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| "Killer Queen" | ||||
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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album Sheer Heart Attack | ||||
| A-side | "Flick of the Wrist" (double A-side) | |||
| Released | 11 October 1974 (UK) 21 October 1974 (US)[1] | |||
| Recorded | July – August 1974 | |||
| Studio | Trident Studios, London Rockfield Studios, Wye Valley[2][3] | |||
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| Length | 3:00 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Freddie Mercury | |||
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| "Killer Queen" on YouTube | ||||
"Killer Queen" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and became their first US hit, reaching number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100.[8] The song is about a high-class call girl and has been characterised as "Mercury's piano-led paean to a Moët-quaffing courtesan".[8][12]
The song is included in Queen's 1981 Greatest Hits compilation.[13] It is also recorded on the live albums Live Killers and Queen Rock Montreal.[14][15]
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- ^ Mark Hodkinson Queen: The Early Years Omnibus Press 2004. Retrieved 31 August 2011.
- ^ Popoff, Martin (2018). Queen: Album by Album. Voyageur Press. p. 36.
- ^ "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. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
three near-perfect minutes of orgiastic heavy glam rock
- ^ Potter, Jordan (20 December 2023). "Far Out 40: The best songs of the glam-rock wave". Far Out Magazine. Retrieved 3 November 2024.
- ^ Deusner, Stephen (5 January 2017). "34 Essential Glam Songs". Stereogum. Retrieved 16 December 2024.
- ^ a b c 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
- ^ Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Some Kind of Monster: Metal". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 569. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
- ^ Dolan, Joe; Martoccio, Angie; Sheffield, Rob (20 November 2024). "The 74 Best Albums of 1974". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 29 November 2024.
...the music-hall-glam bop "Killer Queen
- ^ Elliott, Paul (13 July 2016). "Every song on Queen's Greatest Hits, ranked from worst to best". Classic Rock (Louder). Retrieved 7 January 2025.
- ^ Monahan, Mark (30 October 2015). "Why we still can't get enough of Queen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
- ^ Queen Album: Classic Queen Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine MTV. Retrieved 15 March 2019
- ^ Queen Rock Montreal Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2019
- ^ "Queen - Live Killers". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2014.