I'm sure we have all been to a point where We know a queen song that should have been a single so I want to see what people have came up with for me it would be
Single: March of the black queen
B-side: funny how love is
As much as we all love "March of the black queen", here, they're career launch, as far as getting a first hit is concerned, would have been put on hold had it been released. Not commercial radio friendly, too long , not catchy enough etc.
Bohemian Rhapsody was an exception to the rule.
master marathon runner wrote:
As much as we all love "March of the black queen", here, they're career launch, as far as getting a first hit is concerned, would have been put on hold had it been released. Not commercial radio friendly, too long , not catchy enough etc.
Bohemian Rhapsody was an exception to the rule.
What would've happened if anyone had been crazy enough to make this into a single would've been a repeat performance of the hideous Liar single-edit. Only much, much worse.
Pokemaniacjunk wrote:
I'm sure we have all been to a point where We know a queen song that should have been a single so I want to see what people have came up with for me it would be
Single: March of the black queen
B-side: funny how love is
TMBMTLTT
A combination mix of this leak plus some of Brian and Roger's stuff.
Should have been done in November or December. Stand alone. Could've charted
Why not You & I? I could imagine that having more success than TYMD, it's a pretty catchy and just a great song....
Or even Stone Cold Crazy, that was never a single, or even a b-side. (except I think a live version was a b-side of one of the singles from The Miracle)
Don't see how anyone can say March of the Black Queen would have been the end of Queen...and not realise that's exactly what people thought with Bohemian Rhapsody.
"........that's what people thought witat bohemian Rhapsody " ??? /\
Don't think so, it went straight in at no.9 in the UK chart and no. 1 the second week, nothing but positive reaction everyone was blown away and the rest is history , as they say "The end of queen"??
You obviously weren't around at the time. It was sensational.
I was Born To Love You
I Can't Live With You
Was It All Worth It
The Millionare Waltz
Death On Two Legs
'39
Love Of My Life
Ogre Battle
The Night Comes Down
...would have been the singles I would love to see. I don't know about the b-sides but anything not included in the original albums would have been my preference.
Was it all Worth it
Dragon Attack
...I finally found One Year of Love on 7" in a second hand store on Saturday, I think it's strange that was a single.
ANAGRAMER wrote:
Ride the wild wind, from Innuendo always struck me as a potential hit
My favourite Queen song! Dunno why they never released it here in the UK.
It was released in Poland and went straight to Number 1!
i didn't really believe this at first but wikipedia confirms this...so ride the wild wind was a single in Poland? when exactly was it released and how? seven inch and/or cd single? can't seem to find a Discogs entry but i'm very interested!
ITSM wrote:
Was it all Worth it
Dragon Attack
...I finally found One Year of Love on 7" in a second hand store on Saturday, I think it's strange that was a single.
Not in '86. That song has all the mid-80s pop-cliches, so I think it was a good choice for a single. Could've done better in the charts with more promotion. Still a pretty bad song, though...
Queen is of the few bands I can think of that, to me, pretty much released the singles they should have.
Being from The States, the problem wasn't that they released the wrong singles, they just received little push from their label at the time.
Since Hollywood Records took over for Queen in the USA, Queen has been doing quite well, and that's because HR knows what the fuck they're doing.