cool cat - Queen

Words and music by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon

A song which features Freddie singing in
falsetto during the whole song. The first version was recorded with David Bowie sharing
the vocals with Freddie. Bowie hated it so much that he begged Queen not to release it in
anyway.
Rating: 8.5

Oooh yeah yeah yeah yeah!

You're taking all the sunshine away
Making out like you're the main line (I knew that)
Because you're a cool cat
Tapping on the toe with a new hat
Oooh just cruising, Driving along like the swing king
Feeling the beat of my heart, huh!
Feeling the beat of my heart

Oooh you're a cool cat, coming on strong with all the chit chat
Oooh you're alright, Hanging out and stealing all the limelight
Oooh messing with the beat of my heart, yeah!
Oooh you used to be a mean kid
Oooh making such a deal of life
Oooh you were wishing and hoping and waiting to really hit the big time
But did it happen? happen no!
You're speeding to fast, slow down
Slow down, you'd better slow down, slow down

You really know how to set the mood
And you really get inside the groove
Cool cat, tapping on the toe with a new hat
Oooh just cruising, Driving along like the swing king
Feeling the beat of my heart
Feeling the beat of my heart yeah!
Feeling the beat of my heart

Can you feel it?
Feeling the beat of my heart, Feeling the beat of my heart
Oooh feeling, feeling, feeling
Feeling every feeling

Under Pressure

Words and music by Queen and David Bowie (Roger actually)
Lanzado en Noviembre 2 de 1981
Highest UK Chart Position: 1 - for 2 weeks (11 weeks on chart)
Highest USA Chart Position: 29 (15 weeks on chart)
Highest Australian Chart Position: 8 (14 weeks on chart)
Highest Japanese Chart Position: 88 (3 weeks on chart)
Highest Dutch Chart Position: 1 - for 1 week (10 weeks on chart)
Highest Argentinian Chart Position: 1

Greatest Hits 3 - 1999 Promo re-release
Highest British Chart Position: 14

Queen's first collaboration with another
artist. It all started one day that David Bowie decided to visit Queen at their Montreux
Studios in Switzerland, and after jamming for a while, they ended up making this song.
In 1991 Vanilla Ice copied the intro bass riff from this song for his #1 hit 'Ice, Ice,
Baby'. Although Vanilla Ice said it didn't have exactly the same tune, Queen sued him
and won the case.
Rating: 9.3

Pressure pushing down on me, pressing down on you, no man ask for
Under pressure, that burns a building down
Splits a family in two, puts people on streets

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming... let me out!
Pray tomorrow, takes me higher
Pressure on people, People on streets

Chipping around, kick my brains round the floor
These are the days, It never rains but it pours
People on streets, People on streets

It's the terror of knowing, what this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming... let me out!
Pray tomorrow takes me higher, higher, higher
Pressure on people, People on streets

Turned away from it all, Like a blind man
Sat on a fence, but it don't work
Keep coming up with love, But it's so slashed and torn
Why, why, why?
Love, love, love, love

Insanity laughs under pressure we're cracking
Can't we give ourselves one more chance?
Why can't we give love that one more chance?
Why can't we give love, give love, give love?
Give love, give love, give love, give love, give love?

Cos' love's such an old fashioned word
And love dares you, to care for people on the edge of the night
And love dares you, to change our way of caring about ourselves
This is our last dance, this is our last dance
This is ourselves, under pressure
Under pressure, pressure

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