Jealousy (Queen song)

"Jealousy" is a song by British Rock band Queen which was originally released on their seventh studio album Jazz in 1978, and one year later was released as the fourth and last single from the album. It was written by Freddie Mercury.[1]

"Jealousy"
Soviet single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album Jazz
B-side
Released27 April 1979
RecordedOctober 1978
StudioSuper Bear Studios Berre-les-Alpes, France
Genre
Length3:13
LabelElektra
Songwriter(s)Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)
Queen singles chronology
"Mustapha"
(1979)		 "Jealousy"
(1979)		 "Love of My Life"
(1979)

Background

The song has been released as a single only in five countries US, Canada, Brazil, New Zealand, and USSR, but failed to chart anywhere. The single was the first and last single of the band in the USSR. In the USSR B-side of the single was "Don't Stop Me Now" but in other countries the B-side was "Fun It". In 1980 the song had been included to the list of songs for the 1980 Summer Olympics which were celebrated in Moscow.[2]

"Jealousy" was penned by Mercury and features May playing his Hallfredh acoustic guitar. The guitar had been given a replacement hardwood bridge, chiselled flat, with a small piece of fret wire placed between it and the strings, which lay gently above. The strings produce the "buzzing" effect of a sitar.[3] This effect had already been used on "White Queen (As It Began)", from Queen II. Billboard Magazine felt that the this effect made the song sound Beatlesque.[4] All vocals were recorded by Mercury.

Personnel

Queen

References
  1. "Jealousy - Queen | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  2. "Jealousy Lyrics - Queen". Sing365.com. 28 February 2000. Retrieved 15 October 2016.
  3. "Guitar Player magazine US Jan 83". www.brianmay.com.
  4. "Top Single Picks" (PDF). Billboard Magazine. 21 April 1979. p. 62. Retrieved 8 July 2020.



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