Queen – Bicycle Race

“Bicycle Race” is a song by the British rock band Queen. It was released on their 1978 album Jazz and written by Queen’s lead singer Freddie Mercury. It was released as a double A-side single together with the song “Fat Bottomed Girls”, reaching number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.

Freddie Mercury wrote this in France after watching the Tour de France bicycle race ride by his hotel.

Wherever Queen played, bicycle shops sold out of bells bought by fans who brought them to the show to ring them during this song.
Queen staged a bicycle race around Wimbledon stadium in England to promote the single. Sixty-five professional models were hired to race nude, with special effects hiding the nudity in the original video; a photo from the race was used on the cover of the single and images from the race were used for the video.

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Queen – Bicycle Race

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Queen rented 65 bicycles for the race. In a possibly apocryphal but often-repeated story, when the rental company found out what they were used for, they refused to take the bikes back unless the band paid for new seats.

The album contained a poster of the women in the bicycle race. It was left out of some copies for stores that did not want to carry it, but fans could mail order the poster if they desired. A bikini bottom was added to cover the bum on the cover of the single, and on some US releases a bra was also added.
At a 1978 concert in Madison Square Garden, Queen re-created the video by having women with very little clothing ride bicycles around the stage.

“Bicycle Race” a fost un single cu “Fat Bottomed Girls” (două melodii pe fața A), lansat la 13 Octombrie 1978. Este o compoziție a lui Freddie Mercury, compusă după ce a vizionat “Tour de France”. Pentru video, au avut 65 de modele pedaland nud bicicletele în jurul stadionului Wembley, care a fost de asemenea coperta la single, împreună cu un poster care a fost inclus cu albumul Jazz.

Video a fost interzis în mai multe țări la vremea respectivă. Deși în melodie Freddie cânta “I don’t like Star Wars”, el a fost un fan al filmului Star Wars.

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