.QueenWillRock's 'Another One Bites the Dust” left pop-music enthusiasts with a distinct feeling of déjà vu -- mainly due to the song’s unmistakable throbbing bassline, written and recorded by bassist John Deacon.
's "Another One Bites the Dust” left pop-music enthusiasts with a distinct feeling of déjà vu -- mainly due to the song’s unmistakable throbbing bassline, written and recorded by bassist John Deacon.’s “Good Times,” which had topped the Billboard Hot 100 in August 1979, was no accident. In an interview before his death in 1996, Chic bassist Bernard Edwards recalled: “That Queen record came about because [Deacon] spent some time hanging out with us at our studio.
It turned out there was room for both songs. “Another One Bites the Dust” hit No. 1 on the Hot 100 dated Oct. 4, 1980, for the first of three weeks. It was the second single fromQueen enjoyed further chart success, although the group never reached the top 10 again during the lifetime of its captivating, operatic frontman,
, who died of complications from AIDS in 1991 at age 45. In 1992, Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody,” a No. 9 Hot 100 hit in 1976, rose to No. 2 fueled by its use in the box-office hitAmerican Idol
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