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Record World said that "Bowie and Freddie Mercury combine for a spellbinding musical experience." [23] Reviewing Hot Space decades later, Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called "Under Pressure" as the album's "undeniable saving grace" and "the only reason most listeners remember this album". [24]
When it was released in 1981, "Under Pressure" reached number one in the UK singles chart. [29] Although it was credited to the entire band and Bowie, Mercury was the primary director of this track, with him and Bowie being the main lyricists (each writing the lines they sang). John Deacon came up with the bass riff. [30]
"Under Pressure" (Edited version; with Queen) Bowie, Freddie Mercury, Brian May, John Deacon, Roger Taylor: Non-album single, 1981; later included on the Queen album Hot Space the following year: 3:57: 10. "Wild Is the Wind" (*) Dimitri Tiomkin, Ned Washington
Unseen photos of David Bowie and Freddie Mercury are among those in a new online exhibition by music photographer Denis O’Regan to celebrate his 69th birthday. ... Bowie died of liver cancer on ...
The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert for AIDS Awareness was a benefit concert held on Easter Monday, 20 April 1992, at Wembley Stadium in London, England, for an audience of 72,000. [1] The concert was produced for television by Ray Burdis , directed by David Mallet and broadcast live on television and radio to 76 countries around the world ...
[52] David Bowie, who performed at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert and recorded the song "Under Pressure" with Queen, praised Mercury's performance style, saying: "Of all the more theatrical rock performers, Freddie took it further than the rest ... he took it over the edge. And of course, I always admired a man who wears tights.
Best of Bowie is a greatest hits album by English recording artist David Bowie. Released in October 2002, four months after the critical and commercial success of the Heathen album, the songs range from his second album, David Bowie (1969) to Heathen (2002).
She then appeared with David Bowie and the surviving members of Queen at 1992's Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at London's Wembley Stadium, performing "Under Pressure". [ 28 ] 1992–1993: Solo career and Diva