Ride the Wild Wind

"Ride the Wild Wind" is a song by British rock band Queen. The song was written by Roger Taylor (but credited to Queen). It was originally released on their fourteenth studio album Innuendo in 1991. In Poland it peaked at No. 1. due to the radio airplay chart.[1]

"Ride the Wild Wind"
Song by Queen
from the album Innuendo
Released1991
Studio
GenreHard rock
Length4:41
Label
Songwriter(s)Queen
(Roger Taylor)
Producer(s)

Composition

"Ride the Wild Wind" is written in the key of C Major with a mix of D minor and A minor.[2] The song was composed by Taylor, who recorded a demo with his own vocals. The definitive version is sung by Mercury with Taylor on backing vocals. The song is a sort of sequel of Taylor's A Night at the Opera composition, "I'm in Love with My Car", which focused on Taylor's passion for cars and race. This time, the song involved all of the other members, that gave life to a fast song with beating drums and rhythmic bass line, eerily note-for-note similar to The Smiths' "Shakespeare's Sister", which create the sensation of speed and engine's roar. In the mid-part, a May solo, which accentuates the sense of high velocity, and also gives the song a heavier sound. In some parts, an Audi Quattro S1 Group B rally car can be heard.

Charts
Country (1992) Peak
position
Poland (Związek Producentów)[3] 1

Personnel

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 15 June 2013.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "RIDE THE WILD WIND Chords - Queen". -Chords. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
  3. "Notowanie 514/515, z dnia 3.01.1992, godz. 19:15–22:00, prowadzenie Marek Niedźwiecki". Lp3.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 16 December 2013. Retrieved 1 July 2016.
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