Queen - "Another One Bites The Dust": The Fanlisting / Song

Song

Credits & Release Info:
"Another One Bites The Dust"
Written by John Deacon
Innuendo, 1991, EMI Records

Ooh, let's go
Steve walks warily down the street
With the brim pulled way down low
Ain't no sound but the sound of his feet
Machine guns ready to go

Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this?
Are you hangin' on the edge of your seat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat, yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, yeah
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

How do you think I'm gonna get along
Without you when you're gone?
You took me for everything that I had
And kicked me out on my own

Are you happy, are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Look out

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust

Hey
Oh take it
Bite the dust, bite the dust, yeah
Hey
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust, ow!
Another one bites the dust, hey hey
Another one bites the dust, heeeeeyyyy
Ooh, show down

There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him, you can cheat him, you can treat him bad
And then leave him when he's down, yeah
But I'm ready, yes I'm ready for you
I'm standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating to the sound of the beat
Oh yeah

Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone and another one gone
Another one bites the dust, yeah
Hey, I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
Shoot out
Hey
Alright

Single Formats:
[thanks to Queen Picture Hall]

7" single
Side One:
1. Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon)
Side Two:
2. Dragon Attack (May)

12" single
Side One:
1. Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon)
Side Two:
2. Dragon Attack (May)

Columbian 12" single
Side One:
1. Another One Bites The Dust (Long Version) (Deacon)
Side Two:
2. Dragon Attack (May)

1988 / 1991 3" CD-single
   1. Another One Bites The Dust (Deacon)
   2. Dragon Attack (May)
   3. Las Palabras De Amor (The Words Of Love) (May)

Quotes Regarding The Song:

John: "I listened to a lot of soul music when I was in school and l've always been interested in that sort of music. I'd been wanting to do a track like 'Another One Bites The Dust' for a while, but originally all I had was the line and the bass riff. Gradually I filled it in and the band added ideas. I could hear it as a song for dancing but had no idea it would become as big as it did. The song got picked of our album and some of that black radio stations in the US started playing it, which we'd never had before."

Brian: "A lot of people have used 'Another One Bites The Dust' as a theme song - the Detroit Lions used it for their games, and they soon began to lose, so they bit the dust soon afterwards, but it was a help to the record - and there's been a few cover versions of various kinds, notably 'Another One Rides The Bus', which is an extremely funny record by a bloke called Mad Al or something, in the States - it's hilarious. We like people covering our songs in any way, no matter what the spirit it's done in, because it's great to have anyone use your music as a base, a big compliment."

"John Deacon, being totally in his own world, came up with this thing, which was nothing like what we were doing. We were going for the big drum sound: you know, quite pompous in our usual way. And Deaky says, 'No, I want this to be totally different: it's going to be a very tight drum sound.' It was originally done to a drum loop - this was before the days of drum machines. Roger did a loop, kind of under protest, because he didn't like the sound of the drums recorded that way. And then Deaky put this groove down. Immediately Freddie became violently enthusiastic and said, 'This is big! This is important! I'm going to spend a lot of time on this."

"It was the beginning of something quite big for us, because it was the first time that one of our records crossed over to the black community. We had no control over that; it just happened. Suddenly we were forced to put out this single because so many stations in New York were playing it. It changed that album from being a million-seller to being a three-million seller in a matter of three weeks or so."