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About This Track
Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)” is a song from the 1976 Queen album A Day at the Races and is written by guitarist Brian May. It is the tenth and final track on the album.
The song is notable for having two verses sung in Japanese; it is one of four Queen songs in which an entire verse is sung in a language other than English. The song features a piano, a plastic piano, and a harmonium, all of which are played by Brian May. It is the only point in the album in which Freddie Mercury does not play piano.
The album’s closing guitar melody is also its opening melody; the sequence was attached to the beginning of “Tie Your Mother Down”, the first track on the album. May described it as “a never-ending staircase”, otherwise commonly known, musically, as a Shepard tone.
The song was released as a single exclusively in Japan, and only as a 7” single; it reached #49 on the Japanese charts.[1] The B-side was the song “Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy”. The closing Shepard tone was edited off the song.
During the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour in 2005, Brian May performed the song during a set in Japan.
A new, re-mixed edition of the song was released in 2011 as part of Queen’s 40th Anniversary remasters collection. The insert booklet that comes with the 2011 Remaster of “A Day At The Races” says the following of this particular version:
This High Definition digital mix of Teo Torriatte was first included on the Japanese-only compilation album Jewels II in 2005.
The song is notable for having two verses sung in Japanese; it is one of four Queen songs in which an entire verse is sung in a language other than English. The song features a piano, a plastic piano, and a harmonium, all of which are played by Brian May. It is the only point in the album in which Freddie Mercury does not play piano.
The album’s closing guitar melody is also its opening melody; the sequence was attached to the beginning of “Tie Your Mother Down”, the first track on the album. May described it as “a never-ending staircase”, otherwise commonly known, musically, as a Shepard tone.
The song was released as a single exclusively in Japan, and only as a 7” single; it reached #49 on the Japanese charts.[1] The B-side was the song “Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy”. The closing Shepard tone was edited off the song.
During the Queen + Paul Rodgers tour in 2005, Brian May performed the song during a set in Japan.
A new, re-mixed edition of the song was released in 2011 as part of Queen’s 40th Anniversary remasters collection. The insert booklet that comes with the 2011 Remaster of “A Day At The Races” says the following of this particular version:
This High Definition digital mix of Teo Torriatte was first included on the Japanese-only compilation album Jewels II in 2005.
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Shouts
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BabyShalom wrote:
Beautiful
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Julia_Pcholka wrote:
Masterpiece!
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honeypie1489 wrote:
I really love this song! :')
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Mare1232 wrote:
wonderful song wonderful album!!!
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backtothelight wrote:
HD mix is beautiful.
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Judester69 wrote:
Let us never lose the lessons we have learned(:
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hoppipollaa wrote:
such a beautiful song..
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missjulia423 wrote:
Best ballad in rock history
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DrainBamage22 wrote:
I think that Muse could make an awesome cover out of this one..
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woobie210 wrote:
Maybe Queen's best ballad.
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turnntostone wrote:
quite possibly one of the most beautiful songs ever recorded. Love it.
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MetulHead wrote:
holy shit
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ArekkerA wrote:
Hot Space can't be compared with ADATR because that are different types of music. But I prefer the second one. And Teo Torriatte is probably the most underrated song of Queen... Such a waste... :(
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surrealm wrote:
one of queen's underrated songs, imho. really don't get why ADATR as an album would be underrated though, except maybe in comparison to ANATO
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backtothelight wrote:
Why is this song not listened to more? It's one of Queen's best. And I wouldn't go comparing this album to Hot Space. A Day At The Races is far superior.
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javelin_skelter wrote:
I wonder why this album is so underrated. I mean, it's just like Hot Space, nobody has the attention span to listen to the entire album :/
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ToxicMDA wrote:
It's beautiful.
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backtothelight wrote:
One of my all time favorite songs, ever. Beautiful track.
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skuzzmamma wrote:
I love this track. My mum is having it played at her funeral, she loves it too!
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goonerphil wrote:
The bee's knees ! Love it !
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