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A little something about Queen
Queen recorded a soundtrack for the failed 1980 sci-fi movie Flash Gordon. Incorporating synthesizers into their already grandiose sound, Queen recorded 1980's The Game, the biggest album of their career and their first U.S. No. 1 album. With the single "Another One Bites the Dust" reaching No. 1 in the U.S. Rock, Soul, and Disco categories simultaneously, Queen was more popular than ever. The quartet undertook the first-ever tour of South America by a major rock band, playing to crowds of unheard sizes, up to 130,000 people per date. In fact, the band was perhaps bigger in South America than in the rest of the world, with Queen singles staying at No. 1 for years at a time. In early 1981 Roger Taylor released his solo debut, Fun in Space. During the group's time off, EMI released a "greatest hits" album which stayed in the BritishTop 100 for most of the next decade. The following year Queen released Hot Space, another commercial smash. After pausing to release a Brian May solo EP, Star Fleet Project, Queen returned to the studios in late 1983 to record The Works , released early the next year; its first single "Radio Ga Ga," reached No. 1 in 19 countries, though the album was not as popular as past Queen releases. Following the release of another Roger Taylor solo album (Strange Frontier ) in early 1984, Queen began another tour, this time heading to Africa. Their decision to include South Africa, then under worldwide boycott due to its racial policies, caused the band problems in the British Commonwealth, where they were hounded with criticism; they even faced protests at some New Zealand concert dates. Freddy Mercury's solo debut, Mr. Bad Guy , was released in 1985, shortly before Queen appeared at the famous Live Aid show in London that July. The group took some time off before recording a soundtrack for the 1986 action film Highlander, entitled A Kind of Magic .The elaborate tour that followed included a stop in Hungary, one of the first appearances by a Western rock band in an Eastern Bloc country; the tour culminated with a massive show at Knebworth that drew 120,000 British fans. The tour was captured in the group's second live album, Live Magic. Though Queen was as popular as ever throughout the world, in the U.S. their popularity was swiftly declining. Queen spent much of 1987 and 1988 apart -- Taylor formed a new band, the Cross, while Mercury worked on Barcelona, a duet album recorded with Spanish opera star Montserrat Caballe. Queen's much-anticipated 16th album, The Miracle , was released in May 1989 and entered the U.K. charts at No. 1. The group took another break to pursue solo projects, signing a new U.S. deal with Hollywood Records, who released the band's backcatalog on CD. 1991's Innuendo once again entered the U.K. charts at No. 1, reaching the U.S. Top 30.


Lyrics shown below: "Crazy little thing called love", "Another one bites the dust", "Under Pressure" (Featuring David Bowie), "Radio ga-ga" , "I Want To Break Free"
Crazy little thing called love

This thing called love I just can't handle itthis thing called love I must get round to itI ain't readyCrazy little thing called loveThis (This Thing) called love(Called Love)It cries (Like a baby)In a cradle all nightIt swings (Woo Woo)It jives (Woo Woo)It shakes all over like a jelly fish,I kinda like itCrazy little thing called loveThere goes my babyShe knows how to Rock n' rollShe drives me crazyShe gives me hot and cold feverThen she leaves me in a cool cool sweatI gotta be cool relax, get hipGet on my track'sTake a back seat, hitch-hikeAnd take a long ride on my motor bikeUntil I'm readyCrazy little thing called loveI gotta be cool relax, get hipGet on my track'sTake a back seat, hitch-hikeAnd take a long ride on my motor bikeUntil I'm ready (Ready Freddie)Crazy little thing called loveThis thing called love I just can't handle itthis thing called love I must get round to itI ain't readyCrazy little thing called love
Another one bites the dustSteve walks warily down the street,With the brim pulled way down lowAin't no sound but the sound of his feet,Machine guns ready to goAre you ready, Are you ready for thisAre you hanging on the edge of your seatOut of the doorway the bullets ripTo the sound of the beatCHORUS:Another one bites the dustAnother one bites the dustAnd another one gone, and another one goneAnother one bites the dustHey, I'm gonna get you tooAnother one bites the dustHow do you think I'm going to get along,without you, when you're goneYou took me for everything that I had,and kicked me out on my ownAre you happy, are you satisfiedHow long can you stand the heatOut of the doorway the bullets ripTo the sound of the beatCHORUSAnother one bites the dustAnother one bites the dustAnother one bites the dustAnother one bites the dustThere are plenty of ways you can hurt a manAnd bring him to the groundYou can beat himYou can cheat himyou can treat him bad and leave himWhen he's downBut I'm ready, yes I'm ready for youI'm standing on my own two feetOut of the doorway the bullets ripRepeating the sound of the beat




Under Pressure

Pressure pushing down on me
Pressing down on you no man ask for
Under pressure - that burns building down
Splits a family in two
Puts people on the the streets
It's the terror of knowing 
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on streets
Chippin' around - kick my brains around the floor
These are the days it never rains but it pours
People on streets - people on streets
It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends
Screaming let me out
Pray tomorrow - gets me higher
Pressure on people - people on streets
Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on fence but it don't work
Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn
Why - why - Why
Love
Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves on more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love
Cause love's such an old fashioned word 
and love dares you to care for
The people on the edge of the night
And love dares you to change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves
Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure





Radio ga-ga

I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio
Radio.

You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds -- invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh -- you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly.

So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio.

All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still loves you!

We watch the shows -- we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years.

Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around cos we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time, you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio -- Radio.

All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio goo goo
Radio ga ga
All we hear is Radio ga ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio, someone still 


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I Want To Break Free

I want to break free
I want to break free
I want to break free from your lies
You're so self satisfied I don't need you
I've got to break free
God knows, God knows I want to break free.

I've fallen in love
I've fallen in love for the first time
And this time I know it's for real
I've fallen in love, yeah
God knows, God knows I've fallen in love.

It's strange but it's true
I can't get over the way you love me like you do
But I have to be sure
When I walk out that door
Oh how I want to be free, baby
Oh how I want to be free,
Oh how I want to break free.

But life still goes on
I can't get used to, living without, living without,
Living without you by my side
I don't want to live alone, hey
God knows, got to make it on my own
So baby can't you see
I've got to break free.

I've got to break free
I want to break free, yeah
I want, I want, I want, I want to break free.

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