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About This Track
“Somebody to Love” is a song by British rock band Queen. Written by singer Freddie Mercury, the track featured on their 1976 album A Day at the Races, from which it was also released as the lead single.
Like “Bohemian Rhapsody”, the major hit from Queen’s previous album A Night At The Opera, “Somebody to Love” has a complex melody and deep layering of vocal tracks, this time based on a gospel choir arrangement. It was the first single off the album A Day At The Races. It is a rock ballad on which band members Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor multitracked their voices to create the impression of a 100-voice gospel choir.
The lyrics, especially combined with the gospel influence, create a song about faith, desperation and soul-searching; the singer questions both the lack of love he’s experiencing and the role of God in helping to provide this disparately needed in his life. He’s passionately pondering what the use of it all is without having somebody to love in his life. Staying true to Queen’s guitar-driven style, it was also filled with intricate harmonies and a notable guitar solo by Brian May, and it went to number 2 on the UK charts and number 13 on the U.S. singles chart.
A promotional video was made combining a staged recording session at Sarm East Studios (where the A Day at the Races album was recorded) and film footage of the band’s performance at Hyde Park that September.
The song was included on their first Greatest Hits, released in 1981.
Like “
Bohemian Rhapsody”, the major hit from Queen’s previous album A Night At The Opera, “Somebody to Love” has a complex melody and deep layering of vocal tracks, this time based on a gospel choir arrangement. It was the first single off the album A Day At The Races. It is a rock ballad on which band members Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor multitracked their voices to create the impression of a 100-voice gospel choir.
The lyrics, especially combined with the gospel influence, create a song about faith, desperation and soul-searching; the singer questions both the lack of love he’s experiencing and the role of God in helping to provide this disparately needed in his life. He’s passionately pondering what the use of it all is without having somebody to love in his life. Staying true to Queen’s guitar-driven style, it was also filled with intricate harmonies and a notable guitar solo by Brian May, and it went to number 2 on the UK charts and number 13 on the U.S. singles chart.
A promotional video was made combining a staged recording session at Sarm East Studios (where the A Day at the Races album was recorded) and film footage of the band’s performance at Hyde Park that September.
The song was included on their first Greatest Hits, released in 1981.
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Karol4722 wrote:
best song ever! I love it!
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clarky212 wrote:
milton keynes 82 - thats just a special special performance of this song
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aky70560 wrote:
Can so relate to this song
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surelymaggie wrote:
I love the beginnig... wait, I love the entire song.
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bigfish90 wrote:
I think I like this song that much 'cause i need some love in my life :P
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pravdt wrote:
Somebody To Love >Bohemian Rhapsody [3] I think.
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CommetBoxJunky wrote:
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Anymouss wrote:
Somebody To Love >Bohemian Rhapsody [2]
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Nonsumqualis wrote:
Настолько волшебная музыка, что до слёз
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pjolliffe wrote:
Nice... Freddy and the boys were the stuff... Brian May actually made his own guitars!
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Kari420 wrote:
http://youtu.be/aA2IRoPFIn0
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sergeyisu wrote:
to Love!
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kemp678 wrote:
Oooo! That bass line! Love love love!!
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octopuss22 wrote:
Why this song is so awesome...? I so much love the vocals in this song ... Freddie is AMAZING. Others too of course!
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Rotrangh wrote:
Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies [6] Best on stage ^^
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risico001 wrote:
I do enjoy Somebody to love but I don't think it is greater than BR according to astrala122 below.
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astrala122 wrote:
Somebody To Love >Bohemian Rhapsody
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astrala122 wrote:
Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies [4]
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thecolgateduck wrote:
freddie freddie freddie
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xpldng_hlcptr wrote:
Freddie is back in this world http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dREKkAk628I
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