Somebody To Love by Queen - Daily Song Facts



  • This song is sung in a gospel style, with the voices of Freddie Mercury, Brian May and Roger Taylor multitracked to sound like a choir. According to Brian May, the gospel sound was inspired by the music of Aretha Franklin.
  • This is widely reputed to have been Freddie Mercury's favorite song he ever wrote.
  • The song is in the key of A♭ major. The song possesses a great variety of notes, ranging from F2 in the harmonies on the line "Can anybody find me?", and A♭2 to a C5 in full voice up to an A♭6 in falsetto in the lead vocals, all sung by Mercury.
  •  It debuted on the band's 1976 album A Day at the Races.


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