Killer Queen

"Killer Queen"
"Killer Queen"
Single by Queen
from the album Sheer Heart Attack
A-side	"Flick of the Wrist" (double A-side)
Written	1973
Released	11 October 1974 (UK); 21 October 1974 (US)
Recorded	July – August 1974
Studio	Trident, London
Genre	Art pop; glam rock; power pop;
Length	3:00
Label	EMI (UK); Elektra (US);
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)	Roy Thomas Baker; Queen;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"Killer Queen" at YouTube

"Killer Queen" is a song by British rock group Queen. It was featured on their 1974 album Sheer Heart Attack, and also appears on, Greatest Hits.^[5] When released as a single, "Killer Queen" was Queen's breakthrough hit. It reached number two in the United Kingdom and number 12 in the United States.^[6]

Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano, jangle piano
Brian May - electric guitar, backing vocals
Roger Taylor - drums, triangle, chimes, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar

References[change | change source]

↑ "Killer Queen". Queen Vault. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
↑ "10 Essential Glam Rock Albums". Treblezine. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2015. cheeky art-pop romps ("Killer Queen")
↑ "Top 10 Freddie Mercury Queen Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 19 December 2015. three near-perfect minutes of orgiastic heavy glam rock
↑ Prato, Greg. "Song Review by Greg Prato". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015. the song recalls the cabaret songs of yesteryear, but also shows how Queen was fast becoming a master of power pop
↑ "Queen: Greatest Hits". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 May 2014.
↑ Joel Whitburn (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books

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[1] "Killer Queen". Queen Vault. Retrieved 12 May 2020.

[2] "10 Essential Glam Rock Albums". Treblezine. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2015. cheeky art-pop romps ("Killer Queen")

[3] "Top 10 Freddie Mercury Queen Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. Retrieved 19 December 2015. three near-perfect minutes of orgiastic heavy glam rock

[prato-4] Prato, Greg. "Song Review by Greg Prato". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015. the song recalls the cabaret songs of yesteryear, but also shows how Queen was fast becoming a master of power pop

[5] "Queen: Greatest Hits". Allmusic. Retrieved 8 May 2014.

[6] Joel Whitburn (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books

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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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v t e 5 Seconds of Summer
Luke Hemmings Calum Hood Michael Clifford Ashton Irwin Discography Awards and nominations
Studio albums	5 Seconds of Summer Sounds Good Feels Good Youngblood Calm 5SOS5
Live albums	LiveSOS Meet You There Tour Live
Singles	"She Looks So Perfect" "Don't Stop" "Amnesia" "Good Girls" "What I Like About You" "She's Kinda Hot" "Hey Everybody!" "Jet Black Heart" "Girls Talk Boys" "Want You Back" "Youngblood" "Valentine" "Killer Queen" "Lie to Me" "Easier" "Teeth" "No Shame" "Old Me" "Wildflower"
Featured singles	"Who Do You Love"
Concert tours	Rock Out with Your Socks Out Tour (2015) Sounds Live Feels Live World Tour (2016) Meet You There Tour (2018) Take My Hand World Tour (2022)