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Queen – Fat Bottomed Girls (3:24)

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Fat Bottomed Girls” is a hit single by the English rock band Queen. It was released in 1978 on the album Jazz. The song was written by Queen guitarist Brian May and was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning commonly called “drop D tuning”. The lyrics express the axiom “Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder”, albeit done in a humorous and overtly sexual tone, and is a good-natured jab at groupies that hang onto bands and musicians.
The song is also considered ironic due to the ambiguous sexuality of lead singer Freddie Mercury.

May once mused, of the song’s lyrical content, “Why does everybody love the idea of having casual sex with people that they, otherwise, would not want to be with?”

Vocal arrangements are quite different between the studio version and the live version. In live performances, the lead vocals during the chorus were sung by Freddie Mercury and harmonised with an upper voice (Roger Taylor) and a lower voice (Brian May). In the studio version, there is no higher harmony. The lead vocals are sung by Freddie Mercury, while Brian May sings lead on the intro and choruses.

The single version (which can be found on Greatest Hits) omits the extended guitar interludes between the verses as well as fading out before the ending.

“Fat Bottomed Girls” was released as a Double A-side with the song “Bicycle Race.” This cut includes the line “Get on your bikes and ride”. Bicycle Race also contains the line “Fat bottomed girls, they’ll be riding today, so look out for those beauties, oh yeah”, completing a double cross-reference between the two songs.
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  • lam5

    saw them live way back in time 80's really good live

    16 days ago

  • GaryExo

    One of the greatest songs ever, absolutely no questions!

    last month

  • MotherofMersey

    Fucking excellent

    last month

  • Bandit17C

    Freddie reigns forever!

    last month

  • generaltrelane

    big booty bitches

    March 2012

  • xtwntraphq

    Hey J-Lo? turn around please ! ( Y )

    March 2012

  • KISSastrophe

    Nobody could sing it like Freddie Mercury. RIP. [3]

    February 2012

  • MJPutney

    FREAK!!!!!!!

    February 2012

  • sstrosser1

    I love this song and all you ladies with a little extra junk in the trunk. Don't hide it share for all the world to see and remember i think its asslicious.

    January 2012

  • maidenmetal1

    Nobody could song it like Freddie Mercury. RIP. [2]

    January 2012

  • ben12a

    Nobody could song it like Freddie Mercury. RIP.

    January 2012

  • metalhed00

    I love my fat bottomed girls.

    January 2012

  • adrbtgms04

    ROCK IT MTHFKRS!

    January 2012

  • BillyVanHelsing

    WOW at the beginning

    January 2012

  • xtwntraphq

    For all us ASS MEN ! :)~

    December 2011

  • sarahbianeck

    omg this song is so asdfghjklç

    December 2011

  • mapoot

    GROOVIEST SONG EVER, BABY!

    December 2011

  • kemp678

    Hey Hey!

    December 2011

  • pawpawt

    Love me some Big Bottom Girl's!!!!!

    November 2011

  • OL3AN

    Excellent

    November 2011
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