Save Me (Queen song)

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Name = Save Me
Artist = Queen
from Album = The Game
B-side = Let Me Entertain You (Live)
Released = 1979
Format = vinyl record (7")
Recorded = 1979
Genre = Power ballad, Progressive rock
Length = 3:52
Label = EMI, Elektra
Writer = Brian May
Producer = Queen and Mack
Reviews =
Last single = "Crazy Little Thing Called Love" (1979)
This single = "Save Me" (1980)
Next single = "Play the Game" (1980)

Save Me is a song by English rock band Queen. This rock ballad was written by guitarist Brian May, who played piano, as well as guitar on the track. It was recorded in 1979 and released in the U.K. on January 25th, 1980, nearly six months prior to the release of the album "The Game". It spent six weeks on the UK charts, peaking at number eleven. The song was played live from 1980-1984.

Brian May wrote "Save Me" about a friend whose relationship had ended, and played piano, synths and guitars (electric and twelve-string acoustic) on it.

Played live, the song would typically feature a short piano introduction absent from the studio version. This introduction can be found in a Brian May solo composition "My Boy" which can only be found much later on the 1998 compilation album "Lullabies With A Difference". The general melody could have been conceived by May as early as 1980 as the intro to the live version of "Save Me" exhibits.

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