Credits

• Written by: Brian May
• Produced by: Queen, assisted by Mike Stone
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - vocals

Brian May - guitars, vocals

John Deacon - bass guitar

Roger Taylor - drums, vocals

Discography

Albums:

• album, year
• other albums

Singles:

• single

Compilations:

• compilations

Alternate Versions:

• alternate versions

Soundtracks:

• soundtrack

Queen Talks

Brian May, 1983, Guitar Greats, BBC Radio One

Yes there was a kind of ‘Queen’ Sound in there somewhere. I don’t know if it’s there so much but I suppose in something like ‘Play the Game’ it’s still there really. The thing is, it’s so easy for us to do, it’s something, which we slip into almost without thinking, on stage or on record. Once Freddie starts playing in E þ and A þ, which he very often does, it has that particular sound and of course it’s very difficult for a guitarist to play in Eþ and Aþ. They’re just the keys you don’t want to be playing in, naturally, so the fact that those songs are played in those keys brings something different out of me. There are certain kinds of shapes, which I can use, that don’t use any open strings and are sometimes a bit painful to get together. But as soon as that’s happening that sort of formula is there and we can do it all night and all day. It’s that sort of Queen ‘Sound’ yeah!

Covers

Recorded by:

• artist, album, release

Bootlegs

• bootleg

Chords & Tabs

• chords

Lyrics