Love both. Alas, there are no historical notes of any kind. There's a problem loading this menu right now. He felt it was "a direct product of [Mercury's] hedonism and promiscuity: an unrepentant, joyous, utterly irresistible paean to gay pleasure-seeking. "Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1978 album Jazz that was released as a single in 1979. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. Don't hate me. Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes (Alpes-Maritimes), France, and is the twelfth track on the album. The song also provides an example of Queen's trademark style of multitrack harmony vocals for the chorus lines. Don't Stop Me Now (Album Version) Queen. There are a couple of good '50s-style rock & roll numbers present, "Razzle Dazzle" (done in the style of Bill Haley & the Comets) and a fierce if highly sanitized version of Chuck Berry's "Reelin' and Rockin'," both featuring a solid rock & roll band backing; those are the exceptions on an album dominated by pop numbers such as "It's Not for Me to Say" and "Magic in the Moonlight," making for a fairly solid mix. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. It was a 90-second music video featuring a dozen or so bright-eyed contestants, all of whom gleefully belted lines from a beloved song that has felt particularly ubiquitous as of late. Additional taxes may apply. [5], The song also appears in the band's 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits, and in June 2011, as part of Queen's 40th anniversary celebrations, an old take of the song containing more guitar parts was included on the bonus EP of the re-released and remastered Jazz album. "Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1978 album Jazz that was released as a single in 1979. Such a tragedy that Queen's very soul, left this world so early to continue on the next path that we all must, eventually, have to take. It flows seamlessly into Don't Stop Me Now, which opens with an earnest rendition of the Isley Brothers' "Shout," but then the Mike Leander pop-style arrangements on the rock & roll contents of this album take hold, making for a less satisfying second half to the CD -- it still has its moments, such as the beautifully restrained orchestrated version of the Beatles' "I'll Be Back," and the state-of-the-art digital transfer is pretty impressive in its own right, but the first 15 songs here are more consistent that the second 15. on Discogs. It also analyzes reviews to verify trustworthiness. [17] He added that he struggled with the lyrics at the time, because it was about a difficult period in Freddie's life when the singer was "taking lots of drugs and having sex with lots of men. In order to navigate out of this carousel please use your heading shortcut key to navigate to the next or previous heading. Instead, our system considers things like how recent a review is and if the reviewer bought the item on Amazon.