Queen Bicycle Race album

Tune: Bike Race

Album: Jazz (1978)

" and authored by Queen's frontman Freddie Mercury.

To discharge this tune, Queen staged a bicycle battle with 65 naked ladies. A clip from this battle ended up being made use of as solitary address. The movie was initially banned, together with movie must be re-edited with colour included with censor aside any offensive imagery. The song is famed because of its 'bicycle bell solo', which fans would usually reproduce live at Queen shows with regards to very own such bells.

It absolutely was introduced as a Double-A side using tune "Fat Bottomed babes". a nonetheless photograph through the nude bicycle competition was employed for the single address, a pair of bikini bottoms crudely painted on photo associated with naked rider.

Four singles were circulated from “Jazz”:

"bike Race"/"Fat Bottomed Girls (edit)" – Elektra E45541; introduced October, 1978

"Bicycle Race" and "Fat Bottomed Girls" were released in 1978 as a double A-side; the band staged a popular nude, all-female bike race to market the single. The bike race were held on 17th September 1978 at Wimbledon Stadium in London. The picture sleeve showed a rear view of 1 of the females on her behalf bike, but in the U.S. a set of purple panties were coated onto avoid public outcry. Legend has actually it your musical organization borrowed the bicycles from a shop ("Halfords, " based on the liner notes), but upon coming back all of them were informed they would need to buy all the chairs, while they was in fact found in an improper manner (i.e. without clothing).

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I do want to ride my bicycle bike bicycle

I do want to drive my bicycle
I would like to drive my cycle
I wish to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it in which I like

You say black I say white
You state bark we say bite
You state shark we state hey guy
Jaws was never my scene
And I can't stand Star Wars
You say Rolls I say Royce
You say Jesus offer me a choice
You state Lord I state Christ
I do not rely on Peter Pan
Frankenstein or Superman
All we wanna do is

Bike bike bicycle
I want to drive my bicycle bike bike
I do want to drive my bike
I would like to ride my cycle
I would like to ride my bike
I do want to drive my

Bicycle events are arriving your path
So forget your entire responsibilities oh yeah
Fat bottomed girls they will be riding these days
So look out for those beauties ok last one
On your markings have set run
Bike race bicycle competition bike competition

Bike bicycle bicycle
I wish to ride my bike bike
Bike bike bike
Bike race

You say coke I state caine
You say John We say Wayne
Hot dog we state cool it man
I don't want to be the President of The united states
You state smile I say mozzarella cheese
Cartier We say please
Income-tax I say Jesus
I don't wanna be a candidate for
Vietnam or Watergate
Cause all we wanna do is

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I want to ride my bike bike bicycle
I would like to ride my bike