But the finished article was so good – a supercharged rock’n’roll number, played the way only Queen could, with Taylor the star of the show – that I’m In Love With My Car turned into a genuine Queen anthem. Indeed, Brian May had dismissed the song as a joke when Taylor first played a demo for him. His band stands as among the world's most successful of all time, with record sales topping 300. It was inspired by a Queen roadie who considered his Triumph sports car the love of his life, hence the note in the album credits: ‘Dedicated to Jonathan Harris, boy racer to the end.’ Taylor’s lyrics included much joking on this theme: “Told my girl I had to forget her/Rather buy me a new carburettor.” Queen frontman Freddie Mercury was a prolific writer, an introverted empath, and an iconic musician. Famously, when Bohemian Rhapsody was released as a single, I’m In Love With My Car was the b-side, so earning Taylor an equal split of the royalties with Mercury: the source of some friction between the two.įor all that, I’m In Love With My Car was a great song in its own right. Roger Taylor didn’t have his own hit song until Radio Ga Ga in 1984, but he certainly made a few quid out of the one he wrote for A Night At The Opera.
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