Queen Song Bicycle Race Lyrics

Queen s iconic song bicycle race was written and recited by music legend freddie mercury.

Queen song bicycle race lyrics. It features an imaginative solo played exclusively on bicycle bells unusual chord progressions shifts in time signature from 4 4 to 6 8 and a whole host of pop culture references in the lyrics including mentions of religion the watergate scandal. Bicycle bicycle bicycle i want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle i want to ride my bicycle i want to ride my bike i want to ride my bicycle i want to ride it where i like you say black i say white you say bark i say bite you say shark i say hey man jaws was never my scene and i don t like star wars you say rolls i say royce you say god give me a choice you say lord i say christ i don. Don t stop me now with long lost guitars 7. Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race bicycle bicycle bicycle i want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle i want a bicycle race hey you say coke i say caine.

Bicycle race instrumental 4. The song features surprisingly complex instrumentation and the jazz album as a whole perhaps represents the apex of queen s experimentation. Dreamers ball early acoustic take. Bicycle race bicycle race bicycle race bicycle bicycle bicycle i want to ride my bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle bicycle race you say coke i say caine you say john i say wayne hot dog i say cool it man i don t wanna be the president of america you say smile i say cheese cartier i say please income tax i say jesus.

And whereas the word bicycle is indeed one of the most mentioned terms in this track it really has nothing to do with bikes at all. Bicycle race 1991 bonus remix 3. Lyrics to bicycle race by queen. Bicycle races are coming your way so forget all your duties oh yeah fat bottomed girls they ll be riding today so look out for those beauties oh yeah on your marks get set go.

Don t stop me now. He was inspired to do so after perusing the tour de france a famous bicycle race outside of a hotel room he was renting in said country. Bicycle race was released as a double a side single with fat bottomed girls it was the first single from queens 1978 album jazz. Don t stop me now.

Fat bottomed girls references this song when freddie mercury shouts closer to the end get on your bikes and ride bicycle race in turn has the line fat bottomed girls they ll be riding today in its lyrics as a back reference. Don t stop me now with long lost guitars 9.