Current:Home > FinanceQueen's 'Fat Bottomed Girls' missing from new 'Greatest Hits' release aimed at kids -Wealth Legacy Solutions
Queen's 'Fat Bottomed Girls' missing from new 'Greatest Hits' release aimed at kids
View
Date:2025-04-13 13:27:25
Freddie Mercury sang "there's no stopping me," but an audio player for children is stopping one cheeky tune in its tracks.
Yoto – the makers of an audio device for children without a screen that plays books, music, radio and podcasts – is now offering Queen's "Greatest Hits" album sans "Fat Bottomed Girls." The collection includes all other tracks from the 1981 release, including "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Somebody to Love," "Another One Bites the Dust," "We Will Rock You" and "We Are The Champions."
"It’s the ideal introduction to the music of Queen for young music lovers," Yoto says on its website, "and the perfect soundtrack to kitchen dance parties, road trip singalongs, bedtime air guitar sessions….and much much more."
Queen release34-year-old song with Freddie Mercury's vocals: 'We’d kind of forgotten'
Queen 'Fat Bottomed Girls' lyrics
Queen guitarist Brian May penned "Fat Bottomed Girls," first released on Queen's 1978 album "Jazz." As the title indicates, the lyrics pay tribute to women with curves.
"Left alone with big fat Fanny // She was such a naughty nanny," the first verse says. "Hey, big woman // You made a bad boy out of me."
"Hey, big woman, you gonna make // A big man of me, now get this," the song continues. "(Oh, I know) Are you gonna // Take me home tonight? (Please) // Oh, down beside that red firelight? // Are you gonna let it all hang out? // Fat bottomed girls // You make the rocking world go around."
A representative for the band declined to comment on the missing "Fat Bottomed Girls." Yoto did not immediately return USA TODAY's request for a statement, but issues a warning for its customers about the album's lyrics that "contain adult themes, including occasional references to violence and drugs. These are the original and unedited recordings. Whilst no swear words are used parental discretion is advised when playing this content to or around younger children."
In a 2011 interview with "Total Guitar" magazine, May was asked if a particular bottom inspired the tune.
"There were a lot of bottoms involved, really, and not just the ones in my direct experience," he told the outlet.
Freddie Mercury's beloved piano,Queen song drafts, personal items on display before auction
veryGood! (36)
prev:Trump's 'stop
next:Travis Hunter, the 2
Related
- Biden administration makes final diplomatic push for stability across a turbulent Mideast
- 5 dead, several hurt in Pennsylvania house explosion
- A throng of interfaith leaders to focus on combating authoritarianism at global gathering in Chicago
- NFL teams on high alert for brawls as joint practices gear up
- Arkansas State Police probe death of woman found after officer
- After Maui fires, human health risks linger in the air, water and even surviving buildings
- Florida kayaker captures video of dolphin swimming in bioluminescent waters for its food
- Ex-Marlins owner Jeffrey Loria: Derek Jeter 'destroyed' stadium by removing HR sculpture
- A South Texas lawmaker’s 15
- Woman goes missing after a car crash, dog finds her two days later in a Michigan cornfield
Ranking
- The company planning a successor to Concorde makes its first supersonic test
- Lucas Glover tops Patrick Cantlay to win FedEx St. Jude Championship on first playoff hole
- 21-year-old woman dies after falling 300 feet at Rocky Mountain National Park
- EXPLAINER: Why is a police raid on a newspaper in Kansas so unusual?
- Angelina Jolie nearly fainted making Maria Callas movie: 'My body wasn’t strong enough'
- American Lilia Vu runs away with AIG Women's Open for second major win of 2023
- A's pitcher Luis Medina can't get batter out at first base after stunning gaffe
- Best Buy's 3-Day Anniversary sale has early Labor Day deals on Apple, Dyson and Samsung
Recommendation
Former Danish minister for Greenland discusses Trump's push to acquire island
How Fani Willis oversaw what might be the most sprawling legal case against Donald Trump
Search underway in Sequoia National Park for missing hiker on 1st solo backpacking trip
Rebel Wilson's Baby Girl Royce Is Cuteness Overload in New Photo
Can Bill Belichick turn North Carolina into a winner? At 72, he's chasing one last high
Maui wildfires death toll rises to 93, making it the deadliest natural disaster in Hawaii since it became a state
The man shot inside a Maryland trampoline park has died, police say
Get Ready With Alix Earle’s Makeup Must-Haves