under pressure

"Under Pressure" is a song recorded in 1981 by Queen and David Bowie, who in the space of Queen's 1982 album hot. The song reached number 1 on the singles chart in the UK. It was also number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 80. [1]

The song was played live at every concert of Queen between 1982-1986. [2] [3] [4] Included in the live album Queen Rock Montreal and Queen at Wembley. [5] [6] The song was recorded at first Queen Greatest Hits compilations, including the original 1981 release of Elektra in the U.S.. Included in the compilation of the band's album Greatest Hits II, Classic Queen, and the largest absolute [7] and composition Best of Bowie. [8]

Queen had worked on the song "Feel Like", but were not satisfied with the outcome. [9] [10] David Bowie had originally come to studies Mountain to sing backing vocals in another Queen song, "Cool Cat", which eventually would be eliminated, as it was not satisfied. When he arrived, he worked for a while and wrote the song [11] The final version was "Under Pressure" was born from a jam session the band had with Bowie at his studio in Montreux, Switzerland. Therefore, ground co-written by the five musicians. The scat that dominates much of the song is proof of the jam from the improvisation. According to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), however, the song that was the principal songwriter Freddie Mercury - though all contributed to the plan. Brian May, recalled to Mojo magazine in October 2008 that "it was difficult, because he had four children very early and David, who was early enough for us all. David took the song lyric. Looking back, it's a great song, but it should be otherwise mix. Freddie and David, who had a fierce fight on. This is an important number, because David and his lyrical content. " [12] above, the embryonic version of the song without Bowie, "Feel Like", is generally widely available in the form of smuggling, and was written by drummer Roger Taylor of Queen.