The song featured the original four members of the band, with Freddie Mercury on lead vocals, John Deacon playing bass and guitar, Roger Taylor on the drums and Brian May with some guitar contributions as well. <\/p>\n
\u201cAnother One Bites the Dust,\u201d written by Deacon, was the fourth single released from Queen\u2019s eighth studio album, The Game. The album also featured other notable hits from the rock band, including \u201cCrazy Little Thing Called Love,\u201d \u201cSave Me\u201d and \u201cPlay the Game.\u201d<\/p>\n
Peaking at No. 1 in October 1980, \u201cAnother One Bites the Dust\u201d would stay atop the Billboard Hot 100 for three weeks. It would also peak at No. 2 on the Hot Soul\/R&B and Disco charts.<\/p>\n
\u201cAnother One Bites the Dust\u201d Named the Best Bassline Ever British rock band Queen, London, 1973. Left to right: drummer Roger Taylor, singer Freddie Mercury (1946 \u2013 1991), guitarist Brian May, and bassist John Deacon.(Photo by Michael Putland\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n Deacon wrote \u201cAnother One Bites the Dust\u201d around his funky bass line, with the bassist playing a majority of the instruments himself. In fact, Deacon took inspiration for his bass line from the classic disco hit \u201cGood Times\u201d by Chic.<\/p>\n Years later, \u201cAnother One Bites the Dust\u201d has even been voted as the \u201cgreatest bassline\u201d ever on Sky Group<\/a>.<\/p>\n Ranking just other Queen\u2019s hit singles include \u201cBillie Jean\u201d by Michael Jackson, \u201cUnder Pressure\u201d by Queen and David Bowie, \u201cThe Chain\u201d by Fleetwood Mac and \u201cRadio Gaga\u201d by Queen, which rounds out the top five.<\/p>\n Related: 1939 Classic Named the \u2018Best Movie Song of All Time\u2019<\/a><\/p>\n This story was originally published by Men’s Journal<\/a> on Aug 22, 2026, where it first appeared in the Entertainment<\/a> section. Add Men’s Journal as a Preferred Source by clicking here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Saturday marked the 46th anniversary of a legendary band\u2019s No. 1 hit, which happens to include the best…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":327408,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-327407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327407","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=327407"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/327407\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/327408"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=327407"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=327407"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=327407"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/751b9216-64d8-4684-9aaf-dc671a86c052.jpg\"\/)
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