Fat Bottom Girls
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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album Jazz | ||||
| A-side | "Bicycle Race" | |||
| Released | 13 October 1978 | |||
| Format | 7" | |||
| Recorded | 1978 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, glam rock | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Brian May | |||
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"Fat Bottomed Girls" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the track featured on their 1978 album Jazz, and later on their compilation album, Greatest Hits. When released as a single with "Bicycle Race", the song reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.
The song is formed around an open bluesy, metallic guitar tuning, with the tune opening with its chorus. It was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning, being played in drop D tuning. The song's music video was filmed at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas in October 1978.
Near the end, the song references the band's song "Bicycle Race" with Mercury shouting, "Get on your bikes and ride!" "Bicycle Race" reciprocates with the lyric, "fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today". The two songs were released as a double A-sided single.
Queen performed "Fat Bottomed Girls" in concert from 1978 to 1982. Since its release, the song has appeared on television and film, and has been covered by a number of artists.
The song was performed on the setlists of their Queen + Adam Lambert tours in 2012, 2014-2015, 2016 & 2017-2018 featuring Adam Lambert and at the iHeartRadio Music Festival 2013 as Queen + Adam Lambert featuring Fun It was also performed during the Return Of The Champions Tour and the Rock the Cosmos Tour, both tours by Queen + Paul Rodgers.
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