Credits

• Written by: Queen and David Bowie
• Produced by: Queen and David Bowie
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - vocals, piano, synthesizer (?), organ (?)

Brian May - guitars

John Deacon - bass guitar

Roger Taylor - drums, vocals

David Bowie - vocals, synthesizer (?)

David Richards - synthesizer (?), organ (?)

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Discography

Albums:

	Greatest Hits, 1981 USA
	Hot Space, 1982
	Live Magic, 1986
	Greatest Hits II, 1991
	Classic Queen, 1992
	Live At Wembley '86, 1992
	Greatest Hits III, 1999
	Live At Wembley Stadium, 2003
	Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl, 2004
	Queen Rock Montreal, 2007

Singles:

	Under Pressure, 1981
	Under Pressure, 1988 3" CD Single
	Innuendo, 1991 12" / CD Single
	Under Pressure (rah mix), 1999 CD Single

Compilations:

The Ultimate 80's, CD, 1994, 516 831-2

Alternate Versions:

• alternate versions

Soundtracks:

Grosse Point Blank, CD, 1997

Queen Talks

Brian May - 18 October 2002, Guitar World

"David was living in Switzerland, where we were recording in a studio we owned at the time [Mountain Studios] in Montreux," May recalls. "He basically just popped in to see us. Freddie had met him before. We all had a little chart and then went straight in the studio and started playing around. We played a few old songs and then something new started to happen and we said, "Okay, let's try and record this." It was a truly spontaneous thing. We felt our way through a backing track all together as an ensemble. And then David brought up an unusual idea for creating the vocal. He was kind of famous for writing lyrics by collecting different bits of paper with quotes on them. And we did a corresponding thing as regards writing the top line for the song. When the backing track was done, David said, "Okay, let's each of us go in the vocal booth and sing how we think the melody should go - just off the tops of our heads - and we'll compile a vocal out of that." And that's what we did. Some of the original bits even made it onto the record. Freddie going "b-b-b-boom-ba," that scat singing stuff, was part of the initial track he went in and did off the top of his head. Odd isnt it? That's why the words are so curious, some of them, anyway. There was a point where somebody had to take control, and I think it's fair to say that David took the reins and decided that he wanted to rationalize the lyrics and them say what he felt they should say."

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Chords & Tabs

• chords

Lyrics