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You're My Best Friend - Remastered 2011

1975Released
2:50

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Queen bass player John Deacon wrote this song. All four members of the group wrote at least one of their hits.

John Deacon wrote this song about his wife. He enjoyed a rather quiet home life, and particularly in the early days of the group he was very shy and quiet, unwilling to put his song suggestions forward. After Freddie Mercury died in 1991, Deacon became something of a recluse - he was involved in the posthumous album Made in Heaven, and on the 1997 single "No-One But You," he retired from music and has declined to tour with the band on their subsequent tours with Paul Rodgers and Adam Lambert. The band still maintains contact with him, and run decisions by him - according to Brian May, the rule is that if Deacon does not reply to an email, that's his way of saying it has his approval.

Deacon played an electric piano on this track, which was a popular choice at the time, with many rock songs by the likes of Stevie Wonder and Steely Dan using one. The piano was either a Fender Rhodes or a Wurlitzer, or possibly a combination of both - sources vary. Deacon wanted to write a song incorporating the instrument, but Freddie Mercury, the group's keyboard man, did not want to play it. "I refused to play that damn thing," Mercury said. "It's tiny and horrible and I don't like them. Why play those when you have a lovely superb piano." So Deacon took the electric piano home, learned to play it, and started writing this song.

Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of You're My Best Friend - Remastered 2011.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
119BPM

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Universal Music Group
© 2011 Queen Productions Ltd. under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV
℗ 2011 Queen Productions Ltd. under exclusive licence to Universal International Music BV

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