978

Dortmund

West Germany

Westfalenhalle

April 28, 1978

Berlin

April 30, 1978

Zürich

Switzerland

Hallenstadion

May 2, 1978

Vienna

Austria

Stadthalle

May 3, 1978

Munich

West Germany

Olympiahalle

May 6, 1978

Stafford

England

New Bingley Hall

April 17, 1978 April 19, 1978 April 20, 1978

April 24, 1978

Deutschlandhalle

May 7, 1978 May 11, 1978

London

Empire Pool

May 13, 1978

References [1] Hilburn, Robert (1977-12-20). "Pop Music Review: Queen's Royal Achievement" (http:/ / pqasb. pqarchiver. com/ latimes/ access/ 650333162. html?dids=650333162:650333162& FMT=CITE& FMTS=CITE:AI& date=Dec+ 20,+ 1977& author=& pub=Los+ Angeles+ Times& desc=POP+ MUSIC+ REVIEW). Los Angeles Times. . [2] Chevalier, Tracy (2007-01-27). "These were the gigs of our lives" (http:/ / entertainment. timesonline. co. uk/ tol/ arts_and_entertainment/ music/ article1272040. ece). The Times. .

External links • Queen Concerts (North America) (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/notwna.html) • Queen Concerts (Europe) (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/notweu.html)

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Jazz Tour Jazz Tour

Queen performing in Hanover on January 23, 1979 during the Jazz Tour. World tour by Queen Associated album

Jazz

Start date

October 28, 1978

End date

August 18, 1979

Legs

4

Shows



Jazz Tour (1978-1979)

Crazy Tour (1979)

The Jazz Tour was a concert tour made by the British rock band Queen. This tour supported the album Jazz. This tour was memorable for the spectacle created by the band. As James Henke of Rolling Stone said about the band's Halloween 1978 concert in New Orleans: ...when they were launching a U.S. tour in support of their Jazz, album, Queen threw a bash in New Orleans that featured snake charmers, strippers, transvestites and a naked fat lady who smoked cigarettes in her crotch.[1] Part of the European leg was recorded and then released as the band's first live album, Live Killers.

Tour dates

Jazz Tour

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Date

City

Country

Venue

First Leg – North America October 28, 1978

Dallas

United States

Dallas Convention Center

October 29, 1978

Memphis

Mid-South Coliseum

October 31, 1978

New Orleans

Civic Auditorium

November 3, 1978

Pembroke Pines


November 4, 1978

Lakeland

Lakeland Center

November 6, 1978

Landover

Capital Centre

November 7, 1978

New Haven

New Haven Coliseum

November 9, 1978

Detroit

Cobo Arena

November 11, 1978

Kalamazoo

Wings Stadium

November 13, 1978

Boston

Boston Garden

November 14, 1978

Providence


November 10, 1978

November 16, 1978 New York City



Uniondale

Nassau Coliseum

November 20, 1978

Philadelphia

The Spectrum

November 22, 1978

Nashville

Municipal Auditorium

November 23, 1978

St. Louis

Checkerdome

November 25, 1978

Richfield

Richfield Coliseum

November 26, 1978

Cincinnati

Riverfront Coliseum

November 28, 1978

Buffalo

War Memorial Auditorium

November 30, 1978

Ottawa

December 1, 1978

Montreal

Montreal Forum

December 3, 1978

Toronto

Maple Leaf Gardens

Canada

Ottawa Civic Centre

December 4, 1978 December 6, 1978

Madison

United States

December 7, 1978

Chicago

Chicago Stadium

December 8, 1978

Kansas City

Kemper Arena

December 12, 1978

Seattle

Seattle Coliseum

December 13, 1978

Portland

Portland Coliseum

December 14, 1978

Vancouver

Canada

PNE Coliseum

December 16, 1978

Oakland

United States

Coliseum Arena

December 18, 1978

Inglewood

December 19, 1978 December 20, 1978 Second – Europe (Live Killers)

Dane County Coliseum

Forum

Jazz Tour

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Hamburg

West Germany

Ernst-Merck Halle

January 18, 1979

Kiel

Ostseehalle

January 20, 1979

Bremen

Stadthalle

January 21, 1979

Dortmund

Westfalenhalle

January 23, 1979

Hanover

Coliseum

January 24, 1979

Berlin

Messesportspalace

January 26, 1979

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy

February 1, 1979

Cologne

West Germany

Sporthalle

February 2, 1979

Frankfurt

February 4, 1979

Zürich

Switzerland

Hallenstadion

February 6, 1979

Zagreb

Yugoslavia

Dom Sportova

February 7, 1979

Ljubljana

February 10, 1979

Munich

January 27, 1979 January 29, 1979 January 30, 1979

Festhalle

Hala Tivoli West Germany

Rudi-Sedlmayer-Halle

February 11, 1979 February 13, 1979

Stuttgart

Sporthalle

February 15, 1979

Saarbrücken

Saarlandhalle

February 17, 1979

Lyon

France

Palais des Sports

February 19, 1979

Barcelona

Spain

Palacio de los Deportes

February 20, 1979 February 21, 1979 February 23, 1979

Madrid

February 25, 1979

Poitiers

February 27, 1979

Paris

Pabellon de Real Madrid France

Les Arenes Pavillon de Paris

February 28, 1979 March 1, 1979 Third Leg – Japan

Jazz Tour

577 April 13, 1979

Tokyo

Japan

Nippon Budokan

April 14, 1979 April 19, 1979

Osaka

Festival Hall

April 21, 1979

Kanazawa

Jissen-rinri Memorial Hall

April 23, 1979

Tokyo

Nippon Budokan

April 27, 1979

Kobe

Kobe Central Gymnasium

April 28, 1979

Nagoya

International Display

April 30, 1979

Fukuoka

Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium

May 2, 1979

Yamaguchi

Prefectural Athletic Association

May 5, 1979

Sapporo

Makomanai Ice Arena

April 20, 1979

April 24, 1979 April 25, 1979

May 1, 1979

May 6, 1979 Fourth Leg – Germany August 18, 1979

Saarbrücken

West Germany

Ludwigspark Stadion

References [1] Henke, James (1981-06-11). "Queen Holds Court in South America" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ news/ story/ 23501689/ queen_holds_court_in_south_america/ print). Rolling Stone. .

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/jazz.html)

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Crazy Tour Crazy Tour Local tour by Queen Start date

November 22, 1979

End date

December 26, 1979

Legs

1

Shows


Jazz Tour (1978-1979)

Crazy Tour (1979)

The Game Tour (1980-1981)

Crazy Tour was a short tour by the English rock band Queen during November and December 1979. After the release of the single "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", the band decided to change the concert dynamic they used to do the last years. In this tour Queen would revisit smaller venues, many which held less than two thousand seats. Nonetheless, it was the highly awaited UK leg of the successful Jazz Tour. The last concert of this tour at the Hammersmith Odeon was also the first concert of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea.[1] A bootleg recording of this concert exists as the 2-CD set Crazy Tour of London.[2]

Setlist 1. Intro 2. We Will Rock You (Fast) 3. Let Me Entertain You 4. Somebody To Love 5. If You Can't Beat Them 6. Mustapha 7. Death On Two Legs 8. Killer Queen 9. I'm In Love With My Car 10. Get Down Make Love 11. You're My Best Friend 12. Save Me 13. Now I'm Here 14. Don't Stop Me Now 15. Spread Your Wings 16. Love of My Life 17. '39 18. Keep Yourself Alive 19. Drum solo 20. Guitar solo 21. Liar (Manchester, Glasgow and Newcastle only) 22. Crazy Little Thing Called Love

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23. Bohemian Rhapsody 24. Tie Your Mother Down Encores: 1. 2. 3. 4.

Sheer Heart Attack We Will Rock You We Are The Champions God Save the Queen (tape)

Other songs: • • • • •

Jailhouse Rock Fat Bottomed Girls Mull of Kintyre (December 7, 1979 Liverpool) Silent Night (December 26, 1979 London) Danny Boy (November 22, 1979 Dublin)

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

November 22, 1979

Dublin

Ireland

RDS Arena

England

National Exhibition Centre

November 24, 1979 Birmingham November 26, 1979 Manchester

Apollo Theatre


Glasgow

Scotland

Apollo Theatre

Newcastle

England

City Hall

December 1, 1979 December 3, 1979 December 4, 1979 December 6, 1979

Liverpool

Empire Theatre

December 9, 1979

Bristol

Hippodrome

December 10, 1979

Brighton

Brighton Centre

London

Lyceum Theatre

December 7, 1979

December 11, 1979 December 13, 1979 December 14, 1979

Rainbow Theatre

December 17, 1979

Purley Tiffany's

December 19, 1979

Tottenham Mayfair

December 20, 1979

Lewisham Odeon

December 22, 1979

Alexandra Palace

December 26, 1979

Hammersmith Odeon

Crazy Tour

References [1] Freestone, Peter; David Evans (2001). Freddie Mercury: An intimate memoir by the man who knew him best (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C& pg=PA18). Omnibus Press. p. 18. ISBN 0711986746. . [2] "Crazy Tour of London" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r552285). Allmusic. . Retrieved 2009-04-09.

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/crazy.html)

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The Game Tour

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The Game Tour The Game Tour World tour by Queen Associated album

The Game

Start date

30 June 1980

End date

25 November 1981

Legs

6

Shows


Crazy Tour (1979)

The Game Tour (1980–1981)

Hot Space Tour (1982)

The Game Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band Queen to support their successful 1980 album The Game. This tour saw the band being the first to play in South American stadiums in early 1981. In Buenos Aires, Queen drew a crowd of 30,000—the largest single concert crowd in Argentine history as of 1982.[1] In Sao Paulo, the attendance was 131,000 and 120,000 on two consecutive nights.[2]

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

North America June 30, 1980

Vancouver

Canada

PNE Coliseum

July 1, 1980

Seattle

United States

Seattle Center Coliseum

July 2, 1980

Portland, Oregon

Memorial Coliseum

July 5, 1980

San Diego


July 6, 1980

Phoenix

Compton Terrace

July 8, 1980

Inglewood

The Forum

Oakland

Oakland Arena

August 5, 1980

Memphis

Mid-South Coliseum

August 6, 1980

Baton Rouge

Riverside Centroplex

July 9, 1980 July 11, 1980 July 12, 1980 July 13, 1980 July 14, 1980

The Game Tour

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Oklahoma City

The Myriad

August 9, 1980

Dallas

Reunion Arena

August 10, 1980

Houston

The Summit

August 12, 1980

Atlanta

The Omni

August 13, 1980

Charlotte

Charlotte Coliseum

August 14, 1980

Greensboro

Greensboro Coliseum

August 16, 1980

Charleston

Charleston Civic Center

August 20, 1980

Hartford

Hartford Civic Center

August 22, 1980

Philadelphia

The Spectrum

August 23, 1980

Baltimore

Baltimore Civic Center

August 24, 1980

Pittsburgh

Pittsburgh Civic Arena

August 26, 1980

Providence


August 27, 1980

Portland, Maine

Cumberland County Civic Center

August 29, 1980

Montreal

August 30, 1980

Toronto

August 31, 1980

Rochester

September 10, 1980

Milwaukee

MECCA Arena

September 11, 1980

Indianapolis

Market Square Arena

September 12, 1980

Kansas City

Kemper Arena

September 13, 1980

Omaha

Omaha Civic Auditorium

September 14, 1980

St. Paul

St. Paul Civic Center

September 16, 1980

Ames

Hilton Coliseum

September 17, 1980

St. Louis

Checkerdome

September 19, 1980

Rosemont

Rosemont Horizon

September 20, 1980

Detroit

Joe Louis Arena

September 21, 1980

Cleveland

Richfield Coliseum

September 23, 1980

Glens Falls

Glens Falls Civic Center

September 24, 1980

Syracuse

Onondaga War Memorial

September 26, 1980

Boston

Boston Garden

September 28, 1980

New York City


Canada

Montreal Forum CNE Coliseum

United States

Rochester War Memorial

September 29, 1980 September 30, 1980 Europe November 23, 1980

Zürich

Switzerland

Hallenstadion

November 25, 1980

Paris

France

Le Bourget La Rotonde

November 26, 1980

Cologne

Germany

Cologne Sporthalle

November 27, 1980

Leiden

Netherlands

Groenoordhallen

The Game Tour

583 November 29, 1980

Essen

Germany

November 30, 1980

Berlin

Deutschlandhalle

December 1, 1980

Bremen

Stadthalle

December 5, 1980

Birmingham

England

Grugahalle



London

Wembley Arena


Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

December 14, 1980

Frankfurt

Germany

Festhalle Frankfurt

December 16, 1980

Strasbourg

France

Rhénus Hall

December 18, 1980

Munich

Germany

Olympiahalle

December 13, 1980

Asia February 12, 1981

Tokyo

Japan

Nippon Budokan

February 13, 1981 February 16, 1981 February 17, 1981 February 18, 1981 February 19, 1981 South America Bites the Dust February 28, 1981

Buenos Aires

Argentina

Estadio José Amalfitani

March 1, 1981 March 4, 1981

Mar del Plata

Estadio José María Minella

March 6, 1981

Rosario

Estadio Gigante de Arroyito

March 8, 1981

Buenos Aires


March 20, 1981

São Paulo

Brazil

Estádio do Morumbi

March 21, 1981 Gluttons for Punishment September 25, 1981

Caracas

Venezuela

Poliedro de Caracas

October 9, 1981

Monterrey

Mexico

Estadio Universitario

October 17, 1981

Puebla

September 26, 1981 September 27, 1981

Estadio Zaragoza

October 18, 1981 We Will Rock You/Rock Montreal November 24, 1981 November 25, 1981

Montreal

Canada

Montreal Forum

The Game Tour

Set lists North America 1. Intro 2. "We Will Rock You (Fast)" 3. "Let Me Entertain You" 4. Need Your Loving Tonight 5. "Play the Game" 6. "Mustapha" 7. "Death on Two Legs" 8. "Killer Queen" 9. "I'm in Love with My Car" 10. Somebody to Love 11. "Get Down, Make Love" 12. Rock It (Prime Jive) 13. "Save Me" 14. "Now I'm Here" 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31.

Dragon Attack Now I'm Here (Reprise) "Love of My Life" Under Pressure "Keep Yourself Alive" "Instrumental Inferno" Flash The Hero "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Tie Your Mother Down" Another One Bites The Dust "Sheer Heart Attack" Jailhouse Rock "We Will Rock You" "We Are the Champions" "God Save the Queen"

Europe 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Intro Jailhouse Rock We Will Rock You (Fast) Let Me Entertain You Play the Game Mustapha Death on Two Legs Killer Queen

9. I'm in Love with My Car 10. Get Down, Make Love

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The Game Tour 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27.

Need Your Loving Tonight Save Me Now I'm Here Dragon Attack Now I'm Here (Reprise) Fat Bottomed Girls Love of My Life Keep Yourself Alive Instrumental Inferno Battle Theme Brighton Rock (Reprise) Crazy Little Thing Called Love Bohemian Rhapsody Tie Your Mother Down Another One Bites the Dust Sheer Heart Attack We Will Rock You

28. We Are the Champions 29. God Save the Queen

Japan 1. Intro 2. We Will Rock You (Fast) 3. Let Me Entertain You 4. Play the Game 5. Mustapha 6. Death on Two Legs 7. Killer Queen 8. I'm in Love with My Car 9. Get Down, Make Love 10. Need Your Loving Tonight 11. Rock It (Prime Jive) 12. Save Me 13. Now I'm Here 14. Dragon Attack 15. Now I'm Here (Reprise) 16. Love of My Life 17. Keep Yourself Alive 18. Drum Solo 19. Guitar Solo 20. Vultan's Theme 21. Battle Theme 22. Flash 23. The Hero 24. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 25. Jailhouse Rock 26. Bohemian Rhapsody

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The Game Tour 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33.

Tie Your Mother Down Another One Bites the Dust Sheer Heart Attack Teo Torriate We Will Rock You We Are the Champions God Save the Queen


John Deacon: Bass guitar Brian May: Guitar, backing vocals, piano. Freddie Mercury: Lead vocals, piano, guitar ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love"), tambourine. Roger Taylor: Drums, percussion, lead vocals ("I'm in Love With My Car"), backing vocals.

References [1] "Queen's Flashy Rock" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_07-27-1982_-_Washington_Post_-_Capital_Centre). The Washington Post. 1982-07-27. . [2] Henke, James (1981-06-11). "Queen Holds Court in South America" (http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ news/ story/ 23501689/ queen_holds_court_in_south_america/ print). Rolling Stone. .

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/gamena.html) • Queen Live: 1980-1982 (http://www.queencollector.com/Newlive/Queenlive80/index.htm)

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Hot Space Tour

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Hot Space Tour Hot Space Tour World tour by Queen Associated album

Hot Space

Start date

April 9, 1982

End date

November 3, 1982

Legs

3

Shows


The Game Tour (1980–1981)


The Works Tour (1984-1985)

The Hot Space Tour was a concert tour by the English rock band Queen, supporting their 1982 album Hot Space. A DVD documenting the band's June 5, 1982 concert at the Milton Keynes Bowl outside London was released in 2004 as Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl. Concerts in Japan and Austria were recorded and added to the DVD as extras. The Hot Space Tour was the last tour of the band that took them to United States until the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour in 2006 (the band stopped touring completely in 1986 due to Freddie Mercury's health, and did not tour again until the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour commenced in 2005).[1] [2] The Hot Space Tour comprised 69 shows and three legs. Billy Squier was the opening act during the North American leg of the tour.[3] [4]


John Deacon: Bass, Guitar (on "Staying Power") Brian May: Guitars, Backing vocals, Piano Freddie Mercury: Vocals, Piano, Guitar (on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love") Roger Taylor: Drums, Backing vocals

Extras • Morgan Fisher: Keyboards (during the European leg) • Fred Mandel: Keyboards (during the rest of the tour)

Hot Space Tour

Track listing 1. Flash's Theme (tape) 2. Rock It 3. We Will Rock You (fast) 4. Tie Your Mother Down 5. Sheer Heart Attack 6. Action This Day 7. Play the Game 8. Staying Power 9. Somebody to Love 10. Now I'm Here 11. Dragon Attack 12. Now I'm Here (reprise) 13. Love of My Life 14. Save Me 15. Back Chat 16. Body Language 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25.

Get Down, Make Love Instrumental Inferno Guitar Solo Under Pressure Life Is Real Fat Bottomed Girls Crazy Little Thing Called Love Bohemian Rhapsody Liar

Encore: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

Another One Bites the Dust Jailhouse Rock Teo Torriate We Will Rock You We Are the Champions God Save The Queen

Tour dates

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Hot Space Tour

589

Date

City

Country

Venue

First Leg – Europe April 9, 1982

Gothenburg

Sweden

Scandinavium

April 10, 1982

Stockholm

April 12, 1982

Drammen

Norway

Drammenshallen

April 16, 1982

Zurich

Switzerland

Hallenstadion

April 19, 1982

Paris

France

Paris Palais des Sports

April 20, 1982

Lyon

April 22, 1982

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

Leiden

Netherlands

Groenoordhallen

April 28, 1982

Frankfurt

Germany

Festhalle

May 1, 1982

Dortmund

May 3, 1982

Paris

France

Palais des Sports

May 5, 1982

Hannover

Germany

AWD-Arena

May 6, 1982

Cologne

Cologne Sporthalle

May 9, 1982

Würzburg

Carl-Diem-Halle

May 10, 1982

Stuttgart

Sporthalle

May 12, 1982

Vienna

Austria

Stadthalle

May 15, 1982

Berlin

Germany

Waldbühne

May 16, 1982

Hamburg

Ernst-Merck-Halle

May 18, 1982

Kassel

Eissporthalle

May 21, 1982

Munich

Olympiahalle

Stockholm Isstadion

April 17, 1982

Palais des Sports de Gerland

April 23, 1982 April 24, 1982 April 25, 1982

Westfalenhalle

May 7, 1982

May 13, 1982

May 22, 1982 May 29, 1982

Leeds

England

Elland Road

June 1, 1982

Edinburgh

Scotland

Royal Highland Showground

Milton Keynes

England

National Bowl

June 2, 1982 June 5, 1982

Second Leg – North America July 21, 1982

Montreal

Canada

Montreal Forum

Hot Space Tour

590 July 23, 1982

Boston

United States

Boston Garden

July 24, 1982

Philadelphia

The Spectrum

July 25, 1982

Washington, D.C.

Capital Centre

July 27, 1982

New York City


July 31, 1982

Cleveland

Richfield Coliseum

August 2, 1982

Toronto

Canada

Maple Leaf Gardens

August 5, 1982

Indianapolis

United States

Market Square Arena

August 6, 1982

Detroit

Joe Louis Arena

August 7, 1982

Cincinnati

Riverfront Coliseum

August 9, 1982

East Rutherford

Brendan Byrne Arena

August 10, 1982

New Haven

New Haven Coliseum

August 13, 1982

Hoffman Estates

Poplar Creek Music Theater

August 15, 1982

Saint Paul

Saint Paul Civic Center

August 19, 1982

Biloxi

Mississippi Coast Coliseum

August 20, 1982

Houston

Summit

August 21, 1982

Dallas

Reunion Arena

August 24, 1982

Atlanta

Omni Coliseum

August 27, 1982

Oklahoma City

Myriad

August 28, 1982

Kansas City

Kemper Arena

August 30, 1982

Denver

McNichols Arena

September 2, 1982

Portland

Portland Coliseum

September 3, 1982

Seattle

Seattle Coliseum

September 4, 1982

Vancouver

Canada

Pacific Coliseum

September 7, 1982

Oakland

United States

Oakland Coliseum

September 10, 1982

Phoenix

Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum

September 11, 1982

Irvine

Irvine Meadows

Inglewood

Forum

July 28, 1982

August 3, 1982

August 14, 1982

September 12, 1982 September 14, 1982 September 15, 1982 Third Leg – Japan October 19, 1982

Fukuoka

Japan

Kyuden Memorial Gymnasium

October 20, 1982 October 24, 1982

Nishinomiya

Hankyu Nishinomiya Stadium

October 26, 1982

Nagoya

Port Messe Nagoya

October 29, 1982

Sapporo

Tsukisamu Green Dome

November 3, 1982

Tokorozawa

Seibu Lions Stadium

Hot Space Tour

References [1] Queen most loved band (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ uk/ 2005/ jul/ 05/ arts. artsnews1) The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2011 [2] Cohen, Howard (2006-02-26). "Carrying on without mercurial star" (http:/ / www. accessmylibrary. com/ coms2/ summary_0286-32360045_ITM). The Miami Herald. . [3] "Queen's Flashy Rock" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_07-27-1982_-_Washington_Post_-_Capital_Centre). The Washington Post. 1982-07-27. . [4] "You're My Best Friend - Billy Squier & Queen" (http:/ / www. geocities. co. jp/ HeartLand-Sumire/ 1293/ English/ queen. html). exo! project. 1999. .

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/hotspaceeu.html)

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The Works Tour

592

The Works Tour Queen Works! Tour World tour by Queen Associated album

The Works

Start date

24 August 1984

End date

15 May 1985

Legs

5

Shows




Magic Tour (1986)

The Works Tour was one of the largest tours by the English rock band Queen. During this tour, Queen participated in the Rock in Rio festival in 1985; the concert was released on VHS but there has not been a worldwide DVD release as of 2011. The band released a DVD from a concert in Tokyo titled We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan, but the name had no relation to the context, because after Tokyo there were two more gigs at Nagoya and Osaka.

