Studio Album

The Works

Queen · 1984 · 2 tracks

All the tracks on the album featured on a single release in the UK. Either as the A-side or B-side.

At around the same time as writing and recording this album, Queen were also approached to provide the soundtrack for the movie "The Hotel New Hampshire". Queen's manager Jim Beach was a producer on the film. In the end, the project fell by the wayside, with only "Keep Passing Open Windows" remaining from that body of work.

Cat. No: EMC 2400141/CDP7 46016 2 (UK) HR 61233 (USA)
Release Date: 27 Feb 1984 (UK) 28 Feb 1984 (USA)
Produced By: Queen and Mack
Engineered By: Mack.
Additional Engineering: Mike Beiriger
Recorded At: Record Plant, Musicland
When: August 1983 - January 1984
Guest Musicians: Fred Mandel: Piano on Man On The Prowl, Synths on Radio Ga Ga, I Want To Break Free and Hammer To Fall. Mack: Fairlight programming on Machines.
Cover Concept: Queen
Highest Chart Pos: 2 (UK) 23 (USA)
Weeks On Chart: 93 (UK) 20 (USA)
Award Status: Platinum (UK) Gold (USA)
Hollywood Records remastered 1991 release bonus tracks: I Go Crazy, Radio Ga Ga (extended version) and I Want To Break Free (extended mix)

Tracklist

Radio ga ga Single

Inspired by MTV and Rogers son saying "Radio Ka Ka"

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Radio I'd sit alone and watch your light
My only friend through teenage nights
And everything I had to know
I heard it on my radio

You gave them all those old time stars
Through wars of worlds - invaded by Mars
You made 'em laugh - you made 'em cry
You made us feel like we could fly
Radio

So don't become some background noise
A backdrop for the girls and boys
Who just don't know or just don't care
And just complain when you're not there
You had your time you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio

All we hear is Radio ga-ga
Radio goo-goo
Radio ga-ga
All we hear is Radio ga-ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Radio someone still loves you

We watch the shows - we watch the stars
On videos for hours and hours
We hardly need to use our ears
How music changes through the years

Let's hope you never leave old friend
Like all good things on you we depend
So stick around because we might miss you
When we grow tired of all this visual
You had your time you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio

All we hear is Radio ga-ga
Radio goo-goo
Radio ga-ga
All we hear is Radio ga-ga
Radio goo-goo
Radio ga-ga
All we hear is Radio ga-ga
Radio blah blah
Radio what's new?
Someone still loves you

Radio ga-ga
Radio ga-ga
Radio ga-ga
Radio

You had your time you had the power
You've yet to have your finest hour
Radio
Tear it up

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Are you ready? - well are you ready?
We're gonna tear it up
Yeah yeah yeah yeah

(Hey)
Give me your mind baby give me your body
Give me some time baby let's have a party
It ain't no time for sleeping baby
Soon it's round your street I'm creeping
You'd better be ready

We gonna Tear it up
Stir it up
Break it up - baby

You gonna Tear it up
Shake it up
Make it up - as you go along

Tear it up
Square it up
Wake it up - baby

Tear it up
Stir it up
Stake it out - and you can't go wrong

(Hey listen)
I love you because you're sweet and I love you because you're naughty
I love you for your mind baby give me your body
I wanna be a toy at your birthday party
Wind me up - wind me up - wind me up - let me go

Tear it up
Stir it up
Break it up - let me go

Tear it up
Shake it up
Make it up - as you go along

Tear it up
Turn it up
Burn it up

Are you ready?(Oh yeah)
Baby baby baby are you ready for me?(Oh yeah)
Baby baby baby are you ready for love?(Oh yeah)
Are you ready - are you ready - are you ready for me?(Oh yeah)
I love you so near I love you so far
I gotta tell you baby you're driving me Ga Ga

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