Songwriters: JOHN DEACON, BRIAN MAY, FREDDIE MERCURY, SHAYE SMITH, MARK SPRINGER, MARK ALAN SPRINGER, ROGER TAYLOR, I'm Going Slightly Mad lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC. It finally happened - I'm slightly mad Oh dear! Begin to dance in front of you - oh dear "Another One Bites the Dust" (1980) became their best-selling single, while their 1981 compilation album Greatest Hits is the best-selling album in the UK and is certified eight times platinum in the US. United Kingdom. Cannot annotate a non-flat selection. It finally happened oh yes He screamed when they came up with things like "I'm knitting with only one needle" and "I'm driving on only three wheels these days". [citation needed], The single cover was inspired by a Grandville illustration (as are the others from the album). I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened, happened It finally happened, ooh woh It finally happened, I'm slightly mad Oh dear I'm one card short of a full deck I'm not quite the shilling One wave short of a shipwreck I'm not my usual top billing I'm coming down with a fever I'm really out to sea This kettle is boiling over But the master-stroke was: "I think I'm a banana tree". One thousand and one yellow daffodils I'm going slightly mad I'm going slightly mad It finally happened - happened It finally happened - ooh oh It finally happened - I'm slightly mad Oh dear! Estimates of their record sales range from 150 million to 300 million records, making them one of the world's best-selling music artists. I'm one card short of a full deck Mercury wore thick make-up to cover up the blotches on his face, and an extra layer of clothing underneath to conceal his weight loss. And there you have it! "I'm Going Slightly Mad" is a song by the British rock band Queen. It finally happened I'm going slightly mad Queen's earliest works were influenced by progressive rock, hard rock and heavy metal, but the band gradually ventured into more conventional and radio-friendly works by incorporating further styles, such as arena rock and pop rock, into their music. Country. Activity years. Stone Cold Crazy (May, Mercury, Taylor, Deacon), Lyricapsule: The Surfaris Drop ‘Wipe Out’; June 22, 1963, Lyricapsule: The Byrds Drop ‘Mr. I think I'm a banana tree He also wore a wig, which covered his receding hairline, and a suit, both in the goth-inspired style popular at the time. In 1991, Mercury died of bronchopneumonia, a complication of AIDS, and Deacon retired in 1997. View original. And the meaning is oh so clear It features the band dressed and acting in an absurd and surreal manner, including guitarist Brian May dressed as a penguin (a reprise of his outfit featured in the booklet of the first Queen album[7]), drummer Roger Taylor wearing a tea kettle on his head and riding a tricycle while Mercury sneaks up on him and is chasing him, a man in a gorilla suit (rumored to be Elton John), bassist John Deacon as a jester, and Mercury wearing a bunch of bananas as a wig, which corresponds with the line "I think I'm a banana tree". Queen are a British rock band that formed in London in 1970. However, both of these videos were shot in black and white. Written by Freddie Mercury but credited to Queen, with uncredited lyrical contributions by Peter Straker, it was released as the second single from the band's 1991 album Innuendo.The song was released as a single on March 4, 1991, a month after the release of the album. [8], Learn how and when to remove this template message, "I'm Going Slightly Mad by Queen and Mercury's madness", "Queen Demos of Released Tracks A-I Lyrics", "germancharts.com – Queen – I'm Going Slightly Mad", "The Irish Charts – All there is to know", "queen n full Official Chart History n Official Charts Company", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=I%27m_Going_Slightly_Mad&oldid=974220166, Articles needing additional references from October 2019, All articles needing additional references, Pages using infobox song with unknown parameters, Articles with unsourced statements from October 2017, Articles needing additional references from December 2017, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 21 August 2020, at 19:12.