- Liar (Queen song)
Infobox Single
Name = Liar
Artist = Queen
from Album = Queen
B-side = Doing All Right
Released =February 14 ,1974 (US)
Format = 7"
Recorded =1972 –1973 at Trident and De Lane Lea Studios
Genre =Hard rock
Length =- 6:26 (Album Version)
- 3:00 (U.S. Single Edit)
Label = Elektra
Writer =Freddie Mercury
Producer =John Anthony ,Roy Thomas Baker and Queen
Chart position =
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Last single = "Keep Yourself Alive " (1973)
This single = "Liar" (1974)
Next single = "Seven Seas of Rhye " (1974)"Liar" is the fifth track (first on side two) and, in the USA and Canada, second single of English rock band Queen's first album, "Queen".
"Liar" was written by
Freddie Mercury in 1970 while he was still Freddie Bulsara.As confirmed by the transcription on EMI Music Publishing's "Off The Record" sheet music for the song, this is the only Queen track, besides "
Now I'm Here " and "Under Pressure " (their collaboration withDavid Bowie ), to feature aHammond organ .In the earlier years of Queen, this song was regarded as one of the most impressive performances of a live show, often going over 8 minutes long. However over time the song eventually fell off the setlist, with the exception of
The Works Tour . The song though was cut down to 3 minutes or less.During live performances, it one of the few songs when bass player John Deacon sang backing vocals at all. This was done during the part where the band says "all day long." He mimics the promotional video for the song, where Deacon stands behind Freddie, and sings into his microphone.
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