Stage design The stage design was based on a scene from Fritz Lang's Metropolis with huge rotating cog-wheels at the rear of the stage and a brightly lit cityscape.[1] Due to a prior ligament damage in his knee, it was somewhat of a challenge for Mercury to navigate the complex set of multiple levels and stairs. Eventually, in Hanover, Mercury fell down the stairs during the performance of "Hammer to Fall".[2] He was only able to play "Bohemian Rhapsody", "We Will Rock You", and "We Are the Champions" afterwards, shortening the concert somewhat. Due to Mercury's injury, May played the first bars of "We Will Rock You" out of anxiety in order to get Mercury to hospital.


John Deacon – Bass guitar, Rhythm guitar, Vocals Brian May – Lead guitar, Vocals Freddie Mercury – Lead vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar Roger Taylor – Drums, Vocals

Extras • Spike Edney – Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm guitar

The Works Tour

Setlist (Europe and South Africa) 1. Machines (intro) 2. Tear It Up 3. Tie Your Mother Down 4. Under Pressure 5. Somebody to Love 6. Piano Improvisation: The March Of The Black Queen / My Fairy King (Sun City only) 7. Killer Queen 8. Seven Seas of Rhye 9. Keep Yourself Alive 10. Liar 11. Improvisation 12. It's a Hard Life 13. Dragon Attack 14. Now I'm Here 15. Is This the World We Created? 16. Love of My Life 17. Stone Cold Crazy 18. Great King Rat 19. Spike Edney Keyboard Solo 20. Guitar Solo 21. Brighton Rock (finale) 22. Radio Ga Ga 23. Another One Bites The Dust 24. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 25. Bohemian Rhapsody 26. Hammer To Fall Encore 27. I Want To Break Free 28. Jailhouse Rock 29. We Will Rock You 30. We Are the Champions 31. God Save the Queen [tape]

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Other songs • Staying Power (approx. half of the gigs) • Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting • Rock You Like a Hurricane • Sheer Heart Attack • Mustapha (intro) • Not Fade Away (London, 4 September 1984) • '39 (part, Leiden) • A Day At The Races (outro) (Dublin only)

Setlist (outside Europe and South Africa) 1. Machines (intro) 2. Tear It Up 3. Tie Your Mother Down 4. Under Pressure 5. Somebody to Love 6. Killer Queen 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Keep Yourself Alive 9. Liar 10. It's a Hard Life 11. Dragon Attack 12. Now I'm Here 13. Is This the World We Created? 14. Love of My Life 15. Guitar solo 16. Brighton Rock finale 17. Another One Bites the Dust 18. Hammer to Fall 19. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 20. Bohemian Rhapsody 21. Radio Ga Ga Encore 22. I Want to Break Free 23. Jailhouse Rock 24. We Will Rock You 25. We Are the Champions 26. God Save the Queen [tape]

Queen performing during the Works Tour

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Other songs • Rock You Like a Hurricane • Whole Lotta Shakin' Going On

Setlist (Hannover 1984) 1. Machines (intro) 2. Tear It Up 3. Tie Your Mother Down 4. Under Pressure 5. Somebody to Love 6. Killer Queen 7. Seven Seas of Rhye 8. Keep Yourself Alive 9. Liar 10. It's a Hard Life 11. Dragon Attack 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

Now I'm Here Is This the World We Created? Love of My Life Guitar solo Brighton Rock finale Another One Bites the Dust Hammer to Fall Bohemian Rhapsody We Will Rock You We Are The Champions

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

Europe 24 August 1984

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

28 August 1984

Dublin

Ireland

RDS Simmons Hall

Birmingham

United Kingdom


29 August 1984 31 August 1984 1 September 1984 2 September 1984 4 September 1984

London

Wembley Arena

5 September 1984 7 September 1984 8 September 1984 10 September 1984

Dortmund

Germany

Westfalenhalle

The Works Tour

596 14 September 1984

Milan

Italy

Palasport di San Siro

16 September 1984

Munich

Germany

Olympiahalle

18 September 1984

Paris

France

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

20 September 1984

Leiden

Netherlands

Groenoordhallen

21 September 1984

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

22 September 1984

Hannover

Germany

Europahalle

24 September 1984

Berlin

Deutschlandhalle

26 September 1984

Frankfurt

Festhalle

27 September 1984

Stuttgart

Schleyerhalle

29 September 1984

Vienna

15 September 1984

Austria

Stadthalle

30 September 1984 Africa 5 October 1984

Sun City

South Africa

Sun City Super Bowl

6 October 1984 7 October 1984 12 October 1984 13 October 1984 14 October 1984 18 October 1984 19 October 1984 20 October 1984 South America 11 January 1985

Rio de Janeiro

Brazil

Rock in Rio

18 January 1985 Oceania 11 April 1985

Hawke Bay

New Zealand

13 April 1985

Auckland

Mount Smart Stadium

14 April 1985

Christchurch

Queen Elizabeth II Park [4] Cancelled

16 April 1985

Melbourne

Australia

Hawke's Bay Winery [3] Cancelled

Sports & Entertainments Centre

17 April 1985 19 April 1985 20 April 1985 25 April 1985

Sydney

Sydney Entertainment Centre

26 April 1985 28 April 1985 29 April 1985 Fifth Leg – Japan

The Works Tour

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Tokyo

Japan

Nippon Budokan

9 May 1985 11 May 1985

Yoyogi National Gymnasium

13 May 1985

Nagoya

Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium

15 May 1985

Osaka

Osaka Castle Hall

Other • On 7 October in Sun City, the concert came to an end early after Mercury lost his voice and left in tears after the third song in the set "Under Pressure".[5] • Queen performed before 325,000 people in Rio de Janeiro.[6] Despite rumours, Mercury was not pelted with stones during "I Want To Break Free" (Whilst dressed as a Woman). However, as a professional, he did stop a fight during "Jailhouse Rock" saying " No fighting. Rock and Roll to the music". • In Hannover, after the end of Hammer to Fall, Mercury fell and injured his leg. This can be seen on the bootleg cover "Hannover is Dangerous". Mercury was helped to the piano to continue the concert by his assistant, however the set was shortened because Freddie suffered from the pain to his leg.

References [1] Bell, Mike (8 September 1984). "Body but no soul" (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_09-08-1984_-_The_Times_-_Wembley_Arena). The Times. . [2] Freestone, Peter; David Evans (2001). Freddie Mercury: An intimate memoir by the man who knew him best (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=AH8zZsbmB98C& pg=PA65). Omnibus Press. pp. 65–66. ISBN 0711986746. . [3] (http:/ / www. queenlive. ca/ ) queenlive.ca, Retrieved 20 September 2011 [4] (http:/ / www. queenlive. ca/ ) queenlive.ca, Retrieved 20 September 2011 [5] "Queen concertography: The Works 1984" (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ works1984. html). QueenConcerts.com. . Retrieved 9 April 2009. [6] Morse, Steve (25 May 1989). "Abundant Offerings" (http:/ / nl. newsbank. com/ nl-search/ we/ Archives?p_product=BG& p_theme=bg& p_action=search& p_maxdocs=200& p_topdoc=1& p_text_direct-0=0EADEEE0E5DD4CA5& p_field_direct-0=document_id& p_perpage=10& p_sort=YMD_date:D). Boston Globe. .

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/works1984.html)

Magic Tour

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A Kind of Magic

Start date

7 June 1986

End date

9 August 1986

Legs

1

Shows



Magic Tour (1986)

Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour (2005-2006)

The Magic Tour was the final tour by the English rock band Queen with their lead singer Freddie Mercury, which took place in 1986.[1] [2] The band would not tour again until 19 years later, when the Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour began in 2005, after the death of Freddie Mercury on 24 November 1991, and the retirement of John Deacon in 1997.[2] [3] The Magic Tour took in 26 dates around Europe's stadiums, in support of their latest album A Kind of Magic. In 1987, Mercury was diagnosed with HIV and the band together made the decision to cease touring, making the concert at Knebworth on 9 August 1986 the last time the four members of Queen would perform on stage together.[4] Over a million people attended the Queen tour, making it one of the largest ever. Support acts included The Alarm, Big Country, INXS, Level 42, Marillion, Gary Moore, The Bangles and Status Quo.[5] From this tour Queen have since released Live at Wembley Stadium on DVD, CD & VHS, Live Magic on CD and Live in Budapest on VHS & Laserdisc.

Setlist 1. One Vision 2. Tie Your Mother Down 3. In the Lap of the Gods...Revisited 4. Seven Seas of Rhye 5. Tear It Up 6. A Kind of Magic 7. Under Pressure 8. Another One Bites the Dust 9. Who Wants to Live Forever 10. I Want to Break Free 11. Impromptu 12. Guitar solo 13. Now I'm Here 14. Love of My Life 15. Is This the World We Created...? 16. (You're So Square) Baby I Don't Care

Magic Tour 17. 18. 19. 20. 21.

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Hello Mary Lou (Goodbye Heart) Tutti Frutti Bohemian Rhapsody (sung after I Want To Break Free in Stockholm) Hammer to Fall Crazy Little Thing Called Love

Encore 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

Radio Ga Ga We Will Rock You Friends Will Be Friends We Are the Champions God Save the Queen

Other songs • • • •

Gimme Some Lovin' Big Spender Immigrant Song (Berlin only) Tavaszi Szel Vizet Araszt (Budapest only)

• • • • • • • •

Mustapha (intro) Mustapha (full song - soundcheck in Manchester only) Keep Yourself Alive (part) Impromptu (featuring bits and pieces of Get Down Make Love) (Stockholm only) Get Down, Make Love (part in guitar solo) Molly Malone (part in guitar solo) (Slane Castle only) Chinese Torture (part in guitar solo) I Feel Fine (guitar riff only - Mannheim)

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

Europe June 7, 1986

Stockholm

Sweden

Råsunda Stadium

June 11, 1986

Leiden

Netherlands

Groenoordhallen

June 14, 1986

Paris

France

Hippodrome de Vincennes

June 17, 1986

Brussels

Belgium

Forest National

June 19, 1986

Leiden

Netherlands

Groenoordhallen

June 21, 1986

Mannheim

Germany

Maimarkt-Gelände

June 26, 1986

Berlin

Waldbühne

June 28, 1986

Munich

Olympiahalle

June 12, 1986

June 29, 1986 July 1, 1986

Zurich

Switzerland

Hallenstadion

Slane

Ireland

Slane Castle

July 2, 1986 July 5, 1986

Magic Tour

600 July 9, 1986

Newcastle

United Kingdom

St James' Park

July 11, 1986

London

Wembley Stadium

July 16, 1986

Manchester

Maine Road

July 19, 1986

Cologne

Germany

Müngersdorfer Stadion

July 21, 1986

Vienna

Austria

Stadthalle

July 27, 1986

Budapest

Hungary

Népstadion

July 30, 1986

Fréjus

France

Amphitheatre

August 1, 1986

Barcelona

Spain

Mini Estadi

August 3, 1986

Madrid

Rayo Vallecano

August 5, 1986

Marbella

Estadio Municipal

August 9, 1986

Stevenage

July 12, 1986

July 22, 1986

United Kingdom

Knebworth Park


John Deacon – Bass Guitar, Vocals Brian May – Lead Guitar, Vocals, Synthesizer (Who Wants to Live Forever) Freddie Mercury – Lead Vocals, Piano, Rhythm Guitar (Crazy Little Thing Called Love) Roger Taylor – Drums, Vocals

Extras • Spike Edney – Keyboards, Vocals, Rhythm Guitar (Hammer to Fall)

References [1] Queen live on tour: Magic tour (http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ queen/ magic. html) Queen Concerts. Retrieved June 4, 2011 [2] We Will Rock You (Again)! (http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=Queen_-_12-17-2004_-_Daily_Mail_-_We_Will_Rock_You_(Again)!) Daily Mail. Retrieved June 4, 2011 [3] Queen most loved band (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ uk/ 2005/ jul/ 05/ arts. artsnews1) The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2011 [4] August 9, 1986 - QUEEN LIVE (http:/ / www. queenlive. ca/ queen/ 86-08-09. htm) Retrieved June 4, 2011 [5] http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/magic.html)

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Related articles "Another One Rides the Bus" "Another One Rides the Bus"

Single by "Weird Al" Yankovic from the album "Weird Al" Yankovic B-side

"Gotta Boogie"

Released

November 28, 1981 and March 1982

Format

7" single

Recorded

September 14, 1980

Genre

Comedy rock, polka

Length

4:57

Label

TK Records

Producer

"Weird Al" Yankovic "Weird Al" Yankovic singles chronology

"My Bologna" (1979)

"Another One Rides the Bus" (1981/1982)

"Ricky" (1983)


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"Ricky"

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"Gotta Boogie"

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"I Love Rocky Road"

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"Buckingham Blues"

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"Happy Birthday"

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"Stop Draggin' My Car Around"

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"My Bologna"

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"The Check's in the Mail"

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"I'll Be Mellow When I'm Dead"

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"Such a Groovy Guy"

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"Mr. Frump in the Iron Lung"

"Another One Rides the Bus" is a parody of Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" by "Weird Al" Yankovic. It originally was released on Yankovic's first EP and was later re-released on Yankovic' debut album.

Track listing The following tracks are on the single: 1. "Another One Rides the Bus" – 4:56 2. "Gotta Boogie" – 2:21 The promo single only contains "Another One Rides the Bus".

Lyrics The lyrics describe a person riding in a crowded public bus. In the first verse, the speaker in the song is riding in a crammed bus, then the bus stops to pick up more people. The second verse talks about various things touching the person, such as a suitcase and an elbow. In the third verse, the speaker is trying to get fresh air but the fan is broken and the window does not open.

Development and writing Yankovic wrote the parody and debuted it live on the Dr. Demento Show. While practicing the song outside the sound booth, Yankovic ran into Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz who told Yankovic he was a drummer. Schwartz agreed to drum on Yankovic's accordion case to keep a good steady beat to the song. "Another One Rides the Bus" became so popular that it got Yankovic his first appearance on a TV show, The Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder. On the show, Yankovic played his accordion and Schwartz banged on Yankovic's accordion case and played the bulb horns. Yankovic desired to release the song on a record label, although no one wanted to sign him. Thus, Yankovic released the Another One Rides the Bus EP on his own label, Placebo. After the song started to become an underground hit, TK Records agreed to sign Yankovic and release the "Another One Rides the Bus" as a single. The rush-released 45 charted on the Bubbling Under Hot 100 singles, but TK abruptly closed due to financial troubles and the single fell off the charts.[1]


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Music video There is no music video for this single, though The Tomorrow Show performance is included on the "Weird Al" Yankovic: The Ultimate Video Collection DVD, as a bonus feature.

Chart positions Chart (1981)

Peak Position

U.S. Billboard Bubbling Under Hot 100 Singles

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References [1] Hansen, Barret (1994). Album notes (http:/ / dmdb. org/ al/ booklet. html) for Permanent Record: Al in the Box by "Weird Al" Yankovic [liner]. California, USA: Scotti Brothers Records.

Jim Beach Jim Beach MA LLB (born 1942) is the long-time manager of the English rock band Queen and its individual members. He took over as manager of the band in 1978 after he had acted on their behalf as a lawyer. He is also a film and TV producer. His son Ol Beach is the keyboard player for the rock band Wire Daisies, discovered by Queen's Roger Taylor. Jim Beach is co-founder of Transistor Project, a digital pump put together with Blur's Dave Rowntree. Jim Beach lives in Montreux, Switzerland.

Titles • Director of 46664 Concerts[1] • Trustee of the Mercury Phoenix Trust, the EMI Music Sound Foundation and START.[1]

References [1] Jim Beach (http:/ / musicsoundfoundation. com/ biog_jimbeach. html) - EMI Music Sound Foundation.

Deacy Amp

Deacy Amp The Deacy Amp is a small, one-watt, roughly 5-inch amplifier created by and named after Queen bassist John Deacon and used by guitarist Brian May. The amplifier produces a trumpet-like or orchestral sound when plugged into a guitar. It was created in the early 1970s using an amplifier found in a skip by Deacon and a treble booster, constructed by May. Also used was an amplifier circuit board stationed into a Hi-Fi speaker cabinet, powered by a 9-volt battery. The amp was used along with May's Red Special guitar and his treble booster. KAT Deacy Amp Replica In 1998, Greg Fryer with the help of UK amp guru Dave Petersen undertook the job of trying to make 3 copies of the Deacy Amp with May's full backing. These amps produced a similar compressed and saturated sound but lacked the tonal characteristics that were so crucial to the unique Deacy sound. In 2003 Nigel Knight became involved in the amp's development. Several prototype amps were built that were continually edging ever closer to the sound of the original but all fell short of the mark when compared side by side with the real amp. It was only in 2008 when Knight was given permission to take the original Deacy Amp apart and test and analyse each individual component that he finally began to understand the intricate workings. With this new information in hand, Knight called on the vast experience of speaker manufacturers Celestion, who developed and produced nearly 30 protoypes for testing and analysis over a two year period. Custom transformers were produced to exact winding and laminate specs, obsolete components were sourced and made RoHS compliant and bespoke cabinets were constructed at great expense from Sapele veneered chipboard, exactly as the original. In 2010, some 12 years after the project commenced, the Brian May Deacy Amp Replica was given the official approval and blessing of both Brian May and John Deacon. The first production run of KAT Deacy Amp replicas were shipped in March 2011 and sold out within one month.

External links • Greg Fryer: History and background of the Legendary Deacy Amp [1] (brianmay.com) • A Strings: KAT Deacy Amp product page [2] (astrings.co.uk)

References [1] http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ brian/ briannews/ briannewsjun05. html#32 [2] http:/ / www. astrings. co. uk/ kat_deacy_amp

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Spike Edney

Spike Edney Philip 'Spike' Edney (born 11 December 1951) is a British musician who, since early 1970s, has performed with a number of bands, most notably, Queen, where his participation, starting in 1984, has been so extensive that some writers have described him as the "fifth member of Queen". In the earlier phase of his career, during mid-1970s, he recorded and toured with The Tymes and Ben E. King, playing keyboards, bass, guitar and trombone, subsequently, in the late 1970s, he was musical director for Edwin Starr and, during early 1980s, worked with Duran Duran, the Boomtown Rats, Dexys Midnight Runners, Bucks Fizz, Haircut One Hundred and the Rolling Stones. Spike Edney's collaboration with Queen included mostly keyboards (his main instrument), plus rhythm guitar and backing vocals. Accompanying the band on its tours since 1984, he was an obvious choice for Roger Taylor's side-project The Cross as well as for Brian May's Band when they toured in 1993 and 1998. He can be seeing playing piano and later guitar (during the track "Hammer To Fall"), dressed in a pink top, onstage with Queen on their Queen Live At Wembley 86 DVD. In 1994, he formed SAS (Spike's All Stars), a band with constantly fluctuating personnel sometimes, but not always, including musicians from Queen, Whitesnake, Free, Roxy Music, Toto, Spandau Ballet and solo artists including Fish, Roy Wood, Leo Sayer, Kiki Dee and Paul Young[1] . After the death of Freddie Mercury, who was also Queen's primary pianist, he took over Mercury's role as such during Queen + Paul Rodgers 2005, 2006 and 2008 tours, playing all piano parts on a Korg Triton keyboard, in addition to all other keyboard parts.[2] During the 2005–06 tour, he was often referred to as "The Wizard" by Roger Taylor. He has also been the keyboardist for the London production of We Will Rock You since it opened in 2002.[3] .

Selected discography Albums • • • • • • • • • • • •

Queen: A Kind of Magic (1986) Queen: Live Magic (1986) The Cross: Shove It (1987) The Cross: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (1990) The Cross: Blue Rock (1991) Lucio Battisti: Cosa succederà alla ragazza (1992) Queen: Live at Wembley '86 (1992) The Brian May Band: Live at the Brixton Academy (1994) SAS Band: SAS Band (1997) Brian May: Another World (1998; keyboards on "Slow Down") Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (CD/DVD, 2005) Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine (CD/DVD, 2009)

Videos: • • • • • •

Queen: Live in Rio (VHS/DVD, 1985) Queen: Live in Budapest (VHS/DVD, 1986) The Brian May Band: Live at the Brixton Academy (VHS, 1994) Queen+: The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (DVD, 2002) Queen: Live at Wembley Stadium (DVD, 2003) 46664 – The Event (DVD, 2004)

• Live Aid (DVD, 2004) • Queen + Paul Rodgers: Return of the Champions (CD/DVD, 2005) • Queen + Paul Rodgers: Super Live in Japan (DVD, 2006)

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Spike Edney • Queen + Paul Rodgers: Live in Ukraine (CD/DVD, 2009)

References [1] Website of SAS (http:/ / www. sasband. com/ ) [2] "Spike Edney brings his band to the Bisley Pavillion in Brookwood, Woking, on Friday, December 7" (Get Surrey, December 2007) (http:/ / www. getsurrey. co. uk/ entertainment/ music/ s/ 2018313_spike_edney_brings_his_band_to_the_bisley_pavillion_in_brookwood_woking_on_friday_december_7_) [3] Goguen, Paul. "Daltrey’s $7,500 Rent-a-Rocker Camp Sells Power Jams to Boomers" (Bloomberg News, 2 February 2011) (http:/ / www. bloomberg. com/ news/ 2011-02-02/ daltrey-s-7-500-rent-a-rocker-camp-sells-power-jams-to-boomers-with-dough. html)

External links • Spike Edney (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0249628/) at the Internet Movie Database • SAS Band website (http://www.sasband.com/) • Spike Edney interviewed on RadioLIVE, New Zealand, following Sacha Baron Cohen to play Freddie Mercury announcement (http://www.radiolive.co.nz/Sacha-Baron-Cohen-to-play-Freddie-Mercury/tabid/506/ articleID/16296/Default.aspx)

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"In My Defence"

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"In My Defence" "In My Defence"

Single by Freddie Mercury from the album Time, The Great Pretender and The Freddie Mercury Album Released

1986 (Original) 1992 (remix)

Recorded

October 1985

Genre

Rock

Length

3:48 (original) 3:52 (remix)

Label

EMI

Writer(s)

Dave Clark

In My Defence is a song performed by Queen lead vocalist, Freddie Mercury.

Background The song was written by Dave Clark, David Soames and Jeff Daniels for the musical Time. During the musical, Mercury performed the song as a duet with Cliff Richard; this was last time Freddie sung live in concert; his last performance would be Barcelona in 1988 with Montserrat Caballé, but this performance was lip-synced. Recorded as a solo project was recorded at Abbey Road in October 1985, about six months after Mr. Bad Guy was released. The producers expected that if Mercury was not satisfied with the final song, they would let him record with the rest of Queen, but Mercury found the final version satisfactory. "In My Defence" was first released on the "Time" LP in 1986. Other versions include '(Ron Nevison Mix)' - released on "The Freddie Mercury Album" and instrumental version (with vocals for the last line) released also on The Solo Collection. The Ron Nevison mix is very similar to the original, but has stronger bass and drums, while some string parts were added and others were removed. The 2000 Remix is similar to the Ron Nevison mix with slightly different instrumentation.

