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"Seven Seas of Rhye" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was primarily written by Freddie Mercury, with Brian May contributing the second middle-eight. The song is officially credited to Mercury only. A rudimentary instrumental version appears as the final track on the group's debut album ''Queen'' (1973), with the final version on the follow-up ''Queen II'' (1974).〔(Seven Seas of Rhye ) Allmusic. Retrieved 5 July 2011〕 The completed version served as the band's third single, the earliest-released song to appear on their ''Greatest Hits'' album, with the exception of some versions where their first single, "Keep Yourself Alive", is included. Initially ''Seven Seas of Rhye'' was simply an "instrumental musical sketch closing their first album". An expanded rendition, planned for inclusion on the album Queen II, was publicly premiered when Queen was offered a sudden chance to appear on ''Top of the Pops'' in February 1974, and was rushed to vinyl a mere 2 days later on 23 February.〔 It became their first chart entry after gaining airtime on BBC Radio 1,〔 peaking at number 10 on the UK Singles Chart,〔Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited〕 which in turn persuaded Freddie Mercury to take up Queen as his full-time career.〔 The song was dropped from the live set in 1976 and wasn't played in concert again until the "Works" tour eight years later. == Style, construction and interpretation == The song features a distinctive arpeggiated piano introduction. These piano runs are sampled in "It's a Beautiful Day (reprise)", on the album ''Made In Heaven''. The version on ''Queen II'' ends with a cross fade, instruments blending into the band singing "I Do Like to Be Beside the Seaside", accompanied by a stylophone, played by Roy Thomas Baker, which was a sole exception to their "no synths" statement. Its inclusion here on the final track of ''Queen II'' is briefly mirrored via whistling during the first few seconds of "Brighton Rock", which opens their next album, ''Sheer Heart Attack''. In a 1977 radio interview, Freddie Mercury described the subject of the song as a "figment of his imagination". In the Queen musical ''We Will Rock You'', the Seven Seas of Rhye is a place where the Bohemians are taken after they are brainstormed by Khashoggi.〔(We Will Rock You - Plot & Photo Gallery ) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 5 July 2011〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Seven Seas of Rhye」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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