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About This Track
“Under Pressure” is a 1981 song by Queen and David Bowie. It marked Queen’s first released collaboration with another recording artist, and is featured on their 1982 album Hot Space. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also number 31 on VH1’s 100 Greatest Songs of the ’80s.
Bowie had originally come to the studios in order to sing backing vocals on another Queen song, “Cool Cat”. For whatever reason, Bowie was not satisfied with his contribution, and his vocals were removed from the track.
Queen had been working on an earlier version of the song under the title “Feel Like” but were not yet satisfied with the result. The final version that became “Under Pressure” evolved from a jam session the band had with Bowie at his studio in Montreux, Switzerland, therefore it was credited as co-written by the five musicians. According to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), however, the song’s primary musical songwriter was Freddie Mercury — though all contributed to the arrangement. The earlier, embryonic version of the song without Bowie , “Feel Like” , is widely available in bootleg form.
There has been some confusion about who created the song’s famous bass line. John Deacon said (in Japanese magazine Musiclife in 1982, and in the previously mentioned French magazine) that David Bowie had created it.
Bowie had originally come to the studios in order to sing backing vocals on another Queen song, “
Cool Cat”. For whatever reason, Bowie was not satisfied with his contribution, and his vocals were removed from the track.
Queen had been working on an earlier version of the song under the title “Feel Like” but were not yet satisfied with the result. The final version that became “Under Pressure” evolved from a jam session the band had with Bowie at his studio in Montreux, Switzerland, therefore it was credited as co-written by the five musicians. According to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), however, the song’s primary musical songwriter was Freddie Mercury — though all contributed to the arrangement. The earlier, embryonic version of the song without Bowie , “Feel Like” , is widely available in bootleg form.
There has been some confusion about who created the song’s famous bass line. John Deacon said (in Japanese magazine Musiclife in 1982, and in the previously mentioned French magazine) that David Bowie had created it.
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Shouts
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lukasz_pulawski wrote:
this famous bass line would later be sampled by Vanilla Ice in his 1990 single "Ice Ice Baby"
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Donnerholz wrote:
Pressure!
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artymyna wrote:
best...
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REAPERSNOG wrote:
so damn CATCHY!!!
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xxxvanessaxx wrote:
rob van winkle
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ravenclaw94 wrote:
Classic.
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richardandricha wrote:
Everyday living but, then Fred knew this and its getting worse.
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BeatleFreak98 wrote:
Masterpiece. <3
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zepphead33 wrote:
Freddie Mercury is one of the best male vocalists of all time.
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kemp678 wrote:
Of all the songs about pressure....this is my favorite.
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Nai87s wrote:
Heard this song in It's Kind of A Funny Story. Great song!!
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rockandrolljoe wrote:
Tell em PhatBasta
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PhatBasta wrote:
" Their song goes...dun-dun-dun da da dun -dun...my song goes...dun-dun-dun da da dun- dun tsk..It's not the same.." Ice(Rob Van Winkle..lol) was/is/always will be a Hack..
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fordelphus wrote:
Im pretty much sure it's David Bowie singing along with him, which is ground breaking anyways.
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sloan1989 wrote:
@DLSUK Fuck You!
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DLSUK wrote:
Fuck Vanilla Ice!
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lzcool wrote:
Rock in Rio 85. Um dos melhores shows que eu já vi.
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matheusnog wrote:
miss freddie.
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austin9993 wrote:
<3 It's the terror of knowing what this world is about <3
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eljasmy wrote:
this song moves something in me.. love it
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