"In My Defence"

Music video The music video, made after Mercury's death, was directed by Rudi Dolezal and was a montage featuring outtakes of past music videos, numerous private shots, as well as highlights of Freddie's career. Dolezal wanted the video that showed Mercury being happy and having a good time. It also features several quotations from interviews with Mercury, and ends with the line "I still love you" from These Are The Days Of Our Lives.

Tracklisting UK 7"/Cassette • A. In My Defence • B. Love Kills (Wolf Euro Mix)

UK CD1 1. In My Defence 2. Love Kills (Wolf Euro Mix) 3. She Blows Hot And Cold (Single Version) 4. In My Defence (Original Version)

UK CD2 1. 2. 3. 4.

In My Defence Love Kills (Original Wolf mix) Mr. Bad Guy Living On My Own (Underground Solutions Mix)

Musicians • • • • • • •

Piano - Mike Moran Guitars - Paul Vincent Drums - Graham Jarvis Bass - Andy Pask Synthesizers - Peter Banks Backing vocals - John Christie Lead vocals - Freddie Mercury

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Larry Lurex

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Larry Lurex Larry Lurex Origin

London, England

Genres

Pop rock

Years active 1973 Labels

EMI

Larry Lurex was the artist name used for a musical project by Trident Studios’ house engineer Robin Geoffrey Cable, in 1972. The name is a pun on the stage name of glam rock star Gary Glitter and the metallic yarn Lurex. Cable was experimenting with re-creating the "Wall of Sound" style favoured by Phil Spector. He recorded cover versions of the following two songs: • "I Can Hear Music" (written by Jeff Barry, Ellie Greenwich and Phil Spector, which had been a hit for The Ronettes and The Beach Boys) • "Goin' Back" (written by Carole King and Gerry Goffin, which had been a hit for Dusty Springfield and The Byrds ) Cable enlisted singer Freddie Mercury from the band Queen to perform lead vocals on these tracks. (Queen were recording their debut album in Trident Studios at the time.) Mercury in turn suggested bringing his band-mates Roger Meddows-Taylor and Brian May to add percussion, guitar and backing vocals to the recordings. The tracks were released as a 7" vinyl single on EMI in 1973 (catalogue number EMI 2030); it did not chart in the UK, but it did manage to hit #115 on the US Bubbling Under The Hot 100 chart. This pre-dated the release of the first Queen album. They have subsequently been included on the 1995 Italian bootleg Queen In Nuce and the Freddie Mercury solo compilation albums The Solo Collection and Lover of Life, Singer of Songs.

Let the Cosmos Rock

Let the Cosmos Rock Let The Cosmos Rock is a feature film by Queen + Paul Rodgers. It was released in US and British theatres for one night only, and features their concert in Kharkiv's Freedom Square, where the band played to some 350,000 fans to raise AIDS awareness. The film was later released on DVD titled Queen and Paul Rodgers Live in Ukraine, reaching #2 in the UK charts.

The Mercury Phoenix Trust The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a charity organisation that fights AIDS worldwide. After the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach, their manager, organised The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness, the proceeds of which were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust. The organisation has been active ever since. The current Trustees are: Brian May, Jim Beach, Mary Austin (Freddie Mercury's longtime friend) and Roger Taylor.

External links • www.mercuryphoenixtrust.com - Official website [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. mercuryphoenixtrust. com

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Mountain Studios

Mountain Studios Mountain Studios is a recording studio previously located in Montreux, now located in Attalens, Switzerland. It was owned by the rock band Queen from 1979 until 1993. Since then, it has been owned by David Richards - long time producer of Queen.

Albums recorded at the studio • Queen • Jazz (1978) • Hot Space (1982) • A Kind of Magic (1986) • The Miracle (1989) • Innuendo (1991) • Made in Heaven (1995) • Brian May • Back to the Light (1992) • Freddie Mercury & Montserrat Caballé • Barcelona (1988) • Roger Taylor • Fun in Space (1981) • Strange Frontier (1984) • The Cross • Shove It (1988) • Mad, Bad, and Dangerous to Know (1990) • AC/DC • Fly on the Wall (1985) • David Bowie • "Heroes" (1977) • Lodger (1979) • Tonight (1984) • Never Let Me Down (1987) • Black Tie White Noise (1993) • The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) • Outside (1995) • Iggy Pop – Blah Blah Blah (1986) • Chris Rea • Water Sign (1983) • Wired to the Moon (1984) • Shamrock Diaries (1985) • On the Beach (1986) • The Rolling Stones - Black and Blue (1976) • Yes - Going for the One (1977) • Magnum – Vigilante (1986)

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Mountain Studios

External links • Official website [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. mountainstudios. com

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A Night at the Hip Hopera

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A Night at the Hip Hopera A Night at the Hip Hopera

Remix album by The Kleptones Released

2004

Genre

Bastard pop

Length

78:18

Producer

The Kleptones The Kleptones chronology

Yoshimi Battles the Hip-Hop Robots (2003)

A Night at the Hip Hopera (2004)

From Detroit to J.A. (2005)

A Night at the Hip Hopera was The Kleptones' breakthrough and remains their most highly acclaimed album, which fused Queen's rock music with rap vocals and many sound bites from movies (such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off) and other sources. On November 8, 2004, Waxy, the main site that hosted A Night At The Hip Hopera, received a cease & desist notice from the Walt Disney Company (Hollywood Records) for illegal sampling of songs by Queen, similar to the banning of DJ Danger Mouse's The Grey Album. However, the album is still widely available for download.

Track listing 1. "Precession" – 2:06 • Samples – Queen, "Procession" • Sound bites – Flash Gordon • Sound bites – Introduction from a live GG Allin show featured in the Documentary, "Hated". • Interview – Frankie Goes to Hollywood 2. "See" – 4:14 • Samples – Queen, "One Vision" • Samples – Quentin Harris, "Let's Be Young" • Samples – KRS-One, "Hip Hop v. Rap"

A Night at the Hip Hopera • Samples – Grandmaster Flash & The Furious Five, "The Message" • Samples – Kelis, "Milkshake" • Sound bites – Aqua Teen Hunger Force • Sound bites – Ferris Bueller's Day Off 3. "Live" – 3:10 • Samples – Queen, "Keep Yourself Alive" • Samples – Afrika Bambaataa & Family, "Got to Get Up/Just Get Up and Dance" • Sound bites – Calvert DeForest, Run DMC video – "King of Rock" 4. "Bite" – 4:02 • Samples – Queen, "Another One Bites the Dust" • Samples – Justin Timberlake, "Like I Love You" • Samples – Ol' Dirty Bastard w/Kelis, "Got Your Money" • Samples – Missy Elliott, "Pass That Dutch" • Sound bites – Lee Ving, The Decline of Western Civilization, TV Offal's "Honest Obituary" 5. "Jazz" – 4:48 • Samples – Queen, "More Of That Jazz" • Samples – Queen, "We Will Rock You" • Samples – Task Force, "Tears on my Pillowcase" 6. "Rock" – 2:45 • Samples – Queen, "We Will Rock You" • Samples – Peaches, "Rock Show" • Samples – Killa Kela, "Heavy Artillery" 7. "Love" – 0:31 • Samples – Queen, "Tenement Funster" 8. "Fight" – 3:20 • Samples – Queen, "Fight from the Inside" • Samples – Dilated Peoples, "Marathon" 9. "Fuck" – 1:09 • • • 10.

Samples – Queen, "Seven Seas of Rhye" Samples – Queen, "Keep Yourself Alive" Sound bites – Stereophile Test CD, "Pink Noise At -20dB" "Play" – 3:41

• • • • 11.

Samples – Queen, "Play the Game" Samples – De La Soul, "Much More" Samples – Electric Six, "Gay Bar" Samples – Meat Loaf, "You Took the Words Right Out of My Mouth" "Ride" – 3:10

• • • • 12.

Samples – Queen, "Bicycle Race" Samples – Eminem, "My Name Is..." Sound bites – Britney Spears Sound bites – Ferris Bueller's Day Off "Sniff" – 4:20

• Samples – Queen w/David Bowie, "Under Pressure" • Samples – Belinda Carlisle, "Heaven Is A Place on Earth" • Samples – Vanilla Ice, "Ice Ice Baby"

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A Night at the Hip Hopera • • • • 13.

Samples – Prince Paul w/De La Soul, "More Than U Know" Samples – The Avalanches, "Flight Tonight" Samples – Adam Freeland, "We Want Your Soul" Sound bites – Lil' Jon & the Eastside Boyz "Weedman Skit" "Ridicule" – 0:36

• Samples – Queen, "Queen Talks" 14. "Plan" – 4:49 • Samples – Queen, "I'm Going Slightly Mad" • Samples – Herbaliser w/Latyrx, "8-Point Agenda" 15. "Break" – 3:11 • • • • • • 16.

Samples – Queen, "I Want to Break Free" Samples – Aaliyah w/Timbaland, "Try Again" Samples – Beastie Boys, "Shake Your Rump" Samples – Beastie Boys, "Body Movin'" Samples – Beastie Boys, "Alive" Sound bites – Ferris Bueller's Day Off "Listen" – 3:59

• • • • • 17.

Samples – Queen, "Radio Ga Ga" Samples – Beastie Boys, "Shake Your Rump" Samples – Beastie Boys, "Intergalactic" Samples – Beastie Boys, "Root Down" Samples – Beastie Boys, "Sure Shot" "Work" – 2:21

• • • •

Samples – Queen, "Machines (Back to Humans)" Samples – Missy Elliott, "She's A Bitch" Sound bites – The Gift Sound bites – Richard Hamming, IBM slogan "Machines should work, people should think" (From Raymond Scott's "IBM MT/ST: The Paperwork Explosion") 18. "Come" – 4:26 • Samples – Queen, "Spread Your Wings" • Samples – Common w/Erykah Badu & Q-Tip, "Come Close" 19. "Expose" – 3:15 • • • • 20.

Samples – Queen, "Flash" Samples – Brandy, "The Boy Is Mine" Samples – Beats International, "Dub Be Good to Me" Samples – Jethro Tull, "The Third Hoorah" "Jerk" – 5:04

• • • • • •

Interview – The Kinks, BBC Sessions 1964-1977 Samples – Queen, "A Kind of Magic" Samples – Morris Day & The Time, "Jerk Out" Samples – Detroit Grand Pubahs, "Sandwiches" Sound bites – Ferris Bueller's Day Off Sound bites – Neon Genesis Evangelion (English dub)

21. "Save" – 4:13 • Samples – Queen, "Save Me"

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A Night at the Hip Hopera • Samples – DJ Vadim w/Atmosphere, "Edie Brickell" 22. "Stop" – 3:28 • • • 23. • • • • • • • • •

Samples – Queen, "Don't Stop Me Now" Samples – Looptroop w/Chords & Timbuktu, "Heads Day Off" Sound bites – Kanye West, The College Dropout "Question" – 5:28 Samples – Queen, "Who Wants to Live Forever" Sound bites – Aqua Teen Hunger Force Sound bites – The Big Lebowski Sound bites – Blade Runner Sound bites – The Decline of Western Civilization Sound bites – Fight Club Sound bites – Head Sound bites – Hugh Hefner Sound bites – Neon Genesis Evangelion

Related track • "Bo Rhap" – 6:50 • Although not part of the A Night At The Hip Hopera album, this unique track mashes up multiple versions of Queen's legendary song, Bohemian Rhapsody. It was released as a Christmas 2004 single (after the album), and since Bohemian Rhapsody was not among the songs sampled by the Kleptones for the album, it's possible that "Bo Rhap" was meant to be part of it, or at the very least a bonus track. • "Kill" & "Smash" • While neither are on the album, they are included on the unreleased tracks compilation Shits & Giggles.

External links • • • • • •

A Night At The Hip-Hopera download page [1] Waxy [2] Cease and desist letter from EMI #1 [3] DownHill Battle [4] Download "Bo Rhap" [5] Podcast of discussion among John Batelle, Eric Kleptone, and EMI executive David Munns [6]

References [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]

http:/ / www. kleptones. com/ pages/ downloads_hiphopera. html http:/ / www. waxy. org/ archive/ 2004/ 09/ 23/ kleptone. shtml http:/ / www. waxy. org/ archive/ 2004/ 11/ 17/ disney_s. shtml http:/ / downhillbattle. org/ node/ view/ 383 http:/ / www. kleptones. com/ music/ bo. mp3 http:/ / www. oreillynet. com/ pub/ a/ network/ 2007/ 03/ 14/ web-20-pirate. html

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The Official International Queen Fan Club

The Official International Queen Fan Club The Official International Queen Fan Club is the official fan club for the rock band Queen. Based in London, it was founded in 1973 by Pat and Sue Johnstone shortly after the release of the band's first album. At one stage, the world-wide membership of the club reached 20,000 people. Magazines are put out quarterly, contain information on the band, offer band merchandise, and feature a letter to the club members by one band member. In the late 1980s, the club started to put on annual conventions at different venues in England and these get-togethers are still continuing to this day. According to Guinness World Records, the club is the "Longest-Running Rock Group Fan Club" in the world.[1]

References [1] Folkard, Claire (2003). Guinness World Records 2004: Hundreds of New Records Inside.. Bantam Books. ISBN 0553587129.

External links • Official website (http://www.queenworld.com) • OIQFC (http://www.myspace.com/oiqfc) on Myspace

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The Cross onstage in Germany, 1990. Background information Origin

England

Genres

Rock Dance

Years active

1987–1993

Labels

Virgin Records Parlophone Records EMI Electrola

Associated acts

Queen Past members Roger Taylor Spike Edney Clayton Moss Peter Noone Josh Macrae

The Cross were a side project of Queen's Roger Taylor that existed from 1987 to 1993 and released three albums. Although the drummer in Queen, Taylor fronted The Cross as rhythm guitarist and lead vocalist. On its debut release, the classic rock band incorporated dance influences which they dropped on their remaining two albums. The band never enjoyed much commercial success.

History Taylor formed The Cross while Queen were on hiatus after the Magic Tour in 1986. He recruited Queen's tour keyboardist, Spike Edney, but advertised for the remaining musicians. When the band was formed, guitarist Clayton Moss, bassist Peter Noone (not to be confused with the Herman's Hermits singer of the same name), and drummer Josh Macrae were unestablished in the field. Taylor himself never played the drums in The Cross.[1] The band's albums and singles were not commercially successful, although they did manage to reach the British charts with several and they enjoyed moderate success in Germany. The first album, Shove It, was released on Virgin Records in 1988. Largely a solo project for Taylor, who had written the songs prior to forming the band, the album and the three singles it spawned did reach the charts in the UK, where it also received some positive press. The band toured in support of the album before Taylor took a short break for the 1989 Queen album The Miracle, for which there was no tour.

The Cross

First album: Shove It After Queen's 1986 Magic Tour, the band members went their separate ways to do various solo work. Taylor decided to form a new band with whom he could tour. He had already written and recorded the album himself before finding a band to play the songs with. He eventually placed an ad for band members in a national newspaper, hinting he was a famous rock musician. The position of keyboard player was duly offered to Spike Edney after two successful Queen tours with him handling the keys. When the auditions were over, the line-up was completed by Peter Noone on Bass, Clayton Moss on Guitar, and Josh Macrae on Drums. Taylor himself would take the responsibility on lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist. The first album, Shove It, was released in 1988. In Europe, Heaven for Everyone (later a Queen song) contained Freddie Mercury on lead vocals and Taylor on backing vocals. However, on the single version and the American album version the roles were reversed. The European CD contained an extra track (compared to cassette and LP) in The 2nd Shelf Mix, the US version having "Feel The Force" as its extra track. The band promoted hard in Germany especially, with many TV performances of singles including an appearance at the Montreux Golden Rose festival in 1988. The tour took in dates in the UK and Germany. Three singles were released from the album: "Cowboys and Indians", "Heaven for Everyone" and "Shove It". Another single, "Manipulator," was released in 1988, but it was not included on any album. It was also the only song from the time that had joint writing credits, Taylor sharing them with Spike Edney and Steve Strange. The second single from Shove It, "Heaven for Everyone", whose album version featured lead vocals by Freddie Mercury, would be re-released as a Queen single from the 1995 album Made in Heaven with Taylor's vocals edited out, and become a chart hit in many countries.

Second album: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know After finishing Queen's 1989 album The Miracle, Taylor went into the studio with the rest of The Cross for the first time to record Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know. The band composed the opening track "Top Of The World Ma". The rest of the album consisted mainly of individually written songs, except for "Power To Love" which was a joint venture by Macrae, Noone and Moss. Clayton Moss sang lead vocals on his own track "Better Things", and Spike Edney played mandolin on "Final Destination", which was written by Taylor. "Final Destination" was released as a single, as were "Liar" and "Power To Love", the latter being the last single to be released in the UK by the group. "Final Destination" came with a live rendition of Taylor's song "Man On Fire" as a B-side, and "Liar" (Noone) had a brand new track, "In Charge Of My Heart", which was also penned by Taylor. The 12" single and CD of "Liar" also included extended remixes of both "Liar" and "In Charge Of My Heart". The instrumental section at the beginning of "In Charge Of My Heart" was used as the opening to concerts on the accompanying tour. "Closer To You" (Edney) had been Taylor performing with The Cross in 1990. planned to be released in America, but the idea was never discussed again. The group having seemingly given up on the UK market, the accompanying tour only included dates in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Ibiza. Unusual for such tours, every song from the new album was played live.

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Third album: Blue Rock Made at a time when Taylor's efforts were concentrated on Queen and Mercury himself, Blue Rock gave the other members of the band a chance to take control of the upcoming album. It was in fact mostly written by Edney, who contributed three of his own tracks and contributed to four more. Once again the opening track was penned by the entire band, "Bad Attitude" was written (although not complete) by the Christmas fan club party of 1990. Blue Rock itself was only released in Germany (although promo copies were released in Italy and Japan), so it is pretty rare to find on the market. "New Dark Ages" (Taylor) was released in Germany with another live version of "Man On Fire", whilst "Life Changes" was released with the B-side "Heartland". It was however immediately withdrawn, due to the death of Freddie Mercury. The tour was in support of Magnum, so the concert lengths were short (45 mins.) and very few bootlegs survived. The tour was rapid, covering 20 dates in one month. Afterward, Taylor signed to EMI Records and resumed work with The Cross. The band's second album, Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (1990), was a collaborative effort with the band pitching in to write all tracks except the CD bonus track, a cover of the Jimi Hendrix song "Foxy Lady". In terms of musical style, The Cross dismissed the dance elements found on their first album and replaced them with a classic rock sound. Because the first album had not succeeded in America, the second was not released there; however, this album was not as commercially successful in Britain as the first had been. The album did not chart, although the first single, "Power to Love", did. EMI Records refused to release a third album by the band. However, as the band had enjoyed moderate success in Germany, EMI's German branch EMI Electrola still released their third effort, Blue Rock (1991), in that country.

Break Up The band broke up in 1993 after performing a final show. Taylor continued working with Queen and produced solo albums. Drummer Macrae accompanied Taylor on his solo tours and also played percussion at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert. Both Taylor and keyboardist Edney participated in the Queen + Paul Rodgers tours, while Macrae worked behind the scenes as a sound engineer and Pro Tools engineer for them. In the late 1990s, Edney formed the SAS Band ("Spike's All Stars"), a group with an ever-changing lineup of 80s rock stars.

Tours Shove It: 1988 • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

19/02/88: Leeds University (Leeds, UK) 20/02/88: Glasgow University (Glasgow, UK) 21/02/88: Leicester Polytechnic (Leicester, UK) 23/02/88: Sheffield Polytechnic (Sheffield, UK) 24/02/88: Rock City (Nottingham, UK) 26/02/88: Manchester University (Manchester, UK) 27/02/88: Bradford University (Bradford, UK) 28/02/88: The Mayfair (Newcastle, UK) 01/03/88: The Mayfair Suite (Southampton, UK) 02/03/88: Cardiff University (Cardiff, UK) 04/03/88: U.E.A (Norwich, UK) 05/03/88: The Hummingbird (Birmingham, UK) 06/03/88: Leeds University (Leeds, UK) 07/03/88: Bristol Studio (Bristol, UK)

• 09/03/88: Civic Hall (Guildford, UK) • 10/03/88: Town & Country Club (London, UK) • 11/04/88: Modernes (Bremen, Germany)

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12/04/88: Markthalle (Hamburg, Germany) 13/04/88: Metropol (Berlin, Germany) 14/04/88: Theaterfabrik (Munich, Germany) 16/04/88: E-Werk (Erlangen ,Germany) 17/04/88: Music Hall (Frankfurt ,Germany) 18/04/88: Capitol (Hannover ,Germany) 19/04/88: Club Music & Action (Esslingen ,Germany) 20/04/88: Capitol (Mannheim ,Germany) 21/04/88: Tor 3 (Düsseldorf ,Germany) 23/04/88: Westfallenhalle II (Dortmund ,Germany) 24/04/88: Biskuithalle (Bonn ,Germany)

Mad, Bad & Dangerous To Know: 1990 • • • •

01/04/90: Festival For Life (Geneva, Switzerland) 21/05/90: Capitol (Hannover, Germany) 22/05/90: Biskuithallen (Bonn, Germany) 23/05/90: Blickpunktstudios (Dortmund, Germany)

• • • • • • • • • • • • • • •

24/05/90: Outpost (Göttingen, Germany) 26/05/90: Docks (Hamburg, Germany) 27/05/90: Max Music Hall (Kiel, Germany) 28/05/90: Metropol (Berlin, Germany) 29/05/90: De Melkweg (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 30/05/90: Hugennottenhalle (Neu-Isenburg, Germany) 01/06/90: Ku Club (Ibiza, Spain) 02/06/90: Ku Club (Ibiza, Spain) 03/06/90: Bosenbachstadion (St. Wendel, Germany) 04/06/90: Serenadenhof (Nuremberg, Germany) 05/06/90: Akantz (Tuttlingen, Germany) 06/06/90: Alte Feuerwache (Mannheim, Germany) 07/06/90: PC69 (Bielefeld, Germany) 08/06/90: Theaterhaus Wangen (Stuttgart, Germany) 15/06/90: Donauinsel (Vienna, Germany)

Blue Rock: 1991 • • • • • • • • • •

03/10/91: Tavastia Club (Helsinki, Finland) 05/10/91: Hagadal (Hultsfred, Sweden) 07/10/91: Konserthuset (Gothenburg, Sweden) 09/10/91: Music Hall (Hannover, Germany) 10/10/91: Rock Heaven (Herford, Germany) 11/10/91: Docks (Hamburg, Germany) 12/10/91: Astoria (Bremen, Germany) 13/10/91: Tempodrom (Berlin, Germany) 14/10/91: Freiheitshalle (Hof, Germany) 15/10/91: Circus Krone (Munich, Germany)

• 16/10/91: Stadthalle (Memmingen, Germany) • 18/10/91: Volkshaus (Zurich, Switzerland) • 20/10/91: Schwarzwaldhalle (Appenweiher, Germany)

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21/10/91: Maintauberhalle (Wertheim, Germany) 22/10/91: Stadthalle (Offenbach, Germany) 23/10/91: Philipshalle (Düsseldorf, Germany) 24/10/91: Stadthalle (Erlengen, Germany) 25/10/91: Festhalle (Dietenheim, Germany) 26/10/91: Sporthalle Birkelbach (Erntebrück, Germany) 27/10/91: Forum (Ludwigsburg, Germany)

