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"Another One Bites the Dust" is a song by the British rock band Queen. 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 ...
By the early 1980s, Queen were one of the biggest stadium rock bands in the world. "Another One Bites the Dust" from The Game (1980) became their best-selling single, and their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits is the best-selling album in the UK and is certified nine times platinum in the US by the Recording Industry Association of America ...
Bite the Dust may refer to: A figure of speech for death "Bite the Dust", a track on the 2005 Pussycat Dolls album PCD "Another One Bites the Dust", a 1980 song by Queen; Bite the Dust, a 2013 Russian film
Most reviewers compared "Panic Station" to other songs. In a review of the album, the BBC's Ian Winwood wrote that the song "borrows from both Queen's "Another One Bites the Dust" and Michael Jackson's "Thriller", without ever attaining the majesty of either tune."
It was written as the theme song for the 1982 film Rocky III and released that year as a single from Survivor's third album, Eye of the Tiger. Sylvester Stallone, the director and star of Rocky III, enlisted Survivor to write the song after the band Queen denied him permission to use their song "Another One Bites the Dust". They derived lyrics ...
"Another One Bites The Dust (Small Soldiers Remix)" (Queen featuring Wyclef Jean, Pras, Free and Canibus) "The Stroke" (Billy Squier and Dallas Austin) (does not appear in the film and replaced by "Communication Breakdown" and "Wannabe") "Love Is a Battlefield" (Pat Benatar, Queen Latifah and DJ Kay Gee) "Rock and Roll (Part 2)" (Gary Glitter ...
The album was dedicated to him and included the songs A-dios and Hermano as a personal homage, as well as a cover version of Queen's classic song "Another One Bites the Dust". A New York Times article considered the music to be "surreal poetry, full of rebelliousness, death and raunchy transfiguration", and mentioned that in the lyrics of ...
Yankovic wrote the song, a parody of Queen's hit "Another One Bites the Dust", and debuted it live on the Dr. Demento Show, hosted by Barret "Dr. Demento" Hansen. While practicing the song outside the sound booth, Yankovic met Jon "Bermuda" Schwartz who told Yankovic he was a drummer.