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"Killer Queen" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974. It reached number two in the UK Singles Chart and became their first US hit, reaching number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100 . [ 8 ]
Killer Queen is a tribute album of Queen songs. [5] The album is named for the 1974 Queen song of the same name that first appeared on the Sheer Heart Attack album. The album peaked at number 104 on the Billboard 200 on 27 August 2005. Later, it re-entered the Billboard 200 in April 2006 at 115 after the Queen round in American Idol's season 5.
The album's first single "Killer Queen" reached number 2 on the UK Singles Chart and provided the band with their first top 20 hit in the US, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Hot 100. Sheer Heart Attack was the first Queen album to hit the US top 20, peaking at number 12 on the Billboard Top LPs & Tapes Chart in 1975.
Initially "Seven Seas of Rhye" was simply an "instrumental musical sketch closing their first album". [6] An expanded rendition, planned to be included on the album Queen II, was publicly premiered when Queen was offered a sudden chance to appear on the BBC's Top of the Pops in February 1974, and was rushed to vinyl two days later on 22 February. [6]
Live Killers was released as a double vinyl album [8] in the UK by EMI on 22 June 1979, [9] in Europe by Parlophone, and in the US by Elektra and Hollywood Records.. In the territories outside of the United States, Europe and Canada, Elektra Records re-released a shorter and edited version of the album in 1985 titled Queen Live.
Killer Queen" is a 1974 song by the British rock band Queen. Killer Queen may also refer to: "Killer Queen" , an episode of the animated sitcom Family Guy which features the aforementioned song; Killer Queen: A Tribute to Queen, a tribute album to the band Queen; Killer Queen, a 2013 video game; Killer Queen (drag queen) (born 1989), Spanish ...
Queen recorded "One Vision", released in the UK on 4 November 1985, the first after their much-lauded appearance at the Live Aid concert. It did well on the charts, reaching No. 7 in the UK and making the top ten throughout Europe. The song appeared in Iron Eagle. "A Kind of Magic", released in the UK on 17 March 1986, reached No. 3 on its home ...
The A Day at the Races Tour (also known as the World Tour '77, Summer Tour 1977 and the Jubilee Tour) was the fourth headlining concert tour by the British rock band Queen, supporting their late 1976 album A Day at the Races.