All God's People

This lesser known Innuendo track has grown on me - I just wondered if anyone could tell me more about it I.e who wrote it, and how it came about. Thanks.

Freddie and Mike Moran wrote it around the time of the 'Barcelona' project, but it was left unused. Eventually, the other three joined in and it became a Queen thing. Mike plays piano and synths on that song.

http://www.queenpedia.com/index.php?title=All_God%27s_People

Correct !! extract from wiki
"All God's People" started off as part of Mercury's Barcelona project under the title "Africa by Night" (hence the co-writing credit with Mike Moran). He'd asked May to play guitar, then one thing led to another and the entire band played. Piano was recorded by Moran. The song features Mercury singing a chest-voiced F5, his highest full-voice note, as well as some very low notes.

I wonder in which part can you hear the F5 note? Amazing song.

[QUOTE] [b]k-m wrote:[/b]

I wonder in which part can you hear the F5 note? Amazing song.[/QUOTE]

http://youtu.be/R5vTjdOTMGE?t=6m11s

Thanks! Fantastic video.

Hands down one of the greatest songs of all time!!!

[QUOTE] [b]AlexRocks wrote:[/b]

Hands down one of the greatest songs of all time!!![/QUOTE]

Woah! there nelly!

I remember listenign to Radio 1 in the UK, approx a week or two before innuendo came out, and they played two or three advance tracks, and a panel reviewed them. All God's People was one, and I think their review was fairly ambivalent, saying that it just seemed like Freddie's voice sampled and dropped in at random places. I think that's oversimplifying it slightly, and thes so called 'experts' not realising the brilliance of his voice!!!

[QUOTE] [b]Dunno223 wrote:[/b]

This lesser known Innuendo track has grown on me.

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Well, f**k you lol

I absolutely hate this song, but since you posted this, it's been stuck in my head :P

it's not my favorite of the album, but it's a good track

I've just had to listen to it to satisfy the urge created by this thread. You absolute git!

And now I'm having to listening to the "Happiness?" album to get shot of it. I don't know what's worse lol.

As much as Innuendo has become one of my favourite Queen albums (only just got around to giving it a few listens - shoot me, I know), All God's People is the low point for me. Apologies to fans who like that one. And ironically, I have a quirky fondness for Delilah.

I love "All God´s People", i love the colours created by the synths towards the end of the song. For my personal taste it´s a brilliant song.

Don't really understand how someone could hate the song so much. It's pretty great.