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Save Me (Queen song)
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Save Me
| cover = Queen Save Me.png
| border = yes
| caption = Artwork for UK release
| type = single
| artist = Queen
| album = The Game
| B-side =
| released = *25 January 1980 (UK)
*April 1980 (Japan)
| recorded = June - July 1979
| studio =
| venue =
| genre = Rock
| length = 3:48
| label = *EMI (UK)
*Elektra (Japan)
| writer = Brian May
| producer =
| prev_title = Crazy Little Thing Called Love
| prev_year = 1979
| next_title = Play the Game
| next_year = 1980
| misc =
}}
"'Save Me'" is a song by the British rock band Queen from their 1980 album 'The Game'. Written by guitarist Brian May, it was recorded in 1979, and released in the UK on 25 January 1980, nearly six months prior to the release of the album. "Save Me" spent six weeks on the UK Singles Chart, peaking at number 11.Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited
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History
Brian May wrote "Save Me" about friend and bandmate Freddie Mercury. Recorded in the Summer of 1979 in Munich, the song was written when Mercury's relationship with American chef Joe Fanelli had just ended. During an interview for the radio show 'In the Studio with Redbeard', May stated: "I wrote ['Save Me']to cut a long story shortI wrote it about a friend, someone who was going through a bad time, and I imagined myself in their shoes, kind of telling the story. Someone whose relationship is totally fucked up and how sad that person was."
Technical details
Musically, the song is complex, with the verses in the key of G major, and the chorus in the key of D major. An instrumental solo, in the related key of G major, serves as a verse.
Music video
The video for the song was filmed at Alexandra Palace on 22 December 1979 and directed by Keith "Keef" MacMillan and features animation of a woman and a dove. The video would be the last to feature Freddie without a moustache until 1984, as he would sport it starting with the next video for "Play the Game" until he shaved it off for the music video for "I Want to Break Free".
Personnel
*Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals
*Brian May - acoustic and electric guitars, piano, synthesizer, backing vocals
*Roger Taylor - drums, backing vocals
*John Deacon - bass guitar
Charts
Weekly charts
Year-end charts
References
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