Spread Your Wings

"Spread Your Wings"
UK single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album News of the World
B-side"Sheer Heart Attack"
Released10 February 1978
Recorded1977
Studio
GenreHard rock[1]
Length4:32
LabelEMI (UK)
Songwriter(s)John Deacon
Producer(s)Queen, assisted by Mike Stone
Queen singles chronology
"We Are the Champions" / "We Will Rock You"
(1977)
"Spread Your Wings"
(1978)
"It's Late"
(1978)
Music video
"Spread Your Wings" on YouTube

"Spread Your Wings" is a power ballad by English rock band Queen, from their 1977 album News of the World.[2] Written by bassist John Deacon, it was released as the A-side of the single "Spread Your Wings"/"Sheer Heart Attack" in 1978. According to music writer Benoit Clerc, "Spread Your Wings" was chosen as the 2nd single from News of the World because the band regretted releasing "Tie Your Mother Down" as a single from A Day at the Races over Deacon's "You and I."[3]

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "Live Killers - Queen". AllMusic. Retrieved 30 April 2019.
  2. ^ Your Wings News of the World: Spread Your Wings (Track 5) Ultimate Queen. Retrieved 11 July 2011
  3. ^ Clerc, Benoit (2020). Queen: All the Songs. Running Press. pp. 242–245. ISBN 9780762471232.