Under Pressure
1981 song by Queen and David Bowie
"Under Pressure" is a 1981 song by Queen and David Bowie. It was taken from their 1981 album Greatest Hits and was later added to their 10th studio album Hot Space. It topped the single charts in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands and made the top 30 in every country that it charted in. It was remixed in 1999 for their album Greatest Hits III. It was covered by My Chemical Romance and The Used in 2005 for their second studio album In Love and Death and Shawn Mendes in 2018.
| "Under Pressure" | ||||
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| Single by Queen and David Bowie | ||||
| from the album Hot Space | ||||
| B-side | "Soul Brother" | |||
| Released | 26 October 1981 | |||
| Recorded | July 1981 | |||
| Studio | Mountain, Montreux | |||
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| Length | 4:08 | |||
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| "Under Pressure" at YouTube | ||||
Track listing change
7": EMI / EMI 5250 (UK) change
Side one
- "Under Pressure" (Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon, Bowie) – 4:08
Side two
- "Soul Brother" (Mercury) – 3:38
7": Elektra / E-47235 (US) change
Side one
- "Under Pressure" (Mercury, May, Taylor, Deacon, Bowie) – 4:08
Side two
- "Soul Brother" (Mercury) – 3:38
1988 3" CD: Parlophone / QUECD9 (UK) change
- "Under Pressure" – 4:08
- "Soul Brother" – 3:40
- "Body Language" – 4:33
References change
- ↑ Banas, Erica (25 May 2018). "A Look Back At "Under Pressure"". WMMR. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
there was one monster rock track that stood out among the rest
- ↑ Whatley, Jack (24 January 2019). "The story behind David Bowie and Queen's brilliant song 'Under Pressure'". Far Out Magazine. Archived from the original on 14 August 2019. Retrieved 14 August 2019.
what remains is an incredibly powerful and poignant pop song
