Another One Bites the Dust

Another One Bites the Dust is the title of a song recorded and released by British band Queen. The song originally appeared on their studio album The Game, released June 1980, and in September as a single.

The song was written by the group's bass player John Deacon and remains one of their biggest selling and best known songs. The track has a strong disco style bass line which was inspired by Chic's Good Times. It also features several electronic effects, allegedly without the use of synthesisers, that were in vogue and being used by Queen at the time.

The single entered the UK charts as the HNE at N18 on 09 September and two weeks later reached its peak position of N7. In the US it went to N1 on the Billboard charts, remaining at the top for three weeks, from 4 to 18 October.

It was featured on Top of the Pops only as a short video-clip in the new format Top 10 video countdown, or as play-out music, although on the 25 September 1980 show it was set to a dance routine by Legs & Co.

Other versions
The song has been covered and revisited by other artists including American rapper Wyclef Jean who had a UK N5 hit with his version in November 1998.

It was again a Top 40 hit for Queen vs. The Miami Project in 2006.