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"Killer Queen" (30 second sample (help·
info)) is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was their breakthrough hit, reaching #2 in the UK in early 1975. The song was taken from Queen's 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack, and was written by pianist and lead singer Freddie Mercury. It was released as a Double A-side, along with "Flick of the Wrist". Image File history File links Killer3cdfront. ...
A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ...
For the Queen song of the same name, see News of the World (album). ...
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For the Queen song of the same name, see News of the World (album). ...
is the 284th day of the year (285th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ...
Year 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. ...
A gramophone record, (also phonograph record - often simply record) is an analog sound recording medium: a flat disc rotating at a constant angular velocity, with inscribed spiral grooves in which a stylus or needle rides. ...
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Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ...
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Queen are an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist Brian May, singer Freddie Mercury and drummer Roger Taylor, with bassist John Deacon joining the following year. ...
For the Queen song of the same name, see News of the World (album). ...
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ...
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Mercury commented that the influences he received for the track included early Beatles records, Beach Boys and (lyrically) Noel Coward. He wrote the lyrics first before adding the complex musical arrangements. The recording features elaborate 4-part vocal harmonies (particularly in the choruses, and also providing backing parts in the verses), and also an elaborate multitracked guitar solo by Brian May. The White Album, see The Beatles (album). ...
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Recording sessions
Instead of using a grand piano as he used to, Freddie Mercury recorded the song with an upright (credited as "jangle piano"), in order to give the track a vaudeville sound. Besides piano, bass, drums, and guitar, there are several percussion instruments such as bike horn and bell tree. [citation needed] This article does not cite any references or sources. ...
A bell tree is a percussion instrument, consisting of vertically nested metal bowls. ...
Queen on the record Freddie Mercury[1]: | “ | 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. | ” | 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 craftsmanlike 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 say? It's vintage Queen. The first time I heard Freddie playing that song, I was lying in my room in Rockfield [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. | ” | Rockfield Studios, near Monmouth in South Wales and just outside the village of Rockfield, are where many of British rock music’s most successful recordings have been made. ...
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Live recordings Live Killers is a double vinyl and compact disc live album by English rock band Queen released on June 26, 1979. ...
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Cover versions - Travis covered the song for their 2001 single Sing.
- Sum 41 performed a tribute to this song on Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen (2005).
- Panic! at the Disco covered the song as part of their live set during the Nothing Rhymes with Circus tour. As of 2006, bootleg videos from the tour featuring the song were available on the video sharing website YouTube.
- Most recently, Rock Star: Supernova Runner-up Dilana released the song as a single in October 2007.
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Sing is the lead single from Travis third studio album, The Invisible Band. ...
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Dilana Robichaux is a singer, songwriter, and performer who lives in Los Angeles, California. ...
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is a song written by Freddie Mercury and originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. ...
Freddie Mercury (born Farrokh Bulsara; 5 September 1946 – 24 November 1991) was a British musician, best known as the lead singer of the rock band Queen (inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001). ...
Links - YouTube – 1974 Video
- Killer Queen – The Official Signed Limited Edition Book
References - ^ NME, 2 November 1974 (Queen Archives)
- ^ The list
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