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Liar (Queen song)

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This song briefly brought up the problem of songwriting credits within the band. May queried which band members would be credited for developing the music for each song, to which Mercury concluded the discussion, stating that the lyricist, or otherwise the individual who originates the song, should
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In the band's early years, "Liar" was a concert staple, performed as a conclusion to their main set, and often lasting for up to ten minutes. "Liar" would start to be played scarcely by The
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The music video consisted of the band miming to the song on a sound stage. "Liar" was the band's second videoclip and it was filmed one year before it was released as a single.
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called it a "top flight, tightly delivered rocker" with an accent on "bass and lead guitar with energetic lead vocal and harmony performances."
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A heavily truncated version of "Liar" was released as a single – backed with "Doing All Right" – in the United States and New Zealand by
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and rumoured to have been played once in the North American leg on that very same tour. The song would be revived again in the
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used the opening riff and other song structures in their song "Hey, Hey, Bad News". Brian May produced their
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effect, especially on the drums and cowbell. This is also the longest song on the album.
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sheet music for the song, this is one of three Queen tracks, the others being "
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played a partial guitar riff from the song immediately before "Tear it Up".
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be credited as its writer, a practice that continued until
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Song recordings produced by John Anthony (record producer)
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in 1970. The song featured on the band's 1973 debut album
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Index


Single
Queen
Queen
B-side
Doing All Right
Studio
Trident Studios
Genre
Hard rock
progressive rock
heavy metal
Label
Elektra
Songwriter(s)
Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)
John Anthony
Roy Thomas Baker
Queen
Keep Yourself Alive
Seven Seas of Rhye
rock
Queen
Freddie Mercury
Queen
Elektra Records
EMI Music Publishing
Now I'm Here
Under Pressure

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