Discography Studio albums Year

Title

1988

Shove It

1990 1991

UK DE [2] [3] 58

-

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

-

48

Blue Rock

-

-

Singles Year

Title

Album

UK DE [2] [3]

1987

"Cowboys and Indians" 74

-

1988

"Shove It"

-

83

Shove It

"Heaven for Everyone" 84 68 "Manipulator" 1990

1991

-

-

non-album single

83

-

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know

"Liar"

-

-

"Final Destination"

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-

"New Dark Ages"

-

-

"Power to Love"

Blue Rock

"Life Changes"

External links • Queenpedia – The Cross complete song list [4] • Russian Fan Site [5] • The Cross Fan Site [6]

References [1] Queen - Royal Legend (http:/ / queen. musichall. cz/ index_en. php?s=ro& d=roger91) [2] QueenOnline Message Board :: View topic - Queen / Solos UK & US (Y MORE) Chart History (http:/ / queenforum. parlophone. co. uk/ viewtopic. php?t=13285& postdays=0& postorder=asc& start=0) [3] Charts-Surfer (http:/ / www. charts-surfer. de/ musiksearch. php). [4] http:/ / www. queenpedia. com/ index. php?title=Song_List#The_Cross_Studio_Songs [5] http:/ / thecross. queenrocks. ru/ en/ index. html

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Queen + Paul Rodgers Queen + Paul Rodgers

Queen + Paul Rodgers at the NEC, Birmingham, 5/6/05. L-R: Danny Miranda, Roger Taylor, Brian May, Jamie Moses and Paul Rodgers. Background information Origin

England

Genres

Rock

Years active

2004–2009

Labels

Hollywood (US/Canada) Parlophone (rest of the world)

Associated acts

Queen, Bad Company, Free, Smile, The Cross

Website

queenpluspaulrodgers.com

[1]

Past members Brian May Roger Taylor Paul Rodgers

Queen + Paul Rodgers (sometimes referred to as Q+PR or QPR) was a supergroup collaboration between Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen and Paul Rodgers (formerly of Bad Company, Free, The Firm and The Law). Guitarist May had previously performed with Rodgers on several occasions, including a performance at the Royal Albert Hall. It was made clear that Rodgers would not be replacing Queen's former lead singer, Freddie Mercury, who died in 1991. He would simply be "featured with" former Queen members. Former Queen bass guitarist John Deacon declined to participate in the collaboration due to his retirement in 1997. The group's three principal members May, Taylor and Rodgers were supplemented on tour by Queen's former touring keyboard player Spike Edney, rhythm guitarist Jamie Moses, and bass guitarist Danny Miranda who had previously worked with Blue Öyster Cult. Throughout their career the band completed two world tours, issued the first studio album for Queen in nearly 15 years entitled The Cosmos Rocks, and released two live DVDs and a live album. Rodgers announced in May 2009 that the 'Queen + Paul Rodgers' collaboration had come to an end, saying "it was never meant to be a permanent arrangement". He did, however, leave open the possibility for future collaborations.[2]


Beginnings (2004) The origins of the collaboration came when May played at the Fender Strat Pack concert in 2004. As he had done many times before (but beforehand nothing really happened as far as Queen were concerned), he joined Rodgers for a rendition of Free's classic, "All Right Now". After this, May spoke of a chemistry between the two of them. Following this, May invited Rodgers to play with Queen at their induction to the UK Music Hall of Fame where they played "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "All Right Now". Again citing a new excitement with Rodgers, the three announced their world tour in 2005.

Return of the Champions Tour (2005–2006) The group's first public performance was at a concert in South Africa in March 2005 in support of Nelson Mandela's 46664 AIDS awareness campaign. The tour began properly with a concert at the Brixton Academy venue in London, with tickets sold primarily to members of the official Queen fan club. An arena tour of Europe followed in spring 2005, with dates at venues such as Wembley Pavilion, Cardiff International Arena and Le Zénith in France. Four outdoor stadium dates were scheduled for the first time in Portugal at Estadio do Restelo (Att: 30,000), at Rhein-Energie Stadion in Cologne, Germany (Att:27,500), Gelredome in Arnhem, the Netherlands (Att:25,000) and at Hyde Park in the UK (Att:65,000) in the summer of 2005. The Estadio do Restelo concert took place on 2 July 2005. The Queen + Paul Rodgers concert was planned to be one of the stages for Live 8 but only a message was sent before "'39". Two songs were dedicated to Live 8. "Say It's Not True", a song by Taylor for Nelson Mandela's fight against HIV/AIDS in Africa, was introduced by Taylor in Lisbon: "This is a song from Nelson Mandela and for HIV/AIDS Africa, especially today on Live 8 day. This is a song to Lisbon." After this song, May dedicated "'39" to Bob Geldof and introduced the song: "Olá Lisboa! I would like to make a salute to all our comrades and friends who are doing such a wonderful job and trying that children throughout the world are no longer hungry; let's make a big noise for Bob Geldof and Live 8". The Hyde Park concert took place on 15 July 2005. The band and management gave away thousands of free tickets to emergency services people for helping in the aftermath of the 7 July 2005 London bombings, which caused the concert to be postponed by a week. British comedian Peter Kay, who had also appeared during the encore at their Manchester gig in May that year, warmed up the crowd, with the band Razorlight as the support act. The concert was attended by some 65,000 people, and Queen + Paul Rodgers performed for over 2 hours. A typical set list mainly focused on Queen's best-known hits, with songs such as "Crazy Little Thing Called Love", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", and "Bohemian Rhapsody". In an interview published in the San Jose Mercury News, Rodgers said that the one song they would not be able play while on tour was "Killer Queen", due to the fact that "the melodies are just too on the spot". The typical set also included some songs from the back catalogues of Free and Bad Company, such as "All Right Now", "Wishing Well", "Feel Like Making Love", and "Bad Company". May and Taylor sang lead on some From the 2005 Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour songs. May: "Hammer to Fall" (the first part only), "Love of My Life", "'39" (on which he sang lead on the studio version originally). Taylor: "Radio Ga Ga" (both verses and first two choruses), "These Are the Days of

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The Cosmos Rocks (2006–2008) On 15 August 2006, May confirmed through his website and fan club that Queen + Paul Rodgers would begin producing their first studio album beginning in October, to be recorded at a "secret location".[38] The album, titled The Cosmos Rocks, was released in the European Union on 12 September 2008 and in the United States on 28 October 2008. This was to be Queens 16th studio album and the first since 1995's Made in Heaven.

Rock the Cosmos Tour (2008) On 27 June 2008, Queen + Paul Rodgers performed at Hyde Park in London for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebration. The performance included a portion of "One Vision", "Tie Your Mother Down", "Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions", and "All Right Now". Following this, the group embarked on the Rock The Cosmos Tour, opening on 12 September with an AIDS-benefit concert to an audience of over 350,000 people in Kharkiv, Ukraine. The tour then moved to Russia, before continuing around Europe. The concert in Ukraine was later made into a film for world AIDS day and subsequently DVD Live in Ukraine. This tour did include a rare performance of Las Palabras de Amor and the first ever live performance of Bijou.

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Split (2009) With a summer reunion tour with Bad Company looming, the singer told Billboard.com that the Queen + Paul Rodgers collaboration is, in effect, over, and without animosity.[2] "At this point we're gonna sit back from this," Rodgers says. "My arrangement with (Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor) was similar to my arrangement with Jimmy (Page) in The Firm in that it was never meant to be a permanent arrangement. "I think we made a huge success of it, actually. We did two world tours and a couple of live recordings, and...made a studio album [...] which was pretty historical for (Queen's Brian May and Roger Taylor) because they hadn't really gone in the studio with anybody and recorded something like that for a very long time. So it was quite an achievement, I think." Rodgers does not rule out the possibility of working together again, however. "It's kind of an open book, really. If they approach me to do something for charity, for instance, or something like that...I'd be very much into doing that, for sure."[2]

Possible reunion In May 2011, Jane's Addiction vocalist Perry Farrell noted that Queen are currently scouting their once former and current live bassist Chris Chaney to join the band. Farrell stated: "I have to keep Chris away from Queen, who want him and they're not gonna get him unless we're not doing anything. Then they can have him."[3] In the same month, Rodgers stated he may tour with Queen again in the near future, stating that he enjoyed the collaboration and may work with them again soon. However, on June 3, Brian May denied rumours of a reunion, saying: "There is no talk of that happening.[4]

Other performances Queen + Paul Rodgers performed at the VH1 Rock Honors Show in 2006 performing "The Show Must Go On", "We Will Rock You" (with Dave Grohl and Taylor Hawkins on drums), "We Are the Champions" and"Under Pressure". Queen + Paul Rodgers appeared on Al Murray's Happy Hour in April (2008) performing "C-lebrity" for the first time from their debut album The Cosmos Rocks. Queen + Paul Rodgers appear on Eminem's 2009 album Relapse. The song "Beautiful" samples "Reaching Out" which was used as Queen + Paul Rodgers's live show opener on the 2005-06 tour. "Reaching Out" was originally released as a charity single by Rock Therapy, a band which contained both Rodgers and May.

Media releases Queen + Paul Rodgers released a single for World AIDS Day (1 December) in 2007. The track, "Say It's Not True", written by Roger Taylor became first available for free download on 30 November, and was subsequently released as a proper CD single on 31 December. Previously, Queen + Paul Rodgers have released a live CD called Return of the Champions and a DVD of the same name. Both featured recordings from their Sheffield Hallam FM Arena concert on 9 May 2005. The DVD also features a cover of John Lennon's "Imagine" from Hyde Park. A single featuring "Reaching Out"/"Tie Your Mother Down"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" was also released. In addition, an American promo featuring two tracks taken from the Italian leg of the European tour was available with some copies of Return of the Champions. Soundboard recordings exist of all European shows, except those in Ireland and Sweden. Sheffield, Lisbon, Hyde Park and possibly Budapest concerts were professionally filmed. The Tokyo show on 26 October 2005 was also professionally filmed and televised, and later released on DVD exclusively in Japan in April 2006, entitled "Super Live in Japan". Many soundboard recordings of tracks were released for download on the Queen official website, with blank Q+PR CD-Rs to burn these tracks available for purchase.

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Members • Brian May - lead guitars • Roger Taylor - drums, percussion • Paul Rodgers - lead vocals Touring musicians • Spike Edney - keyboards • Danny Miranda - bass • Jamie Moses - rhythm guitars

Discography Studio albums Year

Album details


Certifications (sales thresholds) US

UK AUS AUT FRA GER NL

2008

[5]

[6]

[7]

[8]

[9]

5

49

11

28

4

The Cosmos Rocks • •

NZ SWE SWI [10] [11] [12] [13] [14]

8

—

—

5

47

UK: Platinum

Released: September 2008 Label: EMI "—" denotes the album chart unknown or wasn't released in that country

Live albums Year

2005

Album details

Return Of The Champions • •

2006

2009

UK AUT FRA GER NL SWI

[5]

[7]

[8]

[9]

US

12

19

80

13

19

42

84

N/A

—

—

—

—

—

N/A

—

65

171

43

49

—

—

[10] [13] [14]

Released: June 2006 (Japan Only) Label: EMI

Live In Ukraine • •

Certifications

Released: October 2005 Label: Parlophone

Super Live In Japan • •


Released: June 15, 2009 (CD+DVD) Label: Parlophone


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Singles • • • • •

Reaching Out / Tie Your Mother Down (Live from Sheffield Arena) - 29 August 2005 #27 NL Bohemian Rhapsody (Live from Hyde Park) - October 2005 Say It's Not True - 31 December 2007 #90 UK C-Lebrity - August 2008 #33 UK, #1 UK Rock We Believe (Promo Single) [Italy Only]

Videography Year

Album details

Peak chart positions US

UK

—

1

—

N/A

—

2

[14] 2005

Return Of The Champions • •

2006

2009

Released: June 2006 (Japan Only) Label: EMI

Live In Ukraine • •

[5]

Released: October 2005 Label: Parlophone

Super Live In Japan • •

Certifications

Released: June 15, 2009 (CD & DVD) Label: Parlophone

Film • Let the Cosmos Rock – Film, 2008 Produced by NCM Fathom and Disney’s Hollywood Records. A concert movie captured live 12 September from Ukraine in Kharkiv's Freedom Square before 350,000 fans. It was shown in U.S. movie theatres one night only – Thursday, 6 November 2008.

References [1] http:/ / www. queenpluspaulrodgers. com [2] "Queen, Paul Rodgers Split Up" (http:/ / www. billboard. com/ bbcom/ news/ queen-paul-rodgers-split-up-1003972472. story). Billboard.com, 13 May 2009. Retrieved 2010-01-21. [3] "Perry Farrell Battles Queen for a Bassist, Plots Dream Lineup for Lollapalooza 2012" (http:/ / www. spinnermusic. co. uk/ 2011/ 05/ 20/ perry-farrell-janes-addiction-dave-sitek-queen). Spinner. . [4] Paul Rodgers to tour with Queen again? (http:/ / www. queenzone. com/ news/ paul-rodgers-to-tour-with-queen-again. aspx) QueenZone. Retrieved 9 June 2011 [5] "The Official Charts Company – Featured Artists: Queen" (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ queen/ ). Official Charts Company. . Retrieved 30 May 2011. [6] "Australian Charts > Queen" (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Queen). australian-charts.com Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2011-06-01. [7] "Austrian Charts > Queen" (http:/ / austriancharts. at/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Queen). austriancharts.at Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2011-06-01. [8] "Les Charts > Queen" (http:/ / lescharts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Queen). lescharts.com Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2011-06-01. [9] "Charts.de - Albums - Queen »» Mehr Treffer anzeigen" (http:/ / charts. de/ search. asp?search=queen& x=0& y=0& cat=a& country=de). Media Control GfK International. . Retrieved 1 June 2011. [10] "Dutch Charts > Queen" (http:/ / dutchcharts. nl/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Queen). dutchcharts.nl Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2011-06-01. [11] "New Zealand Charts > Meat Loaf" (http:/ / charts. org. nz/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=Meat+ Loaf). charts.org.nz Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2010-04-19.

Queen + Paul Rodgers [12] "Swedish Charts > Meat Loaf" (http:/ / swedishcharts. com/ showinterpret. asp?interpret=meat+ loaf). swedishcharts.com Hung Medien. . Retrieved 2010-04-19. [13] "charts.de > Queen in den Schweizer Charts (Albums) »» Mehr Treffer anzeigen" (http:/ / charts. de/ search. asp?search=queen& x=1& y=7& cat=a& country=ch). charts.de / hitparade.ch. . Retrieved 2011-06-01. [14] "Meat Loaf > Charts & Awards > Billboard Album" (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ p4882). Allmusic. Macrovision. . Retrieved 2010-04-19.

External links • Queen + Paul Rodgers official site (http://www.queenpluspaulrodgers.com) • Brian May's official site (http://www.brianmay.com) • Official Paul Rodgers site (http://www.paulrodgers.com)

Queen Hyde Park 1976 Queen live in Hyde Park 1976 was a famous concert by the band. The concert took place on the 18th September, during the hot summer of 1976. It was part of a brief summer tour of the UK by the band; they also played in Edinburgh and Cardiff on this tour. The Hyde Park gig was in fact a free concert, which drew in a crowd of over 150,000, which was one of the largest audiences for any concert in London.[1] [2] The free concert was organised by Richard Branson, an entrepreneur at the time.[3] There is more than one audio source of this concert as well as a video. According to Roger Taylor, the drummer of Queen, the complete show was supposed to be shown on TV in early 1976 but was never aired. Since then, the footage has leaked out to collectors, though in terrible quality. Over the years, some of the footage has been showed in various documentaries and there are rumors of a future official release. The rest of the day's music was provided by Steamturd, The Kiki Dee Band, Supercharge, The Rich Kids (not to be confused with Midge Ure's band of the same name), Broken Wreck Chords and Steve Hillage. Elton John was backstage but did not appear duetting with Kiki Dee for "Don't go breaking my heart" as she felt it would scupper her moment of glory, despite his pleading to guest appear. She sang to a life-sized cardboard cut-out of Elton instead. Video footage exists of him calling her all sorts of nasty names backstage. A severe swarm of bees caused a near riot during Steve Hillage's set, causing all sorts of violence to erupt. The band was over an hour late to come on stage so they were unable to play their encore due to time restraints.

References [1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Queen: Full Biography" (http:/ / www. mtv. com/ music/ artist/ queen/ artist. jhtml). MTV.com. . Retrieved 2009-04-09. "In the summer of 1976, they performed a free concert at London's Hyde Park that broke attendance records..." [2] "Win Tickets To See Queen & Paul Rodgers; Concert Week In The Evening Standard." (http:/ / www. highbeam. com/ doc/ 1G1-131014961. html). Evening Standard. 2005-03-30. . [3] "Queen play Hyde Park" (http:/ / www. bbc. co. uk/ music/ sevenages/ events/ stadium-rock/ queen-play-hyde-park/ ). BBC. . Retrieved 2009-04-09.

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Queen I Tour Queen I Tour UK tour by Queen Associated album Queen Start date

13.09.1973

End date

02.02.1974

Legs

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Background This was Queen's first tour in 1973 covering most major cities in the UK in support of their first studio album Queen. The tour un-officially started with a recorded concert and the Golders Green Hippodrome which was recorded for and by the BBC. This concert is widely bootlegged.

Set list 1. Procession 2. Father To Son 3. Son And Daughter 4. Ogre Battle 5. Hangman 6. Keep Yourself Alive 7. Liar 8. Jailhouse Rock 9. Shake, Rattle and Roll 10. Stupid Cupid 11. Be Bop A Lula 12. Jailhouse Rock (Reprise) 13. Big Spender 14. Bama Lama, Bama Loo


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Live album bootleg by Queen Recorded

9/13/73

Genre

Rock

Label

Digital Queen Archives

Queen Live at Golders Green Hippodrome is a live performance of the band Queen which was recorded at the Golders Green Hippodrome in London on 13 September 1973,[1] and broadcast on BBC Radio 1 as part of its In Concert series on 20 October 1973.[2] There are several bootleg soundboard recordings of this broadcast known variously as Live at Golders Green Hippodrome 1973 and Queen Will Be Crowned. Some of the songs of this broadcast have been released by the band in the virtual albums Cry Argentina and Rogues & Scandals, part of the official Top 100 Bootlegs series.[3]

Tracks 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8.

Introduction/Procession (Brian May) - 1:33 Father to Son (May) - 5:24 Son and Daughter (May) - 7:06 See What a Fool I've been (May) - 4:40 Ogre Battle (Freddie Mercury) - 4:38 Band Introduction - 0:36 Liar - 7:19 Jailhouse Rock/Shake, Rattle and Roll/Stupid Cupid/Be-Bop-A-Lula/Jailhouse Rock (Reprise) (Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller, Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka, Gene Vincent, Donald Graves, Jesse Stone) - 3:47 9. Big Spender/Bama Lama Bama Loo (Cy Coleman, Dorothy Fields, Richard Penniman) - 3:16


Trivia • During the band introduction John Deacon is referred to as Deacon John, same as on the Queen album sleeve • This is the earliest known soundboard recording of Queen

References [1] Hodkinson, Mark (2004). Queen: the early years (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=n84WbO8wiTQC& pg=PA167). Omnibus Press. p. 167. ISBN 1844490122. . [2] Rock, Mick (2007). Classic Queen (http:/ / books. google. com/ books?id=imoqEuJwJhMC& pg=PA180). Sterling Publishing. p. 180. ISBN 1402751923. . [3] "The Top 100 Bootlegs" (http:/ / www. ultimatequeen. co. uk/ Songs/ bootlegs. htm). UltimateQueen.co.uk. . Retrieved 2009-04-10.

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/detail/live/40/13.09.1973 - Concert: Queen in Golders Green Hippodrome, London, UK/) • Live at Golders Green Hippodrome (http://rateyourmusic.com/release/unauth/queen/ live_at_golders_green_hippodrome/) at Rate Your Music

Queen at the Ballet Queen at the Ballet is a rock ballet created by Sean Bovim as a tribute to Freddie Mercury, that brings the music of Queen vividly back to life - interpreting the stories behind classic tracks such as Bohemian Rhapsody, Radio Ga Ga and Killer Queen.

Venues 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

July 6 to 15 July 2006:[1] The Point Theatre, Dublin, Ireland. 24 - 28 and 31 January and 1 February 2006:[2] Spier Amphitheatre 30 August - 11 September 2005: Montecasino 30 April - 15 May 2005: Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, South Africa. 30 September - 9 October 2004:[3] Artscape Opera House, Cape Town, South Africa.

Songs Act One 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

"Death on Two Legs" (Mercury) "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" (Mercury) "Killer Queen" (Mercury) "Under Pressure" (Queen, David Bowie) "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Mercury) "Bicycle Race" (Mercury) "Who Wants to Live Forever" (May) "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) "Don’t Try So Hard" (Queen)

10. "Don't Stop Me Now" (Mercury) 11. "The Millionaire Waltz" (Mercury)

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Act Two 1. "Innuendo" (Queen) 2. "We Will Rock You" (May) 3. "Play the Game" (Mercury) 4. "Seaside Rendezvous" (Mercury) 5. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) 6. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) 7. "Take My Breath Away" (Mercury) 8. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) 9. "God Save the Queen" (Arr. May) 10. "Barcelona" (Mercury)

References [1] (anonymous), Jacky (22 May 2006), QUEEN AT THE BALLET (http:/ / www. queenworld. com/ artman/ publish/ article_384. shtml), Official International Queen Fan Club, , retrieved 29 July 2009 [2] Brommert, Beverley (31 January 2006), "Queen At The Ballet" (http:/ / www. tonight. co. za/ index. php?fArticleId=3089910& fSectionId=358& fSetId=251), TONIGHT, Western Cape (South Africa: Independent Online (part of Independent News & Media)), , retrieved 29 July 2009 [3] Sewpersad, Roshan (21 October 2004), "Too little balls for balletomanes" (http:/ / www. oulitnet. co. za/ teater/ queen_ballet. asp), LitNet, Teater (South Africa), , retrieved 29 July 2009

John Reid John Reid is a Scottish manager and music industry figure, currently living and working in Australia. Between 1975 and 1978, Reid was the manager of British rock group Queen[1] and Kevin Ayers. For some 25 years he was the manager of Elton John, but their relationship ended with acrimonious legal action in 2000[2] over a leaked letter from his accountants detailing Elton's spending which was found by Benjamin Pell and published in the Daily Mirror. In Australia, he is best known for being a judge on the local version of The X Factor.

Early life Reid was born in Paisley, the son of John Reid, a welder, and Betty, a supermarket worker. Apart from 3 years in New Zealand, he was brought up in the tough Gallowhill district of the royal burgh, and educated at St Mirin's Academy, where he was a fellow pupil of singer Gerry Rafferty and writer John Byrne, and Stow College in Glasgow, where he studied marine engineering. After a failed attempt to launch a band with his brother Robert, a painter and decorator, he moved to New Zealand and then London.

