At my grandmother's funeral, my hubby was very ill. When we got to the cemetery, he decided to sit in the car due to his illness. He happened to turn on the radio (forgetting how loud it was) at the exact moment they were lowering her into the ground. All we heard is "Another one gone and another one bites the dust" 😂 I think it was my granny's way of giving us a sign. 🙂
This song was number one on every chart except the Country and Gospel charts. It was on top of the rock, soul, R&B, and pop charts. Every. Chart. At. The. Same. Time.
Short story about this song: They used to call Micheal Jackson to get advice on the sounds to include in their albums, Michael for his part was a fan of theirs and often went to their concerts, they often met backstage and he listened to their songs including this one, every time that MJ was shaking his head up and down means he liked the song. At first they weren't very convinced about this song, but MJ said: you absolutely have to release it, you don't have a danceable song like this, you have to put it out.
Not only was this a number one hit, it reached number one in multiple charts (some of which had never featured a Queen song before), was Queen's biggest selling single ever. And wouldn't have been released as a single if Micheal Jackson hadn't convinced the band that it would be a hit. Just one more hit from the unassuming John Deacon (bass player).
I'm a 60 year old woman, and I still remember the first time I heard this song. I just came home from school, and was getting the vacuum ready to vacuum the living room and I had the stereo on, listening to the radio. The DJ said something "Here we have a new one from Queen" And this song started to play. I held off with the vacuuming - it was odd back then hearing a song that was mostly just drum/clapping and no traditional melody with pianos and rhythm guitars and such. Also as soon as this song ended...then immediately, the song We Are The Champions was played. For a long time, that was how theses songs were played, almost as if they were 1 song. The next day at high school...there was a LOT of talk about this song...we all loved it!
@ABtheKreator REALLY REALLY FUN FACT: During production of the movie Rocky III, this was used in a key scene where Rocky is training for a fight. Producers could not get permission to use the song, so Sylvester Stallone hired Survivor to write an original song instead, which turned out to be "Eye Of The Tiger."
@ABtheKreator While the band and producer Reinhold Mack were mixing the track, Brian May's roadie suggested it to be released as single; the band didn't like the idea but were finally talked into doing it when Michael Jackson, after a concert, suggested the same idea, as Michael, & Freddie Mercury were really close Friends!
YES!!! The rink I went to in West Chicago used to play the preceding track, Dragon Attack, and then let it rip into AOBTD, which sent the place into a frenzy! So fun!!!
This song was written by the man with the one of best bass lines in rock history, John Deacon. I love how he and Brian May really played with the guitar sounds in this song.
I love when a reactor is actually feeling the music-I think this was Queen’s biggest hit in the US, 1982 I think. So many non rock radio listeners assumed they were black based on this song. John Deacon the bassist wrote it!
where I come from the winning football team always plays this song when they win. I always laugh thinking I wonder if Freddie had any idea this song would still be around all these years later for sporting events!
Written by Queen bassist John Deacon, the secret sauce of the band! Michael Jackson loved it so much he encouraged Queen to release it as a single. “That’s it, that’s the gravy” declared MJ. Freddie & MJ were friends I & recorded 3 demos together at Michael’s home studio! According to Freddie while scratching his head, couldn’t figure out why Michael slept in the middle of his floor mansion!! 😂 Anyway, one of those demos was released called THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS.
My cousin had this played when they walked back down the aisle after they got married! I thought it was a mistake at first! Then we all started cracking up!😂
Michael Jackson kept telling them to put it out as a single and it barely made it onto the album. Roger kept saying no that’s not a single . One of they’re biggest hits.
