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John Richard Deacon (born 19 August 1951) is an English retired musician who was the bass guitarist for the rock band Queen.He wrote several songs for the group, including Top 10 hits "You're My Best Friend", "Another One Bites the Dust" and "I Want to Break Free"; co-wrote "Under Pressure", "Friends Will Be Friends" and "One Vision"; and he was involved in the band's financial management.
Written by bassist John Deacon, the song was featured on the group's eighth studio album The Game (1980). It was a worldwide hit , charting at number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks, from 4 October to 18 October (being their second and final number-one single in the country).
"Back Chat", written by the bass guitarist John Deacon, is the track most influenced by funk on the 1982 Queen album Hot Space. The song is a prime example of how Deacon was strongly pulling the band into dance orientated genres such as R&B, disco, and funk. [5] It reached #40 on the UK Singles Chart, #18 in South Africa [6] and a #19 entry in ...
Pages in category "Songs written by John Deacon" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.
Later, for the use of this album, the song was extended to two minutes and 32 seconds. The more classical section, without Mercury's improvisation, was put together by John Deacon. Near the end, a short orchestral sample from the coda of "La Calinda" by English composer Frederick Delius can clearly be heard.
The idea for the song came from Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, who wrote the basic chord structure for the song. All four contributed to the lyrics and musical ideas, and the song was still credited to the entire band because they had agreed to do so during the album recording, regardless of who had been the actual writer.
News of the World shows Queen's songwriting less dominated by Mercury and May than previously, with Roger Taylor and John Deacon composing two songs each. It has been classified as hard rock [1] and arena rock, [1] [13] and has been regarded as a transitional album due to its shift towards a more minimalist production. [2]
John Deacon (born 1951) is the former bassist of the rock band Queen. John Deacon may also refer to: John Deacon (motorcyclist) (1962–2001) John Deacon, wrongly convicted of arson, whose story was shown in Flashover; John Deacon, former owner of English football club Portsmouth F.C.