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Song Lyric Sunday was created by Helen Vahdati from This Thing Called Life One Word at a Time and author Jim Adams from A Unique Title For Me is our current host. For complete rules or to join in the fun, click here.
This week’s theme is “Song that includes a number.”
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British rock band Queen are not just legendary music icons, but their music is a big part pf pop culture. From We Will Rock You to We Are the Champions to Bohemian Rhapsody, their music is timeless, encompassing generations.
Any mention of their contributions to pop culture wouldn’t be complete without the world-wide hit, Another One Bites the Dust. Released in October of 1980, it spent three weeks at number one. The song spent 15 weeks in the Billboard top 10 (the longest running top ten song of 1980), including 13 weeks in the top five, and 31 weeks total on the chart (more than any other song in 1980).
Another One Bites the Dust won an American Music Award for Favorite Rock Single and also garnered a Grammy Award nomination for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal.
FUN FACTS:
- Another One Bites the Dust is credited as Queen’s best-selling single, with sales of over 7 million copies.
- John Deacon’s bass line was inspired by Good Times by the disco group Chic.
- The song was used in a preliminary cut of Rocky III, before being replaced by Survivor’s Eye of the Tiger.
- The music video for Another One Bites the Dust was filmed at Reunion Arena in Dallas, Texas.
Enjoy!
See my Song Lyric Sunday selection for FeliciaDenise.com.
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Another One Bites the Dust
Oh, let’s go
Steve walks warily down the street
With the brim pulled way down low
Ain’t no sound but the sound of his feet,
Machine guns ready to go
Are you ready, hey, are you ready for this?
Are you hanging on the edge of your seat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I’m gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust
How do you think I’m going to get along
Without you when you’re gone?
You took me for everything that I had
And kicked me out on my own
Are you happy, are you satisfied?
How long can you stand the heat?
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
To the sound of the beat
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I’m gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust
Hey
Oh take it
Bite the dust
Bite the dust
Hey
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust oww
Another one bites the dust hey hey
Another one bites the dust eh eh
Oh shooter
There are plenty of ways that you can hurt a man
And bring him to the ground
You can beat him, you can cheat him
You can treat him bad and leave him when he’s down
But I’m ready, yes, I’m ready for you
I’m standing on my own two feet
Out of the doorway the bullets rip
Repeating to the sound of the beat oh yeah
Another one bites the dust
Another one bites the dust
And another one gone, and another one gone
Another one bites the dust
Hey, I’m gonna get you, too
Another one bites the dust
Oh shooter hey hey, all right
Nesie's Place 
Excellent! There was I thinking it had to literally be a number. So many songs with the word one or two in them. Silly me! 🙂👍💕
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LOL! You know how we get stuck in our own heads sometimes, Christine. 😄😄
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Yes we do! 🙂have a great day Felicia!
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You too! 😊
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Taking me back to high school. We played this in band at our high school football games on Friday night. There just isn’t anyone like Freddie! Great pic today!
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Love this one.
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I’ve been having a Queen kind of weekend yesterday and today love this song. It’s making my walk that much more peppy. Instead of biting the dust I’m getting more miles 😎🎶
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Not my favorite Queen song but still a good’n.
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Queen was at their best here. It is so much fun watching Freddie.
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Good pick 🎶
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