Under Pressure

"Under Pressure"
"Under Pressure"
Single by Queen and David Bowie
from the album Hot Space
B-side	"Soul Brother"
Released	26 October 1981
Recorded	July 1981
Studio	Mountain, Montreux
Genre	Dance-rock; pop rock; art rock; funk; new wave;
Length	4:08
Label	EMI; Elektra;
Songwriter(s)	Roger Taylor; Freddie Mercury; David Bowie; John Deacon; Brian May;
Producer(s)	Queen; David Bowie;
Queen singles chronology
David Bowie singles chronology
Alternative cover
Music video
	"Under Pressure" on YouTube

"Under Pressure" is a song by the British rock band Queen and singer David Bowie. It was released as a single in October 1981. The song was later included on some editions of Queen's compilation album, Greatest Hits, and tenth studio album, Hot Space (1982). It reached number one on the UK Singles Chart; Queen's second number-one hit in their home country and Bowie's third. The song was also a top 30 hit in every country where it charted.

"Under Pressure" was remixed for Queen's compilation album, Greatest Hits III (1999). It was covered by My Chemical Romance and The Used for their second studio album In Love and Death (2005). Shawn Mendes and Teddy Geiger also covered the song. This was as a promotional single in 2018.

Track listing

7": EMI / EMI 5250 (UK)

Side one

"Under Pressure" (Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon, Bowie) – 4:08

Side two

"Soul Brother" (Mercury) – 3:38

7": Elektra / E-47235 (US)

Side one

"Under Pressure" (Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon, Bowie) – 4:08

Side two

"Soul Brother" (Mercury) – 3:38

1988 3" CD: Parlophone / QUECD9 (UK)

"Under Pressure" – 4:08
"Soul Brother" – 3:40
"Body Language" – 4:33

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (13 July 2023). "Essential Queen: 40 songs that will rock you". The A.V. Club. The sleek dance-rock hybrid—informed by disco but not belonging to it—is essentially ephemeral and amorphous, built upon a lithe John Deacon bassline that anchors interwoven harmonies and melodies that build to an overwhelming crescendo culminating with Bowie and Freddie Mercury singing "This is our last dance."
↑ Meszoros, Mark (July 26, 2017). "MOVIE REVIEW: Theron all kinds of smokin' in fun, stylish and violent spy thriller 'Atomic Blonde'". Delco Times. Retrieved May 4, 2026.

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[1] Erlewine, Stephen Thomas (13 July 2023). "Essential Queen: 40 songs that will rock you". The A.V. Club. The sleek dance-rock hybrid—informed by disco but not belonging to it—is essentially ephemeral and amorphous, built upon a lithe John Deacon bassline that anchors interwoven harmonies and melodies that build to an overwhelming crescendo culminating with Bowie and Freddie Mercury singing "This is our last dance."

[2] Meszoros, Mark (July 26, 2017). "MOVIE REVIEW: Theron all kinds of smokin' in fun, stylish and violent spy thriller 'Atomic Blonde'". Delco Times. Retrieved May 4, 2026.

