Scandal (song)
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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album The Miracle | ||||
| B-side | "My Life Has Been Saved" | |||
| Released | 9 October 1989 | |||
| Format | Vinyl record (7", 12") Cassette tape CD |
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| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
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| Label | Parlophone, EMI, Capitol | |||
| Writer(s) | Brian May (credited to Queen) | |||
| Producer | Queen and David Richards | |||
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"Scandal" is a song by the British rock group Queen. It was released as the fourth single from their 1989 album The Miracle and peaked at #25 in the UK. The single was released in the United States but failed to chart.
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[edit] Composition
"Scandal", written by Brian May but credited to Queen, is about the unwanted attention May and singer Freddie Mercury received from the press in the late 1980s involving May's divorce and marriage to actress Anita Dobson and Mercury's growing health problems (he had yet to make it public that he had tested positive for HIV).[1]
[edit] Recording
May recorded the keyboards and guitars in one take. Mercury's vocal was also done in one take.[1]
[edit] Music video
The video for the song featured the band performing on stage designed to look like a newspaper and was filmed at Pinewood Studios in September 1989.
[edit] Chart performance
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| Dutch Singles Chart[2] | 12 | 10 |
| Irish Singles Chart[3] | 14 | 2 |
| UK Singles Chart[4] | 25 | 4 |
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