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| Single by Queen | ||||
| from the album A Kind of Magic | ||||
| B-side | "Don't Lose Your Head" | |||
| Released | 20 August 1986 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 1985 – 1986 | |||
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"Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" is a song by Queen, included on their 1986 album A Kind of Magic, written by Freddie Mercury and John Deacon, released as a single in the US and Canada in August 1986, and in Germany and the Netherlands in February 1987.
The single reached #56 at the German charts and #43 on the Dutch charts. "Pain Is So Close to Pleasure" has more than 58,000 hits on Lastfm.
Background
The song began as a riff idea by Brian May, then Freddie Mercury and John Deacon turned it into a song, with Deacon playing rhythm guitar. The title also appears as a line in "One Year of Love".
The version which appears on the single is a remix, rearranging much of the backing track from the original elements. The 12" single features an extended version of this remix, rather than an extended version of the track as it appears on the album.
Chart performance
| Country (1987) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| Germany | 57 |
| Netherlands (Dutch Top 40) | 26 |
| Netherlands | 43 |
Personnel
- Freddie Mercury – vocals, piano, synthesizer, sampler
- Brian May – lead guitar
- Roger Taylor – drums
- John Deacon – bass guitar, rhythm guitar, synthesizer, drum machine, sampler
- Spike Edney - synthesizer
References
- "Queen singles". Queen Vault.
- "A Kind of Magic — Queen". 5 January 2023.
- "Nederlandse Top 40 – Queen" (in Dutch). Dutch Top 40. Retrieved 21 August 2020.
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