Staying Power (Queen song)
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"Staying Power" | ||||
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Single by Queen | ||||
from the album Hot Space | ||||
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Released | July 1982 | |||
Recorded | 1981–1982 | |||
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Label | Elektra | |||
Songwriter(s) | Freddie Mercury | |||
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"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. John Deacon does not play bass guitar on this song—instead playing rhythm guitar on a Fender Telecaster. Roger Taylor programmed a Linn LM-1 drum machine for the track. Brian May is on his Red Special. In a Stylus review of the album, critic Anthony Miccio described the song's style as "an electro-disco track with frenetic horns."[1]
The song was released as a single in Japan.
Live performances
This song was played throughout the
Personnel
- Queen
- Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals, synthesizer, synth bass
- Brian May – electric guitar
- Roger Taylor – electronic drums, Linn LM-1
- John Deacon – electric guitar
- Additional
- Arif Mardin – "Hot and spacey" horn arrangement
References
- ^ Queen – Hot Space Stylus. Retrieved 7 April 2012