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About This Track
“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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KullatNunu wrote:
:)
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AnIslandGurl wrote:
You're the BEST friend! ♥
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Artemito wrote:
cuanta diferencia hay en lo que hacian en los 70's.
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Natzely wrote:
Reminds of of Shawn of the Dead. Can't help but to fill so happy inside every time I hear this song.
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skybourne96 wrote:
aaww whata cutie of a song a proper gem!
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kissesneverdie wrote:
John Deacon - one of my favorite lyricists and musicians of all time.
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littlepunkqueen wrote:
beautiful song, i love it!!!!!!!
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keanequeen wrote:
Oh, você é a primeira Quando as coisas dão errado. Sabe, eu nunca estarei sozinho; Você é a única para mim,
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JoanHulsey wrote:
the best word to describe this is gritty.
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ImogenFranks wrote:
nice
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QueenFTW_x wrote:
love this!
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krypt2nite wrote:
I'm a nerd... this song is to my computer. :P
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Anni--x3 wrote:
Great song :)
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silbcm wrote:
Queen make me live...
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NitaD1 wrote:
Oooooooooooh you make me live.........
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promisedeyes wrote:
AWESOME!
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killer_queen_7 wrote:
Such a cheerful song, well written, well sung and well played. Love it <3
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musikall wrote:
At first I thought this was going to be a cheesy song, but I'm surprised.
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NataliaMolina wrote:
me encanta!
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killa_bsting wrote:
Great Band Great Music
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