I'm In Love With My Car
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| "I'm In Love With My Car" | ||
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| Song by Queen | ||
| From the album A Night at the Opera | ||
| Album released | November 21 / December 2 1975 | |
| Recorded | August-November 1975 | |
| Genre | Rock | |
| Song Length | 3:05 | |
| Record label | EMI / Hollywood Records | |
| Producer | Roy Thomas Baker and Queen | |
| A Night at the Opera Album Listing | ||
| Lazing On A Sunday Afternoon (Track 2) | I'm In Love With My Car (Track 3) | You're My Best Friend (Track 4) |
| Live Killers Album Listing | ||
| Bicycle Race (Track 5) | I'm In Love With My Car (Track 6) | Get Down, Make Love (Track 7) |
I'm In Love With My Car is a song by the band Queen that was featured in the 1975 album "A Night at the Opera". It was written by drummer Roger Taylor, who was fond of fast automobiles and wrote the song for their roadie John Harris who had a Triumph TR4.
Although Taylor recorded the rhythm guitar in the demo, Brian May replaced it in the definitive version, joined by John Deacon on bass, Roger Taylor on drums and Freddie Mercury on piano. All the lead vocals were by Roger Taylor, showcasing his unusually high tenor range. At the ending he actually taped the exhaust of his Alfa Romeo.
"I'm In Love With My Car" was the B-Side of Bohemian Rhapsody, and the fact Taylor made as much money for publishing royalties as Mercury for the single caused a lot of inner fights in the band for years. While the album version ends with the Alfa Romeo exhaust, on the single it is placed at the beginning of the song.
When played live, it was usually featured as part of a medley, and the band would segue in and out of this song without stopping the music.
In 1991, a bonus remix of "I'm In Love With My Car" was released which was produced by prominent mixer and producer, Mike Shipley.
The song was used in a commercial for Jaguar automobiles.
External links
- [Lyrics]
- [The Royal Legend] (detailed musical analysis)
| Queen |
| John Deacon | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | Roger Taylor |
| Discography |
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| Studio albums: Queen | Queen II | Sheer Heart Attack | A Night at the Opera | A Day at the Races | News of the World | Jazz | The Game | Flash Gordon | Hot Space | The Works | A Kind of Magic | The Miracle | Innuendo | Made in Heaven |
| Live albums: Live Killers | Live Magic | Live at Wembley '86 | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions |
| Compilations: Greatest Hits | At the Beeb | Greatest Hits II | Classic Queen | Queen Rocks | Greatest Hits III | Stone Cold Classics |
| Box sets: Greatest Hits I & II | The Crown Jewels | |
| DVDs |
| We Will Rock You | The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert | Greatest Video Hits 1 | Queen Live at Wembley Stadium | Greatest Video Hits 2 | Queen on Fire - Live at the Bowl | Return of the Champions | Super Live in Japan |
| Musicals |
| We Will Rock You |
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