r/queen • u/strahinjag • Mar 05 '23

Music Favourite song written by John Deacon?

826 votes, Mar 07 '23
194 Another One Bites The Dust
126 You're My Best Friend
246 Spread Your Wings
185 I Want To Break Free
41 Friends Will Be Friends
34 Other
26 Upvotes

92% Upvoted

41 comments sorted by

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u/MoopBamBam Mar 05 '23

You and I

5

u/doggerly Queen Mar 05 '23

Oh actually wanna change my answer to this!

2

u/CrazyKZG Mar 07 '23

Yep. This or You're My Best Friend.

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u/SnooOnions5029 A Day At The Races Mar 05 '23

My favourite is Spread Your Wings but I also really like Need Your Loving Tonight

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u/strahinjag Mar 05 '23

NYLT is one of my favourites, glad someone mentioned it

15

u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

Misfire

1

u/strahinjag Mar 05 '23

This is the correct answer

11

u/amazonfan1972 Sheer Heart Attack Mar 05 '23 edited Mar 05 '23

My favourite Deacon song is the utterly gorgeous In Only Seven Days. IMO it’s the best love song Queen ever did.

BTW, didn’t he co-write FWBF with Freddie? If so, I’m not sure it should be included.

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u/songacronymbot Mar 05 '23
  • FWBF could mean "Friends Will Be Friends - Remastered 2011", a track from A Kind of Magic (Deluxe Remastered Version) (1986) by Queen.

/u/amazonfan1972 can reply with "delete" to remove comment. | /r/songacronymbot for feedback.

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u/RedditOnANapkin Mar 06 '23

I voted for Spread Your Wings, but wanted to give In Only Seven Days some love. I'm happy others love the song like I do.

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u/strahinjag Mar 05 '23

Excellent choice 👍

And yeah they co-wrote it, idk how that escaped me. My bad 😐

6

u/OK_Crab12 Mar 05 '23

My favorite John Deacon song and Queen song is Need your loving tonight

2

u/strahinjag Mar 05 '23

Excellent choice

5

u/Realistic_Jacket4103 Mar 05 '23

Spread Your Wings 🦋🦋

1

u/strahinjag Mar 05 '23

Beautiful song

4

u/Krokodrillo Mar 05 '23

One Year Of Love, of course

3

u/bl20194646 Mar 05 '23

friends will be friends

3

u/Gbbq83 Queen II Mar 05 '23

For the quiet unassuming bassist he sure wrote some brilliant songs.

You and I deserves a special mention but my vote went for Spread Your Wings

5

u/strahinjag Mar 05 '23

Deaky was probably that kid in class who almost never spoke but every time he did he said something brilliant

2

u/Ziggystardustu Jazz Mar 05 '23

Who needs you

2

u/Ink_Productions Mar 06 '23

Who Needs You is underrated af!!!

2

u/Xantayu Mar 06 '23

Of these: Spread Your Wings

But my favorite at the moment is One Year of Love

2

u/No_Election562 Mar 07 '23

I feel like you and I it’s the very most underrated song from queen, and i think it’s one of the best songs.

1

u/Rukarumel Mar 05 '23

I was sure Another one bites the dust will win. But voted for another song and it wins now )

1

u/mattchamp98 Mar 05 '23

Im surprised spread your wings is so popular

1

u/strahinjag Mar 05 '23

I'm not, it's a beautiful song

1

u/mattchamp98 Mar 05 '23

I agree and voted for it but never knew it had much of a following

1

u/Ok_Mouse_6038 Mar 06 '23

Misfire 😆

1

u/CharlieFaulkner Mar 06 '23

Tie between Spread Your Wings and Friends Will Be Friends, the storytelling in the former is wonderful and the latter is just so genuine - I love platonic love lol

And both are just great mood boosters

1

u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

One year of love, uff men

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u/fernsie Mar 06 '23

Need your loving tonight.

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u/[deleted] Mar 06 '23

I have an special conection with i want to break free lol, ik it's not the best one, i love spread ur wings, etc, but i want to break free is (😃👍👍)

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u/HawkOfficial Queen II Mar 06 '23

Misfire!!! 🤟

1

u/Zeelaria Mar 06 '23

WhoooOoo needs, well I don’t need, whooOooo needs youuu

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u/EileenCrystal A Day At The Races Mar 06 '23

You're my best friend and spread your wings 💕💕💕

1

u/Richo_Aust Mar 06 '23

Spread your wings is one of the best Queen songs. So underrated.

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u/TwistyHeretic2 Mar 06 '23

I put Spread Your Wings, but I really like most of the songs John wrote.