“Flick of the Wrist” is a song from the British rock band Queen from their third album, Sheer Heart Attack . Was released on a single with the song Killer Queen on the second side of "A" , but unlike Killer Queen did not become popular .
| Killer Queen / Flick of the Wrist | ||||
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| Single Queen from the album Sheer Heart Attack | ||||
| Side "A" | Killer Queen | |||
| Released | October 11, 1974 | |||
| Format | 7 " , 3" CD (1988 reissue) | |||
| Recorded by | 1974 | |||
| Genre | progressive metal Hard rock | |||
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| Producer | Roy Thomas Baker / Queen | |||
| Composer | Freddie Mercury | |||
| Label | EMI Records | |||
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Lyrics unusually gloomy, cruel, includes words such as, for example,
I work, rubbing my fingers to the bones, I scream in pain, I still do not make any impression
Original textWork my fingers to my bones
I scream with pain
I still make no impression
Song Versions
The album version is the second song in a cycle including Tenement Funster, Flick of the Wrist, and Lily of the Valley. On the album, these songs are connected in such a way that the end of one song serves as the beginning of another (this is not the only example of cycles in Queen’s work, also in such cycles are combined Procession / Father to Son / White Queen, Ogre Battle / The Fairy Feller's Masterstroke / Nevermore, The March of the Black Queen / Funny How Love Is ”from Queen II and“ In the Lap of the Gods / Stone Cold Crazy ”with Sheer Heart Attack ). However, the songs were not originally intended to be combined into cycles. , such connections are absent in demos. In the album version of “Flick of the Wrist” at the beginning, the final guitar chord from “Tenement Funster” sounds, and part of the last phrase ( Baby you've been had , English fucked you ) was recorded with the final chord at the beginning of “Lilly of the Valley. "
In the UK, an independent version was released in Japan on 7 "records and a 3" CD single in 1988, representing an album version with a short introduction (the chord from "Tenement Funster" was removed, but the full ending with the phrase Baby you've been added had and the final chord at the beginning of Lily of the Valley .
A different version of the song was released on the British 3 "CD single, which is also a version of the album: in the beginning, a full intro was played with a chord from" Tenement Funster ", and the line Baby, you've been had cut out.
Cover versions
Dream Theater has made a cover version of the entire Tenement Funster / Flick of the Wrist / Lily of the Valley series for Black Clouds & Silver Linings .