Where were you in 1980? If you were anywhere in the country and you had a radio you heard Another One Bites the Dust. It was massive. So much so that it kind of has become a cliche.
John Deacon twisted a Chic bassline (can you hear “Good Times”?) and made the biggest crossover hit in rock history. Rock stations payed it because it was Queen. Black stations played it cuz it was a dance/urban track. It was top 10 and it was inoffensive and it really wasn’t about anything except, well, murder. But not real murder. Film Noir murder. This was a classic case of words being written to fit the musical line.
But it wasn’t supposed to be a single. It was Michael Jackson who suggested it after hearing it in concert. Cuz, Mikey was a hige Queen fan.
The song will bring you back to that era AND it will make you tap your feet 30 years later.
Grade: A
