Making of an anthem

What happens if we mix John Deacon playing the bass, Roger Taylor as the drummer, Brian May playing guitar and the voices of Freddie Mercury and David Bowie? The answer is this:

It all started when the band moved to Montreux in order to recording their new album. One day they hanged out with David Bowie, who by then was living there. They talked and improvised some things until they thought of recording something for the new album. But they didn't know how to start and it was then when John Deacon got the idea of that bass line, after that they went out of the studio for having lunch and when they returned Deacon didn't remember that bass line but Roger Taylor did. Then they started with the rest of the song. They had lots of ideas but someone had to hold back and in this case was Brian May, who didn't use to do that. 

When they started to record the lyrics they organized so that Freddie singed a part and later Bowie, by doing that Bowie had to make a continuation to what Freddie sang previously. Freddie was amazed because Bowie knew exactly how to continue Freddie's part. But what Freddie didn't know was that Bowie was at the door hearing what Freddie was singing so he could be able of continue all the time. Another contribution of David Bowie to the song was those claps and finger snaps.

This song is actually one of the greatest hits of both Queen and David Bowie careers and that bass line has been used in other songs lately. It was a perfect cocktail for one of the greatest songs ever.