This article is about the song. For other uses, see Killer Queen (disambiguation).
"Killer Queen"
Italian single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album Sheer Heart Attack
A-side
"Flick of the Wrist" (double A-side)
Released
11 October 1974 (UK) 21 October 1974 (US)[1]
Recorded
July – August 1974
Studio
Trident Studios, London
Genre
Art pop[2]
glam rock[3]
power pop[4]
experimental rock[5]
Length
3:00
Label
EMI (UK)
Elektra (US)
Songwriter(s)
Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)
Roy Thomas Baker
Queen
Queen singles chronology
"Seven Seas of Rhye" (1974)
"Killer Queen" / "Flick of the Wrist" (1974)
"Now I'm Here" (1975)
Music video
"Killer Queen" on YouTube
"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.[4] The song is about a high-class call girl and has been characterised as "Mercury's piano-led paean to a Moët-quaffing courtesan".[4][6]
The song is included in Queen's 1981 Greatest Hits compilation.[7] It is also recorded on the live albums Live Killers and Queen Rock Montreal.[8][9]
^"Killer Queen". Queen Vault. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
^"10 Essential Glam Rock Albums". Treblezine. 6 June 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2015. cheeky art-pop romps ("Killer Queen")
^"Top 10 Freddie Mercury Queen Songs". Ultimate Classic Rock. 5 September 2015. Retrieved 19 December 2015. three near-perfect minutes of orgiastic heavy glam rock
^ abcPrato, Greg. "Song Review by Greg Prato". AllMusic. Retrieved 19 December 2015. the song recalls the cabaret songs of yesteryear, but also shows how Queen was fast becoming a master of power pop
^Stanley, Bob (13 September 2013). "Some Kind of Monster: Metal". Yeah Yeah Yeah: The Story of Modern Pop. Faber & Faber. p. 569. ISBN 978-0-571-28198-5.
^Monahan, Mark (30 October 2015). "Why we still can't get enough of Queen". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 19 December 2015.
^Queen Album: Classic Queen Archived 27 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine MTV. Retrieved 15 March 2019
^Queen Rock Montreal Allmusic. Retrieved 15 March 2019
^"Queen - Live Killers". AllMusic. Retrieved 12 July 2014.
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