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Fat Bottomed Girls was a hit single for the English rock band Queen. It was released in 1978 on the album Jazz. The song was written by Queen guitarist Brian May and was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning commonly called "Dropped D Tuning". The lyrics are expressing the point of view that beautiful women aren't always as nice as they may look. Vocal arrangement was quite different in studio and live versions. Live, the lead voice during the chorus was sung by Freddie Mercury and harmonised by a higher part (Roger Taylor) and a lower one (Brian May). In the studio version, there wasn't a higher harmony but instead the lead voice was on top and it was done by May, having Mercury doing the harmony. Therefore, the album and single versions are actually a duet between Mercury and May. The studio version contains Brian May's most (in)famous recording mistake, when he hit a G/F dissonance during the break (before the third verse). This is the result of playing a regular G voicing with the dropped 6th string (D) of the alternate tuning. The single version (which can be found on Greatest Hits) omits the extended guitar interludes between the verses. It was released as a Double-A side with the song "Bicycle Race" and includes the line "Get on your bikes and ride."
Live recordings Cover version Trivia The Song Contains the lyric: "Get on your bikes and ride!" The song was featured in Morgan Spurlock's documentary Super Size Me (2004). Also, the song was played during a surgery on episode forty of Nip/Tuck (2005). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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