This song was composed by Queen bassist, John Deacon (aka Deacy). Deacy was always into R&B, Soul, and Disco music but when he brought this song to the band, neither Roger nor Brian were enthusiastic. It took Freddie pushing them to get them to agree to record it. According to Mack (Reinhold Mack Queen's producer) the recording sessions for "Another One Bites The Dust: consisted of Deacy playing almost all instruments: bass guitar, piano, electric guitar, and handclaps. Roger Taylor added a drum loop and Brian May contributed noises with his guitar and an Eventide Harmonizer. Brian tells a story about Deacy, who doesn't sing, trying to tell Freddie how to sing this song. Deacy tried but couldn't really demonstrate what he wanted to hear from Freddie but Freddie understood clearly what Deacy wanted and kept saying, "Yeah, yeah, I get it". Brian comment about "Another Bites The Dust", "A fantastic bit of work from Freddie really. I mean, I remember Deacy having this idea, but Deacy doesn't sing of course, so he was trying to suggest to Freddie how it should be and Fred just went in there and hammered and hammered until his throat bled, making... you know, he really was inspired by it and took it to a new height, I think" The band did include "Another One Bites The Dust" in their playlist for their American tour but the song had not been released as a single. During the tour, they performed it in a concert in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson, who was a big Queen fan and a friend of Freddie's always came to their concerts. M.J. came backstage after the show and he was all excited. He loved "Another Bites The Dust" and told them they had to release it as a single. John and Freddie thought it was a great idea but Roger and Brian took some convincing. It was so different from their other tracks but evidently, they released it as a single. “Another One Bites the Dust” took the world by storm when they released it. The song became a hit in 17 countries, but nowhere larger than in the United States, where it became the biggest-selling Queen record ever, topping both the Pop and Disco charts, as well as reaching #2 on the Soul chart. FYI - Did you notice Freddie's "magical" cap in the video? Sometimes it's white, sometimes yellow, sometimes blue.
The studio version here is the gritty sound John & Freddie wanted. I like Queen and their funk/soul/dance vibe. Less well known tunes in this group include DRAGON ATTACK (live at Montreal) and COOL CATS (Queen official lyric video only). But promise to turn up the sound on COOL CATS - you'll want that bass line!
Actually Freddie really loved this song. Roger Taylor was the one who did not because of the way he had to play the drums. I have never heard MJ had anything to do with getting this song released
@ABtheKreator This is one of the hardest Queen songs to understand. The opening line reads, "Steve walks warily down the street, his brim pulled way down low. Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine gun ready to go..
Freddie is so amazing and such a strutter! Love watching him live, quite the performer, I only wish I would have had I chance to see him! 😢 Thanks AB! ❤❤
The live version from the ‘86 Wembley concert is great! And Freddie improvs and scats… such a great group. And great reaction 😊 John and Freddie loved the more funky, soul based songs.
I remember this song being big when I was in university. Anytime it came on the radio while I was studying, I stopped everything and bopped around my dorm room until it was done and then went back to work. It still has an infectious best.
@ABtheKreator AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT STORY...Queen were originally reluctant to release this as a single, but backstage after a Queen gig at the Los Angeles forum, a visiting Michael Jackson convinced them it would be a hit. "Michael and all his brothers were all going, 'That's a fantastic track. You must release it,'" recalled Queen drummer Roger Taylor to Q magazine December 2009. This meeting lead to several recordings and collaborations between Freddie Mercury and Jackson, all of which remain unreleased
I've read this song is in part about the St. Valentine's Day massacre. Capone's men murdered 9 of Bugsy Moran's soldiers in cold blood. Epic song. I was about 13 yo when this came out. EVERYONE was blown away. And yes, Michael Jackson told Freddy this song was a must produce.
Michael Jackson and Freddie were very good friends. Michael would visit them often when they were rehersing. Yes!!! This was written long before Billy Jean.
@ABtheKreator Queen bass player John Deacon wrote this song. All four members of Queen wrote songs, and each wrote at least one hit. Deacon also wrote "You're My Best Friend." Deacon was influenced by the Chic song Good Times. In an interview with the New Musical Express, Chic bass player Bernard Edwards said: "Well, that Queen record came about because that bass player spent some time hanging out with us at our studio. But that's OK. What isn't OK is that the press started saying that we had ripped them off! Can you believe that? 'Good Times' came out more than a year before, but it was inconceivable to these people that black musicians could possibly be innovative like that. It was just these dumb disco guys ripping off this rock 'n' roll song." Deacon ALSO played most of the instruments on the track: lead and rhythm guitars, bass, reversed piano and additional percussion. Brian May did some guitar effects with harmoniser (in the interlude), and Roger Taylor played the drum loop. Surprisingly, there are no synthesizers. The drum track and the hand claps were looped. They repeat throughout the song.
