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Hot Space

Hot Space
This album saw the band experimenting with the disco sound, ‘Backchat’ was the first ever Queen single to be given an extended version and released in 12” format, despite this it stalled at Number 40 in the charts, the rock feel returns in the second half which include the top twenty hit ‘Las Palabras De Amor’, and ‘Under Pressure’ the collaboration with David Bowie which gave Queen their second UK number one.

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Tracks
1. Staying Power (Mercury)
2. Dancer (May)
3. Back Chat (Deacon)
4. Body Language (Mercury)
5. Action This Day (Taylor)
6. Put Out The Fire (May)
7. Life Is Real (Song For Lennon) (Mercury)
8. Calling All Girls (Taylor)
9. Las Palabras De More (May)
10. Cool Cat (Deacon/Mercury)
11. Under Pressure (Queen/Bowie)*

Did You Know?
1. The album’s title came from a discussion at dinner – the band talked about all the open spaces in the music and that these open spaces were very hot!
2. Track 5 action this day draws its title from the sign-off Winston Churchill used to finish his war memos
3. Hot space was last album promoted with a tour of the USA
4. Featured first single to be composed by the bands drummer Roger Taylor anywhere in the World (Calling All Girls)
5. The subsequent UK tour date at Milton Keynes show promoting album was recorded by Channel 4 – Britain’s then newest TV channel

Album Details
Release Date – UK 21 May 1982 / US 25 May 1982
Highest Chart Position – UK No.4 / US No.22
Number Of Weeks On Chart – UK 19 / US 21
Producers – Queen and Mack except *Queen and David Bowie
Engineers – Mack and Mike Beiriger
Recording Studios – Mountain and Musicland
Date Recorded – September 1981-March 1982
Additional Musicans – David Bowie (Vocals on Under Pressure)
Artwork Concept – Freddie Mercury
Award Status – Platinum (UK) Gold (US)

Singles
Under Pressure / b-side Soul Brother
Release Date – UK 26 October 1981 / US 27 October 1981
Highest Chart Position – UK No.1 / US No. 29

Body Language / b-side Life Is Real (Song For Lennon)
Release Date – UK 19 April 1982 / US 19 April 1982
Highest Chart Position – UK No.25 / US No.11

Las Palabras De Amor / b-side Cool Cat
Release Date – UK 1 June 1982
Highest Chart Position UK No.17

Calling All Girls / b-side Put Out The Fire
Release Date – US 19 July 1982
Highest Chart Position – US No.60

Back Chat remix (UK)/Back Chat (US) / b-side Staying Power
Release Date – UK 9 August 1982 / US 23 November 1982
Highest Chart Position – UK No.40 / US –

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