The Game
Cat. No: EMA 795/CDP7
Release Date: 30 June 1980 (UK) 30 June 1980 (USA)
Produced By: Queen and Mack
Engineered By: Mack
Recorded At: Musicland
When: June - July 1979 and Feb - May 1980
Cover Concept: Queen
Highest Chart Pos: (UK) 1 (USA)
Weeks On Chart: 18 (UK) 43 (USA)
Award Status: Gold (UK) Platinum (USA)
Hollywood Records remastered 1991 release bonus tracks: Dragon Attack (1991 remix)
Tracklist
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Play the Game Single
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Open up your mind and let me step inside
Rest your weary head and let your heart decide
It's so easy when you know the rules
It's so easy all you have to do
Is fall in love
Play the game
Everybody play the game of love
When you're feeling down and your resistance is low
Light another cigarette and let yourself go
This is your life
Don't play hard to get
It's a free world
All you have to do is fall in love
Play the game everyone play the game of love
My game of love has just begun
Love runs from my head down to my toes
My love is pumping through my veins (play the game)
Driving me insane
Come come come come play the game play the game play the game play the game
Play the game everybody play the game of love
This is your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game yeah play the game of love
Your life - don't play hard to get
It's a free free world all you have to do is fall in love
Play the game - everybody play the game... -
Dragon Attack
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Take me to the room where the red's all red
Take me out of my head, that's what I said yeah
Hey take me to the room where the green's all green
And from what I've seen it's hot it's mean
Gonna use my stack
It's gotta be Mack
Gonna get me on the track
Got a dragon on my back
Take me to the room where the beat's all round
Gonna eat that sound (yeah yeah yeah!)
Take me to the room where the black's all white
And the white's all black take me back to the shack
She don't take no prisoners
Gonna give me the business
Got a dragon on my back
It's a dragon attack
Get down, I said so
Hey hey, All right
She's low down
She don't take no prisoners
Go down
Gonna give me the business
No time
Yeah chained to the rack!
Show time
Got a dragon on my back
Show down
Go find another customer
Slow down
I gotta make my way -
Another one bites the dust Single
Michael Jackson first suggested that they release this song as a single.<br /> <br /> The song started out with a "western theme". Many of those lyrics are still present.<br /> <br /> It was the biggest sellling single in the US in 1980. Queen joined the Rolling Stones and The Beatles as the only non-US acts to hold this title.<br /> <br /> Upon hearing the song on the radio, many people assumed that it was sung by "black artists".
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Steve walks warily down the street
With his 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 hanging 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
Hey I'm gonna get you too
Another one bites the dust
How do you think I'm going to 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
Hey Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust ow
Another one bites the dust he he
Another one bites the dust haaaa
Oooh shoot out
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 leave him
When he's down
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
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 -
Need your loving tonight
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No I'll never look back in anger
No I'll never find me an answer
You promised me you'd keep in touch
I read your letter and it hurt me so much
I said I'd never never be angry with you
I don't wanna feel like a stranger no
Because I'd rather stay out of danger
I read your letter so many times
I got your meaning between the lines
I said I'd never never be angry with you
I must be strong so she won't know how much I miss her
I only hope as time goes on I'll forget her
My bodies aching can't sleep at night
I'm to exhausted to start a fight
And if I see her with another guy
I'll eat my heart out because I love her
Love her love her love her
Come on baby let's get together
I'll love you baby I'll love you forever
I'm trying hard to stay away
What made you change? What did I say?
Oooh I need your loving tonight
Oooh I need your loving
Oooh I need your loving
Oooh I need your loving babe tonight
Hit me
Oooh I need your loving tonight
No I'll never look back in anger
No I'll never find me an answer
Can't be no warning how could I guess?
I'll have to learn to forgive and forget
Oooh I need your loving
Oooh I need your loving
Oooh I need your loving tonight -
Crazy little thing called love Single
Freddie wrote the song whilst in the bath.<br /> <br /> John Lennon, reportedly was inspired to start writing music again after hearing this song.
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This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love
This thing (this thing) called love (called love)
It cries (like a baby)
In a cradle all night
It swings (woooh woooh)
It jives (woooh woooh)
It shakes all over like a jelly fish
I kind of like it
Crazy little thing called love
There goes my baby
She knows how to Rock'n'Roll
She drives my crazy
She gives me hot and cold fever
Then she leaves me in a cool cool sweat
I gotta be cool relax get hip!
Get on my track's
Take a back seat
Hitch hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready
Crazy little thing called love
I gotta be cool relax get hip!
Get on my track's
Take a back seat
Hitch hike
And take a long ride on my motor bike
Until I'm ready (ready Freddie)
Crazy little thing called love
This thing called love I just can't handle it
This thing called love I must get round to it
I ain't ready
Crazy little thing called love... -
Rock It (prime jive)
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When I hear that rock and roll
It gets down to my soul
When it's real rock and roll
When I hear that rock and roll
It gets down to my soul
When it's real rock and roll
Oh rock and roll
Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh Oh
You really think they like to rock in space
Well I don't know
What do you know?
What do you hear
On the radio?
