"a 2016 Mirror Online article, writing that it was actually Bowie who had inadvertently changed the riff. The riff began as ""Deacy began playing, 6 notes the same, then one note a fourth down"". After the dinner break, Bowie corrected (actually changed) Deacon's memory of the riff to ""Ding-Ding-Ding Diddle Ing-Ding"". The video for the song features neither Queen nor David Bowie due to touring commitments. 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"
"1981 David Bowie and Queen's classic single ""Under Pressure"", for Radio 1's 40th anniversary. It was also included on the """" CD released on 1 October. In this cover, singer Tom Chaplin reaches the highest tone achieved by him in a recording (A5) holding the note four seconds more than Freddie Mercury on Queen's original version. On 29 September 2017 the band announced through Twitter and Facebook that the song would be rereleased on streaming services on 3 November. The announcement was accompanied by a competition to design the new cover for the single. CD Limited 7"" (with free print)"
"their 1980 hit ""Another One Bites the Dust"" (and to a lesser extent, the UK success of the song). ""Under Pressure"", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, was released in 1981 and became the band's second #1 hit in the UK. Though included on ""Hot Space"", the song was a separate project and was recorded ahead of the album, before the controversy over Queen's new disco-influenced rock sound. The album's second single, ""Body Language"", peaked at #11 on the US charts. Estimated sales of the album currently stand at 3.5 million copies. In July 2004, ""Q"" magazine listed ""Hot Space"" as"
"A karoke version of the song was released in September as a part of the soundtrack of the animated Warner Brothers musical film ""Smallfoot"" whose lyrics detail one of the central human characters Percy's (voiced by James Corden) fall from fame and his need to bounce back. Additional lyrics were written by Karey Kirkpatrick, the film's director, and his brother Wayne Kirkpatrick. In the U.K., ""Under Pressure"" was Queen's second number-one hit and Bowie's third. Queen's smash hit ""Bohemian Rhapsody"" reached number one in November 1975, just two weeks after Bowie's ""Space Oddity"" had done the same. Bowie also topped"
"recordings and surfaces from an early 1982 vinyl ""Hot Space"" test pressing from the US. Deacon can be heard using the popping technique throughout the track. A famous duet with Bowie, ""Under Pressure"" was the result of an impromptu jam session in the band's studio in Montreux. When it was released in 1981, ""Under Pressure"" reached #1 in the UK singles chart. Although it was credited to the entire band and Bowie, Mercury was the primary director of this track, he and Bowie being the main lyricists (each writing the lines they sang). Part of the chord progression is based"
"""Under Pressure"" by Queen and David Bowie for his 1990 single ""Ice Ice Baby"". Freddie Mercury and David Bowie did not receive credit or royalties for the sample. In a 1990 interview, Rob Van Winkle said the two melodies were slightly different because he had added an additional note. In later interviews, Van Winkle readily admitted he had sampled the song and claimed his 1990 statement was a joke; others, however, suggested he had been serious. Van Winkle later paid Mercury and Bowie, who have since been given songwriting credit for the sample. More dramatically, Biz Markie's album ""I Need"
"2003, Slant Magazine ranked ""Under Pressure"" number 27 among the 100 greatest music videos of all time. Musicians on original version: The September 2005 edition of online music magazine ""Stylus"" singled out the bassline as the best in popular music history. 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"". In 2012, ""Slant Magazine"" listed ""Under Pressure"" as the 21st best single of the 1980s. Although very much a joint project, only Queen incorporated the song into their live shows at the time. Bowie"
"substance in the work. That is my responsibility to the music and the audience."" Gail Ann Dorsey Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician, she is perhaps best known for her lengthy residency in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's death in 2016. Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of ""Under Pressure"" (taking the part originally sung by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury) and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including ""The London Boys"", ""Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"", ""I Dig Everything"", accompanying Bowie on"
