I'm Going Slightly Mad

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Credits

Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, keyboards, piano, drum programming
Brian May - guitars, backing vocals
John Deacon - bass guitar
Roger Taylor - drums, drum programming
  • Length: 4:22

Discography

Albums:

Innuendo, 1991
Greatest Hits II, 1991
Classic Queen, 1992

Singles:

I'm Going Slightly Mad, 1991

Alternate Versions:

  • Greatest Hits II / LP Vinyl (4:00) Edit - Greatest Hits II: Parlophone CDP 79 7971 2
  • Karaoke Instrumental - Japan Toshiba EMI TOLW - 3249.50
  • 1998 eYe Instrumental 2:38 Edit - Electronic Arts DDE05501 101S

Queen Talks

"I wanted to make the video as memorable as possible. I've always wanted to costar in a video with a gorilla and a group of penguins. A little bit of Queen madness."

Freddie Mercury - February 1991, overheard on the set of the video

"That was very much a Freddie track and you tend to want to give the author his head. Even though we said that everything is by Queen, there was still somebody who was basically the original author and everyone else worked on it. It was a good idea as it produced a lot of input, but in the end it was Freddie's baby so it was natural that he would want to get certain things right."

Brian May - October 1994, Guitarist Magazine

Chords & Tabs

  • chords

Lyrics

When the outside temperature rises
And the meaning is oh so clear
One thousand and one yellow daffodils
Begin to dance in front of you - oh dear
Are they trying to tell you something
You're missing that one final screw
You're simply not in the pink my dear
To be honest you haven't got a clue

I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened - happened
It finally happened - oooh oh
It finally happened
I'm slightly mad
Oh dear

I'm one card short of a full deck
I'm not quite the shilling
One wave short of a shipwreck
I'm not my usual top billing
I'm coming down with a fever
I'm really out to sea
This kettle is boiling over
I think I'm a banana tree
Oh dear

I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened - happened
It finally happened - uh huh
It finally happened
I'm slightly mad
Oh dear

Oooh oooh ah ah
Oooh oooh ah ah
I'm knitting with only one needle
Unravelling fast it's true
I'm driving only three wheels these days
But my dear how about you

I'm going slightly mad
I'm going slightly mad
It finally happened
It finally happened - oh yes
It finally happened
I'm slightly mad
Just very slightly mad

And there you have it