Flick of the Wrist

Chanson de Queen
extrait de l'album *Sheer Heart Attack*
Face A	Killer Queen
Sortie	21 octobre 1974
Durée	3:17
Genre	hard rock, glam rock
Auteur	Freddie Mercury
Producteur	Queen, Roy Thomas Baker
Label	EMI

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Flick of the Wrist est une chanson du groupe de rock britannique Queen qui fait partie de l'album Sheer Heart Attack (1974). Écrite par Freddie Mercury, elle est sortie en single en tant que double face A avec Killer Queen, même si c'est ce dernier titre qui a retenu le plus l'attention du public^[1].

Thèmes et composition

La chanson évoque sur un ton très acide l'asservissement des musiciens envers leurs managers et leurs producteurs^[2]^,^[1].

Notes et références

↑ ^{a et b} (en) Georg Purvis, Queen : Complete Works, Titan Books, 2018, 544 p. (ISBN 978-1-78909-049-9, lire en ligne), p. 186-187
↑ Phil Sutcliffe (trad. de l'anglais), Queen : Les Rois du rock, Vanves, E/P/A, 2016, 295 p. (ISBN 978-2-85120-884-2), p. 49

v · m Singles de Queen
Queen	Keep Yourself Alive Liar
Queen II	Seven Seas of Rhye
Sheer Heart Attack	Killer Queen / Flick of the Wrist Now I'm Here Lily of the Valley
A Night at the Opera	Bohemian Rhapsody You're My Best Friend Love of My Life
A Day at the Races	Somebody to Love Tie Your Mother Down Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy Long Away
News of the World	We Are the Champions / We Will Rock You Spread Your Wings It's Late
Jazz	Bicycle Race / Fat Bottomed Girls Don't Stop Me Now Mustapha Jealousy
The Game	Crazy Little Thing Called Love Save Me Play the Game Another One Bites the Dust Need Your Loving Tonight
Flash Gordon et Hot Space	Flash Under Pressure Body Language Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) Calling All Girls Back Chat Staying Power
The Works	Radio Ga Ga I Want to Break Free It's a Hard Life Hammer to Fall Is This the World We Created...?
A Kind of Magic	One Vision A Kind of Magic Princes of the Universe Friends Will Be Friends Pain Is So Close to Pleasure Who Wants to Live Forever One Year of Love
The Miracle	I Want It All Breakthru The Invisible Man Scandal The Miracle
Innuendo	Innuendo Headlong I'm Going Slightly Mad The Show Must Go On These Are the Days of Our Lives
Made in Heaven	Heaven for Everyone A Winter's Tale Too Much Love Will Kill You I Was Born to Love You Let Me Live You Don't Fool Me
Queen Rocks	No-One but You
Greatest Hits III	Under Pressure (Rah Mix)
Queen + Paul Rodgers	Say It's Not True C-lebrity
Autres chansons	Brighton Rock Stone Cold Crazy I'm in Love with My Car '39 The Prophet's Song Sheer Heart Attack Rock It (Prime Jive) Thank God It's Christmas Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme) Delilah Made in Heaven Mother Love Love Kills
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