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“You’re My Best Friend” is a song penned by John Deacon and performed by British rock band Queen. It was originally included on the A Night At The Opera album in 1975, and later released as a single, with Brian May’s 
’39 as its B-side. The song also appeared on the Greatest Hits (1981) album.
Deacon wrote the song for his wife, Veronica, to whom he remains married to this day. In this song, he plays a Wurlitzer electric piano in addition to bass guitar. The characteristic ‘bark’ of the Wurlitzer’s bass notes plays a prominent role in the song. During live performances, the band used a grand piano rather than an electric, and it would be played by Freddie Mercury, while Deacon played the bass guitar.
For the music video, it shows the band in a huge ballroom surrounded by over one thousand candles, including a huge chandelier hung above them on the ceiling. The video was filmed in the summer of 1976. (May later mentioned that the video was shot in the middle of a very unpleasant heatwave and the ballroom in which they were filming did not have air conditioning.) Also, Deacon is seen playing a grand piano, even though he plays a regular electric on the recording.
The band answered Tom Browne on 24 December 1977 in a live BBC Radio One interview, regarding Deacon’s control of the piano for the recording.
John Deacon: “Well, Freddie didn’t like the electric piano, so I took it home and I started to learn on the electric piano and basically that’s the song that came out you know when I was learning to play piano. It was written on that instrument and it sounds best on that. You know, often on the instrument that you wrote the song on.”
’39 as its B-side. The song also appeared on the Greatest Hits (1981) album.Deacon wrote the song for his wife, Veronica, to whom he remains married to this day. In this song, he plays a Wurlitzer electric piano in addition to bass guitar. The characteristic ‘bark’ of the Wurlitzer’s bass notes plays a prominent role in the song. During live performances, the band used a grand piano rather than an electric, and it would be played by Freddie Mercury, while Deacon played the bass guitar.
For the music video, it shows the band in a huge ballroom surrounded by over one thousand candles, including a huge chandelier hung above them on the ceiling. The video was filmed in the summer of 1976. (May later mentioned that the video was shot in the middle of a very unpleasant heatwave and the ballroom in which they were filming did not have air conditioning.) Also, Deacon is seen playing a grand piano, even though he plays a regular electric on the recording.
The band answered Tom Browne on 24 December 1977 in a live BBC Radio One interview, regarding Deacon’s control of the piano for the recording.
John Deacon: “Well, Freddie didn’t like the electric piano, so I took it home and I started to learn on the electric piano and basically that’s the song that came out you know when I was learning to play piano. It was written on that instrument and it sounds best on that. You know, often on the instrument that you wrote the song on.”
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Fracturedvision wrote:
Great track!
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Best song Queen ever did!
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zimmerlinde wrote:
das möcht ich bei meiner beerdigung hören ;-)
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Jesakah_Punkah wrote:
Great song, I can't help but smile whenever I hear it :) [2]
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oldiegeier09 wrote:
Queen einfach gut
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bjornsam wrote:
So much joy
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ArdentRaptor wrote:
Great song, I can't help but smile whenever I hear it :)
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leekpie wrote:
Love this track. Recently went to a wedding and the couple had their first dance to this song, VERY touching!
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Nocturnalle wrote:
Such a sweet song :)
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gladsad89 wrote:
Classic. Just a good, sweet song that will endure and make people feel good forever.
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DonnieSTFU wrote:
One of my least favorite Queen songs, but tolerable.
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Talonair wrote:
ooh, you make me live
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PrettyStoner wrote:
<3 genius
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aggielink wrote:
Heh heh heh. I didn't know this was Queen, heck last time I heard this, I didn't know what Queen was. Thank God I do now!
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mikey_raven wrote:
you know a band rocks when u can INSTANTANEOUSLY regonize any of their songs
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Arthur-Engler wrote:
amo muito isso
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yormomsonmydick wrote:
best............band.................ever.
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Foo2210 wrote:
My fav queen song, reminds me so much of someone I couldnt live without <3
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one of my favs by Queen
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