"Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" is the third single

Single (music)

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 ("Queen's First EP"), and is the eighth track, from the British

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 rock

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 group

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 Queen

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's 1976 album A Day at the Races

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, written by Freddie Mercury

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. It was one of several British music hall

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-inspired songs written by both Mercury and Brian May

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 that appeared on other Queen albums from the 1970s.

The song starts with a piano and vocal introduction by Mercury, then continues, with the bass and drums adding on, at the start of the chorus. The second verse is sung, followed by another chorus. At this point, the drums, bass and guitar drop out, which then leads into the bridge, sung by Freddie Mercury and Mike Stone. Following the Brian May guitar solo, another verse is sung, and then the chorus ends the track.

The song describes how "a good old-fashioned lover boy" will romance with an unnamed love interest, especially at night. The BBC version also has drummer Roger Taylor

Roger Meddows-Taylor

Roger Meddows Taylor , known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of...

 singing Mike Stone's line. It was partially mimed by the band for BBC

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 and aired on Top of the Pops

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.

The song was also performed live from A Day at the Races Tour

A Day At The Races Tour

The A Day at the Races Tour was a concert tour by the British rock band Queen, and supported their late 1976 album A Day at the Races.This tour was the first to use the song Somebody to Love and many others. Plus Brighton Rock and Bohemian Rhapsody were performed in full for the first time...

 until the end of the News of the World Tour

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. It was performed in a medley after "Killer Queen", and was the first two verses, followed by the final chorus.

Queen comments on the record

Personnel

• Freddie Mercury
  Freddie Mercury
  Freddie Mercury was a British musician, singer and songwriter, best known as the lead vocalist of the rock band Queen. As a performer, he was known for his flamboyant stage persona and powerful vocals over a four-octave range...
  
  : lead vocals and piano.
• John Deacon
  John Deacon
  John Richard Deacon is a retired English multi-instrumentalist and song writer, best known as the bassist for the rock band Queen. Of the four members of the band, he was the last to join and also the youngest, being only 19 years old when he was recruited by the other members of the band...
  
  : bass guitar.
• Brian May
  Brian May
  Brian Harold May, CBE is an English musician and astrophysicist most widely known as the guitarist and a songwriter of the rock band Queen...
  
  : guitar and backing vocals.
• Roger Taylor: drums and backing vocals.
• Mike Stone: additional vocals

Tracks

• "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" – 2:53
• "Death on Two Legs" – 3:44
• "Tenement Funster" – 3:00
• "White Queen (As It Began)" – 4:18

External links

• Queenpedia - detailed worldwide release information