I believe they didn’t wanna put this song on the album but one of the Jacksons I think Michael Jackson check with your fans they know more than me said it was gonna be a hit, so they put it on the rest of history
ABtheKreator It's funny that You thought this song was done by a Black Band, or at least sung by a Black Vocalist, so I found THIS little piece of an article about that for you: This was the single that really broke the band in America, and it garnered a huge following amongst American disco audiences, with many fans and journalists convinced it was a black man singing lead vocals (these people obviously hadn't heard of Queen before so didn't know what Freddie looked like). The band occasionally were unsure of how to deal with this - Roger Taylor jokes in the Days of our Lives documentary of having fans shouting "you guys are bad!" in the street, and he had to ask "does that mean good or what?
At my grandmother's funeral, my hubby was very ill. When we got to the cemetery, he decided to sit in the car due to his illness. He happened to turn on the radio (forgetting how loud it was) at the exact moment they were lowering her into the ground. All we heard is "Another one gone and another one bites the dust" 😂 I think it was my granny's way of giving us a sign. 🙂
We played ‘I want to break free’ at my mums funeral!
I am sorry about your grandmother, but truly, what are the odds of that song coming on at just that time? 😂 I had to laugh, sorry.
Sorry bout grandmother but reading that had me laughing that's awesome and I'd say she had that planned
😂😂
This song was number one on every chart except the Country and Gospel charts. It was on top of the rock, soul, R&B, and pop charts. Every. Chart. At. The. Same. Time.
Short story about this song:
They used to call Micheal Jackson to get advice on the sounds to include in their albums, Michael for his part was a fan of theirs and often went to their concerts, they often met backstage and he listened to their songs including this one, every time that MJ was shaking his head up and down means he liked the song.
At first they weren't very convinced about this song, but MJ said: you absolutely have to release it, you don't have a danceable song like this, you have to put it out.
With queen, it’s almost impossible to find a person who doesn’t like all their catalog
Not only was this a number one hit, it reached number one in multiple charts (some of which had never featured a Queen song before), was Queen's biggest selling single ever.
And wouldn't have been released as a single if Micheal Jackson hadn't convinced the band that it would be a hit.
Just one more hit from the unassuming John Deacon (bass player).
Queen bass player, John Deacon, wrote this song so no surprise that the baseline is amazing.
I'm a 60 year old woman, and I still remember the first time I heard this song. I just came home from school, and was getting the vacuum ready to vacuum the living room and I had the stereo on, listening to the radio.
The DJ said something "Here we have a new one from Queen" And this song started to play. I held off with the vacuuming - it was odd back then hearing a song that was mostly just drum/clapping and no traditional melody with pianos and rhythm guitars and such.
Also as soon as this song ended...then immediately, the song We Are The Champions was played. For a long time, that was how theses songs were played, almost as if they were 1 song.
The next day at high school...there was a LOT of talk about this song...we all loved it!
I
💕, "We Are The Champions!"
At the church I went to, a cute couple named Champion, came to work there 😊 The school was connected to the church.
No one struts a stage like Freddy. Epic! ❤️🙏😇
He definitely took command of the stage.
Crank it up , crank it up , CRANK IT ALL THE WAY UP🎉.
On stage one of the most theatrical rock groups of all time!!!
@ABtheKreator REALLY REALLY FUN FACT: During production of the movie Rocky III, this was used in a key scene where Rocky is training for a fight. Producers could not get permission to use the song, so Sylvester Stallone hired Survivor to write an original song instead, which turned out to be "Eye Of The Tiger."
@ABtheKreator While the band and producer Reinhold Mack were mixing the track, Brian May's roadie suggested it to be released as single; the band didn't like the idea but were finally talked into doing it when Michael Jackson, after a concert, suggested the same idea, as Michael, & Freddie Mercury were really close Friends!
