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About This Track
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.
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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MJPutney wrote:
FREAK!!!!!!!
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sstrosser1 wrote:
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.
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maidenmetal1 wrote:
Nobody could song it like Freddie Mercury. RIP. [2]
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ben12a wrote:
Nobody could song it like Freddie Mercury. RIP.
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metalhed00 wrote:
I love my fat bottomed girls.
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adrbtgms04 wrote:
ROCK IT MTHFKRS!
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BillyVanHelsing wrote:
WOW at the beginning
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xtwntraphq wrote:
For all us ASS MEN ! :)~
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sarahbianeck wrote:
omg this song is so asdfghjklç
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mapoot wrote:
GROOVIEST SONG EVER, BABY!
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kemp678 wrote:
Hey Hey!
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pawpawt wrote:
Love me some Big Bottom Girl's!!!!!
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OL3AN wrote:
Excellent
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beatles_1940 wrote:
great
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You must all watch The Way I See It! Skimovie that made me love this track
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You�ve scrobbled this track 1,101 times. You first scrobbled it on 13 Nov 2009. You love this track.
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BlackRoseKilla wrote:
The beginning gives me shivers <3
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DavCnuk wrote:
great, Taylor is great here!
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incultojurgis wrote:
Roger Taylor is fucking epic
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Rmwbauer wrote:
Jordan Reyes.
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