Queen - Death on Two Legs (Official Lyric Video) 

“We’d like to dedicate this song to our beloved manager. We love you darling”

Who needs a therapist when you have queen

One of the most underrated queen songs

This is probably the best opening to any song ever. That guitar playing is insane!

Freddie Mercury wrote this and dedicated it to Norman Sheffield, Queen's former manager and a co owner of Trident Studios. Queen felt that Norman had not provided them with the support they needed.The surviving band members noted the unhappy atmosphere in the Days of our Lives documentary, explaining that the band felt hard done by when they were producing hit singles without seeing any of the money - and with incidents such as Roger Taylor being told he couldn't hit the drums too hard as they supposedly "couldn't afford" new drumsticks. But as Taylor noted, "you see them (the management) running around in stretch limos and think 'hang on there's something not right here!'" The split occurred under very acrimonious circumstances, and this song acted as something of a final word from the band. The lyrics form a harsh character portrait that outline the band's full animosity towards their former acquaintance. Mercury was reportedly not a fan of the song after writing it, having felt it was too angry and bitter, but May encouraged him to complete it. On the Live Killers version, Freddie Mercury introduced this song by saying, "This is a song about a real motherf--ker of a gentleman!"

The best part about this song is that you can hear Freddie's contempt and disgust. Amazing!

Freddie was mad, mad. I love how he says he changed the words everyday to make it as vicious as possible 😂

We all have someone on our mind when hearing this song

This song was about the band's manager at the time. He was a real piece work. They couldn't fire him so they sang about him instead. The bloke quit. So the song worked.

Only Freddie could record a song in which he is spitting venomous hatred toward someone, and still make it sound beautiful and uplifting. A perfect album opener for one of the most perfect albums ever made!

I have to admit, I am VERY impressed with just how creative these lyrics are. It’s a bop

The intro is just fantastic! First the piano, then it shifts to guitar, so chaotic and angry, it builds in intensity, to the overbearing... I don't know what instrument it is, but it's like a musical shriek. Then it abruptly stops, the piano begins again as though the song has reset. It's like the anger gets so intense that it has stop and restart to get focused to deliver the delightful comebacks. Such a fantastic song!

I love how this and seaside rendezvous are on the same album

The intro is good The chorus too The end too ... the whole thing is great, really.

*Not-so-fun fact:* Freddie dedicated this song to Norman Sheffield (Queen's former manager and a co-owner of Trident Studios who was basically robbing them of their money at the time) after being released from that management, Freddie wanted to express his feelings towards the man in a song. Gary Langhan remembers when Freddie took his headphones off after laying his vocal tracks on DOTL, he witnessed blood pouring out from Fred's ears just from the sheer anger he put into the song, and sometime later on Freddie said that his throat was literally bleeding because he went so hard on the song.

Crazy how music can heal your feelings of contempt and disgust againt someone, like it gives you the confidence you needed.

The perfect combination of opera and hard rock.

Freddie: hmmm I just wrote a hate letter to my manager Freddie: oh I know let’s write a song about lazing on a Sunday afternoon next

This piano intro give me goosebumps!!!

Thank you Norman Sheffield for bring us one of the best jewels of queen

I feel so happy for my ex wife that Queen wrote a song for her.

When you think about it, this is one of the first diss tracks ever.

This is probably the heaviest song from this whole album!!! And you know what? This song is so awesome!!! I really like it!!!

The intro is one of the most brutal I have ever heard

Just picture four betrayed, penniless and enraged young men in their twenties- furiously composing and recording this song in some small studio.. Pouring their rage out in the form of music.

"A sewer-rat decaying in a cesspool of pride"--has got to be the best lyric ever . . .

One of the best lyrics ever written imo.

What to say.... thank you Queen for writing a song dedicated to my father

"...and we'd like to dedicate this next song to our beloved manager. Love you loads!"

Boy freddie mercury sounds like hes legit pissed in this song

I love the lyrics of the song , the guitar, piano, everything

The guitar in this is just INCREDIBLE.

I love how the name on the album says “dedicated to...” they were so extra aahahha

I know this song is about the manager, but hear me out, This song always reminds me of my friends in high school, they ignored me, constantly talked shit about me behind my back, treated me like shit when i was around and tell me to shut up whenever i was talking about something i was passinate about, took me until last year to just leave them behind. And this song helped me realise that. Thank you.

This follows up to Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon, and it's in the same album as Bohemian Rhapsody and Love or my Life... Pure genius

This is my type of music. Chaotic yet still enjoyable.

“Mister KNOWWW alllllll” I always loved that note.

The irony is that Death on Two Legs is a kind of cool name to be given.

1:53 The choir part is pure eargasm.

News headline: "BREAKING NEWS: Legendary singer songwriter has found a way to make the best hate letter in history."

I'm French and i learned how to speak english with this song. listening to it everyday, for 5 years, on CD, reading the lyrics on the Cd's book. Eternal gratitude to Queen, the best band in the universe period.

