Queen

Released: November 8, 1974

Songwriter: Freddie Mercury

Producer: Roy Thomas Baker Queen

[Chorus]
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown, yeah!
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring that Leroy Brown, back!

[Verse 1]
Bet your bottom dollar bill
You're a playboy, yeah, yeah!
Daddy cool, with a ninety dollar smile
(Woo, woo, woo, yeah)
Took my money out of gratitude
And he get right out of town
Well, I got to getty up
Steady up, shoot him down
Got to hit that latitude, babe

[Chorus]
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown, yeah!
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring back Leroy Brown, yeah!

[Verse 2]
Big, bad Leroy Brown
He got no common sense
No, no, he got no brains
But he sure got a lot of style
Can't stand no more in this, here, jail
I got to rid myself of this sentence
Got to get out the heat
Step into the shade
Got to get me there
Dead or alive, babe

[Guitar Solo]
Woo, woo, big, bad Leroy, woo, woo
Woo, woo, big, bad Leroy Brown

[Chorus]
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown, yeah!
Bring back, bring back
Gotta bring back Leroy Brown, yeah!

[Verse 3]
Big mama Lulu Belle
She had a nervous breakdown
(She had a nervous breakdown)
Leroy's taken her honey Chile away
But she met him down
At the station, (ooo-hoo)
Put a shotgun to his head
And unless I be mistaken
This is what she said
Big bad big boy, big bad Leroy Brown
I'm gonna get that cutie pie

[Chorus]
Bring back, bring back
Bring back that Leroy Brown, yeah!

[Verse 4]
Big bad caused a mighty
Fine sensation, yeah, yeah!
Gone and got himself elected President
(We want Leroy for President)
Next time you got to
Hit a bitty baddy weather
This time like a shimmy shammy leather
He's a big boy, bad boy Leroy
I don't care where you get him from

[Outro]
Bring that big, bad Leroy back
Want him back

Formed in 1970, Queen was a British rock band whose classic line-up consisted of Freddie Mercury on lead vocals and piano, Brian May on lead guitar, Roger Taylor on drums, and John Deacon on bass. Although Mercury and May wrote the bulk of the band’s material, all four contributed to the songwriting, churning out huge hits. Initially a progressive rock band with strong metal influences, their sound evolved dramatically over time. The band went on to refine, if not define “stadium rock,” as they grew to become one of the most beloved rock bands of all time.

Their early progressive phase spawned epic tracks like “March of the Black Queen” and one international hit “Killer Queen.” But it was their 1975 track “Bohemian Rhapsody” which catapulted the group to super-stardom. The song reigned at #1 on the UK charts for nine weeks and has since been praised as one of the greatest songs of all time

Moving away from their album-orientated sound, the band only grew in popularity with such songs as November 1976’s “Somebody to Love,” October 1977’s “We Are the Champions,” January 1979’s “Don’t Stop Me Now,” June 1980’s “Another One Bites the Dust,” January 1984’s “Radio Ga Ga,” and many more. These songs are so beloved that a musical based on the band’s discography, titled We Will Rock You, became one of West-End’s longest-running shows with a 12-year run through May 2014—and more events being featured internationally, as well.

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