Hot Space

Hot Space
Studio album by
Queen
Released4 May 1982
RecordedJune 1981 – March 1982
Studio
Genre
Length43:29
Label
Producer
Queen chronology
Greatest Hits
(1981) 		Hot Space
(1982) 		The Works
(1984)
Singles from Hot Space
  1. "Under Pressure"
    Released: 27 October 1981[6]
  2. "Body Language"
    Released: 19 April 1982
  3. "Las Palabras de Amor"
    Released: 1 June 1982[7]
  4. "Calling All Girls"
    Released: 19 July 1982 (US)[8]
  5. "Staying Power"
    Released: July 1982 (Japan)
  6. "Back Chat"
    Released: 9 August 1982[9]

Hot Space is the tenth studio album by the British rock band Queen. It was released on 4 May 1982 by EMI Records[10] in the United Kingdom and by Elektra Records in the United States. Marking a notable shift in direction from their earlier work, they employed many elements of disco, funk, R&B, dance, pop and new wave music on the album.[3][1] Combined with the ongoing backlash against disco music, this made the album less popular with fans who preferred the traditional rock style they had come to associate with the band.[3] Queen's decision to record a dance-oriented album germinated with the massive success of their 1980 hit "Another One Bites the Dust" in the US.[1]

"Under Pressure", Queen's collaboration with David Bowie, was released in 1981 and became the band's second number one hit in the UK.[11] Although included on Hot Space, the song was a separate project and was recorded ahead of the album, before the controversy over Queen's new disco-influenced rock sound.[12] The album's second single, "Body Language", peaked at number 11 on the US charts.

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