Under Pressure
nummer van Queen en David Bowie / Uit Wikipedia, de vrije encyclopedia
Under Pressure is een nummer van Queen en David Bowie en afkomstig van het studioalbum Hot Space uit 1982. Op 26 oktober 1981 werd het nummer op single uitgebracht.
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Single van: Queen en David Bowie | |||||||
Van het album: Hot Space | |||||||
B-kant(en) | Soul Brother | ||||||
Uitgebracht | 26 oktober 1981 | ||||||
Soort drager | 7" vinylsingle, cd-single (1988) | ||||||
Opname | Juli 1981, Mountain Studios | ||||||
Genre | Rock | ||||||
Duur | 4:08 | ||||||
Label | EMI | ||||||
Schrijver(s) | Queen en David Bowie | ||||||
Producent(en) | Queen en David Bowie | ||||||
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De plaat werd wereldwijd een gigantische hit. In thuisland het Verenigd Koninkrijk bereikte de plaat de nummer 1 positie in de UK Singles Chart, evenals in Canada. In de Verenigde Staten werd de 29e positie behaald in de Billboard Hot 100. In Ierland werd de 2e positie bereikt, Duitsland de 21e, Australië de 6e, Nieuw-Zeeland de 6e en Zuid-Afrika de 4e positie.
In Nederland werd de plaat veel gedraaid op Hilversum 3 en werd een enorme hit in de destijds drie landelijke hitlijsten op de nationale publieke popzender. De plaat bereikte de nummer 1-positie in zowel de Nederlandse Top 40, de Nationale Hitparade als de TROS Top 50. Ook in de Europese hitlijst op Hilversum 3, de TROS Europarade, bereikte de plaat de nummer 1-positie.
In België werd de nummer 5 positie bereikt in zowel de voorloper van de Vlaamse Ultratop 50 als de Vlaamse Radio 2 Top 30. In Wallonië werd géén notering behaald.
De single staat ook op het Queenalbum Hot Space uit 1982, de Queenverzamelalbums Greatest Hits II, Classic Queen, en de Nederlandse uitgave van Greatest Hits, alsmede op verscheidene verzamelalbums van David Bowie. In 1999 is een remix, genaamd Rah mix, uitgebracht ter promotie van het Queenverzamelalbum Greatest Hits III. Deze versie behaalde in Nederland de 21e positie in de Mega Top 100 op Radio 3FM en in het Verenigd Koninkrijk de 14e positie in de UK Singles Chart.
David Bowie kwam oorspronkelijk de Mountain Studios in Montreux (Zwitserland) in om zijn vocalen te verlenen voor een ander Queen-lied, Cool Cat. Van de versie met Bowie is echter slechts een demo in omloop. Tijdens een jamsessie van Queen en Bowie werd Under Pressure gecreëerd, op basis van een vroegere Queen-versie van het nummer (zonder Bowie), getiteld Feel Like. De werktitel van Under Pressure was People on Streets.
De baslijn, bedacht en gespeeld door Queenbassist John Deacon, groeide uit tot een enorm populaire baslijn. Rapper Vanilla Ice gebruikte het voor zijn hit Ice Ice Baby. In 2005 verkoos het blad Stylus de baslijn tot de beste baslijn aller popnummers.
- Under Pressure (Bowie, Mercury, Taylor, Deacon, May) - 4:02
- Soul Brother (Mercury, Taylor, Deacon, May) - 3:38
EMI bracht in 1988 een 3-inch-cd versie uit van de single met als derde track Body Language van Queen. In 1999 werd een remix-versie (de Rah mix) uitgebracht. Op de cd-single stonden nog twee andere remixen, en de videoclip. In de video wordt door middel van moderne technieken de schijn gewekt dat Freddie Mercury en David Bowie het nummer tegelijk op het podium ten gehore brengen. Dit terwijl Mercury en Bowie het nummer nooit samen live gezongen hebben. Op het Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert werd het nummer gezongen door Bowie met Annie Lennox.
Nederlandse Top 40
Hitnotering: 14-11-1981 t/m 23-01-1982 | |||||||||||
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Week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
Positie: | 24 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 32 | uit |
Nationale Hitparade / Mega Top 50
Hitnotering (week 1 t/m 12): 14-11-1981 t/m 30-01-1982 Hitnotering (week 13): 16-01-2016 | |||||||||||||||||
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Week: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Positie: | 32 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 29 | 45 | uit | 66 | uit |
TROS Top 50
Hitnotering: 03-12-1981 t/m 28-01-1982. Hoogste notering: #1 (1 week).
TROS Europarade
Hitnotering: 29-11-1981 t/m 14-02-1982. Hoogste notering: #1 (1 week).
