This page includes details of all of the remixes of the track 'Under Pressure'. All remixes were produced in 1999 for the 'Greatest Hits III' album and single release.
The track was a collaboration with David Bowie, and was released in October 1981, becoming Queen's second number one, and David Bowie's third. Roger Taylor felt the song was too rushed and under-produced, so he reworked it with Brian as the 'Rah Remix', and it reached no 14 in the charts.
The original song was written, produced and performed by Queen and David Bowie, and engineered by Mack and David Richards.
Rah Remix, Rah Remix Edit and Video version
Club 2000 Remix
Screensaver Version
Mike Spencer Remix
Rah Remix and Edit
Remixed by Brian May, Roger Taylor, Joshua J. Macrae and Justin Shirley-Smith.
This remix features additional percussion, guitars, other effects, and some new vocals. 1. Rah Remix (4:06) (on 'Greatest Hits III' and also the white label 12" promo)
2. Rah Remix Edit (3:37) (on all formats of the reissue single, and in the 'Queen Singles Collection 4' boxed set; an edit of the above remix, starting after 32 seconds, with a four second phased intro)
3. Video Version (4:10) (on 'Greatest Flix III', and the 'Hot Space' 2011 iTunes LP as a bonus video; similar to the Rah Remix, but features audience noise and a repeated 4 second instrumental section about 18 seconds into the track) You say New York, New York is dangerous
'Cos you read that, well you may Even the blind man could see that's not so Love, love, love, love, love, love, love Rave! People on streets Ah, ah, ah
Um, boom, bah, bay
Um, boom, bah, bay
Ba, ba, boom, bah, baby
Why don't we give love that one more chance? Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure
Pressure pushing down on me
Pushing down on you, no man ask for Under pressure That burns a building down
Splits a family in two Puts people on streets Um, bah, bah, bay
Um, bah, bah, bay
Eh, day, dah
Eh, day, dah
That's OK It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming Let me out Pray tomorrow - gets me higher Pressure on people - people on streets Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
OK Chipping around - kick my brains around the floor (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) These are the days, it never rains but it pours Eh, bay, bop (ooh-ooh-ooh) Eh, ba, ba, bop (ooh-ooh-ooh) Eh, doh, dop (ooh) Be, dop People on streets Eh, dah, dee, dah, day (ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh) People on streets Eh, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah (aahhhh) It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming Let me out Tomorrow - gets me higher, higher Pressure on people (high) People on streets Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why - why - why? Love (love, love, love, love)
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love 'Cos love's such an old fashioned word (give love, give love) And love dares you to
Care for the people on the
Edge of the night (people on streets) And love dares you to (people on streets) Change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure
Club 2000 Remix
Available on a rare white label promo 12" only. Length 5:20.
This remix is derived from the Rah Mix. It features new vocal and instrumental sections, but loses vocals from some sections. We have the strangers running
Rave! People on streets Ah, ah, ah
Um, boom, bah, bay
Um, boom, bah, bay
Ba, ba, boom, bah, baby
Why don't we give love that one more chance? Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure
Pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure, pressure Under pressure That burns a building down
Splits a family in two Puts people on streets Um, bah, bah, bay
Um, bah, bah, bay
Eh, day, dah
Eh, day, dah
That's OK It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming Let me out Pray tomorrow - gets me higher Pressure on people - people on streets Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
Day, day, dah, day, de, dah
OK Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh
Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh People on streets Eh, dah, dee, dah, day (ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh) People on streets Eh, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah (aahhhh) It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming Let me out Tomorrow - gets me higher, higher Pressure on people (high) People on streets Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why - why - why? Love (love, love, love, love)
Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love 'Cos love's such an old fashioned word (give love, give love) And love dares you to
Care for the people on the
Edge of the night (people on streets) And love dares you to (people on streets) Change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure
Screensaver Version
Available on the enhanced CD single (CD2) only.
This is a screensaver, which shows the four faces of the members of Queen, which are 'rolled' into each other. It features an edit of the 'Rah Remix' from approximately 0:18 to 0:22, with the lead vocal removed, but it retains the backing vocal. As it is a screensaver, the edit loops infinitely. People on streets
Mike Spencer Remix
Available on the enhanced CD single (CD2) and in the 'Queen Singles Collection 4' boxed set. Length 3:51.
Remix and additional percussion by Mike Spencer.
This version is much heavier than normal, and adds additional percussion, keyboards, and other effects. It is still similar to the original version, but has a more polished and recent feel. Ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh Um, boom, bah, bay (ooh-ooh-ooh) Um, boom, bah, bay (ooh-ooh-ooh) Ba, ba, boom, bah, baby (ooh, oooh) Pressure pushing down on me
Pushing down on you, no man ask for Under pressure That burns a building down
Splits a family in two Puts people on streets Um, bah, bah, bay
Um, bah, bah, bay
Eh, day, dah
Eh, day, dah
That's OK It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming Let me out Pray tomorrow - gets me higher Pressure on people - people on streets Day, day, dah
Ah, ha
Bah, dah, bap, ba, boom
OK Chipping around - kick my brains around the floor (ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh-ooh) These are the days, it never rains but it pours Eh, bay, bop (ooh-ooh-ooh) Eh, ba, ba, bop (ooh-ooh-ooh) Eh, doh, dop (ooh) Be, dop People on streets Eh, dah, dee, dah, day (ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh-ahh) People on streets Eh, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah, dee, dah (aahhhh) It's the terror of knowing
What this world is about
Watching some good friends screaming Let me out Tomorrow - gets me higher, higher Pressure on people (high) People on streets Turned away from it all like a blind man
Sat on a fence but it don't work Keep coming up with love but it's so slashed and torn Why - why - why? Insanity laughs under pressure we're breaking Can't we give ourselves one more chance
Why can't we give love that one more chance
Why can't we give love, give love, give love
Give love, give love, give love, give love 'Cos love's such an old fashioned word (give love, give love) And love dares you to
Care for the people on the
Edge of the night
And love dares you to
Change our way of
Caring about ourselves
This is our last dance
This is our last dance
This is ourselves Under pressure
Under pressure
Pressure