Credits

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

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals

Brian May - guitars, keyboards

John Deacon - bass guitar

Roger Taylor - drums, vibraslap

David Richards - sampler

• Length: 4:42

Discography

Albums:

The Miracle, 1989

Singles:

Scandal, 1989

Alternate Versions:

• 7" Edit Remix - CDS: Parlophone CD Queen 14
• Demo Promo Teaser Tape - Unreleased
• 12" Extended - Miracle: US 1991 Hollywood HR-61152-2

Queen Talks

"I have kept the first take, as Freddie did for the vocals. In one evening, the song was finished, because we couldn't do a better take."

Brian May - 1989

"This is something from me, obviously. The idea for this song happened in the studio, but thematically, it's very close to all of our hearts – particularly Freddie and particularly me, and a little later, Roger, as we were pursued by the media to a destructive point. It was very painful, we did get very hurt – these paparazzi invading our lives. There's money to be made trashing peoples' lives in newspapers, and it's probably never going to change in England."

Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary

"Not one of my favorite songs, one of the most boring videos we ever made. Don't remember much about it, I just remember being bored. Didn't do anything for me, and for something called 'Scandal', it wasn't very scandalous. I think we were going through the motions here."

Roger Taylor - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary

"For me, it was a pretty serious song – not serious in the sense that I think it's that great (laughs), but in that there was a lot of reality in the lyrics for me... I don't think it's totally successful, this video, as a portrayal of what's in the song. It's a kind of brave attempt, but it's a little cold, and you don't really see the band interacting as a band. It's a bit stagey. But at least it makes you think of what the song's really about."

Brian May - 2003, Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD commentary

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