"songs that had been released as singles for the band at that point. 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 track listing: Greatest Hits (Queen album) Greatest Hits is a compilation album by the British rock band Queen, released worldwide on 26 October 1981. The album consisted of Queen's best-selling singles since their first chart appearance in 1974 with ""Seven Seas of Rhye"", up to their 1980 hit ""Flash"" (though in some countries ""Under Pressure"", the band's 1981 chart-topper with"
"album's hard rock edge included conspicuous guitar contributions from Robert Fripp, Chuck Hammer, and Pete Townshend. As ""Ashes to Ashes"" hit number one on the UK charts, Bowie opened a three-month run on Broadway on 24 September, starring as John Merrick in ""The Elephant Man"". Bowie paired with Queen in 1981 for a one-off single release, ""Under Pressure"". The duet was a hit, becoming Bowie's third UK number-one single. Bowie was given the lead role in the BBC's 1982 televised adaptation of Bertolt Brecht's play ""Baal"". Coinciding with its transmission, a five-track EP of songs from the play, recorded earlier"
"The Pressure Part 1 ""The Pressure Part 1"" is a 1991 song by American recording artist group Sounds of Blackness. Released as the second single from their album, ""The Evolution of Gospel"". The track was written by Gary Hines, James Samuel Harris III (better known as Jimmy Jam) and Terry Lewis. ""The Pressure Part 1"" was the group's second release to make the US R&B singles chart where it peaked at #16. The single was also the first of two number ones on the US dance chart. ""The Pressure"" was selected as one the ""100 Top Dance Songs"" by Slant"
"version, which became ""Under Pressure"", evolved from a jam session that Bowie had with the band at Queen's studio in Montreux, Switzerland. It was credited as being co-written by the five musicians. The scat singing that dominates much of the song is evidence of the jam-beginnings as improvisation. However, according to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), 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,"
"Magazine. The single was also featured in the 1996 Walt Disney Pictures movie ""First Kid"". The Pressure Part 1 ""The Pressure Part 1"" is a 1991 song by American recording artist group Sounds of Blackness. Released as the second single from their album, ""The Evolution of Gospel"". The track was written by Gary Hines, James Samuel Harris III (better known as Jimmy Jam) and Terry Lewis. ""The Pressure Part 1"" was the group's second release to make the US R&B singles chart where it peaked at #16. The single was also the first of two number ones on the US"
"and fist went up, and the guitar was free, for it had done its work. Ozzy Osbourne recently said in the same interview that this was the greatest moment of his career and pronounced the Queen to be ""a beautiful woman."" Phil Collins played drums for many of the artists, as well as singing his 1983 UK number one single ""You Can't Hurry Love"", with Queen's Roger Taylor playing drums. Taylor took late singer Freddie Mercury's place by singing lead vocals for the band's 1984 number two hit ""Radio Ga Ga"" (which Taylor had also written), with Collins playing drums"
"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 originally with David Bowie), to feature a Hammond organ. This song briefly brought up the issue of songwriting credits within the band. May queried which band members would be credited for developing the music for each song, to which Mercury concluded the discussion, stating that the lyricist, or otherwise the individual who originates the song, should be credited as its writer, a practice that continued"
"So Under Pressure ""So Under Pressure"" is a dance-pop song performed by Australian singer Dannii Minogue. The song was written by Minogue, Terry Ronald and LMC, and produced by Lee Monteverde for Minogue's fifth album ""Club Disco"" (2007) and was also used as the lead single for her greatest hits compilation ""The Hits & Beyond"" (2006). The song's lyrics discuss the cancer diagnoses of Minogue's sister Kylie and an unnamed friend. The song was released as a single on 12 June 2006 in the United Kingdom. It entered the top forty in Australia, Ireland and the UK and became Minogue's"
"the British charts in August 1980 with ""Ashes to Ashes"", his own answer song to ""Space Oddity"". Controversy arose when Vanilla Ice sampled the bassline for his 1990 single ""Ice Ice Baby"". Initially he denied the accusation and then said he had modified it but did not originally pay songwriting credit or royalties to Queen and Bowie. A lawsuit resulted in Bowie and all members of Queen receiving songwriting credit for the sample. Vanilla Ice later claimed that he purchased the publishing rights to ""Under Pressure"". Vanilla Ice said buying the song made more financial sense than paying out royalties."
