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About This Track
“I’m Going Slightly Mad” is a Queen song, written by Freddie Mercury. It is the second track on the 1991 album Innuendo. Although the accompanying music video appears to project the song as being very humorous and light-hearted, many people believe that the eerie keyboards and bleak lyrics reflect darker undertones, inspired by AIDS-induced dementia. Actress Cleo Rocos has confirmed this notion, stating that Mercury had explained to her and mutual friend Kenny Everett that the song documents the tragic mental decline he suffered during the final years of his life.
The single cover was inspired by a Grandville illustration (as are the others from the album).
The accompanying video is one of Queen’s most famous, along with Bohemian Rhapsody and I Want to Break Free.
The video - like all other Innuendo videos directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions - also features the band dressed and acting in very absurd ways, including but not limited to guitarist Brian May dressed as a penguin, drummer Roger Taylor wearing a tea kettle on his head, a man in a gorilla suit, who was later revealed to be Elton John, bassist John Deacon as a jester, and Mercury wearing a bunch of bananas as a wig (corresponding with the line “I think I’m a banana tree”).
In interviews Brian May has said that it was (with These Are the Days of Our Lives) the last video Mercury shot and that he was already very ill at the time, although Mercury is very mobile in the video. This was not the case in the video for These Are the Days of Our Lives, where Mercury hardly moves around at all.
The single cover was inspired by a Grandville illustration (as are the others from the album).
The accompanying video is one of Queen’s most famous, along with Bohemian Rhapsody and I Want to Break Free.
The video - like all other Innuendo videos directed by Rudi Dolezal and Hannes Rossacher of DoRo Productions - also features the band dressed and acting in very absurd ways, including but not limited to guitarist Brian May dressed as a penguin, drummer Roger Taylor wearing a tea kettle on his head, a man in a gorilla suit, who was later revealed to be Elton John, bassist John Deacon as a jester, and Mercury wearing a bunch of bananas as a wig (corresponding with the line “I think I’m a banana tree”).
In interviews Brian May has said that it was (with These Are the Days of Our Lives) the last video Mercury shot and that he was already very ill at the time, although Mercury is very mobile in the video. This was not the case in the video for These Are the Days of Our Lives, where Mercury hardly moves around at all.
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notyetaladie wrote:
I am an amazing human being.
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nicolasbj wrote:
insane!
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SpecialKKay wrote:
Great song !
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manzarek93 wrote:
Creo que esta es mi canción favorita de Queen.
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Unsociable21 wrote:
Мой любимый клип. [6]
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Olrona wrote:
Roger, what did you do?
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BlackRoseKilla wrote:
Oh dear :3
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Jericho09 wrote:
happy 65th freddie; RIP
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tyveranthula wrote:
I think I'm a banana tree :D [2] Well, Freddie as mad person. Brian as penguin, John with Joker's hat, and Roger... Uh, Roger, what did you put on your head?!
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alfonzoloya wrote:
i'm going slightly mad too.
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rifampicin wrote:
I think I'm a banana tree :D
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BeatleFreak98 wrote:
The best band!!! [2]
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riosapolinar wrote:
The best band!!!
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Kate_Lindstrom wrote:
Мой любимый клип. [5] дада, и песня тоже.
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NeProrok wrote:
Мой любимый клип. [4]
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malusienka wrote:
Pinguins!
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wisaac5440 wrote:
I can't believe I've never heard this track. I'm not the biggest Queen fan. I like it alot!
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jonininman wrote:
queen are awsome
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clarky212 wrote:
'and there you have it.....'
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kventin_detka wrote:
Мой любимый клип. [3]
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