I'm Going Slightly Mad

"I'm Going Slightly Mad"
"I'm Going Slightly Mad"
Single by Queen
from the album Innuendo
B-side	"The Hitman"; "Lost Opportunity" (12" and CD singles only)< ;
Released	4 March 1991
Recorded	1990
Genre	Gothic rock; synth-pop;
Length	4:22
Label	Parlophone (Europe); Hollywood (North America)
Songwriter(s)	Queen; (Freddie Mercury & Peter Straker)
Producer(s)	Queen; David Richards;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"I'm Going Slightly Mad" at YouTube

I'm Going Slightly Mad is the second single from Queen's album Innuendo.^[4] The album was released on 4 March 1991.^[4] The song 'I'm Going Slightly Mad' was written by Freddie Mercury.^[5]

Video[change | change source]

The video is shot in black and white and features the band dressed and acting in a ridiculous way. Brian May is dressed as a penguin. Roger Taylor wears a teapot on his head and rides a tricycle while Freddie Mercury is chasing him. Freddie Mercury wears a bunch of bananas as a wig. John Deacon is a jester.

People[change | change source]

Freddie Mercury ( Farouk bulsara- lead vocals, backing vocals, keyboards and synthesizer, piano
Brian May - slide guitars
Roger Taylor - drums, maracas, bar chimes
John Deacon - bass guitar

Chart[change | change source]

Chart (1991)	Peak position	Total weeks
Dutch Singles Chart	20	9
German Singles Chart	42	10
Irish Singles Chart	19	2
UK Singles Chart	22	5

References[change | change source]

↑ "Queen UK Singles Discography 1984-1991". www.ultimatequeen.co.uk.
↑ Howells, Lucy (15 September 2018). "I'm Going Slightly Mad by Queen and Mercury's madness". Music Video Meaning. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020. I'm Going Slightly Mad by Queen is a gothic rock ballad with a very original music video in black and white
↑ Popoff, Martin (27 November 2018). Queen: Album by Album. Voyageur Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780760362839. Retrieved 11 June 2020.
↑ ^4.0 ^4.1 "Innuendo". ultimatequeen.co. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
↑ "Song Statistics". ultimatequeen.co. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

Other websites[change | change source]

Lyrics at Queen official website

[1] "Queen UK Singles Discography 1984-1991". www.ultimatequeen.co.uk.

[2] Howells, Lucy (15 September 2018). "I'm Going Slightly Mad by Queen and Mercury's madness". Music Video Meaning. Archived from the original on 11 June 2020. Retrieved 11 June 2020. I'm Going Slightly Mad by Queen is a gothic rock ballad with a very original music video in black and white

[3] Popoff, Martin (27 November 2018). Queen: Album by Album. Voyageur Press. p. 190. ISBN 9780760362839. Retrieved 11 June 2020.

[UQ1-4] 4.0 ^4.1 "Innuendo". ultimatequeen.co. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

[5] "Song Statistics". ultimatequeen.co. Retrieved 23 February 2015.

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v t e Queen singles discography
Queen	"Keep Yourself Alive" "Liar"
Queen II	"Seven Seas of Rhye"
Sheer Heart Attack	"Killer Queen"/"Flick of the Wrist" "Now I'm Here" "Lily of the Valley" "Stone Cold Crazy"
A Night at the Opera	"Bohemian Rhapsody" "You're My Best Friend" "Love of My Life"
A Day at the Races	"Somebody to Love" "Tie Your Mother Down" "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" "Long Away" "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
News of the World	"We Are the Champions"/"We Will Rock You" "Spread Your Wings" "It's Late"
Jazz	"Bicycle Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls" "Don't Stop Me Now" "Jealousy" "Mustapha"
Live Killers	"Love of My Life" (Live) "We Will Rock You" (Live)
The Game	"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" "Save Me" "Play the Game" "Another One Bites the Dust" "Need Your Loving Tonight"
Flash Gordon	"Flash"
Hot Space	"Under Pressure" (with David Bowie) "Body Language" "Las Palabras de Amor" "Calling All Girls" "Staying Power" "Back Chat"
The Works	"Radio Ga Ga" "I Want to Break Free" "It's a Hard Life" "Hammer to Fall"
A Kind of Magic	"One Vision" "A Kind of Magic" "Princes of the Universe" "Friends Will Be Friends" "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" "Who Wants to Live Forever" "One Year of Love"
The Miracle	"I Want It All" "Breakthru" "The Invisible Man" "Scandal" "The Miracle"
Innuendo	"Innuendo" "I'm Going Slightly Mad" "Headlong" "I Can't Live With You" "The Show Must Go On" "These Are the Days of Our Lives"
Made in Heaven	"Heaven for Everyone" "A Winter's Tale" "I Was Born to Love You" "Too Much Love Will Kill You" "Let Me Live" "You Don't Fool Me"
Queen Rocks	"No-One but You (Only the Good Die Young)"/"Tie Your Mother Down"
Greatest Hits III	"Under Pressure (Rah Mix)"
Non-album singles	"Thank God It's Christmas" "Another One Bites the Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" "We Will Rock You" (with Five) "We Are the Champions" (with Robbie Williams) "Flash (Vanguard Mix)" "Another One Bites the Dust (The Miami Project Remixes)" "Bohemian Rhapsody" (with The Muppets)
Other songs	"See What a Fool I've Been" "Death on Two Legs" "Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon" "I'm in Love with My Car" "'39" "Sweet Lady" "Seaside Rendezvous" "The Prophet's Song" "Good Company" "Sheer Heart Attack" "Is This the World We Created...?" "Ride the Wild Wind" "Delilah" "Made In Heaven" "Mother Love" "Let Me in Your Heart Again" "Love Kills" "There Must Be More to Life Than This"
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