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The first Queen song written by Taylor to be released as a single (albeit in selected countries, including the US and Australia, but not the UK), "Calling All Girls" failed to create much of an impact on the charts where it peaked at number 60 in the US and number 33 in Canada, despite its music video based on the George Lucas film THX 1138.
Queen Mercury [32] "Spread Your Wings" ‡ News of the World: 1977 Deacon Mercury [3] "Staying Power" ‡ Hot Space: 1982 Mercury Mercury [2] "Stealin'" B-side of "Breakthru" 1989 Queen Mercury [33] "Stone Cold Crazy" Sheer Heart Attack: 1974 Queen Mercury [10] "Sweet Lady" A Night at the Opera: 1975 May Mercury [1] "Tavaszi szél vizet áraszt"
"Staying Power" is the first track on Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and is notable as being the only Queen song to have a horn section, which was arranged by Arif Mardin. The song is driven by a funk-styled bass riff (played by Mercury) beginning in D minor and modulating to E minor throughout the song.
The song was released as a single in North America, Japan and New Zealand in 1978, albeit in heavily edited form, and peaked at #74 on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 [12] and #66 on the Cash Box Top 100. [13] The song was later included on the Queen Rocks compilation in 1997.
In 2009, it was named the 38th best hard rock song of all time by VH1. [16] DRUM! called it an "early blisteringly fast song", describing Taylor's performance as "straight-up punk-rock drumming. [...] In essence, Taylor's groove is a double-stroke roll split between his bass drum and snare drum with some cool accents played on his crash cymbals.
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The song was played every night on the U.S leg and the Japanese leg, where the song achieved more commercial success. It often got a lukewarm reaction, although the live arrangement was very different from the studio one. The full title of the song, as printed both on the single and Hot Space album sleeve, is "Body Language ↑⬱". The usage ...
This song also made it onto 1999 Queen's Greatest Hits III [2] and, more recently, on the Queen Forever compilation. It also appears on the Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD released in November 2003. [4] [5] Musical theatre actress Elaine Paige recorded the song on her album of Queen covers The Queen Album in 1988. [6]