Queen - I Want To Break Free

About "I Want To Break Free"

"I Want to Break Free" is a song by the British rock band Queen, written by their bassist John Deacon. It appears on the album The Works (1984), and was released in three versions: album, single and extended. The track became a staple of the band's 1984–85 Works Tour and their 1986 Magic Tour.

The song is largely known for its music video for which all the band members dressed in drag, a concept proposed by drummer Roger Taylor, which parodied the long-running ITV soap opera Coronation Street. The second part of the video included a composition rehearsed and performed with the Royal Ballet and choreographed by Wayne Eagling. Whereas the parody was acclaimed in the United Kingdom, where cross-dressing is a popular trope in British comedy, it caused controversy in the United States.After its release in 1984, the song was well received in Europe and South America and is regarded as an anthem of the fight against oppression. The single reached only number 45 on the US Billboard Hot 100, but reached number three in the UK and was certified double platinum with over 1,200,000 copies sold. It also topped the charts of Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The song features on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits II.

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Albums by Queen

Queen (Debut album) (1973)
Sheer Heart Attack (1974)
Queen II (1974)
A Night at the Opera (1975)
A Day at the Races (1976)
News of the World (1977)
Jazz (1978)
Live Killers (1979)
The Game (1980)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Hot Space (1982)
The Works (1984)
A Kind of Magic (1986)
Live Magic (1986)
The Miracle (1989)
At the Beeb (1989)
Innuendo (1991)
Live at Wembley '86 (1992)
Made in Heaven (1995)
Queen on Fire: Live at the Bowl (2004)
Queen Rock Montreal (2007)
Hungarian Rhapsody: Queen Live in Budapest (2012)
Live at the Rainbow '74 (2014)
A Night at the Odeon: Hammersmith 1975 (2015)
On Air (2016)

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