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The Song Under Pressure Which Appeared On The Queen Album Hot Space Evolved From A Jam Session The Band Had With David Bowie At Its Studio In Montreux Switzerland Therefore It Was Credited As Co-Written By The Five Musicians. According To Queen Bassist John Deacon As Quoted In A French Magazine In 1984 The Song's Primary Musical Songwriter Was Freddie Mercury Though All Contributed To The Arrangement. There Has Been Some Confusion About Who Created The Song's Famous Bassline. John Deacon Said In Japanese Magazine Musiclife In 1982 And In The Previously Mentioned French Magazine That David Bowie Had Created It. In More Recent Interviews Queen Guitarist Brian May And Drummer Roger Taylor Have Credited The Bass Riff To Deacon Bowie Also Said On His Website That The Bassline Was Already Written Before He Became Involved. In Any Case The September 2005 Edition Of Online Music Magazine Stylus Singled Out The Bassline As The Best In Popular Music History. In 1999 A Set Of Remixes Of "Under Pressure" Was Commisioned As A Single With The So-Called 'RAW Mix' As The Main Single Version. The Artists Were Credited As Queen Bowie Or Queen / Bowie On Some Versions In Similar Fashion To Queen Collaborations Prior And Following This Single With Five Wyclef Jean And Paul Rodgers To Name A Few . The Remix Single Was Issued To Promote The Album "Greatest Hits III" Which Mainly Featured Collaborations Queen Hits Released After Mercury's Passing Away And Solo Material By Both Freddie And Brian. The "Under Pressure" Single Embarked On The Holiday Season Of '99 By The Inclusion Of The Non-Album Christmas Song "Thank God It's Christmas" And The Classic 1975 Version Of "Bohemian Rhapsody" As B-Sides. The Updated Version Of "Under Pressure" Maintains To Be One Of Queen's Most Successful Remixes Far Ahead Of Reworked Mixes Of "We Will Rock You" "Flash" And "Another One Bites The Dust" Although The Original Version's Usually Being Played On The Radio. Quite Remarkable Was The Video To "Under Pressure '99" Which For The First Time Showed Queen And Bowie Perform The Song Together Although This Was Accomplished Through Clever Editing Rather Than Actual Performance Footage . The Orginal 1980 Music Video Was Made Using Old Motion Picture Footage And Does Not Feature The Artists. Rapper Vanilla Ice Sampled This Song Without Permission For His Biggest Hit The Commercially Successful Ice Ice Baby. His Response To Criticism Relied Upon The Addition Of One Note Not Present In The Original. No Lawsuit Was Filed But The Band Has Said That Vanilla Ice Settled Out Of Court With Queen And Bowie.
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"Under Pressure" Is A 1981 Song Recorded By Queen And David Bowie. It Marked Bowie's First Released Collaboration With Another Recording Artist As A Performer And Is Featured On Queen's 1982 Album Hot Space. The Song Reached #1 On The UK Singles Chart. It Was Also Number 31 On VH1's 100 Greatest Songs Of The '80s. Bowie Had Originally Come To The Studios In Order To Sing Backing Vocals On Another Queen Song "Cool Cat". For Whatever Reason Bowie Was Not Satisfied With His Contribution And His Vocals Were Removed From The Track. Queen Had Been Working On An Earlier Version Of The Song Under The Title "Feel Like" But Were Not Yet Satisfied With The Result. The Final Version That Became "Under Pressure" Evolved From A Jam Session The Band Had With Bowie At His Studio In Montreux Switzerland Therefore It Was Credited As Co-Written By The Five Musicians. According To Queen Bassist John Deacon As Quoted In A French Magazine In 1984 However The Song's Primary Musical Songwriter Was Freddie Mercury — Though All Contributed To The Arrangement. The Earlier Embryonic Version Of The Song Without Bowie "Feel Like" Is Widely Available In Bootleg Form. There Has Been Some Confusion About Who Created The Song's Famous Bass Line. John Deacon Said In Japanese Magazine Musiclife In 1982 And In The Previously Mentioned French Magazine That David Bowie Had Created It. In More Recent Interviews Queen Guitarist Brian May And Drummer Roger Taylor Have Credited The Bass Riff To Deacon Bowie Also Said On His Website That The Bass Line Was Already Written Before He Became Involved. The September 2005 Edition Of Online Music Magazine Stylus Singled Out The Bass Line As The Best In Popular Music History. Roger Taylor Was Frequently Rumored To Be The Song's Chief Writer. However It Appears That He Served More As An Intermediary For Mercury And Bowie Two Of Rock Music's Biggest Stars At The Time Being Friends With Both Men. Taylor Was Involved In The Production Of The Track And Did Some Preliminary Mixes With Bowie In New York But Bowie Was Dissatisfied With These Results And Wanted To Re-Record Everything As Claimed By May On A November 1982 Interview For IM&RW Magazine . In The End The Final Mix Was Done With The Involvement Of Mercury And Recording Engineer Mack "under Pressure" From Bowie And Taylor According To Brian May In The Same 1982 Interview . Although Very Much A Joint Project Only Queen Incorporated The Song Into Their Live Shows At The Time. Bowie Chose Not To Perform The Song Before An Audience Until The 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert When He And Annie Lennox Sang It As A Duet Backed By The Surviving Queen Members . However Since Mercury's Death And The Outside Tour In 1995 Bowie Has Performed The Song At Virtually Every One Of His Live Shows With Bassist Gail Ann Dorsey Taking Mercury's Vocal Part. The Song Also Appeared In Setlists From A Reality Tour Mounted By Bowie In 2004 When He Frequently Would Dedicate It To Freddie Mercury. Queen Paul Rodgers Have Recently Performed The Song As Well. While Bowie Was Never Present For A Live Performance Of The Song With Mercury Roger Taylor Instead Filled For Back-Up Vocals Usually In Unison With Mercury As Mercury Would Take Over Most Of Bowie's Parts.