Coming through the air
I said Mama
I ain't crazy
I'm all right - all right
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right
To rock'n'roll on a Saturday night
I said 'shoot and get your suit and come along with me'
I said 'c'mon baby down come and rock with me' I said 'yeah'
What do you do?
To get to feel alive
You go downtown
And get some of that prime jive
I said Mama
I ain't crazy
I'm all right - all right
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right
To rock'n'roll on a Saturday night
I said 'shoot and get your suit and come along with me'
I said 'c'mon baby down come and rock with me' I said 'yeah'
We're gonna rock it
Hey c'mon baby said it's all right
To rock'n'roll on a Saturday night
I said 'shoot and get your suit and come along with me'
I said 'c'mon baby down come and rock with me' I said 'yeah'
We're gonna rock it.......tonight
(We want some prime jive)
(We want some prime jive)...
We're gonna rock it tonight
(We want some prime jive)...
C'mon honey
(We want some prime jive)
We're rocking tonight
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon
We're rocking tonight
C'mon honey we're rocking tonight
Get get get get get
Get some of that prime jive
Get some of that prime jive
C'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon c'mon honey
Get some of that prime jive
Get some of that get get down (down)
C'mon honey - c'mon honey - we're gonna rock it tonight -
Don't try suicide
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A one two three four one
Yeah
OK
Don't do it don't you try it baby
Don't do that don't don't don't
Don't do that
You got a good thing going now
Don't do it don't do it
Don't
Don't try suicide
Nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide
Nobody cares
Don't try suicide
You're just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide
Nobody gives a damn
So you think it's the easy way out?
Think you're gonna slash your wrists
This time
Baby when you do it all you do is
Get on my tits
Don't do that try try try baby
Don't do that, you got a good thing going now
Don't do it don't do it
Don't
Don't try suicide
Nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide
Nobody cares
Don't try suicide
You're just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide
Nobody gives a damn
You need help
Look at yourself you need help
You need life
So don't hang yourself
It's ok ok ok ok
You just can't be a prick teaser all of the time
A little bit attention, you got it
Need some affection, you got it
Suicide suicide suicide bid
Suicide suicide suicide bid
Suicide
Don't do it don't do it don't do it babe (yeah)
Don't do it don't do it don't, do it
Yeah
Don't put your neck on the line
Don't drown on me babe
Blow your brains out
Don't do that (yeah)
Don't do that, you got a good thing going baby
Don't do it (no) don't do it (no) don't
Don't try suicide
Nobody's worth it
Don't try suicide
Nobody cares
Don't try suicide
You're just gonna hate it
Don't try suicide
Nobody gives, nobody cares
Nobody gives a damn
OK -
Sail Away Sweet Sister (to the sister I never had)
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Hey little babe you're changing
Babe are you feeling sore?
It ain't no use in pretending
You don't wanna play no more
It's plain that you ain't no baby
What would your mother say?
You're all dressed up like a lady
How come you behave this way?
Sail away sweet sister
Sail across the sea
Maybe you'll find somebody
To love you half as much as me
My heart is always with you
No matter what you do
Sail away sweet sister
I'll always be in love with you
Forgive me for what I told you
My heart makes a fool of me
You know that I'll never hold you
I know that you gotta be free
Sail away sweet sister
Sail across the sea
Maybe you'll find somebody
To love you half as much as me
Take it the way you want it
But when they let you down my friend
Sail away sweet sister
Back to my arms again
Hot child don't you know you're young
You got your whole life ahead of you?
And you can throw it away too soon
Way too soon
Sail away sweet sister
Sail across the sea
Maybe you'll find somebody's
Gonna love you half as much as me
My heart is always with you
No matter what you do
Sail away sweet sister
I'll always be in love with you -
Coming soon
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Oooh
Oh Oh Oh
I get some headaches when I hit the heights
Like in the morning after crazy nights
Like some mother in law in her nylon tights
They're always
They're always
They're always
They're always
Coming soon
Coming soon on the outside of the tracks
You take 'em
The same old babies with the same old toys
The neighbours screaming when the noise annoys
Somebody nagging you when you're out with the boys
They're always
They're always
They're always
They're always
Coming soon
Coming soon on the outside of the track
They're always
They're always
They're always
They're always
Coming soon
Coming soon on the outside of the track
Coming soon
Coming soon on the outside of the track
Yeah yeah yeah -
Save me
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It started off so well
They said we made a perfect pair
I clothed myself in your glory and your love
How I loved you
How I cried...
The years of care and loyalty
Were nothing but a sham it seems
The years belie we lived a lie
I love you till I die
Save me save me save me
I can't face this life alone
Save me save me save me...
I'm naked and I'm far from home
The slate will soon be clean
I'll erase the memories
To start again with somebody new
Was it all wasted
All that love?...
I hang my head and I advertise
A soul for sale or rent
I have no heart I'm cold inside
I have no real intent
Save me save me save me
I can't face this life alone
Save me save me save me...
I'm naked and I'm far from home
Each night I cry I still believe the lie
I love you till I die
Save me save me save me
Don't let me face my life alone
Save me save me oooh...
I'm naked and I'm far from home