References [1] "Turning raw talent into TV stars" (http:/ / www. theage. com. au/ news/ TV--Radio/ Turning-raw-talent-into-TV-stars/ 2005/ 05/ 13/ 1115843369792. html). The Age. 14 May 2005. . Retrieved 6 April 2011. [2] "Leaked letter 'enraged' Sir Elton" (http:/ / news. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ uk/ 1054206. stm). BBC. 4 December 2000. . Retrieved 6 April 2011.

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David Richards David Richards is an English-born Swiss-based record producer, engineer and musician. In the Mountain Studios in Montreux, owned by the rock band Queen, and in Attalens he engineered and co-produced many albums by Queen, David Bowie and other artists. Richards also played keyboards on some records. He also deals with live music recording in such events as Montreux Jazz Festival.[1]

Selected discography Albums (co-)produced by David Richards: • • • • • • •

Roger Taylor – Strange Frontier (1984) Jimmy Nail – Take It or Leave It (1985; single: "Love Don't Live Here Anymore") Feargal Sharkey – Feargal Sharkey (1985; single: "Loving You") Queen – A Kind of Magic (1986) Iggy Pop – Blah Blah Blah (1986) Magnum – Vigilante (1986) Virginia Wolf – Virginia Wolf (1986)

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David Bowie – Never Let Me Down (1987) The Cross – Shove It (1988) Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé – Barcelona (1988) Queen – The Miracle (1989) Queen – Innuendo (1991) David Bowie – The Buddha of Suburbia (1993) David Bowie – Outside (1995) Queen – Made in Heaven (1995)

Others: • • • • •

Queen – Live Killers (1979; assistant engineer) Yes – Going for the One (1977; assistant engineer) Roger Taylor – Fun in Space (1981) Queen – Live Magic (1986; recorded by Mack and Richards) Brian May – Back to the Light (1992; engineer, recording, mixing: "Driven by You", "Last Horizon", "Just One Life") • Brian May – Another World (1998; additional recording: "Why Don't We Try Again"; mixing: "Another World") • Samael – Eternal (1999; recording, mixing)

External links • www.mountainstudios.com [2] David Richards' Full Discography [3]

References [1] http:/ / www. tubechop. com/ watch/ 70722 [2] http:/ / www. mountainstudios. com/ [3] http:/ / www. discogs. com/ artist/ David+ Richards

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Developer(s)

London Studio

Publisher(s)

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe

Platform(s)

PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2

Release date(s)

March 20, 2009 (UK) August 4, 2009 (NA)

Genre(s)

Karaoke

Mode(s)

Single-player, multiplayer

Rating(s)

ESRB: Teen

Media/distribution Blu-ray Disc

SingStar Queen is a competitive karaoke video game for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation 2, developed by London Studio and published by Sony Computer Entertainment Europe. The game features the music of rock band Queen. It was released on March 20, 2009 in United Kingdom and on August 4, 2009 in North America.

Gameplay SingStar games require players to sing along with music in order to score points. Players interface with their console via SingStar USB microphones while a music video plays in the background. The pitch players are required to sing is displayed as horizontal grey bars, which function similar to a musical stave, with corresponding lyrics displayed at the bottom of the screen. The game analyses a player's pitch and compares it to the original track, with players scoring points based on how accurate their singing is. Different modes of SingStar may vary this basic pattern, but the principle is similar throughout. SingStar includes a variety of game modes. The standard singing mode allows one or two people to sing simultaneously, either competitively or in a duet. The PlayStation 3 version of the game supports trophies, however older versions of the game will need to go online to get the latest patch. Future SingStar games will include the trophy patched game on the Singstar disc.

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Track list "Another One Bites the Dust" "Bicycle Race" "Bohemian Rhapsody" "Breakthru" "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Don't Stop Me Now" "Fat Bottomed Girls" "I Want It All" "I Want to Break Free" "Innuendo" "One Vision" "Play the Game" "Somebody to Love" "These Are the Days of Our Lives" "Tie Your Mother Down" "Under Pressure" "We are the Champions" "We Will Rock You" "Who Wants to Live Forever" "You're My Best Friend"

Exclusive tracks for the PS3 version: "A Kind of Magic" "Hammer to Fall" "Killer Queen" "Radio Ga Ga" "The Show Must Go On" [1]

References [1] [PlayStation.com - Singstar Queen Description http:/ / us. playstation. com/ games-and-media/ games/ singstar-queen-ps3. html]

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Brian May, Tim Staffell, Roger Taylor. Background information Origin

London, England

Genres

Blues-rock, psychedelic rock

Years active

1968–1970, 1992

Labels

Mercury

Associated acts

Queen Past members Brian May Tim Staffell Roger Taylor

Smile were a London-based blues rock band best known as the predecessor to renowned rock band Queen. The band was formed in 1968 by Brian May, who was to become Queen's guitarist. The group included Tim Staffell as singer and bassist, and, later, drummer Roger Taylor, who also went on to play for Queen. The group disbanded in 1970.

History In 1968, guitarist Brian May, a student at London's Imperial College, and bassist Tim Staffell formed a group when May placed an advertisement on the college notice board for a "Ginger Baker type" drummer, and a young medical student named Roger Taylor auditioned and got the job. Smile were signed to Mercury Records in 1969, and had their first experience of a recording studio in Trident Studios that year. Staffell was attending Ealing Art College with Farrokh Bulsara, and introduced him to the band. Bulsara soon became a keen fan. The group's biggest public performance was on February 27, 1969 at the National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child. Held at the Royal Albert Hall, May, Taylor and Staffell performed as a trio on guitar, drums and bass respectively. Keyboardist Chris Smith had been fired the day before, according to Staffell. (According to Smith, he was only briefly in the band and left of his own accord because he was interested in different styles.)[1] Smile gigged quite a bit on the London scene, according to Time Out's listings. On April 19, they played at the Speakeasy and on May 31, they appeared at the Whisky A Go Go. In March 1969, the band played at a venue known as PJ's, using claims to have previously been played on radio station BBC Radio 1 to secure an audience. It seems likely that the claims were fictitious, however.[1] [2] Shortly after they were given a one-off recording deal by Mercury Records to record three tracks, "Earth" (Staffell), "Step On Me" (May), and "Doin' All Right" (May/Staffell). These were recorded in June 1969 at Trident Studios in Soho.

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Ultimately this US promotional recording was never published commercially. However, in September of the same year, Mercury Records commissioned them to record three more songs: "April Lady" (Stanley Lucas), "Blag", a May instrumental, and "Polar Bear", a "gentle song about a polar bear"[2] written and led by May, at De Lane Lea Studios. Again, the record was not released at the time. When Staffell left Smile in 1970 to join another band, Humpy Bong, Smile effectively disbanded.[3] Bulsara persuaded May and Taylor to continue, changing the band's name from "Smile" to "Queen" in the process.[3] Bulsara soon joined the band as lead vocalist. The band had a number of bass players during this period, namely Mike Grose, Barry Mitchell and Doug Bogie, who did not fit with the band's chemistry. It was not until February 1971 that they settled on John Deacon and began to rehearse for the first album.[4] This definitively created the Queen lineup which lasted until Mercury's death in 1991. For their debut album, Queen recorded "Doing All Right". According to the book "Queen: The Early Years", Staffell has been well compensated through royalties from the sale of the album, given his co-songwriting credit for the song with Brian May. Queen also recorded the song for their first BBC recording session with John Peel. That session, along with their third session, have been released in the UK as At the Beeb (Band of Joy Records) in 1989, and in the U.S. as Queen at the BBC (Hollywood Records) in 1995. Also in 1995, Queen issued their Let Me Live singles, one of which features three of the first session BBC recordings, including "Doing Alright". Smile reunited for several songs on 22 December 1992. Taylor's band The Cross were headliners and he brought May and Staffell on to play "Earth" and "If I Were a Carpenter".[5] May also performed several other songs that night.

Discography Two legitimate releases of the six Smile tracks have since been issued: Gettin' Smile (LP) from Japan, released September 23, 1982, on Mercury Records. The sleeve contains notoriously inaccurate lyrics and songwriting credits for the songs. This release was used for all subsequent bootlegs which contain the songs. Ghost of a Smile (CD) from Holland, released in 1997, on Pseudonym Records. The CD booklet is comprehensive and features new liner notes by Tim Staffell. All the tracks were newly remastered. The album also features two versions of the Eddie Howell/Freddie Mercury collaboration "The Man From Manhattan" (no relation to Smile, except that Brian May plays guitar on it). There is a bootleg album of their early tracks circa the Smile era titled Pre-Ordained. Most of them also appeared on the 1995 Italian bootleg In Nuce.

Songs The following songs have been confirmed by the members of the band as being part of their repertoire, either live or in their short-lived studio time. • • • • • •

"Earth" (Staffell) "Step On Me" (Staffell/May) originally from May and Staffell's band 1984. "Doin' Alright" (Staffell/May) "Blag" (May) "Polar Bear" (May) "Silver Salmon" (Staffell)

• "See What A Fool I've Been" (May, based on the song "That's How I Feel" by Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee) • "If I Were a Carpenter" (Tim Hardin) a cover regularly featuring in their live set. • "April Lady" (Lucas) a song presented to the band by Mercury Records during their second studio session.

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Smile songs recorded by other artists • "Step On Me": Two versions were recorded by the pre-Smile band, 1984, as part of a demo tape made at ITV Studios, London, England, March 31, 1967. • "April Lady": Southern Comfort (the band remaining after Iain Matthews left Matthews Southern Comfort) recorded this on their Frog City album (Harvest SHSP 4012; 1971) although it is not included on the CD version). On the record label this song is mistakenly credited to Carl Barnwell. It may have come to them via Fritz Freyer, who produced the Smile version, who had connections with Matthews Southern Comfort? • "April Lady" and "Earth": Staffell joined the band Morgan and title track of their first album Nova Solis (1972) incorporates exceprts from "April Lady" and all of "Earth". • "Doin' Alright": Recorded by Queen for their first BBC session on February 5, 1973. This version appears on At the Beeb (1989) in the UK, and Queen at the BBC (1995) in the US, as well as on the CDQUEEN24 single "Let Me Live" as a B-side. Queen also recorded this song for their debut album, Queen (1973), with the slightly altered title, "Doing All Right". This version also appears on the US-only 7" single for their song "Liar" on Elektra Records (1974). • "Polar Bear" and "Silver Salmon" : Queen recorded these as demo tracks, yet unreleased, during their debut album sessions. • "See What a Fool I've Been": Queen recorded this in August 1973, during their second album sessions (Queen II). It did not appear on the album, but was released as the B-side to the album's single "Seven Seas of Rhye" (1974). This version later appeared on the Queen boxed set The Complete Works bonus LP Complete Vision. Hollywood Records re-issued Queen II in the US in 1991, with this song as a bonus track. The UK and Japanese CD3 singles (1987 and 1990 respectively) include the song again as the B-side for "Seven Seas of Rhye". Queen also recorded this song as part of their fourth BBC session with John Peel. • "Blag": Though never recorded again as such, the featured solo evolved (and continues to evolve) through Brian May's career both with Queen and as a solo artist. Recorded versions of the solo include: "Son And Daughter" (third Queen BBC session, 1974, released on the aforementioned BBC album), "Brighton Rock" (from Queen's third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974), "Brighton Rock" (from Queen's live album Live Killers in 1979), as "Guitar Solo" (from Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl recorded 1982), "Brighton Rock Solo" (recorded in 1986, on Live At Wembley '86, released 1992), as "Guitar Extravagance" (from The Brian May Band live album Live at the Brixton Academy in 1993), and recently again as "Guitar Solo" (on the Queen + Paul Rodgers live album Return of the Champions in 2005). • "Polar Bear": Valensia recorded this for his album Queen Tribute in 2003. • "Earth" and "Doin' Alright": Tim Staffell recorded these songs for his solo album aMIGO (2003). Both tracks feature Brian May on guitar and vocals. "Earth" features Morgan Fisher (formerly of Morgan) on keyboards.

References [1] "Smit's Smile". (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20050525180542/ http:/ / www. queenfans. com/ articles/ pics/ chrissmith. jpg) Originally from Queenfans.com. (Currently offline, retrieved through web archive on 2007-11-08.) [2] "Pre-Queen - Smile!" (http:/ / web. archive. org/ web/ 20040530091352/ http:/ / www. queenfans. com/ articles/ prequeen2. shtml). Web.archive.org. 2004-05-30. . Retrieved 2011-10-29. [3] Queen Biography 1970 (http:/ / queenzone. com/ queenzone/ bio_view. aspx?q=2), Queen Zone, [4] Queen Biography 1971 (http:/ / queenzone. com/ queenzone/ bio_view. aspx?q=3), Queen Zone, [5] Tim Staffell Biography (http:/ / www. queenzone. com/ queenzone/ article_show. aspx?Q=11)

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External links • http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A3507879

The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody is a 2004 documentary about the song "Bohemian Rhapsody", written by the lead singer of Queen, Freddie Mercury.

The programme The story of Bohemian Rhapsody is narrated by Richard E. Grant, and runs for approximately 57 minutes. Throughout the programme, Brian May and Roger Taylor revisit the place where they recorded the 1975 album A Night at the Opera, and discuss the song and the video.

External links • The Story of Bohemian Rhapsody [1] at the Internet Movie Database

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0438465/

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The Japanese We Will Rock You placard. Music

Queen

Lyrics

Queen and Ben Elton

Book

Ben Elton

Productions 2002 West End 2003 Melbourne 2003 Madrid 2004 Australia tour 2004 Las Vegas 2004 Moscow 2004 Spain tour 2005 Cologne 2005 Tokyo 2006 South Africa 2006 Japan tour 2006 Zürich 2007 Madrid revival 2007 Toronto 2007 Australasian tour 2008 Vienna 2008 Stuttgart 2009 UK tour 2010 Berlin 2010 Italy tour 2010 Netherlands 2010 Sweden (Stockholm) 2011 Denmark (Copenhagen and Herning) 2011 Norway (Oslo) 2011 Belgium (Antwerp)

We Will Rock You (often abbreviated as WWRY) is a jukebox musical, based on the songs of Queen and named after their hit single of the same name. The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor. The musical was first produced in London by Queen Theatrical Productions, Phil McIntyre Entertainment and Tribeca Theatrical Productions, with Christopher Renshaw as director, Mark Fisher as the production designer, Willie Williams as the lighting designer, Williams & Fisher as co-video directors, Tim Goodchild as the costume designer, Arlene Phillips as choreographer and Bobby Aitken as sound designer. The musical opened in the West End at the Dominion Theatre on 14 May 2002, with Tony Vincent, Hannah Jane Fox, Sharon D. Clarke and Kerry Ellis in principal roles. The musical was panned by critics, but was an audience favourite, and has since been played to packed houses around the world, and has become the longest-running musical

We Will Rock You at the Dominion Theatre.[1] The story takes place in a tongue-in-cheek dystopian future where originality and individualism are shunned, and a lone "Dreamer" appears who can fulfill a prophecy that will enable the return of rock 'n roll. A number of international productions have followed the original, and We Will Rock You has been seen in Ireland, Australia, Canada, Russia, Spain, Japan, South Africa, Zürich, Vienna, New Zealand, South Korea, Singapore, Bangkok and Hong Kong. As of July 2009, productions are still active in Great Britain, Italy and Germany. The Dutch production premiered at the end of summer 2010 and the Swedish production in autumn 2010. A sequel is currently in the works, and as of March 2009 a draft has been completed.[2] [3]

Development According to Brian May, Queen's manager Jim Beach had spoken with the band about creating a jukebox musical with Queen's songs since the mid-1990s. Initially, the intent was to create a biographical story of Freddie Mercury. About this time, Robert De Niro's production company Tribeca expressed interest in a Queen musical, but it found the original idea difficult to work with.[4] In the year 2000, Ben Elton was approached to start talks with May and Queen drummer Roger Taylor on the project. Elton suggested taking the musical down a different path than initially imagined, creating an original story that would "capture the spirit of much of [their] music". He worked closely with May and Taylor to incorporate Queen's songs into the story. Elton has also stated that he was in part inspired by the computer-controlled dystopia of the science-fiction film The Matrix. The script was eventually completed midway through 2001.[4] Before working on We Will Rock You, neither May nor Taylor liked the musical genre.[4] The original London production began previews on 26 April 2002 and opened on 14 May 2002 at the Dominion Theatre. The show is currently still playing there, and on 31 May 2011 celebrated its 9th anniversary.

Critical reception London's critics almost uniformly panned the show, criticising the concept and direction. The Guardian wrote that the premise "really is as sixth form as it sounds", called the production "ruthlessly packaged and manufactured" and opined that the "sometimes funny" libretto exists mainly to "devise more unlikely ways to wring out another Queen song."[5] The Daily Mirror wrote that "Ben Elton should be shot for this risible story."[6] However, some individual performances received praise[6] and the production remains a popular success. In their popular book Is It Just Me Or Is Everything Shit, Steve Lowe and Alan MacArthur derided the show as having "a plot similar to a Yes concept album".

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Productions West End and UK tour The original production of We Will Rock You opened on 12 May 2002 at the Dominion Theatre in London, England. Tony Vincent played the lead role of Galileo, with Hannah Jane Fox as Scaramouche, Sharon D. Clarke as Killer Queen, Nigel Planer as Pop and Kerry Ellis as Meat. For her performance, Clarke was nominated for "Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical or Entertainment" at the 2003 Olivier Awards. On 17 August 2005 We Will Rock You became the longest running musical at that venue, surpassing the previous record-holder Grease.[7] This is notable because the Dominion Theatre is one of the largest theatrical venues in West End, with a seating a capacity of 2,000 people. The show recently extended its booking date, meaning that it is now set to run until March 2012.[8] Notable cast replacements include Mig Ayesa, who played Galileo; The statue of Freddie Mercury above the entrance Mazz Murray, who took over the role of Killer Queen from Sharon D. to the Dominion Theatre Clarke in April 2004 and left it in August 2011, making her the longest running principal cast member, though she went on maternity leave in September 2010. Brenda Edwards (semi-finalist in X-Factor in 2005) is currently covering for a limited season in the West End. Rachel Tucker, a semi-finalist in BBC's I'd Do Anything, played the role of Meat from 22 September 2008 until 19 September 2009, this role was taken over in September 2009 by Irish born Louise Bowden (Mama Mia /Guys and Dolls / Mary Poppins).[9] However, an unexpected departure of Bowden in May 2010 led to the role of Meat being taken over by Amanda Coutts who was previously understudying the part. The show features a live band with Elliott Ware as musical director.[10] A national UK tour was launched in 2009 at the Palace Theatre, Manchester.[11] [12] The 2009 tour cast initially included, Alex Gaumond as Galileo, Sarah French-Ellis as Scaramouche, Brenda Edwards as Killer Queen, Georgina Hagen as Meat, Jonathan Wilkes as Khashoggi, Kevin Kennedy as Pop. Gaumond and French-Ellis returned to play their characters in the West End and are the current Galileo and Scaramouche. [13] A second UK tour launched in December 2010 starting at the Palace Theatre, Manchester and is currently due to run through until early 2012.[14]

Australia and Japan The first international production premiered at the Regent Theatre in Melbourne, Australia on 7 August 2003.[15] The cast included Michael Falzon as Galileo, Kate Hoolihan as Scaramouche and Annie Crummer as Killer Queen. Amanda Harrison, who originated Oz in this Melbourne production, had previously been in the ensemble of the original London production. The production closed at this venue on 4 March 2004 to make way for Australian tour stops at Burswood Theatre, Perth (27 April to June 2004), Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Brisbane (27 July to 25 September 2005), and Star City Lyric Theatre, Sydney (9 October 2004 to 13 March 2005).[15] [16] The same production then made an international tour stop at the Shinjuku Koma Theater in Tokyo, Japan where it ran from 27 May to 24 August 2005.[17] [18] Due to the success of the Japan tour stop, another Australian tour group was put together in 2006. They performed at the same venue: the Shinjuku Koma Theatre in Tokyo, from 14 November to 17 December 2006.[19] Some of the

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Spain A Spanish production ran from 3 November 2003 to 30 May 2004 at Teatro Calderón, Madrid. The lead role of Galileo was shared by José Luis Cortés and Miguel Fernández. The rest of the cast included María Blanco as Scaramouche, Sheilah Cuffey as Killer Queen and Eva María Cortés (sister of José Luis Cortés) as Meat.[22] The Madrid production had all spoken dialogue and the lyrics translated into Spanish, except for the songs "We Will Rock You", "We Are the Champions" and "Bohemian Rhapsody", which retained their English lyrics.[23] After closing at Teatro Calderón, the show began a tour through Spain with stops at Barcelona (12 November to 12 December 2004), Bilbao (17 December 2004 to 16 January 2005) and Valencia (3 February to 27 February 2005). In 2007 the production returned to Calderón Theatre, Madrid with previews from 23 January and an official opening on 12 February.[24] This stage featured an entirely new cast, with Daniel Diges and Julian Fontalvo sharing the role of Galileo, Ruth Calvo and Elena Medina sharing the role of Scaramouche, Maria Lopez and Lara Alcazar sharing the role of Meat, as well as Nieves Val and Tessa sharing the role of Killer Queen.[24] The production finally closed on 6 January 2008.

Las Vegas, North America A US tour had originally been planned for 2004, with initially announced stops in Connecticut and Seattle.[25] However, due to scheduling conflicts of the creative team, the US tour was scrapped and replaced with a production housed at the Paris Las Vegas hotel and casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, which is the musical's first North American venue. The Las Vegas production had previews from 4 August and officially opened on 8 September 2004.[25] [26] Tony Vincent, who had originated the role of Galileo in the London production, reprised the role, which he alternated with Jason Wooten. Aspen Miller and Kacie Sheik shared the role of Scaramouche, Patti Russo was Killer Queen, and Ty Taylor was Brit.[27] The Las Vegas production "trimmed" down the book into a single act show.[25] This production closed on 27 November 2005.[28]

Russia A Russian production opened in the Estrada Theatre, Moscow on 17 October 2004. The production's dialogue and all songs but three were translated into Russian, by Evgeny Margulis of Mashina Vremeni.[29] This production closed only four months after its opening due to disagreements between the show's producers, despite fan protests to keep the show going.[29]

Germany A German production opened in the Musical Dome, Cologne on 12 December 2004. The Cologne production had the spoken dialogue translated to German, but the musical numbers consisted of a mix of translated German language lyrics and the original English language lyrics. According to Brian May, the language combination was intentional by writer Ben Elton, with German representing the show's "present day" and English representing the distant past.[30] The production closed at this venue on 30 September 2008 to be transferred to Stuttgart.[31] The Stuttgart transfer opened at the Apollo Theatre on 13 November 2008 after previews from 7 November 2008.[32] [33] The production opened in Berlin on 21 October 2010.

