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Queen & David Bowie

Under Pressure

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Under Pressure was released on May 21, 1982 by Hollywood Records as a part of the album Hot Space

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OVERVIEW

LYRICS

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

David Bowie

Lead Vocals

John Deacon

Bass Guitar

Brian May

Electric Guitar

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

Piano

Roger Taylor

Drums

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

David Bowie

Songwriter

Brian May

Songwriter

John Deacon

Songwriter

Freddie Mercury

Freddie Mercury

Songwriter

Roger Taylor

Songwriter

PRODUCTION & ENGINEERING

Queen

Producer

David Bowie

Producer

David Richards

Engineer

Mack

Engineer

Lyrics

[Intro]

Mmm, mmm, ba, da

Boom, boom, ba, bay

Boom, boom, boom, ba, bay, bay

[Verse 1]

Pressure, pushing down on me

Pressing down on you

No man ask for

Under pressure, that brings a building down

Splits a family in two

Puts people on streets

[Verse 2]

Boom, boom, ba, bay

Boom, boom, ba, da

Do, day, duh

De, day, duh

That's okay

[Chorus]

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about

Watching some good friends screaming

Let me out!

Pray tomorrow gets me higher

Pressure on people, people on streets

[Verse 3]

Day, day, duh

Da, da, da, ba, ba

Okay

[Verse 4]

Chipping around, kick my brains around the floor

These are the days it never rains, but it pours

[Verse 5]

E, do, ba, day

E, do, ba, ba, ba

Do, bop

Ba, la, la

[Verse 6]

People on streets

E, da, de, da, day

People on streets

E, da, de, da, de, da, de, da

[Chorus]

It's the terror of knowing what this world is about

Watching some good friends screaming

Let me out!

Pray tomorrow gets me higher, higher, high

Pressure on people, people on streets

[Verse 7]

Turned away from it all like a blind man

Sat on a fence, but it don't work

Keep coming up with love, but it's so slashed and torn

Why?

Why, why?

Love (Love, love, love, love)

[Bridge]

Insanity laughs under pressure, we're cracking

Can't we give ourselves one more chance?

Why can't we give love that one more chance?

Why can't we give love, give love, give love, give love

Give love, give love, give love, give love, give love?

[Bridge]

'Cause love's such an old-fashioned word

And love dares you to care for

The people on the edge of the night

And love dares you to change our way of

Caring about ourselves

This is our last dance

This is our last dance

This is ourselves under pressure

Under pressure

Pressure

Written by: David Bowie, John Richard Deacon, Brian Harold May, Frederick Mercury, Roger Meadows Taylor

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