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| Single by Queen from the album The Works |
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| Released | 10 September 1984 (UK etc. Queen were an English rock band formed in 1970 in London by guitarist The Works is a 1984 rock album by English band Queen. The band's eleventh studio album it marked a partial return to their rock Events 506 - The Bishops of Visigothic Gaul meet in the Council of Agde. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located ) | ||||
| Format | vinyl record (7", 12") | ||||
| Recorded | 1983 | ||||
| Genre | Hard rock | ||||
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| Label | EMI / Capitol | ||||
| Writer(s) | Brian May | ||||
| Producer | Queen and Mack | ||||
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Interpretation
The lyrics refer to the Cold War era in which the band members grew up, fuelling the popular conception that the song was about nuclear war:
For we who grew up tall and proud
In the shadow of the mushroom cloud
Convinced our voices can't be heard
We just wanna scream it louder and louder and louder
The song, however, contains many more references to death and its inevitability:
Rich or poor or famous
For your truth it's all the same (oh no oh no)
Lock your door while the rain is pouring
Through your window pane (oh no)
Baby now your struggle's all in vain, yeah, yeah. Cold War is the state of conflict tension and competition that existed between the United States and the Soviet Union (USSR and their respective allies from the Death is the termination of the biological functions that define living Organisms It refers both to a specific
The issue was effectively settled when May wrote on his website that "Hammer to Fall is really about life and death, and being aware of death as being part of life. [. . . ] The Hammer coming down is only a symbol of the Grim Reaper doing his job!!"
Notes
The line "What the hell're we fighting for" is used in the song "To Create a Warlike Feel" by Sonata Arctica, on the Unia album. In English Death is often given the name the " Grim Reaper " and shown as a skeletal figure carrying a large Scythe, and wearing a midnight black gown robe Sonata Arctica is a Finnish Power metal band from the town of Kemi, originally assembled in 1996 Unia, released on May 25 2007 is the fifth full-length Studio album by the Power metal band Sonata Arctica, following the album
References
- ^ Brian May: Brian's Soapbox, April 2004, brianmay.com
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