You're My Best Friend is a song penned by John Deacon and performed by Queen. It was originally included on the A Night At The Opera album in 1975, and later released as a single. This song also appeared on the Greatest Hits (1981) album. Image File history File links YoureMyBestFriendYugoslavia. ... A collection of various CD singles In music, a single is a short recording of one or more separate tracks. ... This article is becoming very long. ... A Night at the Opera is a rock album by English band Queen originally released in 1975. ... May 18 is the 138th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (139th in leap years). ... 1976 (MCMLXXVI) was a leap year starting on Thursday. ... 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. ... 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A music genre is a category (or genre) of pieces of music that share a certain style or basic musical language (van der Merwe 1989, p. ... Rock is a form of popular music from the late 20th century which typically features a vocal melody (often with vocal harmony) that is supported by accompaniment of electric guitars, a bass guitar, and drums, often with a strong back beat. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The EMI Group is a major record label, based in Kensington in London, in the United Kingdom. ... Elektra Records is an American record label owned by Warner Music Group, and today operates under Atlantic Records Group. ... A songwriter is someone who writes the lyrics to songs, the musical composition or melody to songs, or both. ... John Richard Deacon was the bassist for the rock band Queen. ... In the music industry, a record producer (or music producer) has many roles, among them controlling the recording sessions, coaching and guiding the performers, and supervising the recording, mixing and mastering processes. ... Roy Thomas Baker is a English record producer who helped create a number of extremely popular pop and rock records in the 1970s and 1980s. ... This article is becoming very long. ... A record chart, also known as a music chart, is a method of ranking music according to popularity during a given period of time. ... United States is the current Good Article Collaboration of the week! Please help to improve this article to the highest of standards. ... This article is becoming very long. ... Bohemian Rhapsody is a song written by Freddie Mercury, originally recorded by the band Queen for their 1975 album A Night at the Opera. ... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... John Richard Deacon was the bassist for the rock band Queen. ... This article is becoming very long. ... A Night at the Opera is a rock album by British band Queen originally released in 1975. ... Greatest Hits [Elektra] is a 1981 Queen compilation. ...

It was written for his wife, Veronica. In this song John Deacon plays a Wurlitzer electric piano in addition to bass guitar. The characteristic 'bark' of the Wurlitzer's bass notes plays a prominent role in the song. The Rudolph Wurlitzer Company, usually referred to simply as Wurlitzer, is an American company, formerly a producer of Stringed instruments, Woodwind, Brass instruments, theatre organs, band organs (orchestrions) and jukeboxes. ... An electric piano (e-piano) is an electric musical instrument whose popularity was at its greatest during the 1960s and 1970s. ...

John Deacon: 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

Freddie Mercury: 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

John Richard Deacon was the bassist for the rock band Queen. ... Freddie Mercury (September 5, 1946 – November 24, 1991) was a rock musician. ...

In popular culture

• The song was featured in a 2000 episode of That '70s Show entitled "Hyde's Father".
• The song was featured at the end of the Simpsons episode "Moe Baby Blues" in 2003.
• The song was featured in the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead.
• The song was played during the final moments of the Will & Grace finale in 2006.
• It was also played in the 2006 film The Break-Up.
• The song appears as part of the "Guilty Pleasures" song package on the iTunes Music Store.

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Trivia

• Alphabetically, it is the final Queen song.

See also

• Live Killers
• Greatest Video Hits 1

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External link

• Lyrics

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