Credits

• Written by: John Deacon
• Produced by: Queen and Mack
• Musicians:

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals

John Deacon - bass & rhythm guitars, drum machine, synthesizer

Brian May - rhythm guitar, guitar solo

Roger Taylor - electronic drums

• Length: 4:36

Discography

Albums:

	Hot Space, 1982
	Queen On Fire: Live At The Bowl, 2004

Singles:

	Back Chat, 1982
	Staying Power, 1982 US 12" Promo B-side

Alternate Versions:

• 7" Edit Remix - EMI 5325
• 12" Extended Remix - EMI 12 EMI 5325
• US 12” Promo Remix - Elektra 0-67854
• Demo Version - Unreleased
• Original Demo: Woolly Hat - Unreleased

Queen talks

"We would experiment with the rhythm and the bass and drum track and get that sounding right, and then very cautiously piece the rest around it which was an experimental way for us to do it. In [that song], there wasn't going to be a guitar solo, because John, who wrote the song, has gone perhaps more violently black than the rest of us. We had lots of arguments about it, and what he was heading for in his tracks was a totally non-compromise situation, doing back stuff as R&B artists would do it with no concessions to our methods at all, and I was trying to edge him back toward the central path and get a bit of heaviness into it, and a bit of the anger of rock music. So one night I said I wanted to see what I could add to it – I felt that the song, as it stood, wasn't aggressive enough: it's [called] 'Back Chat', and it's supposed to be about people arguing and it should have some kind of guts to it. He agreed, and I went in and tried a few things."

Brian May - 1982

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