Freddy Mercury was a legend RIP 🙏 his music is still so good 👍🔥🔥
No band will ever top Queen! The talent of each individual in this group is fantastic and Freddie’s showmanship is perfection!!💜💜💜
💯💯💯💯💞💞
CCR
This was the best song ever at the rollerskating rink!
YES!!! The rink I went to in West Chicago used to play the preceding track, Dragon Attack, and then let it rip into AOBTD, which sent the place into a frenzy! So fun!!!
Freddie king of rock.
Just the whole catalog.
This song was written by the man with the one of best bass lines in rock history, John Deacon. I love how he and Brian May really played with the guitar sounds in this song.
I love when a reactor is actually feeling the music-I think this was Queen’s biggest hit in the US, 1982 I think. So many non rock radio listeners assumed they were black based on this song. John Deacon the bassist wrote it!
where I come from the winning football team always plays this song when they win. I always laugh thinking I wonder if Freddie had any idea this song would still be around all these years later for sporting events!
WE WILL ROCK YOU / WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS
Written by Queen bassist John Deacon, the secret sauce of the band! Michael Jackson loved it so much he encouraged Queen to release it as a single. “That’s it, that’s the gravy” declared MJ. Freddie & MJ were friends I & recorded 3 demos together at Michael’s home studio! According to Freddie while scratching his head, couldn’t figure out why Michael slept in the middle of his floor mansion!! 😂 Anyway, one of those demos was released called THERE MUST BE MORE TO LIFE THAN THIS.
Queen Live Aid performance is out of this world
YESSSSS let's scream it so the whole world could hear 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🌠🌠🌠🌠🌠
My cousin had this played when they walked back down the aisle after they got married! I thought it was a mistake at first! Then we all started cracking up!😂
This is so much better live, Honey….
My favorite performance is at:
Montreal in 1981💕
Another gem written by John Deacon
Somebody To Love is a good one!
Michael Jackson kept telling them to put it out as a single and it barely made it onto the album. Roger kept saying no that’s not a single . One of they’re biggest hits.
In a class all of their own!!!
Imagine hearing this in a blaring nightclub when it was first released! *crowd goes insane*
The best bass guitar instrumental in history...
I wish Freddie and Prince had collaborated
I love the live version of this from the 1981 Montreal concert. Freddie is really flaunting it there. The whole Montreal performance is stellar.
One of my favorite Queen songs! Love your reactions! Thanks for bringing back good memories.
😂😂😂"MACHINE GUNS IN MY DARK MUSTACHE GETTIN' ON MY FEET" 😂😂😂
This song was composed by Queen bassist, John Deacon (aka Deacy). Deacy was always into R&B, Soul, and Disco music but when he brought this song to the band, neither Roger nor Brian were enthusiastic. It took Freddie pushing them to get them to agree to record it. According to Mack (Reinhold Mack Queen's producer) the recording sessions for "Another One Bites The Dust: consisted of Deacy playing almost all instruments: bass guitar, piano, electric guitar, and handclaps. Roger Taylor added a drum loop and Brian May contributed noises with his guitar and an Eventide Harmonizer.
Brian tells a story about Deacy, who doesn't sing, trying to tell Freddie how to sing this song. Deacy tried but couldn't really demonstrate what he wanted to hear from Freddie but Freddie understood clearly what Deacy wanted and kept saying, "Yeah, yeah, I get it".
Brian comment about "Another Bites The Dust", "A fantastic bit of work from Freddie really. I mean, I remember Deacy having this idea, but Deacy doesn't sing of course, so he was trying to suggest to Freddie how it should be and Fred just went in there and hammered and hammered until his throat bled, making... you know, he really was inspired by it and took it to a new height, I think"
The band did include "Another One Bites The Dust" in their playlist for their American tour but the song had not been released as a single. During the tour, they performed it in a concert in Los Angeles. Michael Jackson, who was a big Queen fan and a friend of Freddie's always came to their concerts.
M.J. came backstage after the show and he was all excited. He loved "Another Bites The Dust" and told them they had to release it as a single. John and Freddie thought it was a great idea but Roger and Brian took some convincing. It was so different from their other tracks but evidently, they released it as a single.
“Another One Bites the Dust” took the world by storm when they released it. The song became a hit in 17 countries, but nowhere larger than in the United States, where it became the biggest-selling Queen record ever, topping both the Pop and Disco charts, as well as reaching #2 on the Soul chart.
FYI - Did you notice Freddie's "magical" cap in the video? Sometimes it's white, sometimes yellow, sometimes blue.
❤LOVE QUEEN👑 What other Queen songs? ALL OF THEM!
Right! He asked a silly question, didn't he?
Too nice! Thanks . . . their bass player, John Deacon's masterpiece, another number one Queen hit. Enjoyed your reaction!
And it was actually Michael Jackson that told them to release it.
Thanks for the shout out to Bassist Extradonaire John Deacon! Underrated, as some have claimed ... NO WAY !! 6:39
YES ABSOLUTELY! AND FUN FACT: JOHN DEACON ALSO WROTE THE FUNK GUITAR PART
@@andreadeamon6419YES TRUE STORY
The original Highlander movie sound track is mostly all Queen songs I believe.
The Baseline is my favorite part of this song. RIP Freddy
THIS SONG will always be epic and it legendary!!! At least 30 years old, and people are still discovering it ❤❤😊😊
The studio version here is the gritty sound John & Freddie wanted. I like Queen and their funk/soul/dance vibe. Less well known tunes in this group include DRAGON ATTACK (live at Montreal) and COOL CATS (Queen official lyric video only). But promise to turn up the sound on COOL CATS - you'll want that bass line!
Glad your back doing QUEEN...check out their LIVE AID performance
I think I heard you refer to Michael Jackson. He was a Queen fan and encouraged them to release this as a single which hit number 1 on Hot 100.
Actually Freddie really loved this song. Roger Taylor was the one who did not because of the way he had to play the drums. I have never heard MJ had anything to do with getting this song released
Awe the memories of my youth come flooding back. Queen was my favourite band back then. We had the most awesome music that can’t be best today.
I'm 58 years old I leave in France and Queen was THE greatest group ever for me
Harry Nilsson "Jump into the fire" it is fire.
@ABtheKreator This is one of the hardest Queen songs to understand. The opening line reads, "Steve walks warily down the street, his brim pulled way down low. Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet, machine gun ready to go..
Suggest In the Lap of the Gods” live @ the Rainbow 🌈
Banger song. Banger video.
Queen's Live Aid performance. Fire!🔥🔥
Freddie is so amazing and such a strutter! Love watching him live, quite the performer, I only wish I would have had I chance to see him! 😢
Thanks AB! ❤❤
The live version from the ‘86 Wembley concert is great! And Freddie improvs and scats… such a great group. And great reaction 😊 John and Freddie loved the more funky, soul based songs.
👏😱Omg, we all rocked this song elementary school in 80s & had no idea who sang it 🫣🤭 still awesome
Another John Deacon (bass) number one
John Deacon's bass line here is justifiably legendary.
If you like songs with a prominent bass line, check out Miss You by The Rolling Stones.
There surely can't be a single person alive that doesn't get the feel of that iconic bass line
I remember this song being big when I was in university. Anytime it came on the radio while I was studying, I stopped everything and bopped around my dorm room until it was done and then went back to work. It still has an infectious best.
It’s been a minute since I listened to the whole song. 🔥🔥🔥
Timeless!! That was a blast of a memory!!🥰🎶
This is great wedding song
Every. Single. Song.
This is so awesome! Love your reaction! ♥
I always loved the good dancing beat.
Love them..and you crack me up!!!!😂❤
Definitely played in many discos then. Dance 💃 like crazy on this song!
Suggested video 📹: Queen 👸 performs Headlong.
You need to try Tie your mother down , or Hammer to fall . Both are amazing
@ABtheKreator AGAIN, THIS IS A GREAT STORY...Queen were originally reluctant to release this as a single, but backstage after a Queen gig at the Los Angeles forum, a visiting Michael Jackson convinced them it would be a hit. "Michael and all his brothers were all going, 'That's a fantastic track. You must release it,'" recalled Queen drummer Roger Taylor to Q magazine December 2009.
This meeting lead to several recordings and collaborations between Freddie Mercury and Jackson, all of which remain unreleased
You definitely need to watch this one live at Wembley
4:19 I've "sang " this part at the top of my lungs in traffic and I apologize to anyone that heard.
Impossível não amar essa música
I've read this song is in part about the St. Valentine's Day massacre. Capone's men murdered 9 of Bugsy Moran's soldiers in cold blood. Epic song. I was about 13 yo when this came out. EVERYONE was blown away. And yes, Michael Jackson told Freddy this song was a must produce.
Great song! Great reaction!
Yep they do do a live version 1986 Wembley go for it it's cool.
Thats a classic & love the funky beat ..🔥🔥❤️
I think I first recall hearing this when Junkyard Dog came out to it in wrestling way back
You really should watch this LIVE in Milton Keynes .
Always Live with Queen , or your missing out .💕
Michael Jackson and Freddie were very good friends. Michael would visit them often when they were rehersing.
Yes!!! This was written long before Billy Jean.
Freddie’s throwing me off with the bright tank top and red wrist bands 😂😂😂
all time classic! dbl ♥
You have very clean setup. Fantastic work.
4 REAL! PEACE!!!!! Luv ya brothah!
@ABtheKreator Queen bass player John Deacon wrote this song. All four members of Queen wrote songs, and each wrote at least one hit. Deacon also wrote "You're My Best Friend."
Deacon was influenced by the Chic song Good Times. In an interview with the New Musical Express, Chic bass player Bernard Edwards said: "Well, that Queen record came about because that bass player spent some time hanging out with us at our studio. But that's OK. What isn't OK is that the press started saying that we had ripped them off! Can you believe that? 'Good Times' came out more than a year before, but it was inconceivable to these people that black musicians could possibly be innovative like that. It was just these dumb disco guys ripping off this rock 'n' roll song."
Deacon ALSO played most of the instruments on the track: lead and rhythm guitars, bass, reversed piano and additional percussion. Brian May did some guitar effects with harmoniser (in the interlude), and Roger Taylor played the drum loop. Surprisingly, there are no synthesizers.
The drum track and the hand claps were looped. They repeat throughout the song.
😂😂❤️love your reactions..youre ine if a kind bruh.❤
DRAGON ATTACK live in Montreal 1981. 🐉🔥
Skated at the roller rink to this one😂
Check out WHITE QUEEN live at Hammersmith 1975
I believe they didn’t wanna put this song on the album but one of the Jacksons I think Michael Jackson check with your fans they know more than me said it was gonna be a hit, so they put it on the rest of history
What Queen songs should you get into? Just all of them!
Welcome down the rabbit hole.....I'll call in the troops ❤
You should listen to Exercise in free love of Freddie. He sings opera
Legend
Dr. Hook Cover of the Rolling Stone. I don't see this song yet.
ABtheKreator It's funny that You thought this song was done by a Black Band, or at least sung by a Black Vocalist, so I found THIS little piece of an article about that for you:
This was the single that really broke the band in America, and it garnered a huge following amongst American disco audiences, with many fans and journalists convinced it was a black man singing lead vocals (these people obviously hadn't heard of Queen before so didn't know what Freddie looked like). The band occasionally were unsure of how to deal with this - Roger Taylor jokes in the Days of our Lives documentary of having fans shouting "you guys are bad!" in the street, and he had to ask "does that mean good or what?
I like you. You have a good voice. It was a number one hit. Michael Jackson told them to make a single of it so they did.
You would love 'Bohemian Rhapsody."
Great Queen songs, Fat bottom girls, The Prophets Song, I want to be free, Radio Gaga, Crazy little thing called love, Under Pressure to name a few
Machine guns in my dark mustache 🤣🤣🤣
Supposedly this is about the St. Valentineʼs Day Massacre in Chicago in the 20s.
When you need lyrics just turn on closed captioning for lyrics right on your screen.
Plus react to bohemian rhapsody the movie about queen too