Seven Seas of Rhye

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"Seven Seas of Rhye" is an early Queen song, written by Freddie Mercury, that became the band’s first UK hit single and showcased their theatrical, piano-driven rock style.

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Seven Seas of Rhye canonical 3

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Predicate Object
instanceOf single ⓘ
song ⓘ
album Queen ⓘ
Queen II ⓘ
artist Queen ⓘ
associatedWithFictionalPlace Rhye ⓘ
chartPerformance first UK hit single for Queen ⓘ
composer Freddie Mercury ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
featuredInstrumentalist Brian May on guitar ⓘ
Freddie Mercury on piano ⓘ
John Deacon on bass ⓘ
Roger Taylor on drums ⓘ
firstReleaseYear 1973 ⓘ
followedBy Killer Queen ⓘ
genre glam rock ⓘ
hard rock ⓘ
rock ⓘ
hasLivePerformance Queen live at Hammersmith Odeon 1975 ⓘ
Queen live at the Rainbow 1974 ⓘ
hasMusicalStyle piano-driven rock ⓘ
theatrical rock ⓘ
hasTheme fantasy imagery ⓘ
hasVersion full vocal version on the album Queen II ⓘ
instrumental version on the album Queen ⓘ
instrumentationIncludes bass guitar ⓘ
drums ⓘ
electric guitar ⓘ
piano ⓘ
isEarlySongOf Queen ⓘ
label EMI Records ⓘ
Elektra Records ⓘ
language English ⓘ
notableFor being Queen’s first UK hit single ⓘ
piano-driven arrangement ⓘ
showcasing Queen’s theatrical style ⓘ
partOf Queen’s early 1970s repertoire ⓘ
performer Brian May ⓘ
Freddie Mercury ⓘ
John Deacon ⓘ
Roger Taylor ⓘ
precededBy Keep Yourself Alive ⓘ
producer Queen ⓘ
Roy Thomas Baker ⓘ
singleReleaseYear 1974 ⓘ
vocalist Freddie Mercury ⓘ
writer Freddie Mercury ⓘ

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Queen → notableWork → Seven Seas of Rhye ⓘ
Killer Queen → precededBySingle → Seven Seas of Rhye ⓘ