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South Africa A South African production opened at the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg on 9 May 2006.[34] The production starred Francois Schreuder as Galileo, Helen Burger as Scaramouche, Vicky Sampson as Killer Queen, and Helen Goldberg as Oz.[35] This production made tour stops at the Artscape in Cape Town (from 25 July) and the Playhouse Opera in Durban (29 September to 29 October 2006) before closing.[34] [36]

Switzerland and Austria A German-language production opened in Zürich, Switzerland on 3 December 2006 at Theatre Stadthof 11, Oerlikon using the book of the bilingual Cologne production.[37] The Swiss production starred Jessica Kessler as Scaramouche, Brigitte Oelke as Killer Queen and Rachel Fischer as Ozzy. This production closed at the end of 2007 to be transferred to Vienna.[38] The transfer opened in Vienna, Austria on 24 January 2008, at the Raimund Theatre where it ran until 13 July 2008.[39]

Canada A Canadian production began previews on 14 March and officially opened on 10 April 2007 at the Canon Theatre, Toronto.[40] [41] Mig Ayesa, who played the lead role in the London production, had been offered the role in the Canadian production by Brian May and Ben Elton, but the Canadian producers wanted an all-Canadian cast and Quebec native Yvan Pednault was given the role.[42] The rest of the cast included Erica Peck as Scaramouche, Alana Bridgewater as Killer Queen, Suzie McNeil as Oz and Evan Buliung as Khashoggi. McNeil had been a participant of the reality show Rockstar: INXS, in which she had competed against Ayesa and former Las Vegas We Will Rock You cast member Ty Taylor. This production closed at the Canon Theatre on 11 May 2008[43] to be transferred to the Panasonic Theatre, where it opened on 16 July 2008.[44] The new Toronto production underwent major rewrites in order to trim the show before its reopening. Changes include: there is no longer any dialogue between "Ga-Ga" and "I Want to Break Free"; "One Vision" has been cut; the Act Two song sequence is now "Fat Bottomed Girls", "Who Wants to Live Forever", "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Hammer to Fall" and then "Another One Bites the Dust" before leading to the finale. In October 2008, Camilla Scott took over the role of Khashoggi, a character that had previously been portrayed as a male, though her understudies remain male. Erica Peck, who originated the role of Scaramouche in this production, is scheduled to reprise her role from 29 May.[45] This production closed on 28 June 2009.[46]

Australasian tour An Australasian tour was launched on at the end of 2007 in New Zealand, in which previous We Will Rock You cast members MiG Ayesa (London cast), Annie Crummer (original Australian cast), Neels Clasen (original South African cast) and Malcolm Terry (original South African cast) reprise their roles as Galileo, Killer Queen, Khashoggi and Pop respectively.[47] Talia Kodesh, who had played Oz in the South African production, played the role of Scaramouche in the New Zealand tour stop.[48] After the tour left New Zealand, the role was taken over by Sivan Raphaely, who had been in the ensemble of the original South African production. The tour performed in Auckland, New Zealand at The Civic, The Edge (26 October to 2 December 2007), in Seoul, South Korea at the Seongnam Arts Centre (2 February to 24 February 2008),[49] [50] in Singapore at the Esplanade Theatre (28 March to 27 April 2008),[51] in Hong Kong at The Lyric Theatre of The Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts (16 May to 22 June 2008)[52] and in Bangkok, Thailand at the Muangthai Ratchadalai Theatre (12 July to 27 July 2008).[53]

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Italy An Italian production opened on 4 December 2009 at the Allianz Teatro in Milan, Italy. Starring Gianluca Merolli and Salvo Vinci as Galileo, Marta Rossi and Martina Ciabatti as Scaramouche, Valentina Ferrari as Killer Queen, Salvo Bruno and Carlo Spano as Khashoggi, Paolo Barillari as Brit, Loredana Fadda and Mary Dima as Oz and Massimiliano Colonna as Pop. WWRY Italy is produced by Barley Arts and directed by Maurizio Colombi. The musical director is Roberto Zanaboni followed by Davide Magnabosco (keyboard), Giovanni Maria Lori (keyboard), Linda Pinelli (bass), Alex Polifrone (drums), Marco Scazzetta (percussions), Andrea Cervetto (guitar) and the lead guitarist is Tristan Avakian, who had a successful run with WWRY Toronto. All the dialogues are in Italian and almost all the songs are in English expect for Radio Ga Ga and Noone but you. The translation and adaptation of the Italian script were made by Raffaella Rolla with the cooperation of Alice Mistroni. The show is scheduled to tour across Italy over the year, so far visiting Milan, Bologna, Trieste and Rome .[54] The second season is due to start in Bergamo on 4 November and it will be on tour until March 2011. The double cast has been dropped therefore this year the leading roles are : Galileo (Salvo Vinci), Scaramouche (Martha Rossi), Oz (Loredana Fadda), Brit (Paolo Barillari), Khashoggi (Salvo Bruno), Killer Queen (Valentina), Pop (Massimiliano Colonna). The new lead guitarist is Marco Gerace.

Sweden 12 September through 18 December 2010 a big production of WWRY were played in Stockholm, Sweden at the venue Cirkus. The spoken dialogue is translated to Swedish by Anders Albien. Cast: Killer Queen: Tina Lejonberg, Galileo: Bruno Mitsogiannis, Scaramouche: Marie Haugen Smistad, Ozzy: Anna Lidman, Brit: Henrik Orwander, Khashoggi: Daniel Engman, Peps: Simon Bengtsson Tibblin, Teacher: Linda Holmgren, Christer: Tomas Marcotte.[55]

Norway January 2011, the Stockholm Production of WWRY moved to Oslo, Norway. The production opened 23 January at Folketeateret. The spoken dialogue (and some of the songs) was translated to Norwegian by Kjetil Indregard. Cast: Killer Queen: Reidun Sæther, Galileo: Espen Grjotheim, Scaramouche: Marie Haugen Smistad, Ozzy: Anna Lidman, Brit: Eivind Dundas, Khashoggi: Daniel Engman, Oddi (Pop): Mads Henning Jørgensen, Big Macca: Håvard Bakke, Teacher: Linda Holmgren.[56] The production closed 16 April 2011.

Belgium On the first of september 2011 WWRY opened in Antwerp. It was an amazing spectacle and they are still playing every single day for a full theatre. A big part of the cast already played the musical in the Netherlands, but the challenge was that they had to learn the 'Belgian language'. But there was a small change in the cast: Cast • • • • • • •

Galileo - Tim Driesen Scaramouche - Marjolein Teepen Killer Queen - Goele De Raedt Khashoggi - Paul Donkers Brit - Martin van der Starre Ozzy - Floortje Smit Arno - Karel Deruwe

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Other productions From 2006, the show has been licensed for amateur productions in the UK, with proceeds going to the Mercury Phoenix Trust.[57] This license also extends to school performances, under the title "Schools Will Rock You". In early 2007 Queen Theatrical granted the rights for a non-equity production of We Will Rock You at the Jedlicka Performing Art Centre in Chicago from April, making it the first North American production since the Las Vegas show closed.[58] An externally-licensed production was staged in Varberg, Sweden from February to July 2007. A Dutch production was opened at 3 December 2010.

Summary: Original London production Act One The story is set exactly 300 years in the future in a vaguely Orwellian world. Earth has been renamed as "Planet Mall" (the "iPlanet" as of October 2011), and is controlled by the Globalsoft Corporation. ("Innuendo") On Planet Mall, mainstream commercial conformity reigns, in which Ga Ga Kids watch the same movies, listen to computer-generated music, wear the same clothes and hold the same thoughts and opinions. Musical instruments are forbidden, and rock music is unknown. ("Radio Ga Ga") In the newest graduating class is black sheep Galileo, who has dreams and hears strange words in his head, most of which are lyrics of songs long since lost, though he does not understand their significance. Despite his teacher's advice, Galileo refuses to conform like the rest of his classmates. ("I Want to Break Free") Galileo is captured by Khashoggi, commander of Globalsoft's police. The teacher also reveals a second anomaly, a young goth woman who is openly mocked and derided by her peers ("Somebody to Love"). She too is arrested by Khashoggi. Ruling Globalsoft Corporation is the Killer Queen. ("Killer Queen") She has heard of a prophecy that instruments have been hidden somewhere on Planet Mall in the "place of living rock", and a "bright star" will show the way to them. She orders Khashoggi to get to the bottom of the matter and crush the rebel Bohemians who believe in the prophecy. Killer Queen then basks in her power over Planet Mall. ("Play the Game") Galileo and the young woman wake up in a hospital ("Death on Two Legs" (intro)). They realize that they are kindred spirits, feared by the rest of their society. ("Under Pressure") They flee together from the hospital. Killer Queen has blown up all the rocks on Planet Mall, but cannot find any supposed hidden instruments. She insists that they have won, and the prophecy will not come to pass. ("A Kind of Magic") On the streets, Bohemians Brit and Meat climb out of the sewers, where they have been gathering materials to make musical instruments. Brit is a believer in the Dreamer who will fulfil the prophecy, and insists to the cynical Meat that it's the key to bringing real music back into the world. ("I Want It All") Brit and Meat hear footsteps approaching, and hide. Galileo and the woman arrive, with Galileo talking about his belief that he has a destiny. He says that he has a name for the woman: "Scaramouche". Brit and Meat reveal themselves, and accuse Galileo and Scaramouche of being spies, because Galileo keeps spouting words of the "sacred text". Galileo insists that he only hears those words in his head. Brit tests Galileo, singing the first few lines of "Bohemian Rhapsody". Galileo responds correctly with the subsequent lines, and Brit realises that he is the Dreamer of the prophecy. They bring Galileo and Scaramouche to the Heartbreak Hotel, which is located at the ruins of the Tottenham Court Road tube station, where the Bohemians have made their home. ("Headlong") Of note, the original London production is staged at the Dominion Theatre, which is located above the real Tottenham Court Road tube station. The Bohemians explain that they take their names after singers long gone, and mourn the deaths of those who died young. ("No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)") The group then celebrate the reason rock bands started playing music in the first place, which was for love. ("Crazy Little Thing Called Love")

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Act Two The Ga Ga Kids of Planet Mall move on in their regular fashion. ("One Vision") Galileo and Scaramouche have escaped the Heartbreak Hotel, and realise that back at the hospital, tracking devices were installed in their heads. They remove them, and upon realizing that they are all that's left of the rebels, they confess their love for each other. ("Who Wants to Live Forever") The surviving Bohemians have been rounded up by Khashoggi to be tortured. ("Flash") When he cannot get any information from them about the prophecy, he has them brain-drained. ("Seven Seas of Rhye"—interpolating "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon") Galileo wakes up, and tells Scaramouche that he had a dream that the Bohemians were sent to the Seven Seas of Rhye. Scaramouche agrees they have to go there, but then Galileo insists that she stay because she's a "chick", to which Scaramouche takes offense. They argue, and decide that both of them will go to the Seven Seas of Rhye, but their relationship will be purely professional. Back at Globalsoft headquarters ("Fat Bottomed Girls") Khashoggi reports that the Bohemians are no longer a problem. Killer Queen prematurely starts to celebrate. ("Don't Stop Me Now") Khashoggi interrupts her, explaining that Galileo and Scaramouche escaped. Killer Queen declares this is the last time Khashoggi has disappointed her, and has him brain-drained. ("Another One Bites the Dust") Galileo and Scaramouche are making their way to the Seven Seas of Rhye, arguing all the way. ("Hammer to Fall") At the Seven Seas of Rhye pub, Pop the librarian is serving drinks to the lifeless Bohemians. ("These Are the Days of Our Lives") When Galileo and Scaramouche arrive, Pop explains the full nature of the prophecy to them as inscribed by the three remaining members of the band Queen just before they were sentenced to death. Scaramouche figures out that the bright shining star of the prophecy is rock star Freddie Mercury's statue, and that it's pointing to Wembley Stadium, the "place of living rock". After initially preparing to travel by bicycle, (opening of "Bicycle Race")Scaramouche protests that the method "isn't very cool", and so they travel there by motorcycle. ("Headlong (reprise)") Wembley Stadium is in ruin, with no instruments to be found. Reconciling and their love for each other rekindled ("Love of My Life"), Scaramouche inspires Galileo to perform the opening of "We Will Rock You", and an electric guitar is revealed. Galileo cannot play it, but Scaramouche can. ("Brighton Rock solo") Pop hacks into Globalsoft's network so their music can be heard by everyone on Planet Mall, and Killer Queen is defeated. ("Tie Your Mother Down", "We Will Rock You / We Are the Champions") After the curtain calls ("We Will Rock You (fast version)"), a question appears that says "Do you want "Bohemian Rhapsody"?" Everybody in the audience is supposed to shout yes, and the answer appears as "Oh...alright then" and the entire cast perform "Bohemian Rhapsody" as an encore.

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Variations International productions of the musical feature changes in the story and song line-up in order to better reach target audiences. All the main characters retain their general personalities across productions, but the names vary depending on the production. (See characters section below). The dialogue contains many references to popular culture, with lyrics from numerous non-Queen songs and albums inserted into the text. These references are constantly changing, and according to writer Elton, this is to keep the show "fresh".[4] Songs that have been referenced include The Beatles' "Help!", "Strawberry Fields Forever", "Penny Lane", "Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds", "I Am the Walrus" and "Hello, Goodbye", Little Richard's "Tutti Fruitti" and "Long Tall Sally", the theme from The Wombles, The Goodies' "Funky Gibbon", Bruce Springsteen's "Born to Run", David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel" and "Space Oddity", The Wild Ones' "Wild Thing", Rolling Stones' "Honky Tonk Women", Bob Dylan's "Mr. Tambourine Man", ABBA's "Dancing Queen" and "Fernando", Oasis' "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", Eminem's "The Real Slim Shady", Spice Girls' "Wannabe", Elton John's "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", Black Lace's "Agadoo", The Clash's "Complete Control", Teletubbies and "Michael Jackson"

Special shows May often performs with the London production on special occasions such as anniversaries[59] and Freddie Mercury's birthday.[60] Hannah Jane Fox, who originated Scaramouche, was the last original principal cast member to remain with the show. She gave her final performance on 28 January 2006, four years after the musical opened at the Dominion Theatre, and the event was celebrated with May appearing on stage to perform the guitar solo during the "Bohemian Rhapsody" encore.[61] On 5 September 2006, the London show celebrated what would have been Freddie Mercury's 60th birthday. During the song "Don't Stop Me Now", ordinarily sung by Killer Queen, the band "McFly" (who were at #1 with the song on the singles charts the previous week) emerged onto the stage to sing it instead.[62] Brian May and Roger Taylor joined the encore, performing Taylor's "Say It's Not True" as a duo. Ben Elton also addressed the audience on this special occasion. The following week, tickets to the London show were sold from £19.46, Mercury's birth year. On 14 May 2007, the London show celebrated its fifth anniversary with a special show featuring both May and Taylor playing in the final section of the show. Writer Ben Elton also made an appearance to present a special plaque to the cast, May and Taylor. During the portion of the show based in Pop's bar, the line "But the Pub Landlord has a Bike" was followed by a cameo appearance of British comedian Al Murray, who came up through the stage on a motorcycle.[63] The London show's sixth anniversary performance was held on 21 May 2008, a week after its actual anniversary due to the unavailability of Brian May. For the first time since the show opened, the Killer Queen character performed the entire song "Don't Stop Me Now", a musical number which is normally interrupted by the Khashoggi character. This unique performance is acknowledged by Killer Queen's dialogue: "No, you didn't let me finish, you never let me finish. For six long years, night after night, week after week, year after year. Well, tonight, I'm going to finish." To which Khashoggi replied: "It's not in the script?" Additionally, May joined Killer Queen and the dancers on stage for the performance. After the encore, Elton made a thank you speech, after which the entire cast performed "The Show Must Go On", accompanied by May on guitar. The seventh anniversary of the London Show was celebrated on Monday 18 May 2009. The show contained a special appearance from Brian May and Ben Elton who emerged together in a cloud of smoke during the encore rendition of "Bohemian Rhapsody" with May playing guitar. As with the year before, Elton gave a thank you speech and the entire cast performed "The Show Must Go On", accompanied by May on guitar. On Saturday 12 September 2009 at the early matinee performance Brian May again emerged in a cloud of smoke playing the guitar in "Bohemian Rhapsody". What was the occasion for this appearance is not clear. He did the same

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Characters Galileo Figaro - The central character of the musical; a dreamer who hears strange words in his head. He is eventually revealed to be a reincarnation of Freddie Mercury. The character's name is a reference to the lyrics in the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody". Scaramouche – A sarcastic, cynical character and Galileo's love interest. In the finale she shows talent playing the electric guitar, and Galileo declares that she is a reincarnation of Brian May, only this time "he's a babe". The character's name is a reference to the lyrics in the Queen song "Bohemian Rhapsody". Killer Queen – The villain of the musical, she rules over Planet Mall with an iron fist. The character's name is a reference to the Queen song "Killer Queen". Brit (alternately Paris, Duff, Vic and J.B.) – Brit, short for Britney Spears, is the main male Bohemian rebel. In other productions, his name is either Paris (short for Paris Hilton), Duff (short for Hilary Duff), Vic (short for Victoria Beckham) or J.B. (short for Jeanette Biedermann). Meat (alternately Oz, Ozzy) – Meat, short for Meat Loaf, is the main female Bohemian. In some productions, the character is named Oz after Ozzy Osbourne. Commander Khashoggi – Killer Queen's second-in-command, he is head of Globalsoft's police and carries out Killer Queen's dirty work. The character's name is a reference to the Queen song "Khashoggi's Ship" (which is about the real life Saudi arms dealer Adnan Khashoggi). Pop (alternately Polo, Bap, DJ) – An elderly librarian trying to figure out the "exact date the music died", in some productions in love with Scaramouche, believed to be named after the creation of reality television talent shows (the example given varies depending on the production, but includes Popstars, Pop Idol, The X Factor, or the relevant regional variant). Probably named for Iggy Pop or simply a diminutive for "Grandfather". Other Bohemians – The other Bohemians have constantly changing names following media trends. These are usually music-related, and have included Paul McCartney, Bruce Springsteen, Robbie Williams, Beyoncé, Madonna, Amy Winehouse, Bob the Builder, Cheeky Fairy, Boy George, Cliff Richard, Spice Girls, Elton John, Jackson Five, Prince, Burton Cummings, John Farnham, Charlotte Church, Crazy Frog, Eddie Cochran, Avril Lavigne, Shania Twain, Lily Allen, Kelly Osbourne and Clay Aiken, Cheeky Girls, Kurt Cobain and recently Michael Jackson.

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Later in the London production, the "One Vision" sequence was changed to include Freddie Mercury's recorded vocals for the bridge. Previously, the bridge had been sung by the ensemble. In the original London production, "Fat-Bottomed Girls" was a short instrumental interlude prior to "Another One Bites the Dust". Subsequent international productions expanded the song into a full song and dance sequence. Due to the positive response, the change was transferred back to the London production. For the single-act Las Vegas production, "Who Wants to Live Forever" is replaced by "You're My Best Friend". For the Australasian tour and Canadian production, "Play the Game" is replaced by "Now I'm Here". For the revamped Canadian production, "One Vision" is removed. On special occasions, "The Show Must Go On" is added to the encore.[59] [63]

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Other media Recordings A cast recording of the original London production was released in November 2002.[64] Not all songs in the show were included in the album, the omitted tracks have been marked* in the above list. In August 2003, the London cast recording was given an Australian edition re-release, containing a bonus track of the original Australian Killer Queen, Annie Crummer, singing a studio version of "Another One Bites the Dust". In 2004, Kerry Ellis, who was the original Meat in the London production, worked with Brian May to record an instrumental studio version of "No One but You (Only the Good Die Young)". This version is available through the official Queen website and in Ellis' limited-release CD single titled Wicked in Rock.[65] [66]

The cover of the original London cast album, [4] featuring Tony Vincent.

A Madrid cast recording was released in 2004. The recording includes a bonus second disc containing an extended Spanish-translated studio version of "No-One But You" ("Solo Por Ti") sung by the original Meat, Eva María Cortés, and video clips of the original Madrid production. A Cologne cast recording was released in 2005. It is the only We Will Rock You cast recording to contain "Fat Bottomed Girls".

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Alana Bridgewater recorded version of Fat Bottomed Girl on her debut album "Horizon".

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Proposed film adaptation At the time of launching the musical, Robert de Niro referred to the possibility of a film version.[67] In a 2009 interview with the BBC, Brian May said that a film version was proposed, and that Ben Elton had written a full script with a "grittier" storyline. He emphasised that a lot more action can be included during the songs in a film than in a stage musical.[68] [69] [70]

Awards and nominations 2003 Olivier nominations • Best Performance in a Supporting Role in a Musical or Entertainment - Sharon D. Clarke 2003 Theatregoers' Choice Awards nominations[71] • • • • •

Best New Musical (WINNER) Best Actor in a Musical - Tony Vincent (WINNER) Best Actress in a Musical - Hannah Jane Fox (WINNER) Best Supporting Actress in a Musical - Sharon D. Clarke (WINNER) Best Director - Christopher Renshaw (WINNER)

2004 Helpmann Award nominations • • • • • • • • •

Best Musical Best Direction of a Musical - Ben Elton Best Choreography in a Musical - Arlene Phillips Best Male Actor in a Musical - Michael Falzon Best Female Actor in a Musical - Kate Hoolihan (WINNER) Best Male Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical - Robert Grubb (WINNER) Best Female Actor in a Supporting Role in a Musical - Amanda Harrison (WINNER) Best Music Direction - Mike Dixon, Brian May and Roger Taylor (WINNER) Best Sound Design - Bobby Aitken (WINNER)

2006 Naledi Theatre Awards nominations[72] [73] • • • • •

Best Performance in a Musical (Male) - Neels Calsen Best Performance in a Musical (Female) - Helen Burger Best Comedy Performance (Male) (Play, Musical or Revue) - Malcolm Terrey Best Musical Director / Score / Arrangement - Bryan Schimmel Best Theatre Sound Design - Mark Malherbe (WINNER)

2007 Dora Mavor Moore Awards nominations[74] • • • • • • • •

Outstanding Production of a Musical (WINNER) Outstanding Direction of a Musical - Ben Elton Outstanding Performance by a Male in a Principal Role (Musical) - Yvan Pedneault Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role (Musical) - Erica Peck Outstanding Costume Design - Tim Goodchild Outstanding Sound Design/Composition - Bobby Aitken Outstanding Musical Direction - Rick Fox Outstanding Choreography in a Play or Musical - Arlene Phillips

2010 Olivier Awards nominations • Audience Award for Most Popular Show [75] 2011 Olivier Awards nominations • BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award (WINNER) [76]

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[75] 2010 Nominations (http:/ / www. olivierawards. com/ about/ previous-winners/ view/ item110508/ Olivier-Winners-2010) - Olivier Awards [76] 2011 BBC Radio 2 Olivier Audience Award (http:/ / www. olivierawards. com/ nominations/ view/ item114066/ BBC-Radio-2-Olivier-Audience-Award) - Olivier Awards

External links • Official website (http://www.queenonline.com/wewillrockyou) • Official UK website (http://www.wewillrockyou.co.uk/) • Video: Brian May speaks about We Will Rock You (http://www.bbc.co.uk/mediaselector/check/wear/ realmedia/brianmay?size=16x9&bgc=C0C0C0&nbram=1&bbram=1)(requires Real Player)

The Cosmos Rocks The Cosmos Rocks

Studio album by Queen + Paul Rodgers Released

Germany, Austria: 12 September 2008 Europe: 15 September 2008 [1] Japan: 17 September 2008 US: 28 October 2008

Recorded

2006–2008, The Priory recording studio

Genre

Rock

Length

58:46

Label

Parlophone, Hollywood

Producer

Brian May Paul Rodgers Roger Taylor co-producers: Joshua J Macrae Justin Shirley Smith Kris Fredriksson Queen + Paul Rodgers chronology

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Return of the Champions (2005)

The Cosmos Rocks (2008)

Live in Ukraine (2009)

Singles from The Cosmos Rocks 1.