When an album starts with a song like that,you know that you have a great taste for music!

This has got to be one of the best intros to an album ever.

This is the best and classiest diss track in my book.

This is the most underrated Queen song and it's my favorite. Freddie you genius

That piano intro...

I can't believe how much I forgot how much I love the sound of Brian May's guitar and Freddie's arrangements.

Man, i can't believe my ex is so famous Freddie wrote a *song* for him!

Brian May is the most under looked, not underrated, but definitely under looked classic rock guitarist. Its always Gilmore, Page, Clapton, exc. Nobody ever mentions Brian May but when that someone does mention him as a top 3 great. Most people then recognize what else, but Bohemian Rhapsody. Thank you Wayne's World! Although this is my absolute favorite May riff and solo.

Queen made disstracks before it was cool y’all

Think only "rappers" can make diss tracks? Side not,dont piss a lyrical Genius like Freddie off.

The fact that I can sing this whole song from memory is 😳😳. I LOVE THIS SONG, thank you Queen for amazing music

Brian is badass in this song

See ya, Norman Sheffield.

It's worth being a horrible person if you get a brilliant song like this dedicated to you ❤️

This year my resolution is to learn drums (mostly to help with some issues) and when this song came up on my Spotify I absolutely *froze* at how good it was and basically, I dedicate this to the person who I thought was a good person for a good 11 years and now I wanna learn the drums to this song.

The anthem of every divorce ever.

Brian’s guitar is venomous and johns bass is DEADLY and Rogers drums are killer and Freddie’s voice is HEAVENLY AND MAD........ yet this song is still amazing 😂

That entrance though 👌 Queen never fails to impress. I mean cmon it's Queen why wouldn't they impress

This ain’t just a diss track... this is a full on assault!

Queen: made a diss-track over 40 years before it was cool

I was 6 when I got this vinyl as Christmas gift. EPIC.

Freddie wrote two amazing song about that manager. This song, plus flick of the wrist. It really pissed Freddie off, big time. Bless him.

Love that beginning, man. Starts nice and soft, into a chaotic jumble of sound and then just cuts off abruptly for the lyrics to kick in. It give you a quick taste of the song's intense nature.

I have been obsessed with this song for 25 years. Such a work of art, so powerfull

"But now you can kiss my ass goodbye"........Awesome strong lyrics!

That guitar intro is savage!

Brian is fire on this song, the guitar playing is just on another level.

Brian's guitar work in this was just masterful.

A NIGHT AT THE OPERA the best album ever and ever

Well the only good thing Norman Sheffield did is give Freddie a reason to write this masterpiece

Love this song and I love the fact that Lazing on a Sunday Afternoon immediately follows this song and is a complete 180 in terms of sound.

Freddie looks like lord farquad on the first picture

This song has the most brutal guitar interlude/transition in it I've ever heard! I first heard A Night At The Opera in the late-70s and have never forgotten this song. Bohemian Rhapsody and '39 were the other great songs on the album.

I'm so happy Freddie Mercury wrote this for my 4th grade bully

I feel that Freddie was very angry when he wrote this song ... and it is my favorite!

When i finish highschool im gonna blast this on the biggest speakers i can find

So underrated it hurts.

I reckon this is actually one of my favourite Queen songs

I'm OBSESSED with the piano at the intro

A night at the opera is pure art!!

1975: a diss track for their manager. 2019: a diss track for Jake Paul.

I was in my bed, half-asleep with my Queen playlist playing on the TV, and this one came on. I really overlooked it before, but I honestly think this might be one of their best songs ever!

The intro is amazing ! This is one of the most underrated song of Queen

this song heightens any mood I’m feeling. Whether it’s happy, sad, angry or excited. Freddie’s ability to tailor every song to fit each and every persons likings is unbelievable.

I love the intro with the piano and the guitar and glaven! It's amazing

I've listened to a lot of rock n roll albums and "A night at the opera" has to be one of the greatest albums ever made. The album "The game" introduced me to queen. That album in its self was an eye opener. One of my favorite bands every album was a piece of magic 🎩 ✨️

this is actually my favorite song of all time and the fact that no one talks about it is bloodcurdling

Queen wrote the most fire diss track before they were even a thing

"You're just an overgrown school boy" how rude and cruel incredible.

This song accurately describes my anger and resentment towards all those people in my life who betrayed me, stabbed in back and became turncoats for their own selfish desires. It counts in some people from elementary school, high school and two of my former roommates.

This is the best distrack in the world!

Queen: “Do you feel like... suicide? (I think you should)” Also Queen: DONT TRY SUICIDE, NOBODY’S WORTH IT!

i need a 10 hour version of this

It's an amazing unique song, sounds like a work of art even in 2022

We all know who Freddie was really singing about here, he was spot on, legend!

This song kicks ass.

Great Song............Great Album..............Great Band

How kind of Freddie mercury to see into the future and write a song about the prick who bullied me out of my last job.

Lol I just found out that Norman Sheffield has book called "Life on two legs"