John Deacon, bassist for Queen has been talking about “Another One Bites The Dust” which celebrates its 40th Anniversary this week!
Deacon spoke how the song came about but revealed that the Hit Single would never be a single without Michael Jackson!
“Michael Jackson actually suggested we release it as a single. He was a fan of ours and used to come to our shows.” said Deacon.
Freddie Mercury even said once about the song:
“Credit for the song should go to Michael Jackson in many ways. He was a fan and friend of ours and kept telling me “Freddie, you need a song the cats can dance to.” John introduced this riff to us during rehearsal that we all immediately though of Dicso, which was very popular at the time. We worked it out and once it was ready, played it for Michael. I knew we had a hit as he bobbed his head up and down and Michael said “That’s it, that’s the gravy. Release it and it will top the charts.” and so we did and it did”
It is always amazing to hear such stories and also to see that Michael had a clear talent to recognize hits!
And just because, here is QUEEN with “Another One Bites The Dust”
SOURCE: Express
