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"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy"
Single by Queen
from the album A Day at the Races
A-side Death on Two Legs
B-side Tenement Funster
White Queen (As It Began)
Released 20 May 1977
Format Vinyl record (7")
Recorded 1976
Genre Rock
Length 2:54
Label EMI
Writer(s) Freddie Mercury
Producer Queen
Queen singles chronology
"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)"
(1977)		 "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" (Queen's First EP)
(1977)		 "Long Away"
(1977)

"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" is the third single ("Queen's First EP"), and is the eighth track, from the British rock group Queen's 1976 album A Day at the Races, written by Freddie Mercury. It was one of several British music hall-inspired songs Mercury composed with Brian May.

The song starts with a piano and vocal introduction by Mercury, then continues, with the bass and drums adding on, at the start of the chorus. The second verse is sung, followed by another chorus. At this point, the drums, bass and guitar drop out, which then leads into the bridge, sung by Freddie Mercury and Mike Stone. Following the Brian May guitar solo, another verse is sung, and then the chorus ends the track.

The song describes how "a good old-fashioned lover boy" will romance with an unnamed love interest, especially at night. The BBC version also has drummer Roger Taylor singing Mike Stone's line. It was partially mimed by the band for BBC and aired on Top of the Pops.

The song was also performed live from A Day at the Races Tour until the end of the News of the World Tour.[1][2] It was performed in a medley after "Killer Queen", and was the first two verses, followed by the final chorus.[1][2]

Contents

Queen comments on the record

“ It’s called 'Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy', and it’s in my ‘ragtime’ mood that I get a chance to do on every album and this time, this is something I’ve come up with this time around. ”

—Freddie Mercury

Personnel

Tracks

  • "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" – 2:53
  • "Death on Two Legs" – 3:44
  • "Tenement Funster" – 3:00
  • "White Queen (As It Began)" – 4:18

Chart position

  • #17 (UK)

References

  1. ^ a b Queen live on tour: A Day At The Races: Setlist Queen Concerts. Retrieved 31 August 2011
  2. ^ a b Queen live on tour: News Of The World: Setlist Queen Concerts. Retrieved 31 August, 2011

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