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"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" is a rock ballad by the British rock band Queen. It was released as the third single from their 1982 album Hot Space. It is sung mostly in English, but with several Spanish phrases. Written by guitarist Brian May, the song proved more popular in the United Kingdom than their previous single ("Body Language"), reaching No. 17 in the UK Singles Chart.[1]

"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)"
A-side label for the UK vinyl single
Single by Queen
from the album Hot Space
B-side	"Cool Cat"
Released	1 June 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Studio	Musicland, Munich
Genre	Rock
Length	4:29
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Brian May
Producer(s)	Queen Reinhold Mack
Queen singles chronology
"Body Language" (1982) "Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" (1982) "Calling All Girls" (1982)

Despite the mixed response to its parent album, "Las Palabras de Amor" has become a fan favourite.

Background

The song's lyrics were written by guitarist Brian May.[2] Vocals were provided by lead singer Freddie Mercury with May on the high harmony vocal. The song was inspired by the band's close relationship with their Argentinian fans. It marked the band's final studio appearance on Top of the Pops (having previously appeared to promote "Seven Seas of Rhye", "Killer Queen", "Now I'm Here" and "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy" respectively). For this mimed performance May is seen playing a grand piano as well as his guitar and, on the recording, he plays both piano and synths in addition to acoustic and electric guitars. May also sang lead vocals for the harmonized line "this night and evermore" throughout the song.

During the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert at Wembley Stadium in 1992, this was the third song of the second half, performed by Zucchero and Queen.[3] In Queen + Paul Rodgers Rock The Cosmos-tour 2008 it was played in the Spanish speaking countries, sung by May.

This song also made it onto 1999 Queen's Greatest Hits III[2] and, more recently, on the Queen Forever compilation. It also appears on the Greatest Video Hits 2 DVD released in November 2003.[4][5]

Musical theatre actress Elaine Paige recorded the song on her album of Queen covers The Queen Album in 1988.[6]

The baby's face image of the single's cover would reappear on The Cross single for their song "New Dark Ages".

Personnel

Queen

• Freddie Mercury – lead and backing vocals
• Brian May – electric and 12-string acoustic guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
• Roger Taylor – drums, backing vocals
• John Deacon – bass

Charts

Country	Peak position
UK	17
Germany	68
Ireland	10
Poland	1
Switzerland	13
The Netherlands	26

References

External links

• Official YouTube videos: original music video, at Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert (with Zucchero)
• Lyrics at Queen official website: album version, version from Greatest Hits III

На других языках

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- [en] Las Palabras de Amor

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[es] Las Palabras de Amor

"Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)" es una balada de rock de la banda británica Queen. Fue publicado más tarde como el tercer sencillo de su álbum de 1982, Hot Space.[1] Es cantada principalmente en inglés, pero contiene varios versos en español.[2][3] Escrita por el guitarrista Brian May, la canción demostró más popularidad en el Reino Unido que su anterior sencillo ("Body Language"), alcanzando la posición #17 en UK Singles Chart.[4]

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[ru] Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)

«Las Palabras de Amor (The Words of Love)» (с исп. — «Слова любви», с англ. — «Слова любви») — песня британской рок-группы Queen. Написана Брайаном Мэйем. Была написана в 1981—1982 году[2] под впечатлением тура группы по Южной Америке[3]; вошла в альбом Hot Space. В песне есть несколько фраз на испанском языке. Использовались акустическая гитара и синтезатор[3].

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