Jealousy (Queen song)
| "Jealousy" | ||||
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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album Jazz | ||||
| B-side |
Fun It Don't Stop Me Now (USSR) | |||
| Released | April 1979 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Length | 3:14 | |||
| Label | EMI, Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Freddie Mercury | |||
| Producer(s) | Queen and Roy Thomas Baker | |||
| Queen singles chronology | ||||
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"Jealousy" is a song by British Rock band Queen which was originally released on their seventh studio album Jazz in 1978, and one year later was released as the fourth and last single from the album. It was written by Freddie Mercury.[1]
Background
The song has been released as a single only in six countries US, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, and USSR, but failed to chart anywhere. The single was the first and last single of the band in the USSR. In the USSR B-side of the single was "Don't Stop Me Now" but in other countries the B-side was "Fun It". In 1980 the song had been included to the list of songs for the 1980 Summer Olympics which were celebrated in Moscow.[2]
"Jealousy" was penned by Mercury and features May playing his Hairfred acoustic guitar. The guitar had been given a replacement hardwood bridge, chiselled flat, with a small piece of fret wire placed between it and the strings, which lay gently above. The strings produce the "buzzing" effect of a sitar.[3] This effect had already been used on "White Queen (As It Began)", from Queen II. All vocals were recorded by Mercury.
Personnel
Queen
References
- ↑ "Jealousy - Queen | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "Jealousy Lyrics - Queen". Sing365.com. 2000-02-28. Retrieved 2016-10-15.
- ↑ "Guitar Player magazine US Jan 83". www.brianmay.com.
