1973Released
3:49

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Interesting facts and trivia about Glycerine Queen. By Songfacts®.

This song may sound enigmatic but when the background to it is revealed it is not so much humorous as uncharacteristically cruel. In her autobiography, Unzipped, Quatro writes, "We were at a gig in Manchester when there was a knock on the dressing room door and in walked this transvestite wanting an autograph." At that time her band members used to grease themselves up with glycerine, which made their bodies shine; her lead guitarist (and future first husband) Len Tuckey put on a friendly face, asking "Oi, mate, do you want a drink?" This individual said he would, so Tuckey poured some glycerine into a pint glass, and "he drank it straight down without stopping."

In the same book, Quatro boasts that she assaulted singer-songwriter Lynsey de Paul after hearing she had branded her a dyke; Lynsey said she was misquoted.

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Song Analysis

Key, BPM (tempo) and time signature of Glycerine Queen.
CKey
MajorMode
4/4Time Signature
131BPM

Album

The album Glycerine Queen is released on.

Released By

The record label that has released Glycerine Queen.
Chrysalis Records
2016 Chrysalis Records Limited
1973 Chrysalis Records Limited

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