January 8, 2009 - 11:49 pm
"Under Pressure" is a 1981 song by Queen and David Bowie. It marked Queen's first released collaboration with another recording artist, and is featured on their 1982 album Hot Space. The song was a hit at the time, reaching #1 in the UK singles chart.
The song evolved from a jam session the band had with Bowie at its studio in Montreux, Switzerland, therefore it was credited as co-written by the five musicians. According to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), however, the song's primary musical songwriter was Freddie Mercury — though all contributed to the arrangement. An earlier, embryonic version of the song without Bowie called "Feel Like" is widely available in bootleg form.
Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have credited the bass riff to Deacon; Bowie also said on his website that the bassline was already written before he became involved.
Bowie had originally come to the studios in order to sing backing vocals in another Queen song, "Cool Cat," which would end up being edited out since he wasn't satisfied with them. Once he got there, they jammed for a while and wrote the song.
Very nice song sung by the great Freddie Mercury and nicely played by Queen.
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January 8th, 2009 at 00:18:00 This seems live in everyway.
January 9th, 2009 at 00:40:59 Queen with Freddie Mercury are such ear candy! What a range that man had. I love his cocky attitude. Classic.
January 9th, 2009 at 01:03:58 Probably live, a lot of official live performance videos are edited in the studio to improve the old sound quality.
January 9th, 2009 at 01:26:57 Queen is still the best band ever
January 9th, 2009 at 01:49:56 yeah he did!! but he said that there was like one more different note in his song, so he didn't get sued, he's LAME!!
January 9th, 2009 at 02:12:55 amooo esta cancion!! es la mejor!! =D
January 9th, 2009 at 02:35:54 rocktoy f-you leave the dead to rip you wish you could measure up to what he was!!! you are a homo-phobe! which means your homo!!! freddie mercery was amazing! and more amazing than you will ever be!
January 9th, 2009 at 02:58:53 Similar...not familiar. Yes, I'm the grammar police.
January 9th, 2009 at 03:21:52 your retarded everybody over 3 knows that
January 9th, 2009 at 03:44:51 duh buddy when where you born 1990? VVV LOL
January 9th, 2009 at 04:07:50 Hey i bet u didn't know this but Vanilla Ice stole the base line from this song to put in his song Ice Ice baby. Don't beleive me? Listen to it. They sond VERRY familiar
January 9th, 2009 at 04:30:49 Hey does anybody know if this concert is purely live or if they do some of the sound in the studio? I'm always disappointed to see a great live performance and learn that much of it was redone in the studio.
January 9th, 2009 at 04:53:48 QUENN foreveerrr
January 9th, 2009 at 05:16:47 this is cocaine....:D
January 9th, 2009 at 05:39:46 Honour to you Freddie...
January 9th, 2009 at 06:02:45 I can't have enough of this.I do not care if he was gay or not, just listen to him(all of them are great)
January 9th, 2009 at 06:25:44 Burn all homos at the stake just like they used to in the old days! Problem solved!!
January 9th, 2009 at 06:48:43 best band ever freddy best singer ever freddy R.I.P.
January 9th, 2009 at 07:11:42 Rocktoy79 You sir are a massive idiot.
January 9th, 2009 at 07:34:41 fredy mercury fue y sera el mejor camtante de la historia sin tapujos y sintiendo la letra como la REINA Q FUE I LOVE QUENN JOSELE ZARAGOZA ESPAÑA
January 9th, 2009 at 07:57:40 I love this concert, best ever live band :)))
January 9th, 2009 at 08:20:39 it was brought by monkey's like you
January 9th, 2009 at 08:43:38 asshole.. they didn't!!!
January 9th, 2009 at 09:06:37 Imagine what the world would be like if gays hadn't brought AIDS into it!
January 9th, 2009 at 09:29:36 1946?