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"Under Pressure" is a 1981 song originally recorded by Queen and David Bowie, and later included on Queen's 1982 album ''Hot Space''. The song reached number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming the group's second number-one hit in their home country (after 1975's "Bohemian Rhapsody", which topped the chart for nine weeks), and Bowie's third UK number-one. It was also number 31 on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=VH1: 100 Greatest Songs of the 80's )〕 The song was played live at every Queen concert from 1981 until the end of Queen's touring career in 1986.〔(Queen live on tour: Hot Space (world) ) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 23 July 2011〕〔(Queen live on tour: The Works 1985 ) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 23 July 2011〕〔(Queen live on tour: Magic tour ) Queen Concerts. Retrieved 23 July 2011〕 It is recorded on the live albums ''Queen Rock Montreal'' and ''Queen at Wembley''.〔(Queen Rock Montreal ) ''Allmusic''. Retrieved 23 July 2011〕〔(Live At Wembley 1986 ) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 23 July 2011〕 The song was included on some editions of Queen's first ''Greatest Hits'' compilations, such as the original 1981 Elektra release in the US. It is included on the band's compilation albums ''Greatest Hits II'', ''Classic Queen'', and ''Absolute Greatest''〔(Queen Album: Classic Queen ) MTV. Retrieved 2 July 2011〕 as well as Bowie compilations such as ''Best of Bowie'' (2002)〔(David Bowie: Best of Bowie ) ''Allmusic''. Retrieved 18 November 2011〕 and ''Nothing Has Changed'' (2014). ==Creation== Queen had been working on the song under the title "Feel Like" but were not yet satisfied with the result.〔(Unreleased Queen Tracks – Feel Like ) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 29 August 2011〕〔(Queen – Feel Like demo (pre-Under Pressure) ) Retrieved 15 January 2011〕 David Bowie had originally come to Mountain Studios to sing backing vocals on another Queen song, "Cool Cat", although his vocals were removed from the final song as he was not satisfied with his performance. Once he got there, they worked together for a while and wrote the song.〔Peter Freestone (2001) (Freddie Mercury: an intimate memoir by the man who knew him best ) p.78. Omnibus Press. Retrieved 15 January 2011〕 The final version that became "Under Pressure" evolved from a jam session that Bowie had with the band at Queen's studio in Montreux, Switzerland; therefore it was credited as co-written by the five musicians. The scat singing that dominates much of the song is evidence of the jam-beginnings as improvisation. According to Queen bassist John Deacon (as quoted in a French magazine in 1984), however, the song's primary or main musical songwriter was Freddie Mercury — though all contributed to the arrangement. Brian May recalled to ''Mojo'' magazine in October 2008 that, "It was hard, because you had four very precocious boys and David, who was precocious enough for all of us. David took over the song lyrically. Looking back, it's a great song but it should have been mixed differently. Freddie and David had a fierce battle over that. It's a significant song because of David and its lyrical content."〔("Queen, The Second Coming" ). ''Mojo'', October 2008,〕 The earlier, embryonic version of the song without Bowie, "Feel Like", is widely available in bootleg form, and was written by Queen drummer Roger Taylor. There has been some confusion about who created the song's bassline. John Deacon said (in Japanese magazine ''Musiclife'' in 1982, and in the previously mentioned French magazine) that David Bowie had created it. In more recent interviews, Brian May and Roger Taylor have credited the bass riff to Deacon. Bowie, on his website, said that the bassline was already written before he became involved.〔(Bowie Talks About Under Pressure ) Retrieved 15 January 2011〕 Roger Taylor, in an interview for the BBC documentary ''Queen: the Days of Our Lives'', stated that Deacon had indeed created the bassline, stating that all through the sessions in the studio he had been playing the riff over and over; he also claims that when the band returned from dinner Deacon had, amusingly, forgotten the riff, but fortunately Taylor was still able to remember it.〔O'Casey, Matt, dir. (2002) Queen – Days of Our Lives. Part 2. Queen Productions Ltd. Retrieved 9 June 2011〕 The lyrics reference the society effects of the conservative Thatcher Government policies, which "Splits a family in two Puts people on streets" Bowie describes the shocking effect of seeing homeless on London Streets, a situation unknown since the thirties, and often mentioned by Britons returning after extended stays abroad. Michael Caine references it in his autobiography, Elephant to Hollywood. 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「Under Pressure」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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