Another One Bites The Dust

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The Game Album Listing
"Dragon Attack"
(Track 2) "Another One Bites The Dust"
(Track 3) "Need Your Loving Tonight"
(Track 4)
Live Magic Album Listing
"Under Pressure"
(Track 5) "Another One Bites The Dust"
(Track 6) "I Want To Break Free"
(Track 7)

The Game Album Listing
"Dragon Attack" (Track 2)	"Another One Bites The Dust" (Track 3)	"Need Your Loving Tonight" (Track 4)
Live Magic Album Listing
"Under Pressure" (Track 5)	"Another One Bites The Dust" (Track 6)	"I Want To Break Free" (Track 7)

Another One Bites the Dust is a 1980 rock song from the English rock band Queen. It was written by bassist John Deacon and was a worldwide crossover hit (hitting number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100, and topping the U.S. R&B charts). Ironically, it topped the latter charts because some fans thought Queen was an R&B group. The track can be found on the album The Game (1980).

John Deacon originally wrote it as a cowboy theme but eventually changed the lyrics to fit a funkier arrangement. Recording sessions were produced by Reinhold Mack at Musicland Studios in Munich and consisted of Deacon playing almost all the instruments: bass, piano, rhythm and lead guitars and handclap percussion. Roger Taylor added a drum loop under protest and Brian May did some noises with his guitar and an Eventide harmoniser. Contrary to what most people believe, there are no synths in the song: all effects are obtained through backwards pianos and guitars, and heavy use of the harmoniser. Taylor hated the song but Freddie Mercury strongly believed in it and added some ideas. During the mix the road crew suggested it as a single but the band didn't like the idea until Michael Jackson recommended it after a concert (this was confirmed by Roger Taylor and Brian May on the U.S. radio show In the Studio with Redbeard which spotlighted the album The Game on one episode).

A common urban legend surrounding this song is that, when played backwards, it contains the message "It's fun to smoke marijuana" ("Start to smoke marijuana"). In fact, the recording does not contain any deliberately backmasked vocals: it is simply a coincidence that the phrase "Another one bites the dust" sounds vaguely like "It's fun to smoke marijuana" when played backwards. You can hear the song backwards [here].

The song garnered Queen its only Grammy nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal and lost to Bob Seger's "Against the Wind".

Sylvester Stallone wanted to use the song for his movie Rocky III, but could not secure the rights. Survivor then created the song "Eye of the Tiger" for Stallone instead.

The immense success and popularity of "Another One Bites the Dust" may be responsible for causing Queen to abandon (albeit temporarily) their hard rock roots for their next album Hot Space.

Almost seven years after the death of Freddie Mercury, Wyclef Jean remixed the song using a new instrumental track, and samples from the actual song, for the 1998 movie, Small Soldiers. This version also appeared on Queen's compilation Greatest Hits III, released in 1999.

Uses in popular culture

At San Diego Padres games, it can be heard after opponents strike out.
It can be heard playing in the background of the film Biggles which John Deacon also wrote the theme for in his only solo/non-Queen collaboration with a band called "The Immortals"
The opening bassline was inspired by Chic's (Bernard Edwards and Nile Rodgers) "Good Times", ^{[[Citing sources citation needed]]} and in turn inspired the "Weird Al" Yankovic self titled debut album parody "Another One Rides The Bus".
In the 1980s, it was used as a Detroit Lions football team fight song, which generated considerable attention from the sports media.
In an episode of Family Guy, the opening lyrics to the song were sung by Stewie Griffin as he swept a pile of leaves over a pit he dug in a sandbox.
"Another One Bites the Dust" was on the list of songs deemed inappropriate by Clear Channel following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Commonly in Australian Domestic Cricket, the chorus of the song comes on when a batsman gets out and is a real crowd pleaser ("Another One Bites The Dust" topped the Australian Charts for six weeks in 1980).
Throughout most of the 1990s, a brief portion of the song was played at Texas Rangers home games whenever catcher Ivan Rodriguez threw out a would-be base stealer.
Gwen Stefani's hit song "Hollaback Girl" name-checked and featured a brief snippet of the song's bassline.
Theme song for 1980s WWF wrestler Junk Yard Dog.

External link

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