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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 David Bowie singles
Discography Songs
1960s	"Liza Jane" "I Pity the Fool" "You've Got a Habit of Leaving" "Baby Loves That Way" "Can't Help Thinking About Me" "Do Anything You Say" "I Dig Everything" "Rubber Band" "The London Boys" "The Laughing Gnome" "Love You till Tuesday" "Space Oddity"
1970s	"The Prettiest Star" "Memory of a Free Festival" "Holy Holy" "Moonage Daydream" "Hang On to Yourself" "Changes" "Starman" "John, I'm Only Dancing" "The Jean Genie" "Drive-In Saturday" "Time" "Life on Mars" "Let's Spend the Night Together" "Sorrow" "Rebel Rebel" "Rock 'n' Roll Suicide" "Diamond Dogs" "1984" "Knock on Wood" "Rock 'n' Roll with Me" "Young Americans" "Fame" "Golden Years" "Station to Station" (French promo) "TVC 15" "Suffragette City" "Stay" "Sound and Vision" "Be My Wife" "'Heroes'" "Beauty and the Beast" "Breaking Glass" "Boys Keep Swinging" "D.J." "Yassassin" "Look Back in Anger" "John, I'm Only Dancing (Again)"
1980s	"Alabama Song" "Crystal Japan" "Ashes to Ashes" "Fashion" "Scary Monsters (And Super Creeps)" "Up the Hill Backwards" "Under Pressure" "Wild Is the Wind" "The Drowned Girl" "Cat People (Putting Out Fire)" "Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy" "Let's Dance" "China Girl" "Modern Love" "Without You" "White Light/White Heat" "Blue Jean" "Tonight" "This Is Not America" "Loving the Alien" "Dancing in the Street" "Absolute Beginners" "Underground" "When the Wind Blows" "Magic Dance" "Day-In Day-Out" "Time Will Crawl" "Never Let Me Down" "Under the God" "Heaven's in Here" "Tin Machine" / "Maggie's Farm (live)" "Prisoner of Love"
1990s	"Fame '90" "You Belong in Rock n' Roll" "Baby Universal" "One Shot" "Real Cool World" "Jump They Say" "Black Tie White Noise" "Miracle Goodnight" "The Buddha of Suburbia" "Ziggy Stardust" "The Hearts Filthy Lesson" "Strangers When We Meet" / "The Man Who Sold the World (live)" "Hallo Spaceboy" "Telling Lies" "Little Wonder" "Dead Man Walking" "Seven Years in Tibet" "Pallas Athena" "I'm Afraid of Americans" "I Can't Read" "Without You I'm Nothing" "Thursday's Child" "The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell"
2000s	"Survive" "Seven" "Slow Burn" "Everyone Says 'Hi'" "I've Been Waiting for You" "Shadow Man" "New Killer Star" "Just for One Day (Heroes)" "Rebel Never Gets Old"
2010s	"Where Are We Now?" "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)" "The Next Day" "Valentine's Day" "Love Is Lost" "'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore" "Sue (Or in a Season of Crime)" "Blackstar" "Lazarus" "I Can't Give Everything Away"
Other songs	"Silly Boy Blue" "Let Me Sleep Beside You" "Karma Man" "Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed" "Cygnet Committee" "Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud" "The Width of a Circle" "All the Madmen" "Black Country Rock" "After All" "She Shook Me Cold" "The Man Who Sold the World" "The Supermen" "Oh! You Pretty Things" "Kooks" "Quicksand" "Andy Warhol" "Song for Bob Dylan" "Queen Bitch" "The Bewlay Brothers" "Bombers" "Five Years" "Soul Love" "Lady Stardust" "Velvet Goldmine" "Sweet Head" "Amsterdam" "Round and Round" "Watch That Man" "Aladdin Sane" "Panic in Detroit" "Cracked Actor" "Lady Grinning Soul" "All the Young Dudes" "Future Legend" "Sweet Thing" "Big Brother" "Can You Hear Me?" "Right" "Fascination" "Word on a Wing" "Speed of Life" "What in the World" "Always Crashing in the Same Car" "Warszawa" "Art Decade" "Weeping Wall" "Subterraneans" "Joe the Lion" "Sons of the Silent Age" "Blackout" "V-2 Schneider" "Sense of Doubt" "Neuköln" "Fantastic Voyage" "It's No Game" "Teenage Wildlife" "Scream Like a Baby" "As the World Falls Down" "Girls" "Nite Flights" "I'm Deranged" "Nature Boy" "Cactus" "Pablo Picasso" "The Loneliest Guy" "Try Some, Buy Some" "Fall Dog Bombs the Moon" "Bring Me the Disco King" "Girl Loves Me" "Dollar Days"

v t e My Chemical Romance
Gerard Way Ray Toro Mikey Way Frank Iero Bob Bryar James Dewees
Studio albums	I Brought You My Bullets, You Brought Me Your Love Three Cheers for Sweet Revenge The Black Parade Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys
Compilation albums	Conventional Weapons May Death Never Stop You The Black Parade/Living with Ghosts
Video albums	Life on the Murder Scene The Black Parade Is Dead!
EPs	The Mad Gear and Missile Kid
Singles	"Vampires Will Never Hurt You" "Honey, This Mirror Isn't Big Enough for the Two of Us" "Headfirst for Halos" "I'm Not Okay (I Promise)" "Thank You for the Venom" "Helena" "Under Pressure" "The Ghost of You" "Welcome to the Black Parade" "Famous Last Words" "I Don't Love You" "Teenagers" "Desolation Row" "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)" "The Only Hope for Me Is You" "Sing" "Planetary (Go!)" "The Foundations of Decay"
Other songs	"Cancer"
Tours	Projekt Revolution The Black Parade World Tour The World Contamination Tour 10th Annual Honda Civic Tour Reunion Tour
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Bert McCracken Jeph Howard Dan Whitesides Joey Bradford Justin Shekoski Quinn Allman Branden Steineckert
Studio albums	The Used In Love and Death Lies for the Liars Artwork Vulnerable Imaginary Enemy The Canyon Heartwork Toxic Positivity
Live albums	Berth Live & Acoustic at the Palace
Compilation albums	Maybe Memories
EPs	The Ocean of the Sky
Singles	"The Taste of Ink" "Buried Myself Alive" "Blue and Yellow" "Take It Away" "All That I've Got" "I Caught Fire" "The Bird and the Worm" "Pretty Handsome Awkward" "Blood on My Hands" "I Come Alive" "Cry"
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Awards and nominations Discography Songs Live performances
Studio albums	Handwritten (2015) Illuminate (2016) Shawn Mendes (2018) Wonder (2020)
Live albums	Live at Madison Square Garden MTV Unplugged
EPs	The Shawn Mendes EP
Singles	"Life of the Party" "Something Big" "Stitches" "I Know What You Did Last Summer" "Treat You Better" "Mercy" "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back" "In My Blood" "Youth" "Where Were You in the Morning?" "Nervous" "Lost in Japan" "If I Can't Have You" "Señorita" "Wonder" "Monster" "Summer of Love" "It'll Be Okay" "When You're Gone"
Featured singles	"Oh Cecilia (Breaking My Heart)" "Lover (Remix)"
Promotional singles	"Under Pressure"
Other songs	"The Christmas Song"
Documentaries	Shawn Mendes: In Wonder
Concert tours	Shawn's First Headlines Shawn Mendes World Tour Illuminate World Tour Shawn Mendes: The Tour Wonder: The World Tour
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