Dragon Attack
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| File:Queen - Dragon Attack.jpg Swedish single picture sleeve | ||||
| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album The Game | ||||
| A-side | ||||
| Released | 22 August 1980 | |||
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| Length | 4:19 | |||
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| Songwriter(s) | Brian May | |||
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"Dragon Attack" is a song by the British rock band Queen and written by the band's lead guitarist, Brian May. The song is the second track on Queen's eighth studio album The Game and was also featured on the B-side of the UK release of "Another One Bites the Dust".
Thrash metal band Testament covered this song as a bonus track on their 2012 album Dark Roots of Earth.
Queen comments about the record
Bass guitarist John Deacon claimed it to be his favourite Queen song.[3]
As a drummer, you need a sense of time, a sense of rhythm, a sort of inner clock and that you really need naturally. You have to have aggression and lastly I would say you definitely need stamina. But you do learn tricks, apart from the fact that you develop more stamina, your muscles get more used to what's demanded of them. We used to do a song called 'Dragon Attack' that was very hard on the right wrist.
— Roger Taylor, 1993
Personnel
- Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals
- Brian May - electric guitar, backing vocals
- Roger Taylor - drums, cowbell, percussion, backing vocals
- John Deacon - bass guitar
Charts
| Chart (2018) | Peak position |
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| France (SNEP)[4] | 87 |
References
- ^ House, Denis (23 November 2018). "The Show Must Go On". The Sentinel-Echo. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
- ^ Purvis, Georg (2018). Queen: Complete Works: (revised and updated). Titan Books. p. 451. ISBN 978-1-78909-049-9.
- ^ "Dragon Attack - Queenpedia.com - Freddie Mercury, Brian May, Roger Taylor, John Deacon, Discography, Bibliography, Charts". Queenpedia.com. Retrieved 16 October 2016.
- ^ "Queen - Dragon Attack (single)". Charts in France. Retrieved 6 May 2019.
