#1 Alert!
Platinum Alert!
Song#: 0302 Date: 08/16/1980
Debut: 67
Peak: 1 (3 weeks)
Weeks: 31
Genre: Rock
Pop Bits: After the second single, "Play the Game," from their album "The Game" kind of tanked (#42), this third single caught fire and became another signature tune for them and their second #1 (their first being "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" from the same album).
ReduxReview: Oh c'mon now. If you haven't heard this song then you just don't know any music at all or you live in a cave. This thing has never stopped playing since it was released. And rightly so. It's a thumping, ballsy anthem with a great vocal by Freddie Mercury that has been played at about any sporting or competitive event for decades now. Killer Queen!
ReduxRating: 9/10
Trivia: Double Shot! 1) Queen received a 1981 Grammy nomination for Best Rock Vocal for this song, but lost out to Bob Seger & the Silver Bullet Band. 2) It has been said that after seeing Queen in concert, Michael Jackson was the one who suggested this song be released as a single.
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