Don't Stop Me Now

"Don't Stop Me Now"
"Don't Stop Me Now"
	UK single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album Jazz
B-side	"In Only Seven Days" (UK); "More of That Jazz" (US);
Released	26 January 1979
Recorded	August 1978
Studio	Super Bear Studios (Berre-les-Alpes, France)
Genre	Pop rock; hard rock; power pop;
Length	3:29 (album version); 3:34 (with long-lost guitars version); 3:38 (...revisited version);
Label	EMI (UK); Elektra (US);
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)	Roy Thomas Baker; Queen;
Queen singles chronology
Music video
	"Don't Stop Me Now" on YouTube

"Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by the British rock band Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz and released as a single on 26 January 1979. Written by lead singer Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes (Alpes-Maritimes), France, and is the twelfth track on the album.^[5]

The song also appears on the band's 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits. In June 2011, as part of Queen's 40th anniversary celebrations, an old take of the song containing more guitar parts was included on the bonus EP of the re-released and remastered Jazz album.^[6]^[7] Featuring in films, commercials, and television shows, the song has grown in popularity in the decades since its release.^[8] Bobby Olivier of Billboard attributes its initial rebirth to its appearance in the 2004 cult classic zombie apocalypse film Shaun of the Dead.^[8] In 2014, Rolling Stone readers voted it their third-favourite song by Queen.^[9]

^ Hung, Steffen. "Queen – Don't Stop Me Now". hitparade.ch.
^ Guarisco, Donald A. "Don't Stop Me Now – Queen". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2018. ...it starts with Mercury singing over flowery piano lines and soon builds into stomping pop-rocker anchored by rumbling piano lines ... The end result was a smart fusion of pop hooks and rock energy...
^ Prato, Greg. "Live Killers – Queen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2020.
^ House, Denis (23 November 2018). "The Show Must Go On". The Sentinel-Echo.
^ Jazz – Don't Stop Me Now Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 2 July 2011
^ Queen Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2011
^ Jazz (Remastered) Queen Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine iTunes. Retrieved 12 July 2011
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference Billboard 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Readers' Poll: 10 Greatest Queen Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

[1] Hung, Steffen. "Queen – Don't Stop Me Now". hitparade.ch.

[2] Guarisco, Donald A. "Don't Stop Me Now – Queen". AllMusic. Retrieved 1 April 2018. ...it starts with Mercury singing over flowery piano lines and soon builds into stomping pop-rocker anchored by rumbling piano lines ... The end result was a smart fusion of pop hooks and rock energy...

[3] Prato, Greg. "Live Killers – Queen | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 31 May 2020.

[4] House, Denis (23 November 2018). "The Show Must Go On". The Sentinel-Echo.

[5] Jazz – Don't Stop Me Now Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 2 July 2011

[6] Queen Greatest Hits, Vols. 1 & 2 Allmusic. Retrieved 12 July 2011

[7] Jazz (Remastered) Queen Archived 17 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine iTunes. Retrieved 12 July 2011

[Billboard_2019-8] Cite error: The named reference Billboard 2019 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[9] "Readers' Poll: 10 Greatest Queen Songs". Rolling Stone. Retrieved 26 August 2022.

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