A Day at the Races

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Cohen, Scott (6 July 1976). "The Queen Interview". Circus . Retrieved 15 February 2022– via BrianMay.com. American album certifications – Queen – A Day at the Races". Recording Industry Association of America. Ramirez, AJ (8 June 2011). "In the Lap of the Gods: The First Five Queen Albums". PopMatters. Archived from the original on 26 November 2013 . Retrieved 19 April 2016. On 21 July, Crystal Taylor, one of the band's roadies, who would later become Roger's personal assistant, arrived at The Manor to provide assistance with equipment and observe the session. He originally planned to stay a week, but on 28 July, the band asked him to stay another week. [18] Around this date, work began to relax as the band had finished 6 songs. Those songs were "Good Old-Fashioned Lover Boy", "The Millionaire Waltz", "You Take My Breath Away", "White Man" (then titled "Simple Man"), "Drowse", and a shorter version of "Somebody To Love". As August entered, the band worked on the remaining songs of the album, and finished a longer version of "Somebody To Love". [19] Work was still relaxed though, and the band would sometimes play billiards or card games during productive days. During a game of billiards on 8 August, between Roger and Crystal Taylor, Roger asked Crystal to be his personal roadie, to which Crystal accepted. [18] Roberts, David, ed. (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19thed.). London, UK: Guinness World Records Ltd. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.Purvis, George (2007). Queen: Complete Works. London, UK: Titan Group Publishing. p.57. ISBN 978-0-85768-551-3. 'A Day at the Races' would be Queen's final excursion in the grandiose pomp and glam they had perfected from their formation... Whitburn, Joel (2006). The Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits (8thed.). Menomonee Falls, WI: Billboard Books.

The song was the biggest hit single from the album. It went to number two on the UK charts (kept from the number one spot by " Under the Moon of Love" by Showaddywaddy) and number 13 on the US singles chart. [29] [30] [31] "White Man" Purvis, Georg (28 August 2012). Queen: The Complete Works. Titan Books (US, CA). ISBN 978-1-78116-287-3.Matrix / Runout (Side B etched, variant 4): 6E-101-B-1 7̸E̸-̸1̸0̸9̸1̸-̸A̸B1-SP SP X1-1 7E-1091-B-1 STERLING Rohter, Larry (2 February 1977). "Queen's Deja Vu 'At the Races' ". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 14 March 2022 . Retrieved 14 March 2022– via Queen Archives. Pennanen, Timo (2006). Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972 (in Finnish) (1sted.). Helsinki: Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava. p.166. ISBN 978-951-1-21053-5.