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Is This the World We Created...?
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Wikipedia article
{{Infobox song
| name = Is This the World We Created...?
| cover = Is This the World We Created...? by Queen Ireland vinyl.png
| alt =
| caption= B-side label of the Ireland vinyl pressing of the "It's a Hard Life" single release
| type = song
| artist = Queen
| album = The Works
| A-side = "It's a Hard Life"
| published = Queen Music Ltd.
| released = 16 July 1984
| format =
| recorded = January 1984
| studio = Musicland, Munich
| venue =
| genre = Acoustic rock
| length = 2:12
| label =
| writer = *Freddie Mercury
*Brian May
| producer =
| misc =
}}
"'Is This the World We Created...?'" is a song by the British rock band Queen, which was originally released on their eleventh studio album 'The Works' in 1984.
The song was played at every Queen concert from 1984 to 1986. It was part of the finale at Live Aid in 1985. The song is the shortest but one of the most famous songs on 'The Works'.[http://www.allmusic.com/album/the-works-mw0000191494 The Works Queen | Songs, Reviews, Credits]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2016-03-27.[http://www.allmusic.com/song/is-this-the-world-we-created-mt0043028113 Is This the World We Created...? Queen | Song Info]. AllMusic. Retrieved on 2016-03-27.
Overview
"Is This the World We Created...?" was written in Munich after lead singer Freddie Mercury and guitarist Brian May watched the news of poverty in Africa; Mercury wrote most of the lyrics and May wrote the chords and made small lyrical contributions.
The song was recorded with an Ovation, but, in live performances, May played drummer Roger Taylor's Gibson Chet Atkins CE nylon-stringed guitar. A piano was tracked at the recording sessions for this song, but ultimately not included in the final mix. Originally, a Mercury composition, "There Must Be More to Life Than This" (which was around since the 'Hot Space' sessions and finally ended up on his solo album 'Mr. Bad Guy') was supposed to be the album's last track. The song was written in the key of B minor,[http://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/q/queen/is_this_the_world_we_created_crd.htm Is This The World We Created Chords by Queen @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com]. Tabs.ultimate-guitar.com. Retrieved on 2016-03-27. but the recording sounds one semitone lower.
The song was performed at Live Aid as an encore, with additional instruments and arrangements in the last part; changes were also present in the vocal line. A month before their
Live Aid appearance, "Is This the World We Created?" was Queen's contribution to the multi-artist compilation 'Greenpeace The Album'.
Personnel
*Freddie Mercury vocals
*Brian May acoustic guitar
References
Category:1984 songs
Category:Queen (band) songs
Category:Protest songs
Category:Songs written by Freddie Mercury
Category:Songs written by Brian May
Category:Song recordings produced by Reinhold Mack
Category:British folk rock songs
Category:Songs about poverty
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