• Writer: John Deacon
• Producers: Queen and Rheinhardt Mack
• Recorded: Winter and spring 1980 at Musicland Studios in Munich, Germany
• Released: June 1980
• Players:
  Freddie Mercury — vocals
  Brian May — guitar
  Roger Deacon — bass
  Roger Taylor — drums
• Album: The Game (Elektra, 1980)
• Also On:
  Greatest Hits (Elektra, 1981)
  Live Magic (Hollywood, 1986)
  Live At Wembley ’86 (Hollywood, 1992)
  and others.
• “Another One Bites The Dust” was one of several departures for Queen on The Game, which also included the rockabilly-styled track “Crazy Little Thing Called Love.”
• The song was heavily influenced by the American R&B group Chic, along with the Sugarhill Gang‘s hit “Rapper’s Delight,” from which John Deacon stole the track’s bass line.
• Deacon said, “I listened to a lot of soul music when I was in school, and I’ve always been interested in that sort of music. I’d been wanting to do a track like ‘Another One Bites The Dust’ for a while, but originally all I had was the line and the bass riff. Gradually I filled it in and the band added ideas.”
• “Another One Bites The Dust” was a huge success, hitting Number One not only on the Billboard Hot 100 but also on the disco and soul charts.
• In addition, it reached Number Seven on the U.K. pop chart.
• Deacon said, “I could hear it as a song for dancing but had no idea it would become as big as it did. The song got picked up off our album and some of the black radio stations in the U.S. started playing it, which we’ve never had before.”
• Rapper Grandmaster Flash later sampled “Another One Bites The Dust” for one of his songs.
• The Game was Queen’s most successful studio album, spending five weeks at Number One on the Billboard 200 chart and selling more than four million copies.

FAST FORWARD:

• Mercury’s death from AIDS-related causes on November 24th, 1991, brought an end to the band, though not their success. 1975’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” became a Number One hit in the U.K. shortly after Mercury’s death, and it was a hit again in the U.S. after it was used in the soundtrack for the 1992 Mike Myers film Wayne’s World.
• May and drummer Roger Taylor continue to pursue solo careers. In addition, they’ve overseen a stage musical in London’s West End called We Will Rock You that features Queen’s music, and there have been versions of the show in Australia, Germany, Spain, Russia, the U.S., and Canada.
• Queen was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2001.
• 2001 also saw disharmony among the surviving members of the group. May and Taylor recorded a new version of “We Are The Champions” for the film A Knight’s Tale with British pop star Robbie Williams. Deacon refused to take part in the session and savaged the results, saying, “It’s rubbish. It is one of the greatest songs ever written but I think they’ve ruined it… I don’t want to be nasty but let’s just say Robbie Williams is no Freddie Mercury. Freddie can never be replaced — and certainly not by him.” All hard feelings have since been taken care of, and Deacon, May, and Taylor are friends again.
• Queen was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in late 2002.
• Queen was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2003.
• May and Taylor are among the many international artists who have played AIDS fund- and awareness-raising concerts in South Africa in recent years.
• May and Taylor toured in 2005 and 2006 with Free and Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers, performing songs from all of their bands.
• Bassist John Deacon is no longer active in the music business.