I'm In Love With My Car - Remastered 2011

Queen's drummer Roger Taylor wrote this song, sang on it and played drums on the track. Though it was dedicated to Queen roadie John Harris ("a boy racer to the end."), there was still something autobiographical in this car-as-a-metaphor-for-sex song. "I'm not obsessed," the Queen drummer told Mojo, "but I do love a good car."

The engine noises on the recording of "I'm In Love With My Car" are authentic and come from the car Roger Taylor owned at the time. He described in a 1997 interview with Pop On The Line: "I remember my car at the time, because I think we've got the exhaust on the record, and that was a little Alfa Romeo. But I think it was more about people in general, for instance boy racers. In particular we had a sound guy/roadie at the time called Jonathan Harris, who was in love with his car, and that inspired that. I think he had a TR4, Triumph TR4."

Roger Taylor loved the song, and demanded it to be the B-side to Freddie Mercury's "Bohemian Rhapsody" single - so much so that he apparently locked himself in a cupboard until Mercury agreed. Perhaps there was a good reason Taylor really wanted it to be the "Rhapsody" B-side - the song credit went completely to him, and when the single became a huge smash hit, he received almost equal royalties as Mercury did for "Rhapsody." This naturally rather annoyed the rest of the band! Songwriting credits and friction over royalties are a common reason why most bands break up. For this reason, Queen later in their career decided to give a collective co-writing credit for all songs, regardless of who contributed. This meant everyone got equal royalties for any singles/hits, which meant there was less friction with members more willing to let their songs/ideas be worked on - knowing they wouldn't lose any credit or royalty money in the process.