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"Fat Bottomed Girls" () is a hit single by the English rock band Queen . It was released in 1978 on the album '' Jazz ''. The song was written by Queen guitarist Brian May and was one of the few Queen songs played in an alternative guitar tuning commonly called " Dropped D Tuning ". The lyrics express the axiom "Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder", although the song has a humorous and overly sexual tone for such a serious subject. Vocal arrangements are quite different between the studio version and the live version. In live performances, the lead vocals during the chorus were sung by Freddie Mercury and harmonized with an upper voice ( Roger Taylor ) and a lower voice (Brian May). In the studio version, there is no higher harmony. The lead vocals are sung by Freddie Mercury, while May performs the lower harmony. In the chorus, May has lead vocals. The studio version contains Brian May's most (in)famous recording mistake, when he hit a G/F Dissonance during the Break (before the third verse). This is the result of playing a regular G voicing with the dropped 6th string (D) of the alternate tuning. The single version (which can be found on '' Greatest Hits '') omits the extended guitar interludes between the verses. "Fat Bottomed Girls" was released as a Double A-side with the song " Bicycle Race ." This cut includes the line "Get on your bikes and ride". Bicycle Race also contains the line "Fat bottomed girls, they'll be riding today, so look out for those beauties, oh yeah", completing a double cross-reference between the two songs. The Spinal Tap song Big Bottom is likely a parody of this song. LIVE RECORDINGS COVER VERSIONS
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