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The musicians decided to 'knock things around'
Originally released as a single in October , it was later included on Queen's album Hot Space. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart , becoming Queen's second number-one hit in their home country after 's " Bohemian Rhapsody ", which topped the chart for nine weeks and Bowie's third after the reissue of " Space Oddity " and " Ashes to Ashes " in The song charted in the top 10 in more than ten countries around the world, and peaked at No. The song has been described as a "monster rock track that stood out" on the Hot Space album, as well as "an incredibly powerful and poignant pop song". Queen had been working on a song called "Feel Like", but were not satisfied with the result. Once he got there, they worked together for a while and wrote the song. 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 , [14] the song's primary musical songwriter was Freddie Mercury — though all contributed to the arrangement.
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Pressure: pushing down on me, Pressing down on you, no man ask for. Under pressure that burns a building down, Splits a family in two, Puts people on streets. That's OK.
Not only did the track become a worldwide sensation, reaching No. During their most prolific decade in the s, Queen spent much of their time songwriting at the small Mountain Studios in Montreux, Switzerland, sitting on the eastern end of Lake Geneva. The five musicians picked up their instruments. But it was when a certain guitar riff was played that inspiration hit. Those strong opinions continued dominating.
