Fascinating Truths You Probably Didn’t Know About Freddie Mercury

Making it in America

“Another One Bites the Dust” really made the band a bit hit in America, and it gained a huge following among the American disco audiences. Many fans and journalists were convinced that it was a black man singing.

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Roger Taylor jokes about the American misconception of the band in the documentary Days of our Lives about having fans shouting “you guys are bad!” in the street. So Taylor would say “does that mean good or what?”

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