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"Mustapha" is a song written by Freddie Mercury and recorded by British rock band Queen. It is the first track of their 1978 album Jazz,[2] categorized as "an up-tempo Arabic rocker" by Circus magazine.[3]

"Mustapha"
German single picture sleeve
Single by Queen
from the album Jazz
B-side	"Dead on Time" (Germany) "In Only Seven Days" (Yugoslavia)
Released	14 April 1979 (Germany)[1]
Recorded	1978
Genre	Progressive rock hard rock art rock
Length	3:01
Label	EMI
Songwriter(s)	Freddie Mercury
Producer(s)	Queen Roy Thomas Baker
Queen singles chronology
"Don't Stop Me Now" (1979) "Mustapha" (1979) "Jealousy" (1979)

Single

"Mustapha" was released as a single in Germany, Spain, Yugoslavia and Bolivia in 1979. The B side of the single was "Dead On Time" for German and Spanish releases and "In Only Seven Days" for Yugoslavian and Bolivian releases. Also, all four versions had different covers.[4]

Lyrics

The composition's lyrics are mainly in English and Arabic, speaking about Allah, the God in Islam, and it also has one sentence in Persian-emulating gibberish since the singer had a Parsi background. Parts of the lyrics like "Achtar es na sholei" meaning "His star, not his flame" have clear ties to the Persian language.

Live performances

In live performances, Mercury would often sing the opening vocals of "Mustapha" in place of the complex introduction to "Bohemian Rhapsody", going from "Allah we'll pray for you" to "Mama, just killed a man...". However, from the 1979 Saarbrucken Festival to the South American Game Tour, the band performed an almost full version of the song, with Mercury at the piano, where they dropped the second verse and went from the first chorus to the third. He also sang the intro before launching the band into "Hammer to Fall", as seen on We Are the Champions: Final Live in Japan.

Personnel

• Freddie Mercury - lead and backing vocals, piano
• Brian May - electric guitar
• Roger Taylor - drums, hawk bells
• John Deacon - bass guitar

References

External links

• Lyrics at Queen official website

На других языках

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- [en] Mustapha (song)

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[es] Mustapha

««Mustapha»» es una canción lanzada como sencillo por la banda de Rock británica Queen como parte de su disco Jazz, pero solo fue lanzado en 4 países en los cuales no causó mucho impacto en las listas, estos fueron Alemania, España, Yugoslavia y Bolivia

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[ru] Mustapha

Mustapha (Мустафа) — песня британской рок-группы Queen, написана Фредди Меркьюри, издана на альбоме Jazz и сингле в Боливии, Германии, Испании и Югославии.

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