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The Song Under Pressure Which Appeared On The Queen Album Hot Space Evolved From A Jam Session The Band Had With David Bowie At Its Studio In Montreux Switzerland Therefore It Was Credited As Co-Written By The Five Musicians. According To Queen Bassist John Deacon As Quoted In A French Magazine In 1984 The Song's Primary Musical Songwriter Was Freddie Mercury Though All Contributed To The Arrangement. There Has Been Some Confusion About Who Created The Song's Famous Bassline. John Deacon Said In Japanese Magazine Musiclife In 1982 And In The Previously Mentioned French Magazine That David Bowie Had Created It. In More Recent Interviews Queen Guitarist Brian May And Drummer Roger Taylor Have Credited The Bass Riff To Deacon Bowie Also Said On His Website That The Bassline Was Already Written Before He Became Involved. In Any Case The September 2005 Edition Of Online Music Magazine Stylus Singled Out The Bassline As The Best In Popular Music History. In 1999 A Set Of Remixes Of "Under Pressure" Was Commisioned As A Single With The So-Called 'RAW Mix' As The Main Single Version. The Artists Were Credited As Queen Bowie Or Queen / Bowie On Some Versions In Similar Fashion To Queen Collaborations Prior And Following This Single With Five Wyclef Jean And Paul Rodgers To Name A Few . The Remix Single Was Issued To Promote The Album "Greatest Hits III" Which Mainly Featured Collaborations Queen Hits Released After Mercury's Passing Away And Solo Material By Both Freddie And Brian. The "Under Pressure" Single Embarked On The Holiday Season Of '99 By The Inclusion Of The Non-Album Christmas Song "Thank God It's Christmas" And The Classic 1975 Version Of "Bohemian Rhapsody" As B-Sides. The Updated Version Of "Under Pressure" Maintains To Be One Of Queen's Most Successful Remixes Far Ahead Of Reworked Mixes Of "We Will Rock You" "Flash" And "Another One Bites The Dust" Although The Original Version's Usually Being Played On The Radio. Quite Remarkable Was The Video To "Under Pressure '99" Which For The First Time Showed Queen And Bowie Perform The Song Together Although This Was Accomplished Through Clever Editing Rather Than Actual Performance Footage . The Orginal 1980 Music Video Was Made Using Old Motion Picture Footage And Does Not Feature The Artists. Rapper Vanilla Ice Sampled This Song Without Permission For His Biggest Hit The Commercially Successful Ice Ice Baby. His Response To Criticism Relied Upon The Addition Of One Note Not Present In The Original. No Lawsuit Was Filed But The Band Has Said That Vanilla Ice Settled Out Of Court With Queen And Bowie.
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"Under Pressure" is a 1981 song recorded by Queen and David Bowie. It marked Bowie's first released collaboration with another recording artist as a performer, and is featured on Queen's 1982 album Hot Space. The song reached #1 on the UK Singles Chart. It was also number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.
Bowie had originally come to the studios in order to sing backing vocals on another Queen song, "Cool Cat". For whatever reason, Bowie was not satisfied with his contribution, and his vocals were removed from the track.
Queen had been working on an earlier version of the song under the title "Feel Like" but were not yet satisfied with the result. The final version that became "Under Pressure" evolved from a jam session the band had with Bowie at his studio in Montreux, Switzerland, therefore it was credited as co-written by the five musicians. According to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), however, the song's primary musical songwriter was Freddie Mercury — though all contributed to the arrangement. The earlier, embryonic version of the song without Bowie , "Feel Like" , is widely available in bootleg form.
There has been some confusion about who created the song's famous bass line. John Deacon said (in Japanese magazine Musiclife in 1982, and in the previously mentioned French magazine) that David Bowie had created it. In more recent interviews, Queen guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor have credited the bass riff to Deacon; Bowie also said on his website that the bass line was already written before he became involved. The September 2005 edition of online music magazine Stylus singled out the bass line as the best in popular music history.
Roger Taylor was frequently rumored to be the song's chief writer. However, it appears that he served more as an intermediary for Mercury and Bowie (two of rock music's biggest stars at the time), being friends with both men. Taylor was involved in the production of the track and did some preliminary mixes with Bowie in New York, but Bowie was dissatisfied with these results and wanted to re-record everything (as claimed by May on a November 1982 interview for IM&RW magazine). In the end, the final mix was done with the involvement of Mercury and recording engineer Mack, "under pressure" from Bowie and Taylor (according to Brian May in the same 1982 interview).
Although very much a joint project, only Queen incorporated the song into their live shows at the time. Bowie chose not to perform the song before an audience until the 1992 Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, when he and Annie Lennox sang it as a duet (backed by the surviving Queen members). However, since Mercury's death and the Outside tour in 1995, Bowie has performed the song at virtually every one of his live shows, with bassist Gail Ann Dorsey taking Mercury's vocal part.
The song also appeared in setlists from A Reality Tour mounted by Bowie in 2004, when he frequently would dedicate it to Freddie Mercury. Queen + Paul Rodgers have recently performed the song as well. While Bowie was never present for a live performance of the song with Mercury, Roger Taylor instead filled for back-up vocals usually in unison with Mercury as Mercury would take over most of Bowie's parts. Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.