"Say It's Not True" Released: 31 December 2007

2.

"C-lebrity" Released: 8 September 2008

3.

"We Believe" Released: 8 September 2008 (promo single, Italy only)

The Cosmos Rocks is the debut studio album by Queen + Paul Rodgers released on 15 September 2008 in Europe and 28 October 2008 in North America.[2] It contains 14 new tracks written by Brian May, Paul Rodgers and Roger Taylor. This is the first studio album of new material from the two remaining members of Queen since 1995's Made in Heaven, and is the only studio collaboration to date with Paul Rodgers.[3] The album hit #5 in the UK and #1 in Estonia, where it stayed for ten weeks.

History The band entered Roger Taylor's Priory studio in late 2006 having completed the American leg of their world tour. Sessions were initially scheduled around Rodgers' other touring commitments. On the previous tour the band had debuted a new song, "Take Love", which did not make the album. Throughout the promotion for his solo tour, Rodgers' also debuted songs such as "Warboys", and "Voodoo". John Deacon's continued retirement meant that bass duties are shared between Rodgers and May. The first single, "Say It's Not True" was released nine months before the album was released. The second single, "C-lebrity" was previewed on Al Murray's Happy Hour in April, five months before the album was released. The album's release came 17 years after the death of Queen's lead singer, Freddie Mercury, in 1991.


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Financial Times

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Track listing All songs written and composed by Queen + Paul Rodgers. No. Title

Length

1. "Cosmos Rockin'" (Roger Taylor)

4:10

2. "Time to Shine" (Paul Rodgers)

4:23

3. "Still Burnin'" (Brian May)

4:04

4. "Small" (Taylor)

4:39

5. "Warboys" (Rodgers)

3:18

6. "We Believe" (May)

6:08

7. "Call Me" (Rodgers)

2:59

8. "Voodoo" (Rodgers)

4:27

9. "Some Things That Glitter" (May)

4:03

10. "C-lebrity" (Taylor)

3:38

11. "Through the Night" (Rodgers)

4:54

12. "Say It's Not True" (Taylor)

4:00

13. "Surf's Up... School's Out!" (Taylor)

5:38

14. "Small (Reprise)" (Taylor)

2:05

15. "Runaway" (Del Shannon/Max Crook, iTunes exclusive bonus track)

5:28

Limited edition bonus DVD (Super Live in Japan – Highlights) 1. "Reaching Out" (Hill/Black) 2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) 3. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) 4. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) 5. "Fire and Water" (Rodgers/Andy Fraser) 6. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) 7. "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (May) 8. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Queen) 9. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) 10. "Can’t Get Enough" (Mick Ralphs) 11. "I Was Born to Love You" (Mercury) 12. "All Right Now" (Rodgers/Fraser) 13. "We Will Rock You" (May) 14. "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) 15. "God Save the Queen" (Trad.) Note: The Japanese edition includes a CD audio version instead of the DVD.

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Song information Cosmos Rockin' This is a song dealing with partying and generally having a good time. Its working title was "Whole House Rockin'". May confirmed it was written by Taylor. Rodgers sings all the lead, with the chorus vocals dominated by Taylor. The introductory distortion is reminiscent of the 1985 hit "One Vision", and of the film dialogues from the beginning of the Flash Gordon album.

Time to Shine This track was written by Rodgers, according to an interview with the three of them published on May's website. It also features him singing all vocals.

Still Burnin' This song was written by May. It briefly samples the famous "stomp, stomp, clap" of the band's previous 1977 hit "We Will Rock You" from the album News of the World, also written by May. The song features Rodgers on lead vocals, coupled with Taylor who also sings during the 'call and response' style chorus. It is probable that Queen + Paul Rodgers recreated the 1-1-2 beat, as the sample does not sound identical to the 1977 version.

Small This song was written by Taylor, and is a commentary on nature.

Warboys "Warboys" was written by Rodgers as a protest song against war. It was given the subtitle "A Prayer for Peace" to make it clear as to what the intention of the song was. It was debuted as one of two new songs by Rodgers on his 2007 tour of Britain, although it was unclear whether this new song had been written for the then upcoming Queen + Paul Rodgers album. It first appeared on Rodgers' solo live album and DVD Live in Glasgow, and was later performed solely by Rodgers on acoustic guitar on a radio show after listeners called in to request something to be played from the new album. It was officially revealed as an album track in August 2008. It features Rodgers playing acoustic guitar, and also samples many rifle noises. Taylor also sings additional vocals on this track along with Rodgers' lead.

We Believe "We Believe" was written by May. It is the longest song on the album. It is mainly sung solely by Rodgers, but the end does feature singing from all three band members. An edited version of the song has been released as a promo single in Italy.

Call Me Written and sung solely by Rodgers, this song is a bluesy rocker. The vocals are a lighthearted take on love.

Voodoo Rodgers wrote this song and, like "Warboys", it debuted on his 2007 tour of the UK.

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Some Things That Glitter This love song/piano ballad was penned by May. The track features Rodgers on piano. An alternate version of the song is performed by stage actress and singer Kerry Ellis. It is featured on her debut album Anthems under the name of "I Loved a Butterfly". May produced the track and also contributed guitar.

C-lebrity Taylor wrote the song about obsession with instant stardom. It received its live debut on the series finale of ITV's Al Murray's Happy Hour. It was released as the second single from the album on 8 September 2008. Rodgers sings lead vocals, Taylor Hawkins of Foo Fighters sings additional backing vocals, and May plays bass guitar on the track. On 4 August 2008 the track was premiered for the first time on Ken Bruce's radio show on BBC Radio 2. The single reached #33 in the UK pop singles chart and #1 on the UK Rock Charts.

Through the Night Written by Rodgers, this song is about someone who believes their life is almost at an end, and asks the person they are in love with to help them through their hardship.

Say It's Not True "Say It's Not True" was originally written by Taylor for Nelson Mandela's 46664 anti-AIDS campaign, and was debuted at the November 2003 concert. It features Taylor, May and Rodgers on vocals. It was released as a single on New Year's Eve 2007, but despite the fact that all proceeds went to 46664, it only peaked at #90 in the UK charts.

Surf's Up... School's Out! Written by Taylor, this harks back to the old Roger Taylor-written songs about youth and rebellion. The song is sung as a duet between Rodgers and Taylor, and also features Rodgers playing harmonica (a skill showcased on several Paul Rodgers-era Bad Company songs, including "Oh, Atlanta" from 1979's Desolation Angels). It is also the only Queen song to feature this instrument.

Small Reprise This is a slower, shorter, mostly instrumental version of the earlier album track.

Runaway Originally written by Del Shannon and Max Crook and released as Shannon's hit debut single in 1961, this was originally planned to feature on the album but was later omitted, instead featuring as an iTunes store exclusive bonus track. The track was recorded during a jam session which lasted 12 minutes long but was later cut for the album.

Omitted tracks Take Love Believed to have been written by Rodgers, this song was debuted on the North American and Japanese legs of 2005/2006 Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour. The band attempted to record it for the album but could not quite get it to sound right, so they decided to leave it unrecorded.

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Singles Three singles were released from the album: • "Say It's Not True" was the lead single from the album, released in the UK on 31 December 2007; it reached #90 in the British charts although had been available as free download for some time. Its video features many clips of the suffering in South Africa as well as clips from Nelson Mandela's 46664 concerts. The single was released for the 46664 charity, with all proceeds being donated there. • "C-lebrity" was released as the album's second single on 8 September 2008, reaching #33 in the UK singles charts. Its B-side was a recording of "Fire and Water" live in Japan. • "We Believe" was released as a promo single in Italy, and reached #1 in th Virgin radio charts. It was edited down from its original 6 minute album version to a more manageable 3 minutes.

Critical reaction Cosmos Rocks received a Metacritic score of 42/100.[11] According to Metacritic, the Cosmos Rocks holds the 28th place in the 'worst-reviewed' albums list.[12] A review on website Pop and Rock gave it two out of five stars "the lyrics were stupid, trite, a bit offensive and bound to have an undermining effect on whatever musical efforts they put behind it".[13] Critic website Pop Matters gave it a largely positive review, stating "Paul Rodgers breathes new life into Queen, while still keeping the band's tremendous legacy intact as they soldier forth with new material into the 21st century". Pop Matters gave the Album a 70/100.[14] Mojo gave it a 60/100, stating "Occasionally they stumble, as on the clunky 'Warboys.' But with Rodgers' imperious, Queen's second coming is vindicated".[15]


Brian May – guitar, bass, vocals, keyboards, piano Paul Rodgers – lead vocals, bass, guitar, keyboards, harmonica Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, vocals, keyboards Taylor Hawkins – backing vocals on "C-lebrity"[16]

Charts Country

Charts

Sales

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10

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4

7

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Germany

4

7

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5

7

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United Kingdom 5

6

-

-

Italy

6

5

-

-

8

7

-

-

9

1

-

-

Austria

11

8

-

-

Hungary

15

1

-

-

15

2

-

-

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Switzerland

Netherlands Greece [17]

[17]

Finland

[17]

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7

-

-

18

8

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20

6

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24

1

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24

5

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25

1

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28

4

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Norway

31

1

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Canada

33

1

-

-

Japan

40

6

-

-

Malta

20

2

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United States

47

2

-

37,144

Ireland

47

1

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49

1

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Spain

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Denmark Sweden

Portugal

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France

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Australia

Formats • • • • •

Standard CD Special Edition CD and DVD Tour Edition (Queen Online only) Gatefold Vinyl iTunes Music Store edition

Tour The "Rock the Cosmos Tour" began in September 2008 to promote the release of this album. The opening date was recorded for a DVD release, and was broadcast across digital video theatres across the United States on 6 November 2008 under the title "Let the Cosmos Rock". The tour included one of the largest open air concerts in Kharkiv, Ukraine which garnered 350,000 people. Over the course of the tour, Queen played to just short of a million viewers.

External links • Queen Archives [18] – The Cosmos Rocks interviews and reviews

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References [1] EMI Music Japan (http:/ / www. emimusic. jp/ queen/ index_j. htm) [2] "New North American Release Date." queenonline.com, 15 August 2008 (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ qpr/ news/ 653) [3] "Queen plot return with new album." BBC, 20 March 2008 (http:/ / newsvote. bbc. co. uk/ 1/ hi/ entertainment/ 7306006. stm) [4] Classic Rock, October 2008. [5] http:/ / www. ft. com/ cms/ s/ 0/ 81b56d46-812d-11dd-82dd-000077b07658. html [6] http:/ / www. queencuttings. com/ dblog/ articolo. asp?articolo=406 [7] Record Collector, November 2008. [8] http:/ / www. rollingstone. com/ reviews/ album/ 23506959/ review/ 23589020/ the_cosmos_rocks?rating=3 [9] http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ music/ 2008/ sep/ 12/ popandrockreview. queen [10] Total Guitar, October 2008. [11] metacritic.com: Cosmos Rocks by Queen + Paul Rodgers (http:/ / www. metacritic. com/ music/ artists/ queenpluspaulrodgers/ cosmosrocks) [12] metacritic.com: Bottom 100 Scores: The Worst-Reviewed Albums (http:/ / www. metacritic. com/ music/ bests) [13] http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ music/ 2008/ sep/ 12/ popandrockreview. queen [14] http:/ / www. popmatters. com/ pm/ review/ queen-paul-rodgers-the-cosmos-rocks [15] http:/ / www. metacritic. com/ music/ artists/ queenpluspaulrodgers/ cosmosrocks [16] "Foo Fighters Taylor Hawkins Guests On Upcoming Queen + Paul Rodgers Album." Komodo Rock, 3 September 2008 (http:/ / www. komodorock. com/ new-releases/ cd-releases/ foo-fighters-taylor-hawkins-guests-on-upcoming-queen-+ -paul-rodgers-album-200809037288) [17] swisscharts.com. Queen + Paul Rodgers – The Cosmos Rocks (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=Queen+ + + Paul+ Rodgers& titel=The+ Cosmos+ Rocks& cat=a). Retrieved 21 January 2010. [18] http:/ / www. queenarchives. com/ index. php?title=The_Cosmos_Rocks_Press

• http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1003602379 • http://www.thewebisode.com/blog/2006/08/queen-to-record-new-studio-album.html

Five Live Five Live (EP)

EP by George Michael and Queen with Lisa Stansfield Released

19 April 1993

Recorded

April 1992

Genre

Pop rock, dance-pop

Length

28:46

Label

Hollywood (U.S./Canada) Parlophone (Rest of world)

Five Live

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Queen George Michael Roy Thomas Baker George Michael chronology

Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 1 (1990)

Five Live (EP) (1993)

Older (1996)

Queen chronology




Lisa Stansfield chronology

Real Love (1991)


So Natural (1993)


Rating [1]

Five Live, released in 1993, features five (in some countries, where it is considered to be a reduced-length long-playing album, six) tracks, performed by George Michael, Queen, and Lisa Stansfield. "Somebody to Love" and "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (both also available on video) were recorded at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held on 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium. All proceeds from the sale of the EP benefited the Mercury Phoenix Trust. Sales of the record were in fact very strong throughout Europe, where it debuted at Number One, in the UK Singles Chart, and several European countries, either considered as a single, an extended play, or an LP. Chart success in the U.S. was far less spectacular, but the EP still peaked at Number 30 on the Billboard 200. An edited shorter version of "Killer" and "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone," a live medley performed by Michael at the Wembley Arena, was released as a further independent single, in some territories only. The singer also shot a video for it, where he did not appear personally though (it was during the time when the artist refused to exploit his outward look, which he thought would distract the audience from the music, his main concern). The video was directed by Marcus Nispel. While "These Are the Days of Our Lives," played by Queen, is actually a duet between George Michael and Lisa Stansfield, the sixth optional track is represented by a short performance by Queen, entitled "Dear Friends," originally sung by Freddie Mercury himself. Recorded in 1974, this constitutes the one studio recording on the record. Usually, countries where the six-track work is distributed consider it to be as a short LP, whereas those where the five-track (hence, its title) work is available generally tend to see it as an EP or even (if "Killer/Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" was not marketed independently in those same territories) as a particularly long or content-rich single.

Five Live However, no matter its status, whether an EP, a short album or a long single, the work as a whole sold an estimated 5 million copies worldwide.

Track listing 1. "Somebody to Love" (Freddie Mercury) – 5:17 (U.S. #30) • Performed by Queen and George Michael 2. "Killer" (Adam Tinley/Seal-Henry Samuel) – 5:58 • Performed by George Michael 3. "Papa Was a Rollin' Stone" (Norman Whitfield/Barrett Strong) – 5:24 • Performed by George Michael 4. "These Are the Days of Our Lives" (Queen) – 4:43 • Performed by Queen, George Michael and Lisa Stansfield 5. "Calling You" (Bob Telson) – 6:17 • Performed by George Michael 6. "Dear Friends" (Brian May) – 1:07 (some releases only) • Performed by Queen (1974 studio recording) • Note: On some CD releases in the UK, tracks 2 and 3 are grouped together as one.

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Charts and certifications Charts

Certifications

Chart (1993)

Peak position


[2]

[2]

[2] [4]

France

Gold

Germany

Gold

[13] [14]

32

[15]

Netherlands

Platinum

Switzerland

Gold

United Kingdom

Gold

[16]

12

[5]

8

German Albums Chart

[6]

[7]

[17]

11 1

Irish Singles Chart


[8]


35 [2]

[2]

9


19

[9]

18

[2]

45


[2]

6

Swiss Albums Chart UK Singles Chart

Gold

2

Dutch Albums Chart

Spanish Albums Chart

[12]

Austria

2

Canadian RPM Top Albums

Hungarian Albums Chart

Certification

17

[3]

French Albums Chart

Country

[10]

1

[11]

46

US Billboard 200

Release details Country

Date

Label

Format

Catalog

The Netherlands

1993

EMI

CD

0777 7 89418 2 8

France

PM 517

References [1] Allmusic review (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ album/ r177656/ review) [2] Peak positions (http:/ / australian-charts. com/ showitem. asp?interpret=George+ Michael+ And+ Queen+ with+ Lisa+ Stansfield& titel=Five+ Live& cat=a). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [3] Top Albums/CDs - Volume 57, No. 18, 15 May 1993 (http:/ / www. collectionscanada. gc. ca/ rpm/ 028020-119. 01-e. php?brws_s=1& file_num=nlc008388. 1761& type=2& interval=24& PHPSESSID=j1iht2pthc1l2l46a8t2hqlbk3). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [4] Les "Charts Runs" de chaque Album Classé (http:/ / infodisc. fr/ Albums_ChartRun. php). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [5] Charts.de - George Michael And Queen with Lisa Stansfield - Five Live (http:/ / charts. de/ search. asp?search=five+ live& x=4& y=9& cat=a& country=de). Retrieved 1 June 2011.

Five Live [6] Hungarian Albums Chart (http:/ / www. mahasz. hu/ ?menu=slagerlistak& menu2=archivum& lista=top40& ev=1993& het=20& submit_=Keresés). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [7] The Irish Charts (http:/ / www. irishcharts. ie/ search/ placement). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [8] George Michael albums sales ranking (http:/ / www. oricon. co. jp/ prof/ artist/ 88084/ ranking/ cd_album/ ). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [9] Spanish Albums Chart (http:/ / afyvecharts. blogspot. com/ 2007/ 08/ 1993-albumes-1-parte. html). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [10] Top 75 Releases (http:/ / www. theofficialcharts. com/ artist/ _/ george michael/ ). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [11] Billboard albums (http:/ / www. allmusic. com/ artist/ george-michael-p4909/ charts-awards). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [12] Gold & Platin (http:/ / www. ifpi. at/ ?section=goldplatin). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [13] Les Certifications depuis 1973 (http:/ / infodisc. fr/ Certif_Album. php). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [14] Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (http:/ / www. musikindustrie. de/ gold_platin_datenbank/ ). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [15] Goud/Platina Muziek (http:/ / www. nvpi. nl/ nvpi/ pagina. asp?pagkey=60461). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [16] Awards 1993 (http:/ / swisscharts. com/ awards. asp?year=1993). Retrieved 4 May 2011. [17] Certified awards search (http:/ / www. bpi. co. uk/ certifiedawards/ search. aspx). Retrieved 3 May 2011.

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Live in Ukraine

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Live in Ukraine Live in Ukraine

Live album by Queen + Paul Rodgers Released

June 15, 2009 (CD & DVD)

Recorded

September 12, 2008 in Kharkiv

Genre

Rock

Length

120:26

Label

Parlophone (Europe) Hollywood Records (US)

Producer

Joshua J Macrae Justin Shirley Smith Kris Fredriksson Queen + Paul Rodgers chronology

The Cosmos Rocks (2008)


Queen + Paul Rodgers video chronology

Super Live in Japan (2006)


Live in Ukraine is a double live album and also last release by British rock band Queen + Paul Rodgers. It was recorded in September 2008 during the Rock the Cosmos Tour at Freedom Square in Kharkiv, Ukraine and was released on June 15, 2009. A companion DVD was also released.

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History Just weeks ahead of the start of the Rock the Cosmos Tour the band were approached to help Ukraine’s Elena Pinchuk AntiAids Foundation reach out to the youth of the country with this message: ‘Don’t Let AIDS Ruin Your Life”. The venue they played was Kharkiv’s historic Freedom Square, a place so big that during World War II it was used to land planes. For the band and crew it meant “Everyone had to run very fast, very suddenly, but then most of the great and worthwhile things in your life are a little dangerous.” Over 350,000 Ukrainians came to see them play and more than 10,000,000 (by conservatives estimates) homes watched the show live on television. In all, more than 20,000,000 took part in what the band recall as “an unforgettable experience… one of those rare things in life you know you will never forget. A meeting in music, but also a coming together to fight a common enemy…”

Track listing Disc 1 1. "One Vision" (John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, Roger Taylor) - 4:03 2. "Tie Your Mother Down" (May) - 2:29 3. "The Show Must Go On" (Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor) - 4:37 4. "Fat Bottomed Girls" (May) - 5:00 5. "Another One Bites the Dust" (Deacon) 3:35 6. "Hammer to Fall" (May) - 3:42 7. "I Want It All" (Deacon, May, Mercury, Taylor) - 4:10 8. "I Want to Break Free" (Deacon) - 3:55 9. "Seagull" (Paul Rodgers, Mick Ralphs) 4:50 10. "Love of My Life" (Mercury) - 5:45 • Lead vocals by May. 11. "'39" (May) - 4:37 • Lead vocals by May. 12. "Drum Solo" (Taylor) - 5:00 13. "I'm in Love with My Car" (Taylor) - 3:42 • Lead vocals by Taylor. 14. "Say It's Not True" (Taylor) - 4:02 • Lead vocals by Taylor, May & Rodgers.

Kharkiv's Freedom Square

Live in Ukraine

Disc 2 1. 2. 3. 4.

"Shooting Star" (Rodgers) - 6:21 "Bad Company" (Simon Kirke, Rodgers) - 5:36 "Guitar Solo" (May) - 3:58 "Bijou" (Queen) - 2:07

5. 6. 7. 8. 9.

• Lead vocals by Mercury (via tape) "Last Horizon" (May) - 4:32 "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (Mercury) - 4:04 "C-lebrity" (Taylor) - 3:52 "Feel Like Makin' Love" (Rodgers, Ralphs) - 6:45 "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Mercury) - 5:53

• 10. 11. 12. 13. 14.

Pre-recorded vocals by Mercury, with lead vocals by Rodgers. "Cosmos Rockin'" (Taylor) - 4:28 "All Right Now" (Andy Fraser, Rodgers) - 5:31 "We Will Rock You" (May) - 2:19 "We Are the Champions" (Mercury) - 2:59 "God Save the Queen" (Traditional, arr. May) - 2:05

Digital Download bonus track 1. "A Kind of Magic" (Taylor) - 5:43 2. "Radio Ga Ga" (Taylor) - 6:15

Personnel • Brian May: Guitars, arrangements, vocals. • Roger Taylor: Drums, percussion, vocals. • Paul Rodgers: Vocals, guitars, piano.

Additional personnel • Spike Edney: Keyboards, percussion, vocals. • Jamie Moses: Guitars, vocals. • Danny Miranda: Bass guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals.

Formats • • • •

DVD Amaray Box Limited Edition (2CD Album + DVD) Tin Box (2CD Album + DVD + T-shirt) Digital Download (Audio only)

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Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation (Russian Language) [1] Elena Pinchuk ANTIAIDS Foundation (English Language) [2] Concert Official Website - photo gallery etc (Russian Language) [3] The Mercury Phoenix Trust [1]

References [1] http:/ / www. antiaids. org [2] http:/ / www. antiaids. org/ en [3] http:/ / www. lifemustgoon. net/ press/ gallery

"You Are the Champion" You Are the Champion is a cover version of Queen's iconic We Are the Champions, which was originally written by Freddie Mercury in 1977. Often used during sporting events, especially for victory celebrations, a special version was recorded by Scorpions and Michael Kleitmann in honor of Michael Schumacher winning his seventh F1 Formula One Championship. The song was slightly re-written, most notably changing it from "We" to "You" which is naturally a reference to Schumacher. The version of the song was released as a single You Are the Champion (Homage to Michael Schumacher) on September 20, 2004 by SonyBMG. The song however did not become any notable hit, barely charting on the German Singles Chart, peaking at number 92. It was subsequently included on the album Stand Up For The Champion - Michael Schumacher which was released to his successful career when he decided to leave the Formula One Racing.

