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About This Track
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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fafafab once again, the commenting section makes me lose (more) faith in humanity, so stupid wasting time comparing the original version with Glee's version, if you don't like glee's version DON'T LISTEN TO IT, retarded idiots, I feel sorry for your kids
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coco_bloom i'm just in love with this song!
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Ariues suck that Glee? anyway i saw that show the other night and i was trying to look at this girl's sexy eyes but then she started singing and they kept showing gay couples and panning across the room and didnt really show her eyes close up again:( i swiftly turned the channel mate
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bocahmarhaen Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies suck that Glee [2]
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EmJayCrawford I sing the s**t out of this song when driving alone!! :-P [2] Amen!
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flygirlaly I sing the s**t out of this song when driving alone!! :-P
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weemies Very amazing
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k-rolina92 Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies [11] suck that Glee
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pravdt DAT SOLO.
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blacksnapper somebody!
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bakaneko90 Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies [10]
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youarezero Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies [9]
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DCSaltarelli Maybe I can clear up a few things. 1. They might have been in drag but as far as I know only Freddie Mercury was gay. 2. A lot of times the vocal harmonies were all Freddie.
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pearlanddiamond wish I could double heart this song [2]
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Sin1221 I like Queen. Um were they just in drag? Wait it's Queen, of course they were in drag.
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sentenza338 wish I could double heart this song
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spacecat2003 find me somebody to love...... please
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Mixora Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies [8]
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Zariah_Lanae Nobody can top Queen's vocal harmonies [7]
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piraterie 'I just keep losing my beat.' Story of my life.
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