You're My Best Friend
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| "You're My Best Friend" | ||
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| Single by Queen | ||
| from the album A Night at the Opera | ||
| B-side(s) | '39 | |
| Released | May 18, 1976 | |
| Format | 7" | |
| Recorded | 1975 | |
| Genre | Pop/Rock | |
| Length | 3:31 | |
| Label | EMI (UK), Elektra (US) | |
| Writer(s) | John Deacon | |
| Producer(s) | Roy Thomas Baker and Queen | |
| Chart positions | ||
| Queen singles chronology | ||
| "Bohemian Rhapsody" (1975) |
"You're My Best Friend" (1976) |
"Somebody to Love" (1976) |
"You're My Best Friend" is a song penned by John Deacon and performed by Queen. It was originally included on the A Night At The Opera album in 1975, and later released as a single. This song also appeared on the Greatest Hits (1981) album.
It was written for his wife, Veronica. In this song John Deacon plays a Wurlitzer electric piano in addition to bass guitar. The characteristic 'bark' of the Wurlitzer's bass notes plays a prominent role in the song.
- John Deacon: Well, Freddie didn’t like the electric piano, so I took it home and I started to learn on the electric piano and basically that’s the song that came out you know when I was learning to play piano. It was written on that instrument and it sounds best on that. You know, often on the instrument that you wrote the song on
- Freddie Mercury: I refused to play the damn thing [the Wurlitzer]. It’s tiny and horrible and I don’t like them. Why play those things when you’ve got a lovely superb grand piano? No, I think, basically what he [John] is trying to say is it was the desired effect
[edit] In popular culture
- The song was featured in a 2000 episode of That '70s Show entitled "Hyde's Father."
- The song was featured at the end of the Simpsons episode "Moe Baby Blues" in 2003.
- The song was featured in the ending credits of the 2004 film Shaun of the Dead.
- The song was played during the final moments of the Will & Grace finale in May 2006.
- It was also played in the 2006 film The Break-Up.
- The song appears as part of the "Guilty Pleasures" song package on the iTunes Music Store.
- The song was featured in a My Name Is Earl episode "Something to Live For" in 2006.
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