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Seven Seas of Rhye” is a song by English rock group Queen. Written by Queen front-man Freddie Mercury, it is the final track on both the group’s debut album Queen (1973) and its follow-up Queen II (1974) with a much less-developed instrumental version was featured on the former. The completed version served as the band’s second single, the earliest-released song to appear on their Greatest Hits album, with the exception of some versions where their first single, Keep Yourself Alive, is included.
The song was released as a single, and after the band performed it on Top of the Pops it became their first hit, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is about Freddie Mercury’s childhood fantasy world named “Rhye”. The land of Rhye was originally made up by Mercury and his sister Kashmira when they were children. After joining Queen as an adult, Mercury wrote some songs about that country, including “Seven Seas of Rhye”,Lily Of The Valley, “My Fairy King, “Ogre Battle”, “The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke”,”The March Of The Black Queen”, “Great King Rat”, and “Mad The Swine”.
The song became a live favourite throughout Queen’s existence. It features a distinctive arpeggiated piano introduction. The theme also appears at the end of “It’s a Beautiful Day”.
The version on Queen II ends with a cross fade, instruments blending into several people singing “I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside”. Its inclusion here on the final track of Queen II is briefly mirrored in the first few seconds of “Brighton Rock”, which opens their next album, Sheer Heart Attack. (A few whistled bars can be heard over the introductory noise).
Keep Yourself Alive, is included.
The song was released as a single, and after the band performed it on Top of the Pops it became their first hit, peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart.
The song is about Freddie Mercury’s childhood fantasy world named “Rhye”. The land of Rhye was originally made up by Mercury and his sister Kashmira when they were children. After joining Queen as an adult, Mercury wrote some songs about that country, including “Seven Seas of Rhye”,
Lily Of The Valley, “My Fairy King, “Ogre Battle”, “The Fairy Feller’s Master-Stroke”,”The March Of The Black Queen”, “Great King Rat”, and “Mad The Swine”.The song became a live favourite throughout Queen’s existence. It features a distinctive arpeggiated piano introduction. The theme also appears at the end of “
It’s a Beautiful Day”.The version on Queen II ends with a cross fade, instruments blending into several people singing “I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside”. Its inclusion here on the final track of Queen II is briefly mirrored in the first few seconds of “
Brighton Rock”, which opens their next album, Sheer Heart Attack. (A few whistled bars can be heard over the introductory noise).
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wilte01 wrote:
One of the early ones; and IMHO one of the best
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HE1NZ wrote:
Webley version TOTALLY KICKS ASS
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Big_Dip wrote:
The song's success enabled Mercury to quit his day job working at a stall in London's Kensington Market.
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XenoLair wrote:
I CHALLENGE THE MIGHTY TITAN AND HIS TROUBADOURS [2]
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MrsBadGirl wrote:
Amazing song!...i love the '70
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CanadianNinja wrote:
I CHALLENGE THE MIGHTY TITAN AND HIS TROUBADOURS
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RafaelDivoz wrote:
sounds mexican :D
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Talentedlosers wrote:
hmm, whole track not there...
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davidbowiegirl wrote:
Good song
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_danton_ wrote:
"Oh we DO like to be beside the seaside... oh we DO like to be beside the sea..."
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Queen-Lady wrote:
I'll take you to the seven seas of rhye so great ♥
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dons61 wrote:
This is queen at their best. Brilliant vocals this is timeless !
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RonB wrote:
the short instrumental version should be tagged as "Seven Seas Of Rhye...", that's how it is listed on the original LP & CD releases...
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SpiderJeruslm wrote:
uber weird... now it's showing the time as if this were the instrumental from Queen, but it's actually PLAYING the version with lyrics... strange....
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ricz_dm wrote:
'1 minute' version = Queen (1973), 'full' version = Queen II (1974)
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tollcollect wrote:
1 minute instrumental, wtf?
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skank_pit wrote:
OK, now I am just getting a 1 minute instrumental :|
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skank_pit wrote:
Almighty! I'm getting the full song
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Dario_Western wrote:
This is the second best ever Queen song, just pipped by Bohemian Rhapsody. Love it, especially the drunk singing at the end. :)
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Sulisk wrote:
Nice
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