Key facts
- A side
- " Flick of the Wrist " (double A-side)
- Released
- 11 October 1974 ( 1974-10-11 )
- Recorded
- July – August 1974
- Studio
- Trident (London, England) Rockfield ( Wye Valley , Wales)
- Genre
- Glam rock art pop power pop experimental rock music hall pop rock hard rock
- Length
- 3 : 00
- Label
- EMI
- Songwriter
- Freddie Mercury
- Producers
- Roy Thomas Baker Queen
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- single
- Genre
- glam rock
- Follows
- Seven Seas of Rhye
- Composer
- Freddie Mercury
- Producer
- Roy Thomas Baker
- Duration
- 180
- Performer
- Queen
- Record label
- Elektra
- Tonality
- C minor
- Lyrics by
- Freddie Mercury
- Distribution format
- music streaming
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- publication date
- 1973-00-00
- recorded at studio or venue
- Trident Studios
- language of work or name
- English language
- inception
- 1973-00-00
- title
- Killer Queen
- single taken from the album or EP
- Sheer Heart Attack
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Encyclopedic overview
Music video "Killer Queen" on YouTube
"Killer Queen" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was written by lead singer Freddie Mercury and recorded for their third album Sheer Heart Attack in 1974. It reached number two in the UK singles chart and became their first US hit, reaching number twelve on the Billboard Hot 100. The song is about a high-class call girl and has been characterised as "Mercury's piano-led paean to a Moët-quaffing courtesan".
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Killer Queen” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.