Fat Bottomed Girls

"Fat Bottomed Girls"
UK single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album Jazz
A-side"Bicycle Race" (double A-side)[1]
Released
  • 13 October 1978 (UK)
  • 24 October 1978 (US)
Recorded1978
Genre
Length
  • 4:16 (album version)
  • 3:22 (single version)
Label
Songwriter(s)Brian May
Producer(s)
Queen singles chronology
"It's Late"
(1978) 		"Fat Bottomed Girls" / "Bicycle Race"
(1978) 		"Don't Stop Me Now"
(1979)
Music video
"Fat Bottomed Girls" on YouTube

"Fat Bottomed Girls" is a song by the British rock band Queen. Written by guitarist Brian May, the song appears on the band's seventh studio album Jazz (1978) and later on their compilation album Greatest Hits.[4] When released as a single with "Bicycle Race", the song reached number 11 in the UK Singles Chart and number 24 in the Billboard Hot 100 in the US.[5][6]

The song is formed around an open bluesy, metallic guitar tuning, and opens with its chorus.[7] It was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative (drop D) guitar tuning.[8] The song's music video was filmed at the Dallas Convention Center in Texas in October 1978.[9]

  1. ^ "Bicycle Race - Queen | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ Dean, Maury (1 January 2003). Rock and Roll: Gold Rush. Algora Publishing. p. 459. ISBN 978-0-87586-227-9.
  3. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Bicycle Race - Queen | Song Info". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 December 2018. ...and the hard-rocking 'Fat Bottomed Girls.'
  4. ^ Queen – Greatest Hits. AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  5. ^ Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits. Billboard Books.
  6. ^ Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums. London: Guinness World Records Limited.
  7. ^ Prato, Greg. "Fat Bottomed Girls". AllMusic. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  8. ^ Queen Songs – Fat Bottomed Girls. Retrieved 4 September 2011.
  9. ^ Queen Promo Videos – Fat Bottomed Girls. Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 4 September 2011.