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"Under Pressure" is a song by the British rock band Queen and singer David Bowie. Originally released as a single in October 1981, it was later included on Queen's 1982 album Hot Space . The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart , becoming Queen's second number-one hit in their home country and Bowie's third, and also charted in the ...
"Under Pressure (Ice Ice Baby)" is the debut single by Irish pop duo Jedward. The song is a medley of "Under Pressure", originally recorded in 1981 by Queen and David Bowie, and the 1990 Vanilla Ice single "Ice Ice Baby". "Ice Ice Baby" originally sampled the bassline from "Under Pressure". Vanilla Ice also provides vocals for the track.
"Ice Ice Baby" is the debut single by American rapper Vanilla Ice, K. Kennedy and DJ Earthquake. [2] [3] It samples the bassline of the song "Under Pressure" by British rock band Queen and British singer David Bowie, who did not receive songwriting credit or royalties until after it had become a hit.
Under Pressure is the debut studio album by American rapper Logic.It was released on October 21, 2014, by Visionary Music Group and Def Jam Recordings.Development and composition of the album began in 2013, with recording taking place during a two-week span at the beginning of 2014.
Compton rapper Tyga was criticized for sampling "Ice Ice Baby," which infamously sampled David Bowie and Queen's 1981 hit "Under Pressure." (Scott Garfitt / Invision/Associated Press)
The album consisted of Queen's biggest hits between 1981 and 1991, from the UK chart-topper "Under Pressure" to "The Show Must Go On". The compilation Greatest Hits II reached number one on the UK Albums Chart , and is the tenth best-selling album in the UK with sales of 3.9 million copies as of 2014. [ 4 ]
The song was produced by band manager Bill Ham, and recorded and mixed by Terry Manning.David Blayney (ZZ Top's stage manager of 15 years), in his book Sharp Dressed Men, described how the song was pre-produced: Billy Gibbons and Linden Hudson (Houston engineer and songwriter) wrote the whole song and created a recorded demo all in one afternoon without either bassist Dusty Hill or drummer ...
The song "Got Me Under Pressure" also received radio airplay and peaked at number 18 in May 1983. Eliminator was the first ZZ Top album to become a worldwide success, and made the band "bona fide pop stars", according to the Financial Times . [ 17 ]