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Encyclopedia > Fat Bottomed Girls
"Fat Bottomed Girls"
"Fat Bottomed Girls" cover
Single by Queen
from the album Jazz
Released October 13, 1978
Format 7"
Recorded 1978
Genre Rock/Hard rock
Length
  • 4:16 (Album Version)
  • 3:22 (Single Edit)
Label EMI, Elektra
Writer(s) Brian May
Producer(s) Queen and Roy Thomas Baker
Chart positions
  • #11 (UK)
  • #24 (US)
Queen singles chronology
"It's Late"
(1978)
Fat Bottomed Girls" / "Bicycle Race"
(1978)
"Don't Stop Me Now"
(1979)

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Vocal arrangement was quite different in studio and live versions. Live, the lead voice during the chorus was sung by Freddie Mercury and harmonised by a higher part (Roger Taylor) and a lower one (Brian May). In the studio version, there wasn't a higher harmony but instead the lead voice was on top and it was done by May, having Mercury doing the harmony. Therefore, the album and single versions are actually a duet between Mercury and May. 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, one of UKs biggest selling bands. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...


The studio version contains Brian May's most (in)famous recording mistake, when he hit a G/F dissonance during the break (before the third verse). This is the result of playing a regular G voicing with the dropped 6th string (D) of the alternate tuning. In music, a consonance (Latin consonare, sounding together) is a harmony, chord, or interval considered stable, as opposed to a dissonance, which is considered unstable. ... In popular music a break is an instrumental or percussion section or interlude during a song derived from or related to stop-time – being a break from the main parts of the song or piece. ...


The single version (which can be found on Greatest Hits) omits the extended guitar interludes between the verses. Greatest Hits [Elektra] is a 1981 Queen compilation. ...


It was released as a Double-A side with the song "Bicycle Race" and includes the line "Get on your bikes and ride." Bicycle Race is a hit single for the English rock band Queen. ...


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Contents

Live recordings

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Cover versions

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Trivia

  • The song was also played during a surgery on episode 40 of Nip/Tuck (2005).
  • This song was also featured during an episode of "My Name is Earl" (2007)

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External links

Queen
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Live performances | Songs
Discography
Studio albums: Queen | Queen II | Sheer Heart Attack | A Night at the Opera | A Day at the Races | News of the World | Jazz | The Game | Flash Gordon | Hot Space | The Works | A Kind of Magic | The Miracle | Innuendo | Made in Heaven
Live albums: Live Killers | Live Magic | Live at Wembley '86 | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions
Compilation albums: Greatest Hits | At the Beeb | Greatest Hits II | Classic Queen | Queen Rocks | Greatest Hits III | Stone Cold Classics
Videography
We Will Rock You | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert | Greatest Video Hits 1 | Live at Wembley Stadium | Greatest Video Hits 2 | We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions | Super Live in Japan
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