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"Action This Day" is a song written by Roger Taylor for the English rock group Queen. The song is sung by both Roger Taylor and Freddie Mercury. It was featured on the Queen album Hot Space in 1982.The song 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 synthesizer solo, played by producer Mack on an Oberheim OBX-a. "Action This Day" takes its title from a Winston Churchill catchphrase that the statesman would attach to urgent documents, and recapitulates the "people on streets" theme of social awareness that Taylor espoused in many of his songs. The band performed "Action This Day" live on the Hot Space tour in a more conventional arrangement, replacing the drum machine and bass synth with a rock rhythm section. Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Hot Space is an album by English rock band Queen, released in 1982. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: God Save the King/Queen Capital London (de facto) Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2006 est. ... Queen are an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Roger Taylor, and the late Freddie Mercury from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Freddie Mercury (5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British-Indian rock musician, best known as the lead singer and pianist of the English rock band Queen. ... Queen are an English rock band, formed in 1970 in London by Brian May, Roger Taylor, and the late Freddie Mercury from the remains of Smile, with John Deacon completing the lineup the following year. ... Hot Space is an album by English rock band Queen, released in 1982. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... A Boss DR-202 Drum Machine A drum machine is an electronic musical instrument designed to imitate the sound of drums and/or other percussion instruments. ... A synthesizer (or synthesiser) is an electronic musical instrument designed to produce electronically generated sound, using techniques such as additive, subtractive, FM, physical modelling synthesis, phase distortion, or Scanned synthesis. ... Oberheim Electronics is a company, founded in 1973 by Tom Oberheim (a former design engineer at Maestro), which manufactured audio synthesizers and a variety of other electronic musical instruments. ... Sir Winston Leonard Spencer-Churchill, KG, OM, CH, TD, FRS, PC (Can) (30 November 1874 – 24 January 1965) was an English statesman, soldier, and author, best known as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom during the Second World War. ...

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