Fact #174653
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Short story:
Chic release a new single, Good Times, on Atlantic Records in the USA. Not only will it become one of the most sampled tracks of all time, it will directly inspire Queen's 1980 hit Another One Bites The Dust.
Full article:
Bernard Edwards (Chic) : That Queen record came about because that Queen bass player... spent some time hanging out with us at our studio.
John Deacon (bassist, Queen) : I'd been wanting to do a track like 'Another One Bites The Dust' for a while, but originally all I had was the line and the bass riff. Gradually, I filled it in and the band added ideas. I could hear it as a song for dancing but had no idea it would become as big as it did. The song got picked up off our album and some of the black radio stations in the US started playing it, which we've never had before. Michael Jackson actually suggested we release it as a single. He was a fan of ours and used to come to our shows.
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John Deacon (bassist, Queen) : I'd been wanting to do a track like 'Another One Bites The Dust' for a while, but originally all I had was the line and the bass riff. Gradually, I filled it in and the band added ideas. I could hear it as a song for dancing but had no idea it would become as big as it did. The song got picked up off our album and some of the black radio stations in the US started playing it, which we've never had before. Michael Jackson actually suggested we release it as a single. He was a fan of ours and used to come to our shows.