Tracklisting on the CD-single 1. You Are the Champion (3:31) 2. You Are The Champion (Instrumental) (3:31) 3. E Sara Perche (Spread Your Wings) (3:12) • Tracks 1-2 performed by Scorpions and Michael Kleitman • Track 3 performed by Michael Klietman

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Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour World tour by Queen + Paul Rodgers Start date

March 19, 2005

End date

May 25, 2006

Legs

5

Shows

66

Queen + Paul Rodgers tour chronology


Rock The Cosmos Tour (2008)

Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour was a world concert tour by Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor, joined by singer Paul Rodgers under the moniker of Queen + Paul Rodgers. The tour was Queen's first since the Magic Tour in 1986, and the death of lead singer Freddie Mercury in November 1991.[1] The band's drummer Roger Taylor commented; "We never thought we would tour again, Paul (Rodgers) came along by chance and we seemed to have a chemistry. Paul is just such a great singer. He's not trying to be Freddie."[1] Bassist John Deacon also did not take part due to his retirement in 1997, however he gave the enterprise his blessing.

History The origins of the collaboration came when Brian May played at the Fender Strat Pack concert in 2004. Now for the first time, he joined Paul Rodgers for a rendition of Free's classic, "All Right Now". After this Brian spoke of a chemistry between the two of them. Following this, Brian invited Paul to play with Queen at their induction to the UK Music Hall of Fame. Again citing a new excitement with Rodgers, the three announced they would tour in 2005. The tour originally was meant only to include Europe and the 46664 concerts of that year. However at the end of the European tour, some dates in the USA and Japan were added. In 2006, a full scale US tour was undertaken, with very poor attendance.

The show The stage design for the tour was minimal, lacking a large backing screen that would later be featured on the Rock The Cosmos Tour, and elaborate stage theatrics. A large 'B Stage' was constructed out from the main stage, into the audience which would frequently be used for acoustic performances by all the members of the band. The show began with the Eminem song "Lose Yourself" being played over the PA system, and a dance-theme remix of the Queen song It's A Beautiful Day. Toward the end of Lose Yourself, the guitar would join in from behind a large curtain which covered the band from view, before Rogers would appear singing a shortened version of the song "Reachin' Out". Thought by many fans to be a new song, it was a charity song that both Brian and Paul had played together on in the 1990's. Brian would appear after, playing the introductory riff to "Tie Your Mother Down", before the curtain fell and the band would perform the full song. The first segment of the concert consisted largely of Queen hits and some of Rogers' songs. To introduce "Fat Bottomed Girls", Brian would play the introductory riff from the earlier Queen song "White Man". Rogers often played a muted steel string guitar on "Crazy Little Thing Called Love". An acoustic section would follow, Taylor leaving the kit at times to sing "Say It's Not True" on the B-Stage, while Brian would play acoustic Queen songs

Queen + Paul Rodgers Tour such as "Love of My Life" and "39". A unique version of "Hammer To Fall" would be played, which featured a slower and mellower first verse sung by May and Rogers. The second half of the song would be played as a full band, depending on the condition of his voice, Rogers would also sing this section, or leave it to Taylor. Taylor would often play an intricate cover of Sandy Nelson drum instrumental "Let There Be Drums", followed by a performance of "I'm In Love With My Car", with Taylor taking lead vocals and the drum parts. A guitar solo by May would follow, with a band instrumental of "Last Horizon" playing, in which a large mirror ball was used. During the second half of the concert, Taylor would leave the kit to sing "These Are The Days Of Our Lives", with a screen playing nostalgic footage, including shots of the band on their early tours in Japan. "Radio GaGa" would follow, with Taylor singing the first and second verses, with drum samples from the studio version controlled by Edney. Rogers would take the rest of the song, with Taylor playing live drums for the rest of the song. During "Bohemian Rhapsody", Freddie's vocal and piano part, along with video footage from Queen's 1986 show at Wembley Stadium would be used, while the rest of the band would play live music. After the operatic section, Rogers would sing the heavy part, while the closing lines of the song would be an interchanging duet between Rogers and Mercury. The song would end with Mercury taking a bow to the crowd, and the band would leave the stage. For the encore, a largely rigid line up of "The Show Must Go On", "All Right Now", "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions" would be played, before the band would leave the stage, Taylor throwing his drumsticks into the audience.

Setlist 2005 1. Lose Yourself [tape] 2. Reachin' Out 3. Tie Your Mother Down 4. I Want to Break Free 5. Fat Bottomed Girls 6. Wishing Well 7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 8. Say It's Not True 9. '39 10. Love of My Life 11. Long Away (1 Verse) 12. Imagine (Hyde Park only) 13. Hammer to Fall (slow/fast) 14. Feel Like Makin' Love 15. Let There Be Drums 16. I'm in Love With My Car 17. Brighton Rock Solo 18. Last Horizon 19. These Are the Days of Our Lives 20. Radio Ga Ga 21. Can't Get Enough 22. A Kind Of Magic 23. I Want It All 24. Bohemian Rhapsody Encore:

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Another One Bites The Dust All Right Now We Will Rock You We Are the Champions God Save the Queen [tape]

Other songs • Little Bit of Love (first six concerts) • Seagull (first six concerts) • Fire and Water (Belfast, Dublin and Tokyo)

Queen + Paul Rodgers performing at Cologne on July 6, 2005 during their European Leg

2006 1. Lose Yourself [tape] 2. Reachin' Out 3. Tie Your Mother Down 4. Fat Bottomed Girls 5. Can't Get Enough 6. Take Love 7. Crazy Little Thing Called Love 8. Love of My Life 9. Hammer to Fall fast 10. Feel Like Makin' Love 11. Let There Be Drums 12. I'm in Love With My Car 13. Guitar solo 14. Last Horizon 15. Bad Company 16. 17. 18. 19.

Another One Bites The Dust These Are the Days of Our Lives Radio Ga Ga Under Pressure

20. The Show Must Go On 21. Bohemian Rhapsody

Brian May performing during the tour.


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Encore: 1. 2. 3. 4.

We Will Rock You All Right Now We Are the Champions God Save the Queen [tape]

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

Africa March 19, 2005

George

South Africa

Fancourt

Europe March 28, 2005

London

United Kingdom

Brixton Academy

March 30, 2005

Paris

France

Le Zenith

April 1, 2005

Madrid

Spain

Palacio de Deportes

April 2, 2005

Barcelona

April 4, 2005

Rome

April 5, 2005

Milan

Datch Forum di Assago

April 7, 2005

Florence

Nelson Mandela Forum

April 8, 2005

Pesaro

BPA Palas

April 10, 2005

Basel

Switzerland

St. Jakobshalle

April 13, 2005

Vienna

Austria

Stadthalle

April 14, 2005

Munich

Germany

Olympiahalle

April 16, 2005

Prague

Czech Republic

Sazka Arena

April 17, 2005

Leipzig

Germany

Leipzig Arena

April 19, 2005

Frankfurt

April 20, 2005

Antwerpen

Belgium

Sportpaleis

April 23, 2005

Budapest

Hungary

Budapest Sports Arena

April 25, 2005

Dortmund

Germany

Westfalenhalle

April 26, 2005

Rotterdam

The Netherlands

Ahoy Hall

April 28, 2005

Hamburg

Germany

Color Line Arena

April 30, 2005

Stockholm

Sweden

Globen

May 3, 2005

Newcastle

United Kingdom

Metro Radio Arena

May 4, 2005

Manchester

MEN Arena

May 6, 2005

Birmingham

NEC Arena

May 7, 2005

Cardiff

Cardiff International Arena

May 9, 2005

Sheffield

Hallam FM Arena

May 11, 2005

London

Wembley Arena

May 13, 2005

Belfast

Northern Ireland

Odyssey Arena

May 14, 2005

Dublin

Ireland

Point Theatre

Palau Sant Jordi Italy

Palalottomatica

Festhalle


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Lisbon

Portugal

Estádio do Restelo

July 6, 2005

Cologne

Germany

Rhein-Energie Stadion

July 10, 2005

Arnhem

The Netherlands

Gelredome

July 15, 2005

London

United Kingdom

Hyde Park

Central America October 8, 2005

Oranjestad

Aruba

Aruba Entertainment Center

North America October 16, 2005

East Rutherford

October 22, 2005

Los Angeles

United States

Continental Airlines Arena Hollywood Bowl

Asia October 26, 2005

Saitama

Japan

Saitama Super Arena

October 27, 2005 October 29, 2005

Yokohama

Yokohama Arena

November 1, 2005

Nagoya

Nagoya Dome

November 3, 2005

Fukuoka

Fukuoka Dome

October 30, 2005

North America March 3, 2006

Miami

United States

American Airlines Arena

March 4, 2006

Jacksonville

Veterans Memorial Arena

March 7, 2006

Duluth

Gwinnett Center

March 8, 2006

Washington, D.C.

MCI Center

March 10, 2006

Worcester

DCU Center

March 12, 2006

Uniondale

Nassau Coliseum

March 14, 2006

Philadelphia

Wachovia Spectrum

March 16, 2006

Toronto

Canada

Air Canada Centre

March 17, 2006

Buffalo

United States

HSBC Arena

March 20, 2006

Pittsburgh

Mellon Arena

March 21, 2006

Cleveland

Quicken Loans Arena

March 23, 2006

Rosemont

Allstate Arena

March 24, 2006

Auburn Hills

Palace of Auburn Hills

March 26, 2006

St. Paul

Xcel Energy Center

March 27, 2006

Milwaukee

Bradley Center

March 31, 2006

Glendale

Glendale Arena

April 1, 2006

San Diego

Cox Arena

April 3, 2006

Anaheim

Arrowhead Pond

April 5, 2006

San Jose

HP Pavilion Center

April 7, 2006

Las Vegas

MGM Grand Arena

April 10, 2006

Seattle

Key Arena

April 11, 2006

Portland

Rose Garden Arena


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Vancouver

Canada

Pacific Coliseum

May 25, 2006

Las Vegas

United States

Mandalay Bay Events Center

Personnel • Brian May – Lead Guitar, Vocals • Roger Taylor – drums, percussion, Vocals • Paul Rodgers – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano

Additional Live Personnel • Spike Edney – keyboards, Backing Vocals • Danny Miranda – Bass Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals • Jamie Moses – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals

References [1] Queen most loved band (http:/ / www. guardian. co. uk/ uk/ 2005/ jul/ 05/ arts. artsnews1) The Guardian. Retrieved 3 August 2011

External links • Queen Concerts (http://www.queenconcerts.com/live/queen/paul.html) • Queen + Paul Rodgers official site (http://www.queenonline.com)


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The Cosmos Rocks

Start date

12 September 2008

End date

29 November 2008

Legs

2

Shows

40

Queen + Paul Rodgers tour chronology


Rock The Cosmos Tour (2008)

The Rock The Cosmos Tour was the second and last concert tour by Queen + Paul Rodgers, promoting their first and only studio album "The Cosmos Rocks". The opening date was recorded for a DVD release.[1] which was released on 15 June 2009. The tour included one of the largest open air concerts in Kharkiv, Ukraine which garnered 350,000 people. Over the course of the tour, they played to just short of one million viewers.[2]

Setlist Main set 1. "Cosmos Rockin'/Surf's Up...School's Out!" [intro tape] 2. One Vision 3. "Tie Your Mother Down" 4. The Show Must Go On 5. "Fat Bottomed Girls" 6. "Another One Bites the Dust" 7. "Hammer to Fall" 8. "I Want It All" 9. "I Want to Break Free" 10. "Seagull" (Paul Rodgers solo) 11. "Love of My Life" 12. "'39" 13. "Bass Solo" (Danny Miranda + Roger Taylor) 14. "Drum Solo" (building the drum kit) 15. "I'm In Love With My Car" 16. "Say It's Not True" 17. "Bad Company" 18. "We Believe" 19. "Guitar Solo" 20. "Bijou" (with Freddie Mercury studio vocals) 21. "Last Horizon"


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22. "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" 23. C-lebrity 24. Feel Like Makin' Love 25. Radio Ga Ga 26. "Bohemian Rhapsody" (Pre-recorded vocals and piano part by Freddie Mercury - taken from Queen's 1981 Queen Rock Montreal DVD, with lead vocals by Paul Rodgers for the hard rock section. Rodgers then duetted with the Montreal recording of Mercury for the "outro" section, which then allowed the audience to sing the final "Nothing really matters to me" line before Rodgers repeated it in a slightly varied way. The final (original studio vocal line) "Any way the wind blows" line was then heard while Mercury took a bow for the crowd on the big screen. Spike Edney played the "outro" piano part) Encores: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5.

"Cosmos Rockin'" "All Right Now" "We Will Rock You" "We Are the Champions" "God Save the Queen" [tape]

Other songs • • • • • • • • • • • •

"Wishing Well" (Kharkiv, Moscow) "Shooting Star" (Kharkiv, Moscow) "Warboys" (Moscow, Riga, Berlin) "Time to Shine" (Antwerp) "The Stealer" (Zurich) "Las Palabras de Amor" (Madrid, Santiago, Buenos Aires) "Tavaszi Szel" (Budapest) "Blue Danube Waltz" (Vienna) "Voodoo" (Newcastle, Manchester, London, Dubai, Santiago) "Maybe It's Because I'm a Londoner" (London) "Under Pressure" (Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Rio) "Keep Yourself Alive Instrumental (London)

Tour dates Date

City

Country

Venue

12 September 2008

Kharkiv

Ukraine

Freedom Square

15 September 2008

Moscow

Russia

Olympic Arena

19 September 2008

Riga

Latvia

Arena Riga

21 September 2008

Berlin

Germany

Berlin Velodrom

23 September 2008

Antwerp

Belgium

Sportpaleis Merksem

24 September 2008

Paris

France

Palais Omnisports de Paris-Bercy

26 September 2008

Rome

Italy

Palalottomatica

28 September 2008

Milan

29 September 2008

Zurich

16 September 2008

Datchforum Switzerland

Hallenstadion


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Munich

Germany

2 October 2008

Mannheim

SAP Arena

4 October 2008

Hannover

TUI Arena

5 October 2008

Hamburg

Color Line Arena

7 October 2008

Rotterdam

Netherlands

Ahoy Rotterdam

8 October 2008

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Rockhal

10 October 2008

Nottingham

United Kingdom

Nottingham Arena

11 October 2008

Glasgow

S.E.C.C. Arena

13 October 2008

London

O2 Arena

14 October 2008

Cardiff

Cardiff International Arena

16 October 2008

Birmingham

National Indoor Arena

18 October 2008

Liverpool

Echo Arena

19 October 2008

Sheffield

Sheffield Arena

22 October 2008

Barcelona

24 October 2008

Murcia

Estadio La Condomina

25 October 2008

Madrid

Palacio de los Deportes

28 October 2008

Budapest

Hungary

Budapest Sports Arena

29 October 2008

Belgrade

Serbia

Belgrade Arena

31 October 2008

Prague

Czech Republic

O2 Arena

1 November 2008

Vienna

Austria

Wiener Stadthalle

4 November 2008

Newcastle upon Tyne

United Kingdom

Metro Radio Arena

5 November 2008

Manchester

MEN Arena

7 November 2008

London

O2 Arena

Spain

8 November 2008

Olympiahalle

Palau Sant Jordi

Wembley Arena

14 November 2008

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Dubai Festival City

19 November 2008

Santiago

Chile

Estadio San Carlos de Apoquindo

21 November 2008

Buenos Aires

Argentina


26 November 2008

São Paulo

Brazil

Via Funchal


Rio de Janeiro

HSBC Arena


Personnel • • • • • • •

Brian May – Lead Guitar, Vocals Roger Taylor – Drums, Percussion, Vocals Paul Rodgers – Lead Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Harmonica Freddie Mercury – Pre-recorded Lead Vocals Spike Edney – Synthesizer, Piano, Keytar, Accordion, Backing Vocals Danny Miranda – Bass Guitar, Electric Upright Bass, Backing Vocals Jamie Moses – Rhythm Guitar, Backing Vocals, Electric Upright Bass on "Bass Solo" (Cardiff & Birmingham gigs only) • Neil Murray (replacing Danny Miranda In Cardiff & Birmingham) - Bass Guitar, Electric Upright Bass on "'39" • Al Murray was a guest at the first O2 gig and sang "Cosmos Rockin'" with Paul. • Former Prime Minister of Latvia Ivars Godmanis was a guest in Riga playing the drums on "All Right Now", with Taylor on tambourine.[3] [4]

References [1] http:/ / queentour2005wegotitat. blogspot. com/ 2008/ 08/ 12-sep-08-kharkov-concert-will-be. html [2] http:/ / www. queenconcerts. com/ live/ current-tour. html [3] "Queen + Ivars Godmanis" (http:/ / www. queenonline. com/ qpr/ news/ 734/ ). Queen Productions. 22 September 2008. . Retrieved 2009-11-04. [4] "Queen News September 2008" (http:/ / www. brianmay. com/ queen/ queennews/ queennewssep08c. html). Brianmay.com. . Retrieved 2009-11-04.

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Concert for Kampuchea The Concert for Kampuchea

DVD cover of The Concert for Kampuchea Directed by

Keith McMillan

Produced by

Bob Mercer

Starring

Wings The Clash Elvis Costello The Pretenders Ian Dury Rockpile feat. Robert Plant Queen The Specials The Who

Cinematography Anthony Richmond Distributed by

Almi Cinema 5

Release date(s)

August, 1980

Running time

90 min.

Language

English

The Concert for Kampuchea (subtitled "Rock for Kampuchea") is a musical film from the best of the Concerts for the People of Kampuchea. The film was directed by Keith McMillan and was 4 nights of concerts in Hammersmith Odeon to raise money for the victims of Pol Pot's reign of terror in Cambodia. The event was organized by Paul McCartney and Kurt Waldheim (who was then Secretary-General of the U.N.), and it involved well-established artists such as McCartney, The Who and Queen as well as younger punk and new wave acts like The Clash and the Pretenders. The film finishes with the presentation of Wings' Rockestra (more of 25 musicians playing together). Filmed in 1979, Concert for Kampuchea did not receive American theatrical distribution until it was picked up by Miramax in 1981.


Availability The concert was recorded and released as a double LP. It has yet to be released in digital format.

Track listing • Opening commentary by David A Lee, crabby • Performed by Queen: Now I'm Here Cumquat Serenade by Dave Lee '39 • Performed by Matumbi: Guide Us Jah (In Your Own Way) • Performed by The Clash: Armagideon Time • Performed by The Pretenders: The Wait • Performed by Wings: Got To Get You Into My Life Getting Closer Every Night Arrow Through Me Coming Up • Performed by The Specials: Monkey Man • Performed by Elvis Costello & The Attractions: The Imposter • Performed by Rockpile Crawling From The Wreckage Little Sister (with Robert Plant) • Performed by Ian Dury & The Blockheads: Sweet Gene Vincent Hit Me With Your Rhythm Stick • Performed by The Who: • Performed by Billy Connolly: Introduction to the Rockestra • Performed by the Rockestra: Lucille Let It Be Rockestra Theme

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External links • The Concert for Kampuchea [1] at the Internet Movie Database • The Concert for Kampuchea [2] at Allmovie.

References [1] http:/ / www. imdb. com/ title/ tt0162254/ [2] http:/ / www. allmovie. com/ cg/ avg. dll?p=avg& sql=1:124587~T0

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Super Live in Japan

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Super Live in Japan Super Live in Japan

Video by Queen + Paul Rodgers Released

April 28, 2006 (Japan only)

Genre

Rock

Label

EMI Music Japan

Producer

Simon Lupton Queen + Paul Rodgers video chronology

Return of the Champions (2005)

Super Live in Japan (2006)


Super Live in Japan is a DVD by Queen + Paul Rodgers, capturing the performances in Saitama Super Arena in Japan on 27 October 2005 from their world tour, featuring songs from both Queen and Rodgers' catalogues. 15 of these songs will become available on DVD to the rest of the world as a Bonus DVD for the new Queen + Paul Rodgers studio album The Cosmos Rocks. The songs are marked as such: *. Fire and Water will be released on the digital single for C-lebrity, and Fire and Water and The Show Must Go On will be available to download on the C-lebrity iTunes exclusive single.

Super Live in Japan

Disc one Lead vocals by Paul Rodgers, except where noted. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

Reaching Out* Tie Your Mother Down* Fat Bottomed Girls* Another One Bites the Dust* Fire and Water* Crazy Little Thing Called Love* Say It's Not True

• Lead vocals: Roger Taylor 8. '39 • Lead vocals: Brian May 9. Love of My Life • Lead vocals: Brian May 10. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)* • Lead vocals: Brian May and Paul Rodgers 11. 12. 13. 14.

Hammer to Fall Feel Like Makin' Love Let There Be Drums I'm in Love With My Car

• 15. 16. 17.

Lead vocals: Roger Taylor Guitar Solo Last Horizon These Are the Days of Our Lives*

• Lead vocals: Roger Taylor 18. Radio Ga Ga* • 19. 20. 21. 22. 23.

Lead vocals: Roger Taylor and Paul Rodgers Can't Get Enough* A Kind Of Magic Wishing Well I Want It All Bohemian Rhapsody

• Lead vocals: Freddie Mercury (pre-recorded) and Paul Rodgers 24. I Was Born to Love You* • 25. 26. 27. 28. 29.

Lead vocals: Brian May and Roger Taylor The Show Must Go On All Right Now* We Will Rock You* We Are the Champions* God Save the Queen (tape)*

DVD produced by Simon Lupton. Audio for DVD produced by Justin Shirley-Smith & Kris Fredriksson.

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Super Live in Japan

Disc two The Second Disc contains a Queen + Paul Rodgers documentary shot in Budapest.

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RB30DE, Rich Farmbrough, Rock'N'More, Scapp70, TenPoundHammer, ToonIsALoon, 29 anonymous edits Queen at Wembley Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=460493524 Contributors: After Midnight, Ahoerstemeier, Batfacedcheek76, Bostonian Mike, Bruce1ee, Bustermerryfield, C777, Candyfloss, Cnwb, Craptacular, Discospinster, DuncanHill, Floydgeo, Formina Sage, GirlStickBoy, GoingBatty, Gustav Lindwall, Headbomb, Hpmachine, Ilse@, Isrightla, Jogers, Jon Harald Søby, Lorian, MarinStoikov, Mchl, Miketm, Mtmtmt, NeutoAisi, Nyeguy, Peaceray, Rapsar, Red dwarf, Rock'N'More, Ron2, Scc73, Seve76, Sjones23, Spiby, Stonerose84, TenPoundHammer, The JPS, TheCoffee, Tim!, Ultramandk, VovanA, WOSlinker, Wombat0121, Ywmpq205, Zone46, 66 anonymous edits Greatest Video Hits 2 Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=453975669 Contributors: 66richardson, Anger22, Bustermerryfield, Candyfloss, Craptacular, DuncanHill, Ericorbit, Floydgeo, HUR, Jogers, JustAGal, MarnetteD, Miketm, Mtmtmt, Nerd 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