"only top 20 hits. The US ended up with its original edit of Queen's first single release, ""Keep Yourself Alive"", which had been re-released in the US in 1975 (original release was 1973) after the success of ""Bohemian Rhapsody"". The US version also added ""Under Pressure"", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, which was released the same week as ""Greatest Hits"" and subsequently topped the UK Singles Chart and reached the top ten in many charts around the world. However, the song was not included on the European versions of ""Greatest Hits"" – according to Queen's business manager Jim Beach, this"
"Pressure (Sunscreem song) ""Pressure"" is a 1991 dance single recorded by the British techno group Sunscreem, and written and produced by band members Paul Carnell and lead singer Lucia Holm from the act's 1993 set *""O"". ""Pressure"" was the group's first single release in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 60 on the country's pop chart, but it became a major club hit in the United States in wake of the success of ""Love U More"", where it was released as ""Pressure US"" with a new remixed version and went to number one on the dance chart for"
"One Year of Love (song) One Year of Love is a song by the British rock band Queen which was originally released on their twelfth studio album ""A Kind of Magic"" in 1986. The song was written by John Deacon and sung by Freddie Mercury for the film ""Highlander""; it plays on a radio during the bar scene. The album version features John Deacon playing Yamaha DX-7 synth and a string orchestra conducted by Lynton Naiff. The saxophone is played by Steve Gregory, a session musician who had previously performed on George Michael's 1984 number one ""Careless Whisper"". The song"
"Gail Ann Dorsey Gail Ann Dorsey (born November 20, 1962) is an American musician. With a long career as a session musician, she is perhaps best known for her lengthy residency in David Bowie's band, from 1995 to Bowie's death in 2016. Aside from playing bass, she sang lead vocals on live versions of ""Under Pressure"" (taking the part originally sung by Queen frontman Freddie Mercury) and dueted with Bowie on other songs, including ""The London Boys"", ""Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?)"", ""I Dig Everything"", accompanying Bowie on clarinet, and a cover of Laurie Anderson's ""O Superman"". From 1993 to 1996, Dorsey"
"positions here for the compilation albums are their peak positions on the French Compilation Albums Chart. Queen discography British rock band Queen consisted of vocalist Freddie Mercury (d. 1991), guitarist Brian May, drummer Roger Taylor, and bassist John Deacon (r. 1997). 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 album ""Queen II"" in 1974. Their 1975 song, ""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"
"one week in June 1993, their second of three number ones. The re-released version reentered the UK charts afterwards, peaking at number 19 in 1993. Pressure (Sunscreem song) ""Pressure"" is a 1991 dance single recorded by the British techno group Sunscreem, and written and produced by band members Paul Carnell and lead singer Lucia Holm from the act's 1993 set *""O"". ""Pressure"" was the group's first single release in the United Kingdom, where it peaked at number 60 on the country's pop chart, but it became a major club hit in the United States in wake of the success of"
"Pressure followed with a single, ""Let Me Be"", which was co-written by Hussey with David. In 1985 Hussey and Greig joined the Australian Crawl demo and recording sessions for their fourth studio album, ""Between a Rock and a Hard Place"", which was released in August. Besides keyboard work Hussey co-wrote four of the album's tracks with James. Meanwhile, Cats Under Pressure recorded another single, ""On Again Off Again"", in September which was issued later that year. Greig remained with Australian Crawl until they disbanded in 1986. Hussey joined the James Reyne Band and worked on Reyne's self-titled debut solo album"
"Staying Power ""Staying Power"" is the first track on 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 bass riff (played by Mercury) beginning in D minor and modulating to E minor throughout the song. John Deacon does not play bass guitar on this song—instead playing rhythm guitar on a Fender Telecaster. Roger Taylor programmed a Linn LM-1 drum machine for the track. Brian May is on his Red"
