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| "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" | ||||
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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album A Day at the Races | ||||
| B-side | "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" | |||
| Released | 25 March 1977[1][2] or 24 March 1977[3] | |||
| Recorded | July – November 1976 | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
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| Label | Elektra | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Brian May | |||
| Producer(s) | Queen | |||
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| "Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" on YouTube | ||||
"Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together)" (Japanese title: "手をとりあって", te wo toriatte) is a song by Queen from their 1976 album A Day at the Races. Written by guitarist Brian May, it is the closing track on the album.
The song is notable for having two choruses sung entirely in Japanese, and it was released as a single exclusively in Japan,[4][5] reaching #49 on the charts.[1] (The B-side was "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy".[5]) This song features a plastic piano and harmonium, both of which are played by May.[5] They brought in a local choir to sing the chorus at the end.[citation needed] On the album, the song is crossfaded to a one-minute instrumental featuring a Shepard tone melody, which is actually a reprise of the beginning of the album.[5]
- ^ a b クイーンのシングル売上TOP4作品 [Queen's 4 topmost selling singles]. Oricon (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 21 December 2022. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
- ^ @queen40jp (25 March 2022). 今から45年前の今日、1977年3月25日は [25 March 1977 was the day that [...] "Teo Toriatte" was released as a single.] (Tweet) (in Japanese). Archived from the original on 26 August 2024 – via Twitter.
- Validation of official twitter account queen40jp: "Queen". Universal Music Japan (in Japanese). ath the bottom of the page. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
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- Validation of official twitter account queen40jp: "Queen". Universal Music Japan (in Japanese). ath the bottom of the page. Archived from the original on 30 July 2024. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ "Queen - Teo Toriatte (Let Us Cling Together)". Dutch Charts. Retrieved 26 August 2024.
- ^ Masuda, Yūichi (16 July 2021). クイーンが日本語で歌った「手をとりあって」：誕生の軌跡と日本で愛され続ける理由 [The song Queen sang in Japanese: "te o toriatte" : its origin, and why Japanese always love it]. udiscovermusic.jp (in Japanese). Universal Music Group. Archived from the original on 21 July 2021. Retrieved 26 July 2021.
(crude translation): ... the single released exclusively in Japan in 1977 reached the top 50s on the Oricon Singles Chart. [...] In the fan vote to chose 12 songs for the 2020 album Greatest Hits in Japan, it earned the 3rd place, more votes than "Bohemian Rhapsody" or "Killer Queen".
- ^ a b c d "Discography – A Day At The Races". Queen official site. Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together). Archived from the original on 26 August 2016.