NPO Radio 2 Top 2000
Nummer met notering(en) in de NPO Radio 2 Top 2000[noot 1] |
'99 | '00 | '01 | '02 | '03 | '04 | '05 | '06 | '07 | '08 | '09 | '10 | '11 | '12 | '13 | '14 | '15 | '16 | '17 | '18 | '19 | '20 | '21 | '22 | '23 |
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Under Pressure | 133 | 265 | 332 | 185 | 308 | 273 | 345 | 493 | 524 | 376 | 229 | 352 | 324 | 265 | 192 | 193 | 201 | 87 | 101 | 38 | 54 | 59 | 69 | 67 | 62 |
- Een getal geeft de plaats aan en een '-' dat het nummer niet genoteerd was. Een vetgedrukt getal geeft aan dat dit de hoogste notering betreft.
Voorganger: Pretend door Alvin Stardust |
Nummer 1-hit in de Nederlandse Top 40 12 december 1981 – 18 december 1981 1 week |
Opvolger: Why Do Fools Fall in Love door Diana Ross |
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Queen II (1974): | Procession · Father to Son · White Queen (As It Began) · Some Day One Day · The Loser in the End · Ogre Battle · The Fairy Feller's Master-Stroke · Nevermore · The March of the Black Queen · Funny How Love Is · Seven Seas of Rhye |
1974: | See What a Fool I've Been |
Sheer Heart Attack (1974): | Brighton Rock · Killer Queen · Tenement Funster · Flick of the Wrist · Lily of the Valley · Now I'm Here · In the Lap of the Gods · Stone Cold Crazy · Dear Friends · Misfire · Bring Back That Leroy Brown · She Makes Me (Stormtrooper in Stilettos) · In the Lap of the Gods... Revisited |
A Night at the Opera (1975): | Death on Two Legs (Dedicated to...) · Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon · I'm in Love with My Car · You're My Best Friend · '39 · Sweet Lady · Seaside Rendezvous · The Prophet's Song · Love of My Life · Good Company · Bohemian Rhapsody · God Save the Queen |
A Day at the Races (1976): | Tie Your Mother Down · You Take My Breath Away · Long Away · The Millionaire Waltz · You and I · Somebody to Love · White Man · Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy · Drowse · Teo Torriatte (Let Us Cling Together) |
News of the World (1977): | We Will Rock You · We Are the Champions · Sheer Heart Attack · All Dead, All Dead · Spread Your Wings · Fight from the Inside · Get Down, Make Love · Sleeping on the Sidewalk · Who Needs You · It's Late · My Melancholy Blues |
Jazz (1978): | Mustapha · Fat Bottomed Girls · Jealousy · Bicycle Race · If You Can't Beat Them · Let Me Entertain You · Dead on Time · In Only Seven Days · Dreamer's Ball · Fun It · Leaving Home Ain't Easy · Don't Stop Me Now · More of That Jazz |
The Game (1980): | Play the Game · Dragon Attack · Another One Bites the Dust · Need Your Loving Tonight · Crazy Little Thing Called Love · Rock It (Prime Jive) · Don't Try Suicide · Sail Away Sweet Sister · Coming Soon · Save Me |
Flash Gordon (1980): | Flash's Theme · In the Space Capsule (The Love Theme) · Ming's Theme (In the Court of Ming the Merciless) · The Ring (Hypnotic Seduction of Dale) · Football Fight · In the Death Cell (Love Theme Reprise) · Execution of Flash · The Kiss (Aura Resurrects Flash) · Arboria (Planet of the Tree Men) · Escape from the Swamp · Flash to the Rescue · Vultan's Theme (Attack of the Hawk Men) · Battle Theme · The Wedding March · Marriage of Dale and Ming (And Flash Approaching) · Crash Dive on Mingo City · Flash's Theme Reprise (Victory Celebrations) · The Hero |
1980: | A Human Body |
1981: | Soul Brother |
Hot Space (1982): | Staying Power · Dancer · Back Chat · Body Language · Action This Day · Put Out the Fire · Life Is Real (Song for Lennon) · Calling All Girls · Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love) · Cool Cat · Under Pressure (met David Bowie) |
The Works (1984): | Radio Ga Ga · Tear It Up · It's a Hard Life · Man on the Prowl · Machines (Or 'Back to Humans') · I Want to Break Free · Keep Passing the Open Windows · Hammer to Fall · Is This the World We Created...? |
1984: | I Go Crazy · Thank God It's Christmas |
1985: | Blurred Vision |
A Kind of Magic (1986): | One Vision · A Kind of Magic · One Year of Love · Pain Is So Close to Pleasure · Friends Will Be Friends · Who Wants to Live Forever · Gimme the Prize (Kurgan's Theme) · Don't Lose Your Head · Princes of the Universe |
1986: | A Dozen Red Roses for My Darling · Forever |
The Miracle (1989): | Party · Khashoggi's Ship · The Miracle · I Want It All · The Invisible Man · Breakthru · Rain Must Fall · Scandal · My Baby Does Me · Was It All Worth It · Hang On in There · Chinese Torture |
1989: | Stealin' · Hijack My Heart |
Innuendo (1991): | Innuendo · I'm Going Slightly Mad · Headlong · I Can't Live with You · Don't Try So Hard · Ride the Wild Wind · All God's People · These Are the Days of Our Lives · Delilah · The Hitman · Bijou · The Show Must Go On |
1991: | Lost Opportunity · Mad the Swine |
Made in Heaven (1995): | It's a Beautiful Day · Made in Heaven · Let Me Live · Mother Love · My Life Has Been Saved · I Was Born to Love You · Heaven for Everyone · Too Much Love Will Kill You · You Don't Fool Me · A Winter's Tale · It's a Beautiful Day (Reprise) · Yeah · Track 13 |
1995: | Rock in Rio Blues |
1997: | No-One but You |
2003: | Invincible Hope · The Call · Amandla |
Return of the Champions (2005, | met Paul Rodgers): Reaching Out · Wishing Well · Feel Like Makin' Love · Let There Be Drums · Can't Get Enough · All Right Now |
The Cosmos Rocks (2008, | met Paul Rodgers): Cosmos Rockin' · Time to Shine · Still Burnin' · Small · Warboys · We Believe · Call Me · Voodoo · Some Things That Glitter · C-lebrity · Through the Night · Say It's Not True · Surf's Up... School's Out! · Small Reprise · Runaway |
2011: | Feelings, Feelings |
Queen Forever (2014): | Let Me in Your Heart Again · Love Kills - The Ballad · There Must Be More to Life Than This (William Orbit Mix) |
The Miracle (Collector's Edition) (2022): | When Love Breaks Up · You Know You Belong to Me · I Guess We're Falling Out · Dog with a Bone · Water · Face It Alone |
1964: | Liza Jane · Louie, Louie Go Home |
1965: | I Pity the Fool · Take My Tip · You've Got a Habit of Leaving · Baby Loves That Way |
1966: | Can't Help Thinking About Me · And I Say to Myself · Do Anything You Say · Good Morning Girl · I Dig Everything · I'm Not Losing Sleep · The London Boys |
David Bowie (1967): | Uncle Arthur · Sell Me a Coat · Rubber Band · Love You till Tuesday · There Is a Happy Land · We Are Hungry Men · When I Live My Dream · Little Bombardier · Silly Boy Blue · Come and Buy My Toys · Join the Gang · She's Got Medals · Maid of Bond Street · Please Mr. Gravedigger |
1967: | The Laughing Gnome · The Gospel According to Tony Day · Did You Ever Have a Dream |
David Bowie (1969): | Space Oddity · Unwashed and Somewhat Slightly Dazed · Letter to Hermione · Cygnet Committee · Janine · An Occasional Dream · Wild Eyed Boy from Freecloud · God Knows I'm Good · Memory of a Free Festival |
The World of David Bowie (1970): | Karma Man · Let Me Sleep Beside You · In the Heat of the Morning |
The Man Who Sold the World (1970): | The Width of a Circle · All the Madmen · Black Country Rock · After All · Running Gun Blues · Saviour Machine · She Shook Me Cold · The Man Who Sold the World · The Supermen |
1970: | Ragazzo solo, ragazza sola · The Prettiest Star · Conversation Piece |
Hunky Dory (1971): | Changes · Oh! You Pretty Things · Eight Line Poem · Life on Mars? · Kooks · Quicksand · Fill Your Heart · Andy Warhol · Song for Bob Dylan · Queen Bitch · The Bewlay Brothers |
1971: | Holy Holy |
The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars (1972): | Five Years · Soul Love · Moonage Daydream · Starman · It Ain't Easy · Lady Stardust · Star · Hang On to Yourself · Ziggy Stardust · Suffragette City · Rock 'n' Roll Suicide |
1972: | John, I'm Only Dancing |
Aladdin Sane (1973): | Watch That Man · Aladdin Sane (1913-1938-197?) · Drive-In Saturday · Panic in Detroit · Cracked Actor · Time · Let's Spend the Night Together · The Jean Genie · Lady Grinning Soul |
Pin Ups (1973): | Rosalyn · Here Comes the Night · I Wish You Would · See Emily Play · Everything's Alright · I Can't Explain · Friday on My Mind · Sorrow · Don't Bring Me Down · Shapes of Things · Anyway, Anyhow, Anywhere · Where Have All the Good Times Gone |
1973: | Round and Round · Amsterdam |
Diamond Dogs (1974): | Future Legend · Diamond Dogs · Sweet Thing · Candidate · Sweet Thing (Reprise) · Rebel Rebel · Rock 'n' Roll with Me · We Are the Dead · 1984 · Big Brother · Chant of the Ever Circling Skeletal Family |
David Live (1974): | All the Young Dudes · Knock on Wood |
Young Americans (1975): | Young Americans · Win · Fascination · Right · Somebody Up There Likes Me · Across the Universe · Can You Hear Me? · Fame |
1975: | Velvet Goldmine |
Station to Station (1976): | Station to Station · Golden Years · Word on a Wing · TVC 15 · Stay · Wild Is the Wind |
Low (1977): | Speed of Life · Breaking Glass · What in the World · Sound and Vision · Always Crashing in the Same Car · Be My Wife · A New Career in a New Town · Warszawa · Art Decade · Weeping Wall · Subterraneans |
"Heroes" (1977): | Beauty and the Beast · Joe the Lion · "Heroes" · Sons of the Silent Age · Blackout · V-2 Schneider · Sense of Doubt · Moss Garden · Neuköln · The Secret Life of Arabia |
1978: | The Revolutionary Song |
Lodger (1979): | Fantastic Voyage · African Night Flight · Move On · Yassassin · Red Sails · DJ · Look Back in Anger · Boys Keep Swinging · Repetition · Red Money |
1979: | John, I'm Only Dancing (Again) |
Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) (1980): | It's No Game (No. 1) · Up the Hill Backwards · Scary Monsters (and Super Creeps) · Ashes to Ashes · Fashion · Teenage Wildlife · Scream Like a Baby]· Kingdom Come · Because You're Young · It's No Game (No. 2) |
1980: | Alabama Song · Crystal Japan |
1981: | Under Pressure |
Baal (1982): | Baal's Hymn · Remembering Marie A. · Ballad of the Adventurers · The Drowned Girl · The Dirty Song |
1982: | Peace on Earth/Little Drummer Boy |
Let's Dance (1983): | Modern Love · China Girl · Let's Dance · Without You · Ricochet · Criminal World · Cat People (Putting Out Fire) · Shake It |
Ziggy Stardust - The Motion Picture (1983): | My Death · White Light/White Heat |
Love You till Tuesday (1984): | Ching-a-Ling · When I'm Five |
Tonight (1984): | Loving the Alien · Don't Look Down · God Only Knows · Tonight · Neighborhood Threat · Blue Jean · Tumble and Twirl · I Keep Forgettin' · Dancing with the Big Boys |
1985: | This Is Not America · Dancing in the Street |
Absolute Beginners (1986): | Absolute Beginners · That's Motivation · Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) |
Labyrinth (1986): | Magic Dance · Chilly Down · As the World Falls Down · Within You · Underground |
1986: | When the Wind Blows |
Never Let Me Down (1987): | Day-In Day-Out · Time Will Crawl · Beat of Your Drum · Never Let Me Down · Zeroes · Glass Spider · Shining Star (Makin' My Love) · New York's in Love · '87 and Cry · Too Dizzy · Bang Bang |
1987: | Julie · Girls |
Tin Machine (1989, | als Tin Machine): Heaven's in Here · Tin Machine · Prisoner of Love · Crack City · I Can't Read · Under the God · Amazing · Working Class Hero · Bus Stop · Pretty Thing · Video Crime · Run · Sacrifice Yourself · Baby Can Dance |
Sound + Vision (1989): | London Bye Ta-Ta · Dodo · After Today · It's Hard to Be a Saint in the City |
1989: | Maggie's Farm |
1990: | Fame '90 · Pretty Pink Rose · Gunman · Lightning Frightening · Bombers · Sweet Head · Growin' Up · Here Today, Gone Tomorrow |
Tin Machine II (1991, | als Tin Machine): Baby Universal · One Shot · You Belong in Rock n' Roll · If There Is Something · Amlapura · Betty Wrong · You Can't Talk · Stateside · Shopping for Girls · A Big Hurt · Sorry · Goodbye Mr. Ed · Hammerhead |
Early On (1964-1966) (1991): | That's Where My Heart Is · I Want My Baby Back · Bars of the County Jail · I'll Follow You · Glad I've Got Nobody |
1991: | Shakin' All Over · Who Can I Be Now? · It's Gonna Be Me · Some Are · All Saints · Abdulmajid · I Pray, Olé |
1992: | Real Cool World |
Black Tie White Noise (1993): | The Wedding · You've Been Around · I Feel Free · Black Tie White Noise · Jump They Say · Nite Flights · Pallas Athena · Miracle Goodnight · Don't Let Me Down & Down · Looking for Lester · I Know It's Gonna Happen Someday · The Wedding Song · Lucy Can't Dance |
The Buddha of Suburbia (1993): | The Buddha of Suburbia · Sex and the Church · South Horizons · The Mysteries · Bleed Like a Craze, Dad · Strangers When We Meet · Dead Against It · Ian Fish, U.K. Heir |
Outside (1995): | Leon Takes Us Outside · Outside · The Hearts Filthy Lesson · A Small Plot of Land · Baby Grace (A Horrid Cassette) · Hallo Spaceboy · The Motel · I Have Not Been to Oxford Town · No Control · Algeria Touchshriek · The Voyeur of Utter Destruction (as Beauty) · Ramona A. Stone/I Am with Name · Wishful Beginnings · We Prick You · Nathan Adler · I'm Deranged · Thru' These Architects Eyes · Nathan Adler · Get Real |
1995: | Footstompin' · I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate · Nothing to Be Desired · The King of Stamford Hill |
Earthling (1997): | Little Wonder · Looking for Satellites · Battle for Britain (The Letter) · Seven Years in Tibet · Dead Man Walking · Telling Lies · The Last Thing You Should Do · I'm Afraid of Americans · Law (Earthlings on Fire) |
1997: | Perfect Day · Planet of Dreams |
1998: | A Foggy Day (In London Town) |
Hours (1999): | Thursday's Child · Something in the Air · Survive · If I'm Dreaming My Life · Seven · What's Really Happening? · The Pretty Things Are Going to Hell · New Angels of Promise · Brilliant Adventure · The Dreamers · We All Go Through |
LiveAndWell.com (1999): | Fun |
1999: | Without You I'm Nothing · No One Calls · 1917 · We Shall Go to Town |
2001: | Nature Boy · Pictures of Lily |
Heathen (2002): | Sunday · Cactus · Slip Away · Slow Burn · Afraid · I've Been Waiting for You · I Would Be Your Slave · I Took a Trip on a Gemini Spaceship · 5:15 The Angels Have Gone · Everyone Says 'Hi' · A Better Future · Heathen (The Rays) · When the Boys Come Marching Home · Wood Jackson · Safe |
2002: | Shadow Man |
Reality (2003): | New Killer Star · Pablo Picasso · Never Get Old · The Loneliest Guy · Looking for Water · She'll Drive the Big Car · Days · Fall Dog Bombs the Moon · Try Some, Buy Some · Reality · Bring Me the Disco King · Waterloo Sunset |
2003: | Just for One Day (Heroes) · Fly · Queen of All the Tarts · Love Missile F1-11 |
2004: | Rebel Never Gets Old |
2005: | (She Can) Do That · Wake Up |
2008: | Waiting for the Man |
2010: | Sister Midnight |
The Next Day (2013): | The Next Day · Dirty Boys · The Stars (Are Out Tonight) · Love Is Lost · Where Are We Now? · Valentine's Day · If You Can See Me · I'd Rather Be High · Boss of Me · Dancing Out in Space · How Does the Grass Grow? · (You Will) Set the World on Fire · You Feel So Lonely You Could Die · Heat |
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Nothing Has Changed (2014): | Sue (Or in a Season of Crime) · Your Turn to Drive |
2014: | 'Tis a Pity She Was a Whore |
Blackstar (2016): | Blackstar · Lazarus · Girl Loves Me · Dollar Days · I Can't Give Everything Away |
No Plan (2017): | No Plan · Killing a Little Time · When I Met You |
Spying Through a Keyhole (2019): | Mother Grey · Goodbye 3d (Threepenny) Joe · Love All Around · Angel, Angel, Grubby Face |
Clareville Grove Demos (2019): | Lover to the Dawn · Life Is a Circus |
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Is It Any Wonder? (2020): | Nuts |
Brilliant Live Adventures (2020): | Driftin' Blues · O Superman |
2020: | Cosmic Dancer |
The Width of a Circle (2021): | Buzz the Fuzz · Columbine · Harlequin · Threepenny Pierrot |
2021: | Mother · Tryin' to Get to Heaven |
Divine Symmetry (2022): | Tired of My Life · How Lucky You Are · Looking for a Friend · King of the City · Right On Mother · Almost Grown |