"know what I'm sayin'? [...] My lyrics aren't, 'Pump it up, go! Go!' At least I'm sayin' somethin'."" The song's hook samples the bassline of the 1981 song ""Under Pressure"" by Queen and David Bowie, who did not receive credit or royalties for the sample. In a 1990 interview, Van Winkle said the two melodies were slightly different because he had added an additional note on the ""and"" of the fourth beat, an anacrusis (""pickup"") between odd-numbered and subsequent even-numbered iterations of the ""Under Pressure"" sample. In later interviews, Van Winkle readily admitted he sampled the song and claimed his"
"Got Me Under Pressure ""Got Me Under Pressure"" is a song by ZZ Top from their 1983 album ""Eliminator"". The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning. David Blayney (ZZ Top's stage manager of 15 years), in his book ""Sharp Dressed Men"" described how the song was pre-produced: Billy Gibbons and Linden Hudson (Houston engineer and songwriter) wrote the whole song and created a recorded demo all in one afternoon without either Dusty Hill (ZZ Top bass player) or Frank Beard (ZZ Top drummer) even knowing about it. Linden created the bass"
"Bottle of Milk/Korova 1"", was on the B-side to ""The Fly"" single. That same year, Mullen produced and played drums on ""Put 'Em Under Pressure"", a song for the Irish national football team for the 1990 FIFA World Cup; the song topped the Irish charts for 13 weeks. Bono and the Edge wrote the song ""GoldenEye"" for the 1995 James Bond film ""GoldenEye"", which was performed by Tina Turner. Clayton and Mullen reworked the """" for the . Bono loaned his voice to ""Joy"" on Mick Jagger's 2001 album ""Goddess in the Doorway"". Bono also recorded a spare, nearly spoken-word"
"Queen (band) Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. Their classic line-up was Freddie Mercury (lead vocals and piano), Brian May (lead guitar and vocals), Roger Taylor (drums and vocals), and John Deacon (bass guitar). Their earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music. Before forming Queen, May and Taylor had played together in the band Smile. Mercury, then known by his birth name, Farrokh Bulsara,"
"in the UK and was the first of seven top twenty hits. The others, with Bernie Nolan usually singing lead vocals, were ""Don't Make Waves"", (1980) ""Gotta Pull Myself Together"" (1980), ""Who's Gonna Rock You"" (1980), ""Attention to Me"" (1981), ""Chemistry"" (1981) and ""Don't Love Me Too Hard"" (1982). The Nolans sold millions of recordings worldwide, particularly in Japan where they sold over nine million albums and won the 1981 Tokyo Music Festival with the song ""Sexy Music"". Bernie also composed songs during this time, when she wrote two tracks for their 1982 album ""Portrait"". In 1991, they won of"
"Billboard Top Hits: 1981 Billboard Top Hits: 1981 is a compilation album released by Rhino Records in 1992, featuring 10 hit recordings from 1981. The track lineup includes eight songs that reached the top of the ""Billboard"" Hot 100 chart, including the No. 1 song of 1981, ""Bette Davis Eyes"" by Kim Carnes. Also included is the No. 1 song of 1982, ""Physical"" by Olivia Newton-John; the song began a 10-week run at No. 1 in November, after ""Billboard"" magazine's 1982 chart year had started. The remaining two songs (Queen of Hearts and Being with You) reached No. 2 on"
"on a full time basis. In the early 1980s he was the record producer on a single for Lisa Bade, which included Mark Greig (ex-The Runners) on guitar. Cats Under Pressure were a pop band formed in Melbourne in 1984 with Hussey on guitar, keyboards and backing vocals; Greig on guitar and David Reyne (ex-Australian Crawl) on drums and lead vocals. In that year they issued a self-titled extended play on Freestyle Records – the label owned by Reyne's former band mates from Australian Crawl. It was produced by David Reyne's older brother, James, Australian Crawl's lead singer. Cats Under"
"McLean's cover of Roy Orbison's ""Crying"". The Ska and Mod revivals reached their peak this year, with strong chart showings by The Jam, The Specials and Madness. 1970s favourites ABBA and Blondie both had their last years as chart heavyweights, clocking up 5 No.1 singles between them. David Bowie scored his second No.1 this year, while the death of John Lennon at the end of the year gave him his first chart topper (and would dominate the early months of 1981). Kate Bush became the first British female artist to have a No.1 album, and The Police finished the year"