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Freddie Mercury composed “March Of The Black Queen” at the piano in 1973, and the song was included a year later on Queen’s second album Queen II.

It is the only Queen song containing polyrhythm/polymeter (two different time signatures simultaneously 8/8 and 12/8), which is very rare for popular music.

The full piece was too complicated to perform live by the band, however the uptempo section containing the lines (sung by Roger Taylor) “My life is in your hands, I’ll foe and I’ll fie…” etc was sometimes included in a live medley during the 1970s.

The riff before the end of the song that’s lead to”Forget your sing-alongs…” was also used in Bohemian Rhapsody.

The song segues into the next track, “Funny How Love Is”. This song ends with an ascending note progression, which climaxes in the first second of the following track.
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  • youarezero

    Queen II is THE MOST underrated albums of all time!

    last month

  • autumnxleaves

    Queen II is one of the most underrated albums of all time. [24]

    February 2012

  • demonoman77

    One of the best prog rock songs of all time One of the best songs of all time.

    January 2012

  • Tarkus10

    Queen's best track. Mastepiece of masterpieces.

    December 2011

  • KingsAndQueen

    Argh, what would I give to be able to sing this?

    December 2011

  • 88Mike

    Queen II is one of the most underrated albums of all time. [23]

    November 2011

  • astrala122

    Queen II is one of the most underrated albums of all time. [22]

    October 2011

  • Scheibster

    Freddie's songwriting extravaganza at its ultimate best. I wish they had had the guts to relase it as a single as they finally had with Bohemian Rhapsody.

    October 2011

  • Scheibster

    Queen II is one of the most underrated albums of all time. [21]

    October 2011

  • astrala122

    this is just...just best song ever

    September 2011

  • honeypie1489

    Great song. Their songs always take my breath away...

    September 2011

  • pteronophobic

    Masterpiece, one of their best songs. Almost sounds like it was the basis for Bohemian Rhapsody.

    August 2011

  • Oilfour

    Best. Song. Ever.

    August 2011

  • KindYAK

    Epic! Epic Porgressive rock song

    August 2011

  • CoolLikePlastic

    What an interesting song!

    July 2011

  • Leightongreat

    Not only is it underrated but it's one of the best albums of all time. You can listen to Led Zeppelin IV, put Queen II on and see how incredible it is!

    July 2011

  • Leightongreat

    Queen II is one of the most underrated albums of all time. (20)

    July 2011

  • neodude991

    Queen II is one of the most underrated albums of all time. (19)

    July 2011

  • DavCnuk

    epic! I love the stereo effect here

    July 2011

  • Tarkus10

    In my opinion, this puts Bohemian Rhapsody to shame. [2]

    July 2011
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