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About "Another One Bites the Dust"

From the original Queen Album "The Game" (30 June 1980)

Written by bassist John Deacon, the song was a worldwide crossover hit, hitting number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, #2 on the R&B charts and the Disco Top 100, and #7 in the UK Singles Chart. The song is one of Queen's best selling singles and one of their biggest hits, with sales of over 7 million copies.
This version was ranked at #34 on Billboard's All Time Top 100.
In 1998, it was remixed and re-released by Wyclef Jean, Pras Michel and featured Free's rap vocals.

The bass line was inspired by the song "Good Times" by the Disco group Chic. In an interview with New Musical Express, Chic co-founder Bernard Edwards stated, "...that Queen record came about because that Queen bass player... spent some time hanging out with us at our studio".
Recording sessions were produced by Reinhold Mack at Musicland Studios in Munich (West Germany) and consisted of Deacon playing almost all the instruments: bass, piano, rhythm and lead guitars and handclap percussion. Roger Taylor added a drum loop and Brian May contributed some noises with his guitar and an Eventide Harmoniser. There are no synthesizers used in the song: all effects are created with pianos, guitars, and drums, with subsequent tape playback performed in reverse at various speeds. Finally, some sound effects were run through the Harmoniser for further processing. The effect of the Harmoniser can be heard clearly in the "swirling" nature of the sound immediately before the first lyric. During the mix the road crew suggested it as a single but the band did not like the idea until Michael Jackson recommended it after a concert (this anecdote was confirmed by Roger Taylor and Brian May on the U.S. radio show In the Studio with Redbeard that spotlighted the album The Game on one episode).

The song garnered Queen its only Grammy nomination, for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal. The band lost to Bob Seger's album Against the Wind. [From Wikipedia]

 

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