I Want To Break Free
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| The Works Album Listing | ||
|---|---|---|
| "Machines (or 'Back to Humans')" (Track 5) | "I Want to Break Free" (Track 6) | "Keep Passing the Open Windows" (Track 7) |
| Live Magic Album Listing | ||
| "Another One Bites The Dust" (Track 6) | "I Want To Break Free" (Track 7) | "Is This the World We Created...?" (Track 8) |
I Want to Break Free is a song performed by Queen, which was written exclusively by bassist John Deacon. It featured on the 1984 album The Works. In the UK Chart, it peaked at number 3, and remained in the chart for fifteen consecutive weeks.
Two differing versions of the song are in circulation. The version on The Works album itself is in fact shorter than the single remix by nearly a minute, which is the direct opposite to Hammer To Fall, a song which was edited down by thirty seconds from the album version to be released as a single.
The music video was a parody of the British soap opera Coronation Street. During part of the video, the band members dressed in drag, as mildly similar characters found in the soap at the time. The video also depicted the band in what appeared to be a dark cave in their normal look, and it also features a ballet piece with the Royal Ballet, for which Freddie Mercury shaved off his trademark moustache to portray Nijinsky. The video was initially banned by MTV in the U.S., but eventually shown on that channel after numerous viewers requested it. The video received renewed attention when it was used in a media advertising campaign for the soft drink Coca-Cola C2.
When Queen performed the song live at the Rock in Rio concert, Mercury appeared in drag, earning him a chorus of boos from the audience; the crowd was not aware of the Coronation Street parody, leading the audience to think that Mercury was mocking the song, which had become a song of protest in Brazil.
At the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Lisa Stansfield performed the song. She entered the Wembley stage wearing hair curlers (a la Hilda Ogden) and pushing a vacuum cleaner in a direct reference and tribute to the song's video.
| Queen |
| John Deacon | Brian May | Freddie Mercury | Roger Taylor